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  • Confucianism and Catholicism

    Reinvigorating the Dialogue

    Confucianism and Catholicism, among the most influential religious traditions, share an intricate relationship. Beginning with the work of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the nature of this relationship has generated great debate. These ten essays synthesize in a single volume this historic conversation. Written by specialists in both traditions, the essays are organized into two groups. Those in the ... Read more

    $52.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pursuit of Loneliness

    America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal

    by Philip Slater ...
    In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society-violence, competitiveness, inequality, and the national 'addiction' to technology. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Leafy Green's Adventures

    A Woodland Tale of Friendship and Magic

    Beautifully written by 97-year-old great-grandfather Philip Dandridge and illustrated by a talented artist in her early 90s, "Leafy Green's Adventures" is the perfect first chapter book for young readers and a delightful read-aloud for pre-schoolers. Join Bianca and Georgia in their adventures with the friendly elf Leafy Green and the woodland folk.Step through the garden gate and into a secret ... Read more

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  • Sensory Tourism

    Senses and SenseScapes Encompassing Tourism Destinations

    Tourism offers countless global locations, providing a multitude of sensory experiences. These include commercialised tourism products such as saunas and floatation tanks through to natural phenomenon such as mountains and wilderness destinations. Consequently, sensory elements are a curious concept within tourism because every destination provides a sensory experience of one kind or another. The ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Leafy Green's Adventures

    A Woodland Tale of Friendship and Magic

    Illustrated by Pamela Slater ...
    Leafy Green's AdventuresA Woodland Tale of Friendship and MagicStep through the garden gate and into a secret world where magic is real and woodland friends are waiting...Bianca and Georgia love visiting their Granny, but the real adventure begins at the bottom of her garden. Beyond the gate lies a magical woodland where they meet Leafy Green, a kind-hearted elf with pointy ears and a habit of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for ... Read more

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  • Extreme Mean

    Ending Cyberabuse at Work, School, and Home

    by Paula Todd ...
    From one of Canada's foremost investigative writers, a groundbreaking exposé on the motives and machinations behind cyberabuse - tormenting, trolling, harassment, cyberbullying, stalking, and sexual extortion - and the toll it is taking on children, youth, and adults around the world.It seems as if each week our news broadcasts, newspaper headlines, Twitter feeds, and Facebook timelines are ... Read more

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  • Last Chance in Texas

    The Redemption of Criminal Youth

    by John Hubner ...
    A powerful, bracing and deeply spiritual look at intensely, troubled youth, Last Chance in Texas gives a stirring account of the way one remarkable prison rehabilitates its inmates.While reporting on the juvenile court system, journalist John Hubner kept hearing about a facility in Texas that ran the most aggressive–and one of the most successful–treatment programs for violent young offenders in ... Read more

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  • The Honored Society

    A Portrait of Italy's Most Powerful Mafia

    by Petra Reski ...
    In the early hours of an August 2007 morning a gunfight broke out in an Italian restaurant in Duisburg, Germany; in less than five minutes over seventy shots were fired into the bodies of six men. Both the victims and the assassins were members of the 'Ndrangheta crime organization. Calabria's Mafia had brazenly shown its savage influence outside Italy for the first time.In The Honored Society ... Read more

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  • Reading Writing Interfaces

    From the Digital to the Bookbound

    by Lori Emerson ...
    Series series Electronic Mediations
    Lori Emerson examines how interfaces—from today’s multitouch devices to yesterday’s desktops, from typewriters to Emily Dickinson’s self-bound fascicle volumes—mediate between writer and text as well as between writer and reader. Following the threads of experimental writing from the present into the past, she shows how writers have long tested and transgressed technological boundaries.Reading the ... Read more

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  • Against the Fascist Creep

    US society is notoriously complacent when it comes to the rise of fascist tendencies. When Dylann Roof murdered nine black parishioners in a Charleston church, media emphasis remained superficial. Familiar narratives of insane lone wolves and Confederate flags masked the organizations that inspired Roof's act and their connections to politicians at the local, state, and federal levels throughout ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsoleteIn modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That's all going to change thanks to the Big Data revolution. As Viktor Mayer-Schörger, bestselling author of Big Data, and Thomas Ramge, who ... Read more

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