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  • General Gordon Granger

    The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth"

    by Robert C. Conner ...
    The first full-length biography of the Union general who performed heroically at the Civil War battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Mobile.By coming to the aid of Maj. Gen. Thomas—against orders—at the Battle of Chickamauga, Union Gen. Gordon Granger saved the Federal army from catastrophic defeat. Later, he played major roles in the Chattanooga and Mobile campaigns. Immediately after the war, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bicycle Thieves

    by Robert S.C. Gordon ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette, 1948) is unarguably one of the most important films in the history of cinema. It is also one of the most beguiling, moving, and seemingly simple works of narrative ever made. The film tells the story of one man and his son as they search fruitlessly through the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle; the bicycle which had offered the ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Memphis Rent Party

    The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown

    by Robert Gordon ...
    "Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right." --Keith Richards"An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you." --Elvis Costello"Robert Gordon's book is proof that Southern heritage is American heritage, and all sorts of people--black and white, familiar and strange, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The US Marines in World War II

    Unveiling the Valor: A Comprehensive Look at Marine Corps Contributions in WWII

    by Bernard C. Nalty, John C. Chapin, Joseph H. Alexander, Charles D. Melson, Richard Harwood, Gordon D. Gayle, Cyril J. O'Brien, J. Michael Wenger, Harry W. Edwards, James A. Donovan, Robert J. Cressman, J. Michael Miller, Henry I. Shaw Jr., Charles R. Smith, Marine Corps Historical Center ...
    The US Marines in World War II delves deep into the harrowing yet heroic narratives of a defining era, capturing the varied experiences of the United States Marine Corps during the Second World War. This anthology, through vivid narrations and profound insights, showcases a rich tapestry of literary styles that weave together the personal and collective tales of bravery, sacrifice, and strategy. ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

    by Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Gospel of the Open Road

    According to Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau

    by Robert C. Gordon ...
    Gospel of the Open Road reclaims Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Henry David Thoreau as Americas spiritual birthright. It rescues them from literary history, and reveals them in their true light: as democracys prophets of the soul. Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau were religious seers who developed a new form of spirituality, and Gospel of the Open Road explains, in scholarly yet passionate ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Distance to China

    Twentieth-Century Italian Travel Narratives of Patriotism, Commitment and Disillusion (1898–1985)

    by Robert S.C. Gordon, Pierpaolo Antonello, Linetto Basilone ...
    Series Book 42 - Italian Modernities
    «As Italy tends to be studied increasingly in transnational and transcultural perspective, there is an ever-greater need for studies that explore the country's relationship with other geographical areas and cultural configurations. Linetto Basilone's work is an important contribution to research of this kind. The work provides a panoramic view of how journalists and travel writers from the late ... Read more

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  • Arms and the Imagination

    Essays on War, Politics, and Anglophone Culture

    by Robert C Gordon ...
    From the time of John Milton to that of William Blake, the literature of Britain absorbed the impact of two major military developments. In the early modern era, the military revolution strove to establish permanent armies under state discipline and, in England, the resistance to this development exhibited in the controversy over standing armies. In this penetrating and highly original study, ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Brand Positioning With Power

    Maximize Your Marketing Impact

    by Robert S. Gordon ...
    This book empowers individuals with practical knowledge to manage their financial wealth from their first job until retirement and beyond.The first main theme is investments and covers security types, investment strategies, and asset allocations for individual investors. The foundation for this theme is the magical behavior of investment returns across securities and time, and the concept of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Braunwald's Heart Disease - E-Book

    A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine

    Edited by Robert O. Bonow, Douglas L. Mann, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Deepak L. Bhatt, Scott D. Solomon, Peter Libby, Eugene Braunwald ...
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Cardiology**The leading source of reliable cardiology information for practitioners and trainees worldwide, Braunwald's Heart Disease, 13th Edition, remains the most trusted reference in the field. Written and edited by global experts, this award-winning, two-volume text offers outstanding coverage of new drugs, new guidelines, ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Second-hand Stories

    Reported Testimonies in Contemporary Italian Literature (1980–2020)

    by Robert S.C. Gordon, Pierpaolo Antonello, Charlotte Ross, Luigi Pinton ...
    Series Book 48 - Italian Modernities
    The second-hand story is a narrative structure that hinges on a narrator who listens to and reports other people’s words. Updating the older literary convention of the reported tale and responding to the recent marked increase in both the production of and interest in autobiography, autofiction, reportage, and testimony, the second-hand story has become a key and distinctive structure in ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • South Africa's Dreams

    Ethnologists and Apartheid in Namibia

    by Robert J. Gordon ...
    In the early sixties, South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of its repressive ‘Grand Apartheid’ infrastructure, including strategies for countering anti-apartheid resistance. Exposing the role that anthropologists played, this book analyses how the knowledge used to justify and implement apartheid was created. Understanding these practices and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD