From the bestselling author of Dirty Bertie Stan Button had always dreamed of becoming a superhero Then one day a letter arrives inviting him for an interview at the mysterious Mighty High School To his amazement Stan is offered a place
- starting immediately His superpower is non-conventional' as are those of his two new best friends but lessons in supervillain-spotting & tight-wearing mean they are soon ready to defeat the evil Green Meanie who might just be none other than Professor Von Hardbum a teacher at their school Each adventure will be heavily illustrated throughout with fantastic art by Nigel Baines for truly brilliant comic-book style fun
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Illustrated by Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted artist Sara Ogilvie this is the second book in Demolition Dad author Phil Earle's children's series Storey Street Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl Liz Pichon & David Walliams each book in this laugh-out-loud series focuses on a different neighbour 192 pages Earle Phil ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Box set containing four popular superhero movies Bryan Singer directs & co-writes &X-Men& (2000) a big screen adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic strip Mutants Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) & Magneto (Ian Mc Kellen) are former friends but look set to become mortal enemies when fascistic US senator Robert Frank Kelly calls for the registration of all humans with abnormal powers While telepath Xavier who runs an altruistic academy for superhuman &X-Men& wishes to enlighten non-mutants & break down the prejudices which divide them Magneto believes that the only solution is for the mutants to take over Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
- an aggressive loner with an admantium skeleton & the ability to heal his body of any wound
- & teenager Rogue (Anna Paquin) who can absorb the life force of others simply by touching them are selected by Xavier to join his academy but it isn&t long before Magneto&s followers are attempting to capture them so that they can assist in his plan for world domination In &X-Men 2& (2003) Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) Wolverine (Hugh Jackson) & the Academy for Gifted Youngsters aka the X-Men find themselves in the firing line after a failed assassination attempt on the President points the finger at the school It was in fact the mysterious teleporter Nightwalker (Alan Cumming) who ordered it & in an attempt to clear their names the X-Men are led into a trap set by the evil William Stryker (Brian Cox)
- a mysterious scientist apparently working for the government As it soon becomes evident that Stryker&s agenda is to destroy all mutants the X-Men need to call in the help of many of their old friends & foes including Magneto (Ian Mc Kellen) if they are to stop him Ben Affleck stars in & Daredevil& (2003) as the big screen version of the Marvel Comics superhero When he was a boy Matt Murdock (Affleck) was blinded by a spillage of toxic waste However with the loss of his sight Matt&s other senses have all developed to an incredible degree allowing him to navigate the city with pinpoint accuracy Now he works by day as a lawyer & by night he becomes the Daredevil using his supersenses to continue his fight against underworld supervillain Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) In & Elektra& (2005) Jennifer Garner plays Elektra Natchios a hired assassin who is reunited with her old sensei Stick (Terence Stamp) When she is given an assignment to kill Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) & his daughter Abby (Kristin Prout) her conscience gets the best of her & she decides to protect them instead It&s up to the Hand&s top assassins to track her down & finish the job


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SUPERHEROES is a journey inside the world of real-life caped crusaders from all over America using homemade costumes & elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere ...

Superhero movies have gripped the imagination since the 1950s when the film version of Superman burst onto a scene now dominated by blockbuster events from Marvel & DC Avengers Iron Man Dark Knight Judge Dredd Hellboy & the Rocketeer all make an appearance in this fully illustrated nostalgia-driven retro history A concise introduction tracks the chronicle of modern popular culture & its manifestations in Comicons fan art & the mass audiences for a once print-only phenomenon ...

A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINISuper Hubs is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system & the powerful personal networks through which it is run at the centre of which sit the Elites
- the Super Hubs Combining an insider's knowledge with principles of network science Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how the financial system really operates Super Hubs reveals what happens at the exclusive invitation-only platforms
- The World Economic Forum in Davos the meetings of the International Monetary Fund think-tank gatherings power lunches charity events & private parties This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite the bank CEOs fund managers billionaire financiers & politicians who through their interlocking relationships & collective influence are transforming the future of our financial system & for better or worse shaping our world

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Welcome back to the HR department of the world’s greatest super team Tim from Finance soon discovers that Super Crises International has been infiltrated by sinister forces & stupidity Lots of stupidity Collecting all four issues of the sequel to the sold-out smash indie hit ...

1 Black Widow 2 Geri 3 Canteen 4 So Strange 5 Too Young for Love 6 A Gjost 7 Free State 8 Bad Weather 9 See It All 10 Do You Feel That ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws but we have cleverer brains If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence then this new superintelligence could become very powerful As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence But we have one advantage we get to make the first move Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics & considerations Read the book & learn about oracles genies singletons; about boxing methods tripwires & mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment & differential technological development; indirect normativity instrumental convergence whole brain emulation & technology couplings; Malthusian economics & dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence & biological cognitive enhancement & collective intelligence This profoundly ambitious & original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain Yet the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition & the future of intelligent life we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws but we have cleverer brains If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence then this new superintelligence could become very powerful As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence But we have one advantage we get to make the first move Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics & considerations Read the book & learn about oracles genies singletons; about boxing methods tripwires & mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment & differential technological development; indirect normativity instrumental convergence whole brain emulation & technology couplings; Malthusian economics & dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence & biological cognitive enhancement & collective intelligence This profoundly ambitious & original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain Yet the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition & the future of intelligent life we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time ...