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A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina

William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals

Edited by James Robert Hester ...

The Civil War journals of a Northern abolitionist engaged in the Port Royal ExperimentNew Englander William Francis Allen (1830–1889) is mostly known today as the lead editor of the 1867 anthology Slave Songs of the United States, the earliest published collection of African American spirituals, and as a distinguished history professor at the University of Wisconsin. During the Civil War, he ... Read more

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The Civil War journals of a Northern abolitionist engaged in the Port Royal ExperimentNew Englander William Francis Allen (1830–1889) is mostly known today as the lead editor of the 1867 anthology Slave Songs of the United States, the earliest published collection of African American spirituals, and as a distinguished history professor at the University of Wisconsin. During the Civil War, he
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Invincible Universe Compendium vol. 1

by Robert Kirkman, Benito Cereno, Phil Hester ...

Series series Invincible
THE BEST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE IN THE UNIVERSE! By now, everyone in the world knows Invincible. But what about the rest of the INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE's heroes and villains? Atom Eve! Rex Splode! Brit! Best Tiger! This collection reveals the secret history of Invincible's closest allies, as well as the formation of a brand-new Guardians of the Globe team to fight the largest gathering of supervillains ... Read more

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THE BEST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE IN THE UNIVERSE! By now, everyone in the world knows Invincible. But what about the rest of the INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE's heroes and villains? Atom Eve! Rex Splode! Brit! Best Tiger! This collection reveals the secret history of Invincible's closest allies, as well as the formation of a brand-new Guardians of the Globe team to fight the largest gathering of supervillains
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Parental Obesity: Intergenerational Programming and Consequences

Edited by Lucy R. Green, Robert L. Hester ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In this book, leading figures in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease provide up-to-date information from human clinical trials, cohorts, and animal physiology experiments to reveal the interdependence between parental obesity and health of the offspring. Obesity of the mother and father produces obesity in their offspring, so we are caught up in an intergenerational cycle, ... Read more

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In this book, leading figures in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease provide up-to-date information from human clinical trials, cohorts, and animal physiology experiments to reveal the interdependence between parental obesity and health of the offspring. Obesity of the mother and father produces obesity in their offspring, so we are caught up in an intergenerational cycle,
... Read more
Sentencing Guidelines and Commissions

Comparative Perspectives

by Julian V. Roberts, Arie Freiberg, Rhys Hester ...

Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
Since the 1970s, sentencing in many countries has evolved from a system in which courts enjoyed wide discretion to one where courts must follow or at least consider guideline recommendations. This movement towards greater structure has also led to the creation of independent bodies-sentencing commissions or councils-which now sit alongside courts of appeal and play a pivotal role in guiding courts ... Read more

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Since the 1970s, sentencing in many countries has evolved from a system in which courts enjoyed wide discretion to one where courts must follow or at least consider guideline recommendations. This movement towards greater structure has also led to the creation of independent bodies-sentencing commissions or councils-which now sit alongside courts of appeal and play a pivotal role in guiding courts
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Simon Hester ...

Unabridged

2 hours 54 min

Books often suffer when over taken by the notoriety of the adaptations which they inspire. This was never truer than of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.Yet in his novella Robert Louis Stevenson cleverly takes a primal human fantasy, in this case that of freeing oneself from all moral responsibility with impunity and explores the possibility of separating human ... Read more

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Books often suffer when over taken by the notoriety of the adaptations which they inspire. This was never truer than of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.Yet in his novella Robert Louis Stevenson cleverly takes a primal human fantasy, in this case that of freeing oneself from all moral responsibility with impunity and explores the possibility of separating human
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Wrong Box, The

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne ...

Narrated by Simon Hester ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

“The Wrong Box” is a wonderful, farcical black comedy co written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (Stevenson’s stepson) in 1889.The story is built around that mainstay of many a farce, a family squabbling over money. In this case it is the proceeds of a Tontine, a once popular investment scheme.A cast of colourful characters, worthy of Dickens, are thrown together, either in the ... Read more

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“The Wrong Box” is a wonderful, farcical black comedy co written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (Stevenson’s stepson) in 1889.The story is built around that mainstay of many a farce, a family squabbling over money. In this case it is the proceeds of a Tontine, a once popular investment scheme.A cast of colourful characters, worthy of Dickens, are thrown together, either in the
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Lawrence and the Arabs

by Robert Graves ...

Narrated by Joseph Porter ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

T. E. Lawrence began his lifelong affair with the Middle East while still a student at Oxford, taking a four-month walking tour of Syria to study the Crusaders’ castles. He later returned to the area as an archaeologist and, at the outbreak of World War I, was attached to British Army Intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 he set out on his greatest adventure: with no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces ... Read more

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T. E. Lawrence began his lifelong affair with the Middle East while still a student at Oxford, taking a four-month walking tour of Syria to study the Crusaders’ castles. He later returned to the area as an archaeologist and, at the outbreak of World War I, was attached to British Army Intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 he set out on his greatest adventure: with no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces
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The Crocodile Bird

by Ruth Rendell ...

Narrated by Jill Tanner ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza's mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life. ... Read more

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Liza is raised in a remote rural hamlet. One evening, Liza's mother orders her to leave home forever. Paralyzed at having to fend for herself, Liza finds refuge with Sean, a drifter with whom she begins to share the bizarre story of her life.
... Read more
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Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, The

by H. G. Wells ...

Narrated by Raphael Croft ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

"The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" by H.G. Wells is a thought-provoking science fiction tale exploring the unintended consequences of scientific discovery. Two scientists invent "Herakleophorbia," a substance that accelerates growth, leading to giant animals, plants, and children. As these colossal beings grow, they disrupt society, challenging human authority and societal norms. ... Read more

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"The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" by H.G. Wells is a thought-provoking science fiction tale exploring the unintended consequences of scientific discovery. Two scientists invent "Herakleophorbia," a substance that accelerates growth, leading to giant animals, plants, and children. As these colossal beings grow, they disrupt society, challenging human authority and societal norms.
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The New Adventures of Ellery Queen

by Ellery Queen ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Series Audiobook 1940 - The Ellery Queen Mysteries
Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

Trick I—The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear—each as dead as the other.Trick II—From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back—a feat utterly ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Trick I—The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear—each as dead as the other.Trick II—From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back—a feat utterly
... Read more
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Dracula

by Bram Stoker ...

Narrated by Edward Woodward ...

Abridged

2 hours 59 min

A masterpieces of horror literature, Dracula brilliantly evokes a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and illuminates the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. Count Dracula travels from his castle in the Carpathian Mountains to England on a ship in which the entire crew is lost. Upon his arrival, the count entrances Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker, both women doomed to become ... Read more

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A masterpieces of horror literature, Dracula brilliantly evokes a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and illuminates the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. Count Dracula travels from his castle in the Carpathian Mountains to England on a ship in which the entire crew is lost. Upon his arrival, the count entrances Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker, both women doomed to become
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The Square of Revenge

by Pieter Aspe ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Inspector Van In Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange square has been drawn. At first, Inspector Van In pays ... Read more

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The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is broken into, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved in jars of aqua regia, an acid so strong it can even melt gold. In the empty safe is a scrap of paper on which a strange square has been drawn. At first, Inspector Van In pays
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