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  • The Picnic

    A Rush for Freedom and the Collapse of Communism

    by Matthew Longo ...
    **Winner of the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political WritingA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Slate"A terrific work of history." —Dan Kois, Slate"A vivid, fast-paced narrative." —Andrew Meier, New York Times Book ReviewThe gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world.**In August 1989, a group of Hungarian ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • The Politics of Borders

    Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11

    by Matthew Longo ...
    Series series Problems of International Politics
    Borders sit at the center of global politics. Yet they are too often understood as thin lines, as they appear on maps, rather than as political institutions in their own right. This book takes a detailed look at the evolution of border security in the United States after 9/11. Far from the walls and fences that dominate the news, it reveals borders to be thick, multi-faceted and binational ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

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    The Picnic

    A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain

    by Matthew Longo ...
    Narrated by Tom Parks ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic—it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German "vacationers" packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Invisible Hand

    Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Human Hand Function

    by Matthew R. Longo ...
    How the “invisible hand” of the nervous system makes the human hand such an evolutionary success.The hand has a central role in both human evolution and cultural development—in our descent and in our ascent. It is, Immanuel Kant said, “the visible part of the brain.” It is the invisible that concerns Matthew Longo in The Invisible Hand, a wide-ranging, deftly written account of the neural and ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Heroes of Avalon - Book Two: The King's Redemption

    by Ceara Comeau, Matthew Ross Crafton ...
    The battle for Avalon was won, but the war for their solar system was just beginning. No one really remembered what exactly happened when the earth split. To most, it was a vague memory or dream. But, to Benji and Moira, it was still a nightmare. They were the only ones who remembered every detail. Now, a strange mystery has fallen on their shoulders, one which sends them all over the world ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Bodily Awareness

    Edited by Adrian J.T. Alsmith, Matthew R. Longo ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Bodily awareness is one of the most interesting and enigmatic forms of experience. Our earliest and most pervasive form of conscious experience, it also arguably remains the most private. Bodily awareness has also long played a central role in the study of the mind and self-consciousness, and is fundamental to much current philosophical and psychological research.The Routledge Handbook of Bodily ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Blank Space

    A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century

    by W. David Marx ...
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  • Good Arguments

    How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

    by Bo Seo ...
    **“The rare book that has the potential to make you smarter—and everyone around you wiser.” —Adam GrantTwo-time world champion debater and former coach of the Harvard debate team, Bo Seo tells the inspiring story of his life in competitive debating and reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion**When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to ... Read more

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  • Why Did Europe Conquer the World?

    by Philip T. Hoffman ...
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