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  • The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815

    by Dr David Gates ...
    Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. A war of unprecedented scale and intensity, it was in many ways a product of change that acted as a catalyst for upheaval and reform across much of Europe, with aspects of its legacy lingering to this very day.There is a ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • A Rebellion of Care

    Poems and Essays

    by David Gate ...
    A moving manifesto in poems and essays, inviting readers to embrace their humanity and live fully alive in our age of social change, hyper-capitalism, and pervasive lonelinessyes, everyone is struggling right nowso please be graciousbe kind & patient, but subvertevery institution that relies on our sufferingSomething isn’t right. Every generation thinks that, but we have more cause than most. The ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Jernigan

    by David Gates ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    From Holden Caulfield to Moses Herzog, our best literature has been narrated by malcontents. To this lineage add Peter Jernigan, who views the world with ferocious intelligence, grim rapture, and a chainsaw wit that he turns, with disastrous consequences, on his wife, his teenaged son, his dangerously vulnerable mistress—and, not least of all, on himself. This novel is a bravura performance: a ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $8.99 USD

  • The Blurr

    The Beginning of the End

    by David Gates ...
    A disease . . . the end of the times . . . a quest for survival? Where is a safe place to hide from the dangers that lurk behind a mask of lies?Daniel Gains and his best friend Carson Dennison own a retail establishment outside of town and have expectations in expanding their business. Little did they know that those plans were about to change. One day Dan is inspired by God to deliver a message ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Preston Falls

    A Novel

    by David Gates ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Jernigan introduced David Gates as a novelist of the highest order. "Full of dark truths and biting humor," wrote Frederick Exley, "a brilliant novel [that] will be read for a long time."After that blackly comic handbook of self-destruction--whose antihero shoulders up to such crucial American figures as Bellow's Herzog, Updike's Harry Angstrom, Heller's Bob ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me

    Stories and a novella

    by David Gates ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    **From the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Jernigan—and one of America's most talented, witty, and emotionally intelligent writers—come eleven "gripping, sophisticated, gasp-inducing stories" (The New Yorker) and a novella populated by characters who carry the full weight of the human condition.A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me is populated by characters, young, old or somewhere in ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • The Wonders of the Invisible World

    by David Gates ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    The author of the highly acclaimed novels Jernigan (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) and Preston Falls (National Book Critics Cirlce Award Finalist) offers up a mordantly funny collection of short stories about the faulty bargains we make with ourselves to continure the high-wire act of living meaningful lives in late twentieth-century America.Populated by highly educated men and women in combat with one ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • Air Power in the Maritime Environment

    The World Wars

    by David Gates, Ben Jones ...
    This book explores the mingling of two rather different perspectives, those of the naval and aeronautical schools of thought, and the impact that they had upon one another in natural, professional and geopolitical settings. To explain the manner in which air power was incorporated into warfare between 1914 and 1945 it studies the deeds of practitioners, the limitations of technology, the realities ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Islands in the Sky

    by David Gates ...
    The Falklands, at the time of this story, were a little known group of islands miles away from anywhere that most people hadnt even heard of. Of course, nearly everyone has now heard of them and most even have a good idea where they are. Back in the late 60s and early 70s they were a sleepy spot on the map where nothing much happened. They didnt bother anyone and no-one bothered them. For two ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Sky Wars

    A History of Military Aerospace Power

    by David Gates ...
    Series series Contemporary Worlds
    Unlike land and maritime military warfare, which has evolved over thousands of years, the history of war in the air is as short as it has been spectacular: only 100 years have passed since the first flight in a powered aircraft. Despite its brief history, however, military air power is not an insignificant part of the modern military machine: on the contrary, it has played a strikingly prominent ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • 924 Miles

    Thoughts on Finding God and Living a Meaningful Life

    by David Gates ...
    924 Miles tells the story of a man searching for God while trying to figure out what life is all about. It explores the true purpose of life, the grace of God, and the connection between the two. It will make you cry, laugh, and ultimately examine your purpose in life; many are calling 924 Miles a must-read book! ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

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    A Rebellion of Care

    Poems and Essays

    by David Gate ...
    Narrated by David Gate ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 26 min

    A moving manifesto in poems and essays, inviting readers to embrace their humanity and live fully alive in our age of social change, hyper-capitalism, and pervasive lonelinessyes, everyone is struggling right nowso please be graciousbe kind & patient, but subvertevery institution that relies on our sufferingSomething isn’t right. Every generation thinks that, but we have more cause than most. The ... Read more

    $12.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook