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  • Sylvia Plath

    New Views on the Poetry

    by Gary Lane ...
    Originally published in 1979. Sylvia Plath is one of the most controversial poets of our time. For some readers, she is the symbol of women oppressed. For others, she is the triumphant victim of her own intensity—the poet pursuing sensation to the ultimate uncertainty, death. For still others, she is a doomed innocent whose sensibilities were too acute for the coarseness of our world. The new ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Find the Checkmate

    by Gary Lane ...
    This title, suitable for both novices and children, allows readers to find the right way to deliver a checkmate in one, two or more moves from hundreds of positions provided by the author. By tackling these puzzles, they can begin to think like chessplayers and visualize, calculate and advance. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days

    by Gary Lane ...
    A follow-up to the bestselling 'Improve Your Chess in 7 Days', this essential chess instructor is perfect for players who are desperate to brush up on their tactics but don''t have time to devote to long hours of study. Handily arranged day by day, it is full of easy-to-follow advice on developing nifty tricks that will confound your opponent and help you win the game. It includes all the basic ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Find the Winning Move

    by Gary Lane ...
    Find the Winning Move contains hundreds of chess positions in which the reader must find the right way to deliver a winner in one, two or more moves. International Master Gary Lane uses his teaching skill and experience to present a fun but educational puzzle book that helps players develop recognition of tactical combinations. Over 400 puzzles are presented to allow players of all levels - from ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Improve Your Chess in 7 Days

    by Gary Lane ...
    No time to study but want to win more chess games? "Improve Your Chess in 7 Days" is packed with practical tips, hints on how to improve, learn from the champions and find out how to beat them - in just a week. With one short chapter for each day of the week, the book is ideal for social chess players and includes a sprinkling of chess cartoons to keep you smiling as you read.With comments and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    Seeing What Others Don't

    The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights

    by Gary Klein ...
    Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    Insights—like Darwin's understanding of the way evolution actually works, and Watson and Crick's breakthrough discoveries about the structure of DNA-can change the world. We also need insights into the everyday things that frustrate and confuse us so that we can more effectively solve problems and get things done. Yet we know very little about when, why, or how insights are formed—or what blocks ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Contagious

    Why Things Catch On

    by Jonah Berger ...
    Narrated by Keith Nobbs ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular.“Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ‘go viral’ than anyone in the world.” —Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on HappinessWhat makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Think Twice

    Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition

    by Michael J. Mauboussin ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 21 min

    How to Stop Yourself Before You Make Another Costly DecisionNo one intentionally makes bad decisions. Yet we make them all the time. In fact, some of the worst disasters in recent history—the collapse of major investment banks, the global financial meltdown—were the result of seemingly reasonable decisions made by a lot of smart people. How does this happen?Michael J. Mauboussin argues that the ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Practice Perfect

    42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better

    by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi ...
    Narrated by Brett Barry ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    We live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen—we'd spend our time watching, obsessing on, and maybe even cheering the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Bed of Procrustes

    Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

    by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...
    Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 41 min

    By the author of the modern classis The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses his major ideas in ways you least expect.The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s view of modern civilization’s ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Gut Feelings

    The Intelligence of the Unconscious

    by Gerd Gigerenzer ...
    Narrated by Dick Hill ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 29 min

    Gerd Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed us how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gigerenzer explains why our intuition is such a powerful decision-making tool.Drawing on a decade of research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Art of Explanation

    Making Your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand

    by Lee LeFever ...
    Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Your guide to becoming an explanation specialist.You've done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. People just don't see the big idea - and it's keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.The Art of Explanation is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook