Before being awarded a technology patent concerning student assessment in a student response environment, Darrell Ward was programming on a 30lb "laptop". Prior to ushering in an entirely new market category in the education field, he launched the computer science program at the University of Mississippi. Before leading a multi-billion dollar industry, he was a classroom teacher. Dr. Ward exchanges the classroom for the boardroom and illustrates how his competitive spirit, inventive approa...

Shortlisted for the Donner Prize for Best Public Policy Book of the YearFrom the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape.Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s explosive new polemic, arrives in the midst of the greatest political crisis Canada has ever faced. The country stands at risk. Even before Donald Trump returned to the ...

Weirdbook #47 offers a captivating journey into the realms of fantasy and horror, featuring a diverse collection of stories from acclaimed authors such as David C. Smith, Adrian Cole, and Cynthia Ward. This issue includes Schweitzer's

The original Broad Street Bully has secrets to reveal.Before there was Bob Probert, Tie Domi, or Stu Grimson, there was Dave Schultz. The original enforcer changed the face of the NHL for decades to come, and helped bring the Philadephia Flyers their first Stanley Cup in franchise history, by scaring opponents into submission. His name was known and feared around the league—and still is. Schultz still draws long lines for his autograph.That’s a long way to ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 J.W. DAFOE BOOK PRIZEA National Business Book Award Summer Reading List selection: The Canadian Deep Dive (Politics, Policy & Power)A Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Book in 2025Foreword by Cherie WongNational security expert Dennis Molinaro reveals the shocking details of Beijing’s five-decades-long effort to influence and interfere in Canadian political life. From cu...

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult entrepreneurship is when it comes to running one. ...

Atticus O'Sullivan is back in an all-new, action-packed, laugh-out-loud novella from the author of the Iron Druid Chronicles. Two-thousand-year-old Atticus may have outwitted and outfought everyone from Odin to Bacchus, but in this ebook original, he's about to discover what comes around when you go around messing with gods.Six years into the training of his beautiful apprentice, Granuaile, a large crow swoops down and transforms into none other than the Morrigan, a goddess who ins...

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent.The silver lining is that “w...

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 deity but the devotion of one woman.A tale of hope and celebration.

Write personal and professional communications with clarity, confidence, and style.How to Write It is the essential resource for eloquent personal and professional self-expression. Award-winning journalist Sandra E. Lamb transforms even reluctant scribblers into articulate wordsmiths by providing compelling examples of nearly every type and form of written communication.Completely updated and expanded, the new third edition offers hundreds of handy...

On the death of their Grandfather, twin brothers Simon and Gestas are left a mysterious map. The map directs them to the frozen wastes of the Arctic where they believe lies a secret that will unlock phenomenal wealth and power. But at what price? Crack the Codes: Kobo.com/TheDescent

In this completely revised and updated edition of the customer service classic, Carl Sewell enhances his time-tested advice with fresh ideas and new examples and explains how the groundbreaking “Ten Commandments of Customer Service” apply to today’s world.Drawing on his incredible success in transforming his Dallas Cadillac dealership into the second largest in America, Carl Sewell revealed the secret of getting customers to return again and again in the original