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  • The Penguin Book of Hell

    by Scott G. Bruce ...
    **"From the Bible through Dante and up to Treblinka and Guantánamo Bay, here is a rich source for nightmares." --The New York Times Book ReviewThree thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaA Penguin Classic**From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe

    Studies in Cluniac History, c. 900–1200

    by Scott G. Bruce ...
    Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe offers a new perspective on the abbey at Cluny, one of the medieval Christianity's most influential institutions. Most historical approaches to Cluny have embraced a predictable "rise and fall" narrative, determined largely by the extent of the abbey's legislative reach. In this volume, Scott G. Bruce instead focuses on Cluny's cultural history ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet

    Hagiography and the Problem of Islam in Medieval Europe

    by Scott G. Bruce ...
    In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy. Ultimately, the abbot was set free, but the audacity of this abduction outraged Christian leaders and galvanized the will of local lords. Shortly thereafter, Count William of Arles marshaled an army ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • It Came from the Closet

    Queer Reflections on Horror

    by Carmen Maria Machado, Bruce Owens Grimm, Zefyr Lisowski, Richard Scott Larson, Sarah Fonseca ...
    Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Last Farm on McNabs

    A Family History of Twentieth-Century Life on the Island

    by Bruce Scott ...
    Steeped in mystery and raw beauty, McNabs Island—situated in the middle of Halifax Harbour—yearns to yield up its history. Decaying estate homes and weathered road signs are all that remain of the once-vibrant farms and businesses that populated the island.Many things have been written about McNabs Island, but little about the residents who lived there from the 1920s through the 1970s. This ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    14 Steps to Financial Freedom

    Simple Strategies to Grow, Protect, and Sow Your Money at Any Age

    by Bruce Scott ...
    Narrated by Greg Douras ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 52 min

    Longing for financial freedom? Learn how to build (grow), protect, and sow (give) your money.You have the right to be financially free and live securely—no matter your income or age. It only feels impossible because most of us aren’t taught to manage money.Bruce Scott, an international personal finance specialist, was born into poverty in Jamaica and dug his way out. He’s now built a step-by-step ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Penguin Book of the Undead

    Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters

    Edited by Scott G. Bruce ...
    The walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls.Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late nineteenth century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Penguin Book of Demons

    Edited by Scott G. Bruce ...
    **Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmaresA Penguin Classic**For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. The Penguin Book of Demons summons these supernatural creatures—and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them—across ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Green Progression

    by Bruce Scott Levinson, L. E. Modesitt Jr. ...
    A shocking novel of what could happen if the fanatical defense of the environment crossed the line into deadly terror. When environmental consultant Jack McDarvid's boss is killed in a shootout near the Capitol, McDarvid becomes enmeshed in a diabolical plot behind the scenes of the environmental movement.Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.The Saga of RecluceThe Imager PortfolioThe Corean ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective

    by Donald Fairbairn, Garrett DeWeese, Scott Horrell, Bruce Ware ...
    Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective features six highly respected scholars from schools such as Erskine Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. These scholars address an issue that has a significant impact on the way Christians should approach everyday evangelism but is often ignored: the fundamental fact that the Savior ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cooperation in Economy and Society

    by James Acheson, Matthew Bird, Gracia Clark, Bruce Dahlin, Malcolm Dow, E Anthon Eff, Katrina T. Greene, Julie Hogeland, Carolyn Lesorogol, Daniel Mazeau, Kathleen Millar, Rahul Oka, Benjamin Porter, Ronald Rich, Agustín Fuentes, Scott R. Hutson ...
    Series series Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
    The essays in the book analyze cases of cooperation in a wide range of ethnographic, archaeological and evolutionary settings. Cooperation is examined in situations of market exchange, local and long-distance reciprocity, hierarchical relations, common property and commons access, and cooperatives. Not all of these analyses show stable and long-term results of successful cooperation. The ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • Public Lands in the Western US

    Place and Politics in the Clash between Public and Private

    by Kathleen M. Sullivan, James H. McDonald, Rochelle Bloom, Paul Berne Burow, Douglas Deur, David Knowlton, Sayd Randle, Jacqueline J. Russell, Bruce R. Tebbs0, Jonathan P. Thompson1, Scott Turner2 ...
    This edited collection explores the many ways in which diverse individuals and groups—such as state and federal managers, First Peoples, ranchers, miners, oil and gas extraction industries, sports enthusiasts, environmentalists, local residents, and tourists—actively negotiate, contest, and collaborate on issues regarding public lands in the American West. Tracing these ever-morphing alliances and ... Read more

    $94.99 USD