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Hamlet's BlackBerry

A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age

by William Powers ...

A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers ... Read more

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A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers
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Exterminator!

A Novel

by William S. Burroughs ...

Narrated by Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best. ... Read more

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Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaic, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.
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New Slow City

Living Simply in the World's Fastest City

by William Powers ...

Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Burned-out after years of doing development work around the world, William Powers spent a season in a 12-foot-by-12-foot cabin off the grid in North Carolina, as recounted in his award-winning memoir Twelve by Twelve. Could he live a similarly minimalist life in the heart of New York City? To find out, Powers and his wife jettisoned 80 percent of their stuff, left their 2,000-square-foot Queens
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Overclocked

More Stories of the Future Present

by Cory Doctorow ...

Narrated by various narrators, Lloyd James, Nicola Barber, R. C. Bray, Fiona Hardingham, Jeffrey Kafer, Jim Meskimen, Emily Woo Zeller, William Hughes, Richard Powers ...

Unabridged

13 hours 13 min

Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon attack? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology—and its various uses—run amok."Anda's ... Read more

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Now available for the first time with two additional stories!Have you ever wondered what it's like to be bitten by a zombie or live through a bioweapon attack? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mind-bending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology—and its various uses—run amok."Anda's
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Ripple

An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter

by William Powers ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner, Bianca Bryan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of
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Dispatches from the Sweet Life

One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the World

by William Powers ...

Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives — living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives — living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest
... Read more
Pavement and Highway : Specimen Days in Strathclyde

Pavement and Highway : Specimen Days in Strathclyde

by William Power ...

THE anthropomorphic habit of thought manifestedin the polytheism of the Greeks and the mono-theism of the early Jews has been responsible, onesupposes, for the familiar expression, "the body politic."But if the capital of a country be regarded as its head,there are few large states which have answered con-sistently to the anthropomorphic image. France andEngland are the only European powers that ... Read more

$2.10 USD

THE anthropomorphic habit of thought manifestedin the polytheism of the Greeks and the mono-theism of the early Jews has been responsible, onesupposes, for the familiar expression, "the body politic."But if the capital of a country be regarded as its head,there are few large states which have answered con-sistently to the anthropomorphic image. France andEngland are the only European powers that
... Read more
Literature and Oatmeal

What Literature Has Meant to Scotland

by William Power ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Scotland
Originally published in 1935, this book’s author was both a nationalist and internationalist who believed that these positions were complementary, not in conflict with each other. This concise volume doesn’t merely discuss the significance of literature in Scottish history but also charts that literary heritage. Examining native and foreign influences from Ireland and Scandinavia, the book also ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Originally published in 1935, this book’s author was both a nationalist and internationalist who believed that these positions were complementary, not in conflict with each other. This concise volume doesn’t merely discuss the significance of literature in Scottish history but also charts that literary heritage. Examining native and foreign influences from Ireland and Scandinavia, the book also
... Read more
Riverboats and Roses

by William Powers ...

Riverboats and Roses is set in the late 1800s in a Mississippi river town.Martha Fairbanks must face the death of her beloved husband of twenty-four years. Riverboat Captain Anderson Fairbanks has been killed in an accident leaving Martha and her grown son Charles to grieve the loss of their husband and father. However, Martha has one additional burden, a secret so painful she dare not share it ... Read more

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Riverboats and Roses is set in the late 1800s in a Mississippi river town.Martha Fairbanks must face the death of her beloved husband of twenty-four years. Riverboat Captain Anderson Fairbanks has been killed in an accident leaving Martha and her grown son Charles to grieve the loss of their husband and father. However, Martha has one additional burden, a secret so painful she dare not share it
... Read more
Goldie Vance Book Two

by Hope Larson, Brittney Williams, Jackie Ball ...

Illustrated by Noah Hayes, Elle Power ...

Series Book 2 - Goldie Vance
Teen detective Goldie Vance is back on the case in this thrilling two-for-one whodunnit adventure for upper–middle grade readers!Where sixteen-year-old Goldie goes, mystery follows.With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to unmask a saboteur before the big event.Then, the St. Pascal Rockin’ the Beach Music Festival ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Teen detective Goldie Vance is back on the case in this thrilling two-for-one whodunnit adventure for upper–middle grade readers!Where sixteen-year-old Goldie goes, mystery follows.With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to unmask a saboteur before the big event.Then, the St. Pascal Rockin’ the Beach Music Festival
... Read more
The Vegan Journey - Where to Start, What to Expect And How to Stick With It

by William Power ...

Although the veganism movement has been around for a considerable amount of time, the meat-free, dairy-free diet has become an increasingly popular topic of interest after the pandemic in 2020. The once extremely controversial diet became a major consideration for many as the world was forced into lockdown and industries were called to a halt. Interestingly enough, what vegans were trying to ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Although the veganism movement has been around for a considerable amount of time, the meat-free, dairy-free diet has become an increasingly popular topic of interest after the pandemic in 2020. The once extremely controversial diet became a major consideration for many as the world was forced into lockdown and industries were called to a halt. Interestingly enough, what vegans were trying to
... Read more
A Succession of Days

by William Powers ...

Half of the story is set in Good Samaritan House, a soup kitchen in Manhattan where Dom Gregory goes on a sabbatical to experience firsthand how the unexpected windfall the monks received might be used--this is a radical departure from his quiet monastic life of the past 20-plus years. After struggling with what to do with the inheritance, the abbot holds a meeting of the monks that fails to find ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Half of the story is set in Good Samaritan House, a soup kitchen in Manhattan where Dom Gregory goes on a sabbatical to experience firsthand how the unexpected windfall the monks received might be used--this is a radical departure from his quiet monastic life of the past 20-plus years. After struggling with what to do with the inheritance, the abbot holds a meeting of the monks that fails to find
... Read more

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