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Hot Coal, Cold Steel

Russian and Ukrainian Workers from the End of the Soviet Union to the Post-Communist Transformations

by Stephen Crowley ...

Well after the disintegration of the Communist Party and the Soviet state--and through several years of economic collapse--industrial workers in almost every sector of the former Soviet Union have remained quiescent and the same ineffective and unpopular trade unions still hold a virtual monopoly on worker's representation. Why? While many argue that labor is a central variable in the development ... Read more

$50.99 USD

Well after the disintegration of the Communist Party and the Soviet state--and through several years of economic collapse--industrial workers in almost every sector of the former Soviet Union have remained quiescent and the same ineffective and unpopular trade unions still hold a virtual monopoly on worker's representation. Why? While many argue that labor is a central variable in the development
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Putin's Labor Dilemma

Russian Politics between Stability and Stagnation

by Stephen Crowley ...

In Putin's Labor Dilemma**, Stephen Crowley investigates how the fear of labor protest has inhibited substantial economic transformation in Russia.** Putin boasts he has the backing of workers in the country's industrial heartland, but as economic growth slows in Russia, reviving the economy will require restructuring the country's industrial landscape. At the same time, doing so threatens to ... Read more

$21.99 USD

In Putin's Labor Dilemma**, Stephen Crowley investigates how the fear of labor protest has inhibited substantial economic transformation in Russia.** Putin boasts he has the backing of workers in the country's industrial heartland, but as economic growth slows in Russia, reviving the economy will require restructuring the country's industrial landscape. At the same time, doing so threatens to
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Working through the Past

Labor and Authoritarian Legacies in Comparative Perspective

Edited by Teri L. Caraway, Maria Lorena Cook, Stephen Crowley ...

Democratization in the developing and postcommunist world has yielded limited gains for labor. Explanations for this phenomenon have focused on the effect of economic crisis and globalization on the capacities of unions to become influential political actors and to secure policies that benefit their members. In contrast, the contributors to Working through the Past highlight the critical role that ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Democratization in the developing and postcommunist world has yielded limited gains for labor. Explanations for this phenomenon have focused on the effect of economic crisis and globalization on the capacities of unions to become influential political actors and to secure policies that benefit their members. In contrast, the contributors to Working through the Past highlight the critical role that
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Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research

Edited by Michael O′Rourke, Stephen Crowley, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, J. D. Wulfhorst ...

Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Michael O′Rourke, Stephen Crowley, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, and J. D. Wulfhorst, is a volume of previously unpublished, state-of-the-art chapters on interdisciplinary communication and collaboration written by leading figures and promising junior scholars in the world of interdisciplinary research, education, and ... Read more

$70.19 USD

Enhancing Communication & Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research, edited by Michael O′Rourke, Stephen Crowley, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, and J. D. Wulfhorst, is a volume of previously unpublished, state-of-the-art chapters on interdisciplinary communication and collaboration written by leading figures and promising junior scholars in the world of interdisciplinary research, education, and
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 2

Mikhail Bulgakov to Gustave Flaubert

by Mikhail Bulgakov, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Ivan Bunin, A M Burrage, Bernard Capes, Ion Luca Caragiale, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, John Chilton Wilkie Collins, Frederick Cowles, Stephen Crane, F Marion Crawford, Aleister Crowley, Ulric Daubeny, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Prosper Merimee, Gustave Flaubert ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Lisa Bowerman, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Read more

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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
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Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent ...

Narrated by Sam O'Mahony, Stephen Hogan, Paul Hickey, Dermot Crowley, Mary-Lou McCarthy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Lying in Wait, a biting and masterful “dark jewel of a novel” (A.J. Finn, #1New York Times bestselling author) that explores the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations—for fans of HBO’s acclaimed series Succession.All three of the Drumm brothers were at the funeral.But one of them was in the coffin ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Lying in Wait, a biting and masterful “dark jewel of a novel” (A.J. Finn, #1New York Times bestselling author) that explores the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations—for fans of HBO’s acclaimed series Succession.All three of the Drumm brothers were at the funeral.But one of them was in the coffin
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Lazarus

A novel

by Lars Kepler ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Killer Instinct
Unabridged

16 hours 38 min

**#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A nonstop roller coaster of suspense, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of perfectly realized characters. And, oh, what a villain! ... The definition of a one-sitting read!” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of The Goodbye ManSometimes the past won't stay buried.**All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. ... Read more

$25.00 USD

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**#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A nonstop roller coaster of suspense, taking us deep into the hearts and minds of perfectly realized characters. And, oh, what a villain! ... The definition of a one-sitting read!” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of The Goodbye ManSometimes the past won't stay buried.**All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths.
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The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück

How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-Female Concentration Camp

by Lynne Olson ...

Narrated by Lisa Flanagan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

The extraordinary true story of a small group of Frenchwomen, all Resistance members, who banded together in a notorious concentration camp to defy the Nazis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War“At once heartbreaking and beautifully told, this is a masterwork of nonfiction, a must-read for anyone who wants more of the incredible true story behind Lilac Girls.” ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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The extraordinary true story of a small group of Frenchwomen, all Resistance members, who banded together in a notorious concentration camp to defy the Nazis—from the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War“At once heartbreaking and beautifully told, this is a masterwork of nonfiction, a must-read for anyone who wants more of the incredible true story behind Lilac Girls.”
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Pretty as a Picture

A Novel

by Elizabeth Little ...

Narrated by Julia Whelan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

**A Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, and CrimeReads Best Mystery Book of 2020"Funny, fast-paced, and a pleasure to read." --The Wall Street JournalAn egomaniacal movie director, an isolated island, and a decades-old murder--the addictive new novel from the bestselling author of Dear Daughter**Marissa Dahl, a shy but successful film editor, travels to a small island off the coast of Delaware to ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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**A Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, and CrimeReads Best Mystery Book of 2020"Funny, fast-paced, and a pleasure to read." --The Wall Street JournalAn egomaniacal movie director, an isolated island, and a decades-old murder--the addictive new novel from the bestselling author of Dear Daughter**Marissa Dahl, a shy but successful film editor, travels to a small island off the coast of Delaware to
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Coram House

A Novel

by Bailey Seybolt ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Chris Henry Coffey, Jason Culp, Jackie Sanders ...

Unabridged

12 hours 1 min

Sharp Objects meets The Appeal in this “atmospheric and chilling” (Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author) novel—based on a shocking true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates a decades-old mystery at a crumbling orphanage.On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace from Coram House, an orphanage on the shores of Lake ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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Sharp Objects meets The Appeal in this “atmospheric and chilling” (Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author) novel—based on a shocking true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates a decades-old mystery at a crumbling orphanage.On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace from Coram House, an orphanage on the shores of Lake
... Read more

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The Fire Witness

A novel

by Lars Kepler ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Killer Instinct
Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

The third installment of the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, The Fire Witness sees Joona drawn into a gruesome, mysterious murder at a home for wayward girls.Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets pulled into the investigation of a horrific murder at a home for wayward teenage girls. One girl is dead, and another is missing. ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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The third installment of the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, The Fire Witness sees Joona drawn into a gruesome, mysterious murder at a home for wayward girls.Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets pulled into the investigation of a horrific murder at a home for wayward teenage girls. One girl is dead, and another is missing.
... Read more

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The Dark Library

A Novel

by Mary Anna Evans ...

Narrated by Kimberly M. Wetherell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 51 min

"A fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author for The Physicists' DaughterCan a family’s dark history repeat itself?Estella Ecker has returned to Rockfall House, the last place on earth she wants to be. Years after she ran away from her overbearing father, she has been forced back home to walk in his footsteps, teaching at the college he ... Read more

$20.99 USD

"A fascinating and intelligent WWII home front story." —Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author for The Physicists' DaughterCan a family’s dark history repeat itself?Estella Ecker has returned to Rockfall House, the last place on earth she wants to be. Years after she ran away from her overbearing father, she has been forced back home to walk in his footsteps, teaching at the college he
... Read more

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