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Author |
: Tom McLaughlin |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 2015-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408839324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408839326 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Story Machine by : Tom McLaughlin
Elliott is a boy who likes to find things and, one day, he stumbles across a machine. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for – it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. Then, quite by accident, Elliott makes the machine work. The machine makes letters! Elliott thinks it must be a story machine but, sadly, Elliott isn't very good at letters and words. How can he make magical stories without them? But, wait, some of the letters look like pictures. Elliott is good at pictures and, as he discovers, pictures make stories. An inspiring, uplifting picture book about the simple joys of a typewriter in a world of hi-tech machines. Perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers.
Author |
: Tom McLaughlin |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2014-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408839331 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408839334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Story Machine by : Tom McLaughlin
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the saying goes, and this is certainly the case for one little boy called Elliott.
Author |
: Tom McLaughlin |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2015-03-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408839348 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408839342 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Story Machine by : Tom McLaughlin
A captivating story about the magic of story telling—The Story Machine will capture your imagination and your heart!
Author |
: Ryan North |
Publisher |
: Machines of Death LLC |
Total Pages |
: 468 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780982167120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0982167121 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Machine of Death by : Ryan North
MACHINE OF DEATH tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed. Or better yet, simply prepare to be surprised. Because even when people do have perfect knowledge of the future, there's no telling exactly how things will turn out.
Author |
: Max Fisher |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown |
Total Pages |
: 419 |
Release |
: 2022-09-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316703314 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316703311 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Chaos Machine by : Max Fisher
Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism From a New York Times investigative reporter, this “authoritative and devastating account of the impacts of social media” (New York Times Book Review) tracks the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the world. The Chaos Machine is “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein). We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social network preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. As Fisher demonstrates, the companies’ founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. Traversing the planet, Fisher tracks the ubiquity of hate speech and its spillover into violence, ills that first festered in far-off locales, to their dark culmination in America during the pandemic, the 2020 election, and the Capitol Insurrection. Through it all, the social-media giants refused to intervene in any meaningful way, claiming to champion free speech when in fact what they most prized were limitless profits. The result, as Fisher shows, is a cultural shift toward a world in which people are polarized not by beliefs based on facts, but by misinformation, outrage, and fear. His narrative is about more than the villains, however. Fisher also weaves together the stories of the heroic outsiders and Silicon Valley defectors who raised the alarm and revealed what was happening behind the closed doors of Big Tech. Both panoramic and intimate, The Chaos Machine is the definitive account of the meteoric rise and troubled legacy of the tech titans, as well as a rousing and hopeful call to arrest the havoc wreaked on our minds and our world before it’s too late.
Author |
: Natalie Fergie |
Publisher |
: Unbound Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2017-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781911586241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1911586246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sewing Machine by : Natalie Fergie
Over 100,000 copies sold 'A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing' Herald Scotland It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than a hundred years after his grandmother’s sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.
Author |
: Susan Steinberg |
Publisher |
: Graywolf Press |
Total Pages |
: 130 |
Release |
: 2019-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781555978914 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1555978916 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Machine by : Susan Steinberg
A haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning, the first novel by the author of Spectacle Susan Steinberg’s first novel, Machine, is a dazzling and innovative leap forward for a writer whose most recent book, Spectacle, gained her a rapturous following. Machine revolves around a group of teenagers—both locals and wealthy out-of-towners—during a single summer at the shore. Steinberg captures the pressures and demands of this world in a voice that effortlessly slides from collective to singular, as one girl recounts a night on which another girl drowned. Hoping to assuage her guilt and evade a similar fate, she pieces together the details of this tragedy, as well as the breakdown of her own family, and learns that no one, not even she, is blameless. A daring stylist, Steinberg contrasts semicolon-studded sentences with short lines that race down the page. This restless approach gains focus and power through a sharply drawn narrative that ferociously interrogates gender, class, privilege, and the disintegration of identity in the shadow of trauma. Machine is the kind of novel—relentless and bold—that only Susan Steinberg could have written.
Author |
: Dan Gutman |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 2009-10-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442407091 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442407093 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Homework Machine by : Dan Gutman
Doing homework becomes a thing of the past! Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code-named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret. Before long, things start to get out of control, and Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Now the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse!
Author |
: Julia Cook |
Publisher |
: National Center for Youth Issues |
Total Pages |
: 33 |
Release |
: 2012-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781937870898 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1937870898 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wilma Jean the Worry Machine by : Julia Cook
"My stomach feels like it's tied up in a knot. My knees lock up, and my face feels hot. You know what I mean? I'm Wilma Jean, The Worry Machine." Anxiety is a subjective sense of worry, apprehension, and/or fear. It is considered to be the number one health problem in America. Although quite common, anxiety disorders in children are often misdiagnosed and overlooked. Everyone feels fear, worry and apprehension from time to time, but when these feelings prevent a person from doing what he/she wants and/or needs to do, anxiety becomes a disability. This fun and humorous book addresses the problem of anxiety in a way that relates to children of all ages. It offers creative strategies for parents and teachers to use that can lessen the severity of anxiety. The goal of the book is to give children the tools needed to feel more in control of their anxiety. For those worries that are not in anyone's control (i.e. the weather) a worry hat is introduced. A fun read for Wilmas of all ages! Includes a note to parents and educators with tips on dealing with an anxious child.
Author |
: Mark O'Connell |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 221 |
Release |
: 2017-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385540421 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385540426 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis To Be a Machine by : Mark O'Connell
“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies—our capabilities, intelligence, and lifespans—in the hopes that, through technology, we can become something better than ourselves. It has found support among Silicon Valley billionaires and some of the world’s biggest businesses. In To Be a Machine, journalist Mark O'Connell explores the staggering possibilities and moral quandaries that present themselves when you of think of your body as a device. He visits the world's foremost cryonics facility to witness how some have chosen to forestall death. He discovers an underground collective of biohackers, implanting electronics under their skin to enhance their senses. He meets a team of scientists urgently investigating how to protect mankind from artificial superintelligence. Where is our obsession with technology leading us? What does the rise of AI mean not just for our offices and homes, but for our humanity? Could the technologies we create to help us eventually bring us to harm? Addressing these questions, O'Connell presents a profound, provocative, often laugh-out-loud-funny look at an influential movement. In investigating what it means to be a machine, he offers a surprising meditation on what it means to be human.