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Beyond Boundaries

Rereading John Steinbeck

by Lorelei Cederstrom, Gavin Cologne-Brookes, James C. Kelley, Warren G. French, Paul Hadella, Charlotte Hadella, Hiroshi Kaname, Michael J. Meyer, Kiyoshi Nakayama, John Ditsky, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Kyoko Ariki, Brian Railsback, Robert DeMott, Christine Rucklin, P. Balaswamy, John Seelye, Rodney P. Rice, Christina Sheehan Gold, Hiromasa Takamura, Malithat Promathatavedi, Carol L. Hansen, Stephen K. George ...

The result of a worldwide effort to assess both the current state of critical understanding of John Steinbeck’s works and the extent of his cultural influenceAs a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, illuminated the lives of ordinary people, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and social upheaval of the 20th century: The Great ... Read more

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The result of a worldwide effort to assess both the current state of critical understanding of John Steinbeck’s works and the extent of his cultural influenceAs a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, illuminated the lives of ordinary people, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and social upheaval of the 20th century: The Great
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The Last Days of Old Beijing

Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed

by Michael Meyer ...

Journalist Michael Meyer has spent his adult life in China, first in a small village as a Peace Corps volunteer, the last decade in Beijing--where he has witnessed the extraordinary transformation the country has experienced in that time. For the past two years he has been completely immersed in the ancient city, living on one of its famed hutong in a century-old courtyard home he shares with ... Read more

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Journalist Michael Meyer has spent his adult life in China, first in a small village as a Peace Corps volunteer, the last decade in Beijing--where he has witnessed the extraordinary transformation the country has experienced in that time. For the past two years he has been completely immersed in the ancient city, living on one of its famed hutong in a century-old courtyard home he shares with
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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet

The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

by Michael Meyer ...

The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin’s parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia—a deathbed wager that captures the Founder’s American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age.Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two ... Read more

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The incredible story of Benjamin Franklin’s parting gift to the working-class people of Boston and Philadelphia—a deathbed wager that captures the Founder’s American Dream and his lessons for our current, conflicted age.Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two
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The Road to Sleeping Dragon

Learning China from the Ground Up

by Michael Meyer ...

From the highly praised author of The Last Days of Old Beijing, a brilliant portrait of China today and a memoir of coming of age in a country in transition.In 1995, at the age of twenty-three, Michael Meyer joined the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was sent to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer wrote ... Read more

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From the highly praised author of The Last Days of Old Beijing, a brilliant portrait of China today and a memoir of coming of age in a country in transition.In 1995, at the age of twenty-three, Michael Meyer joined the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was sent to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer wrote
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The Long Ships

by Frans G. Bengtsson ...

Translated by Michael Meyer ...

A beloved Viking saga and masterpiece of historical fiction, The Long Ships is a high spirited adventure that stretches from Scandinavia to Spain, England, Ireland, and beyond.Frans Gunnar Bengtsson’s The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Bengtsson’s hero, Red ... Read more

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A beloved Viking saga and masterpiece of historical fiction, The Long Ships is a high spirited adventure that stretches from Scandinavia to Spain, England, Ireland, and beyond.Frans Gunnar Bengtsson’s The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Bengtsson’s hero, Red
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Response to Modernity

A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism

by Michael A. Meyer ...

Comprehensive and balanced history of the Reform Movement.The movement for religious reform in modern Judaism represents one of the most significant phenomena in Jewish history during the last two hundred years. It introduced new theological conceptions and innovations in liturgy and religious practice that affected millions of Jews, first in central and Western Europe and later in the United ... Read more

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Comprehensive and balanced history of the Reform Movement.The movement for religious reform in modern Judaism represents one of the most significant phenomena in Jewish history during the last two hundred years. It introduced new theological conceptions and innovations in liturgy and religious practice that affected millions of Jews, first in central and Western Europe and later in the United
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History of American Political Thought

by Bryan-Paul Frost, Jeffrey Sikkenga, George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand, Paul O. Carrese, Daniel T. Carrigg, Laurence D. Cooper, Murray Dry0, Thomas S. Engeman1, Peter S. Field2, Christopher Flannery3, Steven Forde4, David F. Forte5, David Foster6, David Fott7, Matthew J. Franck8, Peter B. Josephson9, Steven Kautz0, John Koritansky1, Harvey C. Mansfield2, Sean Mattie3, Jonathan Marks4, James McClellan5, Peter C. Meyers6, Lance Robinson7, Michael J. Rosano8, Richard S. Ruderman9, Richard Samuelson0, David Lewis Schaefer1, Peter Schotten2, Kimberly C. Shankman3, Natalie Taylor4, Aristide Tessitore5, Eduardo A. Velásquez6, Karl-Friedrich Walling7, Melissa S. Williams8, Jean M. Yarbrough9, Lucas E. Morel0, James R. Stoner Jr.1, Michael Zuckert2, Jean Bethke Elshtain3, Steven F. Hayward4, Peter Augustine Lawler5, James A. Morone6, Ronald J. Pestritto7, William G. Thomas8, Daryl M. Tress9, David Tucker0, Bradley C. S. Watson1 ...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and ... Read more

$76.99 USD

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and
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The Oxford History Of Mexico

by William Beezley;Michael Meyer ...

The Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When the hardcover edition released in 2000, it was praised for both its breadth and depth--all aspects of Mexican history, from religion to technology, ethnicity, ecology and mass media, are analyzed with ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When the hardcover edition released in 2000, it was praised for both its breadth and depth--all aspects of Mexican history, from religion to technology, ethnicity, ecology and mass media, are analyzed with
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The Oxford History of Mexico

by William Beezley; Michael Meyer ...

The Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When the hardcover edition released in 2000, it was praised for both its breadth and depth--all aspects of Mexican history, from religion to technology, ethnicity, ecology and mass media, are analyzed with ... Read more

$28.99 USD

The Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When the hardcover edition released in 2000, it was praised for both its breadth and depth--all aspects of Mexican history, from religion to technology, ethnicity, ecology and mass media, are analyzed with
... Read more
Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau, Michael Meyer ...

A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movementsCritical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a ... Read more

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A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movementsCritical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a
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It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis, Gary Scharnhorst ...

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.Written during the Great Depression, when the country was ... Read more

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“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.Written during the Great Depression, when the country was
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Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical

by Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, Adam Meyer, Susan Breen, Victoria Hamilton, Tim Maleeny, C.J. Verburg ...

Series Book 16 - Malice Domestic
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a devilish bent! Included are:Rita Owen · IntroductionLeah Bailey · A Killer in the FamilyPaula Gail Benson · Reputation or SoulM. A. Blum · Little White LiesMichael Bracken · Locked MesaSusan Breen · The Demon ValentineMarco Carocari · All in the PlanningMary Dutta · ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a devilish bent! Included are:Rita Owen · IntroductionLeah Bailey · A Killer in the FamilyPaula Gail Benson · Reputation or SoulM. A. Blum · Little White LiesMichael Bracken · Locked MesaSusan Breen · The Demon ValentineMarco Carocari · All in the PlanningMary Dutta ·
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