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Peopleware

Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister ...

Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success.“Peopleware has long been one of my two favorite books on software engineering. Its underlying ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Few books in computing have had as profound an influence on software management as Peopleware. The unique insight of this longtime best seller is that the major issues of software development are human, not technical. They’re not easy issues; but solve them, and you’ll maximize your chances of success.“Peopleware has long been one of my two favorite books on software engineering. Its underlying
... Read more
Agent Storm

My Life Inside al Qaeda and the CIA

by Morten Storm, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister ...

The true story of a jihadi convert seeking redemption in “a rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al Qaeda” (The New York Times Book Review).Standing over six feet tall with flaming red hair, Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. But after a troubled youth in his native Denmark, Storm found peace and purpose in his conversion to Islam. His absolute devotion ... Read more

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The true story of a jihadi convert seeking redemption in “a rollicking read and a rare insider’s account of Western spying in the age of al Qaeda” (The New York Times Book Review).Standing over six feet tall with flaming red hair, Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. But after a troubled youth in his native Denmark, Storm found peace and purpose in his conversion to Islam. His absolute devotion
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Nine Lives

My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda

by Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister ...

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker… Spy. Inside the life of an al-Qaeda double agent.‘This captivating real-life spy-thriller is a must-read.’ Ali Soufan, former FBI Special Agent and author of Anatomy of TerrorAs one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.As a double agent at the heart of al ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker… Spy. Inside the life of an al-Qaeda double agent.‘This captivating real-life spy-thriller is a must-read.’ Ali Soufan, former FBI Special Agent and author of Anatomy of TerrorAs one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.As a double agent at the heart of al
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The Reservoir Tapes

by Jon McGregor ...

Narrated by Fiona Hardingham, Justine Eyre, Sarah Nichols, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Ralph Lister, Simon Vance ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Reservoir Series
Unabridged

3 hours 18 min

Returning us to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor’s Man Booker Prize long-listed novel Reservoir 13, The Reservoir Tapes take us deep into the heart of an English village that is trying to come to terms with what has happened on its watch.A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called upon to join the search. And now an interviewer arrives, intent on capturing the ... Read more

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Returning us to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor’s Man Booker Prize long-listed novel Reservoir 13, The Reservoir Tapes take us deep into the heart of an English village that is trying to come to terms with what has happened on its watch.A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called upon to join the search. And now an interviewer arrives, intent on capturing the
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Waltzing with Bears

Managing Risk on Software Projects

by Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister ...

Series series Dorset House eBooks
This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 2003).If There’s No Risk On Your Next Project, Don’t Do It.Greater risk brings greater reward, especially in software development. A company that runs away from risk will soon find itself lagging behind its more adventurous competition. By ignoring the threat of negative outcomes–in the name of positive thinking or a can-do attitude ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

This is the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 2003).If There’s No Risk On Your Next Project, Don’t Do It.Greater risk brings greater reward, especially in software development. A company that runs away from risk will soon find itself lagging behind its more adventurous competition. By ignoring the threat of negative outcomes–in the name of positive thinking or a can-do attitude
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The Silence

by Tim Lebbon ...

Narrated by Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

11 hours 31 min

In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed. Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death.Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family’s only chance of survival. They must leave their home, shun ... Read more

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In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed. Swarming from their prison, they multiply and thrive. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death.Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family’s only chance of survival. They must leave their home, shun
... Read more

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Nine Lives

My Time as the West’s Top Spy inside al-Qaeda

by Aimen Dean, Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister ...

Narrated by Assaf Cohen ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

As one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself.As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda’s chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives.This is the ... Read more

$32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

As one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself.As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda’s chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives.This is the
... Read more
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Arabs

A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes, and Empires

by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Unabridged

25 hours 35 min

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost three thousand years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost three thousand years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic
... Read more
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The Storytellers

Straight Talk from the World’s Most Acclaimed Suspense and Thriller Authors

by Mark Rubinstein ...

Narrated by various narrators, Robertson Dean, Simon Vance, Kirsten Potter, Robert Fass, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Poe, Marc Vietor, Karen White0, George Newbern1, Carrington MacDuffie2, John Lescault3, Malcolm Hillgartner4, Susan Ericksen5, Chris Abell6, Patrick Lawlor7, Eileen Stevens8, Derek Perkins9, Tim Campbell0, Hillary Huber1, Ralph Lister2, Marguerite Gavin3, John Rubinstein4, Ann Richardson5, Scott Brick6, John Lee7, Mirron Willis8, Nancy Wu9, Pam Ward0, Joe Hempel1, Kathleen Early2, Paul Heitsch3, Andrew Eiden4, Suzanne Toren5, John McLain6, Mark Bramhall7, Andi Arndt8, Stefan Rudnicki9, Bernadette Dunne0, Michael Kramer1, Suzie Althens2, David de Vries3, Natalie Ross4, Lloyd James5 ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Have you ever read a suspense novel so good you had to stop and think to yourself, “How did the author come up with this idea? Their characters? Is some of this story real?” For over five years, Mark Rubinstein, physician, psychiatrist, and mystery and thriller writer, had the chance to ask the most well-known authors in the field just these kinds of questions in interviews for the Huffington Post
... Read more

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Relics

by Tim Lebbon ...

Narrated by Esther Wane ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Relics Trilogy
Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

The launch of a gripping new supernatural terror trilogy by the acclaimed author of Coldbrook, The Silence, and the Alien-Predator Rage War trilogyThere’s an underground black market for arcane things. Akin to the trade in rhino horns or tiger bones, this network traffics in remains of gryphons, faeries, goblins, and other fantastic creatures.When her fiancé Vince goes missing, Angela Gough, an ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The launch of a gripping new supernatural terror trilogy by the acclaimed author of Coldbrook, The Silence, and the Alien-Predator Rage War trilogyThere’s an underground black market for arcane things. Akin to the trade in rhino horns or tiger bones, this network traffics in remains of gryphons, faeries, goblins, and other fantastic creatures.When her fiancé Vince goes missing, Angela Gough, an
... Read more
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Eden

by Tim Lebbon ...

Narrated by Heather Wilds ...

Unabridged

10 hours 16 min

From the bestselling author of the Netflix Original movie The Silence comes a brand-new horror eco thriller.Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity’s last hope to save the planet lies with the Virgin Zones, thirteen vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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From the bestselling author of the Netflix Original movie The Silence comes a brand-new horror eco thriller.Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity’s last hope to save the planet lies with the Virgin Zones, thirteen vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature
... Read more

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Library of Ancient Wisdom, The

Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World

by Selena Wisnom ...

Narrated by Catherine Bailey ...

Unabridged

12 hours

A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned
... Read more

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