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  • Peak

    Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

    by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool ...
    “This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.”—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin**“Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read [Peak]. Rest assured that the book is not mere theory. Ericsson’s research focuses on the real world, and he explains in detail, with examples, how all ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Beyond Engineering

    How Society Shapes Technology

    by Robert Pool ...
    Series series Sloan Technology
    We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World. The cotton gin created the conditions that led to the Civil War. Now, in Beyond Engineering, science writer Robert Pool turns the question ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Environment through Time

    Diachronic Studies in Ecolinguistics

    by Robert Poole ...
    Environment through Time: Diachronic Studies in Ecolinguistics is a nuanced and engaging study of the changing way we talk about the environment and why it matters.Drawing on large collections of temporally structured, naturally occurring English language use, this book investigates whether patterns of language and the ways we talk about a variety of ecological keywords such as wilderness, climate ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ecolinguistics

    Edited by Dr Robert Poole, Daniela Francesca Virdis, Jessica Hampton, Amir Ghorbanpour ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
    The Bloomsbury Handbook of Ecolinguistics is a comprehensive guide focusing upon the expanding field of ecolinguistics and its investigations of the role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of humans, other species, and the more-than-human world. The collection explores topics such as climate change discourse, representations of plants and animals, relationships with land, ecotourism, ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

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  • Fat

    Fighting the Obesity Epidemic

    by Robert Pool ...
    When the leptin gene was discovered in 1994, news articles predicted that there might soon be an easy, pharmaceutical solution to the growing public health crisis of obesity. Yet this scientific breakthrough merely proved once again how difficult the fight against fat really is. Despite the many appetite-suppressants, diet pills, and weight-loss programs available today, approximately 30 percent ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Guide to Using Corpora for English Language Learners

    by Robert Poole ...

    $25.99 USD

  • Dialogue and the Interpretation of Illness

    Conversations in a Cameroon Village

    by Robert Pool ...
    Series series Explorations in Anthropology
    The etiology of the Wimbum people in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon is described through an examination of the way in which the meanings of key concepts, used to interpret and explain illness and other forms of misfortune, are continually being produced and reproduced in the praxis of everyday communication. During the course of numerous dialogues, witchcraft, a highly ambivalent force, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Peterloo

    The English Uprising

    by Robert Poole ...
    On 16 August, 1819, at St Peter's Field, Manchester, armed cavalry attacked a peaceful rally of some 50,000 pro-democracy reformers. Under the eyes of the national press, 18 people were killed and some 700 injured, many of them by sabres, many of them women, some of them children. The 'Peterloo massacre', the subject of a recent feature film and a major commemoration in 2019, is famous as the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Lancashire witches

    Histories and stories

    Edited by Robert Poole ...
    This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire. The book has equal appeal across the disciplines of both History and English Literature/Renaissance Studies, with essays by the leading experts in both fields. Includes helpful summaries to explain the key ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Them Days 2.1

    Stories from throughout the Big Land

    by Doris Saunders, Leslie Pardy, Wallace McLean, Joseph Nuna, Stewart Michelin, Robert Davis, John Davis, Alex Poole, Richard Jordan, Dennis Blake, Susan Martin, Sam Lyall, Bella Lyall, Douglas Jacque, Margaret Ford, Joanne Martin, Alice Perrault, Alfred Winters Sr., Ralph Barrett, Jeff Wyatt ...
    Narrated by Aimee Chaulk, Domenica Brown, Jaime Brown, Joshua Davis, George Way, Morgen Mills, Ida Suarak, Gregory Nuna ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 11 min

    From old trapping laws to boat building and crafting dog harnesses, seniors and storytellers share about life in Labrador once upon a time. ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking America's Highways

    A 21st-Century Vision for Better Infrastructure

    by Robert W. Poole ...
    A transportation expert makes a provocative case for changing the nation's approach to highways, offering "bold, innovative thinking on infrastructure" (Rick Geddes, Cornell University).Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, with exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Limitless

    by Robert J. Crane ...
    Narrated by Nicole Poole ...
    Series series Out of the Box

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    Two years after the explosive Girl in the Box series ends, Sienna Nealon is called to London, England, where she is drawn into a murder investigation involving an old friend. Paired up with a young, handsome Detective Inspector, she finds herself in a race against time to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder as victim after victim falls to the careful, clever killer. Soon, Sienna is in a ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus