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  • Audiobook

    Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer's Case Stories

    Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    What happens when loneliness engulfs us? How do we manage life when the absence of adequate connections becomes an excruciating hunger?During his extraordinary decades-long career as an attorney, J. W. Freiberg consulted on hundreds of cases involving clients affected by chronic and debilitating loneliness. Here, in four adapted stories from his practice, he reveals how loneliness can impact us in ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone

    A new collection of case stories from "the Oliver Sacks of law."In this follow-up to his acclaimed book, "Four Seasons of Loneliness" (winner of the 2017 Independent Publishers Gold Prize as the best book of the year in Psychology / Mental Health), social psychologist turned lawyer J. W. Freiberg continues to explore chronic loneliness, one of modern society's most serious public health crises.In ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer's Case Stories

    What happens when loneliness engulfs us? How do we manage life when the absence of adequate connections becomes an excruciating hunger?During his extraordinary decades-long career as an attorney, J. W. Freiberg consulted on hundreds of cases involving clients affected by chronic and debilitating loneliness. Here, in four adapted stories from his practice, he reveals how loneliness can impact us in ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Growing Up Lonely: Disconnection and Misconnection in the Lives of Our Children

    "Growing Up" Lonely is derived from papers presented at the 2018 symposium, "Loneliness and the Power of Permanency," attended by more than four hundred mental health professionals and sponsored by The Home for Little Wanderers, the United States' first child social welfare agency, founded in 1799.With insights aimed at both professional clinicians and the general public, the book features papers ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Numericon

    A Journey through the Hidden Lives of Numbers

    Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Funny, bizarre, tragic and dramatic, these stories reveal the power, passion and beauty of mathematics.Each chapter is an intriguing story about a number, including why 3 is strong, e is natural and Graham's number is too big to write.Packed ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Places That Saw Us

    When The Future Had No Name

    Some places you visit once. Others stay with you for life. At seventeen, Werner Freiberger sets off for Greece. Decades later, he returns with his wife and son. Between Athens and the Greek islands, a life unfolds: youthful bravado, friendship and love, the pain of parting and the hope of what lies ahead. But how do we remember our younger selves? What stays with us from nights with friends, big ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Fire in the Valley

    The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer

    In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • Nanovation

    How a Little Car Can Teach the World to Think Big and Act Bold

    The Nano car disrupted an entire industry and changed the game in India forever. But this inspiring book is more than the story of one ingenious invention. Nanovation explains how revolutionary business thinking and product design can have profound effects on companies, industries, and the world. Discover the thought processes that bred innovation, the leadership that overcame adversity, the risks ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nipah Virus

    Methods and Protocols

    Series series Springer Protocols
    This volume summarizes key methods and advancements in the field of henipavirus molecular biology. Chapters guide readers through protocols focusing on emerging bat-borne paramyxoviruses as well as pathogenicity caused by Nipah and Hendra viruses. Protocols are also included to help develop diagnostic tools, antiviral therapeutics, and vaccine creation. Written in the format of the highly ... Read more

    $179.59 CAD

  • Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy

    Edited by Arie Freiberg, Karen Gelb ...
    Public outcries and political platforms based on misinformation and misconceptions about the criminal justice system and current sentencing practice occur all too often in democratic societies. Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy attempts to address this problem by bringing together important contributions from a number of distinguished experts in the field.Penal Populism ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Fractal Geometry and Stochastics VI

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This collection of contributions originates from the well-established conference series "Fractal Geometry and Stochastics" which brings together researchers from different fields using concepts and methods from fractal geometry.Carefully selected papers from keynote and invited speakers are included, both discussing exciting new trends and results and giving a gentle introduction to some recent ... Read more

    $192.19 CAD

  • Dawn Over Suez

    The Rise of American Power in the Middle East, 1953-1957

    No event in post World War II diplomacy has been more written about than the Suez crisis of 1956-and for good reason: it signaled the fall of British power and influence in the Middle East. But most accounts, based on limited information, have focused on the invasion of Suez and the collusion between Britain, France, and Israel as the turning point in Washington's break with London and its ... Read more

    $21.29 CAD