Author: C. Hobbes
Publisher: CJ Hobbes
ISBN: 154702965X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
After being nearly annihilated by something called the Darkness, mankind is rebuilding centuries later. Zander Harmony is the young lord of a growing domain in a city called Wellington. Though at first he does not wish to be a lord, he begins to trust and appreciate the people around him that look to him as their leader. As the darkness begins to reappear, and other lords begin plotting against him, Zander realizes there's more to being a lord than just getting pampered. With multiple forces threatening to take away everything he has built and everyone he loves, Zander quickly realizes among the chaos that the battles are going to get very bloody, and the romance is going to be sweet.
The Machine Lord
Author: C. Hobbes
Publisher: CJ Hobbes
ISBN: 154702965X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
After being nearly annihilated by something called the Darkness, mankind is rebuilding centuries later. Zander Harmony is the young lord of a growing domain in a city called Wellington. Though at first he does not wish to be a lord, he begins to trust and appreciate the people around him that look to him as their leader. As the darkness begins to reappear, and other lords begin plotting against him, Zander realizes there's more to being a lord than just getting pampered. With multiple forces threatening to take away everything he has built and everyone he loves, Zander quickly realizes among the chaos that the battles are going to get very bloody, and the romance is going to be sweet.
Publisher: CJ Hobbes
ISBN: 154702965X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
After being nearly annihilated by something called the Darkness, mankind is rebuilding centuries later. Zander Harmony is the young lord of a growing domain in a city called Wellington. Though at first he does not wish to be a lord, he begins to trust and appreciate the people around him that look to him as their leader. As the darkness begins to reappear, and other lords begin plotting against him, Zander realizes there's more to being a lord than just getting pampered. With multiple forces threatening to take away everything he has built and everyone he loves, Zander quickly realizes among the chaos that the battles are going to get very bloody, and the romance is going to be sweet.
God in the Machine
Author: Anne Foerst
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A thought-provoking analysis of the theological implications of artificial intelligence addresses important--and controversial--questions raised by robotics about the definition of humanity, what it means to have a soul, and what robots can teach us about our relationship with God.
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A thought-provoking analysis of the theological implications of artificial intelligence addresses important--and controversial--questions raised by robotics about the definition of humanity, what it means to have a soul, and what robots can teach us about our relationship with God.
Lord Kelvin's Machine
Author: James P. Blaylock
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 0857689851
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Within the magical gears of Lord Kelvin's incredible machine lies the secret of time. The deadly Dr. Ignacio Narbondo would murder to possess it and scientist and explorer Professor Langdon St. Ives would do anything to use it. For the doctor it means mastery of the world and for the professor it means saving his beloved wife from death. A daring race against time begins...
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN: 0857689851
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Within the magical gears of Lord Kelvin's incredible machine lies the secret of time. The deadly Dr. Ignacio Narbondo would murder to possess it and scientist and explorer Professor Langdon St. Ives would do anything to use it. For the doctor it means mastery of the world and for the professor it means saving his beloved wife from death. A daring race against time begins...
God, Human, Animal, Machine
Author: Meghan O'Gieblyn
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0525562710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. • "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks thoughtfully and articulately to the most crucial issues awaiting our future." —Phillip Lopate “[A] truly fantastic book.”—Ezra Klein For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness—i.e., souls—might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence—identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself—urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0525562710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. • "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks thoughtfully and articulately to the most crucial issues awaiting our future." —Phillip Lopate “[A] truly fantastic book.”—Ezra Klein For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness—i.e., souls—might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence—identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself—urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.
God of the Machine
Author: Isabel Paterson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351517155
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. When it was published in 1943, Isabel Paterson's work provided fresh intellectual support for the endangered American belief in individual rights, limited government, and economic freedom. The crisis of today's collectivized nations would not have surprised Paterson; in The God of the Machine, she had explored the reasons for collectivism's failure. Her book placed her in the vanguard of the free-enterprise movement now sweeping the world.Paterson sees the individual creative mind as the dynamo of history, and respect for the individual's God-given rights as the precondition for the enormous release of energy that produced the modern world. She sees capitalist institutions as the machinery through which human energy works, and government as a device properly used merely to cut off power to activities that threaten personal liberty.Paterson applies her general theory to particular issues in contemporary life, such as education, .social welfare, and the causes of economic distress. She severely criticizes all but minimal application of government, including governmental interventions that most people have long taken for granted. The God of the Machine offers a challenging perspective on the continuing, worldwide debate about the nature of freedom, the uses of power, and the prospects of human betterment.Stephen Cox's substantial introduction to The God of the Machine is a comprehensive and enlightening account of Paterson's colorful life and work. He describes The God of the Machine as "not just theory, but rhapsody, satire, diatribe, poetic narrative." Paterson's work continues to be relevant because "it exposes the moral and practical failures of collectivism, failures that are now almost universally acknowledged but are still far from universally understo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351517155
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. When it was published in 1943, Isabel Paterson's work provided fresh intellectual support for the endangered American belief in individual rights, limited government, and economic freedom. The crisis of today's collectivized nations would not have surprised Paterson; in The God of the Machine, she had explored the reasons for collectivism's failure. Her book placed her in the vanguard of the free-enterprise movement now sweeping the world.Paterson sees the individual creative mind as the dynamo of history, and respect for the individual's God-given rights as the precondition for the enormous release of energy that produced the modern world. She sees capitalist institutions as the machinery through which human energy works, and government as a device properly used merely to cut off power to activities that threaten personal liberty.Paterson applies her general theory to particular issues in contemporary life, such as education, .social welfare, and the causes of economic distress. She severely criticizes all but minimal application of government, including governmental interventions that most people have long taken for granted. The God of the Machine offers a challenging perspective on the continuing, worldwide debate about the nature of freedom, the uses of power, and the prospects of human betterment.Stephen Cox's substantial introduction to The God of the Machine is a comprehensive and enlightening account of Paterson's colorful life and work. He describes The God of the Machine as "not just theory, but rhapsody, satire, diatribe, poetic narrative." Paterson's work continues to be relevant because "it exposes the moral and practical failures of collectivism, failures that are now almost universally acknowledged but are still far from universally understo
Blood in the Machine
Author: Brian Merchant
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316487732
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
"The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired): The "gripping" (New Yorker) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, Wired, and the Financial Times • A Next Big Idea Book Club "Must-Read" The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines—on punishment of death—and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world—and is shaping our future.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316487732
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
"The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired): The "gripping" (New Yorker) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, Wired, and the Financial Times • A Next Big Idea Book Club "Must-Read" The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines—on punishment of death—and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world—and is shaping our future.
Lord Knight of Weymouth
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215555342
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This report is an investigation into a complaint that Lord Knight, as member for South Dorset and before being raised to the peerage, used a risograph ( a type of printing machine) to subsidise the production of party political material. The Committee recommended that Lord Knight repay half the sumpaid to him from Parliamentary allowances for the purchase of the risograph, minus £800 (half two years' notional rent for the location of the machine in Labour Party offices): that is, £2, 840. They also recommended that Lord Knight repay £780 which is half the sum paid to him from Parliamentary allowances for supplies for and maintenance of the risograph.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215555342
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
This report is an investigation into a complaint that Lord Knight, as member for South Dorset and before being raised to the peerage, used a risograph ( a type of printing machine) to subsidise the production of party political material. The Committee recommended that Lord Knight repay half the sumpaid to him from Parliamentary allowances for the purchase of the risograph, minus £800 (half two years' notional rent for the location of the machine in Labour Party offices): that is, £2, 840. They also recommended that Lord Knight repay £780 which is half the sum paid to him from Parliamentary allowances for supplies for and maintenance of the risograph.
Lord's Fall
Author: Thea Harrison
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101611995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In the latest Novel of the Elder Races, two mates find themselves on different paths, torn between their duty to the Wyr and the passion that binds them… Before she met Dragos, half-human/half-Wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now she’s mated, pregnant and heading south to repair the Wyrs’ frayed relationship with the Elves. Being separated from Dragos is painful, but for the good of the Wyr demesne they need to figure out how to be partners—in more places than just the bedroom. In New York to preside over the Sentinel Games, Dragos is worried about his mate, but knows that finding two replacement sentinels is essential to show the rest of the Elder Races just how strong and brutal the Wyr demesne can be. But as the Games heat up, Pia’s negotiations with the Elves take a turn for the dangerous, straining her bond with Dragos and threatening everything they hold dear…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101611995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In the latest Novel of the Elder Races, two mates find themselves on different paths, torn between their duty to the Wyr and the passion that binds them… Before she met Dragos, half-human/half-Wyr Pia Giovanni was alone and on the run. Now she’s mated, pregnant and heading south to repair the Wyrs’ frayed relationship with the Elves. Being separated from Dragos is painful, but for the good of the Wyr demesne they need to figure out how to be partners—in more places than just the bedroom. In New York to preside over the Sentinel Games, Dragos is worried about his mate, but knows that finding two replacement sentinels is essential to show the rest of the Elder Races just how strong and brutal the Wyr demesne can be. But as the Games heat up, Pia’s negotiations with the Elves take a turn for the dangerous, straining her bond with Dragos and threatening everything they hold dear…
The Law Times Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Tilly and the Time Machine
Author: Adrian Edmondson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141372443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history. When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed there's only one place she really wants to go: back to her sixth birthday party, when she ate too many cupcakes and her mummy was still here. But then something goes wrong! Tilly's dad gets stuck in the past and only she can save him . . . Will they make it back in time for tea?
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141372443
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Tilly is seven and a half - and about to make history. When Tilly's dad builds a time machine in the shed there's only one place she really wants to go: back to her sixth birthday party, when she ate too many cupcakes and her mummy was still here. But then something goes wrong! Tilly's dad gets stuck in the past and only she can save him . . . Will they make it back in time for tea?