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  • Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future

    by James A Jacobs, James R Jacobs ...
    The digital information that the U.S. federal government publishes is not being adequately preserved. Current preservation practices are built on a paper-era infrastructure that does not work in the digital age. In this textbook, the authors examine how preservation practices of the past affect digital preservation, analyze publishing and preservation data to characterize the current gaps in ... Read more

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  • Busting the Mob

    The United States v. Cosa Nostra

    by James B Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, Jay Worthington ...
    The decades-long fight to bring down the mob is examined through five crucial cases in this authoritative and vividly detailed book.From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. In practice, the Cosa Nostra grew strong and wealthy by supplying illicit goods and services and by obtaining control over labor unions and key industries ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From the Imjin to the Hook

    A National Service Gunner in the Korean War

    by James Jacobs ...
    The British Armys considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 1953 was largely composed of conscripts or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a lottery basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer.As a ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moving a Community College Forward

    My Story as an Educator, Researcher, President, and Radical

    by James Jacobs ...
    Series series The Futures Series on Community Colleges
    What makes this book distinctive is the unique perspective of its author. James Jacobs spent fifty years at Macomb Community College, starting as a part-time instructor in 1967 and retiring in 2017 as president. After being temporarily fired by the college in 1970 for activist activities, Jacobs not only won his job back but began a transformation that led to a national role in developing ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Blue Economy in African Coastal Communities, Volume I

    Economic Resilience, Climate Change Mitigation, and Practical Policymaking

    Edited by Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara, Georgina Yaa Oduro, James Atta Peprah, Jacob Nunoo, Denis Worlanyo Aheto ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book, the first of two volumes, offers a comprehensive guide to the blue economy and the economic activity of African coastal communities. It brings together a broad range of topics, from local policymaking to marine conservation activities, that enable sustainable growth within African marine economies. The requirements for sustainable development in Africa are outlined, with a particular ... Read more

    $230.59 CAD

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    Crossing Borders

    by Marie James ...
    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Teddy Hamilton ...
    Series Audiobook 10 - Blackbridge Security

    Unabridged

    7 hours 4 min

    Although I take my job very seriously—being the resident charmer, the man responsible for helping clients with security, all the while making it look like I’m the newest love interest of insanely gorgeous women—it looks like it’s all fun and games.I’m getting paid to go on dates to some of the most glamourous places all around the world after all, but at the end of the day, it’s still work.When ... Read more

    $20.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Governs?

    Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation

    by James N. Druckman, Lawrence R. Jacobs ...
    A comprehensive examination of how American politicians influence the public and undermine how a democratically elected government is supposed to work.America's model of representational government rests on the premise that elected officials respond to the opinions of citizens. This is a myth, however, not a reality, according to James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs. In Who Governs?, Druckman ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Luminous Life

    How the Science of Light Unlocks the Art of Living

    by Jacob Israel Liberman ...
    The secrets of light — Your pathway to a state of presenceSeeking a state of presence: The most important things in life are our health and happiness. Yet most of us are neither healthy nor happy. We have been led to believe that if we think ahead and make the right choices, we can manifest our dreams. Yet despite our best efforts, we still have more disease and discontent than ever before. Is it ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Breaking the Devil’s Pact

    The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob

    by James B. Jacobs, Kerry T. Cooperman ...
    An in-depth study of the U.S. v. the International Brotherhood of TeamstersIn 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. The lawsuit charged that the mafia had operated the IBT as a racketeering enterprise for decades, ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Hostile Territory

    by Marie James ...
    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Callie Dalton ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Blackbridge Security

    Unabridged

    7 hours 36 min

    Can you call someone an enemy if you haven’t seen them for the better part of a decade?Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo—work, sleep, repeat.Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways?It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open.One phone call is all it takes to upend his life and land him right back into a past he has tried to ... Read more

    $20.60 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mob and the City

    The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York

    by C. Alexander Hortis ...
    Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s. Based on ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Intelligent Care: AI and the Future of Medicine

    by Dr. Manikandasaran S. S, James Jacob ...
    Medicine has always been about human judgment, compassion, and the relentless pursuit of better care. Today, a powerful new partner has entered the clinic — and it is changing everything.Intelligent Care explores how artificial intelligence is quietly transforming healthcare from the inside out — from the radiology suite reading your scans, to the algorithm monitoring your heart while you sleep, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus