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  • The South in Winter

    by Peter Benson ...
    Matthew Baxter was almost there. Almost a writer, almost a lover, almost a traveller. He wrote for the Tread Lightly range of travel guides, he loved his boss and he was about to catch a plane to the south. His job was to give an out-of-season slant to the Italian guide, and he was ready. Almost. For everything wasn't exactly as it should have been. In fact, nothing was exactly as it should have ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tobacco Capitalism

    Growers, Migrant Workers, and the Changing Face of a Global Industry

    by Peter Benson ...
    Tobacco Capitalism tells the story of the people who live and work on U.S. tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. Against the backdrop of the antitobacco movement, the globalization and industrialization of agriculture, and intense debates over immigration, Peter Benson draws on years of field research to examine the moral and financial struggles ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • The Stromness Dinner

    by Peter Benson ...
    Ed Beech is one half of Beech Building Services. He's based in Bermondsey but no job's too small, no distance too great. So when he's asked to do some work on a house in Orkney, he loads the van with paint, tools and sandwiches, and takes off. He gets nervous around farm animals and large ships, and he's never been so far north, but when he's joined by Claire, his client's city banker sister, he ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Justice in Transactions

    A Theory of Contract Law

    by Peter Benson ...
    “One of the most important contributions to the field of contract theory—if not the most important—in the past 25 years.” —Stephen A. Smith, McGill UniversityCan we account for contract law on a moral basis that is acceptable from the standpoint of liberal justice? To answer this question, Peter Benson develops a theory of contract that is completely independent of—and arguably superior to—long ... Read more

    $77.09 USD

  • Kidnap Fury of the Smoking Lovers

    by Peter Benson ...
    "Engaging and entertaining, it's the perfect read to provide a bit of escapism." – Rhianon Holley; Buzz Magazine. Fargo Hawkins is 20, he's Harry Swaine's gardener. One day, after he sees a fight between Harry and his wife Anne, Fargo steals a car and he, Anne and a dog called Radar go on the run. They are chased across England by Harry, a firm of detectives and their emotions. Eventually, at a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battling Siki

    A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race, and Murder in the 1920s

    by Peter Benson ...
    Battling Siki (1887–1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world, and was written about in detail by such figures as Ring Lardner and his son John, Damon Runyon, and Westbrook Pegler. One can find his legacy in the name of a popular rock group, one of Che Guevara’s lieutenants, a character on Xena, Warrior Princess, and the Battling Siki Hotel in the fighter’s ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Whittling Handbook

    20 Charming Projects for Carving Wood by Hand

    by Peter Benson ...
    A refreshed edition of a practical and charming introduction to the time-honored craft of whittling—now with brand-new step-by-step illustrations.Whittling can help you relax even as you create useful and beautiful art with just a knife and some timber. The Whittling Handbook helps beginners explore this time-honored craft and learn foundational skills, from gathering the basic tools to choosing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Stuck Moving

    Or, How I Learned to Love (and Lament) Anthropology

    by Peter Benson ...
    Series Book 9 - Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century
    This one-of-a-kind literary and conceptual experiment does anthropology differently—in all the wrong ways. No field trips. No other cultures. This is a personal journey within anthropology itself, and a kind of love story. A critical, candid, hilarious take on the culture of academia and, ultimately, contemporary society.Stuck Moving follows a professor affected by bipolar disorder, drug addiction ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism

    Shifting Healthcare Landscapes in Maya Guatemala

    by Anita Chary, Peter Rohloff, Peter Benson, Alejandra Colom, Shom N. Dasgupta-Tsikinas, David Flood, Rachel Hall-Clifford, Nora King, Jonathan Maupin0, Carla Pezzia1, Paul Wise2 ...
    Privatization and the New Medical Pluralism is the first collection of its kind to explore the contemporary terrain of healthcare in Guatemala through reflective ethnography. This volume offers a nuanced portrait of the effects of healthcare privatization for indigenous Maya people, who have historically endured numerous disparities in health and healthcare access. The collection provides an ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Sparks

    How Parents Can Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers

    by Peter L. Benson ...
    In this practical book, Dr. Peter Benson, a leading authority on childhood and adolescence, describes a simple yet powerful plan for awakening the spark that lives inside each and every young person. Sparks—when illuminated and nurtured—give young people joy, energy, and direction. They have the power to change a young person’s life from one of “surviving” to “thriving.” Grounded in new research ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke

    by Benson, Peter ...
    When young Elliot gets a labourers job at Mr Evanss after being sacked from a pig farm for liberating six of its sows, he thinks hell have even more opportunities to lean on gates or stare at fields. But his best mate Spike keeps getting him into trouble, first by showing him what is being grown in a tucked-away polytunnel, and then turning up at his caravans door with a van full of weed. As ... Read more

    $9.29 USD

  • Audiobook

    Hijacked!

    How Dr. King's Dream Became a Nightmare

    by Clarence Washington Sr. ...
    Narrated by Peter Benson ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - How Dr. King's Dream Became a Nightmare, The Dream

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    In this four-volume series, Hijacked!: How Dr. King's Dream Became a Nightmare, author Clarence Washington, Sr. dissects Dr. Martin Luther King's dream and explores how our failure to adhere to its principles has allowed the dream to be hijacked and turned to a nightmare - and it’s time to wake up.In the first volume of the Hijacked! collection, The Dream, the author clarifies the principles for ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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