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Brother Brontë

A Novel

by Fernando A. Flores ...

Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.One of Kirkus' Best of Fiction 2025. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times**,** Town & Country**,** and Alta.**“Flores’s style has an exhilarating punk, D.I.Y. aplomb; it’s as if he feels he’s inventing literature for the first time.” —Mark Leyner, The New York Times Book ... ... Read more

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Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.One of Kirkus' Best of Fiction 2025. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times**,** Town & Country**,** and Alta.**“Flores’s style has an exhilarating punk, D.I.Y. aplomb; it’s as if he feels he’s inventing literature for the first time.” —Mark Leyner, The New York Times Book ...
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Tears of the Trufflepig

A Novel

by Fernando A. Flores ...

A man stumbles into a bizarre criminal underworld on the Texas-Mexico border in this debut novel blending magical realism, sci-fi, and political parable."Readers of this breakout work [will leave] thrilled and disoriented in equal measure." — The Wall Street Journal"A narcocorrido for the Island of Dr. Moreau. It's Roberto Bolaño and Gloria Anzaldúa dropping acid and staring into the sun." — <s... ... Read more

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A man stumbles into a bizarre criminal underworld on the Texas-Mexico border in this debut novel blending magical realism, sci-fi, and political parable."Readers of this breakout work [will leave] thrilled and disoriented in equal measure." — The Wall Street Journal"A narcocorrido for the Island of Dr. Moreau. It's Roberto Bolaño and Gloria Anzaldúa dropping acid and staring into the sun." — <s...
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Valleyesque

Stories

by Fernando A. Flores ...

Surreal and Satirical Tales from the Texas-Mexico Borderland"In this exuberantly strange story collection, Flores asks: Whose reality? What rules?" —Jean Chen Ho, The New York Times Book Review"These are marvelously unpredictable stories, anchored by Fernando A. Flores's deadpan prose and his surefooted navigation of those overlapping territories, the real and the fantastic, where so much of the ... Read more

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Surreal and Satirical Tales from the Texas-Mexico Borderland"In this exuberantly strange story collection, Flores asks: Whose reality? What rules?" —Jean Chen Ho, The New York Times Book Review"These are marvelously unpredictable stories, anchored by Fernando A. Flores's deadpan prose and his surefooted navigation of those overlapping territories, the real and the fantastic, where so much of the
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Brother Brontë

by Fernando A. Flores ...

Narrated by Victoria Villarreal ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times**"**Brother Brontë evokes Octavia Butler, William Gibson, and John Steinbeck; these are all my favorites, and with this book, Fernando A. Flores joins the list."—Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore"This crazy cakey world-making of Fernando A. Flores is all of literature, wid... ... Read more

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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times**"**Brother Brontë evokes Octavia Butler, William Gibson, and John Steinbeck; these are all my favorites, and with this book, Fernando A. Flores joins the list."—Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore"This crazy cakey world-making of Fernando A. Flores is all of literature, wid...
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Building Trust

In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life

by Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores ...

In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue ... Read more

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In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue
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Building Trust:In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life

In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life

by Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores ...

In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue ... Read more

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In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue
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Tears of the Trufflepig

A Novel

by Fernando A. Flores ...

Narrated by Raul Castillo ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE. One of Tor.com's Best Books of 2019."Readers of this breakout work [will leave] thrilled and disoriented in equal measure." --Sam Sacks, The Wall Street JournalOne of The Daily Beast's Best Summer Beach Reads of 2019, one of Lit Hub and The Millions's Most Anticipated Books of 2019, one of Buzzfeed and ... ... Read more

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LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE. One of Tor.com's Best Books of 2019."Readers of this breakout work [will leave] thrilled and disoriented in equal measure." --Sam Sacks, The Wall Street JournalOne of The Daily Beast's Best Summer Beach Reads of 2019, one of Lit Hub and The Millions's Most Anticipated Books of 2019, one of Buzzfeed and ...
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New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science

From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications

Edited by Paulo Flores, Fernando Viadero ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This work presents the most recent research in the mechanism and machine science field and its applications. The topics covered include: theoretical kinematics, computational kinematics, mechanism design, experimental mechanics, mechanics of robots, dynamics of machinery, dynamics of multi-body systems, control issues of mechanical systems, mechanisms for biomechanics, novel designs, mechanical ... Read more

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This work presents the most recent research in the mechanism and machine science field and its applications. The topics covered include: theoretical kinematics, computational kinematics, mechanism design, experimental mechanics, mechanics of robots, dynamics of machinery, dynamics of multi-body systems, control issues of mechanical systems, mechanisms for biomechanics, novel designs, mechanical
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Rough Sets

International Joint Conference, IJCRS 2016, Santiago de Chile, Chile, October 7–11, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Víctor Flores, Fernando Gomide, Andrzej Janusz, Claudio Meneses, Duoqian Miao, Georg Peters, Dominik Ślęzak, Guoyin Wang, Richard Weber, Yiyu Yao ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2016, held in Santiago de Chile, Chile, in October 2016.The 46 revised full papers presented together with 7 keynotes, tutorials and expert papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on Rough Sets, Approximation and Granulation; ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2016, held in Santiago de Chile, Chile, in October 2016.The 46 revised full papers presented together with 7 keynotes, tutorials and expert papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on Rough Sets, Approximation and Granulation;
... Read more
Ploughshares Spring 2021 Guest-edited by Laura van den Berg

by Laura van den Berg, Kaveh Akbar, Aldo Amparán, Eloisa Amezcua, Marianne Boruch, nicole v basta, Gabrielle Bates, Paola Bruni, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Michael Collier, Dana Curtis, Nancy Chen Long, Gustavo Firmat, April Eliza Goldman, Michele Herman, Sarah Mackey Kirby, Daniel Lawless, Anni Liu, Chloe Martinez, Matthew Minicucci, Alicia Mountain, André Naffis-Sahely, Carl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Michael Shewmaker, Ralph Sneeden, R.A. Villanueva, Cynthia Williams, Wendy Xu, Maria Zoccola, Shaleigh Kwok, 'Pemi Aguda, Venita Blackburn, Fernando A. Flores, Tania James, Fajer Alexander Khansa, Amy Lin, Claire Luchette, Zora Mai Quỳnh, Helen Phillips, Fortunato Salazar, Seth Wang, Ruth Hoberman ...

The Spring 2021 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows. ... Read more

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The Spring 2021 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.
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Strategies for an Energy Transition

Planning for a Sustainable Future

by Tania Itzel Serrano-Arévalo, Xate Geraldine Sánchez-Zarco, Francisco Javier López-Flores, Luis Fernando Lira-Barragán, Fabricio Nápoles-Rivera, César Ramírez-Márquez, José Maria Ponce-Ortega ...

Strategies for an Energy Transition: Planning for a Sustainable Future guides readers through strategic planning for a sustainable energy shift. The book covers optimization of renewable energy systems, sustainable fuel production, and unconventional resources. It also addresses the water-energy nexus, emphasizing an integrated approach that includes technological, economic, environmental, and ... Read more

$219.99 CAD

Strategies for an Energy Transition: Planning for a Sustainable Future guides readers through strategic planning for a sustainable energy shift. The book covers optimization of renewable energy systems, sustainable fuel production, and unconventional resources. It also addresses the water-energy nexus, emphasizing an integrated approach that includes technological, economic, environmental, and
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Managing Service Excellence

The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Customer-Centric Organization

by C. William Crutcher ...

What is the one thing that all businesses depend on? Customers. What could be more important, then, to your organization’s enduring success than a solid, well-planned and executed customer service strategy—a philosophy and culture that show customers that they are the reason you are in business in the first place? As this book reveals, we are all in the business of serving customers, whether they ... Read more

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What is the one thing that all businesses depend on? Customers. What could be more important, then, to your organization’s enduring success than a solid, well-planned and executed customer service strategy—a philosophy and culture that show customers that they are the reason you are in business in the first place? As this book reveals, we are all in the business of serving customers, whether they
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