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  • A Season on the Med

    Football Where the Sun Always Shines

    by Alex Wade ...
    A Season on the Med: Riviera Football in Italy and France (With a Trip to Athens for Stan) is a story of football where the sun always shines - with a difference. In the wake of Brexit, writer Alex Wade decamped to Menton, the last town on the Cote d'Azur. During a swim between France and Italy, he realised two things. An array of great football clubs - from Nice, Marseille and Monaco to Genoa, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Amazing Surfing Stories

    Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders

    by Alex Wade ...
    Series Book 4 - Amazing Stories
    This eclectic mix of surfing stories has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The bizarre and the extreme rub shoulders with perfect breaks and beautiful beaches. Be thrilled by legendary surfers, as well as learning about local ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cold War Sociology

    Societies of Distribution

    by Alex Wade ...
    Series series Contemporary Liminality
    This book positions the Cold War as a liminal time and space that holds sway in the second quarter of the 21st century, informing a broad and deep analysis of how contemporary society was – and continues to be – fashioned by the societies of distribution found in Cold War Sociology.As a conflict that spanned the second half of the 20th century, the influence of the Cold War continues into the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Pac-Man Principle

    A User's Guide To Capitalism

    by Alex Wade ...
    In spite of being well into middle-age, Pac-Man's popularity shows no sign of decline and the character has appeared in over sixty games on virtually every games platform ever released. According to the David Brown celebrity index, in 2008, nearly three decades after initial release, 94% of Americans were able to recognise Pac-Man, which gave the character greater brand awareness than Super Mario. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Playback – A Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames

    by PhD Alex Wade ...
    Through interviews with developers, gamers, and journalists examining the phenomena of bedroom coding, arcade gaming, and format wars, mapped onto enquiry into the seminal genres of the time including driving, shooting, and maze chase, Playback: A Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames examines how 1980s Britain has become the culture of work in the 21st century and considers its meaning to ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • No Good Way to Die

    by Alex Wade ...
    No Good Way To Die is the dramatic story of Pryson Dare, a seasoned United Nations diplomat who seeks answers to his son’s mysterious death, the result of a supposed scuba diving accident in The Bahamas. With the aid of his son’s girlfriend, a private investigator, and a handful of kindly Bahamian locals, he uncovers the ugly truth. Despite thwarting the international arms dealer behind his son’s ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • High Speed Silence

    by Alex Wade ...
    Being a cop isn't easy. Just ask motorcycle patrolman Adam King, who has just been suspended following a shooting incident. Worse yet, he is unable to assist in the investigation into the stabbing of his childhood pal. Luckily, his brethren in the department have got his back. Is it fate, or divine intervention that sees him through the ordeal? "Knifing through the gridlock at high speed,silently ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

    by Susan Casey ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this "wonderfully vivid, kinetic narrative" (The New York Times), the bestselling author of Voices in the Ocean captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out.For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. As Susan Casey travels the globe, hunting these monsters of the ocean with ... Read more

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  • The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks

    A Critical Introduction

    by Simone Caroti ...
    This critical history of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels covers the series from its inception in the 1970s to the The Hydrogen Sonata (2012), published less than a year before Banks' death. It considers Banks' origins as a writer, the development of his politics and ethics, his struggles to become a published author, his eventual success with The Wasp Factory (1984) and the publication of the first ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Red Book

    by James Patterson, David Ellis ...
    Series Book 2 - A Black Book Thriller
    Detective Billy Harney’s reputation as a dirty cop may be the only thing keeping Chicago clean in this thrilling novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author.For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Gwendy's Button Box

    A Novella

    by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar ...
    Series series Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy
    Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock.There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A Post-Truth World

    Politics, Polarization, and a Vision for Transcending the Chaos

    by Ken Wilber ...
    A piercing examination of our current social and political situation through the lens of Integral Theory—by the framework’s founder, cutting-edge philosopher Ken Wilber.Our overwhelmingly divisive socio-political climate is among the greatest challenges of our time. Not only in America but also internationally, it seems that almost every issue raises incredibly vocal oppositional views. Not least ... Read more

    $14.99 USD