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The New Era

American Thought and Culture in the 1920s

by Paul V. Murphy ...

Series series American Thought and Culture
In the 1920s, Americans talked of their times as “modern,” which is to say, fundamentally different, in pace and texture, from what went before—a new era. With the end of World War I, an array of dizzying inventions and trends pushed American society from the Victorian era into modernity.The New Era provides a history of American thought and culture in the 1920s through the eyes of American ... Read more

$34.79 USD

In the 1920s, Americans talked of their times as “modern,” which is to say, fundamentally different, in pace and texture, from what went before—a new era. With the end of World War I, an array of dizzying inventions and trends pushed American society from the Victorian era into modernity.The New Era provides a history of American thought and culture in the 1920s through the eyes of American
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The Rebuke of History

The Southern Agrarians and American Conservative Thought

by Paul V. Murphy ...

In 1930, a group of southern intellectuals led by John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Donald Davidson, and Robert Penn Warren published I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition. A stark attack on industrial capitalism and a defiant celebration of southern culture, the book has raised the hackles of critics and provoked passionate defenses from southern loyalists ever since. As Paul ... Read more

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In 1930, a group of southern intellectuals led by John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Donald Davidson, and Robert Penn Warren published I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition. A stark attack on industrial capitalism and a defiant celebration of southern culture, the book has raised the hackles of critics and provoked passionate defenses from southern loyalists ever since. As Paul
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The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

by Annie Murphy Paul ...

**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021A New York Times Notable BookA bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships**Use your head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021A New York Times Notable BookA bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships**Use your head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve
... Read more

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Origins

How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives

by Annie Murphy Paul ...

What makes us the w***ay*** w***e are?*** Some say it’s the genes we inherit at conception. Others are sure it’s the environment we experience in childhood. But could it be that many of our individual characteristics—our health, our intelligence, our temperaments—are influenced by the conditions we encountered before birth?That’s the claim of an exciting and provocative field known as fetal ... Read more

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What makes us the w***ay*** w***e are?*** Some say it’s the genes we inherit at conception. Others are sure it’s the environment we experience in childhood. But could it be that many of our individual characteristics—our health, our intelligence, our temperaments—are influenced by the conditions we encountered before birth?That’s the claim of an exciting and provocative field known as fetal
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The Dividing of the American Mind

Humanism and Intellectual Life in the Early Twentieth Century

by Paul Murphy ...

Series series Intellectual History of the Modern Age
Paul V. Murphy is Professor of History at Grand Valley State University. He is the author of The New Era: American Thought and Culture in the 1920s. ... Read more

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Paul V. Murphy is Professor of History at Grand Valley State University. He is the author of The New Era: American Thought and Culture in the 1920s.
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Winter's Edge: An Anthology of Historical Fiction

by TC Hester, Paul Murphy, Prue Batten, David Neilson, Martin Rinehart, Lena Maye, DM Davis ...

Three daggers with wolf-head pommels, forged in the Roman Era.Initially awarded to three women for heroic service to the Empire, the daggers are separated for over two thousand years.They cross intriguing paths with Richard the Lionheart in Medieval France, Leonardo DaVinci leaving Renaissance Italy, spies in Rococo Austria, Misters Darcy & Bingley in Georgian England, and courageous farmers in ... Read more

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Three daggers with wolf-head pommels, forged in the Roman Era.Initially awarded to three women for heroic service to the Empire, the daggers are separated for over two thousand years.They cross intriguing paths with Richard the Lionheart in Medieval France, Leonardo DaVinci leaving Renaissance Italy, spies in Rococo Austria, Misters Darcy & Bingley in Georgian England, and courageous farmers in
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The Sky is the Limit (10 Classic Self-Help Books Collection)

by James Allen, Khalil Gibran, Napoleon Hill, P.T. Barnum, Benjamin Franklin, Orison Swett Marden, Florence Scovel Shinn, Wallace D. Wattles, Russell H. Conwell ...

Narrated by David Moran, Paul Murphy, Nicole Owens ...

Unabridged

26 hours 1 min

This Audiobook contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Think and Grow Rich [Napoleon Hill ] The prophet [Khalil Gibran] Eight Pillars of Prosperity [James Allen] As a Man Thinketh [James Allen] An Iron Will [Orison Swett Marden] The Art of Money Getting [P.T. Barnum] The Game of Life and How to Play it [Florence Scovel Shinn] The Way to Wealth [Benjamin Franklin ... Read more

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This Audiobook contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Think and Grow Rich [Napoleon Hill ] The prophet [Khalil Gibran] Eight Pillars of Prosperity [James Allen] As a Man Thinketh [James Allen] An Iron Will [Orison Swett Marden] The Art of Money Getting [P.T. Barnum] The Game of Life and How to Play it [Florence Scovel Shinn] The Way to Wealth [Benjamin Franklin
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The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

by Annie Murphy Paul ...

Narrated by Annie Murphy Paul ...

Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021A New York Times Notable BookA bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships**Use your head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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**A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2021A New York Times Notable BookA bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships**Use your head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve
... Read more

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Bridging Infinity

by Charlie Jane Anders, Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Pat Cadigan, Tobias S Buckell, Karen Lord, Karin Lowachee, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Robert Reed, Pamela Sargent, Allen M. Steele, Pat Murphy, Paul Doherty, An Owomoyela, Thoraiya Dyer, Ken Liu ...

Series Book 5 - The Infinity Project
Building Towards TomorrowSense of wonder is the lifeblood of science fiction. When we encounter something on a truly staggering scale – metal spheres wrapped around stars, planets rebuilt and repurposed, landscapes re-engineered, starships bigger than worlds – the only response we have is reverence, admiration, and possibly fear at something that is grand, sublime, and extremely powerful.Bridging ... Read more

$7.39 USD

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Building Towards TomorrowSense of wonder is the lifeblood of science fiction. When we encounter something on a truly staggering scale – metal spheres wrapped around stars, planets rebuilt and repurposed, landscapes re-engineered, starships bigger than worlds – the only response we have is reverence, admiration, and possibly fear at something that is grand, sublime, and extremely powerful.Bridging
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The Sky is the Limit Vol 1-2 (20 Classic Self-Help Books Collection)

by James Allen, L.W. Rogers, Napoleon Hill, B.F. Austin, George S. Clason, William Walker Atkinson, Wallace D. Wattles, Russell H. Conwell, Benjamin Franklin, Florence Scovel Shinn, P.T. Barnum, Khalil Gibran ...

Narrated by Josh Donovan, Paul Murphy, Nicole Owens ...

Unabridged

47 hours 43 min

This Audiobook contains the following works The Sky is the Limit Vol 1 Think and Grow Rich [Napoleon Hill] - Starts at Chapter 1 The prophet [Khalil Gibran] - Starts at Chapter 19 Eight Pillars of Prosperity [James Allen]- Starts at Chapter 47 As a Man Thinketh [James Allen] - Starts at Chapter 58 An Iron Will [Orison Swett Marden] - Starts at Chapter 67 The Art of Money Getting [P.T. Barnum] - ... Read more

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This Audiobook contains the following works The Sky is the Limit Vol 1 Think and Grow Rich [Napoleon Hill] - Starts at Chapter 1 The prophet [Khalil Gibran] - Starts at Chapter 19 Eight Pillars of Prosperity [James Allen]- Starts at Chapter 47 As a Man Thinketh [James Allen] - Starts at Chapter 58 An Iron Will [Orison Swett Marden] - Starts at Chapter 67 The Art of Money Getting [P.T. Barnum] -
... Read more
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The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Paul Murphy ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

What happens when science tampers with nature? A riveting, cautionary tale with disastrous results reveals the chilling answer. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the food stuffs experience incredible growth--and serious ... Read more

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What happens when science tampers with nature? A riveting, cautionary tale with disastrous results reveals the chilling answer. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the food stuffs experience incredible growth--and serious
... Read more

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The Cult of Personality Testing

How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul ...

Award-winning psychology writer Annie Paul delivers a scathing exposé on the history and effects of personality tests.Millions of people worldwide take personality tests each year to direct their education, to decide on a career, to determine if they'll be hired, to join the armed forces, and to settle legal disputes. Yet, according to award-winning psychology writer Annie Murphy Paul, the sheer ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Award-winning psychology writer Annie Paul delivers a scathing exposé on the history and effects of personality tests.Millions of people worldwide take personality tests each year to direct their education, to decide on a career, to determine if they'll be hired, to join the armed forces, and to settle legal disputes. Yet, according to award-winning psychology writer Annie Murphy Paul, the sheer
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