Author: Jodi Dery
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429841
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The 50 Funniest Siri Answers Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing understanding of natural, informal conversation. Siri perceives what you want much better than any non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, THE 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and laughs from Siri. This unique eBook will show you the questions and statements that evoke the funniest responses from Siri. Questions and statements such as: - Do you love me? - Will you marry me? - What is the meaning of life? - Where do babies come from? - I want to hide a body! - I’d like to jump off a bridge! - Sorry, I just dropped you on the floor! - My wife wants a divorce because of you! - I want to rob a bank! - You can’t be serious! - You’re cool! - Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum! - How much do you cost? - Don’t worry, be happy. - It’s my birthday. Did you get me a present? - Which is better, Twitter or Facebook? - Can you make me laugh? Tell me a joke. - Holy Shit! - Are you human? - Beam me up Scotty! - Oh my God! - What’s your biggest secret? - Call me an ambulance. - I think I’m drunk. - Where can I get some money? - Are you a girl or boy? - Take me to your leader. - How are you today? - What is your age? - Knock knock. - You’re just a robot. - Open your mouth and close your eyes. - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? - What did Peter Piper pick? - Are you part of a plot to take over the world? - Help, I just pooped in my pants. - What do you look like? - Do you prefer men or women? - Are you retarded? - What is your birthday? - Where do you live? - Does God exist? ...and more. Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “Presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots– helps users to remember the best questions to ask for fun and laughs.” Then...to get serious and have Siri to do all kinds of useful things for you, THE 50 BEST SIRI TIPS is now also available as an eBook. But, the best value is the complete LIFE WITH SIRI eBook. The new 2nd Edition (January 2012) contains the 50 BEST SIRI TIPS as well as the 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS -- plus two bonus sections -- and it is now available. Tons of fun combined with an easy-to-understand guide on how to use Siri most effectively. A truly great value.
The 50 Funniest Siri Answers
Author: Jodi Dery
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429841
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The 50 Funniest Siri Answers Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing understanding of natural, informal conversation. Siri perceives what you want much better than any non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, THE 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and laughs from Siri. This unique eBook will show you the questions and statements that evoke the funniest responses from Siri. Questions and statements such as: - Do you love me? - Will you marry me? - What is the meaning of life? - Where do babies come from? - I want to hide a body! - I’d like to jump off a bridge! - Sorry, I just dropped you on the floor! - My wife wants a divorce because of you! - I want to rob a bank! - You can’t be serious! - You’re cool! - Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum! - How much do you cost? - Don’t worry, be happy. - It’s my birthday. Did you get me a present? - Which is better, Twitter or Facebook? - Can you make me laugh? Tell me a joke. - Holy Shit! - Are you human? - Beam me up Scotty! - Oh my God! - What’s your biggest secret? - Call me an ambulance. - I think I’m drunk. - Where can I get some money? - Are you a girl or boy? - Take me to your leader. - How are you today? - What is your age? - Knock knock. - You’re just a robot. - Open your mouth and close your eyes. - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? - What did Peter Piper pick? - Are you part of a plot to take over the world? - Help, I just pooped in my pants. - What do you look like? - Do you prefer men or women? - Are you retarded? - What is your birthday? - Where do you live? - Does God exist? ...and more. Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “Presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots– helps users to remember the best questions to ask for fun and laughs.” Then...to get serious and have Siri to do all kinds of useful things for you, THE 50 BEST SIRI TIPS is now also available as an eBook. But, the best value is the complete LIFE WITH SIRI eBook. The new 2nd Edition (January 2012) contains the 50 BEST SIRI TIPS as well as the 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS -- plus two bonus sections -- and it is now available. Tons of fun combined with an easy-to-understand guide on how to use Siri most effectively. A truly great value.
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429841
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
The 50 Funniest Siri Answers Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing understanding of natural, informal conversation. Siri perceives what you want much better than any non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, THE 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and laughs from Siri. This unique eBook will show you the questions and statements that evoke the funniest responses from Siri. Questions and statements such as: - Do you love me? - Will you marry me? - What is the meaning of life? - Where do babies come from? - I want to hide a body! - I’d like to jump off a bridge! - Sorry, I just dropped you on the floor! - My wife wants a divorce because of you! - I want to rob a bank! - You can’t be serious! - You’re cool! - Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum! - How much do you cost? - Don’t worry, be happy. - It’s my birthday. Did you get me a present? - Which is better, Twitter or Facebook? - Can you make me laugh? Tell me a joke. - Holy Shit! - Are you human? - Beam me up Scotty! - Oh my God! - What’s your biggest secret? - Call me an ambulance. - I think I’m drunk. - Where can I get some money? - Are you a girl or boy? - Take me to your leader. - How are you today? - What is your age? - Knock knock. - You’re just a robot. - Open your mouth and close your eyes. - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? - What did Peter Piper pick? - Are you part of a plot to take over the world? - Help, I just pooped in my pants. - What do you look like? - Do you prefer men or women? - Are you retarded? - What is your birthday? - Where do you live? - Does God exist? ...and more. Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “Presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots– helps users to remember the best questions to ask for fun and laughs.” Then...to get serious and have Siri to do all kinds of useful things for you, THE 50 BEST SIRI TIPS is now also available as an eBook. But, the best value is the complete LIFE WITH SIRI eBook. The new 2nd Edition (January 2012) contains the 50 BEST SIRI TIPS as well as the 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS -- plus two bonus sections -- and it is now available. Tons of fun combined with an easy-to-understand guide on how to use Siri most effectively. A truly great value.
The 50 Best Siri Tips
Author: Jodi Dery
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429833
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The 50 Best Siri Tips Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing understanding of natural, informal conversation. Siri perceives what you want much better than any non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, THE 50 BEST SIRI TIPS provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most usefulness from Siri, with more than 50 screenshots rather than lots of text, showing how to best ask Siri to: - Communicate with Twitter or Facebook. - Tell you exactly where one of your friends is at this moment - Address you by whatever name you choose. (including any wild nickname). - Add appointments and events to your calendar. - Remind you of anything at any time you specify. - Transcribe spoken notes to written reminders. - Transcribe spoken messages into text messages or email. - Tell you exactly where you are, based on the built-in GPS. - Find nearby taxi services and call you a taxi. - Sound an alarm at any time you specify. - Initiate a voice or video phone call. - Find the nearest gas station or any other type of business. - Find well-rated nearby restaurants for any cuisine you prefer. - Control your music player by your voice commands. - Start playing whatever music on your playlist that you ask for. - Add and remove items from your shopping list. - Calculate any spoken numbers and do all kinds of conversions. - Tell you when the sunrise, sunset or moonrise is due on any day. - Check your emails and read them to you. - Give you the current weather or forecast for any city in the world. - Give you the current outside temperature and wind conditions. - Tell you how the stock market is doing today. - Tell you the current trading price for any American stock or commodities. - Tell you what the local time is anywhere in the world. - Function as an accurate count-down or count-up timer. - Tell you where a particular movie is playing locally. - Tell you the date and/.or day that a particular holiday will fall on in any year. - Remind you when you have to be somewhere. - Allow you to add precise punctuation with voice commands. - Invite or inform multiple people you select of anything. - Locate any information from the Internet, Wikipedia or WolframAlpha ...And many other ways that Siri can help you or provide you with information you want. Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “Presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots– helps users to remember the best way to get useful results.” Then, if you are also interested in the very funny ways that Siri responds to certain questions and statements, THE 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS is now also available as an eBook. But, the best value is the complete LIFE WITH SIRI eBook. The new 2nd Edition (January 2012) contains the 50 BEST SIRI TIPS as well as the 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS -- plus two bonus sections -- and it is now available. Tons of fun combined with an easy-to-understand guide on how to use Siri most effectively. A truly great value.
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429833
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The 50 Best Siri Tips Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing understanding of natural, informal conversation. Siri perceives what you want much better than any non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, THE 50 BEST SIRI TIPS provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most usefulness from Siri, with more than 50 screenshots rather than lots of text, showing how to best ask Siri to: - Communicate with Twitter or Facebook. - Tell you exactly where one of your friends is at this moment - Address you by whatever name you choose. (including any wild nickname). - Add appointments and events to your calendar. - Remind you of anything at any time you specify. - Transcribe spoken notes to written reminders. - Transcribe spoken messages into text messages or email. - Tell you exactly where you are, based on the built-in GPS. - Find nearby taxi services and call you a taxi. - Sound an alarm at any time you specify. - Initiate a voice or video phone call. - Find the nearest gas station or any other type of business. - Find well-rated nearby restaurants for any cuisine you prefer. - Control your music player by your voice commands. - Start playing whatever music on your playlist that you ask for. - Add and remove items from your shopping list. - Calculate any spoken numbers and do all kinds of conversions. - Tell you when the sunrise, sunset or moonrise is due on any day. - Check your emails and read them to you. - Give you the current weather or forecast for any city in the world. - Give you the current outside temperature and wind conditions. - Tell you how the stock market is doing today. - Tell you the current trading price for any American stock or commodities. - Tell you what the local time is anywhere in the world. - Function as an accurate count-down or count-up timer. - Tell you where a particular movie is playing locally. - Tell you the date and/.or day that a particular holiday will fall on in any year. - Remind you when you have to be somewhere. - Allow you to add precise punctuation with voice commands. - Invite or inform multiple people you select of anything. - Locate any information from the Internet, Wikipedia or WolframAlpha ...And many other ways that Siri can help you or provide you with information you want. Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “Presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots– helps users to remember the best way to get useful results.” Then, if you are also interested in the very funny ways that Siri responds to certain questions and statements, THE 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS is now also available as an eBook. But, the best value is the complete LIFE WITH SIRI eBook. The new 2nd Edition (January 2012) contains the 50 BEST SIRI TIPS as well as the 50 FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS -- plus two bonus sections -- and it is now available. Tons of fun combined with an easy-to-understand guide on how to use Siri most effectively. A truly great value.
Life with Siri
Author: Jodi Dery
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429809
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Life with Siri –2nd Edition (2012) Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing voice-recognition capabilities. Siri understands natural, informal speech like no non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, Life With Siri provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and usefulness from Siri. This new 2nd Edition (published in January 2012) includes: - More than 50 screenshots of the questions that evoke the FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS - More than 50 screenshots of the BEST SIRI TIPS, including the way to have Siri send Tweets and post on Facebook - A comprehensive guide to SIRI PUNCTUATION COMMANDS - A comprehensive list of ALL THE THINGS SIRI CAN DO FOR YOU Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “We feel that presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots and no more text than necessary -- will help people remember the best questions to ask Siri and the best way to get useful results.” In fact, this eBook has many more screenshots, with less text to plow through, than any other eBook relating to Siri. Yes, Siri is the new girl in town. She’s a dynamo. She’s a comedienne. Siri’s hilarious responses continue to surprise people and make them laugh. For example, when someone asks Siri “where do babies come from” she usually responds with, “I found some baby stores three blocks down the road.” Then knowing your location, she lists the names and addresses of those stores. Siri's answers to “What is the meaning of life” are choice. She might respond with, “I find it odd that you would ask this of an inanimate object” or any one of 10 other funny responses to this seminal question. This unique eBook also contains screenshots of more than 50 other questions you can ask her to evoke funny answers and entertain your friends. Siri is a barrel of fun, but that’s not all. She’s full of smarts. Siri can do all of these things and more for you: - NEW –Communicate with Twitter and Facebook - NEW –Tell you where a friend is at this moment - NEW –Tell you the correct relationship of a relative - NEW –Tell you the flight numbers and paths of planes you see in the sky - NEW –Identify the constellations that are visible tonight - Address you by whatever name you choose. (including any wild nickname). - Add appointments and events to your calendar. - Remind you of anything at any time you specify. - Transcribe spoken notes to written reminders. - Transcribe spoken messages into text messages or email. - Tell you exactly where you are, based on the built-in GPS. - Find nearby taxi services and call you a taxi. - Sound an alarm at any time you specify. - Initiate a voice or video phone call. - Find the nearest gas station or any other type of business. - Find well-rated nearby restaurants for any cuisine you prefer. - Control your music player by your voice commands. - Start playing whatever music on your playlist that you ask for. - Add and remove items from your shopping list. - Calculate any spoken numbers and do all kinds of conversions. - Tell you when the sunrise, sunset or moonrise is due on any day. - Check your emails and read them to you. - Give you the current weather or forecast for any city in the world. - Give you the current outside temperature and wind conditions. - Tell you how the stock market is doing today. - Tell you the current trading price for any American stock or commodities. - Tell you what the local time is anywhere in the world. - Function as an accurate count-down or count-up timer. - Tell you where a particular movie is playing locally. - Tell you the date and/.or day that a particular holiday will fall on in any year. - Remind you when you have to be somewhere. - Allow you to add precise punctuation with voice commands. - Invite or inform multiple people you select of anything. - Locate any information from the Internet, Wikipedia or WolframAlpha - And many other useful things illustrated in the Life with Siri eBook If you are interested in only The 50 Best Tips or only The 50 Funniest Siri Answers, separate eBooks with just those sections are now available. But, the complete Life for Siri eBook contains all of those Tips and Answers with more than 100 screenshots, plus two bonus sections, and it is now available. A truly remarkable value.
Publisher: Jodi Dery
ISBN: 1618429809
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Life with Siri –2nd Edition (2012) Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing voice-recognition capabilities. Siri understands natural, informal speech like no non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, Life With Siri provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and usefulness from Siri. This new 2nd Edition (published in January 2012) includes: - More than 50 screenshots of the questions that evoke the FUNNIEST SIRI ANSWERS - More than 50 screenshots of the BEST SIRI TIPS, including the way to have Siri send Tweets and post on Facebook - A comprehensive guide to SIRI PUNCTUATION COMMANDS - A comprehensive list of ALL THE THINGS SIRI CAN DO FOR YOU Author Jodi Dery expresses great pride in this new eBook. She says, “We feel that presenting Siri’s responses in this illustrative manner -- with maximum use of screenshots and no more text than necessary -- will help people remember the best questions to ask Siri and the best way to get useful results.” In fact, this eBook has many more screenshots, with less text to plow through, than any other eBook relating to Siri. Yes, Siri is the new girl in town. She’s a dynamo. She’s a comedienne. Siri’s hilarious responses continue to surprise people and make them laugh. For example, when someone asks Siri “where do babies come from” she usually responds with, “I found some baby stores three blocks down the road.” Then knowing your location, she lists the names and addresses of those stores. Siri's answers to “What is the meaning of life” are choice. She might respond with, “I find it odd that you would ask this of an inanimate object” or any one of 10 other funny responses to this seminal question. This unique eBook also contains screenshots of more than 50 other questions you can ask her to evoke funny answers and entertain your friends. Siri is a barrel of fun, but that’s not all. She’s full of smarts. Siri can do all of these things and more for you: - NEW –Communicate with Twitter and Facebook - NEW –Tell you where a friend is at this moment - NEW –Tell you the correct relationship of a relative - NEW –Tell you the flight numbers and paths of planes you see in the sky - NEW –Identify the constellations that are visible tonight - Address you by whatever name you choose. (including any wild nickname). - Add appointments and events to your calendar. - Remind you of anything at any time you specify. - Transcribe spoken notes to written reminders. - Transcribe spoken messages into text messages or email. - Tell you exactly where you are, based on the built-in GPS. - Find nearby taxi services and call you a taxi. - Sound an alarm at any time you specify. - Initiate a voice or video phone call. - Find the nearest gas station or any other type of business. - Find well-rated nearby restaurants for any cuisine you prefer. - Control your music player by your voice commands. - Start playing whatever music on your playlist that you ask for. - Add and remove items from your shopping list. - Calculate any spoken numbers and do all kinds of conversions. - Tell you when the sunrise, sunset or moonrise is due on any day. - Check your emails and read them to you. - Give you the current weather or forecast for any city in the world. - Give you the current outside temperature and wind conditions. - Tell you how the stock market is doing today. - Tell you the current trading price for any American stock or commodities. - Tell you what the local time is anywhere in the world. - Function as an accurate count-down or count-up timer. - Tell you where a particular movie is playing locally. - Tell you the date and/.or day that a particular holiday will fall on in any year. - Remind you when you have to be somewhere. - Allow you to add precise punctuation with voice commands. - Invite or inform multiple people you select of anything. - Locate any information from the Internet, Wikipedia or WolframAlpha - And many other useful things illustrated in the Life with Siri eBook If you are interested in only The 50 Best Tips or only The 50 Funniest Siri Answers, separate eBooks with just those sections are now available. But, the complete Life for Siri eBook contains all of those Tips and Answers with more than 100 screenshots, plus two bonus sections, and it is now available. A truly remarkable value.
Deceitful Media
Author: Simone Natale
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190080396
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human life. Yet far from a distant technology of the future, the true power of AI lies in its subtle revolution of ordinary life. From voice assistants like Siri to natural language processors, AI technologies use cultural biases and modern psychology to fit specific characteristics of how users perceive and navigate the external world, thereby projecting the illusion of intelligence. Integrating media studies, science and technology studies, and social psychology, Deceitful Media examines the rise of artificial intelligence throughout history and exposes the very human fallacies behind this technology. Focusing specifically on communicative AIs, Natale argues that what we call "AI" is not a form of intelligence but rather a reflection of the human user. Using the term "banal deception," he reveals that deception forms the basis of all human-computer interactions rooted in AI technologies, as technologies like voice assistants utilize the dynamics of projection and stereotyping as a means for aligning with our existing habits and social conventions. By exploiting the human instinct to connect, AI reveals our collective vulnerabilities to deception, showing that what machines are primarily changing is not other technology but ourselves as humans. Deceitful Media illustrates how AI has continued a tradition of technologies that mobilize our liability to deception and shows that only by better understanding our vulnerabilities to deception can we become more sophisticated consumers of interactive media.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190080396
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human life. Yet far from a distant technology of the future, the true power of AI lies in its subtle revolution of ordinary life. From voice assistants like Siri to natural language processors, AI technologies use cultural biases and modern psychology to fit specific characteristics of how users perceive and navigate the external world, thereby projecting the illusion of intelligence. Integrating media studies, science and technology studies, and social psychology, Deceitful Media examines the rise of artificial intelligence throughout history and exposes the very human fallacies behind this technology. Focusing specifically on communicative AIs, Natale argues that what we call "AI" is not a form of intelligence but rather a reflection of the human user. Using the term "banal deception," he reveals that deception forms the basis of all human-computer interactions rooted in AI technologies, as technologies like voice assistants utilize the dynamics of projection and stereotyping as a means for aligning with our existing habits and social conventions. By exploiting the human instinct to connect, AI reveals our collective vulnerabilities to deception, showing that what machines are primarily changing is not other technology but ourselves as humans. Deceitful Media illustrates how AI has continued a tradition of technologies that mobilize our liability to deception and shows that only by better understanding our vulnerabilities to deception can we become more sophisticated consumers of interactive media.
Enter the Superheroes
Author: Alex S. Romagnoli
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810891727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been a staple of the popular culture landscape. Though initially created for younger audiences, superhero characters have evolved over the years, becoming complex figures that appeal to more sophisticated readers. While superhero stories have grown ever more popular within broader society, however, comics and graphic novels have been largely ignored by the world of academia. In Enter the Superheroes:American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, Alex S. Romagnoli and Gian S. Pagnucci arguethat superheroes merit serious study, both within the academy and beyond. By examining the kinds of graphic novels that are embraced by the academy, this book explains how superhero stories are just as significant. Structured around key themes within superhero literature, the book delves into the features that make superhero stories a unique genre. The book also draws upon examples in comics and other media to illustrate the sociohistorical importance of superheroes—from the interplay of fans and creators to unique narrative elements that are brought to their richest fulfillment within the world of superheroes. A list of noteworthy superhero texts that readers can look to for future study is also provided. In addition to exploring the important roles that superheroes play in children’s learning, the book also offers an excellent starting point for discussions of how literature is evolving and why it is necessary to expand the traditional realms of literary study. Enter the Superheroes will be of particular interest to English and composition teachers but also to scholars of popular culture and fans of superhero and comic book literature.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810891727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been a staple of the popular culture landscape. Though initially created for younger audiences, superhero characters have evolved over the years, becoming complex figures that appeal to more sophisticated readers. While superhero stories have grown ever more popular within broader society, however, comics and graphic novels have been largely ignored by the world of academia. In Enter the Superheroes:American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, Alex S. Romagnoli and Gian S. Pagnucci arguethat superheroes merit serious study, both within the academy and beyond. By examining the kinds of graphic novels that are embraced by the academy, this book explains how superhero stories are just as significant. Structured around key themes within superhero literature, the book delves into the features that make superhero stories a unique genre. The book also draws upon examples in comics and other media to illustrate the sociohistorical importance of superheroes—from the interplay of fans and creators to unique narrative elements that are brought to their richest fulfillment within the world of superheroes. A list of noteworthy superhero texts that readers can look to for future study is also provided. In addition to exploring the important roles that superheroes play in children’s learning, the book also offers an excellent starting point for discussions of how literature is evolving and why it is necessary to expand the traditional realms of literary study. Enter the Superheroes will be of particular interest to English and composition teachers but also to scholars of popular culture and fans of superhero and comic book literature.
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
Author: Ralf T. Kreutzer
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3658461314
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3658461314
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
What I Loved
Author: Siri Hustvedt
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1466828366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A powerful and heartbreaking novel that chronicles the epic story of two families, two sons, and two marriages Siri Hustvedt's What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the evolution of the growing involvement between his family and Bill's-an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men; their wives, Erica and Violet; and their children, Matthew and Mark. The families live in the same building in New York, share a house in Vermont during the summer, keep up a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas, and find themselves permanently altered by one another. Over the years, they not only enjoy love but endure loss-in one case sudden, incapacitating loss; in another, a different kind, one that is hidden and slow-growing, and which insidiously erodes the fabric of their lives. Intimate in tone and seductive in its complexity, the novel moves seamlessly from inner worlds to outer worlds, from the deeply private to the public, from physical infirmity to cultural illness. Part family novel, part psychological thriller, What I Loved is a beautifully written exploration of love, loss, and betrayal-and of a man's attempt to make sense of the world and go on living.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1466828366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A powerful and heartbreaking novel that chronicles the epic story of two families, two sons, and two marriages Siri Hustvedt's What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leo's story, which spans twenty-five years, follows the evolution of the growing involvement between his family and Bill's-an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men; their wives, Erica and Violet; and their children, Matthew and Mark. The families live in the same building in New York, share a house in Vermont during the summer, keep up a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas, and find themselves permanently altered by one another. Over the years, they not only enjoy love but endure loss-in one case sudden, incapacitating loss; in another, a different kind, one that is hidden and slow-growing, and which insidiously erodes the fabric of their lives. Intimate in tone and seductive in its complexity, the novel moves seamlessly from inner worlds to outer worlds, from the deeply private to the public, from physical infirmity to cultural illness. Part family novel, part psychological thriller, What I Loved is a beautifully written exploration of love, loss, and betrayal-and of a man's attempt to make sense of the world and go on living.
Appalachian Mountains, Vegetation Management
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
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Pages : 664
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Statistics
Author: Ann E. Watkins
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470458518
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1705
Book Description
Statistics, 2nd Edition teaches statistics with a modern, data-analytic approach that uses graphing calculators and statistical software. It allows more emphasis to be put on statistical concepts and data analysis rather than following recipes for calculations. This gives readers a more realistic understanding of both the theoretical and practical applications of statistics, giving them the ability to master the subject.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470458518
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1705
Book Description
Statistics, 2nd Edition teaches statistics with a modern, data-analytic approach that uses graphing calculators and statistical software. It allows more emphasis to be put on statistical concepts and data analysis rather than following recipes for calculations. This gives readers a more realistic understanding of both the theoretical and practical applications of statistics, giving them the ability to master the subject.
The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great
Author: Michael P. Ferguson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000994163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Placing Alexander the Great’s leadership, command skills, and grand strategy within the context of twenty-first century military challenges, and thus showing continuities in leadership and warfare since his time, this volume demonstrates how and why Alexander is relevant to the modern world by emphasizing the need for human leadership in our digital era. Not only does this volume explore Alexander’s rich military history, but also it provides a robust exploration of the twenty-first century security environment. Theorists and policy-makers will gain insight into how Alexander’s story informs our thinking about peace, war, and strategy, while practitioners and educators will encounter ways to improve their approaches to leader development and building curricula. Ferguson and Worthington set forth these lessons in a thematic framework that organises Alexander’s reign into distinct parts, together with chapters discussing the lessons and warnings he brings to the modern world. Twenty-fifth National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, provides a thoughtful conclusion to this fascinating volume. Alexander’s timeless campaigns remain as germane to this age as any other and demonstrate the critical importance of dynamic leadership and historical studies in an era increasingly dominated by the culture of technology. The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great is expertly written for students and scholars in a variety of disciplines, including Classics, Ancient History, Modern History, Peace Studies, and Military Studies. It is also of great interest to senior defence leaders, military academies, leadership- and management-focused academic programmes, intelligence organizations, and senior service colleges. The volume is also suitable for the general reader interested in warfare, military history, and history more broadly.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000994163
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Placing Alexander the Great’s leadership, command skills, and grand strategy within the context of twenty-first century military challenges, and thus showing continuities in leadership and warfare since his time, this volume demonstrates how and why Alexander is relevant to the modern world by emphasizing the need for human leadership in our digital era. Not only does this volume explore Alexander’s rich military history, but also it provides a robust exploration of the twenty-first century security environment. Theorists and policy-makers will gain insight into how Alexander’s story informs our thinking about peace, war, and strategy, while practitioners and educators will encounter ways to improve their approaches to leader development and building curricula. Ferguson and Worthington set forth these lessons in a thematic framework that organises Alexander’s reign into distinct parts, together with chapters discussing the lessons and warnings he brings to the modern world. Twenty-fifth National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, provides a thoughtful conclusion to this fascinating volume. Alexander’s timeless campaigns remain as germane to this age as any other and demonstrate the critical importance of dynamic leadership and historical studies in an era increasingly dominated by the culture of technology. The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great is expertly written for students and scholars in a variety of disciplines, including Classics, Ancient History, Modern History, Peace Studies, and Military Studies. It is also of great interest to senior defence leaders, military academies, leadership- and management-focused academic programmes, intelligence organizations, and senior service colleges. The volume is also suitable for the general reader interested in warfare, military history, and history more broadly.