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by Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it” --- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the...
Spiral
Trapped in the Forever War
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
In “a clear-eyed and shrewd examination…of how the US seems to be mired in a losing and intractable battle against global terrorism” (Publishers Weekly), Mark Danner describes a nation forever altered by President George W. Bush’s war of choice after 9/11.
The War on Terror has led...
Teacher
The One Who Made the Difference
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In 1969, Mark Edmundson was a typical high school senior in working-class Medford, Massachusetts. He loved football, disdained schoolwork, and seemed headed for a factory job in his hometown—until a maverick philosophy teacher turned his life around.
When Frank Lears, a small, nervous man...
Governing the World
The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The story of global cooperation between nations and peoples is a tale of dreamers goading us to find common cause in remedying humanity’s worst problems. But international institutions have also provided a tool for the powers that be to advance their own interests and stamp their imprint on the...
by Mark Pinsky
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
In this insightful and accessible book, religion journalist Mark Pinsky takes the curious reader on a tour of the fascinating world of Sun Belt evangelicalism. Pinsky, religion reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, uses his unique position as a Jew covering evangelical Christianity to help nonevangelicals...
by Mark Allen Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
' Brilliant thriller' Publishers Weekly
Everyone is looking for Geiger...
Detached and with an innate ability to recognize lies, Geiger was the best of the best in the field of Information Retrieval. Until he was asked to break his only rule and do the unthinkable - to torture a child....
Phillip Schuler
The remarkable life of one of Australia's greatest war correspondents
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Phillip Schuler, a handsome young journalist from the Melbourne Age, covered the Gallipoli campaign alongside Charles Bean. His bravery was legendary. His dispatches were evocative and compassionate. He captured the heroism and horror for Australian newspaper readers in ways the meticulous yet dry...
Not Dead Yet
What Future for Labor?
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Labor is not dead yet, but it desperately needs to change. In this book, Mark Latham and several leading young progressive thinkers look to the future. Not Dead Yet shows how Labor became a party of factional warlords. Latham proposes reforms to limit their power and renew the party, and outlines...
by Mark Carwardine
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
A new and fully updated edition of this popular title, which is the definitive guide to watching whales, dolphins and porpoises in British and other European waters. A fascinating introduction to whales and whale watching is followed by a detailed field guide with spectacular illustrations, identification...
Lights In the Sky & Little Green Men
A Rational Christian Look at UFOs and Extraterrestrials
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2002
Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men presents a fresh look at UFOs and extraterrestrials. Working from a rational Christian worldview, authors Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, and Mark Clark initiate a search for truth to answers about extraterrestrial life, conspiracy theories, cult groups, alien encounters,...
The Three Battles of Wanat
And Other True Stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: “a first-rate collection” of long-form journalism on war, sports, politics, and more (Booklist).
Mark Bowden has established himself as one of America’s leading journalists and nonfiction writers. The Three Battles of Wanat...
The Color of America Has Changed
How Racial Diversity Shaped Civil Rights Reform in California, 1941-1978
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
From the moment that the attack on the "problem of the color line," as W.E.B. DuBois famously characterized the problem of the twentieth century, began to gather momentum nationally during World War II, California demonstrated that the problem was one of color lines. In The Color of America...
by Mark Crislip
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
A second year of clinical tales from the Puswhisperer, Mark Crislip, an infectious disease specialist from Portland, OR. Dr. Crislip kills strep and staph, fights flu, and is always on the lookout for "zebras"?those unusual infections (and sometimes non-infections) that leave all the doctors guessing....
Pain Don't Hurt
Fighting Inside and Outside the Ring
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Pain Don’t Hurt is the no-holds-barred memoir from the only professional fighter in history to return to the ring after open-heart surgery, kickboxer Mark “Fightshark” Miller—an inspiring story of family, determination, and redemption.
In 2007, Mark Miller was a rising star in professional...