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Understanding Computation

From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs

by Tom Stuart ...

Finally, you can learn computation theory and programming language design in an engaging, practical way. Understanding Computation explains theoretical computer science in a context you’ll recognize, helping you appreciate why these ideas matter and how they can inform your day-to-day programming.Rather than use mathematical notation or an unfamiliar academic programming language like Haskell or ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Finally, you can learn computation theory and programming language design in an engaging, practical way. Understanding Computation explains theoretical computer science in a context you’ll recognize, helping you appreciate why these ideas matter and how they can inform your day-to-day programming.Rather than use mathematical notation or an unfamiliar academic programming language like Haskell or
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After Edward

by Tom Stuart ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
'I think it's queer.And it's about to get queerer…'Edward II wanders on to the empty stage, bloodied and confused. He has no idea where he is, or how he got here, but he does have an ominous feeling that something is wrong. As that feeling grows, so too does the threat on the other side of the auditorium doors.Edward finds himself locked inside the theatre with some rather anarchic fellow inmates: ... Read more

$12.99 USD

'I think it's queer.And it's about to get queerer…'Edward II wanders on to the empty stage, bloodied and confused. He has no idea where he is, or how he got here, but he does have an ominous feeling that something is wrong. As that feeling grows, so too does the threat on the other side of the auditorium doors.Edward finds himself locked inside the theatre with some rather anarchic fellow inmates:
... Read more
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No Saint

by Ria Wilde ...

Narrated by Kylie Stewart, Tor Thom ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

Saint.Virtuous. Kind. Patient.These were words never associated with Gabriel Saint. He was a monster. The devil that haunted the city of Redhill. And he had found me.I managed to hide for a while from my past, present, and future. But I should have known they'd come looking. After all, I had the heir of the city in my arms, and if I know anything about the ruling crime family of this city, it's ... Read more

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Saint.Virtuous. Kind. Patient.These were words never associated with Gabriel Saint. He was a monster. The devil that haunted the city of Redhill. And he had found me.I managed to hide for a while from my past, present, and future. But I should have known they'd come looking. After all, I had the heir of the city in my arms, and if I know anything about the ruling crime family of this city, it's
... Read more
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The Last Days of Troy

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by Simon Armitage ...

Narrated by Brendan O’Hea, Claire Calbraith, Colin Tierney, David Birell, Francesca Zoutewelle, Garry Cooper, Gillian Bevan, Jake Fairbrother, Lily Cole, Luca Rawlinson, Richard Bremmer, Simon Harrison, Tom Stuart ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s AeneidFor ten years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As Gods and ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s AeneidFor ten years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As Gods and
... Read more
Tofino: A Novel

by Tom Stewart ...

"In prose that sears, he gives us the wild coast and the wounded soul—both stripped of pretense, both tremblingly alive."Author Tom Stewart—following a national fiction award for Immortal North—returns with his most intimate novel yet: an emotionally charged story of heartbreak and healing in the town he calls home. Lyrical and sexy, at once comedic and profound, the story unfolds over three days, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

"In prose that sears, he gives us the wild coast and the wounded soul—both stripped of pretense, both tremblingly alive."Author Tom Stewart—following a national fiction award for Immortal North—returns with his most intimate novel yet: an emotionally charged story of heartbreak and healing in the town he calls home. Lyrical and sexy, at once comedic and profound, the story unfolds over three days,
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Under Big-Hearted Skies

A Young Man's Memoir of Adventure, Wilderness, & Love

by Tom Stewart ...

***** A Readers’ Favorite Five Star Author ********** Shelf Unbound 2022 Best Indie Book Notable Author ********** 2020 Canada Book Awards Winning Author *****Tom at seventeen years old, naïve and optimistic, took a bush-plane flight north to remote wilderness and work at an isolated fishing lodge. Only days into the season, confrontations with coworkers escalates into threats on his life. So a ... Read more

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***** A Readers’ Favorite Five Star Author ********** Shelf Unbound 2022 Best Indie Book Notable Author ********** 2020 Canada Book Awards Winning Author *****Tom at seventeen years old, naïve and optimistic, took a bush-plane flight north to remote wilderness and work at an isolated fishing lodge. Only days into the season, confrontations with coworkers escalates into threats on his life. So a
... Read more
Immortal North Two: A Novel

by Tom Stewart ...

“Immortal North is one of the finest examples of true literary fiction I have ever read. ★★★★★”—Marcus Lynn Dean, author, Thermals of TimeThe “achingly beautiful” story of Immortal North concludes in this stunning sequel, an unflinching meditation on the triumph of human resolve.He’s known as the trapper and his family has a long history in these remote woods. Now it’s just him and the boy, and he ... Read more

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“Immortal North is one of the finest examples of true literary fiction I have ever read. ★★★★★”—Marcus Lynn Dean, author, Thermals of TimeThe “achingly beautiful” story of Immortal North concludes in this stunning sequel, an unflinching meditation on the triumph of human resolve.He’s known as the trapper and his family has a long history in these remote woods. Now it’s just him and the boy, and he
... Read more
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Organizing Amazon

Building Worker Power under Conditions of Fragmentation, Precarity and Regimentation

by Tom Vickers, Rachel Fagan, Amanda Gearing, Garfield Hylton, Louveza Iqbal, Ceferina Floresca Javier, Paramanathan Pradeep, Stuart Richards, Tom Rigby, Ferdousara Uddin0 ...

Narrated by Tom Vickers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 13 min

Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study ... Read more

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Between August 2022 and July 2024, GMB Union membership at Amazon’s BHX4 Coventry warehouse skyrocketed, with 37 days of strike action resulting in a 28.5% pay rise. Yet despite this, the union narrowly lost a ballot that would have forced Amazon to grant formal recognition.Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study
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Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5

Build maintainable and scalable systems with C++ and Blueprint

by Stuart Butler, Tom Oliver ...

Improve your game's code with design patterns to make it more readable, reusable, modular, and optimized, guided by an Unreal Authorized Instructor to enhance your overall use of C++ with Unreal EngineKey FeaturesExplore programming patterns, structures, and principles and their applications in Unreal Engine 5 game developmentTranslate code from Blueprint to C++ to implement performant solutions ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Improve your game's code with design patterns to make it more readable, reusable, modular, and optimized, guided by an Unreal Authorized Instructor to enhance your overall use of C++ with Unreal EngineKey FeaturesExplore programming patterns, structures, and principles and their applications in Unreal Engine 5 game developmentTranslate code from Blueprint to C++ to implement performant solutions
... Read more
Immortal North

by Tom Stewart ...

Series series Immortal North
For fans of Cormac McCarthy and Ernest Hemingway comes a debut novel that Book Sirens calls "Heartbreakingly beautiful, raw and enchanting. ★★★★★"A father raises his boy in the isolated north. But for those lands and minds with an unsettled past, other dangers may lurk the woods where father and son hunt the timber.***** 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards Fiction Winner ********** 2022 ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For fans of Cormac McCarthy and Ernest Hemingway comes a debut novel that Book Sirens calls "Heartbreakingly beautiful, raw and enchanting. ★★★★★"A father raises his boy in the isolated north. But for those lands and minds with an unsettled past, other dangers may lurk the woods where father and son hunt the timber.***** 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards Fiction Winner ********** 2022
... Read more
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Fiona and The Fixer

by Vanessa Vale ...

Narrated by Kylie Stewart, Tor Thom ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Hitman and the Fixer
Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

A bad boy fixer and a bombshell FBI agent can work together on opposite sides of the law… or so I hear.I’m an overworked fixer who needs a break. When I’m asked to cat-sit in Coal Springs, I’m all for a few boring days.Except there is no break, and there’s no chance to be bored. Not when I walk into a convenience store and meet a kick-ass woman with an obsession for coffee who single-handedly ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A bad boy fixer and a bombshell FBI agent can work together on opposite sides of the law… or so I hear.I’m an overworked fixer who needs a break. When I’m asked to cat-sit in Coal Springs, I’m all for a few boring days.Except there is no break, and there’s no chance to be bored. Not when I walk into a convenience store and meet a kick-ass woman with an obsession for coffee who single-handedly
... Read more
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Ape that Understood the Universe, The

How the Mind and Culture Evolve

by Steve Stewart-Williams ...

Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major
... Read more

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