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  • Evie P and Me

    by Petra James ...
    Illustrated by Andrew Joyner ...
    An unforgettable character at the heart of a story filled with imagination and adventureEvie P, the air-explorer has arrived for her first day at school, her unusual life spent in an air balloon has left her bereft of “ordinary” experiences, like classrooms, and friends, but she is full of quirk, adventure, and above all, inspiration. This story celebrates imagination, language, the joy of finding ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Henrie's Hero Hunt (House of Heroes Book 2)

    by Petra James ...
    Illustrated by A. Yi ...
    Series Book 2 - House of Heroes
    A girl. A boy. A great aunt. A mystery! The second book in the exciting House of Heroes series!Henrie Melchior, the first girl born into the House of Heroes in 200 years, is on a Hero Hunt. When Marely Hart phones on the Hero Hotline, Henrie, Marley and Alex Fischer are in a race against time to find Henrie's missing parents, a missing gold statue and the answers to questions piling up around her ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Hapless Hero Henrie (House of Heroes Book 1)

    by Petra James ...
    Illustrated by A. Yi ...
    Series Book 1 - House of Heroes
    **ebook Edition**The first book in a fun, action-packed middle-grade series for heroes in training by Petra James and A. Yi.Twelve-year-old Henrie is the first girl heir of the Melchior family in 200 years. This was deemed a dereliction of duty by the formidable Octavia Melchior, head of the House of Melchior (HoMe). For HoMe is in the business of heroes for hire. Boy heroes, that is. Girls have ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • The Most Ungrateful Girl in the World

    by Petra James ...
    Illustrated by Anna Zobel ...
    When Izzy Winkle – The Most Grateful Girl in the World – enters a competition to find The Most Ungrateful Girl in the World, she is plunged into a hidden society of secret agents, brave pigeons and warring manners.Daphne du Bois, Etiquette Queen of the Southern Hemisphere, says children should be seen and not heard. Horace Unthank, Professor of Appalling Behaviour, says children should Roll in mud ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Latin America in the Time of Cholera

    Electoral Politics, Market Economics, and Permanent Crisis

    by James Petras, Morris Morley ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1992, Latin America in the Time of Cholera questions many ideas regarding the advent of a new era of democracy, peace, and north-south cooperation for development in the post-Cold War period by challenging several myths that shape United States policy toward Latin America. James Petras and Morris Morley trenchantly argue that electoral regimes and free markets in the hemisphere ... Read more

    Was $69.99 USD Now $42.99 USD

  • Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power

    by James Petras ...
    ##Following in the train of two highly successful books addressing the influence of Israel on US Middle East policy and the onerous effects of support for Israeli interests that have resulted, Petras pursues this theme to illustrate how the conjunction of Israeli domestc influence in the US, spurring and combined with US militarism, has now led to a decline in U.S. power around the world. ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change

    Development and Resistance Dynamics

    by Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras ...
    Series series Capitalism, Power and the Imperial State
    This book explores the dynamics of the recent ‘progressive cycle’ in Latin American politics, associated with a red and pink tide of regime change. With this cycle of centre-left regimes oriented towards an alternative post-neoliberal form of development now coming to an end, coinciding with the end of a ‘primary commodities boom’ (the demand for natural resources exported in primary form on the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Democracy And Poverty In Chile

    The Limits To Electoral Politics

    by James Petras ...
    The critical issues concerning the development of a substantial and enduring democracy in Chile are those of strengthening civil society, democratizing the permanent institutions of the state, and building an economy geared to effectively satisfy human needs. In this book, the authors offer a critique of the Chilean transition and of the Aylwin electoral regime, analyzing the linkage between ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The New Development Politics

    The Age of Empire Building and New Social Movements

    by James Petras ...
    A critique of current conceptions of international political economy, the role of the state and contemporary social movements, The New Development Politics challenges the dominant paradigms in the field of development studies. Raising fundamental theoretical and empirical questions, it provides a coherent response to the increasing militarization of inter-state relations, increasing protectionism ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Left Strikes Back

    Class And Conflict In The Age Of Neoliberalism

    by James Petras ...
    James Petras shows that the current stage of capital globalization and the weakening of the ability of established popular groups to defend themselves have generated an important organized response on the part of those whose standard of living is most undermined and threatened by the process. The book argues convincingly that we can now see the emerging forms of resistance in new, popular ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Class Struggle in Latin America

    Making History Today

    by James Petras, Henry Veltmeyer ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Development Studies
    The Class Struggle in Latin America: Making History Today analyses the political and economic dynamics of development in Latin America through the lens of class struggle. Focusing in particular on Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, the book identifies how the shifts and changing dynamics of the class struggle have impacted on the rise, demise and resurgence of neo ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The New Extractivism

    A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century?

    by James Petras, Henry Veltmeyer ...
    In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the export of primary commodities as an antidote to the global recession. The New Extractivism addresses a fundamental dilemma faced by these governments: to pursue, or not, a development strategy based on resource extraction in the face of immense social ... Read more

    $28.99 USD