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Achilles and Hector - The Homeric Hero by Seth Benardete; Michael Davis (Introduction by, Instructed by); Ronna Burger (Editor, Engineer)
Category: Non-Fiction
Benardete's 1955 doctoral dissertation in social thought for the University of Chicago was published in two parts in the St. John's Review in the spring and summer of 1985. The parts do not take the opposing hero's of Homer's Iliad in turn, as might be expected, but discuss first the style and then the ...Show more
Battlefield Earth - A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard; R. F. Daley (Contribution by); Charles Davis (Contribution by); Neil Dickson (Contribution by); Ellen Dubin (Contribution by); Michael Gough (Contribution by); Kaleo Griffith (Contribution by); Christina Huntington (Contribution by); Larrs Jackson (Contribution by); Gregory Lee Kenyon (Contribution by); Don Leslie (Contribution by); Scott Menville (Contribution by); Ralph Lister (Contribution by); Jim Meskimen (Contribution by); Tamra Meskimen (Contribution by); Mark Mintz (Contribution by); Phil Needham (Contribution by); Joe Ochman (Contribution by); Phil Proctor (Contribution by); Enn Reitel (Contribution by); Patrick Renna (Contribution by); Darren Richardson (Contribution by); Fred Tatascoire (Contribution by); Alan Shearman (Contribution by); Thomas Silcott (Contribution by); Roger Steffens (Contribution by); Tadao Tomomatsu (Contribution by); Bob Walter (Contribution by); Jason Wilburn (Contribution by); Matt Wolf (Contribution by); Robert Wu (Contribution by); Michael Yurchak (Contribution by); Rick Zieff (Contribution by); Josh Clark (Narrated by); Stefan Rudnicki (Contribution by); Roy Abramsohn (Contribution by); Corey Burton (Contribution by); Nancy Cartwright (Contribution by); Bob Caso (Contribution by)
Category: Audio
Battlefield Earth is an enormous epic of adventure set in the year 3000, when the future survival of what's left of the human race is at stake. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to venture out of the small and dwindling community of humans barely surviving in their Rocky Mountain retreat, he has no thou ...Show more
Border Wars - Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration by Julie Hirschfeld Davis; Michael D. Shear
Category: Politics
Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trump's presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US. As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Tru ...Show more
Border Wars - Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration by Julie Hirschfeld Davis; Michael D. Shear
Category: Politics
Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, "fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration's more brazen assaults on immigration" (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump's presidency. No issue matters more t ...Show more
Building Scientific Apparatus by John H. Moore; Christopher C. Davis; Michael A. Coplan; Sandra C. Greer (Contribution by)
Category: Science
Building Scientific Apparatus is a unique single-volume reference for the scientist or engineer whose work requires the construction of unique apparatus. The basic principles of mechanics, optics and electronics required in the design of laboratory devices are covered in sufficient detail that reference ...Show more
Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen by Gerry Davis; Nicholas Briggs (Read by); Michael Kilgarriff (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Doctor Who Ser.
The Cybermen -- silver, indestructible monsters whose only goal is power -- seem to have disappeared from their planet, Telos. When a party of archaeologists, joined by the Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria, land on the Cybermen’s barren, deserted planet, they uncover what appears to be their tomb. But once i ...Show more
Girls of the World - Doing More Than Ever Before by Linsey Davis; Michael Tyler; Lucy Fleming (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Encourage children to use their voices, talents, and intelligence to help the world and raise awareness of girls and all the amazing things they do! An inspiration for readers of all ages, Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before calls attention to the truth that it's never too soon to become awa ...Show more
Henry Darger by Klaua Biesenbach; Brooke Davis Anderson (Contribution by); Michael Bonesteel (Contribution by); Carl Watson (Contribution by)
Category: Art
Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous ...Show more
Men in Blazers Present Gods of Soccer - The Pantheon of the 100 Greatest Soccer Players (According to Us) by Roger Bennett; Michael Davies; Miranda Davis; Nate Kitch (Illustrator)
Category: Sport
From the hosts of the popular podcast and tv show Men in Blazers, comes their completely scientific, 100% definitive, defend-to-the-death list of the greatest soccer players of all time. Every fan has their own list of the 100 soccer players they consider the greatest ever to play the game. A list ba ...Show more
Mining Mud and Medals by Di Campbell (Research by); Damien Finlayson; Simon Jacks; Janice Newton; Clare Gervasoni (Index by); Yvon Davis ((various roles)); Michael Taffe 10th
Category: History
Members of the Australian Mining Corps were commonly known as 'tunnellers'. They worked continuously in wet and muddy conditions, under constant enemy threat in often narrow tunnels, under no man's land.The Ballarat Electorate has enjoyed a long history connected with mining and many men with mining exp ...Show more
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis
Category: Performing Arts
Sesame Street is the longest-running, and arguably most beloved,children's television program ever created. Today, it reaches some six million preschoolers weekly in the United States and countless others in 140 countries around the world. Street Gang is the compelling, comical, and inspiring story of a ...Show more
The Challenge to NATO - Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance by Michael O. Slobodchikoff (Editor); G. Doug Davis (Editor); Brandon Stewart (Editor)
Category: Military
The post-Cold War order established by the United States is at a crossroads: no longer is the liberal order and U.S. hegemonic power a given. The Challenge to NATO is a concise review of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), its relationship with the United States, and its implications for glob ...Show more