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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

  • 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

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nature of Early Greek Lyric

    Three Preliminary Studies

    by Robert L. Fowler ...
    Series series Heritage
    Three important literary questions in early Greek lyrics are addressed in this study. First, Fowler attempts to determine the extent that Homer and epic poetry generally influenced the lyric poets, with respect to both the style of compositions and their content. Identifying the certain examples of influence – which are far fewer than often thought – he analyses the technique of imitation, tracing ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 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

  • 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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  • 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

  • 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 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

    Free

  • Finding St. Lo

    A Memior of War & Family

    by Ted Neill, Gordon Cross, Robert Fowler ...
    What did it mean to be a hero in 1944? What does it mean today? On the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, these are the questions we ask ourselves as the world faces resurgent nativism, deep social divisions, and rising xenophobia. It’s no exaggeration to say that the gravity of our crises today echoes back to the crossroads of 1944. Finding St. Lo presents us with two distinct voices ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pindar and the Sublime

    Greek Myth, Reception, and Lyric Experience

    by Professor Robert L. Fowler ...
    Series series New Directions in Classics
    Pindar-the 'Theban eagle', as Thomas Gray famously called him-has often been taken as the archetype of the sublime poet: soaring into the heavens on wings of language and inspired by visions of eternity. In this much-anticipated new study, Robert Fowler asks in what ways the concept of the sublime can still guide a reading of the greatest of the Greek lyric poets. Working with ancient and modern ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • The Fallen Star

    Billy Smith and the Goblins, Book 2

    by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Tom Fowler ...
    Series Book 2 - Billy Smith and the Goblins
    “If kinging were easy, everyone would do it.”With help from his friends, Billy Smith—the unlikeliest of heroes—overthrew the corrupt General Sawtooth and claimed the Goblin Crown. But his perilous journey to save the goblin race has just begun. The powerful Hanorian Army is gathered at the gates of Kiranok, threatening to invade the goblin city and wipe out everyone within. So the inhabitants of ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Betsy

    The Adventures of an Early American Girl

    by David Metzger, Robert Fowler ...
    "Betsy: The Adventures of an Early American Girl" is a historical fiction story of a young girl growing up in colonial Virginia during the Revolutionary War. She is independent, resourceful, honest and brave. She is also a full-blooded Algonquian Indian. The first chapter describes the sadness and joy of her transition from the Algonquian tribe to her colonial parents. Her settler father's ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus