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Pacific Blitzkrieg closely examines the planning, preparation, and execution of ground operations for five major invasions in the Central Pacific. Sharon Tosi Lacey makes extensive use of previously untapped primary research material to re-examine the development of joint ground operations, the rapid transformation of tactics and equipment, and the evolution of command relationships between army and marine leadership.

Curtis J. Austin chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies, and finally destroyed the party as one member after another - Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Alex Rackley - left the party, was killed, or was imprisoned.

Unerringly, Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions, and he raises our awareness of the things we don’t yet know and why we really should. Using the latest scientific findings, The Birds at My Table takes a global swoop from 30,000 feet down to the backyard bird feeder and pushes our understanding of the many aspects of bird feeding back up to new heights.

The Immortals Among Us is a fresh exploration of Greek mythology through a modern lens. Instead of treating Zeus, Athena, Hades, and the rest as distant relics, Vera Darax reveals how these ancient figures remain archetypes that shape our world today. Power, wisdom, rebellion, desire, redemption—these are not just mythical themes; they are human realities that continue to guide the way we tell stories, create culture, and understand ourselves.

A collection of five short stories: "Hold On There", "An Hour to Kill", "Help Yourself", "One Minute Late", and "Watch Him, Duke".

A critical examination of how inequality and cultural inertia hinder meaningful climate action. The challenges of climate change, like so many issues today, are not evenly distributed across social and economic lines. In this sobering exploration of the interconnected crises of climate change and social inequality, William M. Epstein examines how entrenched cultural values and systemic inequities thwart meaningful climate action, driving humanity closer to catastrophic consequences.

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with US and Russia relations approaching a breaking point, this book provides a key to understanding how we got here. Specifically, Stephen P. Friot asks, how do Russians and Americans think about each other, and why do they see the world so differently? The answers, Friot suggests, lie in the historical events surrounding the Cold War and their divergent influence on politics and popular consciousness.

Two chapters of life in the circus during the 1980s.

Collection of five short stories.

The Cooper Saga continues with stories 411-420 in audio format.

Five short stories of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Five short stories. Stories include: "Who's Tougher" "You In or Out" "Either Way You're Dead" "Candy or Flowers" "In My Shoes".

In Republican Jesus, Tony Keddie explains not only where this right-wing Christ came from and what he stands for, but also why this version of Jesus is a fraud. By restoring Republicans’ cherry-picked gospel texts to their original literary and historical contexts, Keddie dismantles the biblical basis for Republican positions on hot-button issues like Big Government, taxation, abortion, immigration, and climate change.

A collection of five short stories now available in audio format. These stories include Man Overboard, Try to Focus, I Know You're Lyin', No One to Blame, and You Can Save Her.

This next compilation of 10 Cooper stories include: 401 - "Geriatric Sleuth"; 402 - "Porch Pirate"; 403 - "Let It Ride"; and more....

Five short stories now available in audio format. Stories include Two Against One, In a Flash, Stan Still, Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper, and Irresistible Allure....

While much recent ecocriticism has questioned the value of nature as a concept, Thought's Wilderness insists that it is analytically and politically indispensable, and that romanticism shows us why. Without a concept of nature, Greg Ellermann argues, our thinking is limited to the world that capitalism has made. Defamiliarizing the tradition of romantic nature writing, Ellermann contends that the romantics tried to circumvent the domination of nature that is essential to modern capitalism.

A compilation of five short stories, now available in audio format. Stories include Now Who's the Boss, That's One Cool Cat, The Great Life, Somewhere Over, and Curb Alert.

Five short stories available in audio format. Stories include: "Bad Boys", "Hook Me Up", "Music Hath Charms", "Fur Sure", and "Goodbye, Me".

A collection of five short stories, now available in audio format.