The Couch Potato Rises
Author : Dannie Sykes
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Exercise
ISBN : 9780964298309
Raven Rise
Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 41,49 MB
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416974954
Book Description
This is where it begins. The showdown for Halla. At stake is nothing less than all that ever was and all that will be. There's only one thing missing--Bobby Pendragon. While Bobby remains trapped on Ibara, the battle moves to his home territory: Second Earth. Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde are left on their own to defend Second Earth agsinst the forces of Saint Dane. They must face off against a charismatic cult leader who has risen to power by revealing a shattering truth to the people of Earth: They are not alone. The Convergence has broken down the walls. The territories are on a collision course. The final phase of Saint Dane's quest to rule Halla is under way. And Bobby Pendragon is nowhere to be found.
The Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word
Author : Mitchell Stephens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 1998-10-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0199874468
Book Description
For decades educators and cultural critics have deplored the corrosive effects of electronic media on the national consciousness. The average American reads less often, writes less well. And, numbed by the frenetic image-bombardment of music videos, commercials and sound bites, we may also, it is argued, think less profoundly. But wait. Is it just possible that some good might arise from the ashes of the printed word? Most emphatically yes, argues Mitchell Stephens, who asserts that the moving image is likely to make our thoughts not more feeble but more robust. Through a fascinating overview of previous communications revolutions, Stephens demonstrates that the charges that have been leveled against television have been faced by most new media, including writing and print. Centuries elapsed before most of these new forms of communication would be used to produce works of art and intellect of sufficient stature to overcome this inevitable mistrust and nostalgia. Using examples taken from the history of photography and film, as well as MTV, experimental films, and Pepsi commercials, the author considers the kinds of work that might unleash, in time, the full power of moving images. And he argues that these works--an emerging computer-edited and -distributed "new video"--have the potential to inspire transformations in thought on a level with those inspired by the products of writing and print. Stephens sees in video's complexities, simultaneities, and juxtapositions, new ways of understanding and perhaps even surmounting the tumult and confusions of contemporary life. Sure to spark lively--even heated--debate, The Rise of the Image, the Fall of the Word belongs in the library of millennium-watchers everywhere.
The Rise of the Algorithms
Author : John M. Jordan
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0271098449
Book Description
The meteoric rise of online video is reshaping the competition for human attention. The Rise of the Algorithms argues that this new technology has changed the way we interact with others, our relationships with public institutions, and our very own behaviors and psyches. In tracing the origins and evolution of online video, John M. Jordan examines the mechanics—and the ethical stakes—of online video platforms, especially YouTube and TikTok but also others, such as Twitch. Tracing the use of algorithms pioneered by Facebook and Google and so successfully exploited by TikTok’s corporate parent, ByteDance, Jordan shows how these platforms now engineer human behavior—with consequences for culture, politics, and identity. Jordan argues that we are at an inflection point. Until now we have proved, as a society, ill-prepared or unwilling to address such problems as the power of digital platforms, the personal cost of viral celebrity, the invasion of privacy, and the proliferation of disinformation. The Rise of the Algorithms combines this urgent assessment with a clear-eyed discussion of present challenges and recommendations for reclaiming our online futures. A valuable resource for understanding the transformations that have been and will be brought by YouTube, TikTok, and similar platforms, Jordan’s timely book is a vital work for anyone who uses the internet and especially for policy makers, technologists, communication and media specialists, and researchers who have a direct hand in determining the future of our online world.
Ghosting (A Singularity Rising Novel)
Author : Marc Johnson
Publisher : Longshot Publishing
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2020-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1953076041
Book Description
As a stay-at-home programmer living with her loving boyfriend, Mia lives a simple but good life. Like most people, she dreams, but unlike most, she has vivid dreams about her neighbors’ lives. One day, she realizes that they aren’t dreams—what she’s been experiencing is real. Mia’s able to “ghost” into anyone she chooses, take control of their body, and make them do what she wants. Frustrated by the injustice and abuse she sees around her, Mia begins using her power to try to right the wrongs she sees. Her boyfriend, Amir, does his best to stop her, believing that no one person should have that much power, and that the system—or God—will bring justice to the perpetrators. Mia, on the other hand, has seen too much corruption in her life to believe in such naivety. However, the best intentions don’t always work out as planned. The power begins to affect Mia in ways she didn’t expect—and turns out to have consequences she never imagined.
DJ Rising
Author : Love Maia
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2012-02-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0316194565
Book Description
The first thing I hear is music. The first thing I've always heard is music. Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen. In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ. When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets. But when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth, he is torn between obligation and following his dreams.
Quiet Phoenix: An Introvert's Guide to Rising in Career & Life
Author : Prasenjeet Kumar
Publisher : http://www.publishwithprasen.com
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 16,25 MB
Release : 2015-04-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN :
Book Description
Awaken the Phoenix Bird inside You. Rise in Your Career. Love Your Profession. ** Now available also in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish** Are you an introvert who feels that your extroverted colleagues are better at marketing themselves and in getting ahead in career while you are the one really slogging hard? Are you sick and tired of long working hours, office bullies, co-workers who steal your ideas, bosses who practice blatant favouritism or colleagues who backstab you? Have you recently lost your job and don’t know what should you now do? Then come to “Quiet Phoenix” where the #1 Best-selling Author Prasenjeet Kumar shares his own incredible story, of the journey from being a corporate lawyer to becoming a full time author-entrepreneur using his introversion as a strength to overcome all obstacles. Using everyday office incidents, experiences and politics that anyone (and not just lawyers) can immediately relate to, this book not only inspires but makes you come with your own uniquely actionable plan. Like the legendary Phoenix bird rising from the ashes, “Quiet Phoenix” sincerely intends to help all introverts or Quiet persons to lift them up literally from the bootstraps. So what are you waiting for? Scroll up and grab a copy today or download a sample now! And enjoy! Books in the Quiet Phoenix Series Celebrating Quiet People Quiet Phoenix: An Introvert's Guide to Rising in Career & Life (Book 2) Quiet Phoenix 2: From Failure to Fulfilment: A Memoir of an Introverted Child (Book 3) Keywords: Quiet power, introvert power, introvert advantage, self help books best sellers, career decisions, career break, career finding, self improvement 101 for men, creative confidence, creative career, creative entrepreneur and creative people and law firms, introvert social and Quiet introvert and introvert guide and introvert help and introvert extrovert and introvert business and introvert entrepreneur, uplifting stories, uplifting books, career change self help books, law firms, motivational, motivational and uplifting stories, uplifting books, career change self help books, law firms, motivational, motivational and inspirational books, personal growth and development, happiness, mental health, self-esteem, creativity, genius, behavioural psychology, law career, self respect, books on introversion, career guide, career lift, career choice, quiet the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain
Mole
Author : Patrick Warner
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0887849032
Book Description
How does the embrace of levity -- that warm, human voice, perceptive of its own limits -- find its way to the listener in today's shattered world? By blind burrowing? Heat fluctuations in loam and subsoil? Instinct and luck? Much like the mole of the title, Patrick Warner's poems accomplish great feats of imagination, exposure, empathy, and insight, disguised all the while as pleasingly modest creatures of accident and stealth. As with all the very best poets, Warner can take overlooked corners and negligible objects and turn them into prisms, portals, tuning forks, and flint rocks. A bracing, perpetually pleasing work from one of Canada's most celebrated poets.
The Rise of Today's Rich and Super-Rich
Author : Roy C. Smith
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2004-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781587982484
Book Description
The story of some of America'sl eading billionaires and how they made their fortunes.
Young Men Rise Up
Author : Father Ken Barker
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,1 MB
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589795873
Book Description
Fr Barker challenges young men, both single and married, to stand up and be counted. He believes in those who have become confused in their identity and points them towards Christ as the one who will answer their deepest questions and bring fulfillment to the profound longings of the human heart. His book demonstrates that through the quality of their lives and their courageous witness, young men can have a major impact for good on the Church and its mission in the contemporary world.
