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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices

How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives

by Frank Moss ...

If you've ever read a book on an e-reader, unleashed your inner rock star playing Guitar Hero, built a robot with LEGO Mindstorms, or ridden in a vehicle with child-safe air bags, then you've experienced first hand just a few of the astounding innovations that have come out of the Media Lab over the past 25 years. But that’s old hat for today’s researchers, who are creating technologies that will ... Read more

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If you've ever read a book on an e-reader, unleashed your inner rock star playing Guitar Hero, built a robot with LEGO Mindstorms, or ridden in a vehicle with child-safe air bags, then you've experienced first hand just a few of the astounding innovations that have come out of the Media Lab over the past 25 years. But that’s old hat for today’s researchers, who are creating technologies that will
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The American metropolis - From Knickerbocker Times to the year 1900

New York City life in all its various phases, Volumes I to III

by Frank Moss ...

The author aptly characterizes this work as a "series of itineraries" by which the reader is made familiar with much of the history of Manhattan Island by being led to the very spots associated with important historical events. But this book is much more. It is surprising and refreshing to read a defense of the Five Points from the pen of so intelligent a witness. We who are deeply interested in ... Read more

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The author aptly characterizes this work as a "series of itineraries" by which the reader is made familiar with much of the history of Manhattan Island by being led to the very spots associated with important historical events. But this book is much more. It is surprising and refreshing to read a defense of the Five Points from the pen of so intelligent a witness. We who are deeply interested in
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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices

How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives

by Frank Moss ...

Narrated by Bruce Turk ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

If you've ever read a book on an e-reader, unleashed your inner rock star playing Guitar Hero, built a robot with LEGO Mindstorms, or ridden in a vehicle with child-safe air bags, then you've experienced first hand just a few of the astounding innovations that have come out of the Media Lab over the past 25 years. But that’s old hat for today’s researchers, who are creating technologies that will ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

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If you've ever read a book on an e-reader, unleashed your inner rock star playing Guitar Hero, built a robot with LEGO Mindstorms, or ridden in a vehicle with child-safe air bags, then you've experienced first hand just a few of the astounding innovations that have come out of the Media Lab over the past 25 years. But that’s old hat for today’s researchers, who are creating technologies that will
... Read more

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Crisis Communications

Lessons from September 11

by Peter Clarke, James Alleman, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Menahem Blondheim, James William Carey, John Carey, Elisia Cohen, William H. Dutton, Joachim W. H. Haes, Joo-Young Jung, James E. Katz, Yong-Chan Kim, Jonathan Liebenau, Tamar Liebes, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Patrick Martin, Fiona McNee, Mitchell L. Moss, Frank Nainoa, A Michael Noll, Sean Phelan, Paul N. Rappoport, René-Jean Ravault, Ronald E. Rice, Everett M. Rogers, Anthony Townsend, Pille Vengerfeldt ...

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and
... Read more
Black Cat Weekly #214

by Edmund Glasby, Anna Scotti, Phyllis Ann Karr, John B. Rosenman, Albert N. Katz, Bern Sy Moss, Hal Charles, Frank Aubrey, Carolyn Wells, Hal Meredith ...

Series Book 214 - Black Cat Weekly
’Tis the season for tricks and treats, and boy do we have a lot of treats this time—including three firsts for us. For our first first, this issue, we have a Featured Author…British horror writer Edmund Glasby. Of course, longtime BCW readers are already familiar with his work, but this issue, we have three original horror novelettes (more than 20,000 words of terror), plus—our second first—a new ... Read more

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’Tis the season for tricks and treats, and boy do we have a lot of treats this time—including three firsts for us. For our first first, this issue, we have a Featured Author…British horror writer Edmund Glasby. Of course, longtime BCW readers are already familiar with his work, but this issue, we have three original horror novelettes (more than 20,000 words of terror), plus—our second first—a new
... Read more
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The World’s Shortest Stories

by Steve Moss (editor) ...

Narrated by Frank Muller ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

Murder. Love. Horror. Suspense. All this and much more in the most amazing short stories ever written--each one just 55 words long!Consider for a moment 55 words. It's an absurdly tiny number. No, it's an impossible tiny number. It's what O. Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon. You'll find murder and suspense, horror and intrigue, love and ... Read more

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Murder. Love. Horror. Suspense. All this and much more in the most amazing short stories ever written--each one just 55 words long!Consider for a moment 55 words. It's an absurdly tiny number. No, it's an impossible tiny number. It's what O. Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a business card to write upon. You'll find murder and suspense, horror and intrigue, love and
... Read more
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An Audio Bundle: The World's Shortest Stores & The World's Shortest Stories of Love and Death

Narrated by Frank Muller, Cathy Graver ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

· Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award · ForeWord Magazine Audiobook of the Year - Silver Finalist Murder. Love. Horror. Suspense. All this and much more in the most amazing short stories ever written--each one just 55 words long!Consider for a moment 55 words. It's an absurdly tiny number. No, it's an impossible tiny number. It's what O. Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

· Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award · ForeWord Magazine Audiobook of the Year - Silver Finalist Murder. Love. Horror. Suspense. All this and much more in the most amazing short stories ever written--each one just 55 words long!Consider for a moment 55 words. It's an absurdly tiny number. No, it's an impossible tiny number. It's what O. Henry might have conjured up if he'd only had the back of a
... Read more

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Seveneves

A Novel

by Neal Stephenson ...

Narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Damron ...

Unabridged

31 hours 55 min

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.What would happen if the world were ending?A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band ... Read more

$67.32 CAD

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.What would happen if the world were ending?A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band
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The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu ...

Narrated by Rosalind Chao ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Three-Body Problem Series
Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

This program is read by Rosalind Chao, who stars as Ye Wenjie in the Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem.WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVELOver 1 million copies sold in North America“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME <stro... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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This program is read by Rosalind Chao, who stars as Ye Wenjie in the Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem.WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVELOver 1 million copies sold in North America“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME <stro...
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Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Dylan Baker ...

Abridged

9 hours 4 min

2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the YearWalter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the ... Read more

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2012 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the YearWalter Isaacson’s “enthralling” (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the
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The Confession

A Novel

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by Scott Sowers ...

Unabridged

14 hours 32 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story” (The Washington Post) from “the master of the legal thriller” (USA Today), an innocent man is about to be executed—and only a guilty man can save him.WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTIONFor every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the ... Read more

$25.50 CAD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story” (The Washington Post) from “the master of the legal thriller” (USA Today), an innocent man is about to be executed—and only a guilty man can save him.WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTIONFor every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the
... Read more

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A Dance with Dragons

A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five

by George R. R. Martin ...

Narrated by Roy Dotrice ...

Series Audiobook 5 - A Song of Ice and Fire
Unabridged

48 hours 55 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESNAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADEDubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series—as b. ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESNAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADEDubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series—as b.
... Read more

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