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Films as Rhetorical Texts

Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations

by Janice D. Hamlet, Raymond Blanton, Rekha Sharma, Tewodros Workneh, Gordon Alley-Young, Gregory Adamo, Sheryl Lidzy, Debra C. Smith, David Stamps, Vinod Kumar0, P. Sudheer Kumar1, Shearon Roberts2, Christopher K. Jackson3, Renata Ferdinand4, Joshua F. Hoops5, Shamilla Amulega6, Taryn K. Myers7, J. Joy Davis8, Gregory A. Cranmer9, Tina M. Harris0 ...

Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations presents critical essays focusing on select commercial films and what they can teach us about race, racism, and race relations in America. The films in this volume are critically assessed as rhetorical texts using various aspects and components of critical race theory, recognizing that race and racism are ... Read more

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Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations presents critical essays focusing on select commercial films and what they can teach us about race, racism, and race relations in America. The films in this volume are critically assessed as rhetorical texts using various aspects and components of critical race theory, recognizing that race and racism are
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Ruling Reptiles

Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology

by James O. Farlow, Ricardo Araújo, Vincent Fernandez, Peter S. Johnston, Christopher R. Langel, Matthew F. Bonnan, Ray Wilhite, Christine Böhmer, Sarah W. Keenan, Marisa Tellez0, Patrick V. Wheatley1, Ryan J. Haupt2, Alexander K. Hastings3, Stephanie K. Drumheller4, Domenic C. D'Amore5, Jackson K. Njau6, Lucy Gomes de Souza7, Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas8, Mauro Bruno da Silva Lacerda9, Kirstin S. Brink0, Aaron R. H. LeBlanc1, Thomas M. Cullen2, Alida M. Bailleul3, Mary H. Schweitzer4, Julia Audije-Gil5, Fernando Barroso-Barcenilla6, Oscar Cambra-Moo7, Haley D. O'Brien8, Peter Brice9, Gordon Grigg0, Roger S. Seymour1, Cory J. Kumagai2, Hendrik Klein3, Holly Noelle Woodward Ballard5 ...

Series series Life of the Past
Modern crocodylians—crocodiles, alligators, caiman (Central and South America), and gharials (India)—have evolved over 250 million years from a fully terrestrial, bipedal ancestor. Along with birds, crocodylians are the only living members of Archosauria, the group including nonavian dinosaurs.Ruling Reptiles features contributions on a broad range of topics surrounding crocodylian evolution and ... Read more

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Modern crocodylians—crocodiles, alligators, caiman (Central and South America), and gharials (India)—have evolved over 250 million years from a fully terrestrial, bipedal ancestor. Along with birds, crocodylians are the only living members of Archosauria, the group including nonavian dinosaurs.Ruling Reptiles features contributions on a broad range of topics surrounding crocodylian evolution and
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The Book of Bristol

A City in Short Fiction

by Joe Melia, Heather Marks, KM Elkes, Christopher Fielden, Shagufta K Iqbal, Valda Jackson, Sanjida Kay, Asmaa Jama, Rebecca Watts, Magnus Mills, Helen Dunmore, Tessa Hadley ...

Series series Reading the City
Celebrated for its creativity, communal spirit, and culture of resistance, Bristol is a city with a loud voice and progressive reputation. But it’s also a city that has experienced division and inequality. In this anthology, ten acclaimed and emerging writers portray a city full of secrets, scars, and stark contrasts. From the elusive angel who turns up at a stagnant café along the Malago River, ... Read more

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Celebrated for its creativity, communal spirit, and culture of resistance, Bristol is a city with a loud voice and progressive reputation. But it’s also a city that has experienced division and inequality. In this anthology, ten acclaimed and emerging writers portray a city full of secrets, scars, and stark contrasts. From the elusive angel who turns up at a stagnant café along the Malago River,
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Polarization and Political Party Factions in the 2020 Election

by Jennifer C. Lucas, Christopher J. Galdieri, Zachary Albert, Brian K. Arbour, Kevin K. Banda, Todd L. Belt, Robert G. Boatright, Christopher Chapp, John Cluverius0, J. Scott Granberg-Rademacker1, Jorge Esparza Hernandez2, Whitney Hua3, Natalie Jackson4, Michael S. Lewis-Beck5, Lilliana Mason6, Kevin Parsneau7, Richard J. Powell8, Carly Schmitt9, Tauna S. Sisco0, Mark D. Brewer1, Jerome Day2, Chad Kinsella3, Hans Noel4 ...

This volume explores the conflict between two forces: party polarization and party factionalism. The major change in America’s two political parties over the past half-century has been increased polarization, which has led to a new era of heightened inter-party competition resulting in stronger and more cohesive parties. At the same time, elections, particularly primaries, often reveal deep ... Read more

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This volume explores the conflict between two forces: party polarization and party factionalism. The major change in America’s two political parties over the past half-century has been increased polarization, which has led to a new era of heightened inter-party competition resulting in stronger and more cohesive parties. At the same time, elections, particularly primaries, often reveal deep
... Read more
Black Women and Popular Culture

The Conversation Continues

by Adria Y. Goldman, Alexa A. Harris, Natasha R. Howard, Robin M. Boylorn, Rachel Alicia Griffin, Mark C. Hopson, Sheena C. Howard, Christopher K. Jackson0, Joanna L. Jenkins1, Mackenzie Jordan2, Andre Nicholson3, Joshua Daniel Phillips4, Simone Puff5, Elizabeth Y. Whittington6, Joshua K. Wright7, VaNatta S. Ford8, LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant0 ...

With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues provides such a comprehensive analysis. Using an array of theoretical frameworks and ... Read more

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With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues provides such a comprehensive analysis. Using an array of theoretical frameworks and
... Read more
Deadman Humour

Thirteen Fears of a Clown

by Dave Higgins, R.M. Mizia, Henry Snider, Steven Pirie, Donna J.W. Munro, Christopher Stanley, N.D. Coley, Roger Jackson, Christopher Degni, Lee Glenwright, Samantha Bryant, Charles R. Bernard, Joshua R. Smith, G.K. Lomax ...

Series series Fears of a Clown
In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot ... Read more

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In a world of shadows, joyful colours are an act of heroism.Modern tales are filled with clowns who invoke fear not laughter: painted grins covering fanged maws; baggy costumes concealing unspeakable horrors; malevolent parodies of nature.But the tools of a clown work for good as well as ill: only a trickster could tweak a monster’s nose; make-up is war paint for the modern age; the devil cannot
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Three-Way Double Cross [Dramatized Adaptation]

by C.K. Shaw ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Thomas Keegan, Bradley Smith, Danny Gavigan, Eric Messner, Joe Brack, Nanette Savard, Casie Platt, Dylan Lynch, Richard Rohan, Kimberly Gilbert, Tim Carlin, Colleen Delany, Michael Glenn, Ken Jackson, James Konicek, Catherine Aselford, Christopher Graybill, Ted Stoddard, Patrick Bussink, Yasmin Tuazon, Gary Telles, Michael John Casey, David Coyne, James Keegan, Ren Kasey, Mort Shelby, Tim Andrés Pabon ...

Series series Western Little Bytes
Unabridged

28 min

Shaw's forte was her ability to create interesting casts of characters through whom and between whom she was able to develop a suspensful and unpredictable interplay. This story is a good example of her character driven western fiction. ... Read more

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Shaw's forte was her ability to create interesting casts of characters through whom and between whom she was able to develop a suspensful and unpredictable interplay. This story is a good example of her character driven western fiction.
... Read more
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Frontier [Dramatized Adaptation]

by S.K. Salzer ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Eva Wilhelm, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Chris Stinson, Rex Anderson, Tracy Olivera, Michael John Casey, Michael Glenn, Jonathon Church, Scott McCormick, Gregory Wooddell, Eric Singdahlsen, Eric Messner, Matthew McGee, Bill Gillett, Dani Stoller, Sasha Olinick, Elizabeth Jernigan, Evan Casey, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Terence Aselford, Paul Reisman, J.W. Rone, Thomas Penny, Brad Smith, Tony Nam, Dawn Ursula, Drew Kopas, Matthew Bassett, Christopher Graybill, Scott Graham, Christopher Scheeren, David Jourdan, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Helen Pafumi, Lily Beacon, Casie Platt, Tim Andrés Pabon ...

Series series Frontier (Salzer)
Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

They went searching for a dream. They found America.The first in a trailblazing trilogy of the brave men and women who risked their lives to build a future in the untamed heart of the American frontier…Fort Kearney, Nebraska, is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps and Indian agents, and drifters—they arrive every day hoping to forge their ... Read more

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They went searching for a dream. They found America.The first in a trailblazing trilogy of the brave men and women who risked their lives to build a future in the untamed heart of the American frontier…Fort Kearney, Nebraska, is the gateway to the west for a new breed of pioneers. Civil War veterans and widows, card sharps and Indian agents, and drifters—they arrive every day hoping to forge their
... Read more
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Thunder at Dawn [Dramatized Adaptation]

by S.K. Salzer ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Michael Glenn, Laura C. Harris, Nick DePinto, David Jourdan, Bradley Smith, David Harris, Lise Bruneau, Paul Reisman, Christopher Scheeren, Michael John Casey, Thomas Keegan, Bob Payne, David Coyne, Matthew Keenan, Patrick Bussink, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Terence Aselford, J.W. Rone, Joe Brack, Rex Anderson, Matthew Bassett, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan, Scott McCormick, Ken Jackson, Evan Casey, Ren Casey, Matthew McGee, Nathanial Perry, Andy Brownstein, Tim Carlin, Scott Graham, Tim Getman, Nora Achrati ...

Series series Frontier (Salzer)
Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

The epic saga of the heroic pioneers who struggled and fought, lived and died, to stake their claim on the untamed American frontier…Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career—as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh ... Read more

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The epic saga of the heroic pioneers who struggled and fought, lived and died, to stake their claim on the untamed American frontier…Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career—as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh
... Read more
Audiobook

Powder River [Dramatized Adaptation]

by S.K. Salzer ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Chris Genebach, Tony Nam, Gwen Grastorf, Carolyn Kashner, Eva Wilhelm, Zeke Alton, Robbie Gay, Michael Glenn, Jonathon Church, Paul Reisman, Michael John Casey, Steve Wannall, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Bradley Smith, Zoe Badovinac, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Walker, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Keith Richards, J.W. Rone, Richard Rohan, Helen Pafumi, Terence Aselford, Barbara Pinolini, Marni Penning, Scott McCormick, Nick DePinto ...

Series series Frontier (Salzer)
Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

The epic saga of the men and women who fought for a new life on the American frontier.Reeling from the sudden death of his wife, Daniel Dixon returns to Wyoming's Powder River country to start anew. It's the end of the nineteenth century and the Indians are gone. The growing city of Buffalo, just a stone's throw from the ruins of Fort Phil Kearny, seems a peaceful place to start a medical practice ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The epic saga of the men and women who fought for a new life on the American frontier.Reeling from the sudden death of his wife, Daniel Dixon returns to Wyoming's Powder River country to start anew. It's the end of the nineteenth century and the Indians are gone. The growing city of Buffalo, just a stone's throw from the ruins of Fort Phil Kearny, seems a peaceful place to start a medical practice
... Read more

The Complete Dinosaur

by M. K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., James O. Farlow ...

Series series Life of the Past
A new edition of the illustrated compendium that is "a gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" ( Science).What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did they grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can ... Read more

$18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A new edition of the illustrated compendium that is "a gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts" ( Science).What do we know about dinosaurs, and how do we know it? How did they grow, move, eat, and reproduce? Were they warm-blooded or cold-blooded? How intelligent were they? How are the various groups of dinosaurs related to each other, and to other kinds of living and extinct vertebrates? What can
... Read more
Forerunners of Mammals

Radiation' Histology, Biology

Edited by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan ...

Series series Life of the Past
An in-depth look at the origin and evolutionary radiation of the synapsids.About 320 million years ago a group of reptiles known as the synapsids emerged and forever changed Earth's ecological landscapes. This book discusses the origin and radiation of the synapsids from their sail-backed pelycosaur ancestor to their diverse descendants, the therapsids or mammal-like reptiles, that eventually gave ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An in-depth look at the origin and evolutionary radiation of the synapsids.About 320 million years ago a group of reptiles known as the synapsids emerged and forever changed Earth's ecological landscapes. This book discusses the origin and radiation of the synapsids from their sail-backed pelycosaur ancestor to their diverse descendants, the therapsids or mammal-like reptiles, that eventually gave
... Read more

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