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  • How They Get You

    Sneaky Everyday Economics and Smart Ways to Hold on to Your Money

    by Chris Kohler ...
    In this sharp, funny and empowering guide, journalist Chris Kohler takes you through the rigged carnival of modern life, where the games are broken, the prizes are fake and somehow you’re paying $28 to park near the entrance.From loyalty schemes to late fees, gift cards to sneaky supermarkets, How They Get You pulls back the curtain on how the systems work and how to outsmart them. Written for ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Power-Up

    How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life

    by Chris Kohler ...
    "Chris Kohler brings the passionate intensity of a hardcore fan to his writing, but he also has the background knowledge and the critical facilities to explore video games as an industry, as a medium, and as a cultural phenomenon." — WiredWhy are Japanese video games a worldwide sensation? This enjoyable and informative survey explores the reasons, starting with how Japanese developers raised the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Final Fantasy V

    by Chris Kohler ...
    Series series Boss Fight Books
    When Final Fantasy V was released for the Japanese Super Famicom in 1992, the fantasy role-playing game was an instant hit, selling two million copies in the first two months alone. But the game was dubbed too hardcore for a Western audience and was not released outside Japan. That didn't stop a teenage Chris Kohler from tracking down Final Fantasy V. The young RPG fan got a Japanese copy of the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    How They Get You

    Sneaky Everyday Economics and Smart Ways to Hold on to Your Money

    by Chris Kohler ...
    Narrated by Chris Kohler ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 27 min

    In this sharp, funny and empowering guide, journalist Chris Kohler takes you through the rigged carnival of modern life, where the games are broken, the prizes are fake and somehow you're paying $28 to park near the entrance.From loyalty schemes to late fees, gift cards to sneaky supermarkets, How They Get You pulls back the curtain on how the systems work and how to outsmart them. Written for ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Retro Gaming Hacks

    Tips & Tools for Playing the Classics

    by Chris Kohler ...
    Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming. Every Game Boy must ponder his roots from time to time. But whatever is driving the current retro gaming craze, one thing is certain: classic games are back for a big second act, and they're being played in both old and new ways.Whether you've just been attacked by ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Whistling Cay

    For Love or Gold?

    by Chris Kohler ...
    Vivian and Rich Somners' Caribbean vacation turns into the ultimate fantasy when they discover a fortune of gold doubloons spread off the beach of an outer island called Whistling Cay. For Vivian, this sweetest of dreams morphs into a nightmare when the next day Rich and the gold vanish. Is his disappearance a result of a kidnapping, or is it an act of selfish abandonment? She's certain of the ... Read more

    $4.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cracked Island

    by Chris Kohler ...
    After losing his wife in a diving accident, Tim James descends into a life of drunken misery, and blames his plight on Haiti, a Caribbean nation even more downtrodden than the sorry state in which he finds himself. He's an easy mark for con artist Vinny Berkowitz, a prominent though bogus island attorney. Vinny convinces him that his best hope to escape his self-dug, crap-filled abyss is to take ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Job, Brain!

    Trivia, Quizzes and More Fun From the Popular Pub Quiz Podcast

    by Karen Chu, Colin Felton, Dana Nelson, Chris Kohler ...
    Mind-effing factoids—from anatomy awareness to CIA cats—and quirky commentary that give the traditional trivia book a fun reboot.Which came first, Brad Pitt or lasers? Who, what, or where is "shrapnel" named after? And can you really use cheese to tell the future? These questions and many more are answered in Good Job, Brain!, a collection of freaky facts, perplexing puzzles, and quirky quizzes ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Multi-Disciplinary Instructional Designer

    Integrating Specialized Skills into Design Toolkits

    Edited by Chris Gamrat, Megan Kohler ...
    The Multi-Disciplinary Instructional Designer explores how the instructional design and development process can be energized and deepened through principles gleaned from other fields of academic study. Despite their shared academic preparation and theoretical foundations, many instructional designers come to the profession also bearing formative knowledge from a diverse range of other subject ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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    W*nkernomics

    A Deep Dive into Workplace Bullsh*ttery

    by James Schloeffel, Charles Firth ...
    Narrated by James Schloeffel, Charles Firth ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 19 min

    Written by comedians James Schloeffel and Charles Firth, this business self-help guide teaches listeners how to outmanoeuvre their colleagues and climb the corporate ladder with nothing more than an obnoxious Linkedin profile, a pack of Post-it Notes and the phrase 'circle back'. Spread over ten informative units, W*nkernomics covers essential workplace skills such as how to write a passive ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Battle Elephants and Flaming Foxes

    Animals in the Roman World

    by Caroline Freeman-Cuerden ...
    From the hooves of chariot horses pounding the dust of the racetrack to the cries of elephants charging the battlefields, animals were a key part of Roman life. On memorials left to beloved dogs or in images of arena animals hammered onto coins, their stories and roles in Roman history are there for us to find.Why did the emperor Augustus always have a seal skin nearby?What was the most dangerous ... Read more

    $17.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CIA World Factbook 2022-2023

    by Central Intelligence Agency ...
    The ultimate, comprehensive guide to official country data and statistics, from the world’s most sophisticated intelligence-gathering organization.From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2022-2023 offers complete and up-to-date information on the world's nations. This comprehensive guide is packed with data on countries' politics, populations, economics, and environment for 2022 and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD