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  • Informatica

    Mastering Information through the Ages

    by Alex Wright ...
    Informatica**—the updated edition of Alex Wright's previously published Glut—continues the journey through the history of the information age to show how information systems emerge**. Today's "information explosion" may seem like a modern phenomenon, but we are not the first generation—or even the first species—to wrestle with the problem of information overload. Long before the advent of ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Cataloging the World

    Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age

    by Alex Wright ...
    The dream of capturing and organizing knowledge is as old as history. From the archives of ancient Sumeria and the Library of Alexandria to the Library of Congress and Wikipedia, humanity has wrestled with the problem of harnessing its intellectual output. The timeless quest for wisdom has been as much about information storage and retrieval as creative genius. In Cataloging the World, Alex Wright ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Empire of Ink

    The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper

    by Alex Wright ...
    A sweeping history of America’s first media revolution: the rise of the newspaper, and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world’s first information superpower.**“Captivating … a rip-roaring, richly entertaining feast.” —**Wall Street JournalNo society had ever generated so much ink and paper in so little time. Between the Revolutionary War and the dawn of the twentieth century, ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Solo House Cleaning Business

    A Beginner's Guide to Starting From Home, Finding Your First Clients, Setting Prices, and Building a Profitable Cleaning Service

    by Alex Wright ...
    You are holding this book because somewhere in you the idea took root, maybe after a frustrating day job, a stack of bills, or the simple realization that you are good at cleaning and people will happily pay for that skill. Starting a house cleaning business alone is one of the most practical, reachable paths to self employment available today: no degree required, no large loan, no warehouse, and ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cataloging the World

    Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age

    by Alex Wright ...
    The dream of capturing and organizing knowledge is as old as history. From the archives of ancient Sumeria and the Library of Alexandria to the Library of Congress and Wikipedia, humanity has wrestled with the problem of harnessing its intellectual output. The timeless quest for wisdom has been as much about information storage and retrieval as creative genius. In Cataloging the World, Alex Wright ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Exploring Doubt

    Landscapes of Loss and Longing

    by Alex Wright ...
    Christianity has often seemed impatient with the idea of doubt. Certainty, not irresolution, has been seen as the test of faith and key to unlocking participation in the supposed life to come. But when his marriage collapsed, Alex Wright knew that all his own certainties had been reduced to rubble. The future he had planned on the Norfolk coast disappeared as fast as a sea-fret burning up in the ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imagine That!

    by Alex Wright ...
    Imagine That! tells a fun and exciting story of well-written events. The five-year-old character Rena and her ten-year-old sister, Adriana, are based on memories of the author's true childhood events reenacting how she used her imagination to create fun adventures and how her imaginary adventures affected her mother and sister.This story is created to bring fun and laughter to all children, ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Who Governs Scotland?

    by Alex Wright ...
    This book addresses the premise that the question of who governs Scotland has become increasingly ambiguous, thanks in part to European integration, globalisation and devolution within the UK. It argues that although the concept of multi-level governance helped illuminate regionalism with the EU, it was not an appropriate model for Scotland. This well researched and powerfully argued book, adds ... Read more

    $87.93 CAD

  • Scotland: the Challenge of Devolution

    Edited by Alex Wright ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000. Linking politics with culture and society, this collection provides an overview of the Scottish Parliament and analyzes it in relation to UK, European and global regionalization. ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Britain and European Integration since 1945

    On the Sidelines

    by David Gowland, Arthur Turner, Alex Wright ...
    This book provides both a comprehensive introduction and a perceptive examination of Britain’s relations with the European Community and the European Union since 1945, combining an historical account with political analysis to illustrate the changing and multifaceted nature of British and European politics.Few issues in British politics since 1945 have generated such heated controversy as Britain ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • 'Race', Class and Gender in Exclusion From School

    by Alex McGlaughlin, Debbie Weekes, Cecile Wright ...
    This book explores the impact of 'race', class and gender on the interaction of pupils and their teachers in the classroom setting. It seeks to examine the extent to which these variables can account for differential rates of school exclusion between pupils from different ethnic/racial groups, socio-economic classes and genders. ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

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    Vampyrates

    The Island of De Spair

    by Andrew Avner ...
    Narrated by Andrew Avner, George Spielvogel, Sophie Wright, Alex Dundas, Malili Dib, Joe Coffey ...
    Series series Vampyrates

    Unabridged

    9 hours 33 min

    Treasure Island meets Dracula in an epic young adult fantasy adventure.At the dawn of the Second Age of Atlas, a mythic era long forgotten, a bereaved boy named Albion Seraph sets out to bring his deceased mother, Atherielle, back from the afterlife.In his search for Gravitis, a forbidden realm that harbors the power to resurrect the dead, Albion allies himself with Blackburn, notorious ca... ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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