Adam Potkay
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Heaven in a Wild Flower: The British Romantic Poets
- By: Adam Potkay
- Narrator: Adam Potkay
- Length: 8 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 30, 2009
- Language: English
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Professor Adam Potkay brings his renowned expertise on the Romantic era to bear on the period’s principal poets. Providing detailed analysis of the lives and works of literary luminaries such as Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William... Read more
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The Bible and the Roots of Western Literature
- By: Adam Potkay
- Narrator: Adam Potkay
- Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 05, 2008
- Language: English
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The Bible is renowned as a rich source of myth and parable, prose and poetry. Indeed, much of Western Literature owes an enormous debt to the unique and widely varied writings in this important religious text.
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The Russian Understanding of War
This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia’s current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises. While other books describe current Russian practice, Oscar Jonsson provides the long view to show how Russian military strategic thinking has developed from the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. He closely examines Russian primary sources including security ...
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Ms. Etta’s Fast House
Essence best-selling author Victor McGlothin’s knack for crafting superb noir fiction was showcased in the Black Expressions’ selection Borrow Trouble. With this sensational novel, McGlothin brings back notorious hustler Baltimore Floyd for more seamy intrigue. In 1947 St. Louis, Ms. Etta’s is the place where a sinner can get all the boozy action he craves-that is until ladies’ man ...
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Babel-17
Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy’s deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack.
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postChristian
It’s the end of Christianity as we know it. But it’s not a catastrophe-it’s an opportunity.
Thousands are walking away from the church. Christians are grappling with their faith. And both believers and nonbelievers wondering-what’s coming next?
Fearless and provocative, spiritual trailblazer Christian Piatt offers a roadmap to the future of faith with an unflinching examination of the ...
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Gambling with Armageddon
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War—how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn’t happen.
In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting ...
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The White Girl
“A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.”–Guardian
Australia’s leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant novel, set in the 1960s, that explores the lengths we’ll go to save the people we love–an unforgettable story of ...
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Secondhand Spirits
Lily Ivory hopes for a normal life when she opens Aunt Cora’s Closet. With her magical knack for vintage fashion-she can sense vibrations of the past from clothing and jewelry-her store becomes a big hit. But when a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area, Lily may be the only one who can unravel the crime. She tries to keep her identity a secret while ...
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Rootabaga Stories
In the village of Liver-and-Onions, there was a Potato Face Blind Man who used to play an accordion on the corner near the post office. The sometime narrator of these tales, he transports readers and listeners to Rootabaga Country, where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, the pigs wear bibs, and the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind, looking like a little hat that you could ...
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Minced Meat
They plucked him out of his own familiar world to kill him with extreme prejudice. This is what always happens to those who are just food in the bowl for someone with a better luck.But consider yourself warned: he is a very special food-the kind that eats you right back. Think again whether you really want to come and get him.And if you still do, just stay put. He’ll come for you himself.
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The Tragedy Paper
Perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Looking for Alaska, Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author, calls Elizabeth LaBan’s The Tragedy Paper “a beguiling and beautifully written tale of first love and heartbreak.”
It follows the story of Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to ...
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