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Spaces of Global Knowledge

Exhibition, Encounter and Exchange in an Age of Empire

by Diarmid A. Finnegan, Jonathan Jeffrey Wright ...

Series series Studies in Historical Geography
’Global’ knowledge was constructed, communicated and contested during the long nineteenth century in numerous ways and places. This book focuses on the life-geographies, material practices and varied contributions to knowledge, be they medical or botanical, cartographic or cultural, of actors whose lives crisscrossed an increasingly connected world. Integrating detailed archival research with ... Read more

$70.99 USD

’Global’ knowledge was constructed, communicated and contested during the long nineteenth century in numerous ways and places. This book focuses on the life-geographies, material practices and varied contributions to knowledge, be they medical or botanical, cartographic or cultural, of actors whose lives crisscrossed an increasingly connected world. Integrating detailed archival research with
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Ireland’s Imperial Connections, 1775–1947

Edited by Daniel Sanjiv Roberts, Jonathan Jeffrey Wright ...

Series series Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
This edited collection explores the complexities of Irish involvement in empire. Despite complaining regularly of treatment as a colony by England, Ireland nevertheless played a significant part in Britain’s imperialism, from its formative period in the late eighteenth century through to the decolonizing years of the early twentieth century. Framed by two key events of world history, the American ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This edited collection explores the complexities of Irish involvement in empire. Despite complaining regularly of treatment as a colony by England, Ireland nevertheless played a significant part in Britain’s imperialism, from its formative period in the late eighteenth century through to the decolonizing years of the early twentieth century. Framed by two key events of world history, the American
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HowExpert Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games

101 Tips to Start, Play, and Succeed in Tabletop Roleplaying Games

by HowExpert, Jeffrey Wright ...

Narrated by Jeromey Lloyd ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Take a deep dive into the art of making and playing unforgettable characters in your favorite tabletop roleplaying game! For decades, TTRPGs have been bringing friends together to tell stories of adventure and intrigue. Now the genre has become more popular than ever with appearances in movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more!But what if you want to add even more immersion to your game? The answer is ... Read more

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Take a deep dive into the art of making and playing unforgettable characters in your favorite tabletop roleplaying game! For decades, TTRPGs have been bringing friends together to tell stories of adventure and intrigue. Now the genre has become more popular than ever with appearances in movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more!But what if you want to add even more immersion to your game? The answer is
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HowExpert Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games

101 Tips to Start, Play, and Succeed in Tabletop Roleplaying Games

by HowExpert, Jeffrey Wright ...

Take a deep dive into the art of making and playing unforgettable characters in your favorite tabletop roleplaying game! For decades, TTRPGs have been bringing friends together to tell stories of adventure and intrigue. Now the genre has become more popular than ever with appearances in movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more!But what if you want to add even more immersion to your game? The answer is ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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Take a deep dive into the art of making and playing unforgettable characters in your favorite tabletop roleplaying game! For decades, TTRPGs have been bringing friends together to tell stories of adventure and intrigue. Now the genre has become more popular than ever with appearances in movies, TV shows, podcasts, and more!But what if you want to add even more immersion to your game? The answer is
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Inspired By … The Bible Experience Audio Bible - Today's New International Version, TNIV: New Testament

by Zondervan ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Yolanda Adams, Erika Alexander, Tatyana Ali, Tichina Arnold, Essence Atkins, James Avery, Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, A.R. Bernard, Charles Blake, John Boyd, James Brown, Wren Brown, LeVar Burton, Juanita Bynum, Shirley Caesar, Vanessa Calloway, Common Common, Terry Crews, Billy Davis, Loretta Devine, Gary Dourdan, Charles Dutton, Idris Elba, Faith Evans, Kim Fields, Kirk Franklin, Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Guillaume, Jasmine Guy, Anthony Hamilton, Hill Harper, Taraji Henson, Dule Hill, Donald Hilliard, Billy Ingram, Samuel Jackson, T. D. Jakes, Cheryl James, Star Jones, Boris Kodjoe, Nikki Kodjoe, Eriq LaSalle, Harry Lennix, Dawnn Lewis, Tommy Lister, Victor Love, Derek Luke, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Greg Mathis, Clarence McClendon, Donnie McClurkin, MC Lyte, Mo'nique Mo'nique, Garrett Morris, Phil Morris, Mya Mya, Dwight Myers, Keke Palmer, CCH Pounder, Lawrence Powell, Daphne Reid, Tim Reid, Latanya Richardson, Richie Righteous, Wendy Robinson, John Salley, Kenneth Ulmer, Blair Underwood, Iyanla Vanzant, Joseph Walker, Denzel Washington, Marvin Winans, Alfre Woodard, Charlayne Woodard, Jeffrey Wright ...

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20 hours 29 min

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. ... Read more

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Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios.
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The Philosophy of Modern Song

by Bob Dylan ...

Narrated by Bob Dylan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in
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The Vale to You, To Me the Heights (Unabridged)

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by Victor HUGO ...

Narrated by Quinn Martin, Marjorie Schneider, Stephanie Tolbert, Jeffrey Wright ...

Unabridged

16 min

In a world divided by landscape, two voices emerge. The Vale, nestled in peace and contentment, sings of tranquility and simple joys. Yet, a yearning whispers from the Heights, a call for ambition and the vastness of the unknown. Victor Hugo's "The Vale to You, To Me the Heights" is a lyrical exploration of contrasting desires. Will the Vale find solace in its familiar beauty, or will the call of ... Read more

$4.99 USD

In a world divided by landscape, two voices emerge. The Vale, nestled in peace and contentment, sings of tranquility and simple joys. Yet, a yearning whispers from the Heights, a call for ambition and the vastness of the unknown. Victor Hugo's "The Vale to You, To Me the Heights" is a lyrical exploration of contrasting desires. Will the Vale find solace in its familiar beauty, or will the call of
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Yesterday Will Make You Cry

by Chester Himes ...

Narrated by Ron Butler ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a masterful autobiographical novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite itJimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery. Terror and chaos reign in the prison, where corrupt, racist guards mete out capricious punishments like time in "the hole," where inmates' sense of reality slips
... Read more
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The Princess of 72nd Street

A Novel

by Elaine Kraf ...

Narrated by Kristen Sieh ...

Series series Modern Library Torchbearers
Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

“That rare thing: a true underappreciated classic” (The New Yorker), about a smart and sensitive yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms“Provocative . . . Almost half a century after it was first published, The Princess of 72nd Street sounds like a contemporary cry for freedom from the expectations of others.”—The Atlantic“Kraf’s groovy, glimmering novel . . . deserves to ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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“That rare thing: a true underappreciated classic” (The New Yorker), about a smart and sensitive yet deeply troubled young woman fighting to live on her own terms“Provocative . . . Almost half a century after it was first published, The Princess of 72nd Street sounds like a contemporary cry for freedom from the expectations of others.”—The Atlantic“Kraf’s groovy, glimmering novel . . . deserves to
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Woman Hating

by Andrea Dworkin ...

Narrated by Erin DeWard ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

"Reissued with a bold, modern package, Andrea Dworkin’s debut book Woman Hating argues that a deep-rooted hatred of women in history, art, politics, and beyond has reigned―and influenced and formed culture―for centuries."A classic work in the canon of radical feminist thinking, Andrea Dworkin’s 1974 debut Woman Hating is a stunning exploration of how women, and the idea of women, have been treated ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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"Reissued with a bold, modern package, Andrea Dworkin’s debut book Woman Hating argues that a deep-rooted hatred of women in history, art, politics, and beyond has reigned―and influenced and formed culture―for centuries."A classic work in the canon of radical feminist thinking, Andrea Dworkin’s 1974 debut Woman Hating is a stunning exploration of how women, and the idea of women, have been treated
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I Was There

Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll

by Alan Edwards ...

Narrated by Alan Edwards ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

**A TELEGRAPH AND LONDON STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'Alan is such a wonderful storyteller' Debbie Harry'If you love music, you should definitely read this book' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live'Alan Edwards is a class act: observant, attentive, always in the right place at the right time. I Was There tells you how' Jon Savage'A beautiful, warm, jaw-dropping, once-in-a-lifetime, lifting-the ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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**A TELEGRAPH AND LONDON STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'Alan is such a wonderful storyteller' Debbie Harry'If you love music, you should definitely read this book' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live'Alan Edwards is a class act: observant, attentive, always in the right place at the right time. I Was There tells you how' Jon Savage'A beautiful, warm, jaw-dropping, once-in-a-lifetime, lifting-the
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The Light of Asia

A History of Western Fascination with the East

by Christopher Harding ...

Narrated by Christopher Harding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 25 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Brought to you by Penguin.This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped
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