Every time we choose a route to work decide whether to go on a second date or set aside money for a rainy day we are making a prediction about the future Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events often at great cost to society In The Signal & the Noise the New York Times political forecaster Nate Silver who accurately predicted the results of every single state in the 2012 US election reveals how we can all develop better foresight in an uncertain world From the stock market to the poker table from earthquakes to the economy he takes us on an enthralling insider's tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting showing how we can use information in a smarter way amid a noise of data
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A road trip turns in to a breathless battle for reality itself in this astonishing science fiction thriller starring Laurence Fishburne & Brenton Thwaites When a trio of computer geniuses are lured to the desert they believe it to be a hacker s prank but things turn serious when they re kidnapped & taken to a mysterious facility Who has taken them? The government? A terrorist organisation? An agency not of this world? They will do whatever it takes to find out ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play; Sci-fi horror about a mysterious transmission that turns ordinary city dwellers into psychotic maniacs As the citizens of Terminus ready themselves for the New Year celebrations an ominous signal begins to emanate from every electronic device in the city transforming the would-be celebrants into murderous marauders Fortunately Ben (Justin Welborn) has managed to avoid having his mind muddled by the eerie transmission so sets off to rescue his lover & discover the source of the evil-inducing broadcast That&s easier said than done however when there&s hordes of killers roaming the city ; ...

Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity skepticism colourful storytelling & deeply reported real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon- distinguishing what is a real trend from the merely trendy This book helps us hear which signals are talking sense & which are simply nonsense so that we might know today what developments- especially those seemingly random ideas at the fringe as they converge & begin to move toward the mainstream- that have long-term consequence for tomorrow With the methodology developed in The Signals Are Talking we learn how to think like a futurist & answer vitally important questions How will a technology- like artificial intelligence machine learning self-driving cars biohacking bots & the Internet of Things- affect us personally? How will it impact our businesses & workplaces? How will it eventually change the way we live work play & think- & how should we prepare for it now? Most importantly Webb persuasively shows that the future isn't something that happens to us passively Instead she allows us to see ahead so that we may forecast what's to come- challenging us to create our own preferred futures ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZEFrom the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world everything about life intrigues her Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father a botanical explorer & the richest man in the New World Alma is raised in a house of luxury & curiosity It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right But as she flourishes & her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction
- into the realm of the spiritual the divine & the magical The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century from London & Peru to Philadelphia Tahiti & beyond Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker
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'A new constellation of astrology guru'
- Vogue Nobody's future is written in the stars but we can use the stars to help write
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The first series of Doctor Who POP! figures flew of shelves around the globe & now hot on their heels is a second series This " The Silence" POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box ...

Passengers boarding the 1035 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work assignations reunions holidays or new starts with no idea that their journey is about to be brutally curtailed Holly has just landed her dream job which should make life a lot easier than it has been & Jeff is heading for his first ever work interview after months of unemployment They end up sitting next to each other Onboard customer service assistant Naz dreams of better things as he collects rubbish from the passengers & among the others travelling are Nick with his young family who are driving him crazy; pensioner Meg & her partner setting off on a walking holiday & facing an uncertain future; Caroline run ragged by the competing demands of her stroppy teenage children & her demented mother; & Rhona unhappy at work & desperate to get home to her small daughter & in the middle of the carriage sits Saheel carrying a deadly rucksack ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The third part of Ingmar Bergman&s trilogy of faith (the others are & Winter Light& in 1961 & & Through the Glass Lightly& in 1963) The relationship of two sisters Ester (Ingrid Thulin) & Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) reaches breaking point when they arrive in a strange country & stay in a large hotel empty but for a troupe of dwarf entertainers Ester is suffering from a terminal disease & has become overly protective of Anna & to escape Anna goes out to find a man & ends up bringing back a waiter to her room This then proceeds to both arouse & anger Ester culminating in a bitter & violent argument between the sisters ...

A sweeping & poignant story of Ashkenazi Jews fleeing the Russian pogroms at the end of the 19th Century as well as a parable of the making of a modern society & the extent to which religion & mysticism meet Inspired by a story told to the author by his grandmother For the family of the little red-headed Malka trading the Russian shtetl for the Argentine pampas isn&t so easy Even in a country eager to populate its vast territories the immigrants discover that their new home isn&t the promised land They encounter hostility from both man & nature as they struggle through droughts & locusts in an attempt to cultivate the arid soil When misery pushes them to the extreme Malka&s uncle is visited by the prophet Elias who advises that he create a Golem--the mythical creature fashioned from earth & endowed with life by engraving on his body the word Emet (" Truth")--to pose as a man & aid the immigrants When years later the adult Malka is visited by Elias the events of her youth force her to decide whether or not she can maintain her silence--with fate & divine justice hanging in the balance Winner of the Best Foreign Graphic Album award at the Angoulême Festival About the Author Jorge Zentner was born in Basavilbaso Argentina in 1953 studied journalism & psychology & was a newspaper & radio reporter before leaving Argentina in 1977 & settling in Europe He has published novels short stories articles & poems but it&s for his comics that he&s best known particularly those in collaboration with Ruben Pellejero Their Adventures of Dieter Lumpen was published in English by IDW&s Euro Comics in 2016 Ruben Pellejero was born in Badalona Spain in 1952 He began his career in 1970 as an illustrator before turning to comics in 1983 with the historical series " Stories of Barcelona" In addition to his extensive collaboration with Jorge Zentner he has worked with writers Denis La Piere & Frank Giroud among others In 2010 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Barcelona Comic Fair One of Europe&s most admired comics artists he was chosen in 2015 for the plum job to illustrate the ongoing adventures of Hugo Pratt&s Corto Maltese ...