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How to Be Abe Lincoln

Seven Steps to Leading a Legendary Life

by Jonathan Shapiro ...

“This is an invaluable, genre-defying book. Leavened with great humor, it treats Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but, far more uniquely, as the human we should all strive to be.”— Scott Turow, #1 New York Times bestselling authorOver sixty-thousand books have been written about him, and most give us the heroic Lincoln. What we need now is a book that gives us the practical Lincoln. This is ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

“This is an invaluable, genre-defying book. Leavened with great humor, it treats Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but, far more uniquely, as the human we should all strive to be.”— Scott Turow, #1 New York Times bestselling authorOver sixty-thousand books have been written about him, and most give us the heroic Lincoln. What we need now is a book that gives us the practical Lincoln. This is
... Read more
Lawyers, Liars and the Art of Storytelling

by Jonathan Shapiro ...

Storytelling - what it is, why it matters, how to do it - is not a metaphor for legal advocacy. It is legal advocacy itself, and it is not limited to jury trials or court appearances: It relates to every aspect of a lawyer’s work.The practice of law is the business of persuasion, and storytelling is the most effective means of persuading. A credible lawyer capable of telling a well-reasoned story ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Storytelling - what it is, why it matters, how to do it - is not a metaphor for legal advocacy. It is legal advocacy itself, and it is not limited to jury trials or court appearances: It relates to every aspect of a lawyer’s work.The practice of law is the business of persuasion, and storytelling is the most effective means of persuading. A credible lawyer capable of telling a well-reasoned story
... Read more
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The extraordinary story of Afterpay

by Jonathan Shapiro, James Eyers ...

The fascinating behind the scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does their shopping.Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But professional investors steered clear, regarding it as over-valued.In a few short years, the Australian startup Afterpay has put a rocket ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

The fascinating behind the scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does their shopping.Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But professional investors steered clear, regarding it as over-valued.In a few short years, the Australian startup Afterpay has put a rocket
... Read more
The Slow Boil

Street Food, Rights and Public Space in Mumbai

by Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria ...

Series series South Asia in Motion
Street food vendors are both a symbol and a scourge of Mumbai: cheap roadside snacks are enjoyed by all, but the people who make them dance on a razor's edge of legality. While neighborhood associations want the vendors off cluttered sidewalks, many Mumbaikers appreciate the convenient bargains they offer. In The Slow Boil, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria draws on his long-term fieldwork with these ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Street food vendors are both a symbol and a scourge of Mumbai: cheap roadside snacks are enjoyed by all, but the people who make them dance on a razor's edge of legality. While neighborhood associations want the vendors off cluttered sidewalks, many Mumbaikers appreciate the convenient bargains they offer. In The Slow Boil, Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria draws on his long-term fieldwork with these
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Doing Fieldwork in Centres of Power

The Case of Deliberative Assemblies

Edited by Jonathan Chibois, Samuel Shapiro ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Fieldwork and Ethnographic Research
This book considers the challenges posed by fieldwork in centres of power to researchers in the social sciences, with a focus on deliberative assemblies. It includes work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars united around a common interest in producing complementary knowledge about today’s political institutions based on qualitative approaches. The chapters feature various ... Read more

$85.99 CAD

This book considers the challenges posed by fieldwork in centres of power to researchers in the social sciences, with a focus on deliberative assemblies. It includes work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars united around a common interest in producing complementary knowledge about today’s political institutions based on qualitative approaches. The chapters feature various
... Read more
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How to Be Abe Lincoln

by Jonathan Shapiro ...

Narrated by Jonathan Shapiro ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

More than at any time in American history, except perhaps Abe Lincoln's own, we need his help. And not just to inspire us. Over sixty-thousand books have been written about him, and most give us the heroic Lincoln. What we need now is a book that gives us the practical Lincoln. This is that book. It shows us how to survive our dangerously fractious age, one that is too often unmoored from truth, ... Read more

$48.99 CAD

More than at any time in American history, except perhaps Abe Lincoln's own, we need his help. And not just to inspire us. Over sixty-thousand books have been written about him, and most give us the heroic Lincoln. What we need now is a book that gives us the practical Lincoln. This is that book. It shows us how to survive our dangerously fractious age, one that is too often unmoored from truth,
... Read more
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HBR Guide to Leading Teams

by Mary Shapiro ...

Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

Series series HBR Guide
Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Great teams don't just happen.How often have you sat in team meetings complaining to yourself, "Why does it take forever for this group to make a simple decision? What are we even trying to achieve?" As a team leader, you have the power to improve things. It's up to you to get people to work well together and produce results.Written by team expert Mary Shapiro, the HBR Guide to Leading Teams will ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Great teams don't just happen.How often have you sat in team meetings complaining to yourself, "Why does it take forever for this group to make a simple decision? What are we even trying to achieve?" As a team leader, you have the power to improve things. It's up to you to get people to work well together and produce results.Written by team expert Mary Shapiro, the HBR Guide to Leading Teams will
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Specialist Outreach Clinics in General Practice

Edited by Martin Roland, Jonathan Shapiro ...

Other titles in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre series: NPCRDC:What is the Future for a Primary Care-led NHS? NPCRDC: Primary Care: Understanding Health Need and Demand NPCRDC: Better Building for Better Services NPCRDC: Primary Care and Social Services: developing new partnerships for older people NPCRDC: Primary Health Care and the Private Sector ... Read more

$75.57 CAD

Other titles in the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre series: NPCRDC:What is the Future for a Primary Care-led NHS? NPCRDC: Primary Care: Understanding Health Need and Demand NPCRDC: Better Building for Better Services NPCRDC: Primary Care and Social Services: developing new partnerships for older people NPCRDC: Primary Health Care and the Private Sector
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Deadly Force

by Jonathan Shapiro ...

Narrated by Chris Lutkin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California is responsible for enforcing the federal law of the U.S. for an area that is larger than 14 states, and has a population of more than 5 million people. Here follow Lizzie Scott as she untangles an excessive force case against a cop, all while balancing agency turf battles, secret grand jury proceedings, inter-office rivalries and on ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California is responsible for enforcing the federal law of the U.S. for an area that is larger than 14 states, and has a population of more than 5 million people. Here follow Lizzie Scott as she untangles an excessive force case against a cop, all while balancing agency turf battles, secret grand jury proceedings, inter-office rivalries and on
... Read more
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Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

by Scott J. Shapiro ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Unabridged

15 hours 9 min

"Unsettling, absolutely riveting, and—for better or worse—necessary reading." —Brian Christian, author of Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment ProblemAn entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it.It’s a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know how it works. And without understanding how our ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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"Unsettling, absolutely riveting, and—for better or worse—necessary reading." —Brian Christian, author of Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment ProblemAn entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking—and why we all need to understand it.It’s a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know how it works. And without understanding how our
... Read more

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Back Pain

Important Facts, Inspiring Stories

by Jonathan Greer ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Shapiro ...

Abridged

1 hour 57 min

Chicken Soup for the Soul joins forces with top doctors to provide cutting-edge medical information and positive inspiration— everything you need to thrive. Each recording features true stories from actual patients and advice about diet and lifestyle adjustments. Also included are overviews of diagnoses, medical tests, and procedures, as well as information about caregiving and emotional concerns— ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Chicken Soup for the Soul joins forces with top doctors to provide cutting-edge medical information and positive inspiration— everything you need to thrive. Each recording features true stories from actual patients and advice about diet and lifestyle adjustments. Also included are overviews of diagnoses, medical tests, and procedures, as well as information about caregiving and emotional concerns—
... Read more
Urban Navigations

Politics, Space and the City in South Asia

Edited by Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane ...

Series series Cities and the Urban Imperative
This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In contrast to accounts that attribute urban transformation mainly to neoliberal ... Read more

$114.04 CAD

This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In contrast to accounts that attribute urban transformation mainly to neoliberal
... Read more

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