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Latin American Politics

An Introduction

by David Close ...

Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general ... Read more

$32.39 USD

Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students to become stronger analysts of comparative politics and better political scientists in general
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Latin American Politics

An Introduction, Second Edition

by David Close ...

Latin American Politics, Second Edition is a thematic introduction to the political systems of all 20 Latin American countries. The approach is self-consciously comparative and encourages students to develop stronger comparative analysis skills through such topics as history, violence, democracy, and political economy. Fully updated and revised, this second edition also includes a new chapter on ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Latin American Politics, Second Edition is a thematic introduction to the political systems of all 20 Latin American countries. The approach is self-consciously comparative and encourages students to develop stronger comparative analysis skills through such topics as history, violence, democracy, and political economy. Fully updated and revised, this second edition also includes a new chapter on
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Deadly Woods Ii

A Deadly Terror Returns

by David Close ...

It all began with a dead body, naked and hanging from a tree in the woods, and continues with unprovoked animal attacks in a nearby golf course. What follows has the town residents living in fear of a deadly terror. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

It all began with a dead body, naked and hanging from a tree in the woods, and continues with unprovoked animal attacks in a nearby golf course. What follows has the town residents living in fear of a deadly terror.
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Greek Civil War, The

by David H. Close ...

Series series Origins Of Modern Wars
The Greek Civil War (1943--50) was a major conflict in its own right, developing out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans for control of Greece as the Axis forces retreated at the end of the Second World War. Spanning the transition from World War to Cold War, it also had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the ... Read more

$111.99 USD

The Greek Civil War (1943--50) was a major conflict in its own right, developing out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans for control of Greece as the Axis forces retreated at the end of the Second World War. Spanning the transition from World War to Cold War, it also had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the
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Revolution

A History of the Idea

Edited by David Close, Carl Bridge ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy
First published in 1985. Revolution has been often defined, often abused as a descriptive term for elements of the political process. This book analyses the concept of revolution, and discusses ways in which this concept has changed from Aristotle to the late twentieth-century. The historical circumstances which have shaped the idea and caused it to change are outlined. Special attention is given ... Read more

$30.99 USD

First published in 1985. Revolution has been often defined, often abused as a descriptive term for elements of the political process. This book analyses the concept of revolution, and discusses ways in which this concept has changed from Aristotle to the late twentieth-century. The historical circumstances which have shaped the idea and caused it to change are outlined. Special attention is given
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1

Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques

by Dr Shoba Sivasankar, P. Preciado-Rangel, F. A. Beltrán-Morales, F. H. Ruiz-Espinoza, B. Murillo-Amador, Dr Yinglong Chen, Ivica Djalovic, Dr Paula Bramel, Prof. Hari Upadhyaya, Prof. Juan M. Osorno0, Phillip E. McClean2, Timothy Close3, Dr Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur4, Kiran Kumar Sharma5, Dr Diego Rubiales6, Dr Bodo Raatz7, Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo8, Wilfred Odhiambo9, Chris Johansen0, Dr Laurent Bedoussac2, E-P. Journet3, H. Hauggaard-Nielsen4, C. Naudin5, G. Corre Hellou6, E. S. Jensen7, Prof. Samuel Adjei-Nsiah8, B. D. K. Ahiabor9, Dr Keith Thomas0, Tolulope A. Agunbiade2, Weilin Sun3, Brad S. Coates4, Fousséni Traore5, James A. Ojo6, Anne N. Lutomia7, Julia Bello-Bravo8, Saber Miresmailli9, Joseph E. Huesing0, Michael Agyekum1, Dr Manuele Tamò3, Prof. Barry Pittendrigh5, Prof. Don W. Morishita6, Dr L. L. Murdock7, D. Baributsa8, C. B. Singh9, Prof. D. S. Jayas0, Elizabeth Ryan1, Indi Trehan2, Kristie Smith3, Dr Mark Manary4, Dr Alan de Brauw5, Dr Enrique Troyo-Dieguez6, A. Nieto-Garibay7, J. L. García-Hernández8, Professor Kadambot Siddique9, Dr Eric Justes0 ...

Series Book 35 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varietiesCoverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storageDiscusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management ... Read more

$188.99 USD

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varietiesCoverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storageDiscusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

by George Saunders ...

Narrated by George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry ...

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14 hours 44 min

From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in
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Murder by the Sea

True Crime Stories from our Sinister Shores

by Robin Jarossi, David Howard ...

Narrated by Will Close ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

A beach read like no other! Be prepared for a journey from wherethe land meets the sea, to where life meets death.There is something sinister about a British seaside town. On the surface they’re all funfairs and breezy promenades. Yet dig a little deeper in the sand and you soon uncover an underworld of murder, madness and mayhem…Murder by the Sea Vol 1 is a companion book to the long-running true ... Read more

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A beach read like no other! Be prepared for a journey from wherethe land meets the sea, to where life meets death.There is something sinister about a British seaside town. On the surface they’re all funfairs and breezy promenades. Yet dig a little deeper in the sand and you soon uncover an underworld of murder, madness and mayhem…Murder by the Sea Vol 1 is a companion book to the long-running true
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Vigil

A Novel

by George Saunders ...

Narrated by Judy Greer, Stephen Root, MacLeod Andrews, Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall, Barrett Leddy, Eric Jason Martin, Karissa Vacker, Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Aaron Goodson, Maggi-Meg Reed, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A scorching portrait of modern America. And yet it also brings a sense of sense of hope, not only because [it] reminds us how powerful a great novel can be, but because of the sense . . . that a universal justice will prevail.”—R. J. Palacio for Time, “25 Books That Capture This American Moment”A “spectacular” (Los Angeles Times) novel from the Booker Prize ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A scorching portrait of modern America. And yet it also brings a sense of sense of hope, not only because [it] reminds us how powerful a great novel can be, but because of the sense . . . that a universal justice will prevail.”—R. J. Palacio for Time, “25 Books That Capture This American Moment”A “spectacular” (Los Angeles Times) novel from the Booker Prize
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The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

Narrated by John Freeman, Erin Bennett, Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Frankie Corzo, Ramón de Ocampo, Mark Feuerstein, Kim Mai Guest, Deepti Gupta, Dominic Hoffman0, Lisa Renee Pitts1, George Saunders2 ...

Unabridged

17 hours 11 min

A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman.IN THE PAST fifty years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of genres have ... Read more

$25.00 USD

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A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman.IN THE PAST fifty years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of genres have
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Tenth of December

Stories

by George Saunders ...

Narrated by George Saunders ...

Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the CenturyA BEST BOOK... ... Read more

$15.00 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY AND BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the CenturyA BEST BOOK...
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CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

Stories and a Novella

by George Saunders ...

Narrated by George Saunders, Joshua Ferris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. With a new introduction by Joshua Ferris and a new ... Read more

$17.50 USD

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Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. With a new introduction by Joshua Ferris and a new
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