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  • The Unbound Prometheus

    Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present

    by David S. Landes ...
    For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of debates about globalisation and comparative economic growth. The book begins with a classic account of the characteristics, progress, and ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    by David S. Landes ...
    "Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book ReviewThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Dynasties

    Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses

    by David S. Landes ...
    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coinDavid S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. From the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Trial of Ruth Ellis, The: The Last Woman to be Hanged

    True Crime Drama based on the original trial transcript

    by Mr Punch ...
    Narrated by Jemma Redgrave, Terence Edmond, Andrew Wincott, David Goodland, Jeffrey Segal, Jenny Howe, Mark Hadfield, Robin Welch ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Great British Trials

    Unabridged

    2 hours 13 min

    The Trial of Ruth Ellis: A Mr Punch True Crime Drama“Mr Punch is going from strength to strength, continuing their good run of classy audio… Jemma Redgrave gives a spirited performance… with a high calibre cast” Talking BusinessIn the annals of British justice, there exists a story that has stood the test of time, a tale of passion, despair, and a fateful twist of destiny. In the turbulent summer ... Read more

    $13.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • EXIT EARTH

    by Duncan Abel, Virginia Ballesty, Erik Bergstrom, Michael Bird, Jessica Bonder, M R Carey, Rachel Connor, Tomek Dzido, Francisco Gonzalez, Philip Webb Gregg, Robin Griffiths, Ross Jeffery, Alice Kouzmenko, Richard Lee-Graham, Toby Litt, Tomas Marcantonio, James Miller, Courttia Newland, David James Poissant, Tabitha Potts, Alan Robson, Anthony Self, Guy Smith, Paul Turner ...
    From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky of flames. Tears of joy aboard a sinking ship. Laughter in a lonely land. Dystopian or utopian, realist or ... Read more

    $6.78 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

    Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    by David S. Landes ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 47 min

    The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments

    Edited by Susan Land, David Jonassen ...
    Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and psychological theories and their implications for the design of new learning environments for schools, universities, or corporations. Leading experts describe the most important contemporary theories that form the foundation of the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Dynasties

    Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses

    by David S. Landes ...
    Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 27 min

    Through perseverance, solid ingenuity, and unwavering determination, family-run companies—dynasties—have dominated wealth and business throughout the last two centuries. One third of Fortune 500 firms are family owned and, in most cases, the ideal of the family business is one synonymous with continuity, watchful leadership, and dedication to success. But what happens when bad behavior, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Substances of War

    Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, and the Civil War

    by Joseph M. Beilein Jr., Megan L. Bever, Jonathan S. Jones, Erin Shearer, Brian Alberts, Ben Roy, Scott C. Martin, Jonathan Lande0, David Korostyshevsky1, Daniel Farrell2, Anne Garner3, James Marten4 ...
    Series Book 32 - UnCivil Wars
    The Substances of War explores how drugs, alcohol, and other substances were perceived, used, and fought over during the Civil War era. Because the Civil War unfolded in a culture already saturated in drugs, the essays in this collection take substance use and abuse as the center of its study, charting the consumption of many substances—from water, coffee, tobacco, and alcohol to quinine and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • My People's Prayer Book Vol 9

    Welcoming the Night—Minchah and Ma'ariv (Afternoon and Evening Prayer)

    by Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler, Dr. David Ellenson, Rabbi Daniel Landes, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner ...
    Series series My People's Prayer Book
    Opens up the traditional Jewish prayer book as a spiritual resource....This groundbreaking new series involves us in a personal dialogue with God, history and tradition, through the heritage of prayer."The prayer book is our Jewish diary of the centuries, a collection of prayers composed by generations of those who came before us, as they endeavored to express the meaning of their lives and their ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quiet Defiance

    The Rhetoric of Silent Protest

    by David W. Seitz, D. Graham Burnett, Satarupa Dasgupta, Nune Grigoryan, Alicia K. Hatcher, Annie Hui, Stephen K. Hunt, Dafna Kaufman, David Landes, Dominic J. Manthey0, Kevin R. Meyer1, Jeffrey B. Nagel2, Alison N. Novak3, Megan O’Byrne4, Jaclyn Olson5, Julia C. Richmond6, Nick J. Sciullo7, Michael Vicaro8, Keren Wang9, Dr. Jessica L. Neu0 ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
    Quiet Defiance: The Rhetoric of Silent Protest focuses on the rhetorical dimensions and power of silent protest. Bridging the gap between the study of protest and the study of rhetorical silence (strategic silence meant to communicate to and influence an audience), this book is the first of its kind to concentrate solely on the phenomenon and tradition of silent protest. The contributors to this ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Invention of Enterprise

    Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times

    Edited by Joel Mokyr, David S. Landes, William J. Baumol ...
    Series series The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    A sweeping global history of entrepreneurial innovationWhether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs—and their innovations—have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. ... Read more

    $39.59 USD