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  • A Nation Among Nations

    America's Place in World History

    by Thomas Bender ...
    A provocative new book that shows us why we must put American history firmly in a global context--from 1492 to todayAmericans like to tell their country's story as if the United States were naturally autonomous and self-sufficient, with characters, ideas, and situations unique to itself. Thomas Bender asks us to rethink this "exceptionalism" and to reconsider the conventional narrative. He ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • NEW YORK INTELLECT

    by Thomas Bender ...
    New York Intellect is Thomas Bender's remarkable look at the connections between the life of a city and the life of the mind. New York has never been comfortable or convenient as a milieu for art and intellect, Bender notes. Yet New Yorkers have always struggled to create institutions and styles of thought and writing that reflect the special character of the city, its boundless energies and deep ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • America on the World Stage

    A Global Approach to U.S. History

    by Organization of American Historians, Ted Dickson, David Armitage, Stephen Aron, Edward L. Ayers, Thomas Bender, Stuart M. Blumin, J. D. Bowers, Stuart M. Burton0, Charap1, Jonathan Chu2, Kathleen Dalton3, Betty A. Dessants4, Kevin Gaines5, Fred Jordan6, Melvyn P. Leffler7, Louisa B. Moffitt8, Philip D. Morgan9, Mark A. Noll0, Gary W. Reichard1, Daniel T. Rodgers2, Leila J. Rupp3, Brenda Santos4, Gloria Sesso5, Shammas Carole6, Suzanne M. Sinke7, Omar Valerio-Jimenez8, Penny M. Von Eschen9, Patrick Wolfe0, Pingchao Zhu1 ...
    Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of American history in a global context. Each essay covers a specific chronological period and approaches fundamental topics and events in United States history from an international perspective, emphasizing ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • City and Nation

    Rethinking Place and Identity

    by Michael Peter Smith, Thomas Bender ...
    Series series Comparative Urban and Community Research
    This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "place," and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines - from literature to architecture and planning, sociology, and history - these essays problematize the dynamic between the local and the national, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Transforming Undergraduate Education

    Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

    by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain, Randall J. Bass, Thomas Bender, Dessa Bergen-Cico, Joyce A. Bylander, Kent John Chabotar, Barry N. Checkoway, Catherine A. Crosby-Currie, Richard A. Detweiler, Ashley P. Finley, Cassia Freedland, Richard Guarasci, Debra Humphreys, Bruce Keith, Julie J. Kidd, Phyllis Lane, William M. Loker, Theodore E. Long, Linda J. Major, Michael V. McGill, Elizabeth McHugh, Mindy McWilliams, Sally Engelhard Pingree, Alice (Jill) N. Reich, Joan B. Riley, Daniel Tad Roach, David M. Scobey, Valerie I. Sessa, Shalom Staub, Catharine R. Stimpson, Lynn E. Swaner, Cynthia Wolf, Christine Zimmerman, Nancy D.Mitchell, Carol Geary Schneider, John K. Haynes, William M. Sullivan, Adrianna J. Kezar, Devorah Lieberman ...
    For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Online Learning

    A User-Friendly Approach for High School and College Students

    by Leslie Bowman, Sara Bender, Thomas E. Escott, J Michael Tighe Jr, Michael J. Tighe ...
    In every online class, some students are wildly successful, some earn average or slightly below-average grades, some barely pass, some fail, and some drop out. Whatever a student's age, situation, or lifestyle, everything needed for successfully completing an online class is right here in this book. Each chapter covers a specific element of online learning and provides the new online student with ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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    Beyond the Stars 10: Classic Science Fiction Adventures

    Explore Strange Worlds Beyond the Final Frontier

    by Arthur C. Clarke, Ron Goulart, Tom Godwin, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Manly Wade Wellman, Russ Winterbotham, Michael Shaara, Robert Wicks, Gene L. Henderson, William Bender Jr., Thomas S. Gardiner, Alfred Connable, Roger D. Aycock ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    10 hours 44 min

    Beyond the Stars 10: Classic Science Fiction Adventures delivers nineteen unforgettable journeys across the solar system and beyond, where daring explorers, ingenious scientists, and ordinary people confront the limitless possibilities—and dangers—of life among the stars. Packed with adventure, mystery, and bold imagination, these timeless stories showcase why classic science fiction continues to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 10: More Than 25 Hours of Classic Science Fiction

    Legendary Authors. Timeless Stories. Endless Imagination.

    by Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Robert Silverberg, Robert Bloch, Harry Harrison, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, A. E. van Vogt, Brian W. Aldiss, Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long, Edward Page Mitchell, Jack Williamson, Tom Godwin, Robert Sheckley, Michael Shaara, Francis Stevens, A. H. Gibson, Gene L. Henderson, H. F. Arnold, Richard R. Smith, Frank M. Robinson, Manly Wade Wellman, William Bender Jr., Thomas S. Gardiner, James Bell, Beta McGavin, Alfred Connable, Jack Sharkey, Ron Goulart, Victoria Lincoln, Nelson S. Bond, Ray Cummings, Morton Klass, Elisabeth R. Lewis, John W. Campbell Jr., James Blish, Roger D. Aycock ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Anthologies

    Unabridged

    25 hours 47 min

    50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 10: More Than 25 Hours of Classic Science FictionStep into the golden age of imagination with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 10. Featuring more than 25 hours of classic science fiction, this extraordinary collection brings together fifty unforgettable tales from the visionary authors who helped shape one of the world’s most beloved genres.Blast off on daring space ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Assemblages

    How Actor-Network Theory Changes Urban Studies

    Edited by Ignacio Farías, Thomas Bender ...
    Series series Questioning Cities
    This book takes it as a given that the city is made of multiple partially localized assemblages built of heterogeneous networks, spaces, and practices. The past century of urban studies has focused on various aspects—space, culture, politics, economy—but these too often address each domain and the city itself as a bounded and cohesive entity. The multiple and overlapping enactments that constitute ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • American Academic Culture in Transformation

    Fifty Years, Four Disciplines

    by Stephen R. Graubard ...
    In the half century since World War II, American academic culture has changed profoundly. Until now, those changes have not been charted, nor have their implications for current discussions of the academy been appraised. In this book, however, eminent academic figures who have helped to produce many of the changes of the last fifty years explore how four disciplines in the social sciences and ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • Rethinking American History in a Global Age

    Edited by Thomas Bender ...
    In rethinking and reframing the American national narrative in a wider context, the contributors to this volume ask questions about both nationalism and the discipline of history itself. The essays offer fresh ways of thinking about the traditional themes and periods of American history. By locating the study of American history in a transnational context, they examine the history of nation-making ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and more

    A Grand Tour of Monsters, Martians, and Mind-Benders From the Golden Age

    by H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Nelson S. Bond, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, Robert E. Howard, Victoria Lincoln, Ron Goulart, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry Kuttner, A. E. van Vogt, Brian W. Aldiss, Manly Wade Wellman, Frank M. Robinson, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Gene L. Henderson, H. F. Arnold, Richard R. Smith, William Bender Jr., Thomas S. Gardiner, James Bell, Beta McGavin, Alfred Connable, Jack Sharkey ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Vintage Sci-Fi

    Unabridged

    12 hours 12 min

    Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and moreThe Night Wire by H. F. ArnoldThe First Spaceman by Gene L. HendersonHide and Seek by Arthur C. ClarkeTwo Black Bottles by H. P. LovecraftThe Sea Raiders by H. G. WellsThe Old Timer by Richard R. SmithThe Broken Axiom by Alfred ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus