[MP3CD audiobook format in Vinyl case.] [Read by Michael Edwards]An intimate look at the life of one of American history's most notable figures. Among other things, Franklin was a printer, philosopher, inventor, statesman, and not least, a writer. Franklin's autobiography captures the essence of his spirit. In it we can see him as a product of the eighteenth century enlightenment, a type of Yankee statesman who could use the language of Addison, Steele, Swift and Defoe. In his autobiography, Franklin asks himself, ''Who am I, how did I come to be, and why am I a human being as I am?'' and he answers with the honesty, wit, and charm that have made this possibly the most famous of all autobiographies.Narrated/Read by Michael Edwards.

Product Description: A complete guide to personal finance with an accompanying computer program designed to provide simple, no-nonsense accounting to help guide your financial decision making. Michael Edwards has a Master's Degree in Computer Science and has worked as Chief Financial Officer for a small Internet startup...read more

Product Description: Experts review the issues of NGO performance and accountability, providing guidance through the process of NGO assessment. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: We're happy to bring you an arrangement of Leroy Anderson's best known trumpet trio. You can feature your whole trumpet section with this truly inspiring favorite. This arrangement includes freshly engraved parts and a full score! (2: 36)

Product Description: A guide to champagne and sparkling wines covering all the best buys available following the surge in production of sparkling wines in countries such as Australia and New Zealand.

Product Description: This effervescent, fully-illustrated guide overflows with information on the history, making, selecting, aging, and enjoyment of vintage and premium champagne. This book features detailed descriptions of every champagne in France, and includes a complete index of major suppliers...read more

Product Description: This effervescent, fully-illustrated guide overflows with information on the history, making, selecting, aging, and enjoyment of vintage and premium champagne. This book features detailed descriptions of every champagne in France, and includes a complete index of major suppliers...read more

Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for those whoseek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action. Recentglobal unrest has shown the importance of social movements andstreet protests in world politics. However, as this lucid bookshows, the power that people have to shape their societies isusually channeled through day-to-day participation in voluntaryassociations and communities: expressions of “normal”civic life beyond the headlines. This is the underlying story ofcivil society. This new edition explores issues that have developedrapidly in recent years, including the overlaps between civilsociety and the market in the form of social enterprises and“venture philanthropy,” and the increasing role ofsocial media and information and communication technologies incivic interaction. Different varieties of civil society in theMiddle East, Africa and elsewhere are investigated in more detail,and case studies, data, and references have been updatedthroughout. Colleges, foundations and NGOs, policy-makers,journalists and commissions of inquiry Ð all have usedEdwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital rolethat civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-buildingcommunity, and addressing inequality and injustice. This newedition will be required reading for anyone who is interested increating a better world through voluntary citizen action.

Product Description: This expertly written and lavishly illustrated volume is destined to become the one indispensable wine reference for everyone who aspires to be truly knowledgeable on the subject. It combines the beauty of an atlas, the authority of an encyclopedia, and the contemporary views of a panel of 19 world-renowned wine experts...read more

[MP3CD audiobook format in Vinyl case][Read by Michael Edwards] In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the ''constrained'' vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the ''unconstrained'' vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. He describes how these two radically opposed views have manifested themselves in the political controversies of the past two centuries, including such contemporary issues as welfare reform, social justice, and crime. Updated to include sweeping political changes since its first publication in 1987, this revised edition of A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks. Sowell calls this book a ''culmination of thirty years of work in the history of ideas,'' and he attempts to explain the ideological difference between liberals and conservatives as a disagreement over the moral potential inherent in nature. Those who see that potential as limited prefer to constrain governmental authority, he argues. They feel that reform is difficult and often dangerous, and put their faith in family, custom, law, and traditional institutions. Conversely, those who have faith in human nature prefer to remove institutional and traditional constraints. Controversies over such diverse issues as criminal justice, income distribution, or war and peace repeatedly show an ideological divide along the lines of these two conflicting visions.

Product Description: In the last ten years, NGOs have become a force for transformation in global politics and economics. Their numbers and size have grown dramatically and they have assumed far more extensive responsibilities as intermediaries between governments, businesses and other institutions, and local communities and citizens...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)