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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

    $9.19 USD

  • Hapless Hero Henrie (House of Heroes Book 1)

    CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers, Notable Book

    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

    $9.19 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

    $9.99 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

    $45.99 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

    $68.99 USD

  • Multinationals on Trial

    Foreign Investment Matters

    by James Petras, Henry Veltmeyer ...
    The role and economic power of corporations that dominate the world economy has generated considerable controversy. The most heated debate and the most critical questions surrounding the role of multinational corporations relate to foreign direct investment (FDI). This key volume offers an entirely fresh perspective of the role of multinationals and the development impact of FDI. Contrary to ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The End of the Republic and the Delusion of Empire

    by James Petras ...
    Are we approaching “peak America”, where the Republic has failed, and the Empire which put paid to it cannot be achieved?Seasoned political analyst James Petras addresses in broad brush the four major upheavals that loom:1)        For the first time, the goal of socialism has been raised in the presidential primaries, backed by tens of millions of voters. The likely Republican candidate leads a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Power of Israel in the United States

    by James Petras ...
    This book is a chapter-by-chapter analysis and documentation of the power of Israel via the Israeli, Jewish or Pro-Zionist Lobby on US Middle East policy. It raises serious questions as to the primary beneficiary of US policy, and its destructive results for the United States. The extraordinary extent of US political, economic, military and diplomatic support for the state of Israel is explored, ... Read more

    $13.99 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

    $13.99 USD

  • Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire

    Bankers, Zionists and Militants

    by James Petras ...
    This book provides a comprehensive guide to the systemic dimensions of the US empire. Petras elaborates the changes within the US ruling class, as its manufacturing sector declines and gives way to the ascendancy of finance capital, illustrated by its dominance of both the US economy, and the parameters for political debate on the US role in the world economy (globalization, trade liberalization). ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Politics of Empire

    The US, Israel and the Middle East

    by James Petras ...
    This book provides a unique conception of US empire building, linking overseas expansion with: 1) the growth of a police state and declining living standards; 2) advanced technologically driven global spying on adversaries and allies with declining economic competitiveness and military defeats; 3) large scale, long term commitments of economic and military ... Read more

    $12.99 USD