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Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance

by Scott E. Robinson ...

Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Hunter has always felt out of sync with the world around him. His teachers call him distracted. His classmates think he is strange. But when an antique pocket watch begins ticking backward and impossible visions invade his dreams, Nicholas discovers that his wandering mind may be connected to something far greater than anyone imagined.Pulled from his ordinary life into ... Read more

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Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Hunter has always felt out of sync with the world around him. His teachers call him distracted. His classmates think he is strange. But when an antique pocket watch begins ticking backward and impossible visions invade his dreams, Nicholas discovers that his wandering mind may be connected to something far greater than anyone imagined.Pulled from his ordinary life into
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Trust in Government Agencies in the Time of COVID-19

by Scott E. Robinson, Kuhika Gupta, Joseph Ripberger, Jennifer A. Ross, Andrew Fox, Hank Jenkins-Smith, Carol Silva ...

As the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of government and government agencies based on a nationally-representative survey conducted in March of 2020. First, it examines trust in agencies ... Read more

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As the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of government and government agencies based on a nationally-representative survey conducted in March of 2020. First, it examines trust in agencies
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Understanding Trust in Government

Environmental Sustainability, Fracking, and Public Opinion in American Politics

by Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough, Arnold Vedlitz ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Public Administration and Environmental Sustainability
Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough, and Arnold Vedlitz argue that individual agencies develop specific reputations that may contrast ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough, and Arnold Vedlitz argue that individual agencies develop specific reputations that may contrast
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Public Administration Research Methods

Tools for Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice

by Warren S. Eller, Brian J. Gerber, Scott E. Robinson ...

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what’s happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public manager is often, therefore, based on the need for rigorous, actionable research. Now in a thoughtfully revised second edition, ... Read more

$134.99 USD

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what’s happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public manager is often, therefore, based on the need for rigorous, actionable research. Now in a thoughtfully revised second edition,
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50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 4: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction

Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

by William F. Nolan, William F. Nolan, Robert Zacks, Robert Zacks, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Mary Shelley, Mack Reynolds, Edward Halibut0, Leigh Brackett1, Robert F. Young2, Fredric Brown3, Robert Silverberg4, Jack Williamson5, William Hope Hodgson6, Evelyn E. Smith7, Gordon R. Dickson8, Theodore Sturgeon9, Clifford D. Simak0, Arthur C. Clarke1, Robert A. Heinlein2, August Derleth3, Lawrence M. Jannifer4, Ambrose Bierce5, Henry Kuttner6, Allen K. Lang7, Carl W. Ganzlin8, H. G. Wells9, Margaret St. Clair0, Carl Jacobi1, Philip K. Dick2, Andre Norton3, Murray Leinster4, Ross Rocklynne5, Harry Harrison6, Frank M. Robinson7, Alfred Coppel8, Lynn Venable0 ...

Narrated by Scott Miller9 ...

Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies
Unabridged

29 hours 11 min

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 4: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction is another extraordinary collection celebrating the imagination and innovation of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. Spanning more than 29 hours, these fifty timeless stories take listeners on unforgettable journeys through strange worlds, distant futures, impossible inventions, and mysteries that ... Read more

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50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 4: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction is another extraordinary collection celebrating the imagination and innovation of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. Spanning more than 29 hours, these fifty timeless stories take listeners on unforgettable journeys through strange worlds, distant futures, impossible inventions, and mysteries that
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Lost Sci-Fi Books 271 thru 275

Mysteries, Marvels, and Futures Waiting to Be Explored

by Donald E. Westlake, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Coppel, Lynn Venable, Frank M. Robinson ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi 5 Book Box Sets
Unabridged

2 hours 56 min

Prepare for five unforgettable journeys where danger, mystery, and imagination push the limits of what science fiction can be. Lost Sci-Fi Books 271 thru 275 gathers a remarkable collection of classic stories from some of the genre’s finest storytellers, each offering a unique vision of humanity’s future.Donald E. Westlake’s The Risk Profession explores a world where impossible jobs become someone ... Read more

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Prepare for five unforgettable journeys where danger, mystery, and imagination push the limits of what science fiction can be. Lost Sci-Fi Books 271 thru 275 gathers a remarkable collection of classic stories from some of the genre’s finest storytellers, each offering a unique vision of humanity’s future.Donald E. Westlake’s The Risk Profession explores a world where impossible jobs become someone
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The Future of Public Administration around the World

The Minnowbrook Perspective

by Rosemary O'Leary, Soonhee Kim, H. George Frederickson, W. Henry Lambright, Donald P. Moynihan, Suzanne Piotrowski, Mary E. Guy, Meredith A. Newman, Sharon H. Mastracci0, Domonic Bearfield1, Susan T. Gooden2, Kimberley R. Isett3, Dale Jones4, Austen Givens5, Bidhya Bowornwathana6, Yilin Hou7, Ora-orn Poocharoen8, Michael McGuire9, Jeffrey L. Brudney0, Beth Gazley1, Theresa A. Pardo2, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia3, Luis F. Luna-Reyes4, Kirk Emerson5, Peter Murchie6, Tina Nabatchi7, John Clayton Thomas8, Ines Mergel9, Scott E. Robinson0, Guy B. Adams1, Danny L. Balfour2, David H. Rosenbloom3, Katherine C. Naff4, Justin Marlowe5, Daniel L. Smith6, Matt Leighninger7, Kristina Lambright8, Kelly LeRoux9, Bradley E. Wright0, David M. Van Slyke2 ...

Series series Public Management and Change series
A once-in-a-generation event held every twenty years, the Minnowbrook conference brings together the top scholars in public administration and public management to reflect on the state of the field and its future. This unique volume brings together a group of distinguished authors—both seasoned and new—for a rare critical examination of the field of public administration yesterday, today, and ... Read more

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A once-in-a-generation event held every twenty years, the Minnowbrook conference brings together the top scholars in public administration and public management to reflect on the state of the field and its future. This unique volume brings together a group of distinguished authors—both seasoned and new—for a rare critical examination of the field of public administration yesterday, today, and
... Read more
The Woodland Southeast

by Joseph M. Herbert, Evan Peacock, Debra L. Gold, Steven R. Ahler, Kristen J. Gremillion, R. Lee Lyman, Frankie Snow, Judith A. Bense, Randolph J. Widmer, H. Edwin Jackson, Susan L. Scott, Jeffrey L. Hantman, Martha Ann Robinson, James W. Cogswell, Frank F. Schambach, Robert Reams, Melissa Higgins, Michael S. Nassaney, Richard Edging, Ruth Y. Wetmore, Patrick Willey, Jan F. Simek, Paul P. Kreisa, Keith Stephenson, Professor Patty Jo Watson, Professor Michael J. O'Brien, Tristram R. Kidder, Professor Janet Rafferty, Jerald T. Milanich, Professor Kenneth E. Sassaman, Charles Cobb, Charles H. Faulkner Jr., Rudolf Berle Clay Jr. ...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples ... Read more

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This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples
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Def Leppard

Every Album, Every Song

by Scott Robinson ...

In the beginning, there was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple; the progenitors of early 1970s British heavy metal. Inspired by the DIY ethic of punk, the late 1970s brought the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and five young men from Sheffield – some of them still in school – took that new sound and infused it with large doses of the glam they’d grown up on with T. Rex, Queen and Davie ... Read more

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In the beginning, there was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple; the progenitors of early 1970s British heavy metal. Inspired by the DIY ethic of punk, the late 1970s brought the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and five young men from Sheffield – some of them still in school – took that new sound and infused it with large doses of the glam they’d grown up on with T. Rex, Queen and Davie
... Read more
Yestales

An Unauthorized Biography of Rock's Most Cosmic Band, in Limerick Form

by Scott Robinson ...

There has been no more influential or enduring force in the history of progressive rock music than Yes. From their hit songs "Roundabout" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to classic albums like Fragile, Close to the Edge and 90125, Yes has innovated its way inexorably into rock history. And the drama of the band's 30-year history surpasses even that of the music. Rock music critic Scott Robinson ... Read more

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There has been no more influential or enduring force in the history of progressive rock music than Yes. From their hit songs "Roundabout" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to classic albums like Fragile, Close to the Edge and 90125, Yes has innovated its way inexorably into rock history. And the drama of the band's 30-year history surpasses even that of the music. Rock music critic Scott Robinson
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John Locke and the Uncivilized Society

Individualism and Resistance in America Today

by Scott Robinson ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
John Locke’s influence on American political culture has been largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as the architect of a rationally ordered and civilized liberalism, John Locke and the Uncivilized Society demonstrates that Locke’s thought is culpable for the rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin’s ... Read more

$89.99 USD

John Locke’s influence on American political culture has been largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as the architect of a rationally ordered and civilized liberalism, John Locke and the Uncivilized Society demonstrates that Locke’s thought is culpable for the rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin’s
... Read more
Wissahickon

Poems

by Scott Robinson ...

The poems in Wissahickon exist for one reason: to draw our attention to a natural world that is ensouled. Trees, rock, water, fungi, animals, fish, and birds--all participate in Spirit, and all are permeated with soul-stuff. The Christian, Druidic, Tantric, and classical viewpoints, often overlapping and folded into one another in these pages, all serve one end: to help us to see, feel, and know ... Read more

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The poems in Wissahickon exist for one reason: to draw our attention to a natural world that is ensouled. Trees, rock, water, fungi, animals, fish, and birds--all participate in Spirit, and all are permeated with soul-stuff. The Christian, Druidic, Tantric, and classical viewpoints, often overlapping and folded into one another in these pages, all serve one end: to help us to see, feel, and know
... Read more

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