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  • Among the Walking Wounded

    Soldiers, Survival, and PTSD

    by John Conrad ...
    A gripping account of PTSD, and a stark reminder that, for many, wars go on long after the last shot is fired.In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-loathing and despair become constant companions. Whether you know it by old names like “soldier’s heart,” “shell shock,” or “combat fatigue,” post-traumatic stress ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Dry Cellar

    Lessons in Military Logistics from the Afghanistan War

    by John Conrad ...
    Timeless insights into military logistics sprang out of the hardship and sacrifices of Canadians who fought in Afghanistan.Good battlefield logistics have always been more about people than things. Yet military logisticians in the Canadian Armed Forces have suffered in the cellar — the underappreciated bottom of the institution — for decades. These soldiers were called upon mightily in the summer ... Read more

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  • Innocents of the Earth

    by John Conrad ...
    The beliefs and faith of a young priest and professor at American University, Father William Evers, are threatened upon learning the truth of his own sister's abortion and the news of her devastating suicide.In an effort to help the young cleric cope with his grief and meet the test of his faith, his mentor recommends him for an assignment as the Vatican's representative to investigate the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • What the Thunder Said

    Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar

    By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics support to Canada's Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have collapsed in July 2006. There are few countries that offer a greater challenge to logistics than Afghanistan, and yet Canadian soldiers lived through an enormous test on this deadly international stage - a monumental accomplishment. Canadian combat operations were ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scarce Heard Amid the Guns

    An Inside Look at Canadian Peacekeeping

    In the Service of Peace simple words that adorn the obverse of every United Nations medal, yet behind this eloquence lurks violence and an unheralded heroism invisible to an often misunderstood quarter of Canadas military history. The Canadian contribution to peacekeeping is enormous but ensnared in a lethal mythology that has seen it abandoned to popular folklore. From the early and intrinsic ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Priest And His Disciples Shaw Translation (Unabridged)

    Narrated by John Conrad ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 39 min

    At the age of twenty-six , the religious pilgrim and maverick Kurata Hyakuzō wrote a profoundly philosophical play called "The Priest & His Disciples" . This stage play is based on the life and teachings of the 13th century Buddhist priest Shinran and quickly became immensely popular. Shinran, the historical founder of the True Pure Land School of Buddhism , encounters the poor family of Hino ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Death Penalty

    A Debate

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    From 1965 until 1980, there was a virtual moratorium on executions for capital offenses in the United States. This was due primarily to protracted legal proceedings challenging the death penalty on constitutional grounds. After much Sturm und Drang, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a divided vote, finally decided that "the death penalty does not invariably violate the Cruel and Unusual ... Read more

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  • Juvenile Justice

    A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice

    Comprehensive, focused, and up-to-date, Juvenile Justice: A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice, Tenth Edition illustrates the practical realities of the juvenile justice system and the most current topics in the field. Students will learn about the history, process, and theories of the juvenile justice system, and gain access to the latest crime measurements while exploring important issues ... Read more

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  • The Spy Collection

    An anthology of seven classic spy novels with an active table of contents."The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad"The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan"Great Impersonation" by E. Phillips Oppenheim"The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Emmuska Orczy"Sant of the Secret Service" by William Le Queux"The Spy" by James Fenimore Cooper"Kim" by Rudyard Kipling ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Nostromo

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Narrated by John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 17 min

    Joseph Conrad’s multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation’s violent revolution and one hero’s moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver.Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts ... Read more

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  • Youth/ Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Conrad's aim was 'by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel . . . before all, to make you see' Heart of Darkness, his exploration of European colonialism in Africa and of elusive human values, embodies more profoundly than almost any other modern fiction the difficulty of 'seeing', its relativity and shifting compromise. Portraying a young man's first sea-voyage to the ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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    Gunsmoke - Volume 1

    Audition Program & Billy the Kid

    by John Meston ...
    Narrated by William Conrad ...

    Unabridged

    59 min

    Director, Actor, Genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles.So Welles went Indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice; perfect for radio. Here, in the Black Museum he sets the scene as true life crime is retold. Mr Welles ... Read more

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