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  • Year Zero

    A Novel

    by Rob Reid ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLow-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it’s a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on American pop songs ever since “Year Zero” (1977 to us), resulting in the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • After On

    A Novel of Silicon Valley

    by Rob Reid ...
    The definitive novel of today’s Silicon Valley, After On flash-captures our cultural and technological moment with up-to-the-instant savvy. Matters of privacy and government intrusion, post-Tinder romance, nihilistic terrorism, artificial consciousness, synthetic biology, and much more are tackled with authority and brash playfulness by New York Times bestselling author Rob Reid.Meet Phluttr—a ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide

    Guide: Distributed Data at Scale

    by Guy Harrison, Jesse Seldess, Ben Darnell, Rob Reid ...
    CockroachDB is the distributed SQL database that handles the demands of today's data-driven applications. The second edition of this popular hands-on guide shows software developers, architects, and DevOps/SRE teams how to use CockroachDB for applications that scale elastically and provide seamless delivery for end users while remaining indestructible.Data professionals will learn how to migrate ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village

    by Jacob Kaplan, Rob Reid, Elisa Addlesperger, Dan Pogorzelski ...
    Series series Images of America
    Home to Chicago's Polish Village, impressive examples of architecture, and the legendary Olson Waterfall, Avondale is often called "the neighborhood that built Chicago." Images of America: Avondale and Chicago's Polish Village sheds light on the little known history of the community, including its fascinating industrial past. From its beginnings as a sleepy subdivision started by a Michigan ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practical CockroachDB

    Building Fault-Tolerant Distributed SQL Databases

    by Rob Reid ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Get a practical introduction to CockroachDB. This book starts with installation and foundational concepts and takes you through to creating clusters that are ready for production environments. You will learn how to create, optimize, and operate CockroarchDB clusters in single and multi-region environments. You will encounter anti-patterns to avoid, as well as testing techniques for integration and ... Read more

    $56.29 CAD

  • Reaching Reluctant Young Readers

    by Rob Reid ...
    Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books. Each profiled title has the potential to hook the reluctant reader and lure them to read the entire book. To specifically encourage elementary and middle-school-age reluctant children to read, there is first a pitch to get the reader’s attention. That is followed by a short reading passage to “set the hook” and encourage the young ... Read more

    $54.69 CAD

  • Audiobook

    After On

    A Novel of Silicon Valley

    by Rob Reid ...
    Narrated by Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Felicia Day, Patrick Rothfuss, John Hodgman, Tom Merritt, Jesse Cox, Leo Laporte ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 5 min

    The definitive novel of today’s Silicon Valley, After On flash-captures our cultural and technological moment with up-to-the-instant savvy. Matters of privacy and government intrusion, post-Tinder romance, nihilistic terrorism, artificial consciousness, synthetic biology, and much more are tackled with authority and brash playfulness by New York Times bestselling author Rob Reid.Meet Phluttr—a ... Read more

    $34.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Year Zero

    A Novel

    by Rob Reid ...
    Narrated by John Hodgman ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 53 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet.Worse, they were lawyering up. . . .In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe—and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry.Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it’s a ... Read more

    $24.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Winning Ticket

    Uncovering America's Biggest Lottery Scam

    by Rob Sand, Reid Forgrave ...
    Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    The Winning Ticket is an inside look at one of the most complicated yet seat-of-your-pants financial investigations and prosecutions in recent history.Rob Sand, the youngest attorney in his office, was assigned a new case by his boss, who was days away from retirement. Inside the thin accordion binder that Sand received was meager evidence that had been gathered over the course of two years by ... Read more

    $27.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Nolan Ryan

    The Making of a Pitcher

    by Rob Goldman ...
    To any baseball fan, Nolan Ryan's name still conjures up images of blistering 100-mile-per-hour fastballs and knee-buckling curveballs. During his 27-year career, "The Ryan Express" was named an eight-time All-Star and amassed seven no-hitters and more than 5,700 strikeouts—more than any other pitcher in major-league history. This comprehensive biography of Nolan Ryan follows the baseball legend's ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Winning Ticket

    Uncovering America's Biggest Lottery Scam

    by Rob Sand, Reid Forgrave ...
    Named a "Favorite Book of 2022" by the Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Winning Ticket is an inside look at one of the most complicated yet seat-of-your-pants financial investigations and prosecutions in recent history. Rob Sand, the youngest attorney in his office, was assigned a new case by his boss, who was days away from retirement. Inside the thin accordion binder Sand received was ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Contemporary Scottish Plays

    Caledonia; Bullet Catch; The Artist Man and Mother Woman; Narrative; Rantin

    by Mr Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Miss Morna Pearson, Mr Anthony Neilson, Kieran Hurley ...
    Series series Play Anthologies
    To paraphrase Alistair Beaton's Caledonia - the first play in this collection - 'The English have anthologies, the Spanish have anthologies, the French have anthologies . . . why should not Scotland have its anthology?'Scotland is entering a crucial period in its history, where its identity is being debated daily, from everyday conversation to the national and international press. At the same time ... Read more

    $37.79 CAD