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International bestselling author and optimistic internet thinker Jeff Jarvis examines the way the Internet has changed the way we form communities, create identities, engage in commerce, and live our lives. A visionary and optimistic thinker examines the tension between privacy and publicness...

Dan used to be a soldier, and although soldiering provides the backdrop to some of the book, what it is really about is love, life and death - and all the stuff that goes in between. It is about making decisions when under extreme pressure, about keeping calm, keeping going and keeping a smile on your face - well, most of the time, anyway. Specifically, it is about the two biggest challenges Dan faced and the way he tried to cope with them - taking on the Taliban in Afghanistan and losing his wife to cancer at a tragically young age.

In The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike, W. H. P. Jarvis skillfully combines historical narrative with vivid storytelling, transporting listeners to the exhilarating world of the Klondike Gold Rush. From its origins to the individuals involved, Jarvis delves into the complexities of human nature against the backdrop of historical upheaval.

A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Bernie Quist operates as a consultant detective from Baker Avenue in York. His assistant is Watson, although this Watson is a youth from the Grimpen housing estate and he's definitely no doctor. The mismatched duo take on bizarre cases which invariably lead into the realms of the supernatural, a shadowy world Quist is all too familiar with. Rex Grant has vanished from a hotel without paying the bill, but the police seem more concerned with the murdered girl in his room. Investigating their friend’s disappearance, Quist and Watson are intrigued.

Comedy podcast hosted by me and only me. With special guest along the way. Covering current events, art, politics and tons of other random shit.

A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Bernie Quist operates as a consultant detective from Baker Avenue in York. His assistant is Watson, although this Watson is a streetwise youth from the Grimpen housing estate, and he's definitely no doctor. The mismatched duo take on bizarre cases, which invariably lead into the realms of the supernatural, a shadowy world that, thanks to his dark secret, Quist is all too familiar with.

This book shows that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models often yield answers that support unwise policies. Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader, the authors begin with a riveting account of the extinction of the North Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Canada.

Noah loves his nighttime reading ritual with his dad. Stuck in a small new town after the pandemic caused his parents’ marriage to fracture, the curious thirteen-year-old happily explores the peculiar local bookstore. But when the lonely youngster takes home a firefighter’s old diary, he’s amazed when it transforms him into the book’s owner and transports him across space and time to a blazing building.

Modern Aged Middle Life (MAML) is a podcast by comedy writers Emily Baum and Graham Jarvis dealing with the perplexing stuff that happens in modern life. The two MAML's try to explain the baffling and rationalise the irrational - like human tears in cocktails! Join us on our journey of laughing at life.

Emmy takes on the biggest challenge she's ever encountered yet - helping a ghost figure out the truth about the night she was killed.

Scottish Highlander Alex MacDonell returns home from fighting for clan and king to discover that the girl he once hunted and fished with has become an intriguing young woman. Kenna has adored him for years, but he always treated her like a little sister. When her own brother dies from battle wounds, Kenna is left with no family or home. Alex would love Kenna if he could, but recurring nightmares of acts he committed while hunting down Covenanters now haunt his days and nights. When Kenna comes too close to his heart, he pushes her out of his life—and into the arms of another.

Journey back to the heart of the Klondike Gold Rush through the eyes of Canadian journalist William Jarvis. His gently fictionalized narratives weave together the captivating stories of those who sought fortune in the rugged Yukon. Let Cathy Barratts engaging introduction draw you into this rich tapestry of history and adventure.

There is no shortage of humour in Broadway, Jeeves?, an elegantly observed journal of a year in the life of the musical play by Jeeves, written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn and composed by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, in which Jarvis starred in America.

Beginning in January 2001, the listener can enjoy a detailed account of this acclaimed production as it moves from Pittsburgh to Toronto and....Will it ever get to Broadway?

World as I experience it, from the lens of an Optimistic Nihilist.

Brilliant but burnt-out English lawyer Ella Blake accepts an apparently simple brief: Investigate the mysterious disappearance of an African American polymath from his room at Cambridge University. The inquiry quickly becomes the greatest challenge of her life - solving the mystery of Genesis. Facing danger at every turn, can Ella find the answers to the riddles and clues left by the missing genius? Reunited with her estranged daughter, the inquiry sends them on a quest across the world and through ancient texts.

Emmy thought that the dark days of her sleuthing were over...but now it feels like they're starting all over again. After a dinner party at the Byrnes' house because of a new business deal that Emmy's dad ventured in, Emmy and Daniel, alongside the rest of the guests, were surprised to find Wendy, their cat, jumping on a man named Caleb Roberts - Troy Byrne's new business partner. Is Wendy just being catty? Or is there anything else - something graver, crazier - that Emmy should know?

What’s the question every business should be asking itself? According to Jeff Jarvis, it’s What Would Google Do? If you’re not thinking or acting like Google – the fastest-growing company in the history of the world – then you’re not going to survive, let alone prosper, in the Internet age.An indispensable manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today’s leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do?

A deep dive series into the backgrounds and adventures of some of Futurama's supporting and minor characters. Season 1 focusing on horror adjacent characters

Emmy felt like she knew who was behind all of these, especially after how Wendy attacked Ashley. She knew that something was behind Wendy's anger - and she was determined to figure out what it is. Thrown into the world of Caleb and Ashley, she realizes there are far more dangerous things than what she thought were around - and she doesn't know if she's ready for them. Plus, a grave accident is about to happen - and it's going to change everyone's lives for good.

Cameron is a beloved member in his adoptive family, Evita is on cloud nine following a proposal, and Sebastien has a trust fund upwards of a hundred million dollars. But things aren't always as rosy as they appear on the surface: They're each keeping a secret.