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Foundations of Fiction, The - The Murder Mystery

The stories that created one of the most popular genres in fiction

by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Edwards, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Charles Dickens, D K Broster, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Stewart Drewery, Frank R Stockton, Fredric Brown, H G Wells, Hugh Walpole, J M Barrie, Jack London, Móritz Jókai, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Saki, Susan Glaspell, T F Powys, W F Harvey ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success ... Read more

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In this series we turn the pages of classic short stories to put together the literary building blocks of how a particular genre or theme began, how it built its foundations to become the well-loved and well-worn genre that it is today.Do authors have the same ideas at more or less the same time? Or can they sniff out an opportunity as to which way the tastes of an audience are moving.Success
... Read more
The Autobiography of James Monroe

Edited by Stuart Gerry Brown ...

First published in 1959, The Autobiography of James Monroe collects the compelling fragments of Monroe’s unfinished autobiography, written after his retirement from the presidency. The memoirs trace his boyhood, education, and experiences during his long service as a public servant before becoming president. Monroe vividly recalls his military experience in the Revolution, his law studies at the ... Read more

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First published in 1959, The Autobiography of James Monroe collects the compelling fragments of Monroe’s unfinished autobiography, written after his retirement from the presidency. The memoirs trace his boyhood, education, and experiences during his long service as a public servant before becoming president. Monroe vividly recalls his military experience in the Revolution, his law studies at the
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Play

How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

by Stuart Brown, MD, Christopher Vaughan ...

Narrated by Michael Hinton ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives.We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as ... Read more

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From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives.We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as
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Philosophy of Religion

An Introduction with Readings

by Stuart Brown ...

Series series Philosophy and the Human Situation
With the entry-level student in mind, Stuart Brown guides the reader through three main topics: whether or not there is life after death; whether or not there is a powerful, beneficent intelligence controlling the universe; and the nature and appropriate defence of religious belief or faith. Each chapter is linked to readings by commentators on religion and belief, such as David Hume, John Hick, ... Read more

$58.99 USD

With the entry-level student in mind, Stuart Brown guides the reader through three main topics: whether or not there is life after death; whether or not there is a powerful, beneficent intelligence controlling the universe; and the nature and appropriate defence of religious belief or faith. Each chapter is linked to readings by commentators on religion and belief, such as David Hume, John Hick,
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Think Like a Street Photographer

by Derren Brown, Matt Stuart ...

'Never does that old maxim "the harder I practice, the luckier I get" ring truer.' - Matt StuartStreet photography may look like luck, but you have to get out there and hone your craft if you want to shake up those luck vibes. Matt Stuart never goes out without his trusty Leica and, in a career spanning twenty years, has taken some of the most accomplished, witty and well-known photographs of the ... Read more

$5.99 USD

'Never does that old maxim "the harder I practice, the luckier I get" ring truer.' - Matt StuartStreet photography may look like luck, but you have to get out there and hone your craft if you want to shake up those luck vibes. Matt Stuart never goes out without his trusty Leica and, in a career spanning twenty years, has taken some of the most accomplished, witty and well-known photographs of the
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Black and Episcopalian

The Struggle for Inclusion

by Gayle Fisher-Stewart ...

A personal story of the struggle for authentic inclusion in the church.From a strong voice in the dialogue about what Black lives matter means in relation to faith, a powerful lament and a hopeful message about the future. Historically, to be Episcopal/Anglican, as it was to be American, was to be white. Assimilation to whiteness has been a measure of success and acceptance, yet, assimilation ... Read more

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A personal story of the struggle for authentic inclusion in the church.From a strong voice in the dialogue about what Black lives matter means in relation to faith, a powerful lament and a hopeful message about the future. Historically, to be Episcopal/Anglican, as it was to be American, was to be white. Assimilation to whiteness has been a measure of success and acceptance, yet, assimilation
... Read more
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Dark Age (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Red Rising 5

by Pierce Brown ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Christopher Tester, Rayner Gabriel, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo, Ian Putnam, Jessica Threet, Elena Anderson, Natalie Van Sistine, Jonathan David Bullock ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Red Rising
Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy?In his darkening shadow, a ... Read more

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He broke the chains. Then he broke the world….A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw.Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will he become the very evil he fought to destroy?In his darkening shadow, a
... Read more
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Red Rising (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Red Rising 1

by Pierce Brown ...

Narrated by Stewart Crank, John Kielty, Richard Rohan, Jenna Sharpe, Jon Vertullo, Ian Russell, Alejandro Ruiz, Andrew Colford, Bradley Foster Smith, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Kay Elúvian ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Red Rising
Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.“Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA TodayAdapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!“I live for the dream that my children will be born ... Read more

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"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.“Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA TodayAdapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!“I live for the dream that my children will be born
... Read more
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Iron Gold (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Red Rising 4

by Pierce Brown ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Stewart Crank, Alex Hill-Knight, Elena Anderson, Christopher Tester, Jenna Sharpe, John Kielty, Todd Scofield, Richard Rohan, Jon Vertullo, Eva Wilhelm, Melody Muze ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Red Rising
Unabridged

11 hours 28 min

They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom ... Read more

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They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom
... Read more
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Iron Gold (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Red Rising Saga 4

by Pierce Brown ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Stewart Crank, Elena Anderson, Ian Putnam, Todd Scofield, Christopher Tester, Jenna Sharpe, Alex Hill-Knight, John Kielty, Richard Rohan, Melody Muze, Jon Vertullo ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Red Rising
Unabridged

11 hours 14 min

"They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"They call him father, liberator, warlord, Slave King, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the war-torn planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-third of his life.A decade ago Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and
... Read more
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Play Is More Than Just Fun

by Stuart Brown, M.D. ...

Narrated by Phil Cousineau ...

Unabridged

57 min

Play is deeply embedded in our natures. It contributes to optimism and hope for the future. It enables us with the ability to persevere. Brown concludes, “Play is a fundamental survival drive of humanity without which long term survival of our species may be at stake.” He describes research showing that most sociopaths suffer from play deprivation in their childhood. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Play is deeply embedded in our natures. It contributes to optimism and hope for the future. It enables us with the ability to persevere. Brown concludes, “Play is a fundamental survival drive of humanity without which long term survival of our species may be at stake.” He describes research showing that most sociopaths suffer from play deprivation in their childhood.
... Read more
Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning, by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita

by G. Lathom Browne & C. G. Stewart ...

I. Sudden Death.—Large quantities of any poison might be rapid in fatal result, but the sudden poisons proper are:—concentrated sulphuric, nitric, and hydrochloric acids; poisonous gases and vapours, such as carbonic acid and sulphuretted hydrogen (see Casper’s Forensic Medicine, Case CCXLI.), carbonic oxide, arseniuretted and antimoniuretted hydrogen, and certain rare organic compounds, as ... Read more

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I. Sudden Death.—Large quantities of any poison might be rapid in fatal result, but the sudden poisons proper are:—concentrated sulphuric, nitric, and hydrochloric acids; poisonous gases and vapours, such as carbonic acid and sulphuretted hydrogen (see Casper’s Forensic Medicine, Case CCXLI.), carbonic oxide, arseniuretted and antimoniuretted hydrogen, and certain rare organic compounds, as
... Read more

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