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  • City Water, City Life

    Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago

    by Carl Smith ...
    A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. It is also an infrastructure of ideas that are a support for the beliefs, values, and aspirations of the people who created the city. In City Water, City Life, celebrated historian Carl Smith explores this concept through an insightful examination of the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Chicago’s Great Fire

    The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City

    by Carl Smith ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 38 min

    From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memories of those who experienced it.Between October 8–10, 1871, much of the city of Chicago was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in barely three decades, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Best Australian Science Writing 2024

    Edited by Jackson Ryan, Carl Smith ...
    Series series The Best Australian Science Writing Seri
    The finest voices in Australian science writing. This much-loved anthology – now in its fourteenth year – selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating science stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists. The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 anthologises another major year in science. From AI to the climate crisis, the long tail of the pandemic and the changing ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chicago's Great Fire

    The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City

    by Carl Smith ...
    A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination.Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in the intervening decades—and much of the ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Pacific War

    From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa

    by Carl Smith, Mark Stille, Joseph Mueller, Derrick Wright, Jim Moran, Gordon L. Rottman, Bernard Ireland ...
    Meticulous detail and insightful analysis combine with a gripping chronological narrative to provide the essential guide to the Pacific Theater of World War II.On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes appeared from the clouds above Pearl Harbor and fundamentally changed the course of history; with this one surprise attack the previously isolationist America was irrevocably thrown into World ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Crossing The Creek

    by Carl Smith, Markee Books ...
    "Sleep did not come easily for Irene. There was no story in her head that could make sense of this."Robert Frost wrote about two roads diverging in the woods, and after much thought he chose the road less traveled. He shared that when he looked back on his life, that choice made all the difference. Yogi Berra, in a lighter vein, advised if you come to a fork in the road take it. Just simply pick ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    To Paris With Love

    by Carl Weber, Eric Pete ...
    Narrated by Suzanne Cypress, Lisa Smith, Corey Allen, Adam Alexander ...
    Series series Family Business (Weber)

    Unabridged

    8 hours 48 min

    Ripped from the pages of Carl Weber's New York Times- bestselling Family Business series comes a solo story about his most popular character to date -- the bright, sexy, and deadly Paris Duncan.Join Carl Weber and Eric Pete as they go back in time and take Paris Duncan to Europe, to the finishing school where she meets her first true love, makes her first real enemy, and commits her first crime. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Chancellorsville 1863

    Jackson's Lightning Strike

    by Carl Smith ...
    Series Book 55 - Campaign
    Fully illustrated, including with battle maps, this account of the Battle of Chancellorsville features detailed coverage from experienced military writer Carl Smith.Following the debacle of the battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General Joseph Hooker. Having reorganised the army and improved morale, he planned an attack that ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Fredericksburg 1862

    'Clear The Way'

    by Carl Smith ...
    Series Book 63 - Campaign
    A detailed, illustrated account of another Union failure early in the Civil War.In December 1862, things were still confused for the Union. Antietam had been a failure for both sides, and although the battle showed that the Union army could bring the Confederates to bay, it couldn't pin them in one place long enough to destroy them. In December 1862, General Burnside, newly appointed to command ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Gettysburg 1863

    High tide of the Confederacy

    by Carl Smith ...
    Series Book 52 - Campaign
    A special extended edition of this compact, illustrated volume on Gettysburg, one of the most popular subjects of the American Civil War.The Confederate invasion of the Northern states was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union he hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiations, or win support from the European powers who were watching events closely from across the ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes

    by Carl Smith, Robert J. Wootton ...
    Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of vertebrates. Teleosts display remarkable variation in their modes of reproduction, and this volume is intended to provide a framework for understanding the remarkable reproductive diversity of this group. It describes their ... Read more

    $175.00 USD

  • Moleb the Giant

    a Tale of the Cardinal Fates

    by Carl Smith ...
    Series series Cardinal Fates
    The world is on the verge of an age of enlightenment. Generations have passed since mankind was last forced to contend with magic and monsters. Yet in the True North, unbeknownst to anyone, an embittered king has released his most fearsome and hated enemy. That loathsome creature is Moleb, the last giant.Now freed from isolation, the giant wanders south to find both healing and revenge. After ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus