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  • Why Odysseus?

    Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero

    by Joel P. Christensen ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines the enduring appeal of Odysseus in artistic representation from antiquity to the present. The volume aims to provide a sense of how this character changes from ancient Greek myth through modern poetry, and how this capacity for change both perpetuates the motif of a mutable and devious character while reflecting essential anxieties over what it means to be a person. Why Odysseus ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey

    by Joel P. Christensen ...
    Series series Oxford Critical Guides
    The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic. The introduction provides a broad overview of the historical and mythographical backgrounds to the Odyssey along with brief discussions of the major thematic and scholarly concerns of the poem. The introduction can ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Storylife

    On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things

    by Joel P. Christensen ...
    From Homer’s epics to mainstream news, stories have lives of their own—and humans may not always control the narratives we createCombining ancient epic and myth with analogies from biology and the natural world, Joel P. Christensen explores the creative process and how narratives develop. This bold work urges readers to treat narratives as living things with their own agency in the world. ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Storylife

    On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things

    by Joel P. Christensen ...
    Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Combining ancient epic and myth with analogies from biology and the natural world, Joel P. Christensen explores the creative process and how narratives develop. This bold work urges listeners to treat narratives as living things with their own agency in the world. Christensen starts by using Homeric epic to explore the way language and meaning develop alongside audiences in complex ecosystems and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Many-Minded Man

    The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic

    by Joel Christensen ...
    Series series Myth and Poetics II
    In The Many-Minded Man**, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric** Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind and provides for its audiences—both ancient and modern—a therapeutic model for coping with the exigencies of chance and fate.By reading the Odyssey as an exploration o... ... Read more

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  • Homer

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Elton T. E. Barker, Joel P. Christensen ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the epic poems which immortalised such names as Achilles, Cyclops, Menelaus, and Helen of Troy. In this vivid introduction, Elton Barker and Joel Christensen celebrate the complexity, innovation, and sheer excitement of Homer’s two great works. Investigating the controversy surrounding the man ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    The Innovator's Solution, with a New Foreword

    Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

    by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor ...
    Narrated by Joel Leffert, Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    Clayton Christensen's bestselling book, The Innovator's Dilemma, introduced the groundbreaking idea of disruptive innovation, revealing how even well-run companies can do everything right and yet still lose market leadership.In The Innovator's Solution, Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor expand on the idea of disruption, explaining how companies can and should become disruptors themselves. Now ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Innovator's Solution

    Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

    by Clayton Christensen, Michael E. Raynor ...
    Narrated by Joel Leffert ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 26 min

    Clayton M. Christensen is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Michael E. Raynor is a director at Deloitte Research. Together, they outline an innovative plan that urges businesses to create disruption rather than fleeing from it. Named one of 2003's Best Business Books by Business Week, this book is a Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-seller. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice

    by Erik Robinson, Professor Joel P. Christensen ...
    Series series Greek Texts
    This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the “Battle of Frogs and Mice”, a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

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    Tremontaine: Book 3

    by Ellen Kushner, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner ...
    Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Tremontaine

    Unabridged

    19 hours 44 min

    Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what makes Riverside a place they will want to visit again and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Seeing What's Next

    Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

    by Clayton Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, Erik A. Roth ...
    Narrated by Joel Leffert ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 29 min

    Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a groundbreaking framework for predicting outcomes in the ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Tremontaine: Book 2

    by Ellen Kushner, Tessa Gratton, Mary Anne Mohanraj ...
    Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Tremontaine

    Unabridged

    19 hours 52 min

    Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what makes Riverside a place they will want to visit again and ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD