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  • Beautiful Waste

    Poems by David McComb

    by David McComb ...
    Published for the first time, this collection gathers the poetry of David McComb, the gifted and enigmatic songwriter and lead singer of the Triffids. Written during his 20s and 30s, when the band's output peaked, these perceptive pieces explore and confront topics such as addiction, pop culture, and the colloquial and metaphysical. Illuminating a hitherto neglected aspect of the artist's creative ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Galveston

    A History and a Guide

    by David McComb ...
    Series Book 15 - Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series
    Indians! Pirates! Rebels! Blockade Runners! Smugglers! Murder! Beaches! Beauty Contests! Hurricanes!These are all a part of the colorful history of an island city that once called itself “The Free State of Galveston.” Located at a natural harbor on the northeastern part of a thirty-mile-long sand barrier island, the city dates its beginning from the end of the Texas Revolution. Before then, the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Audiobook

    Mastering The Scottish Accent

    A Guide To The Accent Of Scotland For Stage and Screen

    by Stephanie Lam ...
    Narrated by David McComb ...

    Unabridged

    51 min

    This comprehensive guide is designed to facilitate your journey towards mastering a Scottish accent, providing you with a step-by-step approach to grasping the unique oral posture and phonetic nuances that characterize the accent. With a focus on the mechanics of speech, including the positioning of the mouth, lips, and tongue necessary for articulating Scottish vowels, consonants, and the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Galveston

    A History

    by David G. McComb ...
    A colorful history of the island city on Texas's Gulf Coast and its survival through times of piracy, plague, civil war, and devastating natural disaster.On the Gulf edge of Texas between land and sea stands Galveston Island. Shaped continually by wind and water, it is one of earth's ongoing creations, where time is forever new. Here, on the shoreline, embraced by the waves, a person can still ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oxford Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Edited by Simon Kay, David McCombe, Daniel Wilks ...
    Series series Oxford Textbooks in Surgery
    The Oxford Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is a comprehensive reference text detailing all aspects of plastic surgery pertinent to a surgeon in training for specialisation and suitable to use in preparation for the Intercollegiate Examination as all aspects of the curriculum are covered. It is part of the Oxford Textbooks in Surgery series, edited by Professor Sir Peter Morris. This ... Read more

    $366.29 USD

  • Texas, A Modern History

    Revised Edition

    by David G. McComb ...
    Series series Bridwell Texas History Series
    Revised and updated, this popular history by an award-winning author brings the story of Texas into the twenty-first century.Since its publication in 1989, Texas, A Modern History has established itself as one of the most readable and reliable general histories of Texas. David McComb paints the panorama of Lone Star history from the earliest Indians to the present day with a vigorous brush that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Agenda Setting

    Readings on Media, Public Opinion, and Policymaking

    Edited by David Protess, Maxwell E. McCombs ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    The role of the news media in defining the important issues of the day, also known as the agenda-setting influence of mass communication, has received widespread attention over the past 20 years. Since the publication of McCombs and Shaw's seminal empirical study, more than one hundred journal articles and monographs have appeared. This collection exemplifies the major phases of research on agenda ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Spare Time in Texas

    Recreation and History in the Lone Star State

    by David G. McComb ...
    What do Texans' pastimes and recreations say about their characters? Looking at Texas history from a new angle, David McComb starts from the premise that how people spend their leisure time may well reveal more about their true natures and interests than the work they do or their family connections. In this innovative book, McComb traces the history of various types of recreation in Texas, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The City in Texas

    A History

    by David G. McComb ...
    Series series Bridwell Texas History Series
    Texans love the idea of wide-open spaces and, before World War II, the majority of the state’s people did live and work on the land. Between 1940 and 1950, however, the balance shifted from rural to urban, and today 88 percent of Texans live in cities and embrace the amenities of urban culture. The rise of Texas cities is a fascinating story that has not been previously told. Yet it is essential ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Sports in World History

    by David G. McComb ...
    Series series Themes in World History
    This lively and clear survey provides a wide-ranging overview of the history of modern sports, covering such topics as:why human beings are athleteshow the major modern sports came about and how they spread throughout the world with the help of enthusiastic individuals, sports organizations, the YMCA and the Olympic movementdiscussions of some of the most popular of the 300 modern world sports ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Isaac's Storm

    A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

    by Erik Larson ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review**September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia

    by Iain H Wilson, Keith G Allman ...
    Series series Oxford Medical Handbooks
    Returning for its fifth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia has been re-energized by new editors and a specialist contributor team, while still retaining its much-loved, clear and concise style. Written for anaesthetists at all stages of their careers, from trainees sitting exams through to experienced consultants as well as ODPs and nurses involved in theatre area work and pre-assessment, ... Read more

    $44.09 USD