100 DAYS OF POETRY from steemit school poetry 100 day challenge, March 7, 2018 - June 14, 2018

100 DAYS OF POETRY from steemit school poetry 100 day challenge, March 7, 2018 - June 14, 2018
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Publisher : Pimedia
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9786239757328
ISBN-13 : 6239757322
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis 100 DAYS OF POETRY from steemit school poetry 100 day challenge, March 7, 2018 - June 14, 2018 by : Ikhwanul Halim

There are too many words we say and written, only a few which are true and meaningful. We read and speak too much but we write and listen too little. As we read and talk about how beautiful those poems, not all could write good poems and not even understand it's meaning. I am so grateful to meet special person, Ikhwanul Halim, whose not only could write beautiful poems, but I believe that all his words is true, truly sincere. He can write different of prose with different methods of poems. To be able to write 100 days of poems was not as easy as we thought. He succeed conquer himself to be that consistent to write thoughtful poems with incredible choice of words. I witnessed the process of his journey writing 100 poems, everyday. I enjoyed those days and it's result. I even wondering what would this world could be if all could write as beautiful as he did. Mariska Lubis

Royals

Royals
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Publisher : Scholastic UK
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781407191560
ISBN-13 : 140719156X
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Royals by : Rachel Hawkins

PRINCESS DIARIES MEETS MADE IN CHELSEA Daisy Winters, average sixteen-year-old, has no desire to live in the spotlight - but it's not up to you when your perfect older sister is engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. The crown - and the intriguing Miles - might be trying to make Daisy into a lady, but she may have to rewrite the royal rulebook.

New Libraries in Old Buildings

New Libraries in Old Buildings
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 574
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ISBN-10 : 9783110679724
ISBN-13 : 3110679728
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis New Libraries in Old Buildings by : Petra Hauke

This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability concerning the architecture and interior design.

The Madonna of Excelsior

The Madonna of Excelsior
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9780374708238
ISBN-13 : 0374708231
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Madonna of Excelsior by : Zakes Mda

A new novel by a towering presence in contemporary South African literature In 1971, nineteen citizens of Excelsior in South Africa's white-ruled Free State were charged with breaking apartheid's Immorality Act, which forbade sex between blacks and whites. Taking this case as raw material for his alchemic imagination, Zakes Mda tells the story of a family at the heart of the scandal -and of a country in which apartheid concealed interracial liaisons of every kind. Niki, the fallen madonna, transgresses boundaries for the sake of love; her choices have repercussions in the lives of her black son and mixed-race daughter, who come of age in post-apartheid South Africa, where freedom prompts them to reexamine their country's troubled history at first hand. By turns earthy, witty, and tragic, The Madonna of Excelsior is a brilliant depiction of life in South Africa and of the dramatic changes between the 1970s and the present.

Radical Technologies

Radical Technologies
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9781784780463
ISBN-13 : 1784780464
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Technologies by : Adam Greenfield

A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate the Silicon Valley consensus determining the future. We already depend on the smartphone to navigate every aspect of our existence. We’re told that innovations—from augmented-reality interfaces and virtual assistants to autonomous delivery drones and self-driving cars—will make life easier, more convenient and more productive. 3D printing promises unprecedented control over the form and distribution of matter, while the blockchain stands to revolutionize everything from the recording and exchange of value to the way we organize the mundane realities of the day to day. And, all the while, fiendishly complex algorithms are operating quietly in the background, reshaping the economy, transforming the fundamental terms of our politics and even redefining what it means to be human. Having successfully colonized everyday life, these radical technologies are now conditioning the choices available to us in the years to come. How do they work? What challenges do they present to us, as individuals and societies? Who benefits from their adoption? In answering these questions, Greenfield’s timely guide clarifies the scale and nature of the crisis we now confront —and offers ways to reclaim our stake in the future.

Exemplar Schools

Exemplar Schools
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 94
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ISBN-10 : 0646509942
ISBN-13 : 9780646509945
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Exemplar Schools by : Bernard Holkner

The Little Virtues

The Little Virtues
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 129
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ISBN-10 : 9781628729023
ISBN-13 : 1628729023
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Little Virtues by : Natalia Ginzburg

In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes of the loss of a friend, Cesare Pavese; or what is inexpugnable of World War II; or the Abruzzi, where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule; or the importance of silence in our society; or her vocation as a writer; or even a pair of worn-out shoes, Ginzburg brings to her reflections the wisdom of a survivor and the spare, wry, and poetically resonant style her readers have come to recognize. "A glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . Ginzburg's magic is the utter simplicity of her prose, suddenly illuminated by one word that makes a lightning streak of a plain phrase. . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.' — The New York Times Book Review

Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain

Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0993248748
ISBN-13 : 9780993248740
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain by : Ruth Catlow

Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain is the first book of its kind, intersecting artistic, speculative, conceptual and technical engagements with the the technology heralded as 2the new internet3. The book features a range of newly commissioned essays, fictions, illustration and art documentation exploring what the blockchain should and could mean for our collective futures. Imagined as a future-artefact of a time before the blockchain changed the world, and a protocol by which a community of thinkers can transform what that future might be, Artists Re:Thinking The Blockchain acts as a gathering and focusing of contemporary ideas surrounding this still largely mythical technology. The full colour printed first edition includes DOCUMENTATION of artistic projects engaged in the blockchain, including key works Plantoid, Terra0 and Bittercoin, THEORISATION of key areas in the global blockchain conversation by writers such as Hito Steyerl, Rachel O'Dwyer, Rob Myers, Ben Vickers and Holly Herndon, and NEW POETRY, ILLUSTRATION and SPECULATIVE FICTION by Theodorios Chiotis, Cecilia Wee, Juhee Hahm and many more. It is edited by Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Nathan Jones and Sam Skinner. Along with a print edition, Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain includes a web-based project in partnership with Design Informatics at University of Edinburgh: Finbook is an interface where readers and bots can trade on the value of chapters included in the book. As such it imagines a new regime for cultural value under blockchain conditions. This book and surrounding events is produced in collaboration between Torque and Furtherfield, connecting Furtherfield's Art Data Money project with Torque's experimental publishing programme. It is supported by an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology and through the State Machines project by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

Comic Poems

Comic Poems
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105010246309
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Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Comic Poems by : Thomas Hood

Escape from Model Land

Escape from Model Land
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781541600997
ISBN-13 : 1541600991
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Escape from Model Land by : Erica Thompson

Why mathematical models are so often wrong, and how we can make better decisions by accepting their limits Whether we are worried about the spread of COVID-19 or making a corporate budget, we depend on mathematical models to help us understand the world around us every day. But models aren’t a mirror of reality. In fact, they are fantasies, where everything works out perfectly, every time. And relying on them too heavily can hurt us. In Escape from Model Land, statistician Erica Thompson illuminates the hidden dangers of models. She demonstrates how models reflect the biases, perspectives, and expectations of their creators. Thompson shows us why understanding the limits of models is vital to using them well. A deeper meditation on the role of mathematics, this is an essential book for helping us avoid either confusing the map with the territory or throwing away the map completely, instead pointing to more nuanced ways to Escape from Model Land.