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  • Audiobook

    Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage

    Narrated by Moira Todd ...
    Series Audiobook 6 - Jonathon Island | Season 1

    Unabridged

    6 hours 39 min

    She just wants a nice, quiet holiday getaway. Too bad her new—and way too handsome—accidental roommate comes with an annoying dose of holiday cheer.Successful, but writer’s blocked author Bronte Parker just needs some holiday peace and quiet to jumpstart her brutal writer’s block. Hence her rental at a quaint cottage on quiet and remote Jonathon Island. So what’s the deal with the double booking? ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Growing Up Resilient

    Ways to Build Resilience in Youth for Tough Times

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book provides an approach to positive youth development and well-being, focusing on building resilience in the face of contemporary challenges. Unlike existing literature that focuses primarily on academic achievement, discipline, and traditional psychological interventions in schools, "Growing Up Resilient" pioneers a paradigm shift toward positive psychology-based practices. Our central ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Optimal Illusions

    The False Promise of Optimization

    by Coco Krumme ...
    How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approachOptimization is the driving principle of our modern world. We now can manufacture, transport, and organize things more cheaply and faster than ever. Optimized models underlie everything from airline schedules to dating site matches. We strive for efficiency in our daily lives, obsessed with productivity and optimal ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals

    Edited by John Krumm ...
    *"…*a must-read text that provides a historical lens to see how ubicomp has matured into a multidisciplinary endeavor. It will be an essential reference to researchers and those who want to learn more about this evolving field."-From the Foreword, Professor Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of TechnologyFirst introduced two decades ago, the term ubiquitous computing is now part of the common ... Read more

    $265.99 CAD

  • Zachary's Gold

    by Stan Krumm ...
    In 1864, headstrong Pinkerton man Zachary Beddoes is tired of guarding hotels and railway stations, so he decides to quit his life of private law-enforcement and head west for gold. In San Francisco, Zachary hears that the best goldfields are north, in British Columbia. Undeterred by warnings of how harsh and unforgiving the Barkerville goldfields can be, Zachary sets off in search of his fortune. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Spatial Gems, Volume 1

    Series series ACM Books
    This book presents fundamental new techniques for understanding and processing geospatial data. These “spatial gems” articulate and highlight insightful ideas that often remain unstated in graduate textbooks, and which are not the focus of research papers. They teach us how to do something useful with spatial data, in the form of algorithms, code, or equations. Unlike a research paper, Spatial ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

  • Spatial Gems

    Volume 2

    Series series ACM Books
    Spatial gems are computational techniques for processing spatial data. This book, a follow-up to the first Spatial Gems volume, is a further collection of techniques contributed by leading research experts. Although these approaches were developed by their authors as part of larger research projects, the gems represent fundamental solutions that are generically applicable to many different ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Innovative Logistics Services and Sustainable Lifestyles

    Interdependencies, Transformation Strategies and Decision Making

    Edited by Ani Melkonyan, Klaus Krumme ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This edited volume aims to describe the transformation of supply chain management (SCM) and logistics services by merging sustainable logistics, SCM, sustainable consumption and lifestyle research. This assessment of the transformation potential serves the development of sustainable business models and optimized decision-making systems for achieving sustainable economic value creation within a ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • One of Us Will Die

    In this YA novel, mystery meets small-town suspense as Harley works to solve the missing persons case that has haunted her community in hopes of claiming the massive reward she desperately needs. But the more she uncovers what really happened to eighteen-year-old Chrissy Pitts years ago, the clearer it becomes the criminal may still be among them.Harley Dunn wants nothing more than to scrape up ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Audiobook

    One of Us Will Die

    Unabridged

    7 hours

    In this YA novel, mystery meets small-town suspense as Harley works to solve the missing persons case that has haunted her community in hopes of claiming the massive reward she desperately needs. But the more she uncovers what really happened to eighteen-year-old Chrissy Pitts years ago, the clearer it becomes the criminal may still be among them.Harley Dunn wants nothing more than to scrape up ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • Shuttle In the Sky

    The Columbia Disaster

    by Brian Krumm ...
    Series series Exploring Space and Beyond
    It fell from the sky as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. The Columbia space shuttle is a sight that will never be forgotten. What caused this national tragedy? How did it change the future of space flight? Learn the risks and challenges that come with exploring our final frontier. ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Preventive Measures

    Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems

    State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening regional security and requiring major inputs of humanitarian assistance. They also may pose ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD