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“james marriott”

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  • The New Dark Ages

    The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society

    by James Marriott ...
    INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • The evidence is clear—we are now entering a post-literate society. In this urgent and timely account, James Marriott shows the potential impact of this shift and offers a passionate defense of the written word.It’s not by chance that the rise of new printing technologies coincided with the age of revolutions and the decline of the aristocratic order. At the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    The New Dark Ages

    The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society

    by James Marriott ...
    Narrated by James Marriott ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 22 min

    INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • The evidence is clear—we are now entering a post-literate society. In this urgent and timely account, James Marriott shows the potential impact of this shift and offers a passionate defense of the written word.It’s not by chance that the rise of new printing technologies coincided with the age of revolutions and the decline of the aristocratic order. At the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Catacomb Tales

    by James Marriott ...
    sit back, get comfortable and get ready to enjoy seven spooky short stories. From a haunted mansion to a celestial garden, and from a crimean battleground to the trenches of world war one. ... Read more

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  • The Oil Road

    Journeys From The Caspian Sea To The City Of London

    by James Marriott, Mika Minio-Paluello ...
    From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unblinking capitalism ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Horror Films - Virgin Film

    by James Marriott ...
    From the Slick horror of Alien, Scream and The Ring and the cult classics Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy to the slasher icons Jason, Freddy and Leatherface, horror just won’t stay dead. The genre has earned its place in the moviegoing psyche, with many of the key films spawning numerous copycats. But what are the 20 most influential horror films of all time? And what made them so important ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Crude Britannia

    How Oil Shaped a Nation

    by James Marriott, Terry Macalister ...
    'Dripping with delicious detail' - Aditya ChakraborttyTaking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain’s oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling the country, the authors discover how the financial power and political muscle of an industry built the culture of a nation from pop music to kitchen ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies

    by Kim Newman, James Marriott ...
    Series series
    Pull back the curtain on more than a century of terrifying horror movies... if you dare.Packed with stills from the most terrifying scenes in cinema history, The Definitive Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive companion to the genre, tracing the story of horror film, decade-by-decade. Providing a witty and informative critique of more than 350 films and several TV series, this extensive ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Cicero's Tongue

    The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

    by Catharine Edwards ...
    Narrated by Catharine Edwards ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 6 min

    **A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.This program is read by the author.**When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Artificial Intimacy

    Who We Become When We Talk to Machines

    by Sherry Turkle ...
    Narrated by Kate Udall ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 41 min

    From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation**, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.**If social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots that ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Horror Movie Freak

    by Don Sumner ...
    You'll scream with delight while reading this fun and engaging book that discusses fright flicks all horror fans need to see to ascend to the level of a true Horror Freak -from classics (Dracula and Psycho) to modern movies (Drag Me to Hell) and lesser-known gems (Dog Soldiers).Movies are divided into various categories including Asian horror, beginners, homicidal slashers, super... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Book of Lists: Horror

    by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, Scott Bradley ...
    The phenomenally popular Book of Lists series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits about simply everything! Now the latest edition turns an evil eye toward the strange, the blood-curdling, and the macabre with spine-tingling fun facts from the dark side of entertainment. Chock-full of creepy information from the netherworlds of ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Horror Films

    by Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc ...
    Often subject to more cuts at the hands of the censor than a serial killer's razor, the horror film has a fascinating history, not only as film study but also as a look at what has been considered acceptable for the public to view, and what the state will allow its citizens to see. But for the most part horror films are about entertainment—consistently profitable, eminently enjoyable. From horror ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus