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  • Audiobook

    The Wizards and the Warriors

    by Hugh Cook ...
    Narrated by Morgan Scott ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

    Unabridged

    16 hours 37 min

    The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness, the legendary ten‑book epic fantasy series by cult author Hugh Cook, returns to print with Book One: The Wizards and the Warriors.Praise for The Wizards and the Warriors“One of the great triumphs of fantasy fiction — ahead of its time and absolutely deserving a fresh visit.” — Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo‑winning author of Children of Time“A genuine work of ge... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seasons in Manana

    Baseball, beaches, going barefoot at school...For Alan Cook, it's great to be a kid in early 1970s Hawaii. Recent transplants from Tennessee, Alan and his family find themselves thrust into a new world that straddles military and island civilian; traditional armed forces and anti-military counterculture. Baseball. It is young Alan Cook's Hawaii obsession. So manic is Alan about the game, that he ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exploring Commodities

    An Anthropologist on the Trails of Malinowski and Traven in Mexico

    by Scott Cook ...
    Commodities of one type or other have been produced, transferred and consumed in the economic life of humanity through every epoch of its development and forms of sociocultural organization, but are pervasive in the varieties of capitalism dominating contemporary world economies. Even labor, a necessary element in all forms of commodity production, has itself been commoditized. Embodying three ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Exploring Commodities

    An Anthropologist on the Trails of Malinowski and Traven in Mexico

    by Scott Cook ...
    Commodities of one type or other have been produced, transferred and consumed in the economic life of humanity through every epoch of its development and forms of sociocultural organization, but are pervasive in the varieties of capitalism dominating contemporary world economies. Even labor, a necessary element in all forms of commodity production, has itself been commoditized. Embodying three ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Obliging Need

    Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism

    For centuries throughout large portions of the globe, petty agriculturalists and industrialists have set their physical and mental energies to work producing products for direct consumption by their households and for exchange. This twofold household reproduction strategy, according to both Marxist and neoclassical approaches to development, should have disappeared from the global economy as labor ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico

    Oaxaca Valley Communities in History

    by Scott Cook ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    In the Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico’s Southern Highland region, three facets of sociocultural life have been interconnected and interactive from colonial times to the present: first, community land as a space to live and work; second, a civil-religious system managed by reciprocity and market activity wherein obligations of citizenship, office, and festive sponsorships are met by expenditures of ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Rehearsing for Doomsday

    Memoir of a Nuclear Missile Crew Commander

    by Scott Cook ...
    In 1988, Scott Cook was a boarding school PE teacher responsible for the proper inflation of dodge balls. A year later, he was operating an underground strategic missile control center with 10 intercontinental nuclear weapons capable of obliterating an entire country. This unexpected journey took him from the serene hills of Virginia through months of intensive training on the California coast to ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Markets in Oaxaca

    Markets in Oaxaca is a study of the regional peasant marketing system in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. It relates the marketing system to other aspects of the regional economy, to neighboring regions, and to the Mexican national economy. Combining ethnographic, theoretical, and regional analyses, it suggests new directions in the fields of peasant and development studies.Contributors to the volume ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development

    Challenges and Assessment in Civil Engineering

    Edited by Scott Younger, Jasper Cook ...
    This compelling collection of insights from seasoned civil engineering professionals sheds light on the crucial aspects of sustainable development through the unique perspective of those who help build our world.The narrative begins by placing sustainable development in its rich historical context, examining how past events have shaped our current development trajectory and exploring potential ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Ride to the Lady, and Other Poems (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    1 hour 20 min

    In "The Ride to the Lady, and Other Poems," Helen Gray Cone weaves a tapestry of lyrical verse that explores the complexities of love, loss, and the human condition. Through vivid imagery and evocative language, she transports readers to a realm where emotions run deep and the boundaries between reality and imagination blur. From the titular poem's poignant journey to the ethereal landscapes of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts

    Studies in the Conservation of North American Passerine Birds

    In the past two centuries, cowbirds have increased in numbers and extended their range across North America, while many of the native songbird species whose nests they parasitize to raise their young have declined. This timely book collects forty essays by most of the principal authorities on the biology and management of cowbirds. The book's goals are to explore the biology of cowbirds, the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Disasters in Australia and New Zealand

    Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe

    Edited by Scott McKinnon, Margaret Cook ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Disasters in Australia and New Zealand brings together a collection of essays on the history of disasters in both countries. Leading experts provide a timely interrogation of long-held assumptions about the impacts of bushfires, floods, cyclones and earthquakes, exploring the blurred line between nature and culture, asking what are the anthropogenic causes of ‘natural’ disasters? How have ... Read more

    $116.09 USD