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Vietnam – The Incomplete Transformation

by Peter Wolff ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Revolution in Vietnam
This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process. The attempt to establish a post-reunification centrally planned economic system, a collectivised agriculture and a capital-intensive and inward-oriented industrial sector had largely failed, provoking the development of a parallel economy which turned out to be the nucleus of an ... Read more

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This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process. The attempt to establish a post-reunification centrally planned economic system, a collectivised agriculture and a capital-intensive and inward-oriented industrial sector had largely failed, provoking the development of a parallel economy which turned out to be the nucleus of an
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Waiting on the Moon

Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses

by Peter Wolf ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.**Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” ... Read more

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.**Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers”
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Waiting on the Moon

Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses

by Peter Wolf ...

Narrated by Peter Wolf ...

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11 hours 19 min

In the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations ... Read more

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In the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of “fellow travelers” whose artistic inclinations
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My New Orleans, Gone Away

A Memoir of Loss and Renewal

by Peter Wolf ...

Written with humor and telling detail, My New Orleans contains rare insight about the social structure of New Orleans; student life at Exeter, Tulane and Yale; the thrill of original scholarship; around the world travel before jets; medical school trauma; ingrained southern racism, and anti-Semitism; and American students’ role in anti-Vietnam uprisings in Paris. In the background, he traces the ... Read more

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Written with humor and telling detail, My New Orleans contains rare insight about the social structure of New Orleans; student life at Exeter, Tulane and Yale; the thrill of original scholarship; around the world travel before jets; medical school trauma; ingrained southern racism, and anti-Semitism; and American students’ role in anti-Vietnam uprisings in Paris. In the background, he traces the
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Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works

Notes from Underground. Fear and Trembling. Ecce Homo. The Metamorphosis and others

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Kafka ...

Narrated by Peter Coates, Mark Bowen, Shawna Wolf ...

Unabridged

27 hours 59 min

"Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works" is a compelling anthology that delves into the realm of existentialist thought, exploring the profound philosophical and literary works that have shaped this influential movement. From the psychological depths of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" to the existential dilemmas of Søren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling," and the ... Read more

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"Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works" is a compelling anthology that delves into the realm of existentialist thought, exploring the profound philosophical and literary works that have shaped this influential movement. From the psychological depths of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" to the existential dilemmas of Søren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling," and the
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The classic of German literature

A Summer Novella, Siddhartha, The Metamorphosis, Death in Venice and others

by Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse ...

Narrated by Mark Bowen, Shawna Wolf, Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora.Contents:Thomas MannDeath in VeniceHermann HesseSiddharthaFranz KafkaThe MetamorphosisStefan ZweigA Summer NovellaRainer ... Read more

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German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora.Contents:Thomas MannDeath in VeniceHermann HesseSiddharthaFranz KafkaThe MetamorphosisStefan ZweigA Summer NovellaRainer
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The Gift of Violence

Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World

by Matt Thornton, Peter Boghossian ...

In today's modern world, we are largely isolated from the kind of savagery our ancestors faced on a daily basis. Although violence was as natural to our evolutionary development as sex and food, it has become foreign to most of us: at once demonized and glamorized, but almost always deeply misunderstood. Our hard-earned and hard-wired instincts—our evolved and trained ability to survive and ... Read more

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In today's modern world, we are largely isolated from the kind of savagery our ancestors faced on a daily basis. Although violence was as natural to our evolutionary development as sex and food, it has become foreign to most of us: at once demonized and glamorized, but almost always deeply misunderstood. Our hard-earned and hard-wired instincts—our evolved and trained ability to survive and
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The Oath

An atmospheric and chilling crime thriller

by Klaus-Peter Wolf ...

An atmospheric and chilling crime thriller from an internationally bestselling author, perfect for readers of Ann Cleeves and Peter James.If the system can't make them pay, then he will . . .Former chief of police, Ubbo Heide, is enjoying a peaceful seaside retirement - until a gruesome package containing a severed head turns up on his doorstep and catapults him back into a world he left behind ... Read more

$7.99 USD

An atmospheric and chilling crime thriller from an internationally bestselling author, perfect for readers of Ann Cleeves and Peter James.If the system can't make them pay, then he will . . .Former chief of police, Ubbo Heide, is enjoying a peaceful seaside retirement - until a gruesome package containing a severed head turns up on his doorstep and catapults him back into a world he left behind
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Short Circuit

A Novel

by Wolf Haas ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

“An act of intricate, puzzle-minded fabulism. Part Italo Calvino and part Ed McBain.”—Jim Lewis, Author of New York Times Notable Book Ghosts of New York“A playful literary mystery. . . . Fans of Anthony Horowitz will find a lot to like.”—Publishers WeeklyA clever, electrifying puzzle of a novel, inspired by MC Escher’s optical illusions, in which two mirrored plots—a man waiting for an ... Read more

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“An act of intricate, puzzle-minded fabulism. Part Italo Calvino and part Ed McBain.”—Jim Lewis, Author of New York Times Notable Book Ghosts of New York“A playful literary mystery. . . . Fans of Anthony Horowitz will find a lot to like.”—Publishers WeeklyA clever, electrifying puzzle of a novel, inspired by MC Escher’s optical illusions, in which two mirrored plots—a man waiting for an
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Grandmother Mouse

by Peter Thomas McKay, Wolf Clan Leader Herbert K’eex̱kw ...

Illustrated by Peter Thomas McKay ...

When the nighttime sky fills with stars, Grandmother Mouse awakens and begins her grounding ceremonies.Inhale, exhaleInhale, exhaleInhale, exhale…Gifted to the Nisg̱a’a People, Grandmother Mouse is a nurturing protector, tending to the hearts and minds of the people, the plants, the animals, and all of our relations. Imbuing the world with smudge, blessings, and affirmations, Grandmother Mouse is ... Read more

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When the nighttime sky fills with stars, Grandmother Mouse awakens and begins her grounding ceremonies.Inhale, exhaleInhale, exhaleInhale, exhale…Gifted to the Nisg̱a’a People, Grandmother Mouse is a nurturing protector, tending to the hearts and minds of the people, the plants, the animals, and all of our relations. Imbuing the world with smudge, blessings, and affirmations, Grandmother Mouse is
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Vows of Treason

by Peter Lord-Wolff ...

Suppose that, God's first creation was not angels as is widely accepted, but was instead an evil creature so vile in nature that the universe was created as a place to banish them. Why did the Creator simply not destroy this failed experiment? Why is evil allowed to exist at all? The answer to that agonizing question may be very simple…Book two of The Celestial Chronicles, Vows of Treason, is set ... Read more

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Suppose that, God's first creation was not angels as is widely accepted, but was instead an evil creature so vile in nature that the universe was created as a place to banish them. Why did the Creator simply not destroy this failed experiment? Why is evil allowed to exist at all? The answer to that agonizing question may be very simple…Book two of The Celestial Chronicles, Vows of Treason, is set
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Terence Rattigan

The Playwright as Battlefield

by Peter Wolfe ...

The theatrical world Terence Rattigan built is vital but disturbing and uniquely constructed. His sentences are not impacted or fractured, and his plots usually obey a linear time sequence. Yet his realism isn't all that real. Though sentence by sentence, his dialogue sounds natural, the creative pulse behind it is idiosyncratic and self-lacerating. As a gay man writing at a time when ... Read more

$93.99 USD

The theatrical world Terence Rattigan built is vital but disturbing and uniquely constructed. His sentences are not impacted or fractured, and his plots usually obey a linear time sequence. Yet his realism isn't all that real. Though sentence by sentence, his dialogue sounds natural, the creative pulse behind it is idiosyncratic and self-lacerating. As a gay man writing at a time when
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