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Pursuits of Happiness

The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture

by Jack P. Greene ...

In this book, Jack Greene reinterprets the meaning of American social development. Synthesizing literature of the previous two decades on the process of social development and the formation of American culture, he challenges the central assumptions that have traditionally been used to analyze colonial British American history.Greene argues that the New England declension model traditionally ... Read more

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In this book, Jack Greene reinterprets the meaning of American social development. Synthesizing literature of the previous two decades on the process of social development and the formation of American culture, he challenges the central assumptions that have traditionally been used to analyze colonial British American history.Greene argues that the New England declension model traditionally
... Read more
Hitler Strikes North

The Nazi Invasion of Norway and Denmark, 9 April 1940

by Jack Greene, Alessandro Massignani ...

A detailed account of Germany's groundbreaking Operation Weserübung, the first three dimensional—land, sea, air—strategic invasion in history.The German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 brought a sudden and shocking end to the "Phoney War" in the West. In a single day, multiple seaborne and airborne landings established German forces ashore in Norway, overwhelming the unprepared ... Read more

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A detailed account of Germany's groundbreaking Operation Weserübung, the first three dimensional—land, sea, air—strategic invasion in history.The German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 brought a sudden and shocking end to the "Phoney War" in the West. In a single day, multiple seaborne and airborne landings established German forces ashore in Norway, overwhelming the unprepared
... Read more
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The Clockmaker's Secret

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series series The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

A buried clock holds the key to a decades-old mystery.On holiday to escape the nightmares of his last case, disgraced soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy comes upon something buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor.Unfinished and water-damaged but still ticking, the old clock provides a vital clue to an unsolved missing-persons case.As Slim begins to ask questions of the tiny Cornish ... Read more

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A buried clock holds the key to a decades-old mystery.On holiday to escape the nightmares of his last case, disgraced soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy comes upon something buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor.Unfinished and water-damaged but still ticking, the old clock provides a vital clue to an unsolved missing-persons case.As Slim begins to ask questions of the tiny Cornish
... Read more
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Ghost Stories

by Ambrose Ibsen, Anthony Addis, Beth Green, Jack Soren, Molly Coyle, MK Gibson, Matt Godfrey, Susan C. Hunter, Petrea Burchard, David Hulegaard, and Tanya Eby. ...

Narrated by Rhett Samuel Price, Marni Penning, Danielle Cohen, Kyle Tait, Joe Hempel, Holly Palance, Lauren Ezzo, Amy Landon, Hillary Huber, Rachel Jacobs, and Tim Campbell. ...

Unabridged

3 hours 27 min

This is a special audio-only production!Turn down the lights. Let a candle flicker in the dark. Curl up for some spooky tales about ghosts and things unseen.This creepy collection of stories includes classic and modern spins on stories of the dead. There are tales of haunted houses, and haunted individuals. Of places that are beyond the realm of the ordinary. And, of course, the things that go ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is a special audio-only production!Turn down the lights. Let a candle flicker in the dark. Curl up for some spooky tales about ghosts and things unseen.This creepy collection of stories includes classic and modern spins on stories of the dead. There are tales of haunted houses, and haunted individuals. Of places that are beyond the realm of the ordinary. And, of course, the things that go
... Read more
The Quest for Power

The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776

by Jack P. Greene ...

Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
In this study, Greene describes the rise of the lower houses in the four southern royal colonies — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia — in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the American War for Independence. It assesses the consequences of the success of the lower houses, especially the relationship between their rise to power and the coming of the American ... Read more

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In this study, Greene describes the rise of the lower houses in the four southern royal colonies — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia — in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the American War for Independence. It assesses the consequences of the success of the lower houses, especially the relationship between their rise to power and the coming of the American
... Read more
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When the Wind Blows

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 2 min

Traumatised by a recent case, private investigator John “Slim” Hardy tries to create a new life for himself on the remote Cornish coast. However, when he is recognised by a local woman, he is unable to resist the draw of a dark mystery which has left a long shadow over the village.Fourteen years earlier, a local man, Richard Maynard, died in mysterious circumstances. The only witness was his five ... Read more

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Traumatised by a recent case, private investigator John “Slim” Hardy tries to create a new life for himself on the remote Cornish coast. However, when he is recognised by a local woman, he is unable to resist the draw of a dark mystery which has left a long shadow over the village.Fourteen years earlier, a local man, Richard Maynard, died in mysterious circumstances. The only witness was his five
... Read more
The Intellectual Construction of America

Exceptionalism and Identity From 1492 to 1800

by Jack P. Greene ...

Jack Greene explores the changing definitions of America from the time of Europe’s first contact with the New World through the establishment of the American republic. Challenging historians who have argued that colonial American societies differed little from those of early modern Europe, he shows that virtually all contemporary observers emphasized the distinctiveness of the new worlds being ... Read more

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Jack Greene explores the changing definitions of America from the time of Europe’s first contact with the New World through the establishment of the American republic. Challenging historians who have argued that colonial American societies differed little from those of early modern Europe, he shows that virtually all contemporary observers emphasized the distinctiveness of the new worlds being
... Read more
Audiobook

The Games Keeper

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

Having fallen on hard times, disgraced soldier turned private investigator John “Slim” Hardy is hired by rich and enigmatic land owner Oliver Ozgood to uncover the identity of a mysterious blackmailer.The man is demanding a fortune in exchange for his silence. He claims to be Dennis Sharp, a former employee of Ozgood, and threatens to reveal secrets that will soil Ozgood’s family name and send the ... Read more

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Having fallen on hard times, disgraced soldier turned private investigator John “Slim” Hardy is hired by rich and enigmatic land owner Oliver Ozgood to uncover the identity of a mysterious blackmailer.The man is demanding a fortune in exchange for his silence. He claims to be Dennis Sharp, a former employee of Ozgood, and threatens to reveal secrets that will soil Ozgood’s family name and send the
... Read more
Audiobook

Slow Train

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

Slow Train: A thrilling British mystery that will leave you guessing until the last page...On the evening of Saturday, January 15th, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighbouring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that ... Read more

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Slow Train: A thrilling British mystery that will leave you guessing until the last page...On the evening of Saturday, January 15th, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighbouring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that
... Read more
Audiobook

Stir

by Whitley Green ...

Narrated by Beth Roeg, Jack Calihan, Oscar Reyes ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Sizzle TV Series
Unabridged

8 hours

The rules are simple: Get the job done. Keep your hands off.NicDoesn't matter if I can count the days Natalie's been working for me, she's off-limits.I won't cross that line.Or the line between me and my oh-so-straight, muscled-up next-door neighbor.Definitely not once he agrees to bodyguard duty.No matter how much I want them.Both of them.NatalieI've been burned by of... ... Read more

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The rules are simple: Get the job done. Keep your hands off.NicDoesn't matter if I can count the days Natalie's been working for me, she's off-limits.I won't cross that line.Or the line between me and my oh-so-straight, muscled-up next-door neighbor.Definitely not once he agrees to bodyguard duty.No matter how much I want them.Both of them.NatalieI've been burned by of...
... Read more
Audiobook

The Angler's Tale

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Attempting to forget his problems with the bottle, former soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy joins what ought to be a peaceful fishing package holiday in Dartmouth, South Devon. But when a violent tragedy affects one of the other tour guests, Slim finds himself on the trail of a potential killer.Set in the beautiful surrounds of the River Dart estuary and Agatha Christie’s Greenway ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Attempting to forget his problems with the bottle, former soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy joins what ought to be a peaceful fishing package holiday in Dartmouth, South Devon. But when a violent tragedy affects one of the other tour guests, Slim finds himself on the trail of a potential killer.Set in the beautiful surrounds of the River Dart estuary and Agatha Christie’s Greenway
... Read more
Audiobook

Here the Road Ends

by Jack Benton ...

Narrated by Kevin E Green ...

Series Audiobook 9 - The Slim Hardy Mysteries
Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

THE NEW JOHN "SLIM" HARDY MYSTERYWhen her mentally disabled son develops a strange obsession, Audrey Johnson contacts private investigator John “Slim” Hardy for help.Andy Johnson has been making teddy bears and leaving them on the memorial of a nine-year-old girl who drowned on Dartmoor more than forty years ago. When nothing will put him off his bizarre tribute to a child who died before he was ... Read more

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THE NEW JOHN "SLIM" HARDY MYSTERYWhen her mentally disabled son develops a strange obsession, Audrey Johnson contacts private investigator John “Slim” Hardy for help.Andy Johnson has been making teddy bears and leaving them on the memorial of a nine-year-old girl who drowned on Dartmoor more than forty years ago. When nothing will put him off his bizarre tribute to a child who died before he was
... Read more

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Pursuits of Happiness

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