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Global Urban Agriculture

by Susan Algert, ms Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Fernando J. Bosco, Sasha Broadstone, Christian Brannstrom, Jason A. Byrne, Joana Chan, Brian W. conz, ms Lucy Diekmann, Lauren dryburgh, Bryce B. DuBois, Courtney M. gallaher, Leslie Gray, Daniela A. Guitart, Sophia E. Hagolani-Albov,, Sarah J. Halvorson, Michael W. Hamm, Colleen Hammelman, Kyle D. Hoagland, Sarah S. Horowitz, Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Sara Law, Timothy F. LeDoux, Juanjuan Liu, Jonathan T. Lowell, Nathan McClintock, Leslie McLees, Never Mujere, Kristine T. Nemec, Tammy E. Parece, Catherine M Pickering, Rebecca Sims-Castley, Stephanie A. White, James B Campbell, Charles A Francis ...

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long ... Read more

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There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long
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Tales of the Black Piper

A Flash Fiction/Cross-Media Anthology

by Kristen Britain, Gillian Bronte Adams, E.A. Hendryx, Cassandra Hamm, Michael Bahnmiller, Jane Maree, Emma Bahnmiller, Felix Bauhardt, W. Tanner Forbes, Justin Greer, Jessica Heisler, Leigh Hull, Ian Larsen, Crystal Nicole, Michael Regal, Katrina Schroeder, Layton Smith, R.J. Sena, Spencer Russell Smith, Nathan Sturmwasser, Darby Vernon, October Weeks, Lynell R. Williams, Z.A. Williams, The Black Piper ...

Series Book 1 - Vol.
"I am not the Black Piper . . . but I do know the Piper."If you listen closely," she said, "you will hear stories that will transport you into the heart of adventure, force you directly into the path of danger, and if you are lucky . . . or perhaps unlucky"—she looked at the unmoving dragon behind her and inhaled, only barely losing her grip on her smile—"transform you." Her attention turned back ... Read more

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"I am not the Black Piper . . . but I do know the Piper."If you listen closely," she said, "you will hear stories that will transport you into the heart of adventure, force you directly into the path of danger, and if you are lucky . . . or perhaps unlucky"—she looked at the unmoving dragon behind her and inhaled, only barely losing her grip on her smile—"transform you." Her attention turned back
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Kiev

A Portrait, 1800-1917

by Michael F. Hamm ...

In a fascinating "urban biography," Michael Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants. A splendid urban center in medieval times, Kiev became a major metropolis in late Imperial Russia, and is now the capital of independent Ukraine. After a concise account of Kiev's early history, Hamm focuses on the ... Read more

$48.99 USD

In a fascinating "urban biography," Michael Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants. A splendid urban center in medieval times, Kiev became a major metropolis in late Imperial Russia, and is now the capital of independent Ukraine. After a concise account of Kiev's early history, Hamm focuses on the
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What It Means to Be a Hawkeye

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players

by Lyle Hammes, Michael Maxwell, Neal Rozendaal, Kirk Ferentz ...

Series series What It Means to Be
This unique, compelling new title assembles the greatest players from one of the most celebrated teams in college football to share their personal memories. Filled with firsthand accounts with dozens of players—from the team's early days through the new millennium. What It Means to Be a Hawkeye: Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players explores the program's vast success and the seemingly simple ... Read more

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This unique, compelling new title assembles the greatest players from one of the most celebrated teams in college football to share their personal memories. Filled with firsthand accounts with dozens of players—from the team's early days through the new millennium. What It Means to Be a Hawkeye: Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players explores the program's vast success and the seemingly simple
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World Development Report

Mind, Society, and Behavior

by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins, Helen Clapp, Lisa Hamm-Greenawalt, Michael Pearl, Jaime Andrade ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

This report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change.Drawing from a wealth of research that suggests ways of diagnosing and solving the ... Read more

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This report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change.Drawing from a wealth of research that suggests ways of diagnosing and solving the
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Prohibition’s Greatest Myths

The Distilled Truth about America’s Anti-Alcohol Crusade

by Garrett Peck, Joe Coker, Thomas R. Pegram, Lisa M. F. Andersen, Mark Schrad, Robert Beach, Anne-Marie E. Szymanski, H. Paul Thompson Jr. Jr. ...

The word “prohibition” tends to conjure up images of smoky basement speakeasies, dancing flappers, and hardened gangsters bootlegging whiskey. Such stereotypes, a prominent historian recently noted in the Washington Post, confirm that Americans’ “common understanding of the prohibition era is based more on folklore than fact.” Popular culture has given us a very strong, and very wrong, picture of ... Read more

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The word “prohibition” tends to conjure up images of smoky basement speakeasies, dancing flappers, and hardened gangsters bootlegging whiskey. Such stereotypes, a prominent historian recently noted in the Washington Post, confirm that Americans’ “common understanding of the prohibition era is based more on folklore than fact.” Popular culture has given us a very strong, and very wrong, picture of
... Read more
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The Datapreneurs

The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future

by Bob Muglia ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

A leader in the data economy explains how we arrived at AI—and how we can navigate its future.In The Datapreneurs, Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI—and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A leader in the data economy explains how we arrived at AI—and how we can navigate its future.In The Datapreneurs, Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI—and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how
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Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines

by Jamie Merisotis ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

We are living through a time of upheaval and social unrest, with increasing threats to global health, democratic institutions, and the world’s economies. But behind the alarming headlines is another issue that must be quickly addressed: the role of workers is being transformed—and often rendered obsolete—by automation and artificial intelligence.As Jamie Merisotis, the president and CEO of Lumina ... Read more

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We are living through a time of upheaval and social unrest, with increasing threats to global health, democratic institutions, and the world’s economies. But behind the alarming headlines is another issue that must be quickly addressed: the role of workers is being transformed—and often rendered obsolete—by automation and artificial intelligence.As Jamie Merisotis, the president and CEO of Lumina
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Carve the Mark

by Veronica Roth ...

Series Book 1 - Carve the Mark
Globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth delivers a breathtaking fantasy featuring an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure.#1 New York Times bestseller * Wall Street Journal bestseller * USA Today bestseller * #1 IndieBound bestsellerPraise for Carve the Mark:“Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters th... ... Read more

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Globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth delivers a breathtaking fantasy featuring an unusual friendship, an epic love story, and a galaxy-sweeping adventure.#1 New York Times bestseller * Wall Street Journal bestseller * USA Today bestseller * #1 IndieBound bestsellerPraise for Carve the Mark:“Roth skillfully weaves the careful world-building and intricate web of characters th...
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The Lightning God's Wife

by Grace Draven ...

It hasn't rained for a quarter of a century, and a dying world gasps for water. Outcast and exiled, the rain priestess Revida rescues a man and his children as they flee from the wrath of a creator god known as the Bitter Dark. But Atagartis is more than a man, and Revida soon discovers the lover she's known only in dreams has a purpose for her and the tearless grief she's born for more than two ... Read more

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It hasn't rained for a quarter of a century, and a dying world gasps for water. Outcast and exiled, the rain priestess Revida rescues a man and his children as they flee from the wrath of a creator god known as the Bitter Dark. But Atagartis is more than a man, and Revida soon discovers the lover she's known only in dreams has a purpose for her and the tearless grief she's born for more than two
... Read more
The Light Within

by Grace Draven ...

A bonus short story featuring Silhara and Martise from Master of Crows.In The Light Within, Silhara of Neith, now known as "the god-smiter," travels as the guest of honor to the winter festival of his father's people.The crow mage who destroyed one god must ignite sacred fires in honor of another. Yet the winter festival only reminds Silhara that the brightest light within him isn't the fire of a ... Read more

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A bonus short story featuring Silhara and Martise from Master of Crows.In The Light Within, Silhara of Neith, now known as "the god-smiter," travels as the guest of honor to the winter festival of his father's people.The crow mage who destroyed one god must ignite sacred fires in honor of another. Yet the winter festival only reminds Silhara that the brightest light within him isn't the fire of a
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DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level Volume 1

by Tarisa Warinai ...

Series Book 1 - DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level Volume 1
An ordinary kid by the name of Aikawa Kanami winds up in a fantasy world operated by RPG video game rules—but this isn’t good news. He awakes in the bowels of a gargantuan death trap called the Dungeon. Narrowly escaping thanks to his grit, cunning, and newfound arsenal of magic spells and skills, he wants nothing more than to get back home to Earth and the invalid sister who needs him. His only ... Read more

$6.99 USD

An ordinary kid by the name of Aikawa Kanami winds up in a fantasy world operated by RPG video game rules—but this isn’t good news. He awakes in the bowels of a gargantuan death trap called the Dungeon. Narrowly escaping thanks to his grit, cunning, and newfound arsenal of magic spells and skills, he wants nothing more than to get back home to Earth and the invalid sister who needs him. His only
... Read more

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