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Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present

by James Vernon ...

Series series Cambridge History of Britain
This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. Vernon structures his compelling narrative around the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. In this new edition, Vernon expands on four important themes: the history of the environment and climate crisis; global pandemics ... Read more

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This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. Vernon structures his compelling narrative around the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. In this new edition, Vernon expands on four important themes: the history of the environment and climate crisis; global pandemics
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Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present

by James Vernon ...

Series Book 4 - Cambridge History of Britain
This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history takes seriously the different experiences within the British Isles and the British Empire, and offers ... Read more

$32.99 USD

This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history takes seriously the different experiences within the British Isles and the British Empire, and offers
... Read more
Haunted Waters

by DeAnna Knippling, Jeff Wood, Steve Vernon, James Pyles, P. D. Cacek, Charles Eugene Anderson, Tami Veldura, Meyari McFarland, Lou J Berger, Kari Kilgore, Jamie Ferguson, Annie Reed, Debbie Mumford, Robert Jeschonek, Alicia Cay ...

Series Book 3 - The Haunted Anthology
Some hauntings rise with the tide.From storm-lashed coasts to quiet springs, these fifteen stories drift through the spaces where water remembers. Beneath the surface: shipwrecks, spectral whispers, ancestral bargains, and the past still waiting in the pipes.What returns isn’t always flesh or phantom, but the echo of something left unresolved—love, vengeance, memory, regret. Water keeps the shape ... Read more

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Some hauntings rise with the tide.From storm-lashed coasts to quiet springs, these fifteen stories drift through the spaces where water remembers. Beneath the surface: shipwrecks, spectral whispers, ancestral bargains, and the past still waiting in the pipes.What returns isn’t always flesh or phantom, but the echo of something left unresolved—love, vengeance, memory, regret. Water keeps the shape
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Hunger

A Modern History

by James Vernon ...

Hunger is as old as history itself. Indeed, it appears to be a timeless and inescapable biological condition. And yet perceptions of hunger and of the hungry have changed over time and differed from place to place. Hunger has a history, which can now be told.At the beginning of the nineteenth century, hunger was viewed as an unavoidable natural phenomenon or as the fault of its lazy and morally ... Read more

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Hunger is as old as history itself. Indeed, it appears to be a timeless and inescapable biological condition. And yet perceptions of hunger and of the hungry have changed over time and differed from place to place. Hunger has a history, which can now be told.At the beginning of the nineteenth century, hunger was viewed as an unavoidable natural phenomenon or as the fault of its lazy and morally
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Distant Strangers

How Britain Became Modern

by James Vernon ...

Series Book 9 - Berkeley Series in British Studies
What does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern?In Distant Strangers, James Vernon argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment. Instead, he shows how in Britain, a place long held to be the crucible of modernity, a new and distinctly modern social condition ... Read more

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What does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern?In Distant Strangers, James Vernon argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment. Instead, he shows how in Britain, a place long held to be the crucible of modernity, a new and distinctly modern social condition
... Read more
Croman – Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja

by James Vernon Walker ...

Two of the world's most guarded secrets awaited him, and today, his journey would begin. These secrets were calling to him, drawing him in.Croman, an acronym for Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja, follows an extraordinary warrior who discovers a box of ancient ninja manuscripts, weapons, and apparel that grant superhuman abilities. Alongside rigorous training, the ghost of the founder, a legendary ... Read more

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Two of the world's most guarded secrets awaited him, and today, his journey would begin. These secrets were calling to him, drawing him in.Croman, an acronym for Combat Ready One Man Army Ninja, follows an extraordinary warrior who discovers a box of ancient ninja manuscripts, weapons, and apparel that grant superhuman abilities. Alongside rigorous training, the ghost of the founder, a legendary
... Read more
The Three Moons Realm

Volume 1

by James R. Vernon ...

These five short stories follow a variety of characters that reside in the Three Moons Realm or the Abyss, a connected world created by one of the world's gods. Each story is a small look at the lives, locations, cultures, and history of the Three Moons Realm. The first story follows a creature in the Abyss at the bottom of the food chain as he tries his best to survive. The second follows a ... Read more

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These five short stories follow a variety of characters that reside in the Three Moons Realm or the Abyss, a connected world created by one of the world's gods. Each story is a small look at the lives, locations, cultures, and history of the Three Moons Realm. The first story follows a creature in the Abyss at the bottom of the food chain as he tries his best to survive. The second follows a
... Read more
Post-Cold War Revelations and the American Communist Party

Citizens, Revolutionaries, and Spies

Edited by Vernon L. Pedersen, James G. Ryan, Katherine A. S. Sibley ...

Of all the 'third party' movements in American history, none have been as controversial as the Communist Party of the United States of America. Although denounced as a tool of the Soviet Union, accused of espionage and charged with advocating the revolutionary overthrow of the American government, before WWII it had been an accepted part of the political landscape. This collection offers an ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Of all the 'third party' movements in American history, none have been as controversial as the Communist Party of the United States of America. Although denounced as a tool of the Soviet Union, accused of espionage and charged with advocating the revolutionary overthrow of the American government, before WWII it had been an accepted part of the political landscape. This collection offers an
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Feuer Und Eis

A Study of Duality in the Life and Lieder of Franz Schubert

by James Vernon Ivey IV ...

This text examines the confluence of Schubert’s compositions, mental state, and illness during the twilight of his life. The author goes into depth, especially concerning the Goethe songs of Mignon and Winterreise. By probing into the mind of composer, along with textual and musical analysis, we can understand the conflicts and dualities within the man and his music. ... Read more

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This text examines the confluence of Schubert’s compositions, mental state, and illness during the twilight of his life. The author goes into depth, especially concerning the Goethe songs of Mignon and Winterreise. By probing into the mind of composer, along with textual and musical analysis, we can understand the conflicts and dualities within the man and his music.
... Read more
African American Males in School and Society

Practices and Policies for Effective Education

Edited by Vernon C. Polite, James Earl Davis ...

In this groundbreaking and timely volume Vernon Polite and James Earl Davis have brought together the perspectives and research findings of eminent scholars who study the educational and social lives of African American males. The result is a volume that brims with new outlooks and viewpoints—a refreshing departure from pervasive and oftentimes stereotypical literature about the African American ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In this groundbreaking and timely volume Vernon Polite and James Earl Davis have brought together the perspectives and research findings of eminent scholars who study the educational and social lives of African American males. The result is a volume that brims with new outlooks and viewpoints—a refreshing departure from pervasive and oftentimes stereotypical literature about the African American
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God’s Song and Music’s Meanings

Theology, Liturgy, and Musicology in Dialogue

Edited by James Hawkey, Ben Quash, Vernon White ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts
Taking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music, this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology, musicology, and liturgical studies. The public making of music in our society happens more often in the context of chapels, churches, and cathedrals than anywhere else. The command to sing and make music to God ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Taking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music, this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology, musicology, and liturgical studies. The public making of music in our society happens more often in the context of chapels, churches, and cathedrals than anywhere else. The command to sing and make music to God
... Read more
Think in Public

A Public Books Reader

by Judith Butler, Fred Turner, Lilly Irani, Stacey Balkan, Imani Perry, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Nathan Connolly, Matthew Engelke, Philip Gorski, Kim Phillips-Fein, Max Holleran, Najwa al-Qattan, Jeremy Adelman, Destin Jenkins, Andrew Perrin, Kieran Setiya, Shannon Mattern, Jill Lepore, Suzy Hansen, James Vernon, Lynn French, Salamishah Tillet, Matthew Clair, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Ursula K. Le Guin, John Plotz, Christopher Schaberg, Eli Rosenblatt, Barbara Cassin, Rebecca Falkoff, Haruo Shirane, Karl Ashoka Britto, Joseph Jonghyun Jeon, Marah Gubar, Anne E. Fernald, Namwali Serpell, Tess McNulty, Mark McGurl, Nicholas Dames, Jan Mieszkowski, Karen Dunak, Daegan Miller, John R. McNeill ...

Series series Public Books Series
Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished ... Read more

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Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished
... Read more

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