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    The Moon Hoax?

    Conspiracy Theories on Trial

    by Thomas Eversberg ...
    Narrated by Alex Boyles ...
    Series series The Science and Fiction Series

    Unabridged

    4 hours 35 min

    This audiobook is about the American moon landings—and about the doubts expressed ever since concerning the reality of these landings. Were the images of men on the moon really just a huge and cleverly executed hoax? Eversberg explains the best-known claims and conspiracy theories, and analyzes the evidence with the help of detailed full-color images, as well as numerous film documents that can be ... Read more

    $14.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial

    Because Apparently Dying Wasn't Enough to Escape Papal Court Hearings and Aggressive Cross-Examinations

    by Thomas Alex ...
    The Pope Who Put a Corpse on TrialBecause Apparently Dying Wasn't Enough to Escape Papal Court Hearings and Aggressive Cross-ExaminationsWhat happens when a pope dies—but his enemies aren't finished with him?In 897 CE, Rome witnessed one of the strangest spectacles in medieval history. The body of Pope Formosus was dug from its grave, dressed in papal robes, placed upon a throne, and brought ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Dancing Plague Of 1518

    Hundreds Of Medieval Peasants Danced Themselves To Literal Exhaustion Because Their Brains Decided Chaos Was A Lifestyle

    by Thomas Alex ...
    In the summer of 1518, something deeply strange happened in Strasbourg.One woman reportedly began dancing in the street.Then another person joined.Then another.Before long, dozens—and perhaps hundreds—of people were reportedly caught in a bizarre outbreak of uncontrollable dancing. They danced in the streets, collapsed from exhaustion, and apparently struggled to stop. In a world already plagued ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Great Molasses Flood of Boston

    A Sticky, Slow-Moving Tidal Wave of Brown Sugar Syrup That Somehow Managed to Terrorize an Entire City

    by Thomas Alex ...
    On January 15, 1919, Boston was enjoying an unusually warm winter afternoon.Then the tank broke.A gigantic steel tank in the city's North End suddenly ruptured, releasing approximately 2.3 million gallons of industrial molasses into the streets. What followed was one of the strangest disasters in American history: a dark, sticky wave surged through Boston at astonishing speed, crushing buildings, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • When Pineapple Was a Status Symbol

    Rent a Fruit for Your Fancy Party So People Think You’re Rich Before It Rots on the Table

    by Thomas Alex ...
    There was a time when owning a pineapple was practically a public announcement:“Look at me. I have money.”Today, you can buy one at a supermarket for the price of an ordinary grocery item. But centuries ago, the pineapple was an exotic luxury that could represent wealth, prestige, hospitality, and extraordinary social status.In an age before international supermarkets and refrigerated shipping, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Napoleon Was Not Actually Short

    He Was Average Height, but His Enemies Had Jokes and Printing Presses

    by Thomas Alex ...
    Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history's most recognizable figures—and one of its most entertainingly misunderstood.Was Napoleon really a tiny military genius surrounded by towering soldiers? Not quite.The famous image of Napoleon as an unusually short man owes more to conflicting measurement systems, political cartoons, hostile propaganda, and centuries of repetition than to the reality of his ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Ancient Roman Mouthwash Was Pure Urine

    Nothing Says Fresh Breath Like Fermented Pee Straight From the Public Laundry Basins

    by Thomas Alex ...
    What would make hundreds of people suddenly dance until their bodies gave out?In the summer of 1518, something extraordinarily strange happened in Strasbourg.A woman began dancing in the street.She did not stop.Then others joined her.Soon, dozens—and possibly hundreds—of people were reportedly caught up in an extraordinary episode remembered as the Dancing Plague of 1518. Some danced for days. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Strong and Wild

    Lakes Hockey, Book 2

    by Sloane St. James ...
    Narrated by Alex Kydd, Savannah Thomas ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Lakes Hockey

    Unabridged

    9 hours 56 min

    MickyI'm new to this city, but things are looking up. My bestie's husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I've got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my dream of opening my own cocktail lounge, Sugar & Ice. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.When he reveals his true self, I hate what I discover. Until ... Read more

    $25.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rosetta Archive

    Notable Speculative Short Fiction in Translation

    by Alex Shvartsman, Tarryn Thomas ...
    A selection of notable science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, which were translated into and first published in English in 2020. This anthology features the winning entry and the stories shortlisted for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Rosetta Awards.The following stories are included:ROESIN by Wu Guan, translated from the Chinese by Judith HuangWHALE SNOWS DOWN by Kim Bo-Young, translated ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ethics of War and Peace Revisited

    Moral Challenges in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty

    by Daniel R. Brunstetter, Jean-Vincent Holeindre, Aidan Hehir, Thomas Lindemann, Alex Giacomelli, Nigel Biggar, Kerstin Fisk, Jennifer M. Ramos, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer0, Deborah Avant1, John Kelsay2, John R. Emery3, Shannon E. French4, Victoria Sisk5, Caroline Bass6, Frédéric Ramel7, Brian Orend8, Cian O'Driscoll9 ...
    How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And what does “victory” mean in contemporary conflict?In many ways, these are timeless questions. But they should be revisited in light of changing circumstances in the twenty-first century. The post–Cold War, post-9/11 world is one of contested and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Defying Low Expectations

    What Jaime Escalante Taught Us About Learning

    by William A. Dembski, Alex Thomas ...
    Jaime Escalante didn't just teach calculus in East LA; he blew up the lie that poor, minority students can't handle serious academics-and then watched the system quietly bury the evidence. Defying Low Expectations tells the story beyond Stand and Deliver, the 1988 film about Escalante starring Edward James Olmos that became a classroom staple. Here we learn about the immigrant teacher from Bolivia ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells

    From Tailored Materials to Novel Applications

    Edited by Jince Thomas, Alex Schechter, Flavio Grynszpan, Bejoy Francis, Sabu Thomas ...
    Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel CellsBuild the fuel cells of the future with this cutting-edge materialAlkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) are cutting-edge polyelectrolyte materials with growing renewable energy applications including fuel cells, batteries, hydrogen electrolyzers and electrodialysis technologies. Their use in relatively new alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells ... Read more

    $142.00 USD