Online Political Hate Speech in Europe

Online Political Hate Speech in Europe
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781788113663
ISBN-13 : 1788113667
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Online Political Hate Speech in Europe by : Giovanni Ziccardi

Thought-provoking and timely, this book addresses the increasingly widespread issue of online political hatred in Europe. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it examines both the contributions of new technologies, in particular social networks, to the rise of this phenomenon, and the legal and political contexts in which it is taking place. Giovanni Ziccardi also evaluates possible remedies for the situation, including both legal and technological solutions, and outlines the potential for a unified European framework to counter the spread of hatred online.

Reaching Discontent

Reaching Discontent
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Publisher : Mirador Publishing
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9780956711144
ISBN-13 : 0956711146
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Reaching Discontent by : Hagler

The line between right and wrong is often blurred in post apartheid Cape Town. Like the country he holds dear, former boxer and now English teacher Iron, is struggling to come to terms with a violent past. When students at the private school in which he teaches become involved in drugs, Iron is plunged headlong into a sequence of events that will change his life, and might just end it. Iron is no stranger to hard choices and the lessons of the struggle for freedom have tempered him. The reappearance of the shadowy Minister; a figure from his past, forces Iron to call on the help of his friend Heed to keep his loved ones safe. Corrupt police, psychotic drug dealers and gang leaders all want Iron consigned to an early grave. But he is not called 'Iron' for nothing. As the violence escalates he attracts the attention of Detective Walker an enigmatic man who might help Iron, or arrest him.

The Splinters of Our Discontent

The Splinters of Our Discontent
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Publisher : Zenger Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 1939888751
ISBN-13 : 9781939888754
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Splinters of Our Discontent by : Mike Godwin

The legal and social choices we have to make right now will determine our future, which is why we have to recognize what aspects of social media and big tech platforms like Google and WhatsApp need to be fixed... and what needs to be saved. Author Mike Godwin gives you the answers you need--the decisions before us aren't always easy, but we can all take the right path by understanding the technologies, our own history with mass media, and the people using both to their advantage. No matter what, it's all coming fast. This book will make you ready for what lies ahead.

In the Shadow of Denali

In the Shadow of Denali
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781461745785
ISBN-13 : 1461745780
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of Denali by : Jonathan Waterman

A classic in the genre of mountain literature—with a new preface by the author Rising more than 20,000 feet into the Alaskan sky is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. In this collection of exhilarating and stunning narratives, Jonathan Waterman paints a startlingly intimate portrait of the white leviathan and brings to vivid life men and women whose fates have entwined on its sheer icy peak.

Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
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Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9780385669269
ISBN-13 : 0385669267
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Memoirs of an Addicted Brain by : Marc Lewis

A gripping, ultimately triumphant memoir that's also the most comprehensive and comprehensible study of the neuroscience of addiction written for the general public. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: "We are prone to a cycle of craving what we don't have, finding it, using it up or losing it, and then craving it all the more. This cycle is at the root of all addictions, addictions to drugs, sex, love, cigarettes, soap operas, wealth, and wisdom itself. But why should this be so? Why are we desperate for what we don't have, or can't have, often at great cost to what we do have, thereby risking our peace and contentment, our safety, and even our lives?" The answer, says Dr. Marc Lewis, lies in the structure and function of the human brain. Marc Lewis is a distinguished neuroscientist. And, for many years, he was a drug addict himself, dependent on a series of dangerous substances, from LSD to heroin. His narrative moves back and forth between the often dark, compellingly recounted story of his relationship with drugs and a revelatory analysis of what was going on in his brain. He shows how drugs speak to the brain - which is designed to seek rewards and soothe pain - in its own language. He shows in detail the neural mechanics of a variety of powerful drugs and of the onset of addiction, itself a distortion of normal perception. Dr. Lewis freed himself from addiction and ended up studying it. At the age of 30 he traded in his pharmaceutical supplies for the life of a graduate student, eventually becoming a professor of developmental psychology, and then of neuroscience - his field for the last 12 years. This is the story of his journey, seen from the inside out.

The Communal Gadfly

The Communal Gadfly
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Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105124105904
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Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Communal Gadfly by : Geoffrey Alderman

This anthology brings together more than 100 of Alderman's "Jewish Chronicle" op-eds on subjects as diverse as Jewish Orthodoxy, Ultra-Orthodoxy, Non-Orthodoxy, Islamic Judeophobia, Islamophobia, and Jewish approaches to politics and sex.

Trashcans In Love

Trashcans In Love
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 84
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ISBN-10 : 9781365500916
ISBN-13 : 1365500918
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Trashcans In Love by : CL Bledsoe

The poems in CL Bledsoe's fifth collection are at turns funny and tragic, self-deprecating and deeply personal, as readers have come to expect from the author of the autobiographical collection Riceland. In Trashcans In Love, Bledsoe continues to write about the Arkansas Delta of his youth, where "we were...all looking for a place/to stick our hearts for safe-keeping" while "the boarded-over windows/of our mothers' eyes watched from graves half dug/but not full yet." Ultimately, "we aren't looking/ for tomorrow, only an eternal today."

Splinters in Your Eye

Splinters in Your Eye
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781788736039
ISBN-13 : 1788736036
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Splinters in Your Eye by : Martin Jay

Assessing the legacy of the Frankfurt School in the twenty-first century Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt Critical Theory to new circumstances, the work done by its founding members continues in the 21st century to unsettle conventional wisdom about culture, society and politics. Exploring unexamined episodes in the School's history and reading its work in unexpected ways, these essays provide ample evidence of the abiding relevance of Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Löwenthal, and Kracauer in our troubled times. Without forcing a unified argument, they range over a wide variety of topics, from the uncertain founding of the School to its mixed reception of psychoanalysis, from Benjamin's ruminations on stamp collecting to the ironies in the reception of Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man, from Löwenthal's role in Weimar's Jewish Renaissance to Horkheimer's involvement in the writing of the first history of the Frankfurt School. Of special note are their responses to visual issues such as the emancipation of color in modern art, the Jewish prohibition on images, the relationship between cinema and the public sphere, and the implications of a celebrated Family of Man photographic exhibition. The collection ends with two essays tracing the still metastasizing demonization of the Frankfurt School by the so-called Alt Right as the source of "cultural Marxism" and "political correctness," which has gained alarming international resonance and led to violence by radical right-wing fanatics.

The Hardware Startup

The Hardware Startup
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Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781491907108
ISBN-13 : 149190710X
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hardware Startup by : Renee DiResta

Thanks to the decreasing cost of prototyping, it's more feasible for professional makers and first-time entrepreneurs to launch a hardware startup. But exactly how do you go about it? This book provides the roadmap and best practices you need for turning a product idea into a full-fledged business. Written by three experts from the field, The Hardware Startup takes you from idea validation to launch, complete with practical strategies for funding, market research, branding, prototyping, manufacturing, and distribution. Two dozen case studies of real-world startups illustrate possible successes and failures at every stage of the process. Validate your idea by learning the needs of potential users Develop branding, marketing, and sales strategies early on Form relationships with the right investment partners Prototype early and often to ensure you're on the right path Understand processes and pitfalls of manufacturing at scale Jumpstart your business with the help of an accelerator Learn strategies for pricing, marketing, and distribution Be aware of the legal issues your new company may face

The Black Book

The Black Book
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781453261507
ISBN-13 : 1453261508
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Black Book by : Lawrence Durrell

“The first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction.” —T. S. Eliot As over-the-top as it is inventive, Durrell’s breakthrough novel is a series of sordid vignettes drawn from the lives of decadent artists, doomed bohemians, and continental rascals inhabiting a shabby London hotel, narrated in turns by the unforgettable Lawrence Lucifer and Gregory Death. Together, these characters seek to escape the absurdity of a Europe haunted by devastating war, yet beginning to pitch toward another apocalypse. First published in 1938, and influenced by Henry Miller and the sincere pranksterism of the surrealist movement, The Black Book marks the emergence of one of the most revolutionary voices in twentieth-century English literature. This ebook contains a new introduction by DBC Pierre.