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Dock Workers

International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970

by Sam Davies, Colin J. Davis, David de Vries, Lex Heerma van Voss, Lidewij Hesselink, Klaus Weinhauer ...

Workers who loaded and unloaded ships have formed a distinctive occupational group over the past two centuries. As trade expanded so the numbers of dock labourers increased and became concentrated in the major ports of the world. This ambitious two-volume project goes beyond existing individual studies of dock workers to develop a genuinely comparative international perspective over a long ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Workers who loaded and unloaded ships have formed a distinctive occupational group over the past two centuries. As trade expanded so the numbers of dock labourers increased and became concentrated in the major ports of the world. This ambitious two-volume project goes beyond existing individual studies of dock workers to develop a genuinely comparative international perspective over a long
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Diary of a Dead Man on Leave

by David Downing ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson, David de Vries ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

From bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depiction of Germany in the days leading up to World War II and the difficult choices of one man of conviction. In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son ... Read more

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From bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depiction of Germany in the days leading up to World War II and the difficult choices of one man of conviction. In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son
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Pandora’s Box

A History of the First World War

by Jorn Leonhard ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

39 hours 33 min

In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany’s leading historian of the twentieth century’s first great catastrophe explains the war’s origins, course, and consequences. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora’s Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come.Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy, the everyday ... Read more

$34.99 USD

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In this monumental history of the First World War, Germany’s leading historian of the twentieth century’s first great catastrophe explains the war’s origins, course, and consequences. With an unrivaled combination of depth and global reach, Pandora’s Box reveals how profoundly the war shaped the world to come.Jörn Leonhard treats the clash of arms with a sure feel for grand strategy, the everyday
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8 Keys to End Emotional Eating

by Howard S. Farkas ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Series series The 8 Keys to Mental Health Series
Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

Bring an end to emotional eating by getting to the root of the problem**.**Most books about emotional eating tend to focus on how to strengthen self-restraint or how to identify what triggers it. The former can make the problem worse, while the latter may be different each time it occurs. Both approaches fail to help emotional eaters understand why they feel compelled to do something that they don ... Read more

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Bring an end to emotional eating by getting to the root of the problem**.**Most books about emotional eating tend to focus on how to strengthen self-restraint or how to identify what triggers it. The former can make the problem worse, while the latter may be different each time it occurs. Both approaches fail to help emotional eaters understand why they feel compelled to do something that they don
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Collapse

The Fall of the Soviet Union

by Vladislav M. Zubok ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

23 hours 50 min

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demiseIn 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demiseIn 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four-million strong, five-thousand nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward the union sank into an economic
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

by Thomas C. Foster ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be
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Full Disclosure

by Dee Henderson ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

14 hours 10 min

Ann Silver is a cop’s cop. As the Midwest Homicide Investigator, she is called in to help local law enforcement on the worst of cases, looking for answers to murder. Hers is one of the region’s most trusted investigative positions.Paul Falcon is the FBI’s top murder cop in the Midwest. If the victim carried a federal badge or had a security clearance, odds are good Paul and his team see the case ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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Ann Silver is a cop’s cop. As the Midwest Homicide Investigator, she is called in to help local law enforcement on the worst of cases, looking for answers to murder. Hers is one of the region’s most trusted investigative positions.Paul Falcon is the FBI’s top murder cop in the Midwest. If the victim carried a federal badge or had a security clearance, odds are good Paul and his team see the case
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The Management of Savagery

How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump

by Max Blumenthal ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

11 hours 27 min

The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalismIn the Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs.Washington's secret funding of the mujahedin provoked the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalismIn the Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs.Washington's secret funding of the mujahedin provoked the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in
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Trauma Room Two

by Philip Allen Green, MD ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death are separated by the thinnest of margins. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories while others face the most devastating of losses. A place where what matters the most in this life is revealed.Trauma Room Two is just such a place.In this collection of short ... Read more

$11.99 USD

In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death are separated by the thinnest of margins. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories while others face the most devastating of losses. A place where what matters the most in this life is revealed.Trauma Room Two is just such a place.In this collection of short
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Spin Dictators

The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

by Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Viktor Orbán control their citizens by distorting information and simulating democratic ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Viktor Orbán control their citizens by distorting information and simulating democratic
... Read more
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End of Ambition, The

America's Past, Present and Future in the Middle East

by Steven A. Cook ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the US was--despite setbacks and moral costs--successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the US was--despite setbacks and moral costs--successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to
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Whispering Winds of Appalachia

by John Ellington ...

Narrated by David de Vries ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

Winner of the 2024 Gold Medal Southern Fiction IPPY Book AwardFinalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book AwardNestled between the smoky, rolling peaks of Southern Appalachia lies the town of Brevard, North Carolina. When Chris Avery's family moves to Brevard in the early 1970s, Chris quickly becomes immersed in a world untouched by the mire of life outside the mountains.As a young boy, Chris ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of the 2024 Gold Medal Southern Fiction IPPY Book AwardFinalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book AwardNestled between the smoky, rolling peaks of Southern Appalachia lies the town of Brevard, North Carolina. When Chris Avery's family moves to Brevard in the early 1970s, Chris quickly becomes immersed in a world untouched by the mire of life outside the mountains.As a young boy, Chris
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