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  • Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots

    by William Cook ...
    A classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cook's Plotto is one writer's personal theory--"Purpose, opposed by Obstacle, yields Conflict"--painstakingly diagrammed through hundreds of situations and scenariosA classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cook’s Plotto is one writer’s personal method, painstakingly diagrammed for the benefit of others. The theory itself may be simple—“Purpose, opposed by ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Just Mercy

    A Story of Justice and Redemption

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Reading the Constitution

    Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

    A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Dominion

    The Railway and the Rise of Canada

    by Stephen Bown ...
    A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Tell It Like It Is

    A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing

    America's favorite writing coach and bestselling author returns with an "indispensable" guide (Diana K. Sugg, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) to writing clearly and honestly in a world full of lies, propaganda, and misinformation.The darker and more dystopian the future appears, the more influential public writers become. But with so much content vying for our attention, and so much ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Nine Black Robes

    Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences

    by Joan Biskupic ...
    New York Times Editor's Choice"Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's public business in the Trump years with a history of its private dramas and conflicts... The deeper ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • San Fransicko

    Why Progressives Ruin Cities

    National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities.Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, progressives made those problems worse.Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that time, he advocated for the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Electronics And Circuit Analysis Study Guide: Signal Transforms, Fourier, Laplace & Z Transform, Transfer Function, Electronic Components, Analog & Digital Circuits (Mobi Study Guides)

    Boost Your grades with this illustrated Study Guide. You will use it from an undergraduate school all the way to graduate school and beyond.FEATURES:- Clear and concise explanations - Difficult concepts are explained in simple terms - Illustrated with graphs and diagrams - Search for the words or phrases - Includes tables of symbols, electronic components identification, and many more TABLE OF ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Art & Fear

    Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

    The book appeals equally to beginning and advanced artists. It is widely used as a required or recommended text in art classes. It has garnered over one hundred reviews and a nearly perfect five-star rating on the Amazon.com website. Over 250,000 copies have been sold. It has also been published in French and Korean language editions. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Denied

    Jeffrey Nordella grew up in near poverty, yet he succeeded in earning a medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine. He married his soulmate, had three beautiful children, and spent each day at his family and urgent care clinic doing what doctors are supposed to do and what he loved: caring for people.He never thought that advocating for his patients would make him the target of a “for profit” ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • All You Need to Know About the Music Business

    Eleventh Edition

    Dubbed “the industry bible” by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Steering The Craft

    A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

    From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer's craft.Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing.Le Guin lays out ten chapters ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

    “In 1864, the nation was riveted by a society divorce trial that had everything: cheating, wealth, feuding brothers and lurid details Weisberg’s sensitive examination reconstructs the trial while giving dimension to the real-life people involved.”—The New York Times Book Review “Editors Choice”Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Summary Of For Blood and Money Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug by Nathan Vardi

    Series series Eagle's Summaries
    To ReadersThis is a summary of (Nathan Vardi) book (For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug) It is not intended to be a replacement for the main book, but rather to provide you with key information on what the book entails. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

    Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing Exploratorium

    by K. C. Cole ...
    How do we reclaim our innate enchantment with the world? And how can we turn our natural curiosity into a deep, abiding love for knowledge? Frank Oppenheimer, the younger brother of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was captivated by these questions, and used his own intellectual inquisitiveness to found the Exploratorium, a powerfully influential museum of human awareness in San Francisco, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Storm of Steel

    Series Book 6 - The Bernicia Chronicles
    AD 643. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the sixth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles.Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl.Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • It's Your Move, 4th Edition

    A Guide to Career Transition and Job Search for Canadian Managers, Professionals and Executives

    by Marge Watters ...
    Series series It's Your Move
    For over a decade, It’s Your Move has been helping Canadian executives, managers and professionals get the job they really want with proven advice and strategies. Today, competition for jobs is tough, but at the same time, opportunities for career change are plentiful. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, It’s Your Move offers clear, proven advice and strategies includingHow to use social ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • An Introduction to South Asian Politics

    Edited by Neil DeVotta ...
    This introductory textbook provides students with a fundamental understanding of the social, political, and economic institutions of six South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It adopts a broad theoretical framework and evaluates the opportunities and constraints facing South Asia’s states within the context of democracy.Key features include:An ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • 無彩青春

    by 張娟芬 ...
    **  矛盾反覆的嫌犯自白、從未出現過的凶器……真相,是這起案子的第三個死者。在真相之後,是賞罰問題,但要在司法裡面找到正義,怎麼會這麼難?****  又經過八年的努力與煎熬,蘇建和、劉秉郎、莊林勳於二○一二年八月三十一日獲判無罪,全案定讞。最終判決採用李昌鈺博士的現場重建,認為汐止血案現場狹窄,不可能容納四個人同時行兇;全案應是一個兇手、一把兇刀所造成,與蘇建和等三人無關。**  與作者張娟芬討論的時候,我們同時想到了法律最矛盾之處:法律只是社會最低限度的保障,但人們總是冀望法律明辨是非善惡。一邊質疑司法的不公,同時卻又深深地依賴法律為我們說清楚誰對誰錯。而夾在這種期望與失望之間的我們,最終會為這樣的落差感到疲倦。究竟我們該將法律擺在什麼樣的位置?這個社會會有包青天嗎?或者,我們需要重新去釐定法律在我們心目中的地位?  蘇建和案是張娟芬參與社會運動的轉折點,因為這個案子 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad

    by Maury Klein ...
    Series series Railroads of America
    An updated, in-depth history of the rise and fall of the L&N Railroad that serviced the southeastern United States.After the Civil War, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad took the lead among southern railroads in developing rail systems and organizing transcontinental travel. Through two world wars, federal government control, internal crises, external dissension, the Depression, and the great ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finnish Fundamentals: A Journey Through Language And Culture

    by Craig Grant ...
    "In 'Finnish Fundamentals: A Journey Through Language And Culture,' readers embark on an enriching exploration of the Finnish language and the vibrant culture it represents. This captivating book delves into the intricacies of the Finnish language, offering a comprehensive understanding of its structure, history, and cultural significance.Without the need for an author's name, 'Finnish ... Read more

    $33.28 USD

  • Applied Psychometrics using SPSS and AMOS

    The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates) who are learning psychometrics, as well as professionals in the field who need a reference for use in their practice. We would assume that users have some basic knowledge of using SPSS to read data and conduct basic analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, frequency distributions). In addition, the reader should ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Effective Data Visualization

    The Right Chart for the Right Data

    NOW IN FULL COLOR!Written by sought-after speaker, designer, and researcher Stephanie D. H. Evergreen, Effective Data Visualization shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate their data findings. This comprehensive how-to guide functions as a set of blueprints—supported by both research and the author’s extensive experience with clients in industries all over the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Exposure

    Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont

    by Robert Bilott ...
    The true story of a lawyer’s fight to expose DuPont’s deadly chemical contamination—“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)1998: Attorney Rob Bilott specializes in helping big corporations follow environmental regulations. Then he gets a phone call from a West Virginia farmer who is convinced the creek on his property is being poisoned by ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $2.99 USD