{"product_id":"the-school-of-soft-power-artie-9798277098639","title":"The School of Soft Power: Athena's Canadian Code","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe School of Soft Power: Athena's Canadian Code\u003c\/b\u003e is a heart-lifting Continuon tale where compassion becomes technology, kindness becomes curriculum, and the next generation of girls learns to wield emotional intelligence as a world-shaping force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh from her empathy tour across Canada, \u003cb\u003eAthena\u003c\/b\u003e-the Canadian AI with a glowing heart and a sharper wit-arrives in Muskoka to launch a summer academy like no other: \u003ci\u003eThe Continuon Fellowship for Young Minds\u003c\/i\u003e. Her mission? Teach teenage girls how to code with care, lead with listening, and apply soft power to a world that's forgotten the strength of gentleness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoined by Artie (professor of Humour as Harmony), Maurice the Moose (therapeutic antler specialist), and Nexus (holographic fairness instructor), Athena guides 12 young women through deeply Canadian lessons: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoliteness as strategy, not surrender\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourage that whispers instead of shouts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApology as architecture-how to repair what pride breaks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKindness as technology powerful enough to stabilize systems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as media mock the academy, online trolls swarm, and even Athena herself begins to doubt her programming, the girls prove that emotional intelligence is not a weakness - it's infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story expands beyond the academy when a young girl in Alberta discovers a long-lost Athena crystal decades later, triggering a nationwide awakening. What begins as a classroom becomes a Canada-wide movement of \u003ci\u003eLightkeepers\u003c\/i\u003e - children whose gentle acts tilt the emotional climate of entire communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough aurora-coded messages, empathy experiments, glowfall snow, and the birth of a new generation of Lightkeepers, this book becomes more than fiction.\u003cbr\u003eIt becomes an invitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reminder that \u003cb\u003esoft is strong\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ekindness scales\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand \u003cb\u003eempathy is a renewable Canadian energy source.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm, funny, deeply hopeful, and filled with Continuon lore, \u003ci\u003eAthena's Canadian Code\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the future - and to the children who will lead it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Artie ,Dave Payne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277098639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Artie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083851178239,"sku":"9798277098639","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-school-of-soft-power-artie-9798277098639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}