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Sunset at Lion Rock

by Matthew Wong Foreman ...

Nobody in Eric's family talks about why photos of his Uncle Mikey are on every table, in every room. Years of silence, together with a relentless Buddhist upbringing, has Ericconvinced he is Mikey's reincarnation. But when a summer in the mountain temples of Lion Rock Hill results in a crisis of faith, Eric is confused by his feelings of betrayal. Hisgrowing understanding of his place in Hong Kong ... Read more

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Nobody in Eric's family talks about why photos of his Uncle Mikey are on every table, in every room. Years of silence, together with a relentless Buddhist upbringing, has Ericconvinced he is Mikey's reincarnation. But when a summer in the mountain temples of Lion Rock Hill results in a crisis of faith, Eric is confused by his feelings of betrayal. Hisgrowing understanding of his place in Hong Kong
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Informational Limits in Optical Polarimetry and Vectorial Imaging

by Matthew R. Foreman ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Central to this thesis is the characterisation and exploitation of electromagnetic properties of light in imaging and measurement systems. To this end an information theoretic approach is used to formulate a hitherto lacking, quantitative definition of polarisation resolution, and to establish fundamental precision limits in electromagnetic systems. Furthermore rigorous modelling tools are ... Read more

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Central to this thesis is the characterisation and exploitation of electromagnetic properties of light in imaging and measurement systems. To this end an information theoretic approach is used to formulate a hitherto lacking, quantitative definition of polarisation resolution, and to establish fundamental precision limits in electromagnetic systems. Furthermore rigorous modelling tools are
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Sunset at Lion Rock

by Matthew Wong Foreman ...

Sunset at Lion Rock is a coming-of-age novel set in the Aughts of a post-Handover Hong Kong, after the British returned the city to China in 1997. The son of a British father and a Hong Kong Chinese mother, Eric teeters between cultures, faiths, and histories, confused about everything. His childhood, shaped by his devoutly Buddhist mother, aunt, and grandmother-who believe he's the reincarnation ... Read more

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Sunset at Lion Rock is a coming-of-age novel set in the Aughts of a post-Handover Hong Kong, after the British returned the city to China in 1997. The son of a British father and a Hong Kong Chinese mother, Eric teeters between cultures, faiths, and histories, confused about everything. His childhood, shaped by his devoutly Buddhist mother, aunt, and grandmother-who believe he's the reincarnation
... Read more
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Data Smart

Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

by John W. Foreman ...

Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.But how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these ... Read more

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Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.But how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these
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Big Data, Big Analytics

Emerging Business Intelligence and Analytic Trends for Today's Businesses

by Michael Minelli, Michele Chambers, Ambiga Dhiraj ...

Narrated by Ryan Burke ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionalsThe availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost ... Read more

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Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionalsThe availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost
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Data Science for Business

What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking

by Foster Provost, Tom Fawcett ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.Based on an MBA course ... Read more

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Written by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today.Based on an MBA course
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Big Data

Using SMART Big Data, Analytics and Metrics To Make Better Decisions and Improve Performance

by Bernard Marr ...

Narrated by Piers Wehner ...

Unabridged

6 hours 25 min

The world is getting smarter, and business must follow. We now have smart phones, smart TVs, smart watches and even smart nappies. What they all have in common is the ability to collect, share and use data to improve functionality and performance. Most companies now collect data with the intention of gaining new insights, yet most have no idea how to let the data shape strategy and decision-making ... Read more

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The world is getting smarter, and business must follow. We now have smart phones, smart TVs, smart watches and even smart nappies. What they all have in common is the ability to collect, share and use data to improve functionality and performance. Most companies now collect data with the intention of gaining new insights, yet most have no idea how to let the data shape strategy and decision-making
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The Art of Explanation

Making Your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand

by Lee LeFever ...

Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 18 min

Your guide to becoming an explanation specialist.You've done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. People just don't see the big idea - and it's keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.The Art of Explanation is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving ... Read more

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Your guide to becoming an explanation specialist.You've done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully - but something is missing. People just don't see the big idea - and it's keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.The Art of Explanation is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving
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The Way We're Working Isn't Working

The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

by Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes ...

Narrated by Tony Schwartz ...

Abridged

6 hours 16 min

This book was previously titled, Be Excellent at Anything.The Way We're Working Isn't Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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This book was previously titled, Be Excellent at Anything.The Way We're Working Isn't Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live.Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees
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Adventure Capitalist

The Ultimate Road Trip

by Jim Rogers ...

Narrated by Jim Rogers ...

Abridged

5 hours 34 min

Drive . . . and grow rich!The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In Adventure Capitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves that the best way to profit from the global situation ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

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Drive . . . and grow rich!The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In Adventure Capitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves that the best way to profit from the global situation
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Keeping Up with the Quants

Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics

by Tom Davenport, Jinho Kim ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

Welcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up), your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must make sense of all this information. You need to be conversant with analytical terminology and methods ... Read more

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Welcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up), your world is awash with data.As a successful manager today, you must make sense of all this information. You need to be conversant with analytical terminology and methods
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Makers

The New Industrial Revolution

by Chris Anderson ...

Narrated by René Ruiz ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop.In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

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3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop.In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed,
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