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Southern Writers at Century's End

Edited by Jeffrey J. Folks, James A. Perkins ...

Since the end of World War II, the South has experienced a greater awareness of growth and of its accompanying tensions than other regions of the United States. The rapid change that climaxed with the war in Vietnam, the Cold War, civil rights demonstrations, and Watergate has forced the traditional South to come to terms with social upheaval. As the essays collected in Southern Writers at Century ... Read more

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Since the end of World War II, the South has experienced a greater awareness of growth and of its accompanying tensions than other regions of the United States. The rapid change that climaxed with the war in Vietnam, the Cold War, civil rights demonstrations, and Watergate has forced the traditional South to come to terms with social upheaval. As the essays collected in Southern Writers at Century
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Swords, Sorcery, & Self-Rescuing Damsels

by Jody Lynn Nye, Lee French, Sarah Craft, Katie Cross, Raven Oak, Frog Jones, Esther Jones, Matt Youngmark, Jeffrey Cook, Katherine Perkins, Elmdea Adams, Edward J. Knight, Lou J. Berger, Ian Berger, Robert J. McCarter, Robyn Bennis, Sarah Bartsch, Fulvio Gatti, Dawn Vogel, Jeremy Zimmerman, Connie J. Jasperson ...

THESE LADIES AREN'T WAITING.Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determinations make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds.Featuring stories by:Jody Lynn NyeKatie CrossRobyn BennisRaven OakFrog and Esther JonesDawn VogelMatt YoungmarkLee FrenchConnie J. JaspersonJeff... ... Read more

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THESE LADIES AREN'T WAITING.Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determinations make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds.Featuring stories by:Jody Lynn NyeKatie CrossRobyn BennisRaven OakFrog and Esther JonesDawn VogelMatt YoungmarkLee FrenchConnie J. JaspersonJeff...
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You Have the Power

Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear

by Frances Moore Lappe, Jeffrey Perkins ...

Frances Moore Lappé-author of the million-selling Diet for a Small Planet-and Jeffrey Perkins offer the radical notion that our fears can be a source of energy to create the lives and the world we want.Now more than ever, it seems, our lives and the lives of our loved ones are at risk. Our normal response is to retreat. But what if fear were not a negative force but a positive one-a source of ... Read more

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Frances Moore Lappé-author of the million-selling Diet for a Small Planet-and Jeffrey Perkins offer the radical notion that our fears can be a source of energy to create the lives and the world we want.Now more than ever, it seems, our lives and the lives of our loved ones are at risk. Our normal response is to retreat. But what if fear were not a negative force but a positive one-a source of
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Essential Questions

Following the Way of Jesus By Examining What He Asked in Mark 8-10

by Scott Jeffrey Perkins ...

Discipleship is movement. Being a disciple is a progression on the way toward a fuller understanding of who Jesus is and what is involved in following him. Along the way that Jesus guided his disciples they encountered disappointment, suffering, death, and ultimately were led to new life.Everyone was unseeing as to who Jesus was and neither did they anticipate the form his kingdom would take. The ... Read more

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Discipleship is movement. Being a disciple is a progression on the way toward a fuller understanding of who Jesus is and what is involved in following him. Along the way that Jesus guided his disciples they encountered disappointment, suffering, death, and ultimately were led to new life.Everyone was unseeing as to who Jesus was and neither did they anticipate the form his kingdom would take. The
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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

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From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
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Dark Luminous Wings

by Brian Trent, Nancy Springer, Gergory L. Norris, Steven R. Southard, D.H. Aire, Trisha J. Wooldridge, Nemma Wollenfang, Rebecca Gomez Farrell, Todd Sullivan, Claire Davon, Michael M. Jones, Mazine Kollar, Jason J. McCuiston, TJ Perkins, Adam Millard, Jeffrey G. Roberts, Evan J. Osborne ...

From Icarus to Da Vinci to tomorrow's astronauts, humans have dreamt of flight. Feathered wings. Mechanical wings. Leathery wings. Steel wings. Stories of winged creatures set in graveyards and churches, bustling cities, fantastical worlds, alternate histories, and outer space reveal the shifting nature of Dark Luminous Wings.Take flight with 17 science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror-filled ... Read more

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From Icarus to Da Vinci to tomorrow's astronauts, humans have dreamt of flight. Feathered wings. Mechanical wings. Leathery wings. Steel wings. Stories of winged creatures set in graveyards and churches, bustling cities, fantastical worlds, alternate histories, and outer space reveal the shifting nature of Dark Luminous Wings.Take flight with 17 science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror-filled
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Jane Austen and the Arts

Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony

by Jessica Brown, Diane N. Capitani, Christine Colón, Alice Davenport, Deborah Kennedy, Kathryn L. Libin, Kelly McDonald, Belisa Monteiro, Jeffrey Nigro, J. Russell Perkin, Erin J. Smith, Vivasvan Soni, Melora G. Vandersluis, Frederick A. Duquette ...

The essays collected in Jane Austen and the Arts; Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony examine Austen’s understanding of the arts, her aesthetic philosophy, and her role as artist. Together, they explore Austen’s connections with Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Madame de Staël, Joanna Baillie, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, and other writers engaged in debates ... Read more

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The essays collected in Jane Austen and the Arts; Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony examine Austen’s understanding of the arts, her aesthetic philosophy, and her role as artist. Together, they explore Austen’s connections with Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Madame de Staël, Joanna Baillie, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, and other writers engaged in debates
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Princess Sukey (Unabridged)

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by MARSHALL SAUNDERS ...

Narrated by Josephine Grant, Jeffrey Massengill, Maude Lance, Sondra Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

Dive into the heartwarming tale of Princess Sukey, a pigeon unlike any other. Marshall Saunders's classic novel whisks you away to a world where a feathered friend finds a home filled with kindness. But Princess Sukey's journey isn't all cooing and crumbs. Follow her adventures as she encounters danger, forges unlikely friendships, and proves that even a pigeon can have a heart of gold. Will ... Read more

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Dive into the heartwarming tale of Princess Sukey, a pigeon unlike any other. Marshall Saunders's classic novel whisks you away to a world where a feathered friend finds a home filled with kindness. But Princess Sukey's journey isn't all cooing and crumbs. Follow her adventures as she encounters danger, forges unlikely friendships, and proves that even a pigeon can have a heart of gold. Will
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Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

17 hours 12 min

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents ... Read more

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The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals?This book presents
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Author in Chief

The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

by Craig Fehrman ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

15 hours 38 min

“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting, this is a delightful new window into the public and private lives America’s presidents as authors.Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work ... Read more

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“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years” (The Wall Street Journal) and based on a decade of research and reporting, this is a delightful new window into the public and private lives America’s presidents as authors.Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work
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The Network

The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age

by Scott Woolley ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

The astonishing story of America’s airwaves, the two friends—one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor—who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air.This is the origin story of the airwaves—the foundational technology of the communications age—as told through the forty-year friendship of an entrepreneurial industrialist and a brilliant inventor ... Read more

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The astonishing story of America’s airwaves, the two friends—one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor—who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air.This is the origin story of the airwaves—the foundational technology of the communications age—as told through the forty-year friendship of an entrepreneurial industrialist and a brilliant inventor
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Germania

In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

by Simon Winder ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

18 hours 35 min

Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?"This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time ... Read more

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Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?"This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time
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