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  • Exploring Language Structure

    A Student's Guide

    by Thomas Payne ...
    Designed for those beginning to study linguistics, this is a lively introduction to two key aspects of the structure of language: syntax (the structure of sentences) and morphology (the structure of words). It shows students in a step-by-step fashion how to analyze the syntax and morphology of any language, by clearly describing the basic methods and techniques, and providing almost 100 practical ... Read more

    $69.59 CAD

  • Minecraft Building Guide: House Ideas

    by Thomas Payne ...
    Learn how to build all of your favorite houses in this all-new guide for Minecraft. Houses included in this guide are a mushroom hut, a tree house, a floating house, a cobblestone and glass home, a rustic countryside house, a medieval style house, and a lighthouse!Conquer Minecraft with your very own tree house! ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Playing War

    Military Video Games After 9/11

    Explores the culture that made military shooter video games popular, and key in understanding the War on TerrorNo video game genre has been more popular or more lucrative in recent years than the “military shooter.” Franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and those bearing Tom Clancy’s name turn over billions of dollars annually by promising to immerse players in historic and near-future ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Understanding English Grammar

    A Linguistic Introduction

    Language is primarily a tool for communication, yet many textbooks still treat English grammar as simply a set of rules and facts to be memorised by rote. This new textbook is made for students who are frustrated with this approach and would like instead to understand grammar and how it works. Why are there two future tenses in English? What are auxiliaries and why are they so confusing? Why are ... Read more

    $62.39 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Unsympathetic Magic [Dramatized Adaptation]

    Esther Diamond 3

    Series series Esther Diamond

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    Acting jobs don't grow on fire escapes, so struggling actress Esther Diamond is outraged when her guest role as a hooker on controversial TV drama The Dirty Thirty is jeopardized by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse.Meanwhile, the talented teens Esther is coaching at a Harlem cultural center are also being attacked by the sinister supernatural power that's spreading through Manhattan. ... Read more

    $31.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Polterheist [Dramatized Adaptation]

    Esther Diamond 5

    Series series Esther Diamond

    Unabridged

    5 hours 8 min

    In the days leading up to Christmas, struggling actress Esther Diamond is working as a singing-and-dancing elf at Fenster & Co, a major Manhattan department store. As if dealing with hordes of holiday shoppers isn't bad enough, Esther's ex-almost-boyfriend, Detective Connor Lopez, is on the scene investigating a series of mob-related truck hijackings of Fenster's merchandise. Semi-retired hitman ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Joystick Soldiers

    The Politics of Play in Military Video Games

    Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations soon saw their potential as combat simulation and recruitment tools. A profitable and popular ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • How to Play Video Games

    Series series User's Guides to Popular Culture
    Forty original contributions on games and gaming cultureWhat does Pokémon Go tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate world-building?From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Revenge

    A woman and her two sons seek revenge on a man and his family that were responsible for the death of her husband and father of the boys by falsely having him convicted of a crime of embezzlement. She marries a man who is a master of illusions who devises a plan to kidnap the fourteen-year-old grandson of the accuser that leads to an intriguing ending. ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Mind Magic [Dramatized Adaptation]

    World of the Lupi 12

    Series series World of the Lupi

    Unabridged

    7 hours 40 min

    FBI agent Lily Yu's mind is a dangerous place to be…Thanks to the mindspeech lessons she's receiving from the black dragon, Lily is temporarily benched from Unit Twelve—until her brain acclimates and the risk of total burnout passes. At least she has her new husband, lupi Rule Turner, to keep her occupied.But when her mentor calls in a favor and sends Lily to a murder scene, she's suddenly back on ... Read more

    $31.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practical Guide to Clinical Computing Systems

    Design, Operations, and Infrastructure

    Edited by Thomas Payne ...
    Although informatics trainees and practitioners who assume operational computing roles in their organization may have reasonably advanced understanding of theoretical informatics, many are unfamiliar with the practical topics - such as downtime procedures, interface engines, user support, JCAHO compliance, and budgets - which will become the mainstay of their working lives. Practical Guide to ... Read more

    $88.79 CAD

  • Flow TV

    Television in the Age of Media Convergence

    From viral videos on YouTube to mobile television on smartphones and beyond, TV has overflowed its boundaries. If Raymond Williams' concept of flow challenges the idea of a discrete television text, then convergence destabilizes the notion of television as a discrete object.Flow TV examines television in an age of technological, economic, and cultural convergence. Seeking to frame a new set of ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD