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  • The Electron Glass

    Presenting an up-to-date report on electronic glasses, this book examines experiments and theories for a variety of disordered materials where electrons exhibit glassy properties. Some interesting mathematical models of idealized systems are also discussed. The authors examine problems in this field, highlighting which issues are currently understood and which require further research. Where ... Read more

    $146.79 USD

  • Human Capital in History

    The American Record

    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    America’s expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital—the knowledge and skill of workers—has featured prominently in American economic leadership over the past two ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • To Whatever End

    What if with every person you met, after just one touch, you have a vision of the last time you’ll see each other? Ever. Normally, these visions are innocent—two friends just drifting apart, a random stranger that brushed past you then never crossed your path again.But not today.When I accidentally touch him, within only moments of our first meeting, I’m bombarded by visions of his death.And from ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Japanese Myths

    A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits

    Series series Myths
    An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon.While people around the world love Japan’s cultural exports—from manga and anime to Zen—not everyone is familiar with Japan’s unique mythology that shapes these interests, which is enriched by Shinto ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Between the Sheets

    Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France

    Between the Sheets reveals a space, hidden in plain sight in Third Republican Paris, where deviant sexualities and lives could be experimented with and financed, despite republican attempts at growing and norming the population through the heterosexual family. That space was the newspaper, which was not simply a tool of normalization and a site of "dominant discourse," as it has frequently been ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • The Heartbeat Hypothesis

    Audra Madison simply wanted to walk in the shoes of Emily Cavanaugh, a free-spirited teenager who died too young. After all, Audra wasn’t supposed to be here.Thanks to Emily, Audra has a second chance at life. She’s doing all the things that seemed impossible just two years ago: Go to college. Date. Stargaze in the Rocky Mountains. Maybe get a tattoo. You know, live.Jake Cavanaugh, a photographer ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Project A.I.D.E.N.

    Until the moment I met him, I’d never done anything wrong. Like, seriously, nothing. Until that summery afternoon when an exceptionally cute boy with unnatural green eyes—like emerald flames—stepped out in front of my car. And I hit him.Only the boy didn’t die. There isn’t a mark on him. And now Aiden is begging me to drive him somewhere, anywhere. Because he’s being hunted, and the people chasing ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The trauma of the hidden child

    Children under the Occupation

    An analysis of the trauma of the hidden children and his long-term repercussion.This book is made up of two distinct sections, which are integrally connected. The author’s intent is not only to present and identify the trauma of Jewish children hidden under the Nazi Occupation, but also to analyse its short- and long-term repercussions.To achieve this, Marcel Frydman uses two complementary ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sounding the Break

    African American and Caribbean Routes of World Literature

    by Jason Frydman ...
    Series series New World Studies
    The idea of "world literature" has served as a crucial though underappreciated interlocutor for African diasporic writers, informing their involvement in processes of circulation, translation, and revision that have been identified as the hallmarks of the contemporary era of world literature. Yet in spite of their participation in world systems before and after European hegemony, Africa and the ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Anschel's Story

    Determined to Survive

    Narrated by Matthew Shanahan, Alex Tischer ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 36 min

    This book is a heart-stopping journey told in first person, which describes unusual courage and uncanny luck. It is the true story of a 13-year-old boy who lost everything during the Holocaust. He fought to live on in spite of ghettos, fatal line-ups, enslavement in work camps, and years of survival as a partisan in Polish forests.From the cover: "His mother had to make a quick decision that no ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Mechanical Markets

    Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State

    A powerful challenge to contemporary economics and a new agenda for global financeIn the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. The problem, Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg argue, is that both the rational and behavioral theories of the market rest on the same fatal assumption—that ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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    Through the Rustling Water

    An historical thriller based on true events

    Narrated by Claudia Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    From the depths of history and the lingering shadows of war comes a gripping, emotionally charged novel: Through the Rustling Water.Set in post–World War II Europe, the story follows two young operatives from an elite intelligence unit—Yael and Yotam—on a perilous mission to track down a Hungarian war criminal accused of crimes against humanity. As they navigate a continent still scarred by ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus