Which is worse for society--Bud Miller, an incorrigible post-9/11 bacchanalian, or a coven of upper-level CIA psychopaths? Discover the ongoing machinations of covert torture, murder, and disinformation--"business as usual" operations--within an oblivious society of sheep ripe for the shearing. Local bigots of all stripes are seduced, indoctrinated, and recruited dirt-cheap into "Neighborhood Watch" gang-stalking networks. They are ordered to traumatize, ostracize, and corral a designated target, as their military masters roll up modernized electronic methods of No-Touch torture to round out the slow and calculated process of their target's ultimate destruction. Bud Miller is the CIA's unwitting poster boy. An antihero for the ages, it seems like everything he does makes it his own fault that he's a nonconsensual recipient of Organized Stalking and Electronic Torture. But there's more to that story. And guess what? It's classified! Without him they would have no better angle to convince the government that conducting "similar research" upon tens of thousands of other innocent, law-abiding citizens will justify the ongoing unregulated corruption of the USA's intelligence agencies by elite, unimpeachable psychopaths. So they've got to handle this one just right.

Surveys the online social habits of American teens and analyzes the role technology and social media plays in their lives, examining common misconceptions about such topics as identity, privacy, danger, and bullying.

A Networked Self examines self presentation and social connection in the digital age. This collection brings together new work on online social networks by leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. The volume is structured around the core themes of identity, community, and culture—the central themes of social network sites. Contributors address theory, research, and practical implications of the many aspects of online social networks.

Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the United States and Europe, Coding Freedom details the ethics behind hackers' devotion to F/OSS, the social codes that guide its production, and the political struggles through which hackers question the scope and direction of copyright and patent law. In telling the story of the F/OSS movement, the book unfolds a broader narrative involving computing, the politics of access, and intellectual property. E. Gabriella Coleman tracks the ways in which hackers collaborate and examines passionate manifestos, hacker humor, free software project governance, and festive hacker conferences. Looking at the ways that hackers sustain their productive freedom, Coleman shows that these activists, driven by a commitment to their work, reformulate key ideals including free speech, transparency, and meritocracy, and refuse restrictive intellectual protections. Coleman demonstrates how hacking, so often marginalized or misunderstood, sheds light on the continuing relevance of liberalism in online collaboration.

Heart surgeon Miller presents his personal reflections on the nature of life, addressing the subjects of sex, self-interest, God, Schopenhauer, music, compassion, life as a heart surgeon, and the finality of death.

Explores the influence of youth culture on transforming mainstream society through innovative cooperative venues and modern "do-it-yourself" values, in a report that reveals what can be learned through the indirect social experiments being performed by today's young artists and entrepreneurs. Reprint.

Asserting that hip hop culture has become another locus of postmodernity, Osumare explores the intricacies of this phenomenon from the beginning of the Twenty-First century, tracing the aesthetic and socio-political path of the currency of hip hop across the globe.

Presents an analysis of social media, discussing how a technology which was once heralded as democratic, has evolved into one which promotes elitism and inequality and provides companies with the means of invading privacy in search of profits.

Written by one of the world's leading authorities and hailed by American Brewer as "brilliant" and "by a wide margin the best reference now available," Beer offers an amusing and informative account of the art and science of brewing, examining the history of brewing and how the brewing process has evolved through the ages. The third edition features more information concerning the history of beer especially in the United States; British, Japanese, and Egyptian beer; beer in the context of health and nutrition; and the various styles of beer. Author Charles Bamforth has also added detailed sidebars on prohibition, Sierra Nevada, life as a maltster, hopgrowing in the Northwestern U.S., and how cans and bottle are made. Finally, the book includes new sections on beer in relation to food, contrasting attitudes towards beer in Europe and America, how beer is marketed, distributed, and retailed in the US, and modern ways of dealing with yeast.