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  • Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677

    Race, Class, and Frontier Conflict in Colonial Virginia

    Series series Reacting to the Past™
    In the early seventeenth century, Virginia’s Chesapeake region saw the emergence of a multiracial society centered around the profitable tobacco industry. While Native Americans, free and enslaved Africans, and Europeans coexisted and interacted, a hierarchical order formed with a small elite planting class, led by Governor William Berkeley, wielding power over land, labor, and governance. Seeking ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Tigers in the Mud

    The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius

    by Otto Carius ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    World War II began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the twentieth century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career ... Read more

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  • Permeable Borders

    History, Theory, Policy, and Practice in the United States

    If the frontier, in all its boundless possibility, was a central organizing metaphor for much of U.S. history, today it is arguably the border that best encapsulates the American experience, as xenophobia, economic inequality, and resurgent nationalism continue to fuel conditions of division and limitation. This boldly interdisciplinary volume explores the ways that historical and contemporary ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Decentralized Development in Latin America

    Experiences in Local Governance and Local Development

    Edited by Otto Verkoren, Paul Lindert ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Much of the scholarly and professional literature on development focuses either on the ‘macro’ level of national policies and politics or on the ‘micro’ level of devel- ment projects and household or community socio-economic dynamics. By contrast, this collection pitches itself at the ‘meso’ level with a comparative exploration of the ways in which local institutions – municipalities, local ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Heroes and Villains in Lawless Lands: 23 Books of Wild Justice

    Frontier Tales of Outlaws, Revenge, Survival, and Rough Justice

    Heroes and Villains in Lawless Lands: 23 Books of Wild Justice gathers twenty-three narratives shaped by the volatile moral geography of frontier, outlaw, and adventure fiction. Its capacious selection moves among melodrama, historical romance, juvenile adventure, crime-inflected pursuit, and rural storytelling, tracing how "wild justice" tests the unstable boundary between lawful authority and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

    Volume 6

    Series series Otto Jespersen
    In Morphology the first thing to be considered is the form, and second to that comes the use made of it, in Syntax the order is exactly the reverse, but it is essential that in both parts of the grammar form and use should be mentioned in every case. Volume 6 looks at English Morphology including subjects such as personal endings in verbs, tense formation in verbs, the naked word, compounds, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    The Big Book of Female Detectives

    by Otto Penzler ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson, Amy Landon ...
    Series series Big Book

    Unabridged

    63 hours 5 min

    Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction.Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective canon over the past 150 years, captivating and surprising listeners in equal measure. The handpicked stories in this collection introduce us to the most determined of gumshoe gals, from ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Agents of Treachery

    Narrated by Paul Michael, Peter Altschuler ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 27 min

    For the first time ever, legendary editor Otto Penzler has handpicked some of the most respected and bestselling thriller writers working today for a riveting collection of spy fiction. From first to last, this stellar collection signals mission accomplished.Including:* Lee Child with an incredible look at the formation of a special ops cell.* James Grady writing about an Arab undercover FBI agent ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • What Is Crime?

    Controversies over the Nature of Crime and What to Do about It

    For decades, scholars have disagreed about what kinds of behavior count as crime. Is it simply a violation of the criminal law? Is it behavior that causes serious harm? Is the seriousness affected by how many people are harmed and does it make a difference who those people are? Are crimes less criminal if the victims are black, lower class, or foreigners? When corporations victimize workers is ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Determination of the Moments of Inertia of the Human Body and Its Limbs

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This is another classic contribution by Braune and Fischer to the field of biomechanics. The pendulum method was employed to ascertain ac curately the moments and radii of inertia of the human body and its different parts about all axes - transverse, oblique or longitudinal. This elegant method is described in detail, together with the results. Relations were found between the centres of inertia ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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    The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

    by Otto Penzler ...
    Narrated by George Spelvin, Shaun Grindell ...
    Series series Big Book

    Unabridged

    52 hours 4 min

    Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, ruthless, and brilliant criminals in mystery fiction, for the biggest compendium of bad guys (and girls) ever assembled.The best mysteries have one thing in common: a memorable perpetrator. For every Sherlock Holmes or Sam Spade in noble pursuit, there's a Count Dracula, a Lester Leith, or a Jimmy Valentine. ... Read more

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    The Big Book of Reel Murders

    Stories that Inspired Great Crime Films

    Series series Big Book

    Abridged

    63 hours 23 min

    Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology rolls out the red carpet for the stories that Hollywood is made of.Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. Among these are Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie ... Read more

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