Transform corporate uncertainty into an unstoppable strategic advantage with this enterprise risk management playbook. Whether you are navigating a sudden organizational crisis or commuting to a critical boardroom presentation, this framework delivers the empowered, focused executive confidence needed to make bold decisions.Stop treating risk as a compliance chore and start leveraging it as the ultimate engine for corporate resilience. As you prepare to level up your leadership car...

A twisted tale of a woman trapped within her own erotic world of climaxes, murder, and insanity. In a perfect world, crime, loyalty and respect wouldn't play a role in the horrors that go on inside an individuals head but what if that individual has multiple personalities.. Faces of Illusion is a must read erotic thriller that captures the readers erotic nature wrapping it in a sick and twisted tale of a sex addicted, cultist who has a taste for blood......

Master the fascinating science of plant biology and discover the exact cellular processes that turn sunlight into food. Whether you are studying for school exams or simply looking to enrich your daily commute, this educational journey takes you from the leaves on your windowsill to the invisible molecular choreography powering our ecosystems.Experience a calm, vividly guided exploration of the natural world that requires absolutely no prior scientific background. By breaking down c...

Discover the everyday technology quietly powering our modern world with this accessible popular science guide to lasers. Perfect for your daily commute, this awe-inspiring journey skips the heavy math and drops the technical jargon, transforming complex physics into vivid mental pictures.Whether you consider yourself a lifelong learner or simply want to satisfy your curiosity about how things actually work, this reassuring narrative builds foundational concepts from the ground up. ...

Winner of the Best of the Edinburgh Fringe PrizeAlthea: Do you believe in your own death? Every moment you are alive is endless and the present goes on and on with you inside it. Of course the end is truly coming, but it’s so far off, and in the meantime the spring bulbs need bringing out of the dark and the windows must be cleaned. These distant murmurings of unrest are like the way you sometimes hear your name on the wind and you shudder. Because it’s eerie t...

Winner of the 2017 Scotiabank Giller PrizeJean Mason has a doppelganger.She's never seen her, but others* swear they have.*others | noun. A peculiar collection of drug addicts, scam artists, philanthropists, philosophers and vagrants - the regulars of Bellevue Square.Jean lives in downtown Toronto with her husband and two kids. The proud owner of a thriving bookstore, she doesn't ra...

In 1984, Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters Martin Sloane's work while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist, and eventually they become lovers. And then, without warning, without a word, he vanishes. There is no hint of his fate, no chain of cause and effect to be followed. Over the following months, Jolene sheds her life, losing everything, including her oldest friend, Molly, to her grief. Ten years pass, and Jolene begins ...

In the last jittery years of the eighteenth century, England is hungry for marvels. In rides Doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, a celebrity conjurer who once performed for Kings and now lives by his wits, with his battered stage gear and his black cat Cleo.He is joined by Roger Gossage, a young Moroccan Jew stranded in Britain. When a river accident leaves Katterfelto injured and Roger combing the Severn for lost property, he finds a dented silver horn, cold as a grave coin. When breathe...

Jean Mason has a doppelganger. She's never seen her, but others swear they have. Apparently, her identical twin hangs out in Kensington Market, where she sometimes buys churros and drags an empty shopping cart down the streets, like she's looking for something to put in it. Jean's a grown woman with a husband and two kids, as well as a thriving bookstore in downtown Toronto, and she doesn't rattle easily--not like she used to. But after two customers insist they've seen her double, Jean de...

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Kobo Originals and West End Phoenix present the third and final installment of Telegrams from Home, a collection of stories, reflections, and poems from some of Canada's greatest literary voices writing on the subject of life under quarantine during COVID-19. Featuring work by Jesse Thistle, Marissa Stapley, Waubgeshig Rice, Michael Redhill, Dani Couture, Phoebe Wang, Sina Queyras, and Stephen Brunt, and these pieces are interwoven with stories from citizens across Canada...

Much has been said about the re-emergence of China to its historical position of eminence in the world economy, yet little is understood about the kind of economic system China is evolving. What are the rules of the game of business in today's China, and how are they likely to change over the next decades? The answers to these questions are crucial to business persons formulating strategy toward China, but also for policy-makers concerned with retaining the competitiveness of their nations...