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The Making of Modern Greece

Nationalism, Romanticism, and the Uses of the Past (1797–1896)

by David Ricks ...

Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to Greece as an independent state with full sovereign rights, as early as 1830. This places Greece in the ... Read more

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Every Greek and every friend of the country knows the date 1821, when the banner of revolution was raised against the empire of the Ottoman Turks, and the story of 'Modern Greece' is usually said to begin. Less well known, but of even greater importance, was the international recognition given to Greece as an independent state with full sovereign rights, as early as 1830. This places Greece in the
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Monsters, Movies & Mayhem

by Jonathan Maberry, David Gerrold, Steve Rasnic Tem, Rick Wilber, Fran Wilde, Sam Knight, Julie Frost, David Boop, C.H. Hung ...

Lights! Camera! Monsters?Sometimes you go to the movies. And sometimes, the movies—and their monsters—come to you. At any moment, without notice, monsters once relegated to the screen become a reality. Aliens and demons, dragons and ghosts, werewolves, vampires, zombies, and seemingly ordinary people who are just plain evil.Join award-winning authors Jonathan Maberry, Fran Wilde, David Gerrold, ... Read more

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Lights! Camera! Monsters?Sometimes you go to the movies. And sometimes, the movies—and their monsters—come to you. At any moment, without notice, monsters once relegated to the screen become a reality. Aliens and demons, dragons and ghosts, werewolves, vampires, zombies, and seemingly ordinary people who are just plain evil.Join award-winning authors Jonathan Maberry, Fran Wilde, David Gerrold,
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Byzantium and the Modern Greek Identity

by David Ricks, Paul Magdalino ...

Series series Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London
Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning of this heritage, in its various aspects, has hitherto been surprisingly little discussed by scholars. This collection of specially commissioned essays aims to present an overview of some of the different, and often conflicting, tendencies manifested ... Read more

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Perhaps because of the fact that modern Greece is, through the Orthodox Church, inextricably linked with the Byzantine heritage, the precise meaning of this heritage, in its various aspects, has hitherto been surprisingly little discussed by scholars. This collection of specially commissioned essays aims to present an overview of some of the different, and often conflicting, tendencies manifested
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Guerrilla Marketing for Writers

100 No-Cost, Low-Cost Weapons for Selling Your Work

by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, Michael Larsen, David L. Hancock ...

Series series Guerilla Marketing Press
Build your career as a successful author with this proven, no-nonsense guide to marketing your own books.In today's competitive publishing marketplace, the battle begins before a new book even hits the shelves. An author needs to deploy every weapon in their marketing arsenal to get ahead of the competition. Guerrilla Marketing for Writers is packed with proven insights and advice, it details a ... Read more

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Build your career as a successful author with this proven, no-nonsense guide to marketing your own books.In today's competitive publishing marketplace, the battle begins before a new book even hits the shelves. An author needs to deploy every weapon in their marketing arsenal to get ahead of the competition. Guerrilla Marketing for Writers is packed with proven insights and advice, it details a
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Esports Business Management

Edited by Gil Fried, Rick Smith, David P. Hedlund ...

Esports have rapidly expanded from a pastime undertaken by casual players to one of the largest segments of the entertainment industry, in which hundreds of millions of people play and compete daily. Esports Business Management With HKPropel Access is one of the first textbooks to present an all-encompassing look into the world of esports business, will teach both aspiring students and sports ... Read more

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Esports have rapidly expanded from a pastime undertaken by casual players to one of the largest segments of the entertainment industry, in which hundreds of millions of people play and compete daily. Esports Business Management With HKPropel Access is one of the first textbooks to present an all-encompassing look into the world of esports business, will teach both aspiring students and sports
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The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

by Rick Stanton ...

The enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand—told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue mission.In July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.Any hope of ... Read more

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The enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand—told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue mission.In July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.Any hope of
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Nothing

Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion

by NewScientist, Marcus Chown, Douglas Fox, Jo Marchant, Paul Davies, Michael Brooks, Laura Spinney, Linda Geddes, Per Eklund, Jonathan Knight, Nigel Henbest, Ian Stewart, David Harris, Michael de Podesta, Valerie Jamieson, David Fisher, Rick A. Lovett, Andy Coghlan, Stephen Battersby ...

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors, ... Read more

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The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors,
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A People’s History of the Civil War

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

by David Williams ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

22 hours 36 min

The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand ... Read more

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The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it.Historian David Williams has written the first account of the American Civil War as viewed though the eyes of ordinary people—foot soldiers, slaves, women, prisoners of war, draft resisters, Native Americans, and others. Richly illustrated with little-known anecdotes and firsthand
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The Last Thirty Seconds

A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-to-Kill Technology

by David K. Stumpf ...

In March 1983, as the world’s superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was tasked ... Read more

$35.99 USD

In March 1983, as the world’s superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was tasked
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Don't Throw It to Mo!

by David A. Adler ...

Illustrated by Sam Ricks ...

Series Book 1 - Mo Jackson
Winner of the 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel AwardMo is the youngest kid on the Robins, his football team. His classmates don’t mind, but the kids on their rival team tease him for being a "butterfingers" who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins! This Level 2 reader about a little African-American boy with a big passion for ... Read more

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Winner of the 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel AwardMo is the youngest kid on the Robins, his football team. His classmates don’t mind, but the kids on their rival team tease him for being a "butterfingers" who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins! This Level 2 reader about a little African-American boy with a big passion for
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Poetry and Poetics, Greek and Beyond: Essays in Honour of M.S. Silk

Edited by Fiona Macintosh, David Ricks ...

Series series Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London
The publication of Interaction in Poetic Imagery: With Special Reference to Early Greek Poetry in 1974 inaugurated Michael Silk (1941–) as a Hellenist of exceptional learning and critical acumen, as a strenuous and ambitious theorist of literature, and as a comparatist of wide reach within the Western tradition. The present volume honours this distinctive voice in literary studies with a range of ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The publication of Interaction in Poetic Imagery: With Special Reference to Early Greek Poetry in 1974 inaugurated Michael Silk (1941–) as a Hellenist of exceptional learning and critical acumen, as a strenuous and ambitious theorist of literature, and as a comparatist of wide reach within the Western tradition. The present volume honours this distinctive voice in literary studies with a range of
... Read more
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The Murder of Professor Schlick

The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle

by David Edmonds ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 5 min

On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise
... Read more

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