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John Grant

The idea of political unity – or belonging – contains its own opposite, because a political community can never guarantee the equal status of all its members. The price of belonging is an entrenched social stratification and hierarchy within the political unit itself.Lived Fictions explores how the notion of political unity generates a collective commitment to imagining the structure of Canadian society. These political imaginaries – the citizen-state, the market economy, ...

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Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant, John Jackson Miller

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Star Wars

As seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four interconnected stories explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city*.*• An honest salesman meets a career criminal as a dream vacation turns into the worst nightmare imaginable, in a story by Saladin A...

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John Grant

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Applause Books

Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema – as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from neonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering...

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John Grant

Is it a scam or is it legitimate? If you have to ask, you probably already know the answer. There are many thousands of scams on the internet. Innoculate yourself against them.

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John D Grant

Call her Earth, or call her Gaia, years from now, our planet is almost uninhabitable as a result ofenvironmental chaos and war. In the middle of the ocean, two small, conjoined islands still thriveand serve as home to a unique population of survivors, the Wiconi. These peaceful, agrarian-based islanders have genetically evolved affinities that allow them to influence earth, water, air,and fire, talents they use to protect and aid Gaia, the Earth Mother. They...

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John Grant

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Albion Series

Terman: the lost solider unable to help the people he has encountered who have no memory. Lian: the son of Therman who is destined to battle against the repressive House of Ellon and uphold his father's gift of naming. Anya: the daughter of He Who Leads, Lian, she is an unpredictable youth living in dangerous times, but one who is destined to follow in the footsteps of her courageous family. Albion: a vivid story of the struggles of a people who strive for knowledge and release from a life...

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John Grant

How to for those who are not natural dog people. Understanding and interacting successfully with dogs.

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John Grant

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A Judge Dredd Novel

Four million years ago a Dyson sphere was built on the fringes of our solar system. A few thousand early hominid species were transported from the third planet to colonise the vast spaces of the hollow world. On the third planet, and within the Dyson sphere, mankind evolved separately.For years Mega-City One has secretly been sending its most dangerous criminals through a matter transmitter to the sphere nicknamed Big Dunkin Donut. But now arch-villain Dennis the Complete Bloody Sa...

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John Grant

The definitive story of that momentous night in Rome in 1977 when Liverpool lifted the European Cup for the first time.Released just before the golden anniversary of Bob Paisley’s team’s triumph, this is a timely exploration of a landmark footballing achievement.Dr John Grant gets the inside track from legendary players, their families, their German opponents, the press and ordinary fans to tell the tale of an unforgettable night that was both a footballing...

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John Grant

Since 9/11, the world has lost touch on how we should treat one another. We all witnessed racial shootings, racial attacks, both verbal and physical. We watched in horror school shooting after school shooting. Countless amber alerts instructing us to watch out for this color car with such and such plates. The idols we grew up with charged and convicted of rape, insider trading, domestic violence, etc.My name is John Grant. I am a Colorado native, born on November 19, 1965, to Patri...

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John Grant

Skeptics of the supernatural will enjoy this humorous jaunt through the long history of scientific inquiry into paranormal and psychic phenomena. Life after death, spirit communication, the astral plane, reincarnation: on the relatively rare occasions when scientists have tried to apply their methods to the paranormal, they've often ended up embarrassed—fooled by obvious charlatans, deluded into making irrational and unsubstantiated claims, or frustrated in their attempt to find something ...

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John Grant

The days of the image brands are over, and new marketing has gone mainstream. The worlds biggest companies are pursuing a post-advertising strategy, moving away from advertising and investing in leading edge alternatives. In the vanguard of the revolution has been John Grant, co-founder of the legendary agency St. Lukes and author of The New Marketing Manifesto, whose radical thinking has informed a generation. Now Grant is set to stun the industry again. In The Brand Innovation Manifesto,...