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  • Blue-grass and Broadway

    Enriched edition. Love and Ambition in 1900s New York City

    In "Blue-grass and Broadway," Maria Thompson Daviess crafts a vivid tapestry that intertwines the rustic charm of rural America with the dazzling allure of urban life. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Kentucky and New York, the narrative explores themes of ambition, love, and cultural identity through the eyes of a spirited heroine caught between her Appalachian roots and her dreams ... Read more

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  • The Heart's Kingdom

    Enriched edition. Love, Family Dynamics, and Societal Challenges in the Post-Civil War South

    In "The Heart's Kingdom," Maria Thompson Daviess intertwines themes of love, sacrifice, and self-discovery within a rich tapestry of Southern Gothic literature. The narrative follows the protagonist as she navigates the complexities of familial duty, societal expectations, and the longing for personal freedom. Daviess's lyrical prose and vivid characterizations immerse readers in the cultural ... Read more

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  • The Melting of Molly

    Enriched edition. A Southern Belle's Humorous Journey of Love and Self-discovery in the Early 20th Century

    In Maria Thompson Daviess' captivating novel, "The Melting of Molly," readers are drawn into a richly textured narrative that explores themes of identity, societal expectations, and personal transformation in the early 20th century American South. Daviess employs a lyrical yet accessible style, combining vivid imagery with profound psychological insight, making the characters resonate deeply with ... Read more

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  • Volume 4: Policy and Planning

    Series series Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities
    Cities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate.Drawing from case studies across the globe, this book explores how the pandemic and the policies it has prompted have caused changes in the ways cities function. The contributors examine the advancing social inequality brought on by ... Read more

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  • Mandate for Change

    Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond

    Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of ... Read more

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  • Cognitive Sciences and Education in Non-WEIRD Populations

    A Latin American Perspective

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book aims to present theoretical and practical innovations in the cognitive sciences and education fields focusing on studies and research conducted with non-WEIRD (i.e., western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) populations, especially from Latin America. Cognitive sciences and neuroscience have increased exponentially their knowledge in the last three decades, and today there ... Read more

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  • Translation and Multimodality

    Beyond Words

    Translation and Multimodality: Beyond Words is one of the first books to explore how translation needs to be redefined and reconfigured in contexts where multiple modes of communication, such as writing, images, gesture, and music, occur simultaneously. Bringing together world-leading experts in translation theory and multimodality, each chapter explores important interconnections among these ... Read more

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  • Protecting Children and Adults from Abuse After Savile

    What Organisations and Institutions Need to Do

    The high profile reporting of child sexual abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile over decades has had far reaching-consequences, raising public awareness and concern, yet we continue to uncover new cases of institutional abuse which have been taking place under the radar for years.This book distils the learning from 80+ public inquiries relating to Savile as well as related cases of institutional ... Read more

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  • Network Coding and Subspace Designs

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book, written by experts from universities and major research laboratories, addresses the hot topic of network coding, a powerful scheme for information transmission in networks that yields near-optimal throughput. It introduces readers to this striking new approach to network coding, in which the network is not simply viewed as a mechanism for delivering packets, but rather an algebraic ... Read more

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  • The Allingham Casebook

    A classic collection of mystery stories: "With skillful plotting laced with tongue-in-cheek humor, Allingham never ceases to intrigue and surprise" ( Daily Mail).One of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction's Four Queens of Crime"With skillful plotting laced with tongue-in-cheek humor, Allingham never ceases to intrigue and surprise."— Daily MailThis volume offer eighteen delightful mysteries from ... Read more

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  • Complete Stories

    The complete collection of short stories from one of the 20th century's wittiest writersDorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. This collection of stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD