Andy Dag & Claire have been handed a society priced beyond their means. Twentysomethings brought up with divorce Watergate & Three Mile Island & scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies recession crack & Ronald Reagan they represent the new generation
- Generation X. Fiercely suspicious of being lumped together as an advertiser's target market they have quit dreary careers & cut themselves adrift in the California desert. Unsure of their futures they immerse themselves in a regime of heavy drinking & working in no future Mc Jobs in the service industry. Underemployed overeducated & intensely private & unpredicatable they have nowhere to direct their anger no one to assuage their fears & no culture to replace their anomie. So they tell stories: disturbingly funny tales that reveal their barricaded inner world. A world populated with dead TV shows ' Elvis moments' & semi-disposible Swedish furniture.. .
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Generative design is a revolutionary new method of creating artwork models & animations from sets of rules or algorithms. By using accessible programming languages such as Processing artists & designers are producing extravagant crystalline structures that can from the basis of anything from patterned textiles & typography to lighting scientific diagrams sculptures film & even fantastical buildings. Opening with a gallery of thirty five illustrated case studies Generative Design takes users through specific practical instructions on how to create their own visual experiments by combining simple to use programming codes with basic design principles. A detailed handbook of advanced strategies provides visual artists with all the tools to achieve proficiency. Generative Design is both a source book of inspirational examples of generative design & guidebook on programming with Processing for designers. It covers the foundations of programming

Includes:: important programming codes & showcases projects by leading international practitioners.

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Our fates lie in our genes & not in the stars said James Watson codiscoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project the biosciences have promised miracle cures & radical new ways of understanding who we are. But where is the new world we were promised? In Genes Cells & Brains feminist sociologist Hilary Rose & neuroscientist Steven Rose take on the bioscience industry & its claims. Examining the rivalries between public & private sequencers the establishment of biobanks & the rise of stem cell research they ask why the promised cornucopia of health benefits has failed to emerge. Has bioethics simply become an enterprise? As bodies become increasingly commodified perhaps the failure to deliver on these promises lies in genomics itself. ...

Three & a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlantas Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence & terror. The woman has been hit by a car but naked & brutalised its clear that she has been the prey of a twisted mind. When Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Investigation Team returns to the scene of the accident he stumbles on a torture chamber buried deep beneath the earth. & this hidden house of horror reveals a ghastly truth
- Saras patient is just the first victim of a sick sadistic killer. Wrestling the case away from the local police chief Will & his partner Faith Mitchell find themselves at the centre of a grisly murder hunt. & Sara Will & Faith
- each with their own wounds & their own secrets
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Human (and) nature. Epic journeys to the ends of the earth: Salgado's opus on our planet in its natural state. On a very fortuitous day in 1970 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. When he looked through the viewfinder he had an epiphany: suddenly life made sense. From that day onward
- though it took years of hard work before he had the experience to earn his living as a photographer
- the camera became his tool for interacting with the world. Salgado who always preferred the chiaroscuro palette of black-&-white images " shot very little color in his early career before giving it up completely. Having been raised on a rural farm in Brazil far from civilization & without television Salgado possessed a deep love & respect for nature; he was also particularly sensitive to the ways in which human beings are affected by their often devastating socio-economic conditions. Of the myriad works Salgado has produced in his esteemed career three long-term projects stand out: " Workers" (1993) documenting the vanishing way of life of manual laborers across the world " Migrations" (2000) a tribute to mass migration driven by hunger natural disasters environmental degradation & demographic pressure & this new opus " Genesis" the result of an epic eight-year expedition to rediscover the mountains deserts & oceans the animals & peoples that have so far escaped the imprint of modern society
- the land & life of a still-pristine planet. " Some 46 per cent of the planet is still as it was in the time of genesis " Salgado reminds us. " We must preserve what exists." The Genesis project along with Salgado's Instituto Terra are dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet reversing the damage done to it & preserving it for the future. Over 32 trips
- traveled by foot light aircraft seagoing vessels canoes & even balloons through extreme heat & cold & in sometimes dangerous conditions
- Salgado created a collection of images showing us nature animals & indigenous peoples in such shocking & intense beauty as to take one's breath away. Mastering the monochrome with an extreme deftness to rival the virtuoso Ansel Adams Salgado brings black & white photography to a new dimension; the tonal variations in his works the contrasts of light & dark recall the works of Old Masters such as Rembrandt & Georges de la Tour. On the earth is instilled a glistening textured fabric so intricate in its weave that even the most finite details seem to extend to infinity. What does one discover in " Genesis"? The ancient animal species & volcanoes of the Galapagos; penguins sea lions cormorants & whales of the Antarctic & South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators & jaguars; African lions leopards & elephants; the isolated Zo'e tribe deep in the Amazon jungle; the Stone Age Kurowai people of West Papua; nimadic Dinka cattle farmers in Sudan; Nenet nomads & their reindeer herds in the Arctic Circle; Mentawai jungle communities on islands west of Sumatra; the icebergs of the Antarctic; the volcanoes of Central Africa & the Kamchatka Peninsula; Saharan deserts; the Negro & Jurua rivers in the Amazon; the ravines of the Grand Canyon; the glaciers of Alaska...and beyond. Having gone quite literally in some cases where no man has gone before & having spent so much time energy & passion dedicated to the making of this work Salgado likens " Genesis" to "my love letter to the planet.""




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A gripping high-concept thriller for fans of Dan Brown & Sam Bourne. In the sunburnt deserts of eastern Turkey archaeologists are unearthing a stone temple the worlds most ancient building. When Journalist Rob Luttrell is sent to report on the dig he is intrigued to learn that someone deliberately buried the site 10 000 years ago. Why? Meanwhile in London a bizarre attack is baffling the police. When a weird killing takes place on the Isle of Man followed by another in rural Dorset DC Mark Forrester begins to discern a curious pattern in these apparently random murders. What weaves together these two stories is the Genesis Secret: a revelation so shocking it may threaten the social structure of the world. Only one man knows the secret & he is intent on destroying the evidence before it can be uncovered. Spanning the globe from the ruined castles of Ireland to the desolate wastes of Kurdistan Tom Knoxs intense & compelling thriller weaves together genuine historical evidence scientific insights & Biblical mysteries into an electrifying tale that grips the reader mercilessly from beginning to end. ...

A plain-English guide to genetics Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals & the most recent discoveries. Now with 25 new & revised material Genetics For Dummies 2nd Edition gives you clear & accessible coverage of this rapidly advancing field. From dominant & recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix you get clear explanations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus youll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease develop new products solve crimes.. .and even clone cats. Covers topics in a straightforward & effective manner

Includes:: coverage of stem cell research molecular genetics behavioral genetics genetic engineering & more Explores ethical issues as they pertain to the study of genetics Whether you're currently enrolled in a genetics course or are just looking for a refresher Genetics For Dummies 2nd Edition provides science lovers of all skill levels with easy-to-follow information on this fascinating subject.

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Mafia a secret society & the worlds greatest treasures all converge in James Twinings all new jaw--dropping thriller featuring reformed art thief Tom Kirk It begins with a young man hanging from the Ponte Sant Angelo Rome his pockets weighed down with lead whilst the current of the river below slowly tightens the noose around his neck. Meanwhile in Las Vegas retired art thief Tom Kirk is asked by an old friend to investigate a case involving the theft of a long lost Caravaggio painting. When tragedy strikes Tom is left holding a blood-soaked body. Back in Rome Art Protection Squad officer Allegra Damico has been called to the Parthenon where a second body has been found It begins with a young man hanging from the Ponte Sant Angelo Rome his pockets weighed down with lead whilst the current of the river below slowly tightens the noose around his neck. Meanwhile in Las Vegas retired art thief Tom Kirk is asked by an old friend to investigate a case involving the theft of a long lost Caravaggio painting. When tragedy strikes Tom is left holding a blood-soaked body. Back in Rome police Lieutenant Allegra Damico has been called to the Parthenon where a second body has been found but this time the body is surrounded by mannequins. When a third body is found crucified upside down in the middle of the ancient forum Allegra realises there is a sinister link between the murders. Someone is staging famous Caravaggio paintings. Suspecting the detective leading the case is corrupt Allegra begins her own investigation. Spurred on by grief & the desire to avenge the murder of his friend Tom follows a trail to Rome where he finds Allegra piecing together a similar mystery. Before long they both find themselves submerged in a vast criminal conspiracy involving the police politicians the church & a secret society born of a pact between two Mafia families decades before. ...

Yael Azoulay does the United Nations' dirty work. From the caves of Afghanistan & the slums of Baghdad to the world's corporate boardrooms Yael's job is to broker the secret deals that grease the wheels of superpower diplomacy & big business. When a suspicious death at the UN headquarters in Manhattan is covered up Yael decides that the ends no longer justify the means & she goes rogue. Events quickly spiral out of control as Yael is forced on the run in the streets of New York & Geneva. Hunted by the world's intelligence & law enforcement agencies Yael must ultimately learn that salvation means not just saving other's lives but slaying her own inner demons. A gripping journey through the secret corridors of power. ...

Explore Geneva with ease with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable map will ensure you dont miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street map of central Geneva & a street map of the greater city area * Additional maps of the area surrounding Lake Geneva & the United Nations complex are also included * Ingenious self-folding map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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