(0)Arthur Morey
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
p2014
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm currents sustained a verdant island at the top of the world. National glory would fall to whoever could plant his flag upon its shores....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day, the turning point of World War II. This gripping account by acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that, had it been unsuccessful, the entire Normandy invasion might have failed...This...
Author
Series
Masks of God volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This second volume of the Masks of God series looks at Asian mythology as it developed over five thousand years into the distinctive religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Japan.
Author
Series
Masks of God volume 1
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This first volume in Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology looks at the wellsprings of myth--from the earliest expressions of religious awe in cave paintings and sculptures, to the rites and art of contemporary primal tribes.
Author
Series
Masks of God volume 3
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Campbell explores the pagan religions of Greece, Rome, and the Celts, as well as the Abrahamic religions--Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Exploring the West's shift from female-centered to male-centered mythology, Campbell examines the distinguishing characteristics and the shared root concepts of these mythologies.
Author
Series
Masks of God volume 4
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This fourth volume in Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology looks at the birth of the modern, individualistic mythology as it developed in Europe.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. She sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside...
29) Let us dream
Author
Publisher
Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Pope Francis reflects on the Catholic role in dealing with crises, citing the 2020 pandemic and discussing rescuing society and protecting the most vulnerable among us, such as the poor and the marginalized.
31) Earth Afire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is the story of the First Formic War.
Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. Not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat. They didn't believe that until space stations and ships and colonies went up in sudden flame.
And when that happened,
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty years since his New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History first appeared, Davis has shown that Americans don't hate history, just the dull version dished out in school. Now Davis turns his attention to what is arguably the most important and most fascinating subject in American history : our presidents. From the heated debates over executive powers through the curious election of George Washington in 1789 and, for...
33) The swarm
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 1
Language
English
Description
Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm.
The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new listeners alike. Covering everything from how to blend in with suspicious normals to the most popular time loops to visit as a temporal tourist, this essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices,...
36) The hive
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first scout ship. Now it's clear that there's a mother-ship out on the edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth's warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of The First Formic War continues in Earth Awakens.
Nearly 100 years before the events of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game, humans were just beginning to step off Earth and out into the Solar System. A thin web of ships in both asteroid belts; a few stations; a corporate settlement on Luna. No one had seen any sign of other space-faring races; everyone expected that First Contact, if it came, would
38) Dead Souls
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
Author
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the world, a German named August Petermann, believed that warm...