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  • Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy

    Re-thinking Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy

    by William D. Bishop ...
    The modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age.This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius’ writing and explores ... Read more

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  • The Symbols of Allegiance

    Decoding the Mark of the Beast

    by Bishop Wilfred D. Williams ...
    The "Symbols of Allegiance: Decoding the Mark of the Beast"In a world of competing ideologies, the question of allegiance is more relevant than ever. The Mark of the Beast, a powerful symbol in the Book of Revelation, challenges us to explore the intersection of faith, identity, and societal pressures. Is it merely a biblical prophecy, or does it hold deeper implications for our daily lives?In ... Read more

    $6.00 USD

  • American Catholics

    Gender, Generation, and Commitment

    by William V. D'Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, Katherine Meyer, Bishop William B. Friend ...
    How much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings? How do they believe issues of faith and morals should be decided: by the hierarchy, the laity, or some combination of the ... Read more

    $28.29 USD

  • The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads

    Undersea Adventures, Naval History, Invention, and Wartime Tales from the Victorian Age to World War I

    by A. Frederick Collins, Virgil D. Collins, Edward Stratemeyer, Willis J. Abbot, Charles William Sleeman, Thomas W. Corbin, Charles W. Domville-Fife, Georg-Günther Freiherr von Forstner, Robert Fulton, Herbert C. Fyfe, Henry John Sir Newbolt, Freiherr von E. Spiegel, Farnham Bishop, Harold Wheeler, William Barclay Parsons, Paul König, Ajax, Jules Verne, Luis Senarens, T. D. Hallam, Victor G. Durham, Donald Grayson, A. Hyatt Verrill, Clair W. Hayes, H. Irving Hancock, Percy F. Westerman, James R. Driscoll, G. Harvey Ralphson, Elmer Tracey Barnes, John Blaine, Roy Rockwood ...
    The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads charts the submarine's emergence as both technological marvel and literary emblem of modernity. Ranging from technical exposition, naval history, and eyewitness-inflected discussion to adventure fiction, juvenile serials, and speculative romance, the volume reveals how undersea navigation inspired dreams of scientific mastery alongside ... Read more

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  • American Zombie Gothic

    The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

    by Kyle William Bishop ...
    Series series Contributions to Zombie Studies
    Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity. ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • The Anthropocene and the Undead

    Cultural Anxieties in the Contemporary Popular Imagination

    by Kyle William Bishop, Mikaela Bobiy, Aaron Bradshaw, Nils Bubandt, Daisy Butcher, Elana Gomel, Rebecca Stone Gordon, Sarah Lewison, Lars Schmeink, Conrad Scott, Gheorghe Williams, Andrew J. Wilson, Kristopher Woofter, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., Steffen Hantke, Johan Höglund ...
    Series series Research in Horror Studies
    The Anthropocene and the Undead describes how our experience of an increasingly erratic environment and the idea of the undead are more closely linked than the obvious zombie horde signaling the end of the world. In fact, as described here, much of how we understand the anthropocene both conceptually and in practice involves undead entities from the past that will not die, undead traumas that rise ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture

    The Multifarious Walking Dead in the 21st Century

    by Kyle William Bishop ...
    Series series Contributions to Zombie Studies
    Since the early 2000s, popular culture has experienced a "Zombie Renaissance," beginning in film and expanding into books, television, video games, theatre productions, phone apps, collectibles and toys. Zombies have become allegorical figures embodying cultural anxieties, but they also serve as models for concepts in economics, political theory, neuroscience, psychology, computer science and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Winged Warfare: Hunting the Huns in the Air

    by William Avery Bishop ...
    It was the mud, I think, that made me take to flying. I had fully expected that going into battle would mean for me the saddle of a galloping charger, instead of the snug little cock-pit of a modern aeroplane. The mud, on a certain day in July 1915, changed my whole career in the war. We were in England. I had gone over as an officer of the Missisauga Horse, of Toronto, a cavalry detachment of the ... Read more

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  • Pinstripe Nation

    The New York Yankees in American Culture

    by William Carlson Bishop ...
    Series series Sport & Popular Culture
    Whether loved or reviled, the New York Yankees have had an impact on American culture that extends well beyond baseball. Since the early twentieth century, movies, novels, memoirs, pop songs, and even TV sitcoms have either dealt directly with the Bronx club and its star players or incorporated key elements of Yankee iconography. In Pinstripe Nation, Will Bishop explores the myriad ways in which ... Read more

    $25.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Tom Of The Raiders (Unabridged)

    by WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP ...
    Narrated by Sena Kelley ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 10 min

    Young Adult historical fiction of a young man joining the Union Army and taking part in the Great Locomotive Chase. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Winged Warfare

    by William Avery Bishop ...
    William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War.He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. He was an Air Marshal and a Victoria Cross recipient.One day in July 1915, Bishop saw an airplane land in a nearby field and then take off again; this ... Read more

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  • Mexico, California and Arizona

    by William Henry Bishop ...
    Mexico, California and Arizona by William Henry Bishop is a fascinating travel narrative that offers readers a vivid portrait of three distinctive regions during a period of significant cultural and historical development. Combining firsthand observation, historical insight, and descriptive storytelling, Bishop provides an engaging account of the landscapes, communities, and traditions that shaped ... Read more

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