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The Politics of Trust

Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s

by Gordon E. Harvey ...

Series series The Modern South
Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as “someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know.” It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s, Gordon E. Harvey traces the life and career of the ... Read more

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Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as “someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know.” It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s, Gordon E. Harvey traces the life and career of the
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History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie

Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South

by Gordon E. Harvey, Bailey Thompson, Andrew M Manis, Dan T. Carter, Glenn Feldman, Brooks Blevins, John Shelton Reed, Susan Y. Ashmore, Jeffrey Frederick0, DeWayne Key1, Major Richard D. Starnes2 ...

Series series The Modern South
Social and political history of the modern South.This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Social and political history of the modern South.This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and
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Through a Glass Darkly

Contested Notions of Baptist Identity

by James P. Byrd, Bill J. Leonard, James A. Patterson, Christopher H. Evans, Alan Scot Willis, Barry Hankins, Jewel L. Spangler, Curtis W. Freeman, Elizabeth H. Flowers, Edward R. Crowther, John Gordon Crowley0, Paul Harvey1, Dr. Keith Harper4 ...

Series series Religion and American Culture
Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Through a Glass Darkly is a collection of essays by scholars who argue that Baptists are frequently misrepresented, by outsiders as well as insiders, as members of an unchanging monolithic sect.In contemporary discussions of religious denominations, it is often fashionable and easy to make bold claims regarding the history, beliefs, and practices of ... Read more

$25.19 USD

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Through a Glass Darkly is a collection of essays by scholars who argue that Baptists are frequently misrepresented, by outsiders as well as insiders, as members of an unchanging monolithic sect.In contemporary discussions of religious denominations, it is often fashionable and easy to make bold claims regarding the history, beliefs, and practices of
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All is Song

by Samantha Harvey ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 52 min

A fiercely intelligent and moving second novel from the author of the acclaimed The WildernessLeonard Deppling returns to the capital from Scotland, where he has spent the past year nursing his dying father. Missing from the funeral was his younger brother William, a former lecturer and activist who lives with his wife and two young sons. Leonard is alone and rootless, he moves in with William ... Read more

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A fiercely intelligent and moving second novel from the author of the acclaimed The WildernessLeonard Deppling returns to the capital from Scotland, where he has spent the past year nursing his dying father. Missing from the funeral was his younger brother William, a former lecturer and activist who lives with his wife and two young sons. Leonard is alone and rootless, he moves in with William
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SEXciting PUNography

The Best Collection of Puns About Sex

by Harvey C. Gordon ...

An Awesome Combination: Sex and the Art of Punning!SEXciting PUNography (the new second edition of Grime and PUNishment) contains over 380 of the best sex puns ever put into print, along with 30 cartoon illustrations and some proven techniques for working puns smoothly into everyday conversation. The book will go a long way toward promoting the highly creative art of punning by tapping into one of ... Read more

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An Awesome Combination: Sex and the Art of Punning!SEXciting PUNography (the new second edition of Grime and PUNishment) contains over 380 of the best sex puns ever put into print, along with 30 cartoon illustrations and some proven techniques for working puns smoothly into everyday conversation. The book will go a long way toward promoting the highly creative art of punning by tapping into one of
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The Magnificent Nahanni

The Struggle to Protect a Wild Place

by Gordon J. Nelson ...

"Fascinating and impressive." Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource and Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University and former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, Government of British Columbia.The Magnificent Nahanni extols the natural wonders of the South Nahanni Valley--its untamed waters, high, glaciated mountains, great falls, deep canyons, extensive forests, alpine tundra, and ... Read more

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"Fascinating and impressive." Thomas Gunton, Director of Resource and Environmental Planning, Simon Fraser University and former Deputy Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, Government of British Columbia.The Magnificent Nahanni extols the natural wonders of the South Nahanni Valley--its untamed waters, high, glaciated mountains, great falls, deep canyons, extensive forests, alpine tundra, and
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Ash and Bone

by John Harvey ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Series series Frank Elder Series
Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

In his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by a rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in London, the capture of a violent criminal goes badly wrong, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch is uneasy about the reasons why, ... Read more

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In his Cornish hideaway, retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a call from his estranged wife, telling him his seventeen-year-old daughter, Katherine, is running wild, unbalanced by a rape he feels he should have prevented. Meanwhile, in London, the capture of a violent criminal goes badly wrong, and Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch is uneasy about the reasons why,
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Darkness and Light

by John Harvey ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Series series Frank Elder Series
Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

Detective Inspector Frank Elder's first case was unsolved. A dead woman, lying on a bed, immaculately dressed. The murderer was never found - free to kill again. Eight years later, Elder's estranged wife contacts him in his Cornish hideaway. Her friend's sister Claire has mysteriously disappeared. Elder reluctantly agrees to help. Then Claire is found dead, arranged with meticulous detail on her ... Read more

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Detective Inspector Frank Elder's first case was unsolved. A dead woman, lying on a bed, immaculately dressed. The murderer was never found - free to kill again. Eight years later, Elder's estranged wife contacts him in his Cornish hideaway. Her friend's sister Claire has mysteriously disappeared. Elder reluctantly agrees to help. Then Claire is found dead, arranged with meticulous detail on her
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Those Who Walk Away

by Patricia Highsmith ...

Narrated by Steve Marvel ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

Ray Garrett, a wealthy young American living in Europe, is grieving over the death of his wife. Ray is at a loss for why she would take her own life, but Peggy's father Ed Coleman, has no such uncertainty—he blames Ray completely.Late one night in Rome, Coleman shoots Ray at point-blank range. He thinks he's had his revenge, but Ray survives, and follows Coleman and his wealthy girlfriend to ... Read more

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Ray Garrett, a wealthy young American living in Europe, is grieving over the death of his wife. Ray is at a loss for why she would take her own life, but Peggy's father Ed Coleman, has no such uncertainty—he blames Ray completely.Late one night in Rome, Coleman shoots Ray at point-blank range. He thinks he's had his revenge, but Ray survives, and follows Coleman and his wealthy girlfriend to
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Solar Bones

by Mike McCormack ...

Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds ...

Unabridged

9 hours

A vital, tender, death-haunted work by one of Ireland's most important contemporary writers, Solar Bones is a celebration of the unexpected beauty of life and of language, and our inescapable nearness to our last end. It is All Souls Day, and the spirit of Marcus Conway sits at his kitchen table and remembers. In flowing, relentless prose, Conway recalls his life in rural Ireland: as a boy and man ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A vital, tender, death-haunted work by one of Ireland's most important contemporary writers, Solar Bones is a celebration of the unexpected beauty of life and of language, and our inescapable nearness to our last end. It is All Souls Day, and the spirit of Marcus Conway sits at his kitchen table and remembers. In flowing, relentless prose, Conway recalls his life in rural Ireland: as a boy and man
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Between the Stops

The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus: the long-awaited memoir from the star of QI and The Great British Bake Off

by Sandi Toksvig ...

Narrated by Sandi Toksvig ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

This long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved celebrities - a writer, broadcaster, activist, comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years, presenter of QI and Great British Bake Off star - is an autobiography with a difference: as only Sandi Toksvig can tell it.'Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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This long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved celebrities - a writer, broadcaster, activist, comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years, presenter of QI and Great British Bake Off star - is an autobiography with a difference: as only Sandi Toksvig can tell it.'Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the
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The Crow Folk

The Witches of Woodville 1

by Mark Stay ...

Narrated by Candida Gubbins ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?'Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies'A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age'Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C. K. McDonnell, author of The Stranger TimesAs Spitfir... ... Read more

$19.99 USD

'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?'Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies'A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age'Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C. K. McDonnell, author of The Stranger TimesAs Spitfir...
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