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The Digital Aesthete

Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI

Narrated by David Bendena, Lauren DePorre, Mark Owen, Nick Mondelli, Psalm Morant, Hope Shangle, Aimee Reid, Jackie Meloche, Lesa Lockford ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.Delve into the minds of robot painters, AI poets, drone forgers, and ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.Delve into the minds of robot painters, AI poets, drone forgers, and
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Bridging Research Disciplines to Advance Animal Welfare Science

A Practical Guide

by Faical Akaichi, Gareth Arnott, Marianne Benard, Grace A. Carroll, Tjard de Cock Buning, Jack Dekkers, Paul Forsythe, Robert Frodeman, Dietmar Fuchs, Luis Gomez-Raya, Johanna Gostner, Lisa Graham-Wisener, Jenny M. Groarke, Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, Alexandra Harlander, Julie Thompson Klein, Victoria E. Lee, Claire Mindus, Andrea Nolan, Rebecca E. Nordquist, Rachel S.E. Peden, Wendy M. Rauw, Jacky Reid, T. Bas Rodenburg, Marian Scott, Janice M. Siegford, Simon P. Turner, Jerine A.J. van der Eijk, Nienke van Staaveren, Kaitlin Wurtz ...

In recent years there has been a huge rise in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in animal sciences which has accelerated improvements in animal welfare. Down to earth and practical, this book gives guidance on how cross-disciplinary research can advance animal welfare. With numerous examples and case studies, the text explains: · the different concepts regarding cross-disciplinary ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

In recent years there has been a huge rise in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in animal sciences which has accelerated improvements in animal welfare. Down to earth and practical, this book gives guidance on how cross-disciplinary research can advance animal welfare. With numerous examples and case studies, the text explains: · the different concepts regarding cross-disciplinary
... Read more

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Beyond the Fringe

An Arcana Imperii Collection

by Miles Cameron ...

Narrated by Miles Cameron, Daniel York Loh, Nneka Okoye, Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

From the world of ARTIFACT SPACE comes a collection of new novellas, spanning from the core of the Galaxy far out beyond the fringe . . .Return to the Universe of the ARCANA IMPERII with a collection of novellas from Miles Cameron.Following the events of ARTIFACT SPACE, the galaxy continues to change and expand. Frontiers are challenged and what was once a safe space becomes contested, hostile, ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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From the world of ARTIFACT SPACE comes a collection of new novellas, spanning from the core of the Galaxy far out beyond the fringe . . .Return to the Universe of the ARCANA IMPERII with a collection of novellas from Miles Cameron.Following the events of ARTIFACT SPACE, the galaxy continues to change and expand. Frontiers are challenged and what was once a safe space becomes contested, hostile,
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House of Open Wounds

by Adrian Tchaikovsky ...

Narrated by David Thorpe ...

Series series The Tyrant Philosophers
Unabridged

23 hours 1 min

From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last ChancesCity-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.Which is where Yasnic, ... Read more

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From the BSFA Award-Winning Author of City Of Last ChancesCity-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.Which is where Yasnic,
... Read more
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The Luminous Dead

A Novel

by Caitlin Starling ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

Unabridged

14 hours 9 min

""This claustrophobic, horror-leaning tour de force is highly recommended for fans of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation and Andy Weir’s The Martian."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)***A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emo. ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

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""This claustrophobic, horror-leaning tour de force is highly recommended for fans of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation and Andy Weir’s The Martian."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)***A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds herself on a terrifying psychological and emo.
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Bear Head

by Adrian Tchaikovsky ...

Narrated by Laurence Bouvard, Nathan Osgood, William Hope ...

Series series Dogs of War
Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

Welcome to Hell City, MarsJimmy Martin has a sore head.He’s used to smuggling illegal data in his headspace. But this is the first time it has started talking to him.The data claims to be a distinguished academic, author and civil rights activist.It also claims to be a bear.A bear named Honey.Jimmy has nothing against bioforms—he’s one himself, albeit one engineered out of human stock—and works ... Read more

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Welcome to Hell City, MarsJimmy Martin has a sore head.He’s used to smuggling illegal data in his headspace. But this is the first time it has started talking to him.The data claims to be a distinguished academic, author and civil rights activist.It also claims to be a bear.A bear named Honey.Jimmy has nothing against bioforms—he’s one himself, albeit one engineered out of human stock—and works
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System Collapse

by Martha Wells ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Series series Murderbot Diaries
Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

Am I making it worse?I think I’m making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits.But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Am I making it worse?I think I’m making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits.But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell
... Read more
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The Mountain in the Sea

A Novel

by Ray Nayler ...

Narrated by Eunice Wong ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

“Eunice Wong’s measured pacing and mellow tones perfectly complement Nayler’s provocative exploration of memory, minds, and consciousness.” - Booklist"The theme of the nature of consciousness is equal parts intriguing, thrilling, and eerie. Best of all, it's always compellingly narrated, making for a performance that's difficult to pause."- AudioFile MagazineHumankind discovers intelligent life in ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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“Eunice Wong’s measured pacing and mellow tones perfectly complement Nayler’s provocative exploration of memory, minds, and consciousness.” - Booklist"The theme of the nature of consciousness is equal parts intriguing, thrilling, and eerie. Best of all, it's always compellingly narrated, making for a performance that's difficult to pause."- AudioFile MagazineHumankind discovers intelligent life in
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The Dragon Republic

by R. F. Kuang ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Poppy War
Unabridged

23 hours 46 min

Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters.The war is over.The war has just begun.Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she ... Read more

$66.99 CAD

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Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters.The war is over.The war has just begun.Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she
... Read more

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The Player Of Games

A Culture Novel

by Iain M. Banks ...

Narrated by Peter Kenny ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Culture
Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.'Banks is a phenomenon' William GibsonThe Culture - a utopian human-machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many expert Game ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.'Banks is a phenomenon' William GibsonThe Culture - a utopian human-machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many expert Game
... Read more

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Reach for Infinity

by Pat Cadigan, Aliette De Bodard, Greg Egan, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Ellen Klages, Karen Lord, Ken MacLeod, Ian McDonald, Linda Nagata, Hannu Rajaniemi, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Karl Schroeder, Peter Watts ...

Narrated by Denice Stradling, Michael Orenstein, Courtney Patterson, Alex Wyndham, Vyvy Nguyen, Michael G. Welch ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

HUMANITY AMONG THE STARS What happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field. The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder, ... Read more

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HUMANITY AMONG THE STARS What happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field. The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder,
... Read more

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Exhalation

Stories

by Ted Chiang ...

Narrated by Ted Chiang, Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and OthersTackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and ... Read more

$29.50 CAD

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and OthersTackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and
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