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Romantic Ecocriticism

Origins and Legacies

by Colin Carman, Alicia Carroll, Judyta Frodyma, Dewey W. Hall, Gary Harrison, J. Andrew Hubbell, Ryan David Leack, Kaitlin Mondello, Shalon Noble0, Lisa Ottum1, Marcus Tomalin2, Bryon Williams3 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies is unique due to its rare assemblage of essays, which has not appeared within an edited collection before. Romantic Ecocriticism is distinct because the essays in the collection develop transnational and transhistorical approaches to the proto-ecological early environmental aspects in British and American Romanticism. First, the edition’s transnational ... Read more

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Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies is unique due to its rare assemblage of essays, which has not appeared within an edited collection before. Romantic Ecocriticism is distinct because the essays in the collection develop transnational and transhistorical approaches to the proto-ecological early environmental aspects in British and American Romanticism. First, the edition’s transnational
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America

by Peter Betjemann, Sari Edelstein, Catherine J. Golden, Brady Harrison, Denise D. Knight, Gary Scharnhorst, William C. Snyder, Jennifer S. Tuttle ...

Series series Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman’s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty and necessity of female empowerment. Turning Victorian notions of propriety and a woman’s place on its ear, this finely crafted essay ... Read more

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A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman’s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty and necessity of female empowerment. Turning Victorian notions of propriety and a woman’s place on its ear, this finely crafted essay
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Staying Lean

Thriving, Not Just Surviving, Second Edition

by Pauline Found, Gary Griffiths, Peter Hines, Richard Harrison ...

The first edition of this highly acclaimed publication received a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize in 2009. Explaining how to create and sustain a Lean business, it followed Cogent Power‘s first two Lean Roadmaps along their journey. Since then, much has changed. Several members of Cogent Power‘s senior management have moved on, s ... Read more

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The first edition of this highly acclaimed publication received a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize in 2009. Explaining how to create and sustain a Lean business, it followed Cogent Power‘s first two Lean Roadmaps along their journey. Since then, much has changed. Several members of Cogent Power‘s senior management have moved on, s
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The Etiquette of Freedom

Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and The Practice of the Wild

by Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison ...

The Etiquette of Freedom is an all–encompassing companion to the film The Practice of the WildGary Snyder joined his old friend, novelist Jim Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives and what has become of them throughout the years. Set amidst the natural beauty of the Santa Lucia Mountains, their conversations—harnessing their ideas of all that is wild, sacred and intimate in this world—move ... Read more

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The Etiquette of Freedom is an all–encompassing companion to the film The Practice of the WildGary Snyder joined his old friend, novelist Jim Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives and what has become of them throughout the years. Set amidst the natural beauty of the Santa Lucia Mountains, their conversations—harnessing their ideas of all that is wild, sacred and intimate in this world—move
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Live at Jackson Station

Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar

by Daniel M. Harrison ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture ... Read more

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The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture
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Herc

A Novel

by Phoenicia Rogerson ...

Narrated by Kristin Atherton, Marlowe Chan-Reeves, Maryam Grace, Sebastian Humphreys, Jay Lafayette Valentine, Theo Solomon, Gary Turner, Loreece Harrison, Full Cast Full Cast ...

Unabridged

12 hours

A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne.This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures… everyone’s favorite hero, right?Well, it’s not.This is the story of everyone else:Alcmene: Herc’s mother (She has knives everywhere)Hylas: Herc’s first friend (They were more than friends)Meg... ... Read more

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A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne.This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures… everyone’s favorite hero, right?Well, it’s not.This is the story of everyone else:Alcmene: Herc’s mother (She has knives everywhere)Hylas: Herc’s first friend (They were more than friends)Meg...
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The World of Fashion (Unabridged)

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by John Oxenford ...

Narrated by Shirley Harrison, Shawn Thomas, Gary Lane, Bruce Singleton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

This Victorian-era dramedy was adapted by playwright/critic John Oxenford from Eugene Scribe and Ernst Legouvé’s “Les doigts de fée” (“Fairy Fingers.”) The original play was first performed by the Comédie-Française in 1861. It tells the story of an impoverished young noblewoman who scandalizes her blue-blooded kinsmen by deciding to work for a living. She assumes a false name and enters the world ... Read more

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This Victorian-era dramedy was adapted by playwright/critic John Oxenford from Eugene Scribe and Ernst Legouvé’s “Les doigts de fée” (“Fairy Fingers.”) The original play was first performed by the Comédie-Française in 1861. It tells the story of an impoverished young noblewoman who scandalizes her blue-blooded kinsmen by deciding to work for a living. She assumes a false name and enters the world
... Read more
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Handmade

Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction

by Gary Rogowski ...

Narrated by BJ Harrison ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

In an era when there are countless competing claims on one's attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one's hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being.In the tradition of Zen and the Art of ... Read more

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In an era when there are countless competing claims on one's attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one's hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being.In the tradition of Zen and the Art of
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Digital Minimalism

Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

by Cal Newport ...

Narrated by Cal Newport, Will Damron ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

**A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller"Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, VoxMinimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal ... Read more

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**A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller"Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, VoxMinimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal
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Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear ...

Narrated by James Clear ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny ... Read more

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**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny
... Read more

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Essentialism

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

by Greg McKeown ...

Narrated by Greg McKeown ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD“Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think AgainEssentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?<b... ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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THE LIFE-CHANGING NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD“Essentialism holds the keys to solving one of the great puzzles of life: How can we do less but accomplish more?”—Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think AgainEssentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?<b...
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THE TRIAL

by Franz Kafka, James M. Brand ...

THE TRIALBy Franz KafkaSynopsisThe novel opens with Josef K.'s sudden arrest in his room at his lodging house on the morning of his birthday. Two guards inform him that he is under arrest, but they don't tell him on what charges, nor do they know what the charges are. K. is then taken next door to the room of another tenant, Fraülein Bürstner, who happens to be absent at the time. There, he is ... Read more

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THE TRIALBy Franz KafkaSynopsisThe novel opens with Josef K.'s sudden arrest in his room at his lodging house on the morning of his birthday. Two guards inform him that he is under arrest, but they don't tell him on what charges, nor do they know what the charges are. K. is then taken next door to the room of another tenant, Fraülein Bürstner, who happens to be absent at the time. There, he is
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