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  • Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, 1774-1800

    by Kenneth Owen ...
    Series series Oxford Historical Monographs
    Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania challenges the ways we understand popular sovereignty in the American Revolution. Whereas previous histories place undue focus on elite political thought or analysis based on class, this study argues that it was ordinary citizens that cared most about the establishment of a proper, representative, publicly legitimate political process. Popular ... Read more

    $92.69 USD

  • Down to Earth

    A Fighter Pilot's Experiences of Surviving Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day

    "McGlashan carries us in the cockpit through night fighter sorties, wartime airline operations, and missions . . . a well-written narrative." — Smithsonian Air & Space MagazineIn Down to Earth, Squadron Leader McGlashan reflects honestly on his enthralling and diverse RAF career, one that began with the rage and tube of Hawker biplanes in 1939 and closed in the jet era of the late 1950s.Shot down ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Empire Maker

    Aleksandr Baranov and Russian Colonial Expansion into Alaska and Northern California

    Series series Samuel and Althea Stroum Books
    A native of northern Russia, Alexander Baranov was a middle-aged merchant trader with no prior experience in the fur trade when, in 1790, he arrived in North America to assume command over Russia’s highly profitable sea otter business. With the title of chief manager, he strengthened his leadership role after the formation of the Russian American Company in 1799. An adventuresome, dynamic, and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Battle for the Heart of Texas

    Political Change in the Electorate

    Texas is a solid red state. Or trending purple. Or soon to be blue. One thing is certain: as Texas looms ever larger in national politics, the makeup of its electorate increasingly matters. At a critical moment, as migration, immigration, and a maturing populace alter the state’s political landscape, this book presents a deeply researched, data-rich look at who Texas voters are, what they want, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Military

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This authoritative reference examines the causes of--and offers workable solutions to--the widespread problem of musculoskeletal injuries among armed forces personnel. Specific chapters on combat, non-combat, training, and fitness injuries shed necessary light on the nature and scope of the epidemic, including impact on active service members and the resulting quality of life issues in veterans. ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex

    The True Narrative that Inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

    by Owen Chase ...
    The Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex is the harrowing narrative of an unfortunate vessel’s calamitous encounter with a great white whale, and the crew’s perilous fight for survival on the open sea. This Explorer’s Club edition faithfully reproduces Owen Chase’s original 1821 narrative, in which he chronicles the great whale’s attack on the ship, the Essex’s subsequent sinking, and the more than ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The STEM Detectives

    Series Book 1 - Youth Writers Challenge
    Some schools boast of famous athletes who once attended. Others boast of movie stars or politicians who once walked the halls. It is even said that some schools have ghosts. For The STEM Institute of Queens, the claim to fame is an infamous bank robber, who is rumored to have buried money somewhere on the school grounds.Elijah, Emory, Noel, and Wes are new students at the institute. As they each ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Philosophy 4: A Story Of Harvard University (Unabridged)

    by Owen WISTER ...
    Narrated by Kenneth Ricks ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 27 min

    Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Tenderfoot in Montana

    Frank Thompson’s lively memoir details his experiences in the upper Missouri country at the beginning of the Montana gold rush. A young man at the outset of the Civil War, Thompson supported the Union cause but realized that military life was not for him. Turning to the frontier, he headed west aboard a steamboat from St. Louis in 1862, arriving at Fort Benton in what would later become Montana ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Practicing Democracy

    Popular Politics in the United States from the Constitution to the Civil War

    In Practicing Democracy, eleven historians challenge conventional narratives of democratization in the early United States, offering new perspectives on the period between the ratification of the Constitution and the outbreak of the Civil War. The essays in this collection address critical themes such as the origins, evolution, and disintegration of party competition, the relationship between ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Audiobook

    Tracks: Series 1 and 2

    Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast thrillers

    Unabridged

    7 hours 58 min

    'One of the best dramas - on television or radio - currently on offer' Radio Times'The most brilliant drama' and 'really, really well produced' Dolly Alderton'instantly compelling' The GuardianTracksA plane crash.A dead father.A buried secret.A passenger with a missing heart.When Dr Helen Ash witnesses the brutal and disturbing... ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • More University of Kansas Basketball Legends

    Series series Sports
    KU alumnus and Jayhawk enthusiast Kenn Johnson is back with even more legends and firsts. Notable coaches like Danny Manning, who won the national championship as a player in 1988 and again as part of the coaching staff in 2008, have shaped and molded the team throughout the decades. Players like Raef LaFrentz, who became the first Jayhawks player in twenty-seven years to average a double-double ... Read more

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