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  • Listening to Workers

    Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s

    Series series Working Class in American History
    Historians and readers alike often overlook the everyday experiences of workers. Drawing on years of interviews and archival research, Daniel J. Clark presents the rich, interesting, and sometimes confounding lives of men and women who worked in Detroit-area automotive plants in the 1950s.In their own words, the interviewees frankly discuss personal matters like divorce and poverty alongside ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Disruption in Detroit

    Autoworkers and the Elusive Postwar Boom

    Series series Working Class in American History
    It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth. Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Like Night and Day

    Unionization in a Southern Mill Town

    Daniel Clark demonstrates the dramatic impact unionization made on the lives of textile workers in Henderson, North Carolina, in the decade after World War II. Focusing on the Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills, he shows that workers valued the Textile Workers Union of America for more than the higher wages and improved benefits it secured for them. Specifically, Clark points to the importance ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Dull Disasters?

    How planning ahead will make a difference

    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and Mozambique; droughts have hit ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Lonely Planet Portugal

    Series series Travel Guide
    Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Portugal.Discover Portugal's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from learning how to cook a cataplana (seafood stew) on a working quinta in Tavira, to taking in the constellations with a stargazing session in the Alqueva, and admiring the well-preserved ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lonely Planet Experience Portugal

    Series series Travel Guide
    This latest edition of Lonely Planet's Experience Portugal travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic country with all the tools you need to create your own unique trip.Discover amazing local experiences from dipping your toes in the local foodie scene by exploring Lisbon's traditional and contemporary restaurants; to visiting the count... ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lonely Planet Pocket Algarve

    by Daniel Clarke ...
    Series series Travel Guide
    Discover twice the place in half the time as Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to the Algarve.This latest edition uncovers the Algarve's most popular experiences and unexpected surprises from strolling the open-air Roman ruins of Milreu; to catching a wave on the Costa Vicentina, renowned for its serious surf; and painting your own ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flame of Love

    A Theology of the Holy Spirit

    In what may be regarded as his magnum opus, Clark Pinnock explores the vital Christian doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Writing out of wide learning and deep personal passion, he points the way to restoring the oft-neglected Spirit tocentrality in the life and witness of the church. Pinnock's book is both catholic—respecting the beliefs and worship of the historic church—and evangelical—drawing ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy

    The Everyday Experiences that Changed My Life

    By most measures, Daniel Olmes is an ordinary guy—but he’s learned how to live an extraordinary life. In Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy, Daniel asserts that we are all capable of being extraordinary and redefines what it means to be just another ordinary person. He is living proof that extraordinary is there for all of us. It doesn’t mean rich or famous. It doesn’t mean better. To Daniel, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Great Clans of Rokugan (Vol 1)

    The Collected Novellas, #1

    Series Book 1 - The Collected Novellas
    Warring samurai clans fight with swords and magic for the Emperor's favor with these collected Legend of the Five Rings novellas, including a brand-new novella of the Crane Clan.Ice and Snow by Katrina Ostrander – a surprise attack and courtly machinations challenge the untested heir to the Crane Clan to keep the peace and prove her value to her family.The Sword and the Spirits by Robert Denton II ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Scenescapes

    How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life

    Let's set the scene: there's a regular on his barstool, beer in hand. He's watching a young couple execute a complicated series of moves on the dance floor, while at the table in the corner the DJ adjusts his headphones and slips a new beat into the mix. These are all experiences created by a given scene—one where we feel connected to other people, in places like a bar or a community center, a ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Atone

    Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation

    Series series Conflict and Security in the Developing World
    The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and fear. While some studies claim that religion facilitates peacebuilding, reconciliation, and healing ... Read more

    $121.49 USD