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“james p othmer”

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  • Adland

    Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet

    by James P. Othmer ...
    James P. Othmer, advertising executive turned novelist, gives us a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business. On one level it’s the wickedly funny, compelling personal chronicle of the rise and fall of a modern-day ad man; a riveting insider’s look at the astonishing transformation taking place in advertising's hottest idea ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • The Futurist

    by James P. Othmer ...
    Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say, he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, a.k.a. pre-packaged B.S., to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. He is an optimist by trade and a cynic by choice. He’s the kind of man who can give a lecture on successive days to a leading pesticide manufacturer and the Organic Farmers of ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Holy Water

    by James P. Othmer ...
    A mordant, ruefully funny novel about downsizing, outsourcing, globalization, third-world dictatorships, and vasectomies, by the acclaimed author of The Futurist and Adland.Henry Tuhoe is the quintessential twenty-first-century man. He has a vague, well-compensated job working for a multinational conglomerate—but everyone around him is getting laid off as the company outsources everything it can ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

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    Holy Water

    A Novel

    by James P. Othmer ...
    Narrated by William Dufris ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    Henry Tuhoe is the quintessential twenty-first-century man. He has a vague, well-compensated job working for a multinational conglomerate—but everyone around him is getting laid off as the company outsources everything it can to third-world countries.Henry has a beautiful wife—his college sweetheart—and an idyllic new home in the leafy suburbs, complete with pool. But his wife won't let him touch ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Futurist

    by James P. Othmer ...
    Narrated by William Dufris ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, aka prepackaged bull, to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. He is an optimist by trade and a cynic by choice. He's the kind of man who can give a lecture on successive days to a leading pesticide manufacturer and the Organic Farmers of America, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Gift: a Karin Schaeffer short story

    by Katia Lief ...
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    The Good Father

    by Diane Chamberlain ...
    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne, Arielle DeLisle, Emily Durante ...

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    Four years ago, nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. But he's never regretted his decision. Bella is the light of his life. The reason behind every move he makes. And so far, she is fed. Cared for. Safe ... Read more

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  • Up in the Air

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    Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job ... Read more

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    Up in the Air

    by Walter Kirn ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

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    Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and a wardrobe of wrinkle-free slacks. With a letter of resignation sitting on his boss’s desk, and the hope of a job ... Read more

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  • Trade Mission

    by Andrew Pyper ...
    Marcus Wallace and Jonathon Bates are Canadian dot.com wunderboys, on a trade mission in Brazil to sell their intriguing concept for a new website -- Hypothesys is a virtual "morality machine" that promises to take the agony out of making choices, helping people to make the "best decisions of their lives."But the decision that the Hypothesys team makes to take an eco-tour boat ride up the Rio ... Read more

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