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Pot for Profit

Cannabis Legalization, Racial Capitalism, and the Expansion of the Carceral State

by Joseph Mello ...

Series series The Cultural Lives of Law
The United States has experienced a dramatic shift in attitudes towards cannabis use from the 1970s, when only 12% of Americans said that they thought that cannabis should be legal, to today. What once had been a counterculture drug supplied for the black market by socially marginal figures like drug smugglers and hippies has become a big business, dominated by a few large corporations. Pot for ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The United States has experienced a dramatic shift in attitudes towards cannabis use from the 1970s, when only 12% of Americans said that they thought that cannabis should be legal, to today. What once had been a counterculture drug supplied for the black market by socially marginal figures like drug smugglers and hippies has become a big business, dominated by a few large corporations. Pot for
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The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights

How Our Governing Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

by Joseph Mello ...

If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it’s that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns, but could not duplicate this success in court. Looking at the same-sex marriage debate at the ballot ... Read more

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If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it’s that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns, but could not duplicate this success in court. Looking at the same-sex marriage debate at the ballot
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JavaScript and JSON Essentials

Build light weight, scalable, and faster web applications with the power of JSON

by Bruno Joseph D'mello, Sai S Sriparasa ...

Use JSON for building web applications with technologies like HTML, JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, Hapi.js, Kafka, socket.io, MongoDB, Gulp.js, and handlebar.js, and others formats like GEOJSON, JSON-LD, MessagePack, and BSON.Key FeaturesUse JSON with trending technologies like Angular, Hapi.js, MongoDB, Kafka, and Socket.ioDebug, validate, and format JSON using developer toolkits, JSONLint, and ... Read more

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Use JSON for building web applications with technologies like HTML, JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, Hapi.js, Kafka, socket.io, MongoDB, Gulp.js, and handlebar.js, and others formats like GEOJSON, JSON-LD, MessagePack, and BSON.Key FeaturesUse JSON with trending technologies like Angular, Hapi.js, MongoDB, Kafka, and Socket.ioDebug, validate, and format JSON using developer toolkits, JSONLint, and
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ReasonML Quick Start Guide

Build fast and type-safe React applications that leverage the JavaScript and OCaml ecosystems

by Raphael Rafatpanah, Bruno Joseph D'mello ...

A hands on approach to learning ReasonML from the perspective of a web developer.Key FeaturesHands on learning by building a real world app shell that includes client-side routing and more.Understand Reason’s ecosystem including BuckleScript and various npm workflows.Learn how Reason differs from TypeScript and Flow, and how to use it to make refactoring less stressful.Book DescriptionReasonML, ... Read more

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A hands on approach to learning ReasonML from the perspective of a web developer.Key FeaturesHands on learning by building a real world app shell that includes client-side routing and more.Understand Reason’s ecosystem including BuckleScript and various npm workflows.Learn how Reason differs from TypeScript and Flow, and how to use it to make refactoring less stressful.Book DescriptionReasonML,
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Beyond the Gate: Stories from the World of the Dream Engine

Engine World

by E.W. Pierce, Monica Leonelle, A.T. Schubert, Jamie Maltman, Jack Worr, Stacy Claflin, John McGuire, Lisa Harvey, Blaine Moore, Jay Rosenkrantz, Rob Laman, Thomas Dattoli, Missy Morgan, Michael Hustleborn, Hal Leonard, Paul Jenny, Joseph Mello, Karl J. Leis, Cathy Pelham, Abe Cedarian, Hector Manuel Elias Oliver, Ephraim Mallery, Kayla Halleur ...

Series series Engine World
Waldron's Gate, capital of Alterra. A land powered by steam, but inspired by the power of dreams, and surrounded by the mysterious Fog.The Dream Engine explored this city. Now you are invited to go Beyond The Gate.Twenty-three authors will take you over, under, into, and beyond the Fog in this cross-genre compilation of short stories.From time travel to romance, young adult to horror, science ... Read more

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Waldron's Gate, capital of Alterra. A land powered by steam, but inspired by the power of dreams, and surrounded by the mysterious Fog.The Dream Engine explored this city. Now you are invited to go Beyond The Gate.Twenty-three authors will take you over, under, into, and beyond the Fog in this cross-genre compilation of short stories.From time travel to romance, young adult to horror, science
... Read more
Web Development with MongoDB and NodeJS

Build an interactive and full-featured web application from scratch using Node.js and MongoDB

by Mithun Satheesh, Bruno Joseph D'mello, Jason Krol ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionNode.js and MongoDB are quickly becoming one of the most popular tech stacks for the web. Powered by Google's V8 engine, Node.js caters to easily building fast, scalable network applications while MongoDB is the perfect fit as a scalable, high-performance, open source NoSQL database solution. Using these two technologies together, web applications can be built quickly ... Read more

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Key FeaturesBook DescriptionNode.js and MongoDB are quickly becoming one of the most popular tech stacks for the web. Powered by Google's V8 engine, Node.js caters to easily building fast, scalable network applications while MongoDB is the perfect fit as a scalable, high-performance, open source NoSQL database solution. Using these two technologies together, web applications can be built quickly
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Web Development with MongoDB and Node

Build fast web applications for handling any kind of data

by Mithun Satheesh, Bruno Joseph D'mello, Jason Krol ...

Use the two popular web development stacks, Node.js and MongoDB, to build full-featured web applicationsKey Features1. Learn the new ECMAScript along with Node 8 and MongoDB to make your application more effective.2. Get the up-to-date information required to launch your first application prototype using the latest versions of Node.js and MongoDB.3. A practical guide with clear instructions to ... Read more

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Use the two popular web development stacks, Node.js and MongoDB, to build full-featured web applicationsKey Features1. Learn the new ECMAScript along with Node 8 and MongoDB to make your application more effective.2. Get the up-to-date information required to launch your first application prototype using the latest versions of Node.js and MongoDB.3. A practical guide with clear instructions to
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Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Mark Vander Berg, Jerry Robbins, Chris Snyder, Jeffrey Gage, Nancy Curran Willis, the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air ...

Narrated by a full cast, J. T. Turner, Anastas Varinos0, Matthew Scott Robertson1, Daniel R. Gelinas2, Teresa Goding3, Diane Capen4, Marcia Friedman5, Lincoln Clark6, Diane Lind7, Shonna McEachern8, Alyssa Mello9, Tom Berry0, Rik Pierce1, Joseph Zamparelli2 ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Green Town Series
Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

“By the pricking of my thumbs … something wicked this way comes.”Ray Bradbury has dramatized his literary classic, Something Wicked This Way Comes, into this first-class audio drama, produced by the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, complete with a full cast, sound effects, and original music."Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show" comes to Greentown, Illinois, one week before Halloween. Two ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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“By the pricking of my thumbs … something wicked this way comes.”Ray Bradbury has dramatized his literary classic, Something Wicked This Way Comes, into this first-class audio drama, produced by the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, complete with a full cast, sound effects, and original music."Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show" comes to Greentown, Illinois, one week before Halloween. Two
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

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The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi, Ari Fliakos, Marin Ireland ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/CollectionsA seminal work in Ray Bradbury’s career, The Illustrated Man is a mesmerizing collection of eighteen interconnected sci-fi short stories that explore the dichotomy of human nature and technology.Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. For this peerless American storyteller, the most bewitching force in the universe is human nature. In these ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/CollectionsA seminal work in Ray Bradbury’s career, The Illustrated Man is a mesmerizing collection of eighteen interconnected sci-fi short stories that explore the dichotomy of human nature and technology.Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. For this peerless American storyteller, the most bewitching force in the universe is human nature. In these
... Read more

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Audiobook

Dandelion Wine

by Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Nancy Curran Willis, Nancy Curran Willis, Mark Vander Berg, Jerry Robbins, Jeffrey Gage ...

Narrated by a full cast ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Green Town Series
Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond. For Douglas, summer is a pair of new tennis shoes, ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond. For Douglas, summer is a pair of new tennis shoes,
... Read more

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Audiobook

Farewell Summer

A Novel

by Ray Bradbury ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine—a sequel 50 years in the makingSome summers refuse to end . . .October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine—a sequel 50 years in the makingSome summers refuse to end . . .October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the
... Read more

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Always Coming Home

A Novel

by Ursula K. Le Guin ...

Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi, Isabella Star LeBlanc ...

Unabridged

23 hours 10 min

“One of [Le Guin's] most radical novels. . . . Astudy in what a complete and utter rejection of capitalism and patriarchy might look like—for society and for the art of storytelling.""—The MillionsUrsula K. Le Guin’s magnificent work of imagination, a visionary, genre-crossing story about a future utopian community on the Northern California coast, hailed as “masterly” (Newsweek), “hypnotic” ... Read more

$45.99 USD

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“One of [Le Guin's] most radical novels. . . . Astudy in what a complete and utter rejection of capitalism and patriarchy might look like—for society and for the art of storytelling.""—The MillionsUrsula K. Le Guin’s magnificent work of imagination, a visionary, genre-crossing story about a future utopian community on the Northern California coast, hailed as “masterly” (Newsweek), “hypnotic”
... Read more

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