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Resistance Is Futile

Jenny T. Colgan
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Author : Jenny T. Colgan
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780356505398

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Discover this summer's most irregular love story . . . Connie's smart. She's funny. But when it comes to love, she's only human. As a brilliant mathematician with bright red hair - Connie's used to being considered a little unusual. But when she's recruited for a top-secret code-breaking project, nothing can prepare her for working with someone quite as peculiar as Luke. From the Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan comes a charmingly quirky tale of love, friendship . . . and the possible obliteration of mankind. 'Quirky, funny and romantic' Sophie Kinsella 'A riotous cocktail of geeks' Matt Haig, author of The Humans 'It's not so often that I fall so completely in love with a book . . intelligent, funny, moving and beautiful' Rowan Coleman, author of The Memory Book 'Joyous, suspenseful, poignant, funny, heart-breaking, and above all else, a pleasure to read' Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Christmas at the Cupcake Café, Little Beach Street Bakery and Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams. As Jenny T. Colgan she has also written the Doctor Who tie-in novel Dark Horizons and several Doctor Who short stories.

Resistance Is Futile!

Ann Coulter
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Author : Ann Coulter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525540083

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Since the day Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign, the left has waged a demented war against him. Liberals used to pride themselves on their ultra-hipness, but Trump has turned them into weeping little girls in pink party dresses. The very people who once mocked right-wingers for (allegedly) overreacting to every little thing are now the ones hyperventilating and hatching insane conspiracy theories. During the campaign, and even more so after his victory, the left went nuts. Everything Trump does sends them into a moral panic. Everything is a constitutional crisis. Members of the self-proclaimed "Resistance" -- journalists, politicians, professors, judges, comedians, movie stars, Twitter pundits, even Oprah and Lindsey Vonn! -- are literally shaking because Trump is literally Hitler! Now Ann Coulter skewers the various elements of "The Resistance" -- the pussy-hat brigade, the Russian-collusion witch hunters, the media alarmists, the campus hysterics, and more. They talk about Russia? They're the ones meddling with our democracy by trying to overturn the results of the election with their relentless attacks. The biggest result of the Trump era may be our cultural institutions' total loss of credibility.

1984 and Philosophy

Ezio Di Nucci,Stefan Storrie
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Author : Ezio Di Nucci,Stefan Storrie
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812699852

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1984 and Philosophy by Ezio Di Nucci,Stefan Storrie Pdf

Although the year 1984 is hurtling back into the distant past, Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four continues to have a huge readership and to help shape the world of 2084. Sales of Orwell’s terrifying tale have recently spiked because of current worries about alternate facts, post-truth, and fake news. 1984 and Philosophy brings together brand new, up-to-the-minute thinking by philosophers about Nineteen Eighty-Four as it relates to today’s culture, politics, and everyday life. Some of the thinking amounts to thoughtcrime, but we managed to sneak it past the agents of the Ministry of Truth, so this is a book to be read quickly before the words on the page mysteriously transform into something different. Who’s controlling our lives and are they getting even more levers to control us? Is truth objective or just made up? What did Orwell get right—and did he get some things wrong? Are social media opportunities for liberation or instruments of oppression? How can we fight back against totalitarian control? Can Big Brother compel us to love him? How does the language we use affect the way we think? Do we really need the unifying power of hate? Why did Orwell make Nineteen Eighty-Four so desperately hopeless? Can science be protected from poisonous ideology? Can we really believe two contradictory things at once? Who surveils the surveilors?

Resilience Is Futile

Julie S. Lalonde
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Author : Julie S. Lalonde
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771134705

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For over a decade, Julie Lalonde, an award-winning advocate for women’s rights, kept a secret. She crisscrossed the country, denouncing violence against women and giving hundreds of media interviews along the way. Her work made national headlines for challenging universities and taking on Canada’s top military brass. Appearing fearless on the surface, Julie met every interview and event with the same fear in her gut: was he there? Fleeing intimate partner violence at age 20, Julie was stalked by her ex-partner for over ten years, rarely mentioning it to friends, let alone addressing it publicly. The contrast between her public career as a brave champion for women with her own private life of violence and fear meant a shaky and exhausting balancing act. Resilience sounds like a positive thing, so why do we often use it against women? Tenacity and bravery might help us survive unimaginable horrors, but where are the spaces for anger and vulnerability? Resilience is Futile is a story of survival, courage and ultimately, hope. But it’s also a challenge to the ways we understand trauma and resilience. It’s the story of one survivor who won’t give up and refuses to shut up.

Resistance

J.M. Dillard
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Author : J.M. Dillard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416545484

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An electrifying thriller starring Captain Jean-Luc Picard set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, his ship repaired, must now reassemble his crew. With the departure of both William Riker and ship's counsellor Deannna Troi, the captain must replace his two most trusted advisors. He chooses a Vulcan, a logical choice, and for his new first officer, Worf. But the Klingon refuses the promotion and the new ship's counsellor appears to actively dislike Worf. A simple shake-down mission should settle everything. Except that once again, the captain hears the song of the Borg collective. Admiral Janeway is convinced that the Borg have been crushed and are no longer a threat. Picard believes she is wrong, and that if the Enterprise doesn't act the entire Federation will be under the domination of its most oppressive enemy.

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield
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Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781936891047

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What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative endeavor—be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece? The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success. The War of Art emphasizes the resolve needed to recognize and overcome the obstacles of ambition and then effectively shows how to reach the highest level of creative discipline. Think of it as tough love . . . for yourself.

Memetics and Evolutionary Economics

Michael P. Schlaile
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Author : Michael P. Schlaile
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030599553

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Memetics and Evolutionary Economics by Michael P. Schlaile Pdf

This book explores the question of whether and how meme theory or “memetics” can be fruitfully utilized in evolutionary economics and proposes an approach known as “economemetics” which is a combination of meme theory and complexity theory that has the potential to combat the fragmentation of evolutionary economics while re-connecting the field with cultural evolutionary theory. By studying the intersection of cultural and economic evolution, complexity economics, computational economics, and network science, the authors establish a connection between memetics and evolutionary economics at different levels of investigation. The book first demonstrates how a memetic approach to economic evolution can help to reveal links and build bridges between different but complementary concepts in evolutionary economics. Secondly, it shows how organizational memetics can help to capture the complexity of organizational culture using meme mapping. Thirdly, it presents an agent-based simulation model of knowledge diffusion and assimilation in innovation networks from a memetic perspective. The authors then use agent-based modeling and social network analysis to evaluate the diffusion pattern of the Ice Bucket Challenge as an example of a “viral meme.” Lastly, the book discusses the central issues of agency, creativity, and normativity in the context of economemetics and suggests promising avenues for further research.

Du Bois’s Telegram

Juliana Spahr
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Author : Juliana Spahr
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674986961

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Du Bois’s Telegram by Juliana Spahr Pdf

Taking her cue from W. E. B. Du Bois, Juliana Spahr explores how state interests have shaped U.S. literature. What is the relationship between literature and politics? Can writing be revolutionary? Can art be autonomous or is escape from nations and nationalisms impossible? As her sobering study affirms, aesthetic resistance is easily domesticated.

Last Night in Montreal

Emily St. John Mandel
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Author : Emily St. John Mandel
Publisher : Unbridled Books
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781932961683

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Eli searches for his ex-lover Lilia after she disappears one morning from his Brooklyn apartment, but he discovers surprises about her childhood after going to Montreal on a tip from a source who says that Lilia may be there.

The Return

William Shatner,Judith Reeves-Stevens,Garfield Reeves-Stevens
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Author : William Shatner,Judith Reeves-Stevens,Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Publisher : Pocket Books/Star Trek
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 067152609X

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The Return by William Shatner,Judith Reeves-Stevens,Garfield Reeves-Stevens Pdf

A novel to create a coda to Star Trek Generations -- and reveal the awesome secret of the return of Jams T. Kirk ...

Aliens: Resistance

Brian Wood
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Author : Brian Wood
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781506711287

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Aliens: Resistance by Brian Wood Pdf

An evil corporation's secret bio-weapons program is putting all of humanity at risk. Ellen Ripley's daughter must fight the horrific xenomorph threat. Following the events of Alien: Isolation, Amanda Ripley is kept silent by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation about the xenomorph threat. Enter Zula Hendricks, an Ex-Colonial Marine, in need of Ripley's help to expose a sinister bio-weapons program. The duo teams up against the sinister corporation's upgraded arsenal as they journey through space from research lab to test facility designed to keep the darkest atrocities secret! Critically acclaimed writer Brian Wood (The Massive, DMZ, Briggs Land) returns to Aliens to pen the harrowing efforts of Ripley and Hendricks to bring down the Weyland-Yutani weapons program. With hair-raising art by Robert Carey (Power Rangers, The Phantom). Collects Aliens: Resistance 1-4 comic series.

Futile Pleasures

Corey McEleney
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Author : Corey McEleney
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823272679

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Honorable Mention, 2018 MLA Prize for a First Book Against the defensive backdrop of countless apologetic justifications for the value of literature and the humanities, Futile Pleasures reframes the current conversation by returning to the literary culture of early modern England, a culture whose defensive posture toward literature rivals and shapes our own. During the Renaissance, poets justified the value of their work on the basis of the notion that the purpose of poetry is to please and instruct, that it must be both delightful and useful. At the same time, many of these writers faced the possibility that the pleasures of literature may be in conflict with the demand to be useful and valuable. Analyzing the rhetoric of pleasure and the pleasure of rhetoric in texts by William Shakespeare, Roger Ascham, Thomas Nashe, Edmund Spenser, and John Milton, McEleney explores the ambivalence these writers display toward literature’s potential for useless, frivolous vanity. Tracing that ambivalence forward to the modern era, this book also shows how contemporary critics have recapitulated Renaissance humanist ideals about aesthetic value. Against a longstanding tradition that defensively advocates for the redemptive utility of literature, Futile Pleasures both theorizes and performs the queer pleasures of futility. Without ever losing sight of the costs of those pleasures, McEleney argues that playing with futility may be one way of moving beyond the impasses that modern humanists, like their early modern counterparts, have always faced.

The Authenticity Hoax

Andrew Potter
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Author : Andrew Potter
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551993478

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One of Canada's hippest, smartest cultural critics takes on the West's defining value. We live in a world increasingly dominated by the fake, the prepackaged, the artificial: fast food, scripted reality TV shows, Facebook "friends," and fraudulent memoirs. But people everywhere are demanding the exact opposite, heralding "authenticity" as the cure for isolated individualism and shallow consumerism. Restaurants promote the authenticity of their cuisine, while condo developers promote authentic loft living and book reviewers regularly praise the authenticity of a new writer's voice. International bestselling author Andrew Potter brilliantly unpacks our modern obsession with authenticity. In this perceptive and thought-provoking blend of pop culture, history, and philosophy, he finds that far from serving as a refuge from modern living, the search for authenticity often creates the very problems it's meant to solve.

Monsters of Moyen

Arthur J. Burks
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Author : Arthur J. Burks
Publisher : eStar Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612100210

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Monsters of Moyen by Arthur J. Burks Pdf

""Who is that man?"" asked a young lady passenger of the steward, with the imperious inflection which tells of riches able to force obedience from menials who labor for hire.She pointed a bejeweled finger at the slender, soldierly figure which stood in the prow of the liner, like a figurehead, peering into the storm under the vessel's forefoot.

Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe

Jenny Colgan
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Author : Jenny Colgan
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402281815

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Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan Pdf

"[A] heartwarming story a la Bridget Jones' Diary with a twist...Colgan folds in a colorful cast of characters and whips up an easy, sweet read."—USA Today Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can create stunning, mouthwateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery, Issy has undoubtedly inherited his talent. She's much better at baking than she is at filing, so when she's laid off from her desk job and loses her boyfriend, Issy decides to open her own little café. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake recipe for a fresh start might be a little more complicated than throwing some sugar and butter together. A smart, quirky contemporary confection of recipes and friendship, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café is about how life might not always taste like you expect, but there's always room for dessert! Also by Jenny Colgan: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Sweetshop of Dreams What reviewers are saying about Meet Me At The Cupcake Café: "A hilarious, fast-paced fantasy about starting over, perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella. Absolutely adorable."—Booklist "A funny novel about friendship, food and love... "—Kirkus "A delightful story... warm, funny and well-written."—Fresh Fiction "Absolutely adorable... charming... an endearing, delightful read"—Silver's Reviews