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Kallocain

by Karin Boye ...

Translated by David McDuff ...

A pioneering work of dystopian fiction from one of Sweden's most acclaimed writersWritten midway between Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four, as the terrible events of the Second World War were unfolding, Kallocain depicts a totalitarian 'World State' which seeks to crush the individual entirely. In this desolate, paranoid landscape of 'police eyes' and 'police ears', the obedient citizen and ... Read more

$12.59 USD

A pioneering work of dystopian fiction from one of Sweden's most acclaimed writersWritten midway between Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four, as the terrible events of the Second World War were unfolding, Kallocain depicts a totalitarian 'World State' which seeks to crush the individual entirely. In this desolate, paranoid landscape of 'police eyes' and 'police ears', the obedient citizen and
... Read more
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Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict

What to Say Next to De-stress the Workday, Build Collaboration, and Calm Difficult Customers

by Karin Hurt, David Dye ...

Narrated by Karin Hurt, David Dye ...

Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

Read by the authors.An essential guide to master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Read by the authors.An essential guide to master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and
... Read more

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Arabic Language and Linguistics

by Reem Bassiouney, E. Graham Katz, Nizha Chatar-Moumni, Kamel A. Elsaadany, Salwa Muhammed Shams, Ali Farghaly, Youssef A. Haddad, Sarah Ouwayda, Usama Soltan0, Hana Zabarah1, Elena Canna2, Ahmed Fakhri3, Gunvor Mejdell4, Catherine Miller5, Karin C. Ryding6, Yasir Suleiman7, David Wilmsen8 ...

Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today’s political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the ... Read more

$53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, is spoken by more than half a billion people around the world and is of increasing importance in today’s political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century and include full syntactic, morphological, and phonological analyses of the
... Read more
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Don't Look Back

by Karin Fossum ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Series series Inspector Sejer Mystery
Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

Don't Look Back is the second novel in Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer mystery series."Sejer belongs alongside the likes of Adam Dalgliesh and Inspector Morse—a gifted detective and troubled man."—Boston GlobeAt the foot of the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small, idyllic village, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets. ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Don't Look Back is the second novel in Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer mystery series."Sejer belongs alongside the likes of Adam Dalgliesh and Inspector Morse—a gifted detective and troubled man."—Boston GlobeAt the foot of the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small, idyllic village, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets.
... Read more

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Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict

What to Say Next to De-stress the Workday, Build Collaboration, and Calm Difficult Customers

by Karin Hurt, David Dye ...

An essential guide to master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and impatient for change, steady ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

An essential guide to master any workplace conflict with confidence and ease, have less drama, better results, and thrive at work.In many workplaces today, workplace conflict is an escalating issue. The shift to remote work and hybrid teams has left many people longing for deeper human connection. On top of this, add a younger generation clamoring for more feedback and impatient for change, steady
... Read more

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Courageous Cultures

How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates

by Karin Hurt, David Dye ...

From executives complaining that their teams don’t contribute ideas to employees giving up because their input isn’t valued--company culture is the culprit. Courageous Cultures provides a road map to build a high-performance, high-engagement culture around sharing ideas, solving problems, and rewarding contributions from all levels.Many leaders are convinced they have an open environment that ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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From executives complaining that their teams don’t contribute ideas to employees giving up because their input isn’t valued--company culture is the culprit. Courageous Cultures provides a road map to build a high-performance, high-engagement culture around sharing ideas, solving problems, and rewarding contributions from all levels.Many leaders are convinced they have an open environment that
... Read more

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MatchUp

by Lee Child, Charlaine Harris, John Sandford, Kathy Reichs, Eric Van Lustbader, Gayle Lynds, Nelson DeMille, Lisa Jackson, Sandra Brown0, Christopher Rice1, J.A. Jance2, Lisa Scottoline3, C. J. Box4, Steve Berry5, Peter James6, Michael Koryta7, Diana Gabaldon8, David Morrell9, Karin Slaughter0, Andrew Gross1, Lara Adrian2, Val McDermid2 ...

Narrated by Lee Child, Jay O. Sanders3, Linda Emond4, Dennis Boutsikaris5, Gerard Doyle6, January LaVoy7, Laura Benanti8, Robert Petkoff9, CJ Wilson0, Karen Ziemba1 ...

Unabridged

15 hours 15 min

This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twenty-two internationally bestselling writers in “a must-read for fans of the thriller genre” (The Real Book Spy).The incredible follow-up to FaceOff features twenty-two of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers ... Read more

$29.99 USD

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This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twenty-two internationally bestselling writers in “a must-read for fans of the thriller genre” (The Real Book Spy).The incredible follow-up to FaceOff features twenty-two of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers
... Read more

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The Cambridge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

Edited by Karin Ryding, David Wilmsen ...

Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
Arabic linguistics encompasses a range of language forms and functions from formal to informal, classical to contemporary, written to spoken, all of which have vastly different research traditions. Recently however, the increasing prominence of new methodologies such as corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics have allowed Arabic linguistics to be studied from multiple perspectives, revealing key ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Arabic linguistics encompasses a range of language forms and functions from formal to informal, classical to contemporary, written to spoken, all of which have vastly different research traditions. Recently however, the increasing prominence of new methodologies such as corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics have allowed Arabic linguistics to be studied from multiple perspectives, revealing key
... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Generality in Mathematics and the Sciences

Edited by Karine Chemla, Renaud Chorlay, David Rabouin ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
Generality is a key value in scientific discourses and practices. Throughout history, it has received a variety of meanings and of uses. This collection of original essays aims to inquire into this diversity. Through case studies taken from the history of mathematics, physics and the life sciences, the book provides evidence of different ways of understanding the general in various contexts. It ... Read more

$125.09 USD

Generality is a key value in scientific discourses and practices. Throughout history, it has received a variety of meanings and of uses. This collection of original essays aims to inquire into this diversity. Through case studies taken from the history of mathematics, physics and the life sciences, the book provides evidence of different ways of understanding the general in various contexts. It
... Read more
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Raised Hunting

True Stories of Faith, Family, and the Adventure of Hunting

by David Holder, Karin Holder ...

Narrated by David Holder, Karin Holder ...

Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

Succeed on the Hunt and in LifeIn bow hunting, being at full draw is the height of adventure, the moment when you're poised to take your best shot. Hunting enthusiasts and popular Discovery Channel personalities David and Karin Holder believe you can live the same way you hunt—at full draw, excited, and ready for whatever God has in store for you.Each chapter is designed to help you take aim ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Succeed on the Hunt and in LifeIn bow hunting, being at full draw is the height of adventure, the moment when you're poised to take your best shot. Hunting enthusiasts and popular Discovery Channel personalities David and Karin Holder believe you can live the same way you hunt—at full draw, excited, and ready for whatever God has in store for you.Each chapter is designed to help you take aim
... Read more

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The Drowned Boy

by Karin Fossum ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Series series Inspector Sejer Mystery
Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

A new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series, the first since The Caller, from Norway's finest crime writerCarmen and Nicolai failed to resuscitate their son, Tommy, after finding him floating in their backyard pond. When Inspector Skarre arrives on the scene, Carmen reports that Tommy, a healthy toddler with Down syndrome, wandered into the garden while Nicolai was working in the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A new addition to the captivating Inspector Sejer series, the first since The Caller, from Norway's finest crime writerCarmen and Nicolai failed to resuscitate their son, Tommy, after finding him floating in their backyard pond. When Inspector Skarre arrives on the scene, Carmen reports that Tommy, a healthy toddler with Down syndrome, wandered into the garden while Nicolai was working in the
... Read more

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When the Devil Holds the Candle

by Karin Fossum ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Series series Inspector Sejer Mystery
Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

When the theft of a purse from a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his ever-reliable switchblade. Motionless in the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out.Inspector Konrad Sejer and his ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

When the theft of a purse from a stroller results in an infant's death, two teenagers are in trouble. Unaware of the enormity of their crime, Zipp and Andreas are intent on committing still another. They follow an elderly woman home, and Andreas enters her house with his ever-reliable switchblade. Motionless in the dark, Zipp waits for his friend to come out.Inspector Konrad Sejer and his
... Read more

Also available as: eBook