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  • The American Civil War

    A Hands-on History

    by Christopher J. Olsen ...
    "A solid history of the Civil War. . . . The author delivers a shrewd portrait of mid-19th-century America and the background to the war." — Kirkus Reviews"Olsen introduces essential issues involved in the outbreak, course, and aftermath of the Civil War in a comprehensible narrative. Effective interplay between context and contingency is Olsen's authorial forte. . . . A trenchant survey history." ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Norwegian Easy Reader - Easy Listener - Parallel Text Norwegian Audio Course No. 1 - The Norwegian Easy Reader - Easy Audio Learning Course

    by Polyglot Planet ...
    Narrated by Anette Olsen, Christopher Tester, Daniel Ugland ...

    Unabridged

    21 min

    Are you relatively new to learning Norwegian or need to brush-up on your language skills? Do you wish to not only talk like a native, but also understand them clearly? Welcome to Polyglot Planet. We provide you with the right tools, energy and motivation for you to understand and speak Norwegian confidently.Learn to speak Norwegian almost instantly with our Easy Reader texts and Easy Audio ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi

    Masculinity, Honor, and the Antiparty Tradition, 1830-1860

    by Christopher J. Olsen ...
    This groundbreaking study of the politics of secession combines traditional political history with current work in anthropology and gender and ritual studies. Christopher J. Olsen has drawn on local election returns, rural newspapers, manuscripts, and numerous county records to sketch a new picture of the intricate and colorful world of local politics. In particular, he demonstrates how the move ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Acting Comedy

    Edited by Christopher Olsen ...
    Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can’t be taught. At best it is often described as a skill that can only be learned "on the job" through years of practice, or given to a performer through natural talent.Acting Comedy is an effort to examine this idea more rigorously by looking at ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • How I Got Published and What I Learned Along the Way

    by Lyn Worthen, Renee Scandalis, A. Lee Martinez, Carolyn Rae Williamson, David H. Hendrickson, David Farland, James A. Hunter, James A. Owen, Jana S. Brown, John M. Floyd, John M. Olsen, Lauryn Christopher, M.K. Drake, Martin L. Shoemaker, Maxwell Alexander Drake, Melissa McShane, Raymond Bolton, RC Scandalis, Tassie Kalas Haney, Tracy Cooper-Posey, V. Castro, Wulf Moon ...
    Twenty published authors share tips, tricks, advice, and encouragement for other writers. They talk about working through the rough times, making their first sales, and finding success in the publishing industry.Whether you’re traditional, indie, or hybrid; a journalist, novelist, or blogger, we hope their stories provide encouragement for you, wherever you are in your journey toward publication. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pasts Otherwise

    An Archaeology of War

    by Bjørnar Olsen, Christopher Witmore ...
    Unleash archaeology's potential by turning toward pasts that resist historical time and reveal the power of an archaeology other than history.History has long shaped our expectations of what the past is and how it should be recalled, written, and displayed. Thus while objects of all ages endure and accumulate around us -- often broken and fragmented -- we continue to interpret them through ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Literature's Critique, Subversion, and Transformation of Justice

    by Ruben Moi, Charles I. Armstrong, William Dwyer III, Cassandra Falke, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Lene M. Johannessen, Anthony W. Johnson, Edvard Lia, Erik Mustad, Christopher Loe Olsen0, Dr. Asbjørn Skarsvåg Grønstad1 ...
    Literature is an institution per se, as is justice, and these two institutions enact each other in complex ways. Justice appears in many forms from divine right and religious ordainment to metaphysical imperative and natural law, to national jurisdiction, social order, human rights, and civil disobedience. What is just and right has varied in time and place, in war and peace. A sense of justice ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Myth Performance in the African Diasporas

    Ritual, Theatre, and Dance

    by Dannabang Kuwabong, Benita Brown, Christopher Olsen ...
    Diaspora studies continue to expand in range and scope and remain fertile terrain for investigating multiple techniques of myth creation in dance performance, history as performance, dramatic narrative, and staged rituals in the field. Similarly, research in postcoloniality, gender/sexuality, intercultural, and literary studies, among others, all engage and feature core components of performance ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Archaeology

    The Discipline of Things

    by Michael Shanks, Timothy Webmoor, Christopher Witmore, Bjørnar Olsen ...
    Archaeology has always been marked by its particular care, obligation, and loyalty to things. While archaeologists may not share similar perspectives or practices, they find common ground in their concern for objects monumental and mundane. This book considers the myriad ways that archaeologists engage with things in order to craft stories, both big and small, concerning our relations with ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Idea Machine

    How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

    by Joel J. Miller ...
    Books are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones— they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world. And they still have lessons to teach us.Polls indicate reading is on the decline, but as we ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • American Struggle

    Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

    by Jon Meacham ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.“Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges—indeed, explodes ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Best Recipes in the World

    More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home

    by Mark Bittman ...
    "I know of only one person who could put together such a treasury of the best recipes in the world: Mark Bittman." —Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central KitchenJoin iconic, six-time James Beard Award–winning food writer Mark Bittman on a journey across the globe—not to the fanciest, most-acclaimed restaurants in the world, but to the good bars, little joints, mom-and-pop operations, and home ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus