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  • The World of Christopher Marlowe

    by David Riggs ...
    The definitive biography of the famous Elizabethan-era dramatist and poet—and an investigation into his murder.Shakespeare's contemporary, Christopher Marlowe revolutionized English drama and poetry, transforming the Elizabethan stage into a place of astonishing creativity. The outline of Marlowe's life, work, and violent death are known, but few of the details that explain why his writing and ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Ben Jonson

    A Life

    by David Riggs ...
    Ben Jonson's contemporaries admired him above all other playwrights and poets of the English Renaissance. He was the “great refiner” who alchemized the bleakest aspects of everyday life into brilliant images of folly and deceit. He was also a celebrated reprobate and an ambitious entrepreneur. David Riggs illuminates every facet of this extraordinary career, giving us the first major biography of ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • What Would Jesus Do... about Taxes and Taxation?

    by Michael David Riggs ...
    Many believe that Jesus was the wisest man to ever live and walk this earth. What would He do about the problems facing the world's governments and the economies of nations? What did He have to say about taxes? Was it limited to the oft repeated phrase, "...render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's?" Does the Bible, the book Jesus lived His life by, have answers and solutions to the world's ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risk and Resilience in U.S. Military Families

    Edited by David Riggs, Shelley MacDermid-Wadsworth ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    War related separations challenge military families in many ways. The worry and uncertainty associated with absent family members exacerbates the challenges of personal, social, and economic resources on the home front. U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have sent a million service personnel from the U.S. alone into conflict areas leaving millions of spouses, children and others in ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • Stories Are Weapons

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