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  • The Revivalists

    A Novel

    “The Revivalists is a thrilling, terrifying, surprising, and tender debut, written in such exquisitely precise prose that I felt singed by its imaginary fires and warmed by its beating heart. Chris Hood's nightmarish cross-country family odyssey is also one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read.”—Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Orange WorldA stunning debut novel ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    The Revivalists

    A Novel

    Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    “The Revivalists is a thrilling, terrifying, surprising, and tender debut, written in such exquisitely precise prose that I felt singed by its imaginary fires and warmed by its beating heart. Chris Hood's nightmarish cross-country family odyssey is also one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read.”—Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Orange WorldA stunning debut novel ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Shinkansen

    From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan

    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The image of the shinkansen – or ‘bullet train’ – passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is.This is a comprehensive account of the history of the shinkansen, from its planning during the Pacific War, to its launch in 1964 and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?

    Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government

    The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and debate over government makeovers and reforms, however, there has been remarkably little systematic evaluation of what happened to ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • The Way the Money Goes

    The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK

    The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK's fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of what happened under each government and combines narrative with vignettes that range from the funding ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Cupping: The Complete Guide to the Health Benefits Them Work for You (How It Works, Benefits, Techniques and Surprising Treatments You Can Do at Home)

    Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

    Unabridged

    33 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Cupping is a popular treatment that comes from ancient Chinese and Middle Eastern medicine. Recently, it has become more well-known because of its use in sports and pop culture. For example, famous Olympians like Michael Phelps have been seen with cupping marks. In the movie The Karate Kid, Jackie Chan performed Fire cupping.This therapy is usually ... Read more

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  • The Blame Game

    Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government

    The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than analyzed. In The Blame Game, Christopher Hood takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance ... Read more

    Was $51.89 USD Now $23.79 USD

  • A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics

    100 Years of Austerity, Politics, and Bureaucracy in Britain

    This volume identifies and compares 'fiscal squeezes' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) fiscal squeezes reshaped the state and the provision of public services, and how political credit and blame ... Read more

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  • Dealing with Disaster in Japan

    Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had been returning to their ancestral home for the Obon religious festival, were killed; there were only ... Read more

    Was $65.99 USD Now $58.99 USD

  • Osutaka

    A Chronicle of Loss In the World's Largest Single Plane Crash

    The loss of a loved one at any time is a traumatic event. When their death comes as a result of something sudden and unexpected, the impact can be even greater. If the loved one is your child - one who you would expect to outlive - the emotions are further tested. Imagine having to cope with all of these feelings when also adding into the mix the challenges when the death happens on the other side ... Read more

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  • Hijacking Japan

    It was meant to be a chance to escape the hustle and bustle of Tokyo. Nicola was working hard as an English teacher in Japan; she desperately needed a holiday. A long weekend with her boyfriend, Akira, and two other friends, Mai and Masashi, seemed ideal. The four of them would travel by Japan's safest form of transport, the shinkansen ('bullet train'), before boarding a ferry for the trip across ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • FOUR

    Series Book 1 - Iwakura Series
    Japan. Four islands. Four seasons. Four trips. Four current social issues. One book.That was the plan.April 2013. Photo-journalist Iwakura and his reporter friend Eri, as she was known to the whole of Japan, would be working together again. Since their collaboration in 2011 had exposed more about the truth surrounding the hijacking of a shinkansen ('bullet train'), they had worked on many articles ... Read more

    $6.99 USD