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  • Death at SeaWorld

    Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

    by David Kirby ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and *Animal Factory—*a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America's most beloved marine mammal parkDeath at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Autism

    Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic

    by Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxill, David Kirby ...
    A groundbreaking book, THE AGE OF AUTISM explores how mankind has unwittingly poisoned itself for half a millenniumFor centuries, medicine has made reckless use of one of earth's most toxic substances: mercury—and the consequences, often invisible or ignored, continue to be tragic. Today, background pollution levels, including global emissions of mercury as well as other toxicants, make us all ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Blunderhead

    The Incredible Adventures of a Double Agent in Nazi-Occupied Europe

    by David Kirby ...
    In the autumn of 1942, British Special Operations Executive agent Ronald Sydney Seth was parachuted into German-occupied Estonia, supposedly to carry out acts of sabotage against the Nazis in a plan codenamed Operation Blunderhead. Uniquely, it was Seth and not the SOE who had engineered the mission, and he had no support network on the ground. It was a failure. Captured by Estonian militia, Seth ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Knowledge

    Where Poems Come From and How to Write Them

    by David Kirby ...
    A five-time teaching award winner and author of 35 books, David Kirby has written a lively and inviting guide to writing poetry for college students. The Knowledge: Where Poems Come From and How to Write Them, utilizes Kirby's hospitable, inspirational, and expert voice to help students learn the complex, playful, and meditative art form of poetry.The book's four sections ("How to Write a Poem," ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Evidence of Harm

    Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy

    by David Kirby ...
    "One of the most thoroughly researched accounts of the thimerosal controversy thus far. The book for medical professionals and concerned parents to read." — Publishers Weekly, starred reviewReported autism cases among American children have risen from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's vaccination ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Concise History of Finland

    by David Kirby ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating history of this northern country, for centuries on the east-west divide of Europe, a country not blessed by nature, most of whose inhabitants still earned a living from farming fifty years ago, but which today is one of the ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Britain, 1947

    Hope Amid Hardship

    by David Kirby ...
    For the British people, 1947 was a momentous year. For three long months, they endured the worst winter in living memory, with drastic fuel shortages and power cuts, and continuing food rationing post-World War Two. Heavy snow gave way to widespread flooding in the spring, and by the summer, the economic crisis had deepened, forcing renewed cutbacks; the Chancellor of the Exchequer even imposed a ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Animal Factory

    The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment

    by David Kirby ...
    Swine flu. Bird flu. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination.Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. In Animal Factory, bestselling investigative journalist David Kirby ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • When They Come for You

    How Police and Government Are Trampling Our Liberties—and How to Take Them Back

    by David Kirby ...
    A revealing book about how government, law enforcement, and bureaucratic interests are seizing our property, our children, our savings, and our fundamental American rights—and how to fight back.Liberty and justice for all is the bedrock of American democracy, but has America betrayed our founders' vision for the nation? In When They Come For You, New York Times bestselling author David Kirby ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • More Than This

    Poems

    by David Kirby ...
    More Than This, like David Kirby's previous acclaimed collections, is shot through with the roadhouse fervor of early rock 'n' roll. Yet these rollicking poems also contain an oceanic feeling more akin to the great symphonies of Europe than the two-minute singles of Little Richard and other rock pioneers, as Kirby seeks to startle, to please, to unwind the knots that we get ourselves into and make ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • The Winter Dance Party

    Poems, 1983–2023

    by David Kirby ...
    The Winter Dance Party lays out, not someone’s entire life, but that person’s life as a poet. This enthralling, career-spanning book by the National Book Award finalist David Kirby is made up mainly of new poems along with a generous number of older ones alternating with one another in nine sections that proceed, not chronologically, but more like chapters in a surreal memoir, with long poems ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Get Up, Please

    Poems

    by David Kirby ...
    In comical and complex poems, David Kirby examines our extraordinarily human condition through the lens of our ordinary daily lives. These keenly observant poems range from the streets of India, Russia, Turkey, and Port Arthur, Texas, to the imaginations of fellow poets Keats and Rilke, and to ruminations on the mundane side of life via the imperfect sandwich.Whether remembering girls' singing ... Read more

    $9.95 USD