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  • Yellow Cab

    by Robert Leonard ...
    In 2001, anthropology professor Robert Leonard began moonlighting as a cabdriver; Yellow Cab is a portrait of the city he found as he drove the streets of nighttime Albuquerque, picking up everyone from business people and drunken college kids to hookers and drug dealers. In this mixed bag of rich vignettes and interludes of poetry, Leonard offers sharp insights into the workings of the hidden ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Everything Guide to House Hacking

    Your Step-by-Step Guide to: Financing a House Hack, Finding Ideal Properties and Tenants, Maximizing the Profitability of Your Property, Navigating the Real Estate Market, Avoiding Unnecessary Risk

    by Robert Leonard ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    Discover the path to financial freedom with this step-by-step guide to house hacking—the simple real estate investment strategy that lets you live for free and earn income.For most people, rent or a mortgage takes up the largest chunk of their income. But with house hacking, that piece can come down to virtually zero—and it’s easier than you’d think!In its simplest form, house hacking is the real ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory

    From Chess to Social Science, 1900–1960

    by Robert Leonard ...
    Series series Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
    Drawing on a wealth of archival material, including personal correspondence and diaries, Robert Leonard tells the fascinating story of the creation of game theory by Hungarian Jewish mathematician John von Neumann and Austrian economist Oskar Morgenstern. Game theory first emerged amid discussions of the psychology and mathematics of chess in Germany and fin-de-siècle Austro-Hungary. In the 1930s, ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Because It Is So Beautiful

    Unraveling the Mystique of the American West

    by Robert Leonard Reid ...
    A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein–Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayYes, every inch of the globe has been seen, mapped, photographed, and measured, but is it known? Robert Leonard Reid doesn’t think so. To draw a circle and calculate its diameter is not to know the circle. In this collection, Reid distinguishes himself from many science–based nature writers, using the natural world as a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Whodunit?

    by C.S. Montanye, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, Shirley Jackson ...
    Narrated by Fionnula Flanagan, John Shea, Hattie Wilson, Isaiah Sheffer, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Sean Leonard ...
    Series series Selected Shorts

    Unabridged

    3 hours 15 min

    A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix.Stories in this set include:Dashiell Hammett's "The Creeping Siamese", performed by John Shea - The Continental Op gets his manC.S. Montanye's "A Shock for the Countess", performed by Fionnula Flanagan - Intrigue in the alps in this clever ... Read more

    $18.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Mission

    Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe

    by Robert Matzen ...
    Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 46 min

    In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America’s boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in twenty often-brutal World War II combat missions over Germany and France. In mere months, the war took away his boyish looks as he ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Readers & Writers

    by Walter R. Brooks, Italo Calvino, Adam Haslett, Audrey Niffenegger, Evelyn Waugh, Molly Giles, Ray Bradbury ...
    Narrated by Tony Roberts, John Shea, Blair Brown, Christina Pickles, Isaiah Sheffer, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Sean Leonard, Rochelle Oliver ...
    Series series Selected Shorts

    Unabridged

    3 hours 12 min

    A boon for book lovers, this compilation features funny, fantastical and poignant stories about people with unique and passionate connections to the written word. ... Read more

    $28.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Eminent Doctors (Unabridged)

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    by George Thomas Bettany ...
    Narrated by Jennifer Campbell, Linda Akers, Bryan Cunningham, Robert Leonard ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    Step into the fascinating world of medical history with "Eminent Doctors" by George Thomas Bettany. Delve into the lives and contributions of the brilliant minds who revolutionized the field of medicine. From ancient healers to modern pioneers, this audiobook chronicles the journeys of individuals who dared to challenge the norms and redefine the boundaries of medical knowledge. Through meticulous ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The New PhD

    How to Build a Better Graduate Education

    by Leonard Cassuto, Robert Weisbuch ...
    This book examines the failed graduate school reforms of the past and presents a plan for a practical and sustainable PhD.For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of the eight—50%!—will not complete the degree. Of the other four, two will never secure full-time academic positions. The remaining ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

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    Even More Laughs

    by Jonathan Lethem, Hary Mathews, Julia Slavin, Miranda July, Philip Roth, Saki, Thomas Meehan ...
    Narrated by Robert Sean Leonard, Alec Baldwin, Christine Baranski, Isaiah Sheffer, Jerry Zaks, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey ...
    Series series Selected Shorts

    Unabridged

    2 hours 27 min

    From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts. ... Read more

    $28.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Family Matters

    by Shirley Jackson, Frank O'Connor, Diane Leslie, Etgar Keret, Grace Paley, Rick Moody, Toure ...
    Narrated by Lois Smith, Malachy McCourt, B. D. Wong, Daniel Alexander Jones, Jill Eikenberry, Linda Lavin, Robert Sean Leonard ...
    Series series Selected Shorts

    Unabridged

    2 hours 28 min

    Hilarious and colorful episodes in the lives of families... many depicted from a kid's-eye-view... are the theme for this compilation. Being part of a family is often trying, and stranger than any fiction, but never dull and always worth it in the end. Join these very different families as they face the shrinking of parents, the preemptive guilt of First Confession, the secret worlds of children, ... Read more

    $28.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Sandmans Rainy Day Stories (Unabridged)

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    by Abbie Phillips Walker ...
    Narrated by Robert Leonard, John Carden, Jane Price, Lucille Straugh ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 51 min

    Step into a world where imagination reigns supreme and adventure awaits at every turn with "Sandman's Rainy Day Stories" by Abbie Phillips Walker. In this enchanting audiobook, listeners will embark on a journey through the whimsical tales spun by the legendary Sandman himself. From mystical creatures dancing under the moonlight to brave heroes conquering impossible odds, each story is crafted to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD