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  • Storytelling for Lawyers

    by Philip Meyer ...
    Good lawyers have an ability to tell stories. Whether they are arguing a murder case or a complex financial securities case, they can capably explain a chain of events to judges and juries so that they understand them. The best lawyers are also able to construct narratives that have an emotional impact on their intended audiences. But what is a narrative, and how can lawyers go about constructing ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Paper Route

    Finding My Way to Precision Journalism

    by Philip Meyer ...
    As author Philip Meyer sat in a college class listening to a professor lecture about systematic tools for measuring things like trust in government, a thought struck him: a journalist could do this!He thought about the newsroom conversations hed had about the possibility of reporting on some interesting social phenomena. The group always ended with a shrug and a lament that there was no way to ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Precision Journalism

    A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science Methods

    by Philip Meyer ...
    Philip Meyer's work in precision journalism established a new and ongoing trend-the use by reporters of social science research techniques to increase the depth and accuracy of major stories. In this fully updated, fourth edition of the classic Precision Journalism (known as The New Precision Journalism in its third edition), Meyer shows journalists and students of journalism how to use new ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    When They Go Low, We Go High

    Speeches that shape the world – and why we need them

    Unabridged

    16 hours 25 min

    A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wonderful reminder that they do not always lose. For all those who despair that politics can ever be inspiring again this is a must-read to shake you out of your misery’ Paddy Ashdown‘There is a serious prospect that, in our time, we are losing faith in politics. The words of politicians float by, ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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    When They Go Low, We Go High

    Unabridged

    16 hours 25 min

    When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing and emotional “When they go low, we go high” speech would go on to become the motto for the political left and an anthem for opponents of oppression worldwide. It was a speech with the kind of emotional pull rarely heard these days, joining a long list of ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Senseless Panic

    How Washington Failed America

    The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the agricultural sector, a bubble burst in the energy sector, a rolling real estate recession swept the country, the entire thrift industry was badly insolvent and the major money center banks were loaded with ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Senseless Panic

    How Washington Failed America

    The truth about the 2008 economic crisis from a Washington insiderThe 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the country, the entire thrift industry was badly insolvent and the major money center banks were loaded with third world debt. Some 3,000 bank ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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    The King Is Dead

    Stories

    Unabridged

    13 hours 24 min

    For the first time ever, a complete collection of short fiction the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's GambitWalter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 ... Read more

    $29.50 CAD

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    Politics for Everybody

    Reading Hannah Arendt in Uncertain Times

    by Ned O'Gorman ...
    Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 46 min

    In this age of nearly unprecedented partisan rancor, you’d be forgiven for thinking we could all do with a smaller daily dose of politics. In his provocative and sharp book, however, Ned O’Gorman argues just the opposite: Politics for Everybody contends that what we really need to do is engage more deeply with politics, rather than chuck the whole thing out the window. In calling for a purer, more ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Lessons of Tragedy

    Statecraft and World Order

    Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international orderThe ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage--to spur citizens and their leaders to take the ... Read more

    $20.00 CAD

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    Conquest

    The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450

    by Juliet Barker ...
    Narrated by Sarah Durham ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 51 min

    This history of the Hundred Years War vividly chronicles the all-but-forgotten period when England ruled a great swath of France at the point of a sword.Following the Battle of Agincourt, Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. By the time of Henry's premature death in 1422, nearly all of northern France lay in his ... Read more

    $42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Shot in the Moonlight

    How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South

    Narrated by Ben Montgomery, Zeno Robinson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 24 min

    The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad )After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of twenty-five white men gathered in a ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD