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  • Season In Hell

    My 130 Days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda

    by Robert Fowler ...
    For decades, Robert R. Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs. In one heart-stopping minute, allof that changed. On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as theUN Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda, becoming the highest ranked UN official ever held captive. Along with his colleague Louis Guay, Fowler lived, slept and ate with his captors for nearly ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Enduring Liberalism

    American Political Thought Since the 1960s

    by Robert Booth Fowler ...
    Series series American Political Thought
    Has the United States become more pluribus than unum? In terms of the nation’s political beliefs, Robert Booth Fowler answers both yes and no. While his study affirms significant diversity among an elite cadre of public intellectuals, it vigorously denies it in a general public that collectively adheres to the same set of liberal core values.Enduring Liberalism pursues two objectives. One, it ... Read more

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  • Survey Methodology

    by Robert M. Groves, Floyd J. Fowler Jr., Mick P. Couper, James M. Lepkowski, Eleanor Singer, Roger Tourangeau ...
    Series Book 561 - Wiley Series in Survey Methodology
    Praise for the First Edition:"The book makes a valuable contribution by synthesizing current research and identifying areas for future investigation for each aspect of the survey process."—Journal of the American Statistical Association"Overall, the high quality of the text material is matched by the quality of writing . . ."—Public Opinion Quarterly". . . it should find an audience everywhere ... Read more

    $83.00 USD

  • The Dance with Community

    The Contemporary Debate in American Political Thought

    by Robert Booth Fowler ...
    Series series American Political Thought
    Contemporary intellectuals have rushed to embrace the concept of “community.” What does this tell us about American political thought? Why are intellectuals uneasy with modern liberal individualism and its institutional policy results? Why is political intellectual discourse dominated today by complaint?In The Dance with Community Robert Booth Fowler reflects upon these and related questions. “My ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Homer

    Edited by Robert Fowler ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Last Bus & Other Short Stories

    by Robert Fowler ...
    Last Bus Home.15-year-old Scott is in town to buy a book. There, he meets street wise Adison, also 15. Their lives could not be any more diverse, and yet each become drawn to the other with disastrous consequences.Swallow and Ice Cream.17-year-old Steve is a lost soul working in a small village in Tuscany. He spends his days selling ice cream to tourists, desperately trying to forget Katherine, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sound of Distant Danger

    by Robert Fowler ...
    Under the dark shadow of World War Il, a ragtag band of teenagers in London's Bethnal Green negotiate their turbulent lives. Simmering discontent builds to a frightful crescendo one fateful night, in an event that will change their lives forever.The boys and girls of Bethnal Green have a lot to contend with. Not only do they have to forge friendships and think about their futures, but they also ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Combat Mission Kandahar

    The Canadian Experience in Afghanistan

    by T. Robert Fowler ...
    Seven soldiers. Seven military specialties. Seven stories.What was it like to serve in the combat mission in Afghanistan? Journalists’ reports from 2006 to 2011 could only give brief glimpses of the reality on the ground for Canadian soldiers. This book reveals the full story of what happened to seven soldiers, ranking from corporal to captain, who were deployed during Operation ATHENA, Phase 2. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uncertainty in Climate Change Research

    An Integrated Approach

    Edited by Linda O. Mearns, Chris E. Forest, Hayley J. Fowler, Robert Lempert, Robert L. Wilby ...
    This edited volume with open access discusses all aspects of uncertainty in climate change research, with a unique emphasis on decision making under uncertainty and the assessment of various uncertainties in the landscape of decision making. By analyzing uncertainty through the lens of decision making, the book seeks to understand and assess the various uncertainties inherent in climate change ... Read more

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  • Mammoth Books presents Demonic Dreams

    Three Stories by Christopher Fowler, Robert Shearman and Norman Partridge

    by Christopher Fowler, Robert Shearman, Norman Partridge ...
    Series Book 261 - Mammoth Books
    Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside - Christopher FowlerChristopher Fowler explains "'. . . Seaside' came about firstly because I was commissioned to write a story for the World Horror Convention souvenir book and, as the event was to take place in Brighton, it seemed logical to set a tale on the South coast of England."I had written a fantasy novel, Calabash, some years earlier, hinting at the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Sitter

    by Robert Fowler ...
    Tuscany, January 1943.Nurse Isolina Donatelli and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Sofia, live in the hills surrounding Florence. Most of Europe remains firmly in the grip of war, although the idyllic setting of Tuscany is currently shielded from the conflict. Mussolini and his black shirts cling on to power, but that is all about to change – as is the direction of the war itself. This will almost ... Read more

    $2.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Milroy Station

    A Novel of the Nature of True Courage

    by Robert H. Fowler ...
    What is the nature of true courage?In March of 1896, Andrew Jackson Mundy, a senator from the Deep South, is secretly urged by Marc Hanna, the rich kingmaker, to become William McKinley's running mate in the upcoming presidential election. Hanna argues that Mundy, a reconstructed Southern Democrat and wounded Confederate veteran of the Civil War, running with McKinley, a Republican veteran of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD