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Ashland

by Dan Simon ...

A MARCH 2026 INDIE NEXT PICK★ “Powerfully poetic...a testament to American virtues—and flaws.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses—of the dance between permanence and transformation.The story takes place in Ashland, New Hampshire, a former mill town in ... Read more

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A MARCH 2026 INDIE NEXT PICK★ “Powerfully poetic...a testament to American virtues—and flaws.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses—of the dance between permanence and transformation.The story takes place in Ashland, New Hampshire, a former mill town in
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Self-Determination in Mediation

The Art and Science of Mirrors and Lights

by Dan Simon, Tara West ...

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Mediators are often pulled in many directions—they want to help their clients reach a speedy agreement, ensure the agreement is fair, and avoid coercion so they can honor mediation’s primary value of party self-determination. Can we have it all?In this groundbreaking resource, Dan Simon and Tara West illustrate how self-determination can mean much more than the absence of coercion—it can mean the ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Mediators are often pulled in many directions—they want to help their clients reach a speedy agreement, ensure the agreement is fair, and avoid coercion so they can honor mediation’s primary value of party self-determination. Can we have it all?In this groundbreaking resource, Dan Simon and Tara West illustrate how self-determination can mean much more than the absence of coercion—it can mean the
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Entrapment, and Other Writings

by Nelson Algren ...

Narrated by Richard Poe, Ramiz Monsef, Richard Ferrone, Nicol Zanzarella, Traber Burns ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

Nelson Algren sought humanity in the urban wilderness of postwar America, where his powerful voice rose from behind the billboards and down tin-can alleys, from among the marginalized and ignored, the outcasts and scapegoats, the punks and junkies, the whores and down-on-their luck gamblers, the punch-drunk boxers and skid-row drunkies and kids who knew they’d never reach the age of twenty-one: ... Read more

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Nelson Algren sought humanity in the urban wilderness of postwar America, where his powerful voice rose from behind the billboards and down tin-can alleys, from among the marginalized and ignored, the outcasts and scapegoats, the punks and junkies, the whores and down-on-their luck gamblers, the punch-drunk boxers and skid-row drunkies and kids who knew they’d never reach the age of twenty-one:
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Ashland

by Dan Simon ...

Narrated by Emmy Bean, Evan Sears ...

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5 hours 46 min

A MARCH 2026 INDIE NEXT PICK★ “Powerfully poetic...a testament to American virtues—and flaws.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose and a poetic portrayal of a town in decline during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses—of the dance between permanence and transformation.In Ashland, New Hampshire, ... Read more

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A MARCH 2026 INDIE NEXT PICK★ “Powerfully poetic...a testament to American virtues—and flaws.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose and a poetic portrayal of a town in decline during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses—of the dance between permanence and transformation.In Ashland, New Hampshire,
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Basher Science: Biology

Life As We Know It

by Dan Green, Simon Basher ...

Illustrated by Simon Basher ...

Series series Basher School Science
Basher Science: Biology, Life As We Know It created and illustrated by Simon Basher, Written by Dan Green:Nature's building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human body's parts and systems, Biology is a single ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Basher Science: Biology, Life As We Know It created and illustrated by Simon Basher, Written by Dan Green:Nature's building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human body's parts and systems, Biology is a single
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In Doubt

by Dan Simon ...

Criminal justice is unavoidably human. Detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape investigations; prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. Simon shows how flawed investigations produce erroneous evidence and why well-meaning juries send innocent people to prison and set the guilty free. ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

Criminal justice is unavoidably human. Detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape investigations; prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. Simon shows how flawed investigations produce erroneous evidence and why well-meaning juries send innocent people to prison and set the guilty free.
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Evolutionary Computation with Biogeography-based Optimization

by Dan Simon, Haiping Ma ...

Evolutionary computation algorithms are employed to minimize functions with large number of variables. Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is an optimization algorithm that is based on the science of biogeography, which researches the migration patterns of species. These migration paradigms provide the main logic behind BBO. Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of the optimization problems, ... Read more

$174.99 CAD

Evolutionary computation algorithms are employed to minimize functions with large number of variables. Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is an optimization algorithm that is based on the science of biogeography, which researches the migration patterns of species. These migration paradigms provide the main logic behind BBO. Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of the optimization problems,
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Writing, the Other Life

Texts and art by and about Annie Ernaux

Edited by Pierre-Louis Fort ...

**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Celebrate Annie Ernaux with this stunning collection of interviews, critical analyses, and 24 unpublished writings offering insight into her life, writing style, thoughts, and influence.Drawings, photos, handwritten manuscripts, and other visual materials make this a beautiful keepsake for new and longtime fans.**Magisterial in scope and size, Annie ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Celebrate Annie Ernaux with this stunning collection of interviews, critical analyses, and 24 unpublished writings offering insight into her life, writing style, thoughts, and influence.Drawings, photos, handwritten manuscripts, and other visual materials make this a beautiful keepsake for new and longtime fans.**Magisterial in scope and size, Annie
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Wylding Hall

by Elizabeth Hand ...

Narrated by Jennifer Woodward, John Telfer, Dan Morgan, Emma Fenney, Simon Victor, Kris Dyer, Charlotte Strevens, David Thorpe, various narrators ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

In the aftermath of the mysterious death of their lead singer, the young members of a now-legendary British acid folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient English country house with its own dark secrets. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation—but at a terrifying cost, when Julian Blake, their new lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again ... Read more

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In the aftermath of the mysterious death of their lead singer, the young members of a now-legendary British acid folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient English country house with its own dark secrets. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation—but at a terrifying cost, when Julian Blake, their new lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again
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JavaScript : Functional Programming for JavaScript Developers

Functional Programming for JavaScript Developers

by Dan Mantyla, Simon Timms, Ved Antani ...

Unlock the powers of functional programming hidden within JavaScript to build smarter, cleaner, and more reliable web appsKey Features\[\]Write powerful code with the high-level functions that JavaScript offers\[\]Discover what functional programming is, why it's effective, and how it's used in JavaScript\[\]Understand and optimize JavaScript's hidden potential as a true functional languageBook ... Read more

$64.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the powers of functional programming hidden within JavaScript to build smarter, cleaner, and more reliable web appsKey Features\[\]Write powerful code with the high-level functions that JavaScript offers\[\]Discover what functional programming is, why it's effective, and how it's used in JavaScript\[\]Understand and optimize JavaScript's hidden potential as a true functional languageBook
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The Lives of Abbie Hoffman

by Jack Hoffman, Dan Simon ...

Intertwining the details of Abbie Hoffman's intense personal life with the movement politics of the sixties, seventies, and eighties, Dan Simon writes Abbie's story from the point of view of his younger brother Jack, creating a full and poignant portrait of one of the geniuses of the 1960s counterculture. From the creation of the Yippies! in 1967 and the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National ... Read more

$18.39 CAD

Intertwining the details of Abbie Hoffman's intense personal life with the movement politics of the sixties, seventies, and eighties, Dan Simon writes Abbie's story from the point of view of his younger brother Jack, creating a full and poignant portrait of one of the geniuses of the 1960s counterculture. From the creation of the Yippies! in 1967 and the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National
... Read more
Entrapment

and Other Writings

by Nelson Algren ...

**A collection of Algren’s lost and unfinished writings, including his last novel and several stories considered to be among his masterpieces, with a new introduction by Algren's biographer Colin Asher."You should not read [Algren] if you can’t take a punch. Mr. Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful." —Ernest Hemingway**Nelson Algren ... Read more

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**A collection of Algren’s lost and unfinished writings, including his last novel and several stories considered to be among his masterpieces, with a new introduction by Algren's biographer Colin Asher."You should not read [Algren] if you can’t take a punch. Mr. Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful." —Ernest Hemingway**Nelson Algren
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