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Money, Power, and the People

The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic

by Christopher W. Shaw ...

An "engaging and well-researched study [of] ordinary people who joined together to challenge financial institutions" ( Choice).Banks and bankers are hardly the most beloved institutions and people in this country. With its corruptive influence on politics and stranglehold on the American economy, Wall Street is held in high regard by few outside the financial sector. But the pitchforks raised ... Read more

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An "engaging and well-researched study [of] ordinary people who joined together to challenge financial institutions" ( Choice).Banks and bankers are hardly the most beloved institutions and people in this country. With its corruptive influence on politics and stranglehold on the American economy, Wall Street is held in high regard by few outside the financial sector. But the pitchforks raised
... Read more
First Class

The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat

by Christopher W. Shaw ...

Series series Open Media Series
Investigating the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy and how the corporate sector has attempted to destroy it."With First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, Christopher Shaw makes a brilliant case for polishing the USPS up and letting it shine in the 21st century."—John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and ... Read more

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Investigating the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy and how the corporate sector has attempted to destroy it."With First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, Christopher Shaw makes a brilliant case for polishing the USPS up and letting it shine in the 21st century."—John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and
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Robert Shaw

An Actor's Life on the Set of JAWS and Beyond

by Christopher Shaw Myers ...

Timed to the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an intimate and richly told portrait of the iconic actor and writer Robert Shaw.A must-read for fans of JAWS, classic cinema, literary biography, powerful women, and stories of brilliant men who burned brightly and died too soon.An unconventional biography told through the eyes of Robert Shaw’s nephew, this is narrative nonfiction at its ... Read more

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Timed to the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an intimate and richly told portrait of the iconic actor and writer Robert Shaw.A must-read for fans of JAWS, classic cinema, literary biography, powerful women, and stories of brilliant men who burned brightly and died too soon.An unconventional biography told through the eyes of Robert Shaw’s nephew, this is narrative nonfiction at its
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Rune Runner: The Shadow's Grasp

by David William Shaw ...

Narrated by Christopher Tester ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Rune Runner
Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

In a world called Dennere, in the cursed land of the Nightshawl, where eternal darkness reigns, hope is a rare commodity. For Kai, a young Rune Runner who defies the witches’ curse, survival means braving the shadows to uncover ancient secrets. When Kai unlocks the chest to a rare crystal dagger—rumored to hold the power to undo the witches’ dark legacy—he becomes a central figure in a perilous ... Read more

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In a world called Dennere, in the cursed land of the Nightshawl, where eternal darkness reigns, hope is a rare commodity. For Kai, a young Rune Runner who defies the witches’ curse, survival means braving the shadows to uncover ancient secrets. When Kai unlocks the chest to a rare crystal dagger—rumored to hold the power to undo the witches’ dark legacy—he becomes a central figure in a perilous
... Read more
Retinal Clocks

The Microscopic Photoreceptors That Secretly Control Our Sleep, Mood, and Metabolic Engines

by Christopher Shaw ...

For decades, science believed the eyes served only one purpose: to capture light and form visual images of the world around us. But hiding in the back of the retina is a secondary, completely invisible optical system that has nothing to do with seeing. Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are specialized receptors designed solely to measure the intensity and color of ... Read more

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For decades, science believed the eyes served only one purpose: to capture light and form visual images of the world around us. But hiding in the back of the retina is a secondary, completely invisible optical system that has nothing to do with seeing. Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are specialized receptors designed solely to measure the intensity and color of
... Read more
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Lessons from Literature - Short Stories About the Value of Art

Learn from the oldest form of communication and education - storytelling

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, O Henry, Saki, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

2 hours 56 min

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an oft-used phrase but perhaps a very useful judge when it comes to valuing Art and the price we are prepared to pay to own such desirables. But whether our price is paid with admiration, love or filthy lucre a price most certainly has to be paid.1 - Short Stories About the Value of Art - An Introduction2 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne3 ... Read more

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an oft-used phrase but perhaps a very useful judge when it comes to valuing Art and the price we are prepared to pay to own such desirables. But whether our price is paid with admiration, love or filthy lucre a price most certainly has to be paid.1 - Short Stories About the Value of Art - An Introduction2 - The Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne3
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Neural Dynamics of Neurological Disease

by Christopher A. Shaw ...

The emerging understanding of age-related neurological disorders suggests that notions of a single causal gene/toxin being responsible is likely incorrect. Neurological disorders probably arise due to a unique intersection of multiple genetic and toxic factors, combined with additional contributions of age, stage of development, immune system actions, and more. This perspective leads to the view ... Read more

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The emerging understanding of age-related neurological disorders suggests that notions of a single causal gene/toxin being responsible is likely incorrect. Neurological disorders probably arise due to a unique intersection of multiple genetic and toxic factors, combined with additional contributions of age, stage of development, immune system actions, and more. This perspective leads to the view
... Read more
Aquatic Override

The Mammalian Dive Reflex and the Ancient Neurological Switch That Instantly Halts Panic

by Christopher Shaw ...

When you are gripped by a severe panic attack, your heart races, your breathing becomes rapid and shallow, and your conscious brain completely loses control over your physiological state. Therapy tells you to take deep breaths, but evolution has provided a much faster, brutal, and more effective off-switch hidden deep within your nervous system. By simply submerging your face in ice-cold water, ... Read more

$5.99 USD

When you are gripped by a severe panic attack, your heart races, your breathing becomes rapid and shallow, and your conscious brain completely loses control over your physiological state. Therapy tells you to take deep breaths, but evolution has provided a much faster, brutal, and more effective off-switch hidden deep within your nervous system. By simply submerging your face in ice-cold water,
... Read more
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Pandemic! The Unseen Enemy

A Classical Short Story Collection About Something Very Relevant Today

by Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Jack London, Fred M White ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland, William Dufris ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

Nature is always on the move. Evolution over untold generations moves, streamlines, sometimes mutates.Since the dawn of life there is little doubt that at any given time disease can strike, slowly growing over time or with a sudden instant ferocity that catches any given species in a consuming catastrophe.The human race has been on the receiving end of many viral and bacterial diseases from the ... Read more

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Nature is always on the move. Evolution over untold generations moves, streamlines, sometimes mutates.Since the dawn of life there is little doubt that at any given time disease can strike, slowly growing over time or with a sudden instant ferocity that catches any given species in a consuming catastrophe.The human race has been on the receiving end of many viral and bacterial diseases from the
... Read more
Audiobook

Top 10 Short Stories, The - Horror

The top ten horror short stories of all time.

by Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Ambrose Bierce, Guy de Maupassant, H P Lovecraft, John William Polidori, M R James, Robert Louis Stevenson, W F Harvey, W W Jacobs ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

The top 10 horror short stories of all time.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different ... Read more

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The top 10 horror short stories of all time.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different
... Read more
Zebra

by Christopher Plumb, Samuel Shaw ...

Series Book 85 - Animal
Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. The extraordinary beauty of their striped coats makes them one of the world’s most recognizable animals. They have been immortalized in paint by artists including George Stubbs and Lucian Freud, and zebra-print designs permeate contemporary society – on beanbags and bikinis, car seats and ... Read more

$20.49 USD

Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. The extraordinary beauty of their striped coats makes them one of the world’s most recognizable animals. They have been immortalized in paint by artists including George Stubbs and Lucian Freud, and zebra-print designs permeate contemporary society – on beanbags and bikinis, car seats and
... Read more
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Down the Covid-19 Rabbit Hole

Independent Scientists and Physicians Unmask the Pandemic

Narrated by Joe Louis ...

Unabridged

17 hours 37 min

A detailed examination of the COVID-19 pandemic.Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole discusses the widespread misuse of science during the pandemic, the likely origin of COVID-19, the pathophysiology of the disease itself, and the harms associated with the various vaccines that have been produced, particularly those based on the novel mRNA platforms. This book also looks at the widespread failure of the ... Read more

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A detailed examination of the COVID-19 pandemic.Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole discusses the widespread misuse of science during the pandemic, the likely origin of COVID-19, the pathophysiology of the disease itself, and the harms associated with the various vaccines that have been produced, particularly those based on the novel mRNA platforms. This book also looks at the widespread failure of the
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