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Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition

Edited by Robert S. Nelson, Richard Shiff ...

"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions about the categories of "art" and "art history" acquired increased urgency during the 1970s, when new developments in critical theory and other intellectual projects dramatically transformed the discipline. The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both ... Read more

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"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions about the categories of "art" and "art history" acquired increased urgency during the 1970s, when new developments in critical theory and other intellectual projects dramatically transformed the discipline. The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both
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Cat in an Indigo Mood

A Midnight Louie Mystery

by Carole Nelson Douglas ...

Narrated by Robert Forster, Andrea Thompson ...

Series series Midnight Louie
Abridged

2 hours 59 min

At the Blue Dahlia, where homicide detective Carmen Molina moonlights as a torch singer, she finds a dead woman lying in the parking lot. The words "she left" are spray-painted nearby. Soon, a second anonymous woman is found dead in another parking lot. Is a serial killer at work? Will the tough lieutenant have to resort to accepting help from the despised amateur sleuth Temple Barr to crack the ... Read more

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At the Blue Dahlia, where homicide detective Carmen Molina moonlights as a torch singer, she finds a dead woman lying in the parking lot. The words "she left" are spray-painted nearby. Soon, a second anonymous woman is found dead in another parking lot. Is a serial killer at work? Will the tough lieutenant have to resort to accepting help from the despised amateur sleuth Temple Barr to crack the
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Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt

A Midnight Louie Mystery

by Carole Nelson Douglas ...

Narrated by Robert Forster, Andrea Thompson ...

Series series Midnight Louie
Abridged

2 hours 59 min

After a holiday trip to the Big Apple, Midnight Louie, a hard-boiled, hairy-chested, 19-pound black tomcat detective, returns home to death on the Nile. Two battling Egyptian barges outside the Oasis hotel cause a dead body to rise to the surface. The soggy victim is well known to Temple Barr— Louie's redheaded, high-heeled human companion— and her two best beaux both have reasons to want him dead ... Read more

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After a holiday trip to the Big Apple, Midnight Louie, a hard-boiled, hairy-chested, 19-pound black tomcat detective, returns home to death on the Nile. Two battling Egyptian barges outside the Oasis hotel cause a dead body to rise to the surface. The soggy victim is well known to Temple Barr— Louie's redheaded, high-heeled human companion— and her two best beaux both have reasons to want him dead
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Zen Master Raven

The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird

by Robert Aitken ...

A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from a beloved American master.A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing and deceptively simple, Zen Master Raven is a brilliant encapsulation of Zen in over a hundred koan-like encounters ... Read more

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A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from a beloved American master.A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing and deceptively simple, Zen Master Raven is a brilliant encapsulation of Zen in over a hundred koan-like encounters
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Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and more

A Grand Tour of Monsters, Martians, and Mind-Benders From the Golden Age

by H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Nelson S. Bond, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, Robert E. Howard, Victoria Lincoln, Ron Goulart, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry Kuttner, A. E. van Vogt, Brian W. Aldiss, Manly Wade Wellman, Frank M. Robinson, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Gene L. Henderson, H. F. Arnold, Richard R. Smith, William Bender Jr., Thomas S. Gardiner, James Bell, Beta McGavin, Alfred Connable, Jack Sharkey ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook box set - Vintage Sci-Fi
Unabridged

12 hours 12 min

Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and moreThe Night Wire by H. F. ArnoldThe First Spaceman by Gene L. HendersonHide and Seek by Arthur C. ClarkeTwo Black Bottles by H. P. LovecraftThe Sea Raiders by H. G. WellsThe Old Timer by Richard R. SmithThe Broken Axiom by Alfred ... Read more

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Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and moreThe Night Wire by H. F. ArnoldThe First Spaceman by Gene L. HendersonHide and Seek by Arthur C. ClarkeTwo Black Bottles by H. P. LovecraftThe Sea Raiders by H. G. WellsThe Old Timer by Richard R. SmithThe Broken Axiom by Alfred
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Frontiers of Empire

Max Sering, Inner Colonization, and the German East, 1871–1945

by Robert L. Nelson ...

How did the homesteads and reservations of the Prairies of Western North America influence German colonization, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Eastern Europe? Max Sering, a world-famous agrarian settlement expert, stood on the Great Plains in 1883 and saw Germany's future in Eastern Europe: a grand scheme of frontier settlement. Sering was a key figure in the evolution of Germany's relationship ... Read more

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How did the homesteads and reservations of the Prairies of Western North America influence German colonization, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Eastern Europe? Max Sering, a world-famous agrarian settlement expert, stood on the Great Plains in 1883 and saw Germany's future in Eastern Europe: a grand scheme of frontier settlement. Sering was a key figure in the evolution of Germany's relationship
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Short Story Collection Vol. 103 (Unabridged)

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by John BUCHAN ...

Narrated by Aubrey Williams, Robert Nelson, Thomas Spearman, John Mavins ...

Unabridged

6 hours 13 min

Hold onto your hats! This isn't your typical John Buchan collection. While "Short Story Collection Vol. 103" might have his name on it, this audiobook is a treasure trove of unexpected tales. Forget Richard Hannay for a moment. This volume features thrilling adventures by literary giants like Rudyard Kipling, the fantastical Lord Dunsany, the hard-hitting Ernest Hemingway, and the enigmatic James ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Hold onto your hats! This isn't your typical John Buchan collection. While "Short Story Collection Vol. 103" might have his name on it, this audiobook is a treasure trove of unexpected tales. Forget Richard Hannay for a moment. This volume features thrilling adventures by literary giants like Rudyard Kipling, the fantastical Lord Dunsany, the hard-hitting Ernest Hemingway, and the enigmatic James
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Later Byzantine Painting

Art, Agency, and Appreciation

by Robert S. Nelson ...

Series series Variorum Collected Studies
Written over nearly three decades, the fifteen essays involve the three a's of the title, art, agency, and appreciation. The first refers to the general subject matter of the book, Byzantine art, chiefly painting, of the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, the second to its often human-like agency, and the last to its historical reception. Responding to different issues and perspectives that ... Read more

$265.99 USD

Written over nearly three decades, the fifteen essays involve the three a's of the title, art, agency, and appreciation. The first refers to the general subject matter of the book, Byzantine art, chiefly painting, of the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, the second to its often human-like agency, and the last to its historical reception. Responding to different issues and perspectives that
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Working Memory

The state of the science

Edited by Robert Logie, Valerie Camos, Nelson Cowan ...

Working memory refers to how we keep track of what we are doing moment to moment throughout our waking lives. It allows us to remember what we have just done, focus on what we are doing now, to solve problems, be creative, think about what we will be doing in the next few seconds, and continually to update in our mind changes around us throughout the day. This book brings together in one volume, ... Read more

$55.79 USD

Working memory refers to how we keep track of what we are doing moment to moment throughout our waking lives. It allows us to remember what we have just done, focus on what we are doing now, to solve problems, be creative, think about what we will be doing in the next few seconds, and continually to update in our mind changes around us throughout the day. This book brings together in one volume,
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Cross Examination

by Robert Nelson Humbert ...

In Cross Examination, Borne walks a razor's edge between who he loves and who he must become. As family secrets unravel and old loyalties are tested, he's forced to confront the one truth he's always avoided: sometimes, the people closest to us are the hardest to protect. Set against a backdrop of grit, betrayal, and fragile hope, this is a story about second chances, personal sacrifice, and the ... Read more

$7.99 USD

In Cross Examination, Borne walks a razor's edge between who he loves and who he must become. As family secrets unravel and old loyalties are tested, he's forced to confront the one truth he's always avoided: sometimes, the people closest to us are the hardest to protect. Set against a backdrop of grit, betrayal, and fragile hope, this is a story about second chances, personal sacrifice, and the
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Forward with Patton

The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen

by Robert S. Allen ...

Series series American Warriors Series
The WWII diary of a US soldier and Soviet spy who worked closely with General Patton is presented in this fully annotated edition.Robert S. Allen is one of the more controversial figures of the Second World War. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military to start a career as a syndicated columnist, eventually becoming the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science ... Read more

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The WWII diary of a US soldier and Soviet spy who worked closely with General Patton is presented in this fully annotated edition.Robert S. Allen is one of the more controversial figures of the Second World War. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military to start a career as a syndicated columnist, eventually becoming the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science
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Claudius the God

by Robert Graves ...

Narrated by Nelson Runger ...

Unabridged

19 hours 47 min

Claudius, whom none of his bloody-minded relatives considered worth the trouble of executing, poisoning, forcing to suicide, banishing to a desert island or starving to death—which was how they one by one got rid of each other—was one day unexpectedly proclaimed Emperor.Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the ... Read more

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Claudius, whom none of his bloody-minded relatives considered worth the trouble of executing, poisoning, forcing to suicide, banishing to a desert island or starving to death—which was how they one by one got rid of each other—was one day unexpectedly proclaimed Emperor.Claudius picks up the remarkable story he began in I, Claudius with his sudden promotion and his burgeoning infatuation for the
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