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Hamlet's BlackBerry

A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age

by William Powers ...

A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers ... Read more

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A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers
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Exterminator!

A Novel

by William S. Burroughs ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best. ... Read more

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Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.
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New Slow City

Living Simply in the World's Fastest City

by William Powers ...

Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens
... Read more
Blue Clay People

Seasons on Africa's Fragile Edge

by William D. Powers ...

"A haunting account of one man's determination and the struggles of a people living in a deeply troubled country."-BooklistWhen William Powers went to Liberia as a fresh-faced aid worker in 1999, he was given the mandate to "fight poverty and save the rainforest." It wasn't long before Powers saw how many obstacles lay in the way, discovering first-hand how Liberia has become a "black hole in the ... Read more

$10.99 USD

"A haunting account of one man's determination and the struggles of a people living in a deeply troubled country."-BooklistWhen William Powers went to Liberia as a fresh-faced aid worker in 1999, he was given the mandate to "fight poverty and save the rainforest." It wasn't long before Powers saw how many obstacles lay in the way, discovering first-hand how Liberia has become a "black hole in the
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Overclocked

More Stories of the Future Present

by Cory Doctorow ...

Narrated by various narrators, Lloyd James, Nicola Barber, R. C. Bray, Fiona Hardingham, Jeffrey Kafer, Jim Meskimen, Emily Woo Zeller, William Hughes, Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

13 hours 13 min

Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon attack? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology—and its various uses—run amok."Anda's ... Read more

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Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon attack? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology—and its various uses—run amok."Anda's
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Dispatches from the Sweet Life

One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the World

by William Powers ...

Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives — living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest ... Read more

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Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives — living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest
... Read more
Goldie Vance Book Two

by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, Jackie Ball ...

Illustrated by Noah Hayes, Elle Power ...

Series Book 2 - Goldie Vance
Teen detective Goldie Vance is back on the case in this thrilling two-for-one whodunnit adventure for upper–middle grade readers!Where sixteen-year-old Goldie goes, mystery follows.With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to unmask a saboteur before the big event.Then, the St. Pascal Rockin’ the Beach Music Festival ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Teen detective Goldie Vance is back on the case in this thrilling two-for-one whodunnit adventure for upper–middle grade readers!Where sixteen-year-old Goldie goes, mystery follows.With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to unmask a saboteur before the big event.Then, the St. Pascal Rockin’ the Beach Music Festival
... Read more
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Ripple

An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter

by William Powers ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner, Bianca Bryan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of
... Read more
Pavement and Highway : Specimen Days in Strathclyde

Pavement and Highway : Specimen Days in Strathclyde

by William Power ...

THE anthropomorphic habit of thought manifestedin the polytheism of the Greeks and the mono-theism of the early Jews has been responsible, onesupposes, for the familiar expression, "the body politic."But if the capital of a country be regarded as its head,there are few large states which have answered con-sistently to the anthropomorphic image. France andEngland are the only European powers that ... Read more

$2.10 USD

THE anthropomorphic habit of thought manifestedin the polytheism of the Greeks and the mono-theism of the early Jews has been responsible, onesupposes, for the familiar expression, "the body politic."But if the capital of a country be regarded as its head,there are few large states which have answered con-sistently to the anthropomorphic image. France andEngland are the only European powers that
... Read more
Literature and Oatmeal

What Literature Has Meant to Scotland

by William Power ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Scotland
Originally published in 1935, this book’s author was both a nationalist and internationalist who believed that these positions were complementary, not in conflict with each other. This concise volume doesn’t merely discuss the significance of literature in Scottish history but also charts that literary heritage. Examining native and foreign influences from Ireland and Scandinavia, the book also ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Originally published in 1935, this book’s author was both a nationalist and internationalist who believed that these positions were complementary, not in conflict with each other. This concise volume doesn’t merely discuss the significance of literature in Scottish history but also charts that literary heritage. Examining native and foreign influences from Ireland and Scandinavia, the book also
... Read more
Riverboats and Roses

by William Powers ...

Riverboats and Roses is set in the late 1800s in a Mississippi river town.Martha Fairbanks must face the death of her beloved husband of twenty-four years. Riverboat Captain Anderson Fairbanks has been killed in an accident leaving Martha and her grown son Charles to grieve the loss of their husband and father. However, Martha has one additional burden, a secret so painful she dare not share it ... Read more

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Riverboats and Roses is set in the late 1800s in a Mississippi river town.Martha Fairbanks must face the death of her beloved husband of twenty-four years. Riverboat Captain Anderson Fairbanks has been killed in an accident leaving Martha and her grown son Charles to grieve the loss of their husband and father. However, Martha has one additional burden, a secret so painful she dare not share it
... Read more
The Long Journey Home

by William Powers ...

The Long Journey Home takes place in the American mid-west during the late 1880s.Ben Owens, a young man in his late teens had a devastating argument with his father and left home, traveling west to become a cowboy. He writes to his mother who patiently encourages both father and son to reconcile, but pride and stubbornness thwart her wishes. After five years Ben must face his uncertainties when ... Read more

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The Long Journey Home takes place in the American mid-west during the late 1880s.Ben Owens, a young man in his late teens had a devastating argument with his father and left home, traveling west to become a cowboy. He writes to his mother who patiently encourages both father and son to reconcile, but pride and stubbornness thwart her wishes. After five years Ben must face his uncertainties when
... Read more

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