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  • Creating the South Caroliniana Library

    by John M. Bryan ...
    The South Caroliniana Library, located on the historic Horseshoe of the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia, is one of the premier research archives and special collections repositories in South Carolina and the American Southeast. The library's holdings—manuscripts, published materials, university archives, and visual materials—are essential to understanding the Palmetto State and ... Read more

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  • misReading Nietzsche

    by William J. Hendel ...
    Perhaps more than any philosophy written in the past few centuries, the work of Friedrich Nietzsche has given rise to controversy, misunderstanding, and dissent. Today Nietzsche is remembered as the revolutionary author of such polemical ideas as the death of God, the revaluation of values, the will to untruth, and the Übermensch. Yet is Nietzsche’s philosophy as atheistic, relativistic, ... Read more

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  • Why do we need a public library? Material for a library campaign

    Embracing the Transformative Power of Public Libraries

    by Theodore Roosevelt, James Russell Lowell, William McKinley, Winston Churchill, Andrew Carnegie, J. N. Larned, Sir Walter Besant, William J. Bryan, John P. Buckley, Frederick M. Crunden, William R. Eastman0, W. I. Fletcher1, W. E. Foster2, Chalmers Hadley3, Joseph Le Roy Harrison5, Caroline M. Hewins6, Henry E. Legler7, Irene Van Kleeck8 ...
    In the compelling anthology 'Why Do We Need a Public Library? Material for a Library Campaign,' an impressive array of essays and speeches converge to underscore the timeless significance of public libraries. The collection melds differing literary styles ranging from eloquent oratory to succinct, persuasive essays, each reinforcing the library as a cornerstone of informed and equitable societies. ... Read more

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  • Shadows Out Of Time

    by Darrell Schweitzer, Ann K. Schwader, Don Webb, James Chambers, Robert Guffey, Gordon Linzner, Bryan D. Dietrich, John R. Fultz, Frederic S.Durbin, Nicholas Kaufmann, Tim Lees, Adrian Cole, Geoffrey Hart, Harry Turtledove, Will Murray, Robert M. Price, Keith Taylor ...
    I hope the title of this book is not misleading. If you are expecting an entire volume of spinoffs from Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time, complete with consciousness-swapping across the aeons, cone-shaped scholarly beings compiling their archives while dinosaurs roam outside their cities and some nameless doom threatens them from below, this isn't it. I did indeed include a few stories of that ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Doctors of Another Calling

    Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other than Medicine

    by James E. Bailey, Paul Berman, Charles S. Bryan, John D. Bullock, Amy L. Cooper, Peter E. Dans, J. Gordon Frierson, J. Michael Fuller, James R. Johnston, Joseph W. Lella, Michael E. Moran, Daniel Morgan, Sandra W. Moss, T. Jock Murray, Angela M. Nicholls, Clyde Partin, Mabel L. Purkerson, James G. Ravin, Barry Silverman, Marvin J. Stone, Robert H. Stone, Jessie L. Ternberg, Robert P. Turk, Joseph B. Vander Veer Jr., C. Peter W. Warren ...
    The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine. The fields of literature, exploration, business, sport, entertainment, and beyond abound with doctors whose interests lie outside medicine. This book, largely written by members of the medical profession, examines the efforts of doctors in non-medical fields. The doctors discussed here are those who are ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Agenda Setting, Policies, and Political Systems

    A Comparative Approach

    by Peter John, Shaun Bevan, Will Jennings, Bryan D. Jones, Michelle C. Whyman, Sylvain Brouard, Emiliano Grossman, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Arco Timmermans, Gerard Breeman, Frédéric Varone, Isabelle Engeli, Pascal Sciarini, Roy Gava, Christian Breunig, Brandon Zicha, Anne Hardy, Jeroen Joly, Tobias Van Assche, Enrico Borghetto, Marcello Carammia, Francesco Zucchini, Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, Anna M. Palau, Luz M. Muñoz Marquez, Martial Foucault, Éric Montpetit ...
    What will gain the system's attention? "Explores the dynamics of a broad range of policy issues in different countries . . . an important scholarly contribution." — Political Studies ReviewBefore making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding China

    A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

    by John Bryan Starr ...
    "A clearheaded, multidimensional tour of China's political, economic, and social landscapes." — Current History"Packed with facts and figures, but enlivened with firsthand observations. . . . An excellent introduction to China for anyone in search of solid but concise information about that complicated country." — The New York Times Book ReviewFor more than a decade, John Bryan Starr's ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Public Schools, Politics & Polarization

    by John Bryan Starr ...
    Public Schools, Politics and Polarization offers a timely and deeply insightful examination of how political division shapes the governance, leadership, and daily realities of public education in the United States.Drawing on decades of academic research and real-world experience, John Bryan Starr uses a compelling case-study approach to explore how school districts function at local, state, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • UNDERSTANDING CHINA

    A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture

    by JOHN BRYAN STARR ...
    Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to one of the most influential nations shaping the modern world. Written by respected scholar John Bryan Starr, this fully revised 4****th offers readers a clear, balanced, and deeply informed exploration of China's economy, political system, history, and social transformation ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Foodimentary

    Celebrating 365 Food Holidays with Classic Recipes

    by John-Bryan Hopkins ...
    Tired of the sporadic and outdated food holidays that were quietly celebrated each year—most of which were created by food companies to market their products—blogger John-Bryan Hopkins decided to revamp food celebrations and spice them up with his own favorite foods. Creating a food holiday for every day of the year, Hopkins launched Foodimentary.com, which became an immediate overnight success ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • A History of Weapons

    Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things that Can Seriously Mess You Up

    by John O'Bryan ...
    "[A] menacingly illustrated book . . . nerdily gushes over the design and use of 130+ historical instruments of combat." — ThrillistOne day a prehistoric guy picked up a rock and threw it at something. And the history of weapons began. Comedy writer and weapon nerd John O'Bryan relays the freaky highlights of man's centuries-old obsession with weaponry. He hilariously explains the mace, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Early English Viols: Instruments, Makers and Music

    by Michael Fleming, John Bryan ...
    Series series Music and Material Culture
    Winner of the Nicholas Bessaraboff PrizeMusical repertory of great importance and quality was performed on viols in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. This is reported by Thomas Mace (1676) who says that ’Your Best Provision’ for playing such music is a chest of old English viols, and he names five early English viol makers than which ’there are no Better in the World’. Enlightened ... Read more

    $69.99 USD