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Opening Up by Cracking Down

Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries

by Adam Dean ...

Series series Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
How did democratic developing countries open their economies during the late-twentieth century? Since labor unions opposed free trade, democratic governments often used labor repression to ease the process of trade liberalization. Some democracies brazenly jailed union leaders and used police brutality to break the strikes that unions launched against such reforms. Others weakened labor union ... Read more

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How did democratic developing countries open their economies during the late-twentieth century? Since labor unions opposed free trade, democratic governments often used labor repression to ease the process of trade liberalization. Some democracies brazenly jailed union leaders and used police brutality to break the strikes that unions launched against such reforms. Others weakened labor union
... Read more
From Conflict to Coalition

Profit-Sharing Institutions and the Political Economy of Trade

by Adam Dean ...

Series series Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
International trade often inspires intense conflict between workers and their employers. In this book, Adam Dean studies the conditions under which labor and capital collaborate in support of the same trade policies. Dean argues that capital-labor agreement on trade policy depends on the presence of 'profit-sharing institutions'. He tests this theory through case studies from the United States, ... Read more

$38.59 USD

International trade often inspires intense conflict between workers and their employers. In this book, Adam Dean studies the conditions under which labor and capital collaborate in support of the same trade policies. Dean argues that capital-labor agreement on trade policy depends on the presence of 'profit-sharing institutions'. He tests this theory through case studies from the United States,
... Read more
California School Law

Fourth Edition

by Dean T. Adams, Margaret A. Dalton ...

An invaluable, comprehensive resource for the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of education law.California School Law provides an accessible, comprehensive source for the latest law and policy in this rapidly changing and critical field. Earlier editions of the book, authored by Frank Kemerer and Peter Sansom, have become coveted desktop references for administrators, governing board members, ... Read more

$35.99 USD

An invaluable, comprehensive resource for the vibrant and ever-evolving landscape of education law.California School Law provides an accessible, comprehensive source for the latest law and policy in this rapidly changing and critical field. Earlier editions of the book, authored by Frank Kemerer and Peter Sansom, have become coveted desktop references for administrators, governing board members,
... Read more
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Four Thousand Hooks

A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska

by Dean J. Adams ...

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne ...

Unabridged

9 hours 47 min

As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that is like a novel—with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, ... Read more

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As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that is like a novel—with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates,
... Read more

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Primary Stein

Returning to the Writing of Gertrude Stein

by Janet Boyd, Sharon J. Kirsch, Adam Frank, Gabrielle Dean, Jody Cardinal, Kristin Bergen, Linda Voris, Nancy Kuhl, Neil Schmitz0, Phoebe Stein1, Rachel Blau DuPlessis2, Rebecca Ariel Porte3, Sarah Posman4, Steven Gould Axelrod5, E.L. McCallum6 ...

Recent scholarly trends and controversies in Gertrude Stein scholarship have focused on her politics and her friendships as well as on Stein the collector, the celebrity, the visual icon. Clearly, these recent examinations not only deepen our understanding of Stein but also attest to her staying power. Yet Stein’s writing itself too often remains secondary. The central premise of Primary Stein is ... Read more

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Recent scholarly trends and controversies in Gertrude Stein scholarship have focused on her politics and her friendships as well as on Stein the collector, the celebrity, the visual icon. Clearly, these recent examinations not only deepen our understanding of Stein but also attest to her staying power. Yet Stein’s writing itself too often remains secondary. The central premise of Primary Stein is
... Read more
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 77 (February 2019)

Nightmare Magazine, #77

by John Joseph Adams, Micah Dean Hicks, Kelley Armstrong, Rafeeat Aliyu, Nick Mamatas ...

Series Book 77 - Nightmare Magazine
NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.We're opening this month with an original short from Micah Dean Hicks, "Quiet the Dead," the story of a haunted family in a town whose biggest industry is the pig slaughterhouse. Rafeeat Aliyu's new ... Read more

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NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.We're opening this month with an original short from Micah Dean Hicks, "Quiet the Dead," the story of a haunted family in a town whose biggest industry is the pig slaughterhouse. Rafeeat Aliyu's new
... Read more
An Agrarian Republic

Farming, Antislavery Politics, and Nature Parks in the Civil War Era

by Adam Wesley Dean ...

Series series Civil War America
The familiar story of the Civil War tells of a predominately agricultural South pitted against a rapidly industrializing North. However, Adam Wesley Dean argues that the Republican Party’s political ideology was fundamentally agrarian. Believing that small farms owned by families for generations led to a model society, Republicans supported a northern agricultural ideal in opposition to southern ... Read more

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The familiar story of the Civil War tells of a predominately agricultural South pitted against a rapidly industrializing North. However, Adam Wesley Dean argues that the Republican Party’s political ideology was fundamentally agrarian. Believing that small farms owned by families for generations led to a model society, Republicans supported a northern agricultural ideal in opposition to southern
... Read more
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Powers of Darkness

The Lost Version of Dracula

by Bram Stoker, John Edgar Browning, Valdimar Ásmundsson ...

Narrated by Adam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R. C. Bray, various narrators, others ...

Unabridged

7 hours 27 min

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker’s world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, “Powers of Darkness”), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered ... Read more

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Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker’s world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, “Powers of Darkness”), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered
... Read more
Linux Administration Cookbook

Insightful recipes to work with system administration tasks on Linux

by Adam K. Dean ...

Over 100 recipes to get up and running with the modern Linux administration ecosystemKey FeaturesUnderstand and implement the core system administration tasks in LinuxDiscover tools and techniques to troubleshoot your Linux systemMaintain a healthy system with good security and backup practicesBook DescriptionLinux is one of the most widely used operating systems among system administrators,and ... Read more

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Over 100 recipes to get up and running with the modern Linux administration ecosystemKey FeaturesUnderstand and implement the core system administration tasks in LinuxDiscover tools and techniques to troubleshoot your Linux systemMaintain a healthy system with good security and backup practicesBook DescriptionLinux is one of the most widely used operating systems among system administrators,and
... Read more
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 110 (July 2019)

Lightspeed Magazine, #110

by John Joseph Adams, Violet Allen, Karen Lord, Indrapramit Das, J. Anderson Coats, Micah Dean Hicks, Adam-Troy Castro, Chris Kluwe, Carrie Vaughn ...

Series Book 110 - Lightspeed Magazine
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month's cover features artwork from Sam Schechter, illustrating a brand-new ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month's cover features artwork from Sam Schechter, illustrating a brand-new
... Read more
Four Thousand Hooks

A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska

by Dean J. Adams ...

As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates,
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Children of Cthulhu

Stories

by Alan Dean Foster, China Miéville, Yvonne Navarro ...

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos.In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. ... Read more

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Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos.In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P.
... Read more

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