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  • The Case Against Climate Doom

    An Economist’s Guide to Climate Optimism

    by Michael Jakob ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    By highlighting the social, political and technological progress already made, this open access book presents an optimistic outlook for a transition to a climate-neutral world and successful adaptation to climate change. With a focus on economics and policy, it covers a wide range of cases where climate action is heading in the right direction. Short digestible chapters highlight, among other ... Read more

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  • Cloud Computing for Logistics

    Edited by Michael ten Hompel, Jakob Rehof, Oliver Wolf ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This edited monograph brings together research papers covering the state of the art in cloud computing for logistics. The book includes general business object models for intralogistics as well as user-friendly methods for logistics business process design. It also presents a general template for logistics applications from the cloud. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Political Economy of Coal

    Obstacles to Clean Energy Transitions

    Edited by Michael Jakob, Jan C. Steckel ...
    Series series Environment for Development
    This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.Coal is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, accounting for about 40 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions. Continued construction of coal-fired power plants could make the climate targets of the Paris Agreement infeasible to achieve. In spite of sharply declining costs for renewable ... Read more

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  • China Constructing Capitalism

    Economic Life and Urban Change

    by Michael Keith, Scott Lash, Jakob Arnoldi, Tyler Rooker ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    China has been growing at over ten per cent annually since 1978, but this has only come to very widespread notice in the past decade. This received wisdom about China has been largely of two types, both of which – more or less – understand China in the context of neoliberalism. The more business- or business studies-oriented literature seems to argue that if China does not adapt the rule of clear ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Native America

    A History

    by Peter Jakob Olsen-Harbich, Michael Leroy Oberg ...
    The latest edition of an accessible and comprehensive survey of Native AmericaIn this newly revised third edition of Native America: A History, Michael Leroy Oberg and Peter Jakob Olsen-Harbich deliver a thoroughly updated, incisive narrative history of North America’s Indigenous peoples. The authors aim to provide readers with an overview of the principal themes and developments in Native ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Genius of the Transcendent

    Mystical Writings of Jakob Boehme

    by Jakob Boehme ...
    Translated by Jeff Bach, Michael L. Birkel ...
    Here, for the spiritual adventurers of our own age, is an accessible introduction to one of the most important of the Christian mystical writers. Jakob Boehme (1575–1624) was a humble shoemaker of Görlitz in eastern Germany who, in response to the visionary experiences that began for him as a teenager, wrote a series of theosophical treatises that explore the nature of God and humanity. His ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

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    Keto Meal Plan in 10 Minutes: A Simple Beginner's Guide to Activate Ketosis, Burn Fat & Lose Weight with Fun & Healthy Ketogenic Meal Plans

    by Michael M. Sisson, Mark Greger ...
    Narrated by Jakob Stone ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 7 min

    Miracle Diets with Zero Results? You Need a Proven Keto Meal Plan!Finding the right diet can be frustrating. And who has time for complicated and elaborate meal plans? Dieting should be simple, fun, and natural. With the book ‘Keto Meal Plan in 10 Minutes’ you will have a unique chance to learn all the secrets of the keto diet without the complications of other diets.Did you know Americans spend ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Language of Climate Politics

    Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It

    by Genevieve Guenther ...
    A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it." - Kieran Setiya, author of Life is Hard "A revelatory study.. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Inconvenient Indian

    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    by Thomas King ...
    WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor PrizeThe Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America.Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Climate Fix

    What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming

    by Roger Pielke Jr. ...
    Why has the world been unable to address global warming? Science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr., says it's not the fault of those who reject the Kyoto Protocol, but those who support it, and the magical thinking that the agreement represents. In The Climate Fix, Pielke offers a way to repair climate policy, shifting the debate away from meaningless targets and toward a revolution in how the world ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Escaping the Resource Curse

    Edited by Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Earth Shall Weep

    A History of Native America

    by James Wilson ...
    "A sweeping, well-written, long-view history" of Native American societies and "a sad epic of misunderstanding, mayhem, and massacre" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed historical account of the Native American peoples, James Wilson weaves a historical narrative that puts Native Americans at the center of their struggle for survival against the tide of invading European ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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