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To Hold Up the Sky By : Cixin Liu READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem, To Hold Up the Sky is a breathtaking collection of imaginative science fiction.Stories included are:ContractionFull Spectrum Barrage JammingThe Village TeacherFire in the EarthTime MigrationOde to joyCloud of PoemsMirrorSea of DreamsCloud of PoemsThe ThinkerRUNNING TIME ? 13hrs.?2020 Cixin Liu (P)2020 Macmillan Audio Book Detail : Author : Cixin Liu Pages : pages Publisher : Macmillan Audio Language : eng ISBN-10 : B085ZQXX6K ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Illustrated Man By : Ray Bradbury READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--with...

Star Kingdom Boxset (Star Kingdom #1-3) By : Lindsay Buroker READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ????? ??endearing characters you can?t help but root for!? It is a time of treachery, terrorism, and tyranny in the Star Kingdom. The king cannot be trusted, the galaxy is on the brink of war, and a notorious mercenary is destroying everything?and everyone?in his path on his quest for vengeance. The Star Kingdom is in dire need of heroes. What it gets is a band of misfits and underdogs: ? A washed-up bounty hunter struggling to make ends meet. ? A genetically engineered cat woman on the run from her makers. ? A robotics professor who gets space sick before leaving orbit. ? A brilliant scientist who?s better at punching people than talking to them. As unlikely as it seems, this motley crew is the best hope for bringing peace to the galaxy. But they have troubles of their own, and they?ll have to fly fast to avoid being hunted down and killed. A romping science fiction a...

Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection By : James S.A. Corey READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For the first time, all of the short fiction set in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series is available in this?collection ? including?a brand new novella. Now a major television series.Contents:The Expanse Short FictionDriveThe Butcher of Anderson StationThe ChurnGods of RiskThe Vital AbyssStrange DogsAuberonMemory's Legion---For more from James S. A. Corey, check out:?The ExpanseLeviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathLeviathan Falls Book Detail : Author : James S.A. Corey Pages : 400 pages Publisher : Orbit Language : ISBN-10 : 0316669199 ISBN-13 : 9780316669191   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition By : Brian Herbert READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune saga sprawls across countless planets and tens of millennia. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have written thirteen international bestselling novels set in this epic universe. But the wealth of material leaves many side tales or interesting ideas that can be told, hors d'oeuvres to accompany the exotic main course.Sometimes, a short story is exactly what's needed.Tales of Dune collects eight of Herbert and Anderson's Dune short stories, ranging from the period of the Butlerian Jihad, to the time of young Paul Atreides, to a story set during the events of the novel Dune, to the very end of Frank Herbert's future history.These are the missing pieces in the epic of Dune. Book Detail : Author : Brian Herbert Pages : pages Publisher : Wordfire Press LLC Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1614755884 ISBN-13 : 9781614755883   Supporting format: ...

Wounds: Stories By : Nathan Ballingrud READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A gripping collection of six stories of terror?including the novella ?The Visible Filth,? the basis for the upcoming major motion picture?by Shirley Jackson Award?winning author Nathan Ballingrud, hailed as a major new voice by Jeff VanderMeer, Paul Tremblay, and Carmen Maria Machado??one of the most heavyweight horror authors out there? (The Verge). In his first collection, North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud carved out a distinctly singular place in American fiction with his ?piercing and merciless? (Toronto Globe and Mail) portrayals of the monsters that haunt our lives?both real and imagined: ?What Nathan Ballingrud does in North American Lake Monsters is to reinvigorate the horror tradition? (Los Angeles Review of Books). Now, in Wounds, Ballingrud follows up with an even more confounding, strange, and utterly entrancing collection of six stories, including one new novella. From ...

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances By : Neil Gaiman READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things--which includes a never-before published American Gods story, "Black Dog," written exclusively for this volume.In this new anthology, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013--as well "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods, exclusive to this collection.Trigger Warning explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities ...

Bloodchild and Other Stories By : Octavia E. Butler READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability?and responsibility?to save humanity from itself?Like all of Octavia Butler?s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature?s strongest voices. Book Detail : Author : Octavia E. B...

From the Ashes (The Fallen World, #3) By : Chris Kennedy READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The world has Fallen, but life goes on? In the late 2020?s and early 30?s corporations managed to render the major governments of the world obsolete. The big corporations owned most of the territories as well as the majority of the world?s wealth. While many of the old traditions were still observed in various parts of the world, the true power was with the corporations. In the late 30?s, what would be known as the Corporate Wars began as larger companies initiated hostile takeovers in a whole new fashion. Employees, armed with corporate weapons, warred for dominance. It was a bloody time, and many small corporations were destroyed, as were a lot of civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time?as well as those who?d been buying the wrong products. On May 1st, 2067, it all ended in nuclear fire. Sixteen outstanding authors have come to this Fallen World with stories that ta...

The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #0.5) By : James S.A. Corey READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a deadly secret and extend a hand of friendship. But long before he became the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance, Fred Johnson had a very different name. The Butcher of Anderson Station. This is his story.Word Count: ~9,000 words Book Detail : Author : James S.A. Corey Pages : 35 pages Publisher : Hachette Book Group Language : eng ISBN-10 : B0052AHUYM ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas By : Robert M. Utley READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : 2021 Spur Award Winner for Best Historical Nonfiction from the Western Writers of America True West Magazine's 2020 Best Author and Historical Nonfiction Book of the YearThe Last Sovereigns is the story of how Sioux chief Sitting Bull resisted the white man?s ways as a last best hope for the survival of an indigenous way of life on the Great Plains?a nomadic life based on buffalo and indigenous plants scattered across the Sioux?s historical territories that were sacred to him and his people. Robert M. Utley explores the final four years of Sitting Bull?s life of freedom, from 1877 to 1881. To escape American vengeance for his assumed role in the annihilation of Gen. George Armstrong Custer?s command at the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull led his Hunkpapa following into Canada. There he and his people interacted with the North-West Mounted Po...

Otherwise By : Farley Mowat READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A Canadian icon gives us his final book, a memoir of the events that shaped this beloved writer and activist.Farley Mowat has been beguiling readers for fifty years now, creating a body of writing that has thrilled two generations, selling literally millions of copies in the process. In looking back over his accomplishments, we are reminded of his groundbreaking work: He single-handedly began the rehabilitation of the wolf with Never Cry Wolf. He was the first to bring advocacy activism on behalf of the Inuit and their northern lands with People of the Deer and The Desperate People. And his was the first populist voice raised in defense of the environment and of the creatures with whom we share our world, the ones he has always called The Others. Otherwise is a memoir of the years between 1937 and the autumn of 1948 that tells the story of the events that forged the writer and activist. His was an innocent ...

Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry Wolf By : Farley Mowat READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Farley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with equal shares of Booth Tarkington and Jack London. He also brings back Mutt, the famous hero-dog of his classic THE DOG WHO WOULDN'T BE, and his pet owl Wol, hero of OWLS IN THE FAMILY. The tale of an outrageous and clever boy, BORN NAKED takes its place as the foundation of the Farley Mowat canon. Book Detail : Author : Farley Mowat Pages : 272 pages Publisher : Mariner Books Language : ISBN-10 : 0395735289 ISBN-13 : 9780395735282   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*=============...

I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a transgender child By : Cheryl B. Evans READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : What is unique about this story is that it follows one transgender child from birth through age eighteen. You get a real sense of what this family went through. Their son's desperate effort to comply to societal gender norms, a suicide attempt, a family members struggle with God and transgenderism, a heart breaking death and much more. Every step of their son's transition from female to male (FTM) is discussed in detail, including hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgeries. This book shares it all in the hopes of making a difference in what seems like a harsh and cruel world for transgender people.In the beginning, transgenderism was not even on Mom?s radar. There was a so much to learn. She went from knowing nothing at all about the subject to becoming significantly more knowledgeable. The journey this family took is spelled out in the pa...

I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen By : Sylvie Simmons READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The?New York Times-bestselling,?definitive?biography of lengendary artist Leonard CohenSinger/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years?and one of the most elusive. In I?m Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock ?n? roll and popular music, explores the extraordinary life and creative genius of Leonard Cohen.I?m Your Man is an intimate and insightful appreciation of the man responsible for ?Suzanne,? ?Bird on a Wire,? ?Hallelujah,? and so many other unforgettable, oft-covered ballads and songs.? Based on Simmons?s unparalleled access to Cohen?and written with her hallmark blend of intelligence, integrity, and style?I?m Your Man is the definitive biography of a major musical artist widely considered in a league with the great Bob Dylan.Readers of Life by Rol...

Evaluating Campus Climate at Us Research Universities: Opportunities for Diversity and Inclusion By : Krista M Soria READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This book examines campus climate data collected from undergraduates at several large, public research universities across the nation to enhance understanding of the long-term impact of campus climate on student success. Many universities have refocused their attention and energy on campus climate, defined in this volume as students' perceptions of how welcoming and respectful their campus environments are for students from different social identities. As structural diversity continues to grow more complex on college campuses around the nation, campus leaders have begun to take more steps to understand campus climate and address persistent inequalities, acts of discrimination, and violence against students from diverse backgrounds. The authors in this volume address initiatives to improve campus climate and provide ...

The Death Of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters By : Thomas M. Nichols READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The rise of the internet and other technology has made information more easily-accessible than ever before. While this has had the positive effect of equalizing access to knowledge, it also has lowered the bar on what depth of knowledge is required to consider oneself an "expert." A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. This surge in intellectual egalitarianism has altered the landscape of debates-all voices are equal, and "fact" is a subjective term. Browsing WebMD puts one on equal footing with doctors, and Wikipedia allows all to be foreign policy experts, scientists, and more. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reaso...

The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation By : Jacques Ranci?re READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This extraordinary book can be read on several levels. Primarily, it is the story of Joseph Jacotot, an exiles French schoolteacher who discovered in 1818 an unconventional teaching method that spread panic throughout the learned community of Europe.Knowing no Flemish, Jacotot found himself able to teach in French to Flemish students who knew no French; knowledge, Jacotot concluded, was not necessary to teach, nor explication necessary to learn. The results of this unusual experiment in pedagogy led him to announce that all people were equally intelligent. From this postulate, Jacotot devised a philosophy and a method for what he called "intellectual emancipation"?a method that would allow, for instance, illiterate parents to themselves teach their children how to read. The greater part of the book is devoted to a description and analy...

Instructional Design By : Patricia L. Smith READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A well-documented, theory-based treatment that focuses on instructional design's application to industry and K-12 education. Offers extensive procedural assistance, emphasizing the foundations and first principles upon which most of the models and procedures in the field are built. An Extended Example (now online) showcases applications of concepts and techniques using a single subject area and course (Digital Photography). Book Detail : Author : Patricia L. Smith Pages : 383 pages Publisher : Wiley Language : ISBN-10 : 0471393533 ISBN-13 : 9780471393535   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Foundations of American Education: Becoming Effective Teachers in Challenging Times By : James A. Johnson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For courses in Foundations of Education and Introduction to Teaching. Focuses on becoming an effective teacher in challenging times. Education constantly changes-and teachers need to continue learning through professional development and educational research to improve their performance in tomorrow's classrooms. Foundations of American Education addresses the realities and challenges of teaching head on. With many new references and an emphasis on emerging trends that are impacting our schools, such as the Common Core Standards, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and social and global networking, this text encourages students to embrace new methods of instruction. Concepts are explored through current discussions of theory and practice in such critical areas as advocacy, legislation, and the current social, political, and...

The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living By : Hillary L. McBride READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of your body or like it isn't good enough. Maybe your body is riddled with stress, pain, or the effects of trauma. Maybe you think of your body as an accessory to what you believe you really are--your mind. Maybe your experiences with racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, ageism, or sizeism have made you believe your body isn't the right kind of body. Whatever the reason, many of us don't feel at home in our bodies. But being disconnected from ourselves as bodies means being disconnected from truly living and from the interconnection that weaves us all together.Psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride explores the broken and unhealthy ideas we have inherited about our body. Embodiment is the w...

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World By : Dalai Lama XIV READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.? The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet.From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and natio...

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life By : Mark Manson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we?ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let?s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn?t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is?a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let?s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic...

Zen as F*ck: A Journal for Practicing the Mindful Art of Not Giving a Sh*t By : Monica Sweeney READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A beautiful, uplifting guided journal for when you just don't give a f*ck...The road to serenity is ahead, and it?s paved with a f*ck-ton of profanity. When quiet meditation and peaceful mantras aren?t enough to cut through the bullsh*t and brighten your day?hold close the pages of Zen as F*ck. On each and every page, you can give the good around you a warm f*cking hug and kick the bad on its ass. Journal your way through positive affirmations and cathartic-as-f*ck activities on your liberating journey toward something pretty close to happiness. Sprinkle, scatter, or set off a glitter-bomb of happy vibes onto your trail of tranquility with Zen as F*ck!? Start sparkling like the f*cking gem you are? Learn how to rise, shine, and kick ass? Cast your soul-shining light on others and spread some f*cking beauty Book Detail : Author : Monica S...

The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean By : Allegra Iafrate READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In The Wandering Throne of Solomon: Objects and Tales of Kingship in the Medieval Mediterranean Allegra Iafrate analyzes the circulation of artifacts and literary traditions related to king Solomon, particularly among Christians, Jews and Muslims, from the 10th to the 13th century.The author shows how written sources and objects of striking visual impact interact and describes the efforts to match the literary echoes of past wonders with new mirabilia. Using the throne of Solomon as a case-study, she evokes a context where Jewish rabbis, Byzantine rulers, Muslim ambassadors, Christian sovereigns and bishops all seem to share a common imagery in art, technology and kingship. Book Detail : Author : Allegra Iafrate Pages : 348 pages Publisher : Brill Language : ISBN-10 : 9004305181 ISBN-13 : 9789004305182   Supporting format:...

The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic: Master techniques for painting stunning still lifes in acrylic By : Varvara Harmon READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Packed with beautiful illustrations and expert instruction, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for all aspiring painters.Designed for beginners and intermediate artists, The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic offers valuable drawing and painting techniques, as well as inspirational artwork that's sure to motivate artists of all skill levels. The Art of Painting Still Life in Acrylic opens with a guide to essential information on the necessary tools and materials for both sketching and painting, including pencils, paints and brushes, palettes, supports, and mediums. In addition to learning about basic drawing and painting techniques and color theory, readers will learn how to create compelling compositions, achieve depth, and render realistic textures. ...

America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890 : 8 Reproduction quilt projects, historic notes & photographs, dating your quilts By : Barbara Brackman READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Quilt historian Barbara Brackman guides us through more than a century of American fabrics and shares wonderful old photos, diary entries, and letters from America?s past.8 projects inspired by antique quilts, made with today?s reproduction fabricsGain insight into the social, technological, and fashion influences on past generations of quiltmakersLearn to identify vintage fabrics and quiltsLearn to choose reproduction fabrics and patterns Book Detail : Author : Barbara Brackman Pages : 130 pages Publisher : C&T Publishing Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1571202552 ISBN-13 : 9781571202550   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Art Fundamentals and CC CD-ROM V3.0 (MP) By : Otto G. Ocvirk READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The original text that set the standard for introduction to art courses across the country, Art Fundamentals has guided generations of students through the essential elements of art as well as the rich and varied history of their uses. The tenth edition expands the wealth of related study materials available to students and faculty by offering a student CD-ROM, Core Concepts in Art, packaged free with every new copy of the text, as well as a comprehensive text-specific Online Learning Center; together, these materials reinforce the principles and elements of design with practical exercises, self-guided tutorials, interactive examples, and suggested student projects. Book Detail : Author : Otto G. Ocvirk Pages : 354 pages Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Language : ISBN-10 : 0072878711 ISBN-13 : 9780072878714   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle,...

Adversarial Design By : Carl DiSalvo READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In Adversarial Design, Carl DiSalvo examines the ways that technology design can provoke and engage the political. He describes a practice, which he terms "adversarial design," that uses the means and forms of design to challenge beliefs, values, and what is taken to be fact. It is not simply applying design to politics--attempting to improve governance, for example, by redesigning ballots and polling places; it is implicitly contestational and strives to question conventional approaches to political issues. DiSalvo explores the political qualities and potentials of design by examining a series of projects that span design and art, engineering and computer science, agitprop and consumer products. He views these projects-- which include computational visualizations of networks of power and influence, therapy robots that shape sociability, and everyday objects embedded with microchips that ...

Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality By : Nancy Leong READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Nancy Leong coins the term "identity capitalist" to label the powerful insiders who eke out social and economic value from people of color, women, LGBTQ people, the poor, and other outgroups. Leong uncovers the rules that govern a system in which all Americans must survive: the identity marketplace. She contends that the national preoccupation with diversity has, counterintuitively, allowed identity capitalists to infiltrate the legal system, educational institutions, the workplace, and the media. Using examples from law to literature, from politics to pop culture, Leong takes readers on a journey through the hidden agendas and surprising incentives of various ingroup actors. She also uncovers a dire dilemma for outgroup members: do they play along and let their identity be used by others, or do they protest and risk the...

Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws By : Michael H. Hoffheimer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Clear, informal, and even humorous, Examples & Explanations: Conflicts of Law, Fourth Edition , explores all topics covered in Conflicts courses, including personal jurisdiction and the Erie doctrine. It covers traditional and modern approaches to choice of law, proof of law, and enforcement of foreign country and sister state judgments. It provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional limits on personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and actions against sister states. Big-picture overviews and accurate statements of rules are reinforced with concrete examples and test-taking tips. The powerful Examples & Explanations pedagogy works especially well for Conflict of Laws where students gain understanding of rules and policies by applying them to new fact patterns. Summaries of leading cases found in most casebooks and a modular organization allows eas...

Legal Issues in Information Security: Print Bundle By : Joanna Lyn Grama READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Part of the Jones & Bartlett Learning Information Systems Security and Assurance Series http: //www.issaseries.com Revised and updated to address the many changes in this evolving field, the Second Edition of Legal Issues in Information Security (Textbook with Lab Manual) addresses the area where law and information security concerns intersect. Information systems security and legal compliance are now required to protect critical governmental and corporate infrastructure, intellectual property created by individuals and organizations alike, and information that individuals believe should be protected from unreasonable intrusion. Organizations must build numerous information security and privacy responses into their daily operations to protect the business itself, fully meet legal requirements, and to meet the expectations of employees and customers. Instructo...

Leaks, National Security, and the First Amendment: The Pentagon Papers Fifty Years on By : Geoffrey Stone READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Written by a group of the nation's leading constitutional scholars, a deeply informed, thoughtful, and often surprising examination of who has First Amendment rights to disclose, to obtain, or to publish classified information relating to the national security of the United States.One of the most vexing and perennial questions facing any democracy is how to balance the government's legitimate need to conduct its operations-especially those related to protecting the national security-in secret, with the public's right and responsibility to know what its government is doing.There is no easy answer to this issue, and different nations embrace different solutions. In the United States, at the constitutional level, the answer begins exactly half a century ago with the Supreme Court's landmark 1971 decision in the Pentag...

Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge By : Jean Stefancic READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Critical Race Theory has become a dynamic, eclectic, and growing movement in the study of law. With this third edition of Critical Race Theory, editors Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic have created a reader for the twenty-first century-one that shakes up the legal academy, questions comfortable liberal premises, and leads the search for new ways of thinking about our nation's most intractable, and insoluble, problem-race.The contributions, from a stellar roster of established and emerging scholars, address new topics, such as intersectionality and black men on the "down low." Essays also confront much-discussed issues of discrimination, workplace dynamics, affirmative action, and sexual politics. Also new to this volume are updated section introductions, author notes, questions for discussion, and reading lists for each unit. The volume also covers the spread o...

When the Moon Was Ours By : Anna-Marie McLemore READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : When the Moon Was Ours follows two characters through a story that has multicultural elements and magical realism, but also has central LGBT themes?a transgender boy, the best friend he?s falling in love with, and both of them deciding how they want to define themselves.To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel?s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town. But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel?s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they?re willing to use every secre...

The Darkest Part of the Forest By : Holly Black READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they?re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she?s found the thing she?s been made for.Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries? seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.Until one day, he does?As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her year...

A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak, #1) By : Darren Shan READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers-- Mr. Crepsley-- is a vampire! Steve remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires. This is Darren's story. Book Detail : Author : Darren Shan Pages : 257 pages Publisher : Little, Brown and Company Language : ISBN-10 : 0316605107 ISBN-13 : 9...

What Big Teeth By : Rose Szabo READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Eleanor has not seen or spoken with her family in years, not since they sent her away to Saint Brigid's boarding school. She knows them only as vague memories: her grandfather's tremendous fanged snout, the barrel full of water her mother always soaked in, and strange hunting trips in a dark wood with her sister and cousins. And she remembers the way they looked at her, like she was the freak. When Eleanor finally finds the courage to confront her family and return to their ancestral home on the rainy coast of Maine, she finds them already gathered in wait, seemingly ready to welcome her back with open arms. "I read this in the cards," her grandmother tells her. However, Grandma Persephone doesn't see all, for just as Eleanor is beginning to readjust to the life she always longed for, a strange and sudden death rocks the family, leaving Eleanor to manage this difficult new dynamic w...

Black Girl Unlimited By : Echo Brown READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A powerful YA debut novel based on the author?s teen struggle with racism, poverty, and depression.Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she?s worked for. Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited is a transcendent coming-of-age. For fans of Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson and American Street by I...

The Hardware Hacking Handbook: Breaking Embedded Security with Hardware Attacks By : Jasper van Woudenberg READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Hardware attacks on embedded systems explained by notable experts Jasper van Woudenberg and Colin O'Flynn. The authors explore the embedded system threat model, hardware interfaces, various side channel and fault injection attacks (such as timing attacks, simple power analysis, and differential power analysis), as well as voltage and clock glitching.The Hardware Hacking Handbook is a deep dive into hardware attacks on embedded systems, perfect for anyone interested in designing, analyzing, and attacking devices. You'll start with a crash course in embedded systems and threats to them, as well as hardware interfaces and how to set up a test lab, all while learning invaluable theoretical background. Real-life examples and hands-on labs throughout allow you to explore hardware interfaces and complete various side channel or ...