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Manhood Acts

Gender and the Practices of Domination

by Michael Schwalbe ...

In Manhood Acts Michael Schwalbe offers a new perspective on the social construction of manhood and its relationship to male domination. Schwalbe argues that study of masculinity has lost touch with its feminist roots and has been seduced by the politically safe notion of 'multiple masculinities'. Manhood Acts delineates the practices males use to construct 'women' and 'men' as unequal categories. ... Read more

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In Manhood Acts Michael Schwalbe offers a new perspective on the social construction of manhood and its relationship to male domination. Schwalbe argues that study of masculinity has lost touch with its feminist roots and has been seduced by the politically safe notion of 'multiple masculinities'. Manhood Acts delineates the practices males use to construct 'women' and 'men' as unequal categories.
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Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute

by Andrew Mackay ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 49 min

If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain or install equipment or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on an helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a ... Read more

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If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain or install equipment or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on an helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a
... Read more
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Heaven’s Gate

The Pencil from Above

by John Muza ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Inspired by God to write about human pain and the ability to witness his love and mercy, author John Muza presents Heaven’s Gate. It offers a collection of gospels and spiritual inspirations based on the words of the Bible.A devout Catholic who serves on the board of directors of Full Gospel Business Men’s International, Muza puts into writing his thoughts on a wide array of subjects using God’s ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Inspired by God to write about human pain and the ability to witness his love and mercy, author John Muza presents Heaven’s Gate. It offers a collection of gospels and spiritual inspirations based on the words of the Bible.A devout Catholic who serves on the board of directors of Full Gospel Business Men’s International, Muza puts into writing his thoughts on a wide array of subjects using God’s
... Read more
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Learning to Hear God’s Voice

by Harold Smith, Gena Smith ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

11 hours 7 min

This book is a compilation of personal journals (conversations with God) that have been documented on the computer. The responses from God to the authors are often quite insightful and amazing. The subjects covered are wide-ranging. Also in this book, is the complete outline of the class “How to Hear God’s Voice,” which the authors have taught in the prisons. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a compilation of personal journals (conversations with God) that have been documented on the computer. The responses from God to the authors are often quite insightful and amazing. The subjects covered are wide-ranging. Also in this book, is the complete outline of the class “How to Hear God’s Voice,” which the authors have taught in the prisons.
... Read more
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Where Eagles Go to Die

A Ninety-Year Memoir

by Raymond L. Marik ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

23 hours 29 min

Marine operating engineer, 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Special Ops Army Ranger, an entrepreneur who circumnavigated the globe, are a few of many pursuits that insatiable curiosity led the author to explore. He takes the reader on a ninety-year journey from near death as a child, through an unhappy childhood, leading to dropping out of high school. He found success in the military and after ... Read more

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Marine operating engineer, 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Special Ops Army Ranger, an entrepreneur who circumnavigated the globe, are a few of many pursuits that insatiable curiosity led the author to explore. He takes the reader on a ninety-year journey from near death as a child, through an unhappy childhood, leading to dropping out of high school. He found success in the military and after
... Read more

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Fields

by Vincent J. Hyde ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

Fields is the last link to the other five books, it shows how the Dust in Heaven follows the macroscopic rules to make the Black Hole Fields, the Galaxy Fields, the Star Fields, and the Planetary and Moon Fields. The Planetary and Moon Fields have rules that allow matter to exist in Inanimate Fields and Animate Fields. Earth provides the essential environments that have the temperature, the ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Fields is the last link to the other five books, it shows how the Dust in Heaven follows the macroscopic rules to make the Black Hole Fields, the Galaxy Fields, the Star Fields, and the Planetary and Moon Fields. The Planetary and Moon Fields have rules that allow matter to exist in Inanimate Fields and Animate Fields. Earth provides the essential environments that have the temperature, the
... Read more
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Mind Rules

Who's in Control - You or Your Mind?

by David Zierk PsyD ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Have you ever wanted the power to rule the world? Sounds amazing, right? But maybe not possible. Instead, what if you were given the rules that power your mind? What if you could learn to read minds, starting with your own? What would you do with your new superpower? How would you rule your world? Your mind operates on a set of unspoken, yet extremely persuasive internalized rules. Understanding ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Have you ever wanted the power to rule the world? Sounds amazing, right? But maybe not possible. Instead, what if you were given the rules that power your mind? What if you could learn to read minds, starting with your own? What would you do with your new superpower? How would you rule your world? Your mind operates on a set of unspoken, yet extremely persuasive internalized rules. Understanding
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

Risk Thinking

...in an Uncertain World

by Ron S. Dembo ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Our age of radical uncertainty requires a new way of assessing risk that pays more attention to the extreme outliers that too often become tomorrow’s reality.Today’s models cannot cope with the frightening new unpredictable risks we face every day that frequently seem to come out of left field – the effects of climate change, a killer pandemic, a cascading wildfire, a financial crisis triggered by ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Our age of radical uncertainty requires a new way of assessing risk that pays more attention to the extreme outliers that too often become tomorrow’s reality.Today’s models cannot cope with the frightening new unpredictable risks we face every day that frequently seem to come out of left field – the effects of climate change, a killer pandemic, a cascading wildfire, a financial crisis triggered by
... Read more
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George Washington at “Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry”

July 4 to August 19, 1781

by Mary Sudman Donovan ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 34 min

Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781. In George Washington at “Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry,” author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities. In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs ... Read more

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Also available as: eBook

Gen. George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781. In George Washington at “Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry,” author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities. In July, he moved a large contingent of the Continental army to the east bank of the Hudson River near the eastern terminus of Dobbs
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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From Prison Cell to Millionaire

by Franz Szawronski ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 58 min

Anyone who starts reading this book will think it is a biography, but this book is much more than that. It is the conjugation of a life of experiences and anecdotes with the sole objective of helping those who are in a difficult situations, in drugs, crime or jail. It is a compilation of real-life stories that serve as an example and motivation to continue struggling, to convince us that in life, ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Anyone who starts reading this book will think it is a biography, but this book is much more than that. It is the conjugation of a life of experiences and anecdotes with the sole objective of helping those who are in a difficult situations, in drugs, crime or jail. It is a compilation of real-life stories that serve as an example and motivation to continue struggling, to convince us that in life,
... Read more
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Coastal Warfare against the Vietcong

Volume One 1964-1966

by James Steffes ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

This book documents and tells the history of the establishment and growth of the Coastal Surveillance Force, Task Force 71. This grew to Task Forces 115, 116 and 117. My research for this history came from veterans serving in this period and the documentation of the Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries. These documents did not exist before January 1966, so the early period was ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

This book documents and tells the history of the establishment and growth of the Coastal Surveillance Force, Task Force 71. This grew to Task Forces 115, 116 and 117. My research for this history came from veterans serving in this period and the documentation of the Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries. These documents did not exist before January 1966, so the early period was
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

In a Mirror Dimly

by Michael Fleming MD ...

Narrated by Michael Schwalbe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 48 min

Through the years of his education, training, work as a family physician, and life situations, author Dr. Michael Fleming realized every experience had a story. In a Mirror Dimly, he shares a collection of these stories, reflecting his love for them and his talent for telling them.This compilation includes Fleming’s random thoughts and observations as he’s traveled his path: an early life filled ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Through the years of his education, training, work as a family physician, and life situations, author Dr. Michael Fleming realized every experience had a story. In a Mirror Dimly, he shares a collection of these stories, reflecting his love for them and his talent for telling them.This compilation includes Fleming’s random thoughts and observations as he’s traveled his path: an early life filled
... Read more