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  • Day’s End
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    Though the day is cool and windy, Khalid is sweating profusely by the time he rounds the south corner of the market’s main avenue. The entire marketplace is more than ten blocks long, and the choice of precise location is entirely his. Do not attract attention, they had said. Ride at the same speed as everyone else. Best if you do not stop before pushing the button. Just keep r...
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    24,02 €

  • Hegel & Hobbes Have an Adventure
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    Two old friends. Two new friends. One BIG adventure! Hegel and Hobbes have very different philosophies about life as they set out on a wondrous journey that will introduce them to new companions and teach them valuable lessons about teamwork, creativity, and the importance of keeping a positive outlook on life. Learn how high you can climb and how far you can go if you have fai...
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    16,31 €

  • The Book of Names
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    From the author of Sistina, Alone in the Light, and World Hunger The Book of Names is Brian Kenneth Swain’s first collection of short fiction. The stories, characters, and themes explored in this work are as universal as they are diverse: bravery, greed, legacy, and a serious infatuation with horses and French horns. In the title story, one soldier turns hopelessness into a mom...
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    16,17 €

  • Chicken Feet
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    Something NewLester buys chicken feet on a stickat Wing Fat’s down on Mott Street.He does not know why.He’s not even surewhat you do with a chicken foot ...-Brian Kenneth SwainSeasoned writer and poet Brian Kenneth Swain knows that some seeds take longer to germinate than others. After entering a new phase of life several years ago, Swain began writing free verse that not only ...
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    11,15 €

  • Sistina
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    Come and look upon these things, so that you may understand and believe. Sistina, Brian Kenneth Swain?s gripping and thought-provoking new novel, is a story two thousand years in the making. The events set in motion following Christ?s crucifixion build to a crescendo during the Italian High Renaissance and will test the faith of the story?s historical and modern-day characters,...
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    14,85 €

  • The Curious Habits of Man
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    What is the one true secret to weight loss?What is the correct way to make a grilledcheese sandwich? Is the designatedhitter rule the salvation of baseball or itsundoing? Is it rational to be an optimist?And-the question that haunts us all-should toilet paper unwind over the topof the roll or from underneath?In his first collection of essays, authorBrian Kenneth Swain tackles h...
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    15,10 €

  • Alone in the Light
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    In Chechnya, a terrible mistake costs abrilliant young engineer his family.In Istanbul, an oil tanker on its maiden voyage sinks for no apparent reason.In Moscow, an astonishing new weapon threatens to upset the balance of world power.And in Sochi, a cutting-edge energy facility opens for business.Movlady Saidov is a young man struggling to navigate a tightrope between rage and...
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    17,74 €

  • My America
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    My America is a poem that examines the full range of human experience and emotion in the context of everyday places and images. From urban to rural, from the coasts to the plains, the stories are of ordinary people, their loves, their fears, and their dreams. It is 'Winesburg, Ohio' and 'On The Road', rolled up in one audacious and unforgettable journey. ...
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    11,33 €

  • World Hunger
    Brian Kenneth Swain
    Vanguard Corporation, an agricultural company led by a greedy and mercurial CEO, has developed a new line of genetically modified seed products. Designed to significantly increase crop yields and resist draught, pests, and disease in the hopes of reducing hunger in Third World countries, the seeds should also earn huge profits for the firm. Vanguard’s testing in Belarus, Colomb...
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    15,02 €