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Scarcity

Why Having Too Little Means So Much

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir ...

“Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution.” —The New York Review of BooksIn this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.Busy people fail to manage their time ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

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“Extraordinarily illuminating...Mullainathan and Shafir have made an important, novel, and immensely creative contribution.” —The New York Review of BooksIn this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.Busy people fail to manage their time
... Read more

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New Horizons in Wheat and Barley Research

Crop Protection and Resource Management

Edited by Prem Lal Kashyap, Vikas Gupta, Om Prakash Gupta, R. Sendhil, K. Gopalareddy, Poonam Jasrotia, Gyanendra Pratap Singh ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book discusses the research progress on pathology, entomology, nematology, and resource management of wheat and barley crops. The volume summarizes the research progress and discusses the future perspectives based on current understanding of the existing issues and advancing cutting-edge technologies in the field. The book aims to help in deciding future research and development agenda by ... Read more

$280.49 CAD

This book discusses the research progress on pathology, entomology, nematology, and resource management of wheat and barley crops. The volume summarizes the research progress and discusses the future perspectives based on current understanding of the existing issues and advancing cutting-edge technologies in the field. The book aims to help in deciding future research and development agenda by
... Read more
New Horizons in Wheat and Barley Research

Global Trends, Breeding and Quality Enhancement

Edited by Prem Lal Kashyap, Vikas Gupta, Om Prakash Gupta, R. Sendhil, K. Gopalareddy, Poonam Jasrotia, Gyanendra Pratap Singh ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book outlines comprehensive information on the global trends, policies, research priorities and frontier innovations made in the research domain of breeding, biotechnology, biofortification and quality enhancement of wheat and barley. With contributions by international group of leading wheat and barley researchers, this book offers data-based insights along with a holistic view of the ... Read more

$306.19 CAD

This book outlines comprehensive information on the global trends, policies, research priorities and frontier innovations made in the research domain of breeding, biotechnology, biofortification and quality enhancement of wheat and barley. With contributions by international group of leading wheat and barley researchers, this book offers data-based insights along with a holistic view of the
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Innovations in Energy, Power and Thermal Engineering

Select Proceedings of ICITFES 2020

Edited by Muthukumar Palanisamy, Sendhil Kumar Natarajan, Simon Jayaraj, Murugan Sivalingam ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences (ICITFES 2020). It covers the theoretical and experimental research works carried out in the field of energy and power engineering. Various topics covered include fluid mechanics, gas turbines and dynamics, heat transfer, humidity and control, multiphase flow, ocean ... Read more

$280.99 CAD

This book presents the select proceedings of International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences (ICITFES 2020). It covers the theoretical and experimental research works carried out in the field of energy and power engineering. Various topics covered include fluid mechanics, gas turbines and dynamics, heat transfer, humidity and control, multiphase flow, ocean
... Read more
Recent Advances in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy Technologies

Proceedings from ICoFT 2020

Edited by Sendhil Kumar Natarajan, Rajiv Prakash, K. Sankaranarayanasamy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book comprises the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy 2020. The contents of this volume focus on recent technological advances in the field of manufacturing, automation, design and energy. Some of the topics covered include additive manufacturing, renewable energy resources, design automation, process ... Read more

$370.99 CAD

This book comprises the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy 2020. The contents of this volume focus on recent technological advances in the field of manufacturing, automation, design and energy. Some of the topics covered include additive manufacturing, renewable energy resources, design automation, process
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Policy and Choice

Public Finance through the Lens of Behavioral Economics

by William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan ...

Traditional public finance provides a powerful framework for policy analysis, but it relies on a model of human behavior that the new science of behavioral economics increasingly calls into question. In Policy and Choice economists William Congdon, Jeffrey Kling, and Sendhil Mullainathan argue that public finance not only can incorporate many lessons of behavioral economics but also can serve as a ... Read more

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Traditional public finance provides a powerful framework for policy analysis, but it relies on a model of human behavior that the new science of behavioral economics increasingly calls into question. In Policy and Choice economists William Congdon, Jeffrey Kling, and Sendhil Mullainathan argue that public finance not only can incorporate many lessons of behavioral economics but also can serve as a
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Scarcity

Why Having Too Little Means So Much

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir ...

Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

In the blockbuster tradition of Freakonomics, a Harvard economist and a Princeton psychology professor team up to offer a surprising and empowering new way to look at everyday life, presenting a paradigm-challenging examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty ... Read more

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In the blockbuster tradition of Freakonomics, a Harvard economist and a Princeton psychology professor team up to offer a surprising and empowering new way to look at everyday life, presenting a paradigm-challenging examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture.Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty
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Her Nightly Embrace

Book I of the Ravi P.I. Series

by Adi Tantimedh ...

Narrated by Sendhil Ramamurthy ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Ravi PI
Unabridged

7 hours 30 min

The first in a trilogy of whip-smart novels—soon to be a TV series—about a destructive British-born private investigator and his ragtag team of eccentric coworkers, who handle high-profile cases so undercover that they never make the headlines. Perfect for fans of Sherlock, Castle, and Scandal.Ravi Chandra Singh is the last guy you’d expect to become a private detective. A failed religious scholar ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

The first in a trilogy of whip-smart novels—soon to be a TV series—about a destructive British-born private investigator and his ragtag team of eccentric coworkers, who handle high-profile cases so undercover that they never make the headlines. Perfect for fans of Sherlock, Castle, and Scandal.Ravi Chandra Singh is the last guy you’d expect to become a private detective. A failed religious scholar
... Read more

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What You Don't Know

A Novel

by JoAnn Chaney ...

Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

Unabridged

13 hours 5 min

"Superb characters, sparkling dialogue, and a gripping, terrifying plot, plus flashes of humor to boot; JoAnn Chaney's What You Don't Know has it all." --Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The TravelersHe didn’t take their lives -- but he ruined them.The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn’t kill.Hoskins cracked the case of one of the most infamous ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

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"Superb characters, sparkling dialogue, and a gripping, terrifying plot, plus flashes of humor to boot; JoAnn Chaney's What You Don't Know has it all." --Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The TravelersHe didn’t take their lives -- but he ruined them.The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn’t kill.Hoskins cracked the case of one of the most infamous
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Canary

by Duane Swierczynski ...

Narrated by George Bryant, Casey Holloway ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

It's dangerous enough when an ordinary college girl turns confidential informant. Even more dangerous when she's smarter than the killer, kingpins, and cops who think they control her.Honors student Sarie Holland is busted by the local police while doing a favor for her boyfriend. Unwilling to betray him but desperate to avoid destroying her future, Sarie has no choice but to become a "CI" -- a ... Read more

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It's dangerous enough when an ordinary college girl turns confidential informant. Even more dangerous when she's smarter than the killer, kingpins, and cops who think they control her.Honors student Sarie Holland is busted by the local police while doing a favor for her boyfriend. Unwilling to betray him but desperate to avoid destroying her future, Sarie has no choice but to become a "CI" -- a
... Read more

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The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss

by Max Wirestone ...

Narrated by Lauren Fortgang ...

Series Audiobook 2 - A Dahlia Moss Mystery
Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Veronica Mars meets the World of Warcraft in The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss, a mystery romp with a most unexpected heroine.You'd think that after I took a bullet in my arm following my last case, that I'd be timid about going in guns blazing a second time. But you'd be wrong. I faced down death, and the only bad thing that happened was that I got a cool scar. Which is a like a tattoo, but ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

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Veronica Mars meets the World of Warcraft in The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss, a mystery romp with a most unexpected heroine.You'd think that after I took a bullet in my arm following my last case, that I'd be timid about going in guns blazing a second time. But you'd be wrong. I faced down death, and the only bad thing that happened was that I got a cool scar. Which is a like a tattoo, but
... Read more

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Reading in the Brain

The New Science of How We Read

by Stanislas Dehaene ...

Narrated by James Gillies ...

Unabridged

13 hours 45 min

"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."--Oliver Sacks, M.D.The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."--Oliver Sacks, M.D.The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that
... Read more

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