Author: Graham Marks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619631725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Paul Hendry just wants to get away from him mother and annoying stepfather. But when he runs away, he finds that life on the streets is nothing like what he expected. By chance, he falls in with a radical action group called Omega Place, whose members are determined to let people know exactly how closely the government is watching them on closed-circuit TV cameras posted in public places. What are the ramifications of this kind of footage? Paul is about to find out.
Omega Place
Author: Graham Marks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619631725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Paul Hendry just wants to get away from him mother and annoying stepfather. But when he runs away, he finds that life on the streets is nothing like what he expected. By chance, he falls in with a radical action group called Omega Place, whose members are determined to let people know exactly how closely the government is watching them on closed-circuit TV cameras posted in public places. What are the ramifications of this kind of footage? Paul is about to find out.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1619631725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Paul Hendry just wants to get away from him mother and annoying stepfather. But when he runs away, he finds that life on the streets is nothing like what he expected. By chance, he falls in with a radical action group called Omega Place, whose members are determined to let people know exactly how closely the government is watching them on closed-circuit TV cameras posted in public places. What are the ramifications of this kind of footage? Paul is about to find out.
Alpha and Omega
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0399181504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove reveals a new side of his potent imagination in a gripping speculative novel about the End of Days—and a discovery in the Middle East that turns the world upside down. What would happen if the ancient prophecy of the End of Days came true? It is certainly the last thing Eric Katz, a secular archaeologist from Los Angeles, expects during what should be a routine dig in Jerusalem. But perhaps higher forces have something else in mind when a sign presaging the rising of the Third Temple is located in America, a dirty bomb is detonated in downtown Tel Aviv, and events conspire to place a team of archaeologists in the tunnels deep under the Temple Mount. There, Eric is witness to a discovery of such monumental proportions that nothing will ever be the same again. Harry Turtledove is the master at portraying ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events, and what is more extraordinary than the incontrovertible proof that there truly is a higher force controlling human destiny? But as to what that force desires . . . well, that is the question.
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0399181504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove reveals a new side of his potent imagination in a gripping speculative novel about the End of Days—and a discovery in the Middle East that turns the world upside down. What would happen if the ancient prophecy of the End of Days came true? It is certainly the last thing Eric Katz, a secular archaeologist from Los Angeles, expects during what should be a routine dig in Jerusalem. But perhaps higher forces have something else in mind when a sign presaging the rising of the Third Temple is located in America, a dirty bomb is detonated in downtown Tel Aviv, and events conspire to place a team of archaeologists in the tunnels deep under the Temple Mount. There, Eric is witness to a discovery of such monumental proportions that nothing will ever be the same again. Harry Turtledove is the master at portraying ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events, and what is more extraordinary than the incontrovertible proof that there truly is a higher force controlling human destiny? But as to what that force desires . . . well, that is the question.
True Lies and Short Takes
Author: Eugene L. Stelzig
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761873279
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
This gathering of autobiographical essays focuses on different experiences and periods of the author’s life and hybrid identity: a childhood spent in Austria, teenage years in an American school and then a lycèe in France, coming to the U.S. as a young adult and attending college, studying in England for two years, and then settling permanently in the U.S. into an academic career. The word “essay” in the title is meant in its original or French sense, as an attempt or trial. The twenty-four items in this gathering are a kaleidoscopic collection of such attempts at different modes of self-reflexivity. They are arranged not so much in the chronological order of their composition as by way of loosely assembled thematic clusters. “True lies” suggests that by transforming lived experiences into language--by way of memory, imagination, and reflection--and often years and decades later, we inevitably alter them as we write them down. But we also re-experience them, and in so doing shift them into another register. These recollections cover a wide range of experiences: Stelzig’s early years, his absurd encounter with a barber in Salzburg, his mysterious Buddha experience in Hong Kong, his travel misadventure in Spain, his career as an aspiring poet, his commitment to teaching Shakespeare’s plays, his love of dogs and of tennis, and the death of a nineteen-year old Austrian au pair girl. True Lies is divided into three parts. “Austrian Roots” addresses Stelzig’s early years, including his relationship with his Austrian parents. “Adult Branchings” focuses on his American adult life and identity. The final section, “Falling Leaves,” is for the most part a set of reflections on the later stages of life and the sense of mortality and of time running out—the challenge of “being in time” and the question of “what remains.”
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761873279
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
This gathering of autobiographical essays focuses on different experiences and periods of the author’s life and hybrid identity: a childhood spent in Austria, teenage years in an American school and then a lycèe in France, coming to the U.S. as a young adult and attending college, studying in England for two years, and then settling permanently in the U.S. into an academic career. The word “essay” in the title is meant in its original or French sense, as an attempt or trial. The twenty-four items in this gathering are a kaleidoscopic collection of such attempts at different modes of self-reflexivity. They are arranged not so much in the chronological order of their composition as by way of loosely assembled thematic clusters. “True lies” suggests that by transforming lived experiences into language--by way of memory, imagination, and reflection--and often years and decades later, we inevitably alter them as we write them down. But we also re-experience them, and in so doing shift them into another register. These recollections cover a wide range of experiences: Stelzig’s early years, his absurd encounter with a barber in Salzburg, his mysterious Buddha experience in Hong Kong, his travel misadventure in Spain, his career as an aspiring poet, his commitment to teaching Shakespeare’s plays, his love of dogs and of tennis, and the death of a nineteen-year old Austrian au pair girl. True Lies is divided into three parts. “Austrian Roots” addresses Stelzig’s early years, including his relationship with his Austrian parents. “Adult Branchings” focuses on his American adult life and identity. The final section, “Falling Leaves,” is for the most part a set of reflections on the later stages of life and the sense of mortality and of time running out—the challenge of “being in time” and the question of “what remains.”
Smart Cities as Democratic Ecologies
Author: Daniel Araya
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137377208
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The concept of the 'smart city' as the confluence of urban planning and technological innovation has become a predominant feature of public policy discourse. Despite its expanding influence, however, there is little consensus on the precise meaning of a 'smart city'. One reason for this ambiguity is that the term means different things to different disciplines. For some, the concept of the 'smart city' refers to advances in sustainability and green technologies. For others, it refers to the deployment of information and communication technologies as next generation infrastructure. This volume focuses on a third strand in this discourse, specifically technology driven changes in democracy and civic engagement. In conjunction with issues related to power grids, transportation networks and urban sustainability, there is a growing need to examine the potential of 'smart cities' as 'democratic ecologies' for citizen empowerment and user-driven innovation. What is the potential of 'smart cities' to become platforms for bottom-up civic engagement in the context of next generation communication, data sharing, and application development? What are the consequences of layering public spaces with computationally mediated technologies? Foucault's notion of the panopticon, a metaphor for a surveillance society, suggests that smart technologies deployed in the design of 'smart cities' should be evaluated in terms of the ways in which they enable, or curtail, new urban literacies and emergent social practices.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137377208
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The concept of the 'smart city' as the confluence of urban planning and technological innovation has become a predominant feature of public policy discourse. Despite its expanding influence, however, there is little consensus on the precise meaning of a 'smart city'. One reason for this ambiguity is that the term means different things to different disciplines. For some, the concept of the 'smart city' refers to advances in sustainability and green technologies. For others, it refers to the deployment of information and communication technologies as next generation infrastructure. This volume focuses on a third strand in this discourse, specifically technology driven changes in democracy and civic engagement. In conjunction with issues related to power grids, transportation networks and urban sustainability, there is a growing need to examine the potential of 'smart cities' as 'democratic ecologies' for citizen empowerment and user-driven innovation. What is the potential of 'smart cities' to become platforms for bottom-up civic engagement in the context of next generation communication, data sharing, and application development? What are the consequences of layering public spaces with computationally mediated technologies? Foucault's notion of the panopticon, a metaphor for a surveillance society, suggests that smart technologies deployed in the design of 'smart cities' should be evaluated in terms of the ways in which they enable, or curtail, new urban literacies and emergent social practices.
The Omega Prize
Author: Leann Ryans
Publisher: Leann Ryans
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
A Prize worth fighting for. Brie doesn't let being an omega stop her, but things get complicated when she runs out of suppressants and her boss figures out what she is. Especially since he knows an omega is the one thing any alpha will fight for. Zander should be focused on the contracts to save his business, but he forgets everything when he sees the pretty waitress from the bar locked in a cage. One scent, and he’s hooked. Can he defeat the other alphas to win her for himself? ***This is Book 1 in the MF Sci-fi Omegaverse series, The Legion Omegas. It is a slow-burn romance and can be read as a standalone.***
Publisher: Leann Ryans
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
A Prize worth fighting for. Brie doesn't let being an omega stop her, but things get complicated when she runs out of suppressants and her boss figures out what she is. Especially since he knows an omega is the one thing any alpha will fight for. Zander should be focused on the contracts to save his business, but he forgets everything when he sees the pretty waitress from the bar locked in a cage. One scent, and he’s hooked. Can he defeat the other alphas to win her for himself? ***This is Book 1 in the MF Sci-fi Omegaverse series, The Legion Omegas. It is a slow-burn romance and can be read as a standalone.***
To Love and Protect His Omega
Author: Quinn Michaels
Publisher: Enticed By Books Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Publisher: Enticed By Books Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Not For Tourists Guide to London 2015
Author: Not For Tourists
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163220066X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. From intimate neighborhood details to how to score tickets to the big football match, this guide will help you master this amazing city like an expert. Packed with over 100 maps and thousands of restaurants, shops, theaters, and under-the-radar spots, you won’t find a better guide to London. The book also features: - An invaluable street index - A foldout map of the London Underground and bus system - Profiles of over 100 neighborhoods - Listings for museums and landmarks - A guide to the best shopping You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve the mysteries of London: NFT has all the answers!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163220066X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. From intimate neighborhood details to how to score tickets to the big football match, this guide will help you master this amazing city like an expert. Packed with over 100 maps and thousands of restaurants, shops, theaters, and under-the-radar spots, you won’t find a better guide to London. The book also features: - An invaluable street index - A foldout map of the London Underground and bus system - Profiles of over 100 neighborhoods - Listings for museums and landmarks - A guide to the best shopping You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve the mysteries of London: NFT has all the answers!
Not For Tourists Guide to London 2014
Author: Not For Tourists
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1628735821
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. From intimate neighborhood details to how to score tickets to the big football match, this guide will help you master this amazing city like an expert. Packed with over one hundred maps and thousands of restaurants, shops, theaters, and under-the-radar spots, you won’t find a better guide to London. The book also features: · An invaluable street index · A foldout map of the London Underground and bus system · Profiles of over one hundred neighborhoods · Listings for museums and landmarks · A guide to the best shopping You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve the mysteries of London; NFT has all the answers!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1628735821
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. From intimate neighborhood details to how to score tickets to the big football match, this guide will help you master this amazing city like an expert. Packed with over one hundred maps and thousands of restaurants, shops, theaters, and under-the-radar spots, you won’t find a better guide to London. The book also features: · An invaluable street index · A foldout map of the London Underground and bus system · Profiles of over one hundred neighborhoods · Listings for museums and landmarks · A guide to the best shopping You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to solve the mysteries of London; NFT has all the answers!
The Omega Project
Author: Steve Alten
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765336324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Joining a scientific team originally scheduled to travel to one of Jupiter's moons, tech genius Robert Eisenbraun is put into hibernation against his will and awakens on a hostile Earth where he must defeat a technological adversary of his own making.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765336324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Joining a scientific team originally scheduled to travel to one of Jupiter's moons, tech genius Robert Eisenbraun is put into hibernation against his will and awakens on a hostile Earth where he must defeat a technological adversary of his own making.
Road Out of Winter
Author: Alison Stine
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488056498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A teenage girl treks across a dangerous, frozen nation to reunite with her family in this Philip K. Dick Award–winning apocalyptic thriller. Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty. Her family grows marijuana illegally in order to survive. But now she’s been left behind in Ohio to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, Wil begins a journey to join her family in California. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. Gathering a small group of exiles on her way, she becomes the target of a volatime cult leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. Road Out of Winter offers a glimpse into an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Alison Stine’s acclaimed debut “blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir” (Library Journal, starred review).
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488056498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A teenage girl treks across a dangerous, frozen nation to reunite with her family in this Philip K. Dick Award–winning apocalyptic thriller. Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty. Her family grows marijuana illegally in order to survive. But now she’s been left behind in Ohio to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented, extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, Wil begins a journey to join her family in California. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. Gathering a small group of exiles on her way, she becomes the target of a volatime cult leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. Road Out of Winter offers a glimpse into an all-too-possible near future, with a chosen family forged in the face of dystopian collapse. Alison Stine’s acclaimed debut “blends a rural thriller and speculative realism into what could be called dystopian noir” (Library Journal, starred review).