Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Full Throttle

by John Deakin ...

Full Throttle is an entertaining account of an amazing man's life in aviation that is sure to leave the reader laughing and head-shaking as the pages turn quickly during this enjoyable read. It is a compilation of short stories told by John Deakin over the years on Compuserve's AVSIG Forum, the oldest aviation forum in the world. Some of Deakin's stories are funny, some are sad, and a few are ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Full Throttle is an entertaining account of an amazing man's life in aviation that is sure to leave the reader laughing and head-shaking as the pages turn quickly during this enjoyable read. It is a compilation of short stories told by John Deakin over the years on Compuserve's AVSIG Forum, the oldest aviation forum in the world. Some of Deakin's stories are funny, some are sad, and a few are
... Read more
Torment

by John Deakin ...

Dont worry you wont be in there for long, and theres plenty of room where youre going. These are seventeen words to define almost all of Tom Waltons adult life. Looking back on his one hundredth birthday, he remembers a life of tragedy, retribution, and finally reconciliation, Toms story starts in a Midlands mining village. Then hes taken to France and the retreat to the coast in May 1940 where he ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Dont worry you wont be in there for long, and theres plenty of room where youre going. These are seventeen words to define almost all of Tom Waltons adult life. Looking back on his one hundredth birthday, he remembers a life of tragedy, retribution, and finally reconciliation, Toms story starts in a Midlands mining village. Then hes taken to France and the retreat to the coast in May 1940 where he
... Read more
Organic Chemistry

Miracles from Plants

by Jeffrey John Deakin ...

Human benefit from the organic chemistry of plants is incalculable in terms of health, food, comfort and security. Indeed, the future well-being of humanity rests in significant measure upon a responsible relationship with the plant kingdom in order to re-establish balance in the Earth’s natural environmental systems.In a highly readable volume***,** Organic Chemistry: Miracles from Plants* ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Human benefit from the organic chemistry of plants is incalculable in terms of health, food, comfort and security. Indeed, the future well-being of humanity rests in significant measure upon a responsible relationship with the plant kingdom in order to re-establish balance in the Earth’s natural environmental systems.In a highly readable volume***,** Organic Chemistry: Miracles from Plants*
... Read more
Lady of the Purple: The Life, Reign, and Death of the Emperor Elagabalus

by Seamus John Deakin ...

Lady of the Purple: The Life, Reign, and Death of the Emperor ElagabalusIn 218 CE, a fourteen-year-old Syrian priest was proclaimed emperor of Rome at sunrise before an assembled legion, wearing the jeweled robes of his hereditary solar cult rather than the armor of a Roman general. His name was Elagabalus, and his four-year reign remains one of the most astonishing, misunderstood, and ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lady of the Purple: The Life, Reign, and Death of the Emperor ElagabalusIn 218 CE, a fourteen-year-old Syrian priest was proclaimed emperor of Rome at sunrise before an assembled legion, wearing the jeweled robes of his hereditary solar cult rather than the armor of a Roman general. His name was Elagabalus, and his four-year reign remains one of the most astonishing, misunderstood, and
... Read more
Botanical Miracles

Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World

by Raymond Cooper, Jeffrey John Deakin ...

As the shortcomings of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and development are becoming more apparent, a renaissance of interest in the chemistry of natural products as sources for new compounds is occurring. A unique approach to natural products chemistry, Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World relates appl ... Read more

$62.99 USD

As the shortcomings of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and development are becoming more apparent, a renaissance of interest in the chemistry of natural products as sources for new compounds is occurring. A unique approach to natural products chemistry, Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World relates appl
... Read more
Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Special Issue #2

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond

by 1632 and Beyond, Edith Wild, Iver P. Cooper, Walt Boyes, Bjorn Hasseler, George Grant, Jackie Britton Lopatin, George Haberberger, Michael Lockwood, Eric Flint, Lucille Martin, Chuck Thompson, Mark Huston, John Deakins, Sarah Hays ...

Series Book 2 - Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond
1632 & Beyond Issue #002PrefaceIntroductionGrantville's Secret SantaThe GiftAt Christmas TimeChristmas at the SchickelmansNo Proper CarolSanta's LappNatalaA Christmas StollenOne Night OnlySad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at ChristmastimeThe View From Nakatomi TowerConnect with Eric Flint's 1632 & BeyondThis is a reissue of the second half of A 1632 Christmas, one of t... ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

1632 & Beyond Issue #002PrefaceIntroductionGrantville's Secret SantaThe GiftAt Christmas TimeChristmas at the SchickelmansNo Proper CarolSanta's LappNatalaA Christmas StollenOne Night OnlySad Spectacles of Deceitful Iniquity at ChristmastimeThe View From Nakatomi TowerConnect with Eric Flint's 1632 & BeyondThis is a reissue of the second half of A 1632 Christmas, one of t...
... Read more
Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #14

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond, #14

by 1632 and Beyond, Virginia DeMarce, David Hankins, Terry Howard, John Deakins, Natalie Silk, Bjorn Hasseler, Tracy Morris ...

Series Book 14 - Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond
This issue was not planned with a theme. Nor did we pick stories because they matched. In fact, no one even noticed until the stories were back from the proofreaders. Every single one answers the question, "Whatever happened to _____?"Twenty-five years ago, in Chapter 4 of 1632, Balthazar and Rebecca Abrabanel's carriage driver fled. David Hankins tells the driver's story in "The Abrabanel Rescue. ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This issue was not planned with a theme. Nor did we pick stories because they matched. In fact, no one even noticed until the stories were back from the proofreaders. Every single one answers the question, "Whatever happened to _____?"Twenty-five years ago, in Chapter 4 of 1632, Balthazar and Rebecca Abrabanel's carriage driver fled. David Hankins tells the driver's story in "The Abrabanel Rescue.
... Read more
Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #16

1632 & Beyond Compilation, #16

by Marc Tyrrell, Bethanne Kim, Jack Carroll, Natalie Silk, John Deakins ...

Series Book 16 - 1632 & Beyond Compilation
Issue 16 has a variety of tales. It's really quite interesting. ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Issue 16 has a variety of tales. It's really quite interesting.
... Read more
Hedge Fund Activism in Japan

The Limits of Shareholder Primacy

by John Buchanan, Simon Deakin, Dominic Heesang Chai ...

Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this ... Read more

$55.79 USD

Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this
... Read more
Audiobook

Look Me in the Eye

My Life with Asperger's

by John Elder Robison ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he gravitated to machines, which could, at least, be
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City

by Nicholas Deakin, John Edwards ...

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, the authors offer a vigorous and critical investigation of government policy and, ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, the authors offer a vigorous and critical investigation of government policy and,
... Read more
Audiobook

Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity

by John Bergsma ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

A major new work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest sacred documents of Judaism, which reveals their surprising connections to early Christianity.“A luminous treatment of a fascinating subject! Highly recommended!”—Scott Hahn, author of The Fourth CupFrom award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing book that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

A major new work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest sacred documents of Judaism, which reveals their surprising connections to early Christianity.“A luminous treatment of a fascinating subject! Highly recommended!”—Scott Hahn, author of The Fourth CupFrom award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing book that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond

Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants

1632 & Beyond Compilation

Full Throttle

Torment

Organic Chemistry

Lady of the Purple: The Life, Reign, and Death of the Emperor Elagabalus

Botanical Miracles

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Special Issue #2

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #14

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond Issue #16

Hedge Fund Activism in Japan

Look Me in the Eye

The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City

Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond

Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants

1632 & Beyond Compilation

Show: