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  • Stress and Distress among the Unemployed

    Hard Times and Vulnerable People

    by Clifford L. Broman, V. Lee Hamilton, William S. Hoffman ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. They paint a portrait of how the social context in which these workers lived played a critical role in their experiences of unemployment or of keeping their jobs when others around them lost theirs. More than simply a study of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Beetlecreek

    A Novel

    by William Demby ...
    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    A rediscovered "masterpiece" (Kirkus) of Black American literature first published in 1950, about an unlikely friendship in a West Virginia townAfter several years of seclusion in the Black quarter of Beetlecreek, West Virginia, in the precarious 1930s, a retired carnival worker named Bill Trapp strikes up a chance friendship with Johnny Johnson, a Pittsburgh teenager transplanted into his uncle’s ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Difficult Vaginal Hysterectomy

    A Surgical Atlas

    by William N. Spellacy, Mitchel S. Hoffman ...
    Knowledge of and experience with the basic technique of vaginal hysterectomy is not univers al. Each surgeon must learn to identify and appreciate the dimensions of individual variation in anatomic findings and therefore surgical technical decisions and their execu tion from one patient to another. Unexpected surgical difficulty can be predicted, but ultimately it is dealt with retrospectively. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Pan-Africanism in Modern Times

    Challenges, Concerns, and Constraints

    by Olayiwola Abegunrin, Sabella Ogbobode Abidde, Elisha J. Dung, Paul Erhunmwunsee, Sharron Herron-Williams, Alecia D. Hoffman, Sechaba Khoapa, Charity Manyeruke, Sulayman S. Nyang0, Robert White1, Brenda Ingrid Gill2, James Pope3 ...
    Series series African Governance, Development, and Leadership
    For about one hundred years, Pan-Africanism—as a social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical idea—thrived. Towards the tail-end of the twentieth century, however, it waned. But in more recent times, there has been noticeable resurgence. And as we approach the second decade of the twenty-first century, there are indications of significant transformations vis-à-vis the role and place of ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan

    by George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn, J. L. A. Garcia, Lance Belluomini, Timothy M. Dale, Kevin S. Decker, Jason Burke Murphy, Deborah Knight, George McKnight, Dennis Knepp0, Karen D. Hoffman1, Jamie Carlin Watson2, William A. Lindenmuth3, Jason T. Eberl4, Joseph J. Foy6 ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex, thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The Philosophy of Christopher ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • 70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers

    Firsthand Union Accounts of Battle, Prison, Naval Service, Emancipation, and Civil War Memory

    by John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, J. W. Gibson, George Perkins, Henry B. James, Henry Bascom Smith, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Willard W. Glazier, Joseph Warren Keifer, John McElroy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Louis Richards, S. Emma E. Edmonds, Samuel Scoville, Henry H. Meacham, Frank A. Rollin, Richard Taylor, John Beatty, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, James Harvey Kidd, Jacob D. Cox, Stanton P. Allen, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, Joseph W. Grant, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, Allen Ripley Foote, Thomas Kirwan, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, John Watson Foster, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, Lawrence Van Alstyne, David W. Stafford, Charles C. Nott, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Susie King Taylor ...
    70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers assembles a capacious documentary portrait of the Union war effort, bringing battlefield recollection into conversation with camp life, military command, naval service, imprisonment, medicine, espionage, and emancipation. Its styles range from terse campaign narratives and tactical analyses to reflective autobiographical sketches and vivid eyewitness ... Read more

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  • Warriors of Freedom: 70 Memoirs of Union Soldiers

    Seventy Firsthand Union Accounts of Battle, Freedom, Sacrifice, and Civil War Memory

    by Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, J. W. Gibson, George Perkins, Henry B. James, Henry Bascom Smith, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Willard W. Glazier, Joseph Warren Keifer, John McElroy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Louis Richards, S. Emma E. Edmonds, Samuel Scoville, Henry H. Meacham, Frank A. Rollin, Richard Taylor, John Beatty, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, James Harvey Kidd, Jacob D. Cox, Stanton P. Allen, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, Joseph W. Grant, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, Allen Ripley Foote, Thomas Kirwan, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, John Watson Foster, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, Lawrence Van Alstyne, David W. Stafford, Charles C. Nott, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Susie King Taylor ...
    Warriors of Freedom: 70 Memoirs of Union Soldiers gathers firsthand Civil War testimony into a capacious record of military service, emancipation, captivity, command, and remembrance. Its selections range from battlefield narrative and campaign history to prison recollection, naval experience, medical observation, and reflections on the war's moral stakes. Grand strategic accounts stand beside ... Read more

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  • Tidewater Blood

    by William Hoffman ...
    Set in Virginia in the 1980s, Tidewater Blood opens at the annual LeBlanc family celebration. Rich, pretentious, and proud, the LeBlancs operate a prosperous plantation and celebrate their heritage each year in grand old Southern fashion on the mansion's portico. But this year, the front of the mansion explodes and everyone on the portico is instantly killed. As the dust settles, all fingers point ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Girl Who Fell From the Stars

    A Starborn Chronicles Adventure One boy. One star scout. One universe on the edge of darkness.

    by WIlliam Hoffman ...
    Series Book 1 - The Starborn Chronicles
    Nine-year-old Kofi Asante-Briggs wasn't supposed to be in the cornfield at midnight.But Biscuit was barking. And the ground was glowing. And there was a girl — silver-eyed, silver-haired, wearing a suit made of stars — sitting in the middle of a scorched circle where something enormous had just landed.Her name is Lyra. She fell from the Eighth Constellation. She carries living star maps inside her ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Personal finance for adults

    Financial impact of marriage, parenthood and divorce

    by William Hoffman ...
    "Personal finance for adults: financial impact of marriage, parenthood and divorce". Life is full of significant milestones that can have a profound impact on our personal and financial lives. In this insightful guide, we explore the financial implications of three major life events: marriage, parenthood, and divorce. From the joyous union of marriage to the life altering responsibilities of ... Read more

    $13.42 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Biologist's Imagination

    Innovation in the Biosciences

    by William Hoffman, Leo Furcht ...
    Scholars and policymakers alike agree that innovation in the biosciences is key to future growth. The field continues to shift and expand, and it is certainly changing the way people live their lives in a variety of ways. With a large share of federal research dollars devoted to the biosciences, the field is just beginning to live up to its billing as a source of innovation, economic productivity ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • The Stem Cell Dilemma

    The Scientific Breakthroughs, Ethical Concerns, Political Tensions, and Hope Surrounding Stem Cell Research

    by Leo Furcht, William Hoffman ...
    Today’s scientists are showing us how stem cells create and repair the human body. Unlocking these secrets has become the new Holy Grail of biomedical research. But behind that search lies a sharp divide, one that has continued for years. Stem cells offer the hope of creating or repairing tissues lost to age, disease, and injury. Yet, because of this ability, stem cells also hold the potential to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD