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Trump Fiction

Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television

by Stephen Hock, Shannon Finck, Susan Gilmore, Laura Gray-Rosendale, Ashleigh Hardin, Meredith James, Bruce Krajewski, William Magrino, David Markus, Jaclyn Partyka0, Joseph M. Conte1, Clinton J. Craig2, Caitlin R. Duffy3, Peter Kragh Jensen4, William G. Welty5, Tim Lanzendörfer6, Steven Rosendale7 ...

Trump Fiction: Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television, including works that took up the subject of Trump before his successful presidential campaign (in terms that often uncannily prefigure his presidency) as well as those that have appeared since he took office. Covering a range ... Read more

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Trump Fiction: Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television, including works that took up the subject of Trump before his successful presidential campaign (in terms that often uncannily prefigure his presidency) as well as those that have appeared since he took office. Covering a range
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Queering the South on Screen

by Eric G. Anderson, Ted Atkinson, R. Brasell, Scott Combs, Darren Elliott-Smith, Joe Edward Hatfield, David Markus, Margaret T. McGehee, D. Matthew Ramsey, Jeff Solomon, Jessica Walker ...

Series series
Within the realm of American culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Within the realm of American culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the
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Is the Commission Still Great?

8 Myths about Missions and What They Mean for the Church

by Steve Richardson ...

Narrated by David Markus ...

Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

Dismantling the Myths that Obscure God’s Great PlanThe primary mission of the church is to glorify God by blessing all peoples of the world through the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Great Commission’s task of global disciple-making is the most ambitious project ever undertaken. Given the scale and complexity of global missions, it’s no wonder that misconceptions abound, even among invested, godly ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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Dismantling the Myths that Obscure God’s Great PlanThe primary mission of the church is to glorify God by blessing all peoples of the world through the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Great Commission’s task of global disciple-making is the most ambitious project ever undertaken. Given the scale and complexity of global missions, it’s no wonder that misconceptions abound, even among invested, godly
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Just Do Something

A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

by Kevin DeYoung ...

Narrated by David Markus ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

A call to put down our Magic 8-Balls and pick up God’s WordOVER 300,000 COPIES SOLD!For Christians who want to make godly decisions, hear, and follow God.Looking for a meaningful Christian graduation gift? Just Do Something is a thoughtful choice for high school and college graduates as they prepare for the next season of life. Grounded in Scripture, it offers timeless wisdom for making decisions ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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A call to put down our Magic 8-Balls and pick up God’s WordOVER 300,000 COPIES SOLD!For Christians who want to make godly decisions, hear, and follow God.Looking for a meaningful Christian graduation gift? Just Do Something is a thoughtful choice for high school and college graduates as they prepare for the next season of life. Grounded in Scripture, it offers timeless wisdom for making decisions
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Uncertainty

Individual Problems and Public Solutions

by Patrik Aspers ...

Narrated by David Markus ...

Unabridged

7 hours

In Uncertainty, Patrik Aspers provides detailed analysis of publicly available means of uncertainty reduction. Drawing on phenomenology, social constructionism, and the sociology of knowledge, Aspers considers the meaningful differences between uncertainty and risk, the different ways people cope and have coped with uncertainty through history, the importance of knowledge and science to reducing ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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In Uncertainty, Patrik Aspers provides detailed analysis of publicly available means of uncertainty reduction. Drawing on phenomenology, social constructionism, and the sociology of knowledge, Aspers considers the meaningful differences between uncertainty and risk, the different ways people cope and have coped with uncertainty through history, the importance of knowledge and science to reducing
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The Story of Philosophy (Original Classic Edition)

The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

by Will Durant ...

Narrated by David Markus ...

Unabridged

19 hours 49 min

The Story of Philosophy was first published in 1926, with modest expectations that were soon outgrown. In a few years, it sold 2 million copies. To this day, it is still capturing new readers in America and has found many abroad in translations into Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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The Story of Philosophy was first published in 1926, with modest expectations that were soon outgrown. In a few years, it sold 2 million copies. To this day, it is still capturing new readers in America and has found many abroad in translations into Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish,
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The English Ecstasy (How England Rose to Greatness 1558–1649)

Includes Bonus Section on Francis Bacon

by Will Durant ...

Narrated by Rob Jones, David Markus ...

Unabridged

14 hours 24 min

The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement.The British Empire evolved over centuries, but it began to blossom in its greatest age: the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I (from 1558 to 1603) and King James I (from 1603 to 1625). Despite bitter religious struggles within and threats from ... Read more

$34.99 USD

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The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement.The British Empire evolved over centuries, but it began to blossom in its greatest age: the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I (from 1558 to 1603) and King James I (from 1603 to 1625). Despite bitter religious struggles within and threats from
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The Story of Philosophy, Deluxe Edition, The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers, with The Age of Faith

Includes Bonus Book The Age of Faith: The Climax of Christianity 1095-1300, From the Crusades through Dante

by Will Durant, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by David Markus, Brian Conover ...

Unabridged

49 hours 38 min

Philosophy has often seemed like the castor oil of the disciplines: healthy, but never pleasurable, and best when swallowed quickly and forgotten.Although this view is understandable, it is regrettable. It isolates intelligent readers from some of the most important thought of Western civilization, much of which underlies our understanding of reality, whether we know it or not.Will Durant’s ... Read more

$49.99 USD

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Philosophy has often seemed like the castor oil of the disciplines: healthy, but never pleasurable, and best when swallowed quickly and forgotten.Although this view is understandable, it is regrettable. It isolates intelligent readers from some of the most important thought of Western civilization, much of which underlies our understanding of reality, whether we know it or not.Will Durant’s
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Shoulder Ultrasound

Sonoanatomy and Sonopathology Atlas of the Shoulder Including Anatomy, Radiography and Arthroscopy

by Giorgio Tamborrini, Andreas Müller, Gregor Szöllösy, Stefano Bianchi, David Haeni, Markus Wurm, Anna Hirschmann, Anna Falkowski, Susanne Bensler ...

In the diagnosis and evaluation of musculoskeletal (msk) diseases such inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases, high resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound (hrMSUS or MSUS) is a superb, precise, and validated method. Many soft-tissue structures can be seen using high resolution musculoskeletal ultrasonography, and depending on the tissue under investigation, msus can also identify a ... Read more

$104.99 USD

In the diagnosis and evaluation of musculoskeletal (msk) diseases such inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases, high resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound (hrMSUS or MSUS) is a superb, precise, and validated method. Many soft-tissue structures can be seen using high resolution musculoskeletal ultrasonography, and depending on the tissue under investigation, msus can also identify a
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Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure Part A

by Anna Maria Pyle, David Christianson, Tobias Baumgart, Markus Deserno ...

Series Book 700 - Methods in Enzymology
Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure, Part A, Volume 700 explores lipid membrane asymmetry and lateral heterogeneity. A burst of recent research has shown that bilayers whose leaflets differ in their physical properties—such as composition, phase state, or lateral stress—exhibit many fascinating new characteristics, but also pose a host of new challenges related to their ... Read more

$179.09 USD

Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure, Part A, Volume 700 explores lipid membrane asymmetry and lateral heterogeneity. A burst of recent research has shown that bilayers whose leaflets differ in their physical properties—such as composition, phase state, or lateral stress—exhibit many fascinating new characteristics, but also pose a host of new challenges related to their
... Read more
The PHP Workshop

Learn to build interactive applications and kickstart your career as a web developer

by Alexandru Busuioc, David Carr, Markus Gray, Vijay Joshi, Mark McCollum, Bart McLeod, M A Hossain Tonu ...

Get to grips with the fundamentals of PHP programming and learn to build dynamic, testable PHP web applications with the help of real-world examples and hands-on projectsKey FeaturesStart building modern and testable PHP web applicationsMaster the basic syntax and fundamental features of PHPImplement object-oriented programming to write modular, well-structured codeBook DescriptionDo you want to ... Read more

$26.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get to grips with the fundamentals of PHP programming and learn to build dynamic, testable PHP web applications with the help of real-world examples and hands-on projectsKey FeaturesStart building modern and testable PHP web applicationsMaster the basic syntax and fundamental features of PHPImplement object-oriented programming to write modular, well-structured codeBook DescriptionDo you want to
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Socio-Informatics

Edited by Volker Wulf, Volkmar Pipek, David Randall, Markus Rohde, Kjeld Schmidt, Gunnar Stevens ...

The book is an exploration of the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of human-centred design. Specifically, it critically examines the notion of 'practice' and argues for an understanding of the concept which emanates from engagement with design problems rather than simply from social scientific theory. The contributors to the book in their various ways all subscribe to a ... Read more

$97.19 USD

The book is an exploration of the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of human-centred design. Specifically, it critically examines the notion of 'practice' and argues for an understanding of the concept which emanates from engagement with design problems rather than simply from social scientific theory. The contributors to the book in their various ways all subscribe to a
... Read more