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  • Audiobook

    True Noir

    The Assassination of Anton Cermak

    Unabridged

    4 hours 27 min

    In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.From the legendary author of ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capital Wars

    The Rise of Global Liquidity

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Economic cycles are driven by financial flows, namely quantities of savings and credits, and not by high street inflation or interest rates. Their sweeping destructive powers are expressed through Global Liquidity, a $130 trillion pool of footloose cash. Global Liquidity describes the gross flows of credit and international capital feeding through the world’s banking systems and wholesale money ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Brain Power

    Improve Your Mind as You Age

    Virtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement?Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Queen of Swords

    A Barbaric Tale

    Series series Barbaric
    **Barbarian. Assassin. Witch. Red Sonja meets Dungeons & Dragons in Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Tale, where the triple threat of women's fury rises - bursting from the pages of the smash, BARBARIC (one of Entertainment Weekly's "Best Comics of 2021!")!Magic and mayhem, humor and trouble,Fire burns as blood flows and bubbles ...Spinning out of the pages of BARBARIC comes an all-new... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science

    An accessible new title focused on the science of healthcare delivery, from the acclaimed Understanding seriesA Doody’s Core Title for 2024!“... a landmark text that will shape the field and inform our dialog for years to come—-and it should be part of the required curriculum at medical and nursing schools around the world. Excellence in healthcare delivery science should become a core competency ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • The True History of the Elephant Man

    The Definitive Account of the Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Joseph Carey Merrick

    Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fair-ground freak. He was hounded, persecuted, and starving, until his fortune changed and he was rescued, housed, and fed by the distinguished surgeon, Frederick Treves. The subject of several books, a Broadway hit, and a film, Joseph Merrick has become part of popular mythology. Here, in this fully revised edition containing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Conversations in Maine

    A New Edition

    Meditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in printAfter the Detroit Rebellion of 1967, James and Grace Lee Boggs decided they should rethink what activism looks like. Pairing with trusted veteran activists Freddy and Lyman Paine, they ruminated on central questions emerging from their politics and activism, and they discussed the purpose and responsibilities human beings share for ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The True History of the Elephant Man

    'A story to strike pity and terror into any heart' Times Literary SupplementJoseph Carey Merrick, born in Leicester on 5th August 1852, is better known as the Elephant Man. Through horrible physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, he spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until even nineteenth-century sensibilities could take no more.Hounded, persecuted and ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Productive Aging

    Concepts and Challenges

    Series series Gerontology
    "Will 69 million baby boomers suddenly drop out of the workforce when they turn 65? It is difficult to imagine this generation, with its talent, education, and experience, idling away the last thirty years of life."—From the Foreword, by Robert N. Butler, M.D., The Mount Sinai Medical CenterOld age has been historically thought of as a period of frailty and dependence, yet studies show that with ... Read more

    $54.09 USD

  • Governance in China

    Over the past two decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has paradoxically steered the development of a thriving capitalist economy. Unlike many faltering post-socialist states with fragile economies and weakly institutionalised democratic structures, China has witnessed a tide of economic entrepreneurialism that has raised living standards and the country's global economic stature. However, ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • Makeup in the World of Beauty Vlogging

    Community, Commerce, and Culture

    This collection studies beauty vlogging as a phenomenon operating at the intersection of celebrity culture, digital communities, and the cosmetics industry. Exploring subjects ranging from race and gender to disability and religion, the chapters examine how the genre has impacted social media landscapes and gender expression. The contributors analyze how beauty vlogging makes community and ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Teaching for Learning

    101 Intentionally Designed Educational Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success

    Teaching for Learning is a comprehensive, practical resource for instructors that highlights and synthesizes proven teaching methods and active learning strategies. Each of the 101 entries describes an approach and lists its essential features and elements, demonstrates how the approach may be used in various educational contexts, reviews findings from the research literature, and describes ... Read more

    $45.99 USD