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Food Instagram

Identity, Influence, and Negotiation

by Laurence Allard, Joceline Andersen, Emily Buddle, Robin Caldwell, Sarah Cramer, Gaby David, Sara Garcia Santamaria, Deborah Harris, KC Hysmith, Alex Ketchum, Katherine Kirkwood, Jonatan Leer, Yue-Chiu Bonni Leung, Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin, Rachel Phillips, Michael Z. Newman, Tsugumi Okabe, Tara Schuwerk, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Sarah E Tracy, Emily Truman, Dawn Woolley, Zara Worth ...

Winner of the 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Prize for Edited VolumeImage by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Winner of the 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Prize for Edited VolumeImage by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists
... Read more
Badass Women of Charlottesville

Inspiring Stories of Powerful Women Changing the World, Starting in the City of Charlottesville

by Rachael Kesler Palm, Sarah Cramer Shields ...

Series series Badass Women of Charlottesville
Badass Women of Charlottesville shares the personal stories of two dozen women, as told to Rachael Kesler Palm. Here, you'll find stories from some of the trailblazing women who make Charlottesville the vibrant, diverse, and welcoming community that it is. These women are overcoming trauma, grief, and obstacles, building a stronger community through their personal and professional work, and ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Badass Women of Charlottesville shares the personal stories of two dozen women, as told to Rachael Kesler Palm. Here, you'll find stories from some of the trailblazing women who make Charlottesville the vibrant, diverse, and welcoming community that it is. These women are overcoming trauma, grief, and obstacles, building a stronger community through their personal and professional work, and
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Melmoth

A Novel

by Sarah Perry ...

Narrated by Jan Cramer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 39 min

For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history’s darkest waters—and now, in Sarah Perry’s breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, it is heading in our direction.It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts—or, ... Read more

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For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history’s darkest waters—and now, in Sarah Perry’s breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, it is heading in our direction.It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts—or,
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CoDex 1962

A Trilogy

by Sjón ...

Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

Series Audiobook 01-03 - Leo Löwe Trilogy
Unabridged

16 hours 44 min

Longlisted for the 2019 PEN America Translation Prize and the 2019 Translated Book AwardSpanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962―twenty years in the making―is Sjón’s epic threepart masterpieceOver the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world’s most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able ... Read more

$41.21 CAD

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Longlisted for the 2019 PEN America Translation Prize and the 2019 Translated Book AwardSpanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962―twenty years in the making―is Sjón’s epic threepart masterpieceOver the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world’s most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able
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The Palace of Illusions

by Rowenna Miller ...

Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 20 min

The Palace of Illusionsbrings readers to a Paris breathless with excitement at the dawn of the twentieth century, where for a select few there is a second, secret Paris where the magic of the City of Light is very real in this enchanting and atmospheric fantasy from the author of The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill.In the run up to the 1900s World’s Fair Paris is abuzz with creative energy and ... Read more

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The Palace of Illusionsbrings readers to a Paris breathless with excitement at the dawn of the twentieth century, where for a select few there is a second, secret Paris where the magic of the City of Light is very real in this enchanting and atmospheric fantasy from the author of The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill.In the run up to the 1900s World’s Fair Paris is abuzz with creative energy and
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Through the Midnight Door

by Katrina Monroe ...

Narrated by Mara Wilson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

THE DARKNESS WILL ALWAYS BE WAITINGThe Finch sisters once spent long, hot summers exploring the dozens of abandoned properties littering their dying town—until they found an impossible home with an endless hall of doors … and three keys left waiting for them.Curious, fearless, they stepped inside their chosen rooms and experienced horrors they never dared speak of again.Now, years later, youngest ... Read more

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THE DARKNESS WILL ALWAYS BE WAITINGThe Finch sisters once spent long, hot summers exploring the dozens of abandoned properties littering their dying town—until they found an impossible home with an endless hall of doors … and three keys left waiting for them.Curious, fearless, they stepped inside their chosen rooms and experienced horrors they never dared speak of again.Now, years later, youngest
... Read more
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Meet Me at the Crossroads

A Novel

by Megan Giddings ...

Narrated by Brittany Bradford ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

A LIBRARY READS PICKFrom the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons.On an ordinary summer morning, the world is changed by the appearance of seven mysterious doors that seemingly lead to another world. People are, ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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A LIBRARY READS PICKFrom the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons.On an ordinary summer morning, the world is changed by the appearance of seven mysterious doors that seemingly lead to another world. People are,
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News Writing and Reporting

An Introduction to Skills and Theory

by Bruce Gillespie ...

News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills and Theory is a concise, friendly guide to mastering the fundamentals of journalism practice in Canada. Award-winning Canadian writer and editor Bruce Gillespie demonstrates essential skills - such as conducting interviews, evaluating newsworthiness, developing story ideas, and recognizing legal and ethical issues - which are followed by a ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

News Writing and Reporting: An Introduction to Skills and Theory is a concise, friendly guide to mastering the fundamentals of journalism practice in Canada. Award-winning Canadian writer and editor Bruce Gillespie demonstrates essential skills - such as conducting interviews, evaluating newsworthiness, developing story ideas, and recognizing legal and ethical issues - which are followed by a
... Read more
The Power of Habit

Why We Do What We do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg ...

Groundbreaking new research shows that by grabbing hold of the three-step "loop" all habits form in our brains—cue, routine, reward—we can change them, giving us the power to take control over our lives."We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." On the most basic level, a habit is a simple neurological loop: there is a cue (my mouth feels gross) ... Read more

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Groundbreaking new research shows that by grabbing hold of the three-step "loop" all habits form in our brains—cue, routine, reward—we can change them, giving us the power to take control over our lives."We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." On the most basic level, a habit is a simple neurological loop: there is a cue (my mouth feels gross)
... Read more

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The Virtual Self

How the casual information you create virtually is changing the physical world around you

by Nora Young ...

The host of CBC Radio's Spark explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities, and our government.We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

The host of CBC Radio's Spark explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities, and our government.We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at
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Filling the Void

Social Media and The Continuation of Capitalism

by Marcus Gilroy-Ware ...

Filling The Void is a book about how the cultures and psychology of social media use fit within a broader landscape of life under capitalism. It argues that social media use is often a psychological response to the need for pleasure and comfort that results from the stresses of life under postmodern capitalism, rather than being a driver of new behaviours as newer technologies are often said to be ... Read more

$9.59 CAD

Filling The Void is a book about how the cultures and psychology of social media use fit within a broader landscape of life under capitalism. It argues that social media use is often a psychological response to the need for pleasure and comfort that results from the stresses of life under postmodern capitalism, rather than being a driver of new behaviours as newer technologies are often said to be
... Read more
Design

A Very Short Introduction

by John Heskett ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines 'need' and 'desire' in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

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John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines 'need' and 'desire' in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration
... Read more

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