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  • The Pirate Wars

    by Peter Earle ...
    The acclaimed historian presents a "masterful . . . much-needed reappraisal" of pirate history from the Elizabethan Era to the nineteenth century ( Sunday Times , UK).In The Pirate Wars, maritime historian Peter Earle examines the popular image of pirates as ocean-going Robin Hoods who pursued a life of freedom and contrasts it with the grim reality. As he vividly demonstrates, pirates lived short ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Sack of Panamá

    Captain Morgan and the Battle for the Caribbean

    by Peter Earle ...
    The maritime historian shares "an intensely engaging account" of the notorious privateer Captain Morgan and his war on Spain's Caribbean colonies ( Booklist ).Captain Henry Morgan's capture of the city of Panamá in 1671 is considered one of the most audacious military operations in history. In The Sack of Panamá, Peter Earle sheds new light on the legendary raid and the man behind it. With ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Preacher's Purge [Dramatized Adaptation]

    First Mountain Man 29

    by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone ...
    Narrated by Mort Shelby, Ken Jackson, Andrew James Spooner, Joey Sourlis, Chris Genebach, Peter Holdway, Michael Glenn, Earl Fisher, Christopher Walker, John Kielty, Renee Dorian ...
    Series series First Mountain Man

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    "When greed overtakes men’s souls, it falls to the righteous mountaineer known as Preacher to rain fire and brimstone upon them from the barrels of his guns.Preacher has agreed to escort Barnaby Cooper through Dakota Territory’s hills to establish a trading post. Accompanied by his friends Lorenzo and Tall Dog, the mountain man hopes they’ll be able to protect Cooper from Sioux warriors who don’t ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pluralist Economics

    by Peter Earl, Jeroen van Bouwel, Yanis Varoufakis, J. E. King, Mohamed Aslam Haneef, Thomas Mayer, David Colander, Harry Landreth, Geoffrey Hodgson, Robert F. Garnett, Alan Freeman, Christian Arnsperger, Peter Soderbaum, Kyle Siler, Andrew Kliman ...
    This book is an authoritative and accessible guide to the pluralist movement threatening to revolutionise mainstream economics. Leading figures in the field explain why pluralism is a required virtue in economics, how it came to be blocked and what it means for the way we think about, research and teach economics.The first part of the book looks at how neoclassical economics gained its ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Treasure Hunt

    Shipwreck, Diving, and the Quest for Treasure in an Age of Heroes

    by Peter Earle ...
    "A remarkable book, in which a very wide spectrum of human behavior is on show---from colossal gullibility on the one hand, to extraordinary ingenuity and determination on the other." — The Daily Telegraph (UK)Treasure Hunt is the story of an obsession. Rumors of Spanish treasure, or gold and silver at the bottom of the sea, have been a part of maritime lore for centuries. In 1687, Captain William ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Principles of Behavioral Economics

    Bringing Together Old, New and Evolutionary Approaches

    by Peter E. Earl ...
    This book is unique among modern contributions to behavioral economics in presenting a grand synthesis between the kind of behavioral economics popularized by Richard Thaler, earlier approaches such as those of the 1978 Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon, evolutionary psychology, and evolutionary economics from Veblen and Marshall through to neo-Schumpeterian thinking. The synthesis employs a complex ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Beyond Misbehaving: Changing Universities, Pluralism, and the Evolution of a Heterodox Behavioral Economist

    by Peter E. Earl ...
    This fascinating book is both an intellectual autobiography and a self-help career guide for academic economists. It tells, in a good-humoured way, a cautionary tale about the career arc of its recently-retired author, set against the backdrop of an evolving university environment that increased the challenges faced by academic economists who deviate from the mainstream. It is a deeply reflective, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toward a Wider Vision of Behavioral Economics

    by Peter E. Earl ...
    This book challenges constructively the conventional wisdom that behavioral economics should be viewed primarily as being about "nudge"-based policies and how choices are affected by "supposedly irrelevant factors" and bias-inducing heuristics. Its author began studying behavioral economics in the mid-1970s at the University of Cambridge, inspired by existing behavioral contributions of which most ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Babelandia

    by Demetrio Aguilera-Malta, Peter Earle ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)

    $49.49 USD

  • Economics as an Art of Thought

    Essays in Memory of G.L.S. Shackle

    Edited by Peter Earl, S FROWEN ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    This volume unites scholars from all over the world, and with very different theoretical perspectives. Their chapters probe into typical Shacklean themes of time and money, uncertainty and expectation, and into the roots of G.L.S. Shackle's philosophical and methodological stance. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico

    by Samuel Ramos ...
    Translated by Peter G. Earle ...
    Series series Texas Pan American Series
    Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico, originally written in 1934, is addressed to the author’s compatriots, but it speaks to people, wherever they are, who are interested in enriching their own lives and in elevating the cultural level of their countries. And it speaks with a peculiar timeliness to citizens of the United States who would understand their neighbors to the south.Samuel Ramos’s ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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    George Soros

    A Life In Full

    Narrated by George Newbern, Petrea Burchard, Shaun Grindell, Earl McLean ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 58 min

    The name George Soros is recognized around the world. Universally known for his decades of philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success, he is equally well known as the nemesis of the far right—the target of sustained attacks from nationalists, populists, authoritarian regimes, and anti-Semites—because of his commitment to open society, freedom of the press, and liberal democracy. At ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus