Zed

Author : Joanna Kavenna
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385545488

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Zed by Joanna Kavenna Pdf

“[An] insightful, unsettling look at how technology impacts our lives. . .Kavenna has skillfully made our present feel like dystopian fiction.” USA TODAY Named a Best Book of 2020 by USA TODAY From the winner of the Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we do—before we do. One corporation has made a perfect world based on a perfect algorithm . . . now what to do with all these messy people? Lionel Bigman is dead. Murdered by a robot. Guy Matthias, the philandering founder and CEO of the mega-corporation Beetle, insists it was human error. But was it? Either the predictive algorithms of Beetle's supposedly omniscient 'lifechain' don't work, or, they've been hacked. Both scenarios are impossible to imagine and signal the end of Beetle's technotopia and life as we know it. Dazzlingly original and darkly comic, Zed asks profound questions about who we are, what we owe to one another, and what makes us human. It describes our moment—the ugliness and the beauty—perfectly. Kavenna is a prophet who has seen deeply into the present—and thrown back her head and laughed.

Author : Basil Sylvester
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443460927

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The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester Pdf

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE OLA SILVER BIRCH AWARD The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and—oh yeah—monsters. When Zed discovered the mystery surrounding an unpublished novel called The Monster’s Castle, they were completely hooked. Now Zed is a member of a small but dedicated legion devoted to finding the long-buried text. When a breakthrough discovery leads Zed to the route that they are sure will take them to the treasure, they know it’s time for a road trip. And with the help of their shy, flora-loving neighbour, Gabe, and his sister, Sam, a geologist who is driving back to college in Arizona, Zed and company are soon off on a wild adventure following cryptic clues. But it’s not all fun and games. Gabe doesn’t like Zed’s snacks, Sam is a bossy driver with total command of the ancient Impreza’s stereo, and Zed is often misgendered. It’s a good thing they also encounter kind strangers, potato-themed dance-offs and lots and lots of ice cream along the way. If Zed and Gabe can combine their strengths, survive Sam’s wrath and best the greedy historian who’s also hot on the book’s trail, they just might find the greatest treasure of all. Co-authored by child-parent duo Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester, this is a vibrant and enormous-hearted story about friendship, identity and belonging. It features illustrations by celebrated author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester, and an Own Voices perspective based on Basil’s experience.

Author : Elizabeth McClung
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458776143

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Zed by Elizabeth McClung Pdf

Zed is having a bad day. She's twelve and there's someone around who's killing kids, which she doesn't have time for. Today, she's already knifed a rapist, traded with half the drunks and addicts in town, talked to the dead, bargained with a sociopath, and extracted crucial information from a mental patient - and she hasn't even left the building. Welcome to what Whitbread Prize winner Lindsay Clarke has called ''a nightmare world which I am trying to escape, but cannot. ''Welcome to the Tower, an urban development project no city wants to lay claim to; a place to steer clear of if at all possible, but if you can't, you'll fit right in. Zed is a vivid, claustrophobic, at times nightmarish novel about madness, survival, and crumbling institutions; it is Moby Dick set in the squalor of an inner city, where rules are abandoned, and it's every man (and young girl) for him or herself. In the spirit of J.G. Ballard's High Rise or Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory, Zed depicts a frenzied underworld; it is a novel of verve and feverish, expansive imagination.

Author : S. G. Barfield
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781788036276

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Zed & Dez by S. G. Barfield Pdf

Join the secret world of Zed & Dez as they solve missions in the village of Champton using fantastic fantasy gadgets, all without the grown-ups knowing. Oh, and solve some tricky jokes along the way! Did you know children all over the world work for the 005 Secret Services Agency? Zed is just one of them! In the dark of night, 005 Agents fly over Zed's house and drop in top secret Agency work through a hatch in the roof, linked to a 005 Agency vending machine. The vending machine, hidden in the back of Zed's wardrobe, doesn't serve snacks. Oh no! It serves weekly secret missions. With the help of 9-year-old genius, Lorenzo, who creates amazing gadgets including a flying snowboard, video specs and decoder pens, Zed does his very best to solve each mission. But Zed can’t complete his missions alone. He needs the help of his best friend, 9-year-old Dez. Can they stop a kidnapping, save the Christmas Talent Show, get Mr Ladd to safety, stop bike thieves at school, find a drowning swimmer and build a youth centre? Hopefully Lorenzo’s wacky inventions including a video camera hat, voice recognition labels and a retrieving robot will help the pair in their quests. Zed & Dez is a fast-paced action book full of gadgets, humour and heroes that share a dose of friendly rivalry and jokes throughout. With an array of beautiful illustrations, Zed & Dez is ideal for young readers who enjoy being kept on their toes with non-stop action.

Author : Todd Sprague
Publisher : Permuted Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781934861707

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New Zed Order: Survive by Todd Sprague Pdf

The dead have risen, and they are hungry. They are tough, they are lethal, and they are everywhere. Savage packs of the undead wander the world, feeding on the living. And they are getting stronger… In Brattleboro, Vermont, John Mason and his beautiful young wife Sara believe that family can survive anything. When the apocalypse arrives they pack food, clothing, and weapons, then hit the road with their dog seeking refuge in the mountains of John’s youth. There John and Sara, together with family, friends, and neighbors, build a stronghold against the encroaching mass of the dead. The mindless walking dead are only the beginning of their troubles in this new, violent world. Something darker still is moving, and John, Sara, and the other survivors must unite and fight together or be torn apart by this New Zed Order.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Marvel
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1302919474

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League of Legends: Zed by Anonim Pdf

The man known as Zed, formerly of the honorable Kinkou Order and now leader of a band of assassins, aims to protect his homeland of Ionia...even if he must spill innocent blood! When the magically gifted psychopath known as Khada Jhin returns to kill again, Zed must confront his troubled past in more ways than one - including a reunion with his former friend Shen, son of the master that Zed killed! A tale of magic, revenge, and honor lost and regained featuring iconic champions from LEAGUE OF LEGENDS, the most-played PC game in the world! COLLECTING: LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: ZED (2019) 1-6

Author : Stephen Herfst
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781468900866

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Zed by Stephen Herfst Pdf

Author : Aggie Zed
Publisher : University of South Carolina Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 1467507903

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Keeper's Keep by Aggie Zed Pdf

Photographs of paintings and sculpture from the 2012 exhibition Aggie Zed: Keeper's keep at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, South Carolina. Includes artist interview.

Author : Sue Harris,Tagg,Jina Bolton
Publisher : Silver Dolphin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06
Category : Bees
ISBN : 157145943X

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Zany Zed by Sue Harris,Tagg,Jina Bolton Pdf

Zany Zed, a mischievous bee, wonders if the reason his friends won't play with him is because he is bugging them too much. But the BusyBugz give him a surprise to show him he's a great friend.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1985-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 0769239471

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The Best 4 Plus 24 Popular Classics for Piano by Anonim Pdf

Clair de Lune * Moonlight Sonata * Fr Elise * Canon in D and two dozen more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11546219

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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555036230

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proceedings of the american philosophical spociety held at philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Philosophical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : HARVARD:32044093310589

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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge by American Philosophical Society Pdf

Author : Peggy Parish
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385129491

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Zed and the Monsters by Peggy Parish Pdf

Zed, a lazy backwoods boy, meets four monsters and cleverly outwits them.

Author : John Gregory Betancourt
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781587150449

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Johnny Zed by John Gregory Betancourt Pdf