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  • The Impulse Society

    America in the Age of Instant Gratification

    by Paul Roberts ...
    "A penetrating account of a country that has given itself over to the idea that the market always knows best." —Robert W. McChesney, award-winning authorIt's something most of us have sensed for years—the rise of a world defined only by "mine" and "now." A world where business shamelessly seeks the fastest reward, regardless of the long-term social consequences; where political leaders reflexively ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading Franz Liszt

    Revealing the Poetry behind the Piano Music

    by Paul Roberts ...
    A look beyond the virtuosity of Romanticism’s piano superstar.Pianist Paul Roberts recasts Franz Liszt as a composer of poetic feeling rather than just a purveyor of technical brilliance. Reading Franz Liszt: Revealing the Poetry behind the Piano Music immerses readers in Liszt’s world through a vivid exploration of his most beloved pieces and the literature that inspired them—from Petrarch’s love ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Impressionism

    A Short Guide for Pianists

    by Paul Roberts ...
    Series series Short Guides to the Piano Repertoire
    Impressionist piano works are among the greatest in the repertoire. Gain foundational insights with this guide, from history and cultural context to interpretation and performance.Renowned pianist Paul Roberts seeks to answer the question “What is Impressionism in relation to piano music?” In highly accessible prose, he illuminates several connected topics to understand this beloved repertoire so ... Read more

    $31.69 CAD

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  • BLOOD FOR BLOOD

    Never Mess with A Marine's Family

    by Paul Roberts ...
    Redbrook; a small town in Maine, and a relatively peaceful and quiet place, yet one night sends the whole town into panicked chaos.Alan Burke, one of the town's longest serving police officers, and his wife, are attacked while returning home from a retirement party, leading to their eldest son, Robbie, a sergeant in the Marine Corps, returning home to care for his younger siblings.A number of ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • The Globalist Plan to Collapse Everything

    To Usher in a New World Order

    Cunning globalist forces are quietly working to take the entire world under their power.Will you be prepared if the world you know comes crashing down? Will you resist their tyranny?HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW**,** globalist puppet masters are quietly pulling strings, carefully guiding the world toward a terrifying future: one where a tyrannical global government owns all property and forces people to do ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End of Oil

    On the Edge of a Perilous New World

    by Paul Roberts ...
    "A stunning piece of work—perhaps the best single book ever produced about our energy economy and its environmental implications" (Bill McHibbon, The New York Review of Books).Petroleum is so deeply entrenched in our economy, politics, and daily lives that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail. Companies and governments depend on oil revenues. Developing nations see oil as ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Artificial Intelligence in Games

    by Paul Roberts ...
    This book covers all the necessary topics that a professional game AI programmer needs to know, from math and steering behaviours to terrain analysis, pathfinding and decision-making. Written to be easily accessible, each topic is accompanied by an example game that allows the reader to add their own code to see the effects their changes have.Each chapter is split into two parts. The first part ... Read more

    $98.93 CAD

  • Game AI Uncovered

    Volume Four

    Edited by Paul Roberts ...
    Game AI Uncovered: Volume Four continues the series with another collection of chapters from twenty of the top game AI professionals and researchers, from around the world. Each chapter includes wisdom, ideas, tips, and tricks that were used in the development of video games.The techniques discussed in these pages cover the underlying development of a wide array of published titles, including ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance

    How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

    "Walker here pairs off proto-architect Filippo Brunelleschi and doormaker Lorenzo Ghiberti in an often engaging version of Quattrocento Smackdown." — Library JournalJoining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, this is a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world's most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance.The dome ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End Of Food

    by Paul Roberts ...
    Paul Roberts, the best-selling author of The End of Oil, turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing.In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Absolute Essentials of Project Management

    by Paul Roberts ...
    Series series Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics
    Contemporary organisations proliferate with projects. Managing projects, working with project managers and delivering project excellence have become fundamental skills in the world of business, resulting in an array of approaches, tools and techniques that can bewilder. This shortform text homes in on the absolute essential elements of the field.With practical insights throughout, the book ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Burning Times

    by Paul Roberts ...
    Sylivia West's life was just as she had expected it to be, but all that changed. When she witnessed her friend bursting into flames in front of her she couldn't have imagined the path she was about to take. As the death toll started to increase not only was she fighting against time, but she was also fighting to keep her very soul. ... Read more

    $4.61 CAD