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The Pine Tree at St. Martin

by Paulo Coelho ...

Narrated by Jill Larson ...

Unabridged

4 min

From the internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist comes The Pine Tree at St. Martin, a never-before-published Christmas parable for the ages. Fans of Paulo Coelho will immediately recognize the master storyteller's incomparable voice, and will treasure this story's simplicity and poignancy for many Christmas seasons to come. ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

From the internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist comes The Pine Tree at St. Martin, a never-before-published Christmas parable for the ages. Fans of Paulo Coelho will immediately recognize the master storyteller's incomparable voice, and will treasure this story's simplicity and poignancy for many Christmas seasons to come.
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Music Education in America's Public Normal Schools

Celebratory and Troubled Beginnings of Music Teacher Education

Edited by Danelle D. Larson, Jill M. Sullivan ...

Capturing the beginning of music participation and engagement in many of the public universities that started as normal schools, this book provides a history of American music education in the 19th and 20th centuries.American music-teacher education evolved from teacher education in public normal schools, many of which eventually became state universities. For social and religious reasons, ... Read more

$158.99 CAD

Capturing the beginning of music participation and engagement in many of the public universities that started as normal schools, this book provides a history of American music education in the 19th and 20th centuries.American music-teacher education evolved from teacher education in public normal schools, many of which eventually became state universities. For social and religious reasons,
... Read more
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The Empathy Diaries

A Memoir

by Sherry Turkle ...

Narrated by Jill Larson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

*“A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021•*A New York TimesBook Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in NonfictionMIT psychologist and bestselling author of ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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*“A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021•*A New York TimesBook Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in NonfictionMIT psychologist and bestselling author of
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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

A Novel

by Sun-mi Hwang ...

Narrated by Jill Larson ...

Unabridged

2 hours 58 min

**A Korean Charlotte's WebMore than 2 million copies sold**This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild—and to hatch an egg of her own.An anthem for freedom, individuality ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

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**A Korean Charlotte's WebMore than 2 million copies sold**This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild—and to hatch an egg of her own.An anthem for freedom, individuality
... Read more

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Organizations and Identity

by Rebecca Gill, Gregory S. Larson ...

Series series Key Themes in Organizational Communication
The question “who am I?” represents one of the key challenges of contemporary life in a globalized world. For most of us, organizations play a key role in answering that question.In this book, Gregory Larson and Rebecca Gill explain how identities are formed, managed, and regulated in our interactions with organizations, and why identity has become so relevant in modern life. Their examination ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

The question “who am I?” represents one of the key challenges of contemporary life in a globalized world. For most of us, organizations play a key role in answering that question.In this book, Gregory Larson and Rebecca Gill explain how identities are formed, managed, and regulated in our interactions with organizations, and why identity has become so relevant in modern life. Their examination
... Read more
Artificial Intimacy

Who We Become When We Talk to Machines

by Sherry Turkle ...

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation**, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.**If social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots that ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

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From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation**, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.**If social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots that
... Read more

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Alone Together

Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

by Sherry Turkle ...

A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection ... Read more

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A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection
... Read more

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Reclaiming Conversation

The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

by Sherry Turkle ...

**“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, author of Modern RomanceRenowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

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**“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, author of Modern RomanceRenowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity
... Read more

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The Dog Who Dared to Dream

by Sun-mi Hwang ...

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUN-MI HWANGThis is the story of a dog named Scraggly.Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, she spends most of her days in the sun-filled yard of her owner's house. Scraggly has dreams and aspirations just like the rest of us. But each winter, dark clouds descend and Scraggly is faced with challenges that she must overcome. Through the ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUN-MI HWANGThis is the story of a dog named Scraggly.Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, she spends most of her days in the sun-filled yard of her owner's house. Scraggly has dreams and aspirations just like the rest of us. But each winter, dark clouds descend and Scraggly is faced with challenges that she must overcome. Through the
... Read more
The Empathy Diaries

A Memoir

by Sherry Turkle ...

*“A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021•*A New York TimesBook Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in NonfictionMIT psychologist and bestselling author of ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

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*“A beautiful book… an instant classic of the genre.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times • A New York Times Critics’ Top Book of 2021•*A New York TimesBook Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography & Memoir • Winner of the New England Society Book Award in NonfictionMIT psychologist and bestselling author of
... Read more

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Life on the Screen

by Sherry Turkle ...

Life on the Screen is a book not about computers, but about people and how computers are causing us to reevaluate our identities in the age of the Internet. We are using life on the screen to engage in new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, politics, sex, and the self. Life on the Screen traces a set of boundary negotiations, telling the story of the changing impact of the computer ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Life on the Screen is a book not about computers, but about people and how computers are causing us to reevaluate our identities in the age of the Internet. We are using life on the screen to engage in new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, politics, sex, and the self. Life on the Screen traces a set of boundary negotiations, telling the story of the changing impact of the computer
... Read more
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Artificial Intimacy

Who We Become When We Talk to Machines

by Sherry Turkle ...

Narrated by Kate Udall ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation**, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.**If social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots that ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

PRE-ORDER

Also available as: eBook

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation**, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human.**If social media came for our attention, artificial intelligence is now coming for our capacity for attachment. Chatbots that
... Read more

Also available as: eBook