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  • Huxley's Church and Maxwell's Demon

    From Theistic Science to Naturalistic Science

    by Matthew Stanley ...
    During the Victorian period, the practice of science shifted from a religious context to a naturalistic one. It is generally assumed that this shift occurred because naturalistic science was distinct from and superior to theistic science. Yet as Huxley's Church and Maxwell's Demon reveals, most of the methodological values underlying scientific practice were virtually identical for the theists and ... Read more

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  • Einstein's War

    How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I

    by Matthew Stanley ...
    **"Stanley is a storyteller par excellence."--The Washington PostKirkus Review starred review; Publishers Weekly starred review; Booklist starred reviewThe birth of a world-changing idea in the middle of a bloodbath**Einstein’s War is a riveting exploration of both the beauty of scientific creativity and enduring horrors of human nature. These two great forces battle in a story that culminates ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Grand Army of Labor

    Workers, Veterans, and the Meaning of the Civil War

    by Matthew E. Stanley ...
    Series Book 1 - Working Class in American History
    Enlisting memory in a new fight for freedomFrom the Gilded Age through the Progressive era, labor movements reinterpreted Abraham Lincoln as a liberator of working people while workers equated activism with their own service fighting for freedom during the war. Matthew E. Stanley explores the wide-ranging meanings and diverse imagery used by Civil War veterans within the sprawling radical politics ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Loyal West

    Civil War and Reunion in Middle America

    by Matthew E. Stanley ...
    A free region deeply influenced by southern mores, the Lower Middle West represented a true cultural and political median in Civil War–era America. Here grew a Unionism steeped in the mythology of the Loyal West--a myth rooted in regional and racial animosities and the belief that westerners had won the war.Matthew E. Stanley's intimate study explores the Civil War, Reconstruction, and sectional ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Ande Trembath A Tale of Old Cornwall England

    by Matthew Stanley Kemp ...
    In this book, Kemp likely explores themes of heritage, adventure, and the unique cultural landscape of Cornwall. The narrative may involve Ande Trembath navigating through various personal and social challenges, all while being deeply intertwined with the history and traditions of Cornwall. Expect richly detailed descriptions of the Cornish landscape, from its dramatic coastlines to its mysterious ... Read more

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  • Ande Trembath: A Tale of Old Cornwall England

    A young fisherman's struggle amidst Civil War-era Cornwall, blending romance, adventure, and political intrigue

    by Matthew Stanley Kemp ...
    In "Ande Trembath: A Tale of Old Cornwall England," Matthew Stanley Kemp crafts a vivid narrative that captures the essence of Cornwall's enchanting landscapes and rich cultural tapestry. The book is a blend of historical fiction and adventure, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and the interplay between man and nature. Kemp's lyrical prose and immersive dialogue bring to life the struggles ... Read more

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  • Journey Through Utopia

    A Critical Examination of Imagined Worlds in Western Literature

    by Marie Louise Berneri, Rhiannon Firth ...
    Series series Freedom Press
    Journey Through Utopia is a richly detailed and critically compelling examination of utopian literature, beginning with Plato’s Republic and continuing through to Huxley’s Brave New World. Utopias have been penned with diverse intentions: some as pictures of an ideal society, some as blueprints for action, yet others, especially in times of severe censorship, as covert criticisms of existing ... Read more

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  • Seafaring Sagas: A Compendium of 53 Fascinating Books

    Fifty-Three Classic Tales of Shipwreck, Privateering, Naval Warfare, and Life Before the Mast

    by T. T. Jeans, Ben Ames Williams, H. Bedford-Jones, Rufus Rockwell Wilson, Captain R. N. Edward Edwards, surgeon George Hamilton, William Caius Crutchley, Frank Thomas Bullen, Arthur E. Knights, Frederick Marryat, E. Keble Chatterton, G. A. Henty, R. M. Ballantyne, Richard Clynton, George Cupples, George Manville Fenn, Harry Collingwood, James Grant, John C. Hutcheson, Oliver Optic, Russell Doubleday, William Henry Giles Kingston, William Clark Russell, Elijah Kellogg, Percy F. Westerman, Molly Elliot Seawell, John Andrew Higginson, Stanley R. Matthews, Thomas Bingley, James Otis, Harry Castlemon ...
    Seafaring Sagas gathers fifty-three maritime narratives into a capacious survey of the sea as workplace, battlefield, frontier, and imaginative proving ground. Across adventure fiction, naval romance, travel-inflected yarns, instructional realism, and tales of shipwreck, piracy, rescue, and exploration, the volume traces the enduring literary power of oceanic experience. Its range is especially ... Read more

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  • Four Views on the Historical Adam

    by Denis Lamoureux, John H. Walton, C. John Collins, William D. Barrick, Gregory A. Boyd, Philip G. Ryken, Matthew Barrett, Ardel Caneday, Stanley N. Gundry ...
    Series series Counterpoints: Bible and Theology
    Were the biblical Adam and Eve historical figures, or are the early events described in Genesis primarily symbolic in nature?Behind the debate of a historical Adam is the age-old debate about evolution and the agreement between Scripture and science. With an introduction that outlines the history and main points of every viewpoint from Darwinism to Young Earth Creationism, this book then clearly ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • There is a Gunman on Campus

    Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech

    by Ben Agger, Timothy W. Luke, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Carolyn Guertin, Gwen Hunnicutt, Neal King, Patricia Nickel, Matthew A. Levy, Stanley Aronowitz0, William Ayers1, Douglas Kellner2, Michael Kimmel3, Steve Kroll-Smith4, Charles Lemert5, Stephen Pfohl6 ...
    In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades from memory, and we move on to the next thing before understanding why it commanded our attention ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Writing History with Lightning

    Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America

    by Kenneth Greenberg, William L. Andrews, Lesley J. Gordon, John David Smith, Jonathon Sarris, Catherine Clinton, John F. Marszalek, Ryan Keating, Joseph Beilein, Brian Rouleau, Donna Barbie, Allison Dorsey, Stephen Whitfield, Marcus Rediker, Nicole Etcheson, Diane Miller Sommerville, Graham Hodges, Drew Swanson, Michael Burlingame, Tom Lee, James Crisp, Kevin Waite, Jacob Lee, Matthew E. Stanley ...
    Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at Gettysburg, the proliferation and destruction of plantation slavery in the American South, Custer’s ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector

    by Darin L. Matthews, Linda L. Stanley ...
    Series series Cornerstones of Public Procurement
    Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector, Second Edition thoroughly examines the world of transportation as it relates to public procurement, stressing the importance of not only procuring the right goods, materials, and services, but also ensuring their proper delivery to their final destination. Designed to educate the public procurement professional on ways to realize enhanced ... Read more

    $112.99 USD