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Good Prose

The Art of Nonfiction

by Tracy Kidder, Richard Todd ...

A “smart, lucid, and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) modern classic of writing advice and a thoughtful record of the long and productive literary friendship between two renowned authors“You are in such good company—congenial, ironic, a bit old-school—that you’re happy to follow [Kidder and Todd] where they lead you.”—The Wall Street Journal“As approachable and applicable as any writing manual ... Read more

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A “smart, lucid, and entertaining” (The Boston Globe) modern classic of writing advice and a thoughtful record of the long and productive literary friendship between two renowned authors“You are in such good company—congenial, ironic, a bit old-school—that you’re happy to follow [Kidder and Todd] where they lead you.”—The Wall Street Journal“As approachable and applicable as any writing manual
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The Eye of Scales

A Shroud of the Avatar Novel

by Tracy Hickman, Richard Garriott ...

Series Book 2 - Blade of the Avatar
Fantasy great Tracy Hickman teams up with the video game legend Richard Garriott in this epic novel The Eye of Scales, based on the award-winning game, Shroud of the Avatar.The sword rules all.Aren Bendis, former soldier in the Obsidian army, has managed to protect a rebel city from his former friends and now finds his fate bound to a weapon once wielded by the Avatars themselves. Now, he is being ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

Fantasy great Tracy Hickman teams up with the video game legend Richard Garriott in this epic novel The Eye of Scales, based on the award-winning game, Shroud of the Avatar.The sword rules all.Aren Bendis, former soldier in the Obsidian army, has managed to protect a rebel city from his former friends and now finds his fate bound to a weapon once wielded by the Avatars themselves. Now, he is being
... Read more
Troll Knoll

A Garden Like No Other

by Richard Tracy ...

Heres a formula for excitement: Take a retired (and slightly bored) legal professional with an abiding love of his wife, Ann, a passion for gardening, creative skills ranging from embroidery to arc welding and lots and lots of imagination. The result is Troll Knoll. Nearly everything within the confines of this 20-acre estate - from its spectacular botanical display to its mythical mischievous ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Heres a formula for excitement: Take a retired (and slightly bored) legal professional with an abiding love of his wife, Ann, a passion for gardening, creative skills ranging from embroidery to arc welding and lots and lots of imagination. The result is Troll Knoll. Nearly everything within the confines of this 20-acre estate - from its spectacular botanical display to its mythical mischievous
... Read more
The Self-Conscious Emotions

Theory and Research

Edited by Jessica L. Tracy, PhD, Richard W. Robins, PhD, June Price Tangney, PhD ...

Timely and authoritative, this volume reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the self-conscious emotions and their role in psychological and social functioning. Leading investigators approach the subject from multiple levels of analysis, ranging from basic brain mechanisms to complex social processes. Chapters present compelling advances in research on the most fundamental self-conscious ... Read more

$89.99 CAD

Timely and authoritative, this volume reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the self-conscious emotions and their role in psychological and social functioning. Leading investigators approach the subject from multiple levels of analysis, ranging from basic brain mechanisms to complex social processes. Chapters present compelling advances in research on the most fundamental self-conscious
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The Magic Engineer (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Saga of Recluce 3

by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Chris Stinson, Yasmin Tuazon, Jacob Yeh, Nora Achrati, Christopher Walker, Marni Penning, Eva Wilhelm, Tony Nam, Nanette Savard, Ken Jackson, Carolyn Kashner, Steve Wannall, Elizabeth Jernigan, Kenyatta Rogers, Jason B. McIntosh, Alejandro Ruiz, Matthew Bassett, Bradley Smith, Tia Shearer, Eric Messner, Paul Reisman, Amanda Forstrom, Evan Casey, Michael Glenn, Joy Jones, Andy Clemence, Tracy Olivera, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Chris Davenport, Andy Brownstein, Michael John Casey, Nick DePinto, Dylan Lynch, Frank Britton, Holly Vagley, David Jourdan, Chris Genebach, Dawn Ursula, Lise Bruneau, Drew Kopas, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, James Lewis, Scott McCormick, Joe Mallon, Tim Carlin, Jeff Allin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Saga of Recluce
Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge—the working of machines.He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile—in the lands of Chaos.Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create ... Read more

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In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge—the working of machines.He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile—in the lands of Chaos.Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create
... Read more
The Sword of Midras

A Shroud of the Avatar Novel

by Tracy Hickman, Richard Garriott ...

Series Book 1 - Blade of the Avatar
The thrilling prequel to Shroud of the Avatar from Portalarium!The world died during the Fall.Abandoned by the mighty Avatars and their Virtues, the people who remained were left defenseless in an untamed land. That is, until the Obsidians came. Through dark sorcery and overwhelming force the Obsidian Empire brought order to chaos, no matter the cost.Aren Benis is a Captain in the Obsidian Army ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

The thrilling prequel to Shroud of the Avatar from Portalarium!The world died during the Fall.Abandoned by the mighty Avatars and their Virtues, the people who remained were left defenseless in an untamed land. That is, until the Obsidians came. Through dark sorcery and overwhelming force the Obsidian Empire brought order to chaos, no matter the cost.Aren Benis is a Captain in the Obsidian Army
... Read more
Social-Emotional Curriculum With Gifted and Talented Students

Edited by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Tracy L. Cross, F. Richard Olenchak ...

A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Social-Emotional Curriculum With Gifted and Talented Students provides a thorough introduction to methods for developing social-emotional curricula for use with gifted and talented learners in the school setting.Including overviews of strategies that work for implementing social-emotional strategies in the everyday curricula, this book, part of the Critical ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Social-Emotional Curriculum With Gifted and Talented Students provides a thorough introduction to methods for developing social-emotional curricula for use with gifted and talented learners in the school setting.Including overviews of strategies that work for implementing social-emotional strategies in the everyday curricula, this book, part of the Critical
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Accountability for Collective Wrongdoing

Edited by Tracy Isaacs, Richard Vernon ...

Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished – and if so, how – or are other remedies available? The ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Ideas of collective responsibility challenge the doctrine of individual responsibility that is the dominant paradigm in law and liberal political theory. But little attention is given to the consequences of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing. Groups are not amenable to punishment in the way that individuals are. Can they be punished – and if so, how – or are other remedies available? The
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I Had To

by “FeeFee” Allan Richard Tracy ...

I Had ToBy: “FeeFee” Allan Richard TracyI Had To is “Feefee” Allan Richard Tracy’s personal account of his life up to and after undergoing sex change surgery in 1986. Tracy describes himself as a tormented individual “who went from good to bad” trying to address years of obsessive guilt. He details his relentless quest for happiness and perfection in the eyes of God, a search that led him to a new ... Read more

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I Had ToBy: “FeeFee” Allan Richard TracyI Had To is “Feefee” Allan Richard Tracy’s personal account of his life up to and after undergoing sex change surgery in 1986. Tracy describes himself as a tormented individual “who went from good to bad” trying to address years of obsessive guilt. He details his relentless quest for happiness and perfection in the eyes of God, a search that led him to a new
... Read more
The Many and the One

Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World

Edited by Richard Madsen, Tracy B. Strong ...

Series series Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book ... Read more

$67.09 CAD

The war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. Is such polarization leading to a violent "clash of civilizations" or can differences between ethical systems be reconciled through rational dialogue? This book
... Read more
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Rhythm of War (4 of 6) [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Stormlight Archive 4

by Brandon Sanderson ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Richard Rohan, Robbie Gay, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Lily Beacon, Andy Clemence, Nora Achrati, Dawn Ursula, Zoé Badovinac, Karen Novack, Nanette Savard, Alejandro Ruiz ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Stormlight Archive
Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the ... Read more

$31.59 CAD

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the
... Read more
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Good Prose

The Art of Nonfiction

by Tracy Kidder, Richard Todd ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor who encouraged him, and from that article grew a lifelong association. ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

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Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor who encouraged him, and from that article grew a lifelong association.
... Read more

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