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  • The Dealmakers of Downstate Illinois

    Paul Powell, Clyde L. Choate, John H. Stelle

    Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2017Many people are unaware that from 1945 to 1975, downstate lawmakers dominated the Illinois political arena. In The Dealmakers of Downstate Illinois, Robert E. Hartley details the lives and contributions of three influential southern Illinois politicians, Paul Powell, Clyde Choate, and John Stelle. He describes how these “dealmakers” were ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • OBSESSED: THE PRESIDENCY AND ILLINOIS SENATORS PERCY, STEVENSON III, SIMON

    From history books, memoirs, news stories and public utterances it is known that untold numbers of serving United States senators dreamed of residing in the Oval Office. Many fewer committed to open pursuit of the office, and even fewer made it. Three Illinois senators from the 1950s to the 1990s- Republican Charles H. Percy, Democrats Adlai E.Stevenson III and Paul Simon-can be counted as ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Purpose, Power and Prison: Stories About Former Illinois Governors

    What happened to the 11 men who served as governor of Illinois from 1933 to 2003? That is what this book is about. Each life is traced from highlights and lowlights in office to the day the music stopped and life played out as a former governor. Most of them would have preferred to continue serving as the state’s chief executive. But that wasn’t an option. Each man faced the challenges of a new ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Death Underground

    The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters

    Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. In two southern Illinois towns only forty miles apart, explosions killed 111 men at the Centralia No. 5 mine in 1947 and 119 men at the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort in 1951. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ghosts of Christmas Past

    A chilling collection of modern and classic Christmas ghost stories

    A present contains a monstrous secret.An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party.A shadow slips across the floor by firelight.A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams.Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christmas cheer to a world of ghosts and horrors, mixing terrifying modern fiction with classic stories by ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Social Behavioral Statistics

    Focusing on practical application, this textbook provides clear and concise explanations of statistical tests and techniques that students can apply in real-world situations. It has a dual emphasis: firstly, on doing statistics, and secondly, on understanding statistics, to do away with the mindset that statistics is difficult. Procedural explanations are provided so students know how to apply ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Understanding Children's Play

    This is Volume X in a series of thirty-two on Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1952. By presenting the play experiences of children within the framework of their living problems, this volume and its companion booklets will give to these adults who help shape their lives a fuller understanding of the significance of children's play, and offer them valuable aids in fostering the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Gunship Pilot

    An Attack Helicopter Warrior Remembers Vietnam

    It was 1968 and Robert Hartley was on his first combat mission in Vietnam as copilot of a helicopter gunship. As he and his platoon leader flew over the A Shau Valley, a Chinook helicopter engulfed in flames suddenly came into view. Hartley noticed tiny black smoking objects exiting the tail ramp of the aircraft. Seconds later, he realized those objects were men escaping the flames and plunging to ... Read more

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  • The Broken Circle

    It is January and the middle of the summer holidays, but Morgan appears to have drawn the short straw.When work commitments take his parents overseas, just after Christmas, he is left behind on his uncle's farm. Frustrated and disappointed, he longs to be home in Melbourne. But there is more to Wombat Creek than meets the eye and its secrets are about to be revealed.Down by the waterside, Morgan ... Read more

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    Night Fears and Other Stories (Unabridged)

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    4 hours 7 min

    When one thinks of fear, terrors in the night creeping upon you may come to mind. L. P. Hartley does feature some of these kinds of fears. In addition, Hartley delves into characters with societal fears, social anxieties. People who live in fear of saying or doing the wrong thing, feeling uneasy in their own skin. We witness the fear of death that comes for all of us, some earlier than others. L. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics, Volume 3

    Application to autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer’s

    Series series IOP ebooks
    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are two significant neurological disorders, which represent the scope of this book. Both ASD and AD affect a significant number of the population and present in numerous ways. This volume covers the state-of-the-art topics that investigate these two significant neurological disorders from a theoretical perspective and focuses on the ... Read more

    $114.99 USD

  • Out of the Whirlwind

    Innocent Pain as a Challenge to God

    A challenging and thoughtful reflection about the question of how a merciful God can allow evil.Inspired by the Book of Job, Out of the Whirlwind is a reflection on the challenge posed to the existence of a good and powerful God by the issue of innocent suffering. It takes the form of the author's reflections as he sits in a children's ward by the bedside of his disabled son, who is dangerously ... Read more

    $6.99 USD