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Scaling Physiological Processes

Leaf to Globe

by Jacques Roy, James R. Ehleringer, Christopher B. Field ...

Series series Physiological Ecology
Traditional plant physiological ecology is organism centered and provides a useful framework for understanding the interactions between plants and their environment and for identifying characteristics likely to result in plant success in a particular habitat. This book focuses on extending concepts from plant physiological ecology as a basis for understanding carbon, energy, and biogeochemical ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Traditional plant physiological ecology is organism centered and provides a useful framework for understanding the interactions between plants and their environment and for identifying characteristics likely to result in plant success in a particular habitat. This book focuses on extending concepts from plant physiological ecology as a basis for understanding carbon, energy, and biogeochemical
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Pursuit of Liberty

How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America

by Jeffrey Rosen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

The bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness shows how the opposing constitutional ideologies of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have defined our country for 250 years, influenced presidents from Washington to Trump, and continue to drive the debate over the power of government today.With insight and a sweeping historical perspective, bestselling author and former president of the ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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The bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness shows how the opposing constitutional ideologies of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton have defined our country for 250 years, influenced presidents from Washington to Trump, and continue to drive the debate over the power of government today.With insight and a sweeping historical perspective, bestselling author and former president of the
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The Fact Checker

by Austin Kelley ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

**Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an increasingly post-truth world.It’s just a puff piece about a farmer’s market, I said to myself. It’s not going to kill anyone.**It started out like any ... Read more

$19.99 USD

**Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an increasingly post-truth world.It’s just a puff piece about a farmer’s market, I said to myself. It’s not going to kill anyone.**It started out like any
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Malady of the Mind

Schizophrenia and the Path to Prevention

by Jeffrey A. Lieberman ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

17 hours 27 min

“The most important book about schizophrenia in decades, and perhaps ever…a total game-changer.” —Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful MindA comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly readable portrait of schizophrenia—its history, its various manifestations, and how today’s treatments have promising and often lifesaving potential.This “incredibly captivating” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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“The most important book about schizophrenia in decades, and perhaps ever…a total game-changer.” —Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful MindA comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly readable portrait of schizophrenia—its history, its various manifestations, and how today’s treatments have promising and often lifesaving potential.This “incredibly captivating” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The
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The Song of the Dodo

Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

by David Quammen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

24 hours 36 min

“Compulsively readable—a masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of science journalism.” —Bill McKibben, AudubonA brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message, The Song of the Dodo is a crucial book in precarious times. Through personal observation, scientific theory, and history, David Quammen examines the mysteries of evolution and extinction and radically ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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“Compulsively readable—a masterpiece, maybe the masterpiece of science journalism.” —Bill McKibben, AudubonA brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope and far-reaching in its message, The Song of the Dodo is a crucial book in precarious times. Through personal observation, scientific theory, and history, David Quammen examines the mysteries of evolution and extinction and radically
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53 Days

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

by Timothy W. Ryback ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeksOn September 25, 1930, Adolf Hitler appeared before Germany’s Supreme Court and outlined his plans to destroy the Weimar Republic by democratic process. The judge asked, “So, only through constitutional means?” Hitler replied, “Jawohl! ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeksOn September 25, 1930, Adolf Hitler appeared before Germany’s Supreme Court and outlined his plans to destroy the Weimar Republic by democratic process. The judge asked, “So, only through constitutional means?” Hitler replied, “Jawohl!
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Breathless

The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

by David Quammen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 26 min

National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic—a **“l**uminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time” (The New York Times).Breathless is a “gripping” (The Atlantic) but “clear-eyed analysis” (Time) of SARs-CoV-2... ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic—a **“l**uminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time” (The New York Times).Breathless is a “gripping” (The Atlantic) but “clear-eyed analysis” (Time) of SARs-CoV-2...
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Beyond Honor

A Novel

by K.B. Brodsky ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

11 hours

A paramilitary operative confronting his grief on a path of retribution. A CIA analyst hunting a conspiracy that leads to the Oval Office. A Russian agent hiding in plain sight. Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow meets Jack Carr’s The Terminal List in Beyond Honor, a debut political thriller that plunges readers into a world of international espionage, where loyalty and duty are tested.A man forged by ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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A paramilitary operative confronting his grief on a path of retribution. A CIA analyst hunting a conspiracy that leads to the Oval Office. A Russian agent hiding in plain sight. Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow meets Jack Carr’s The Terminal List in Beyond Honor, a debut political thriller that plunges readers into a world of international espionage, where loyalty and duty are tested.A man forged by
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Friends Helping Friends

A Novel

by Patrick Hoffman ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

An exhilarating thriller about a white nationalist group—and the man taking them down from the inside—written with critically acclaimed author Patrick Hoffman’s “crisp pace and superb timing” (The Wall Street Journal).Bunny Simpson is at his usual post behind the counter at a Denver cigarette store when his volatile friend Jerry presents an opportunity: 500 dollars to beat a guy up. Jerry has been ... Read more

$25.99 USD

An exhilarating thriller about a white nationalist group—and the man taking them down from the inside—written with critically acclaimed author Patrick Hoffman’s “crisp pace and superb timing” (The Wall Street Journal).Bunny Simpson is at his usual post behind the counter at a Denver cigarette store when his volatile friend Jerry presents an opportunity: 500 dollars to beat a guy up. Jerry has been
... Read more
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The Lords of Easy Money

How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy

by Christopher Leonard ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 19 min

The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions—the Federal Reserve—to show how its policies spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country’s economic stability at risk.If you asked most people what forces led to today’s unprecedented income ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions—the Federal Reserve—to show how its policies spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country’s economic stability at risk.If you asked most people what forces led to today’s unprecedented income
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Here, Right Matters

An American Story

by Alexander Vindman ...

Narrated by Alexander Vindman, Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to presidential impeachment, tells his own story for the first time. Here, Right Matters is a stirring account of Vindman's childhood as an immigrant growing up in New York City, his career in service of his new home on the battlefield ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to presidential impeachment, tells his own story for the first time. Here, Right Matters is a stirring account of Vindman's childhood as an immigrant growing up in New York City, his career in service of his new home on the battlefield
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Polar War

Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic

by Kenneth R. Rosen ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

8 hours 32 min

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet’s great powers heralds the next global conflict.**Russian spies. Nuclear submarines. Sabotaged pipelines. Undersea ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA gripping blend of travelogue and frontline reporting that reveals how climate change, military ambition, and economic opportunity are transforming the Arctic into the epicenter of a new cold war, where a struggle for dominance between the planet’s great powers heralds the next global conflict.**Russian spies. Nuclear submarines. Sabotaged pipelines. Undersea
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