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  • Inside Jokes

    Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

    by Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett, Reginald B. Adams Jr. ...
    **This evolutionary and cognitive theory of humor seeks to reveal the complex science behind why we crack up.“A sophisticated analysis . . . written with clarity, good cheer, and, of course, wit.” ―Steven Pinker, author of How The Mind Works**Some things are funny—jokes, puns, sitcoms, Charlie Chaplin, The Far Side, Malvolio with his yellow garters crossed—but why? Why does humor exist in the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Sanctuary Lost: Portugal's Air War for Guinea 1961-1974

    Volume 2 - Debacle to Deadlock, 1966–1972

    by Matthew M Hurley, José Matos ...
    Series Book 67 - Africa@War
    From 1963 to 1974, Portugal and its nationalist enemies fought an increasingly intense war for the independence of "Portuguese" Guinea, then a colony but now the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. For most of the conflict Portugal enjoyed virtually unchallenged air supremacy, and increasingly based its military strategy and political pacification program on this singular advantage. The Portuguese Air ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sanctuary Lost: Portugal's Air War for Guinea 1961-1974

    Volume 1 - Outbreak and Escalation (1961-1966)

    by Matthew M. Hurley, José Augusto Matos ...
    Series Book 59 - Africa@War
    From 1963 to 1974, Portugal and its nationalist enemies fought an increasingly intense war for the independence of "Portuguese" Guinea, then a colony but now the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. For most of the conflict, Portugal enjoyed virtually unchallenged air supremacy, and increasingly based its strategy on this advantage. The Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa, abbreviated FAP) ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moosey Brick

    A Novel of Maine, Moose, and Man

    by Matthew Hurley ...
    Moosey Brick is a story set in the Maine Woods, full of Maine personalities. But if you think you've heard this story before, you're in for quite a few surprises.Poland Springs is a historical footnote, a washed-up relic community from days gone by. But to a few out-of-staters, it's a forgotten gold mine, ripe for redevelopment and ready for rebirth. Mick Finnegan finds the perfect job in his ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ringside Reflections

    by Matthew Hurley ...
    The inevitability of what was to come hung in the air but the crowd at the outdoor arena at Caesars Palace seemed as dazed as to what was happening as Duran. Hearns, now oozing confidence, approached center ring and again touched gloves with Duran. It would be the last civil thing he did. Gliding around the ring and looking like a demented, black vampire with his goatee and Jeri curls, the Hit Man ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • NATO, Gender and the Military

    Women Organising from Within

    by Matthew Hurley, Jesus Ignacio Gil Ruiz, Katharine Wright ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Gender and Security
    This book examines NATO's engagement with gender issues through its military structures.Drawing on newly declassified NATO documents, this volume provides the first comprehensive account of NATO’s long-established engagement with gender issues. These documents bring to the fore the stories of the NATO women and ‘gendermen’ who have organised within NATO across the decades to advocate on gender ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    King Must Fall, The

    by Devin Madson, Luke Scull, Adrian Collins, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alex Marshall, Anna Smith Spark, Anna Stephens, Anthony Ryan, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Daniel Polansky, Deborah A. Wolf, Jeremy Szal, Justin Call, Kameron Hurley, Lee Murray, Matthew Ward, Michael R Fletcher, Mike Myers, Peter Orullian, Sarah Chorn, Shawn Speakman, Trudi Canavan ...
    Narrated by Greg Patmore ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 19 min

    When the mighty and cruel must be brought low, it's the killers and the schemers who emerge from the shadows. As plans twist and change, and our protagonists are foiled and beaten, one thing remains true: no matter the cost, the king must fall.The King Must Fall is a dark fantasy anthology featuring 19 titans of the dark and grimdark fantasy genres writing about rogues, assassins, mages, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Worker's Way Of War: The Red Army's Doctrinal Debate, 1918–1924

    by Major Matthew M. Hurley ...
    Following the October 1917 Revolution, the leaders of the fledgling Red Army embarked on a debate concerning the nature, form, and function of military doctrine. A group known as the 'military communists,' including M.V. Frunze, M.N. Tukhachevsky, K. Voroshilov, and S.I. Gusev sought to formulate a 'proletarian' military doctrine based on the lessons of the Russian Civil War (1918-21) and purged ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Perspectives on NATO

    Feminist Insights

    by Irene Fellin, Christine Agius, Emil Edenborg, Sanna Strand, Maria Mälksoo, Minna Lyytikäinen, Annika Bergman Rosamond, Johanna Ketola, Leena Vestapuu, Michael Mulvihill, Andris Banka, Chloë Barker, Matthew Hurley, Samantha Turner, Nick Randall, Alia Middleton ...
    Series series Feminist Reimagining of International Studies
    This innovative volume applies cutting-edge critical theories—including feminist, queer and human security perspectives—to analyse NATO's evolving role as a security and defence institution.Moving beyond traditional problem-solving approaches, it features diverse international contributors and employs a comprehensive methodological toolkit from discourse analysis to creative research methods. It ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

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  • A Peculiar Indifference

    The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

    by Elliott Currie ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARFrom Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliott Currie comes a devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisisAbout 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Catching Hell

    The Insider Story of Seafood from Ocean to Plate

    by Allen Ricca, Joe Muto ...
    In Catching Hell, longtime seafood mogul Allen Ricca and author Joe Muto take readers behind the scenes of the high-end restaurant world and the international market for seafood, and how that industry has been impacted perhaps like no other due to the COVID-19 pandemic.This book exposes the fact that the American diner is being lied to on a regular basis. The culprit varies – sometimes it’s a chef ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Politics of Friendship

    by Jacques Derrida ...
    The most influential of contemporary philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores the idea of friendship—and its political consequences, past and future—through writings by Aristotle, Nietzsche, Cicero, and more.Until relatively recently, Jacques Derrida was seen by many as nothing more than the high priest of Deconstruction, by turns stimulating and fascinating, yet always somewhat disengaged from the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD