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    The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

    Stories

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    The classic JT LeRoy story collection is now available in audio for the first time ever, featuring eleven previously uncollected stories, including one never before published, and an all-star line-up of twenty-one narrators.“Beautifully structured and written.”—Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to BrooklynThis book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Arabic Short Stories

    A Bilingual Reader

    Edited by Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman ...
    The stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West, such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fu'ad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, the collection includes stories by key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unrig

    How to Fix Our Broken Democracy

    Series series World Citizen Comics
    An intriguing and accessible nonfiction graphic novel about the role wealth and influence play in American democracy.Despite our immense political divisions, Americans are nearly united in our belief that something is wrong with our government: It works for the wealthy and powerful, but not for anyone else. Unrig exposes the twisted roots of our broken democracy and highlights the heroic efforts ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Law and Justice in Song

    Murder Ballads and Popular Music

    by Daniel Newman ...
    Series series Transforming Legal Histories
    This book examines the murder ballad form, songs about death and killing, from a legal history perspective. It is held that taking on the long history of the murder ballad is a way that we can understand how death and killing in song has a function in dealing with the world around us. The book integrates law and humanities scholarship with diverse musical case studies to construct a typology of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Experiences of Criminal Justice

    Perspectives From Wales on a System in Crisis

    Austerity continues to impact the criminal justice process in England and Wales: police numbers are down, the Crown Prosecution Service is in disarray, legal aid has been reduced, courts are closing and magistrates are leaving.Research into the criminal process usually focuses on England, however this book offers a rare insight into South Wales. Drawing on first-hand accounts of lawyers, police, ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • The Sultan's Sex Potions

    Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages

    Edited by Daniel L. Newman ...
    Arabic erotic literature has a long and rich history, which goes back as far as the ninth century. Far from being the pursuit of prurient pornographers, eroticism and sexuality received considerable attention from scholars.Written by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 - 1274), one of the leading scientists of the age, The Sultan's Sex Potions is part of a relatively small group of works devoted to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Shoreline of Infinity 5

    Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine

    Series series Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine
    Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction MagazineAs the leaves turn to brown or the blossom appears (Northern or Southern hemispheres) we have some great new stories, interview with Simon Mordem, a freshly minted column by Ruth EJ Booth, poetry from Andrew Blair and Ruth Aylett. We have a fine selection of book reviews, a new comic from Stuart Beel, and our journey through classic Scottish science ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence

    How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantageUntil recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere. Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • An Imam in Paris

    Account of a Stay in France by an Egyptian Cleric (1826-1831)

    Translated by Daniel L. Newman ...
    Series Book 0 - Saqi Essentials S.
    In the 1820s, Rifa`a Rafi` al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, was a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission to Paris, where he remained for five years, documenting his observations of European culture. His account, Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz, is one of the earliest and most influential records of the Muslim encounter with Enlightenment-era European thought, introducing ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Exile's Cookbook

    Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa

    The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa in the period – its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, but also its links to culinary traditions in other parts of the Muslim world. This elegant ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Arabic Short Stories

    A Bilingual Reader

    Edited by Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman ...
    The stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West, such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fu'ad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize winner Najib Mahfuz, the collection includes stories by key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Human/Machine

    The Future of our Partnership with Machines

    Series series Kogan Page Inspire
    Will the workplace of the future be overrun by machines and robots? Are the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI) on the cusp of dethroning us in efficiency, intelligence and innovative potential? Automation and AI will augment our human world and potential.The winners of the future of work are those that harness the power of machines to their advantage. Human/Machine is the only guide you ... Read more

    $23.99 USD