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Stranger in the Shogun's City

A Japanese Woman and Her World

by Amy Stanley ...

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography**Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award**Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a ... Read more

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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography**Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award**Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a
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Stranger in the Shogun's City

A Japanese Woman and Her World

by Amy Stanley ...

Narrated by Joy Osmanski ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography**Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award**Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography**Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award**Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a portrait of a city on the brink of a
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Selling Women

Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan

by Amy Stanley ...

Series Book 21 - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
This book traces the social history of early modern Japan’s sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, it describes how the work of "selling women" transformed communities across the archipelago. By focusing on the social implications of ... Read more

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This book traces the social history of early modern Japan’s sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, it describes how the work of "selling women" transformed communities across the archipelago. By focusing on the social implications of
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Five Views on the Church and Politics

by J. Brian Benestad, Robert Benne, Bruce Fields, Thomas W. Heilke, James K.A. Smith, Amy E. Black, Stanley N. Gundry ...

Series series Counterpoints: Bible and Theology
Learn to think deeply about the relationship between church and state in a way that goes beyond mere policy debates and current campaigns.Few topics can grab headlines and stir passions quite like politics, especially when the church is involved. Considering the attention that many Christian parachurch groups, churches, and individual believers give to politics--and of the varying and sometimes ... Read more

$6.49 USD

Learn to think deeply about the relationship between church and state in a way that goes beyond mere policy debates and current campaigns.Few topics can grab headlines and stir passions quite like politics, especially when the church is involved. Considering the attention that many Christian parachurch groups, churches, and individual believers give to politics--and of the varying and sometimes
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Grieve Like A Mother, Survive Like A Warrior

Stories & Strategies of Healing After Child Loss

by Michele Davis, Amy Durham, Jenny Stanley ...

When the unimaginable happens, how do you find your way forward? For fourteen mothers from the Warrior Moms of North Atlanta support group, the answer came through sharing their journeys together.Grieve Like a Mother, Survive Like a Warrior brings you into the sacred space where these mothers, each having lost a child, reveal how we can rise to find new meaning from the depths of our agonizing ... Read more

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When the unimaginable happens, how do you find your way forward? For fourteen mothers from the Warrior Moms of North Atlanta support group, the answer came through sharing their journeys together.Grieve Like a Mother, Survive Like a Warrior brings you into the sacred space where these mothers, each having lost a child, reveal how we can rise to find new meaning from the depths of our agonizing
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Common Prayer

Reflections on Episcopal Worship

Edited by Joseph S. Pagano, Amy E. Richter ...

Why worship? In this superb new collection of essays, lay people, clergy, poets, theologians, musicians, novelists, and scholars offer personal, profound, and provocative reflections on their experience of worship in The Episcopal Church. Through their flesh-and-blood stories of longing, loss, and love, we encounter the God who meets us in common prayer. Contributors to the book include: J. Neil ... Read more

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Why worship? In this superb new collection of essays, lay people, clergy, poets, theologians, musicians, novelists, and scholars offer personal, profound, and provocative reflections on their experience of worship in The Episcopal Church. Through their flesh-and-blood stories of longing, loss, and love, we encounter the God who meets us in common prayer. Contributors to the book include: J. Neil
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It's Personal

Surviving and Thriving on the Journey of Church Planting

by Brian Bloye, Amy Bloye ...

Series series Exponential Series
A challenging and encouraging manual for day-to-day life in ministry written specifically for couples who want to do more than survive the process of church planting and leadership—who want to actually thrive and grow in faith together as a family.Though we may feel like we can't show it, every aspect of planting a church is personal. Church planters and those in ministry leadership roles give so ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A challenging and encouraging manual for day-to-day life in ministry written specifically for couples who want to do more than survive the process of church planting and leadership—who want to actually thrive and grow in faith together as a family.Though we may feel like we can't show it, every aspect of planting a church is personal. Church planters and those in ministry leadership roles give so
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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (Unabridged)

by Isaac D'Israeli ...

Narrated by Beatrice Johnson, Amy Garcia, Stanley Bryant ...

Unabridged

25 hours 40 min

In the labyrinthine realm of literature, where forgotten treasures lie hidden, Isaac D'Israeli's "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3" beckons you on an extraordinary journey. Delve into a world of literary oddities, where the obscure and the forgotten intertwine. From the enigmatic origins of nursery rhymes to the curious customs of ancient authors, this volume unveils a tapestry of literary ... Read more

$5.99 USD

In the labyrinthine realm of literature, where forgotten treasures lie hidden, Isaac D'Israeli's "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3" beckons you on an extraordinary journey. Delve into a world of literary oddities, where the obscure and the forgotten intertwine. From the enigmatic origins of nursery rhymes to the curious customs of ancient authors, this volume unveils a tapestry of literary
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A Perfect Union

Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation

by Catherine Allgor ...

Narrated by Anne Twomey ...

Unabridged

15 hours 58 min

An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic—and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with
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American Republics

A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850

by Alan Taylor ...

Narrated by Graham Winton ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a fragile nation as it expands across a contested continent.In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a preeminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as a fragile, internally ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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From a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, the powerful story of a fragile nation as it expands across a contested continent.In this beautifully written history of America’s formative period, a preeminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as a fragile, internally
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

by Jennifer Raff ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.**ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.**ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN
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Facing the Mountain

An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II

by Daniel James Brown ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyWinner of the Christopher Award“Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism… Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply about ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyWinner of the Christopher Award“Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism… Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply about
... Read more

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