In a follow-up to the cherished original Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit sees Peter on the quest for adventure Sneaking into Mr Mc Gregor's garden to steal a lettuce the naughty little rabbit finds himself in a picnic basket heading all the way to Scotland where he meets the large but kindly Finlay Mc Burney a distant cousin Far away from his cousin Benjamin Bunny & the Lake District setting of Beatrix Potter's classic tale Peter Rabbit gets all the adventure he was looking for as he encounters a giant radish & even takes part in the Highland Games Emma Thompson Oscar-winning actress & screen writer (Sense & Sensibility & Nanny Mc Phee) is a long time admirer of Beatrix Potter's tales She has a talent for creating engaging narratives with a dry humour similar to Potter's own & is the perfect choice of author for this new Peter Rabbit tale Emma was inspired to set the tale in Scotland by her knowledge of Beatrix's childhood holidays there Accompanied by a story CD narrated by Emma herself this wonderfully whimsical tale is perfect for Peter Rabbit fans old & new ...

A stunning PC Peter Grant novella continues this bestselling series with commuting ghosts a kidnapping & a superb new ...

Working homicide on an orbiting energy platform in a five-mile-long jury-rigged steel city stuffed with a half-million people & no help from your so-called colleagues back on Earth is more than tough it&s murder! Cynical foul-mouthed veteran Antony Johnston (Umbral Wasteland) gets partnered with fresh-faced idealist Justin Greenwood (Wasteland Resurrection) for a new crime series with serious attitude! ...

A DAY OF CHAOS — 22000 MILES UP! Klementina Ristovych & Ralph Dietrich are Homicide detectives on ‘ The Fuse’ a five-mile long solar energy platform orbiting above the earth that’s also home to Midway City population half a million Ristovych should have retired years ago; Dietrich is the first cop to actually volunteer for MCPD Homicide in its entire history Previously cases have taken them from the very bottom to the top echelons of Fuse society & everywhere in between But now it’s Perihelion — the day when the Earth & therefore the Fuse is closest to the Sun & on this ‘ Day of Chaos’ the population of Midway City seems to go a little bit crazy! All leave is cancelled all hands on deck… & for the MCPD all hell is about to break loose! Whereas the previous books followed Klem & Ralph through a single case over several days ‘ Perihelion’ follows them over the course of a single day dealing with multiple cases — from homicides to bomb threats & more besides! “ Compelling & intelligent Resembling a STAR TREK meets THE WIRE mash up there is a definite reason THE FUSE is a fan favorite”
- Aint It Cool News “ Precisely the kind of thing comics should be… Some comics are a quick read; this one demands your attention”
- Comics Worth Reading “ The politics the constant threat of terrorist attacks & the starkness of living conditions on some levels of the Fuse make this a completely believable story It has to be read”
- Pop Mythology “ Johnston is one of those quietly excellent writers… he creates compelling characters very quickly & puts them in interesting situations”
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How the future has been imagined & made through the work of writers artists inventors & designers The future is like an unwritten book It is not something we see in a crystal ball or can only hope to predict like the weather In this volume of the MIT Press's Essential Knowledge series Nick Montfort argues that the future is something to be made not predicted Montfort offers what he considers essential knowledge about the future as seen in the work of writers artists inventors & designers (mainly in Western culture) who developed & described the core components of the futures they envisioned Montfort's approach is not that of futurology or scenario planning; instead he reports on the work of making the future -- the thinkers who devoted themselves to writing pages in the unwritten book Douglas Engelbart Alan Kay & Ted Nelson didn't predict the future of computing for instance They were three of the people who made it Montfort focuses on how the development of technologies -- with an emphasis on digital technologies -- has been bound up with ideas about the future Readers learn about kitchens of the future & the vision behind them; literary utopias from Plato's Republic to Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward & Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland; the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; & what led up to Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the World Wide Web Montfort describes the notebook computer as a human-centered alterative to the idea of the computer as a room-sized giant brain; speculative practice in design & science fiction; & throughout the best ways to imagine & build the future ...

Today we know that crime is often not just a matter of making bad decisions Rather there are a variety of factors that are implicated in much criminal offending some fairly obvious like poverty mental illness & drug abuse & others less so such as neurocognitive problems Today we have the tools for effective criminal behavioral change but this cannot be an excuse for criminal offending In The Future of Crime & Punishment William R Kelly identifies the need to educate the public on how these tools can be used to most effectively & cost efficiently reduce crime recidivism victimization & cost The justice system of the future needs to be much more collaborative utilizing the expertise of a variety of disciplines such as psychology psychiatry addiction & neuroscience Judges & prosecutors are lawyers not clinicians & as we transition the justice system to a focus on behavioral change the decision making will need to reflect the input of clinical experts The path forward is one characterized largely by change from traditional criminal prosecution & punishment to venues that balance accountability compliance & risk management with behavioral change interventions that address the primary underlying causes for recidivism There are many moving parts to this effort & it is a complex proposition It requires substantial changes to law procedure decision making roles & responsibilities expertise & funding Moreover it requires a radical shift in how we think about crime & punishment Our thinking needs to reflect a perspective that crime is harmful but that much criminal behavior is changeable ...

Drawing on the author's extensive experience as a leading human rights scholar & activist The Future of Human Rights offers a broad & authoritative guide to the big questions in global human rights governance today 152 pages Brysk Alison ...

Intelligence is by definition a shadowy business Yet many aspects of this secret world are now more openly analyzed & discussed a trend which has inevitably prompted lively debate about intelligence gathering & analysis what should be allowed? What boundaries if any should be drawn? & what changes & challenges lie ahead for intelligence activities & agencies? In this compelling book leading intelligence scholar Mark Lowenthal explores the future of intelligence There are he argues three broad areas information technology & intelligence collection; analysis; & governance that indicate the potential for rather dramatic change in the world of intelligence But whether these important vectors for change will improve how intelligence works or make it more difficult remains to be seen The only certainty is that intelligence will remain an essential feature of statecraft in our increasingly dangerous world Drawing on the author's forty years' experience in US intelligence The Future of Intelligence offers a broad & authoritative starting point for the ongoing debate about what intelligence could be & how it may function in the years ahead ...

This book predicts the decline of today's professions & introduces the people & systems that will replace them In an internet-enhanced society according to Richard Susskind & Daniel Susskind we will neither need nor want doctors teachers accountants architects the clergy consultants lawyers & many others to work as they did in the 20th century The Future of the Professions explains how increasingly capable technologies
- from telepresence to artificial intelligence
- will place the 'practical expertise' of the finest specialists at the fingertips of everyone often at no or low cost & without face-to-face interaction The authors challenge the 'grand bargain'
- the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals They argue that our current professions are antiquated opaque & no longer affordable & that the expertise of their best is enjoyed only by a few In their place they propose five new models for producing & distributing expertise in society The book raises profound policy issues not least about employment (they envisage a new generation of 'open-collared workers') & about control over online expertise (they warn of new 'gatekeepers')
- in an era when machines become more capable than human beings at most tasks Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than a dozen professions & illustrated by numerous examples from each this is the first book to assess & question the future of the professions in the 21st century



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This book predicts the decline of today's professions & describes the people & systems that will replace them In an Internet society according to Richard Susskind & Daniel Susskind we will neither need nor want doctors teachers accountants architects the clergy consultants lawyers & many others to work as they did in the 20th century The Future of the Professions explains how 'increasingly capable systems'
- from telepresence to artificial intelligence
- will bring fundamental change in the way that the 'practical expertise' of specialists is made available in society The authors challenge the 'grand bargain'
- the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today's professionals They argue that our current professions are antiquated opaque & no longer affordable & that the expertise of the best is enjoyed only by a few In their place they propose six new models for producing & distributing expertise in society The book raises important practical & moral questions In an era when machines can out-perform human beings at most tasks what are the prospects for employment who should own & control online expertise & what tasks should be reserved exclusively for people? Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than ten professions & illustrated by numerous examples from each this is the first book to assess & question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century


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