The age of surveillance capitalism book5/22/2023 ![]() The second section of the book demonstrates how surveillance capitalists use the behavioral surplus to create “behavioral futures markets.” (96) Simply put, surveillance capitalists use this data to predict human behavior and sell these predictions. Surveillance capitalism was born when technology firms realized they could make money using this behavioral data. The first part is mainly descriptive, demonstrating how companies like Google and Facebook discovered what Zuboff calls the “behavioral surplus.” (63) This surplus is the data surveillance capitalists accumulate when consumers use their services. The book lays out its argument in three sections. The message is clear: if surveillance capitalism continues on its present course, human freedom and agency might disappear from the face of the Earth. Zuboff, Professor Emerita at Harvard Business School, argues that her book is an “effort to understand surveillance capitalism and its consequences.” (17) To accomplish this, the book waxes and wanes between vivid descriptions of exploitative digital surveillance practices and abstract philosophizing about the nature of human freedom in a surveillance-filled world. ![]() ![]() The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff is an impassioned warning about the dangers associated with commercial surveillance. ![]()
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300 spartans comic book5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). : 300 (9781569714027) by Frank Miller Lynn Varley and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. ![]() As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. According to Miller, Richard Egan’s portrayal of King Leonidas changed his perception of the role of a hero. Miller had been fascinated with the Battle of Thermopylae ever since he saw Rudolph Maté’s movie The 300 Spartans when he was six years old. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book.XXXXThe plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. 300 is adapted from a graphic novel by Frank Miller. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae which took place between Greece and Persia (modern day Iran), within the Persian Wars. ![]() 300 is a 2006 American fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. ![]() Every line of you by naomi gibson5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() With her debut novel for young adults, Every Line of You, Gibson has created a captivating, thought-provoking, tense thriller of a page-turner. This summer's must-read: EVERY LINE OF YOU's twist after twist will have everyone talking about Lydia and Henry's complex Bonnie-and-Clyde relationship Elements of thriller, psychological drama and love: Her meets Girl, Interrupted with hints of Black Mirror This dark, modern twist on young love explores the complexity and scope of artificial intelligence while also examining bigger themes of humanity, revenge, grief, love and forgiveness ![]() ![]() But what is Henry really - and how far is he willing to go to be everything Lydia desires? Now, Henry is strong, clever, loving and scarily capable: Lydia's built herself the perfect boyfriend in a hard-drive filled with lines of code. Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years - since before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares since before her dad walked out, leaving her and Mum painfully alone since before her best friend turned into her worst enemy. ![]() The edge-of-your-seat thriller you've been looking for this summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was erected in East Prussia (Germany) - land which after WW II became incorporated to Poland as part of the so called Recovered Territories. ![]() The Tannenberg Memorial, designed by the brothers Walter (1880–1971) and Johannes (1890–1975) Krüger, is one of the “pre-Nazi” monuments erected prior to 1933 and incorporated into the idiom of the Third Reich propaganda. The appropriation of earlier elements of tangible culture for the construction of new buildings was popular since Antiquity. The afterlife of old monuments of architecture and sculptures is called spolia. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the time, Jewish thought was dominated by Talmudists, orthodox scholars of rabbinic law. Tokarczuk ingeniously tells the story from the all-knowing perspective of Yente’s spirit. The story begins in 1752 in Podolia (then in Poland, now in Ukraine), when Frank’s grandmother Yente swallows a written spell meant to delay her demise, suspending her between life and death. With its disorienting reverse page order and dozens of maps, illustrations and documents, “The Books of Jacob” offers a reading experience that is literally incomparable. At nearly 1,000 pages, covering 50 years and as many characters, it’s a historical epic comparable to “ War and Peace,” though not nearly as straightforward. Originally published in Polish in 2014 and now translated into English by Jennifer Croft, the novel is a product of immense research and brilliant imagination. ![]() Approaching with curiosity rather than condemnation, Polish author Olga Tokarczuk made Frank and his followers the subject of her 12th work of fiction, the gargantuan novel “ The Books of Jacob,” which convinced the Swedish Academy to award her the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature. ![]() The false 18th century Messiah Jacob Frank “will always be remembered as one of the most frightening phenomena in the whole of Jewish history,” as Gershom Scholem put it. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() By and By by Carole Boston Weatherford5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether writing poetry, biographies in verse, historical fiction, or nonfiction, Weatherford. Illustrator’s agent: Lori Nowicki, Painted Words. Prolific, award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford centers her books for children and young adults on significant African Americans in the United States, as well as African Americans’ cultural and historical contributions and experiences. Author’s agent: Rubin Pfeffer, Rubin Pfeffer Content. A reprint of the song’s lyrics is included, along with a further reading list and listening suggestions, and an author’s note recounts the song’s history in prose. The penultimate spread shows Barack Obama singing it at a church-shooting victim’s funeral. One poignant spread depicts a pregnant African-American slave singing the hymn in a cotton field she faces a pregnant Cherokee woman on the opposite page, chanting it on the Trail of Tears. ![]() “Choirs make the song their own./ Newton’s timeless hymn has grown./ Verses added here and there/ Till this song is like a prayer.” Verses trace the anthem’s use during the Civil War and the abolitionist and civil rights movements. Originating from Newton’s dramatic conversion story (he starts as an embittered sailor serving aboard a slave ship and becomes a minister and antislavery activist), the meaningful song spreads far and wide. Morrison’s vibrant, sometimes haunting oil paintings join Weatherford’s spare, rhyming couplets to delineate the birth and reach of the famed hymn “Amazing Grace.” Dynamic spreads highlight the life of Reverend John Newton, the Englishman who penned the inspirational song in the late 1700s. ![]() That wedding by jillian dodd5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() If you love best friend romances, weddings, and new adult family life drama, you’ll love the That Boy series. Am I willing to give up on true love forever, or am I going to listen to my heart and marry him? Should best friends get married? Will my past affect our relationship? Are my horrible dreams a warning? Will I ever find a dress? Could his sexiness be clouding my judgment? Am I going to ruin everything? Or is it just a case of cold feet?Īnd then I have to decide. Which totally freaks me out and makes me question everything I know. And forever starts to sound like a really long time. My best friend says I’m going to ruin everything. An old boyfriend asks me to run away with him. ![]() His parents say I haven’t dealt with my past. My happily ever after.īut then our pastor starts asking lots of questions. I feel so sparkly, glittery, and full of promise, because I absolutely know he’s that boy. The gorgeous engagement ring on my finger mimics my happiness. ![]() Stage dreams by melanie gillman5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() But when the two get to talking about Flor’s plan to crash a Confederate gala, Grace convinces Flor to let her help.Īcclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman’s queer YA graphic novel provides a rare and page-turning depiction of LGBTQ characters in historical fiction, which offers a new perspective on the Old West.īooklist has deemed Stage Dreams “an illuminating western with a refreshingly matter-of-fact queer romance.” And School Library Journal says “This charming and poignant queer romance set against a Civil War-era backdrop will resonate with readers. ![]() The Ghost Hawk - Flor, to her friends - means to hold Grace for ransom. So she heads west but makes an unplanned stop when notorious outlaw the Ghost Hawk swoops in, shaking down its passengers and stealing away with Grace. Front and back covers of ‘Stage Dreams’ by Melanie Gillman.Ĭoming this fall from Graphic Universe and Lerner Publishing Group, Stage Dreams tells the story of young Grace, a trans runaway who is fleeing her Georgia home and conscription into the Confederate Army. Stage Dreamsby Melanie Gillman Published byGraphic Universe (TM)on SeptemISBN:1512440000 Pages:104 Genres:Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance Format:Graphic Novel Goodreads An LBTGQ graphic novel set in the wild west, specifically the New Mexico territory during the Civil War. ![]() Grief has feathers5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Described by its publisher Faber & Faber as “part novella, part polyphonic fable, part essay on grief”, it uses three interwoven narratives told from different perspectives – those of a father, his sons and a crow that arrives at their front door in the dead of night – to guide its characters from a moment of deep mourning into a more hopeful future. It’s a novel that, when it was released in 2015, was praised by the British literary press for its striking treatment of death and the unconventional structure of its prose. Untethered imagination and finding solace in the impossible when death affects you is something that strikes through the heart of Max Porter’s Grief Is the Thing with Featherstoo. Following the sudden departure of my childhood matriarch, my mind was starting to play tricks on me. One part of me thinks it was a disorienting fever dream, but another, one that gets more convincing the more I dwell on it, thinks it stemmed from somewhere deeper and psychological. Aged eight, I was lying in bed, staring at the walls of my bedroom and imagining things that weren’t there: kitchen cupboards floating footballs birds. I still remember a bout of sickness I had shortly after my mother’s death 16 years ago. ![]() Charley boorman long way down5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Sadly, Boorman was involved in a serious motorbike accident in Portugal in 2016, which saw him break both of his legs after colliding with a wall. ![]() The show became a huge success and led to a sequel in 2007 called Long Way Down – this time Boorman and McGregor travelled from John o’ Groats in Scotland all the way down to Cape Town in South Africa and was another major hit. InsideBikes were fortunate enough to sit down with famed English global adventurer and TV presenter Charley Boorman recently ahead of the launch of his exciting new Apple TV+ Show, Long Way Up, but also spent time talking about his long and fascinating career.īoorman originally started his career as an actor when first appeared in films directed by his father and it was not until 2004 when his TV presenting career started with a show, Long Way Round, which saw him and Ewan McGregor embark on an epic international motorbike trip from London to New York City through Europe and Asia.īoorman and McGregor had met while filming The Serpent’s Kiss in 1997 and struck up a friendship on set. ![]() |