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Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power
As the first elected black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland's Carl B. Stokes embodied the transformation of the civil rights movement from a vehicle of protest to one of black political power. In this wide-ranging political biography, Leonard N. Moore examines the convictions and alliances that brought Stokes to power. Impelled by the problems plaguing Cleveland's ghettos in the decades following World War II, Stokes and other Clevelanders questioned how the sit-ins and marches of the civil rights movement could correct the exclusionary zoning practices, police brutality, substandard housing, and de facto school segregation that African Americans in the country's northern urban centers ...
The Technology Trap
From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, Carl Benedikt Frey offers a sweeping account of the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society's members. As the author shows, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating for large swaths of the population.These trends broadly mirror those in our current age of automation. But, just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about extraordinary benefits for society, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to do the same. Benedikt Frey demonstrates that in the midst of another technological revolution, the lessons of the past can help us to more effectively face the present. --From publisher description.
Promises of Power
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On the Trak
On The Trak is a fascinating 8,000 mile pilgrimage across the vast wilderness, cityscape and peoplescape of America written in spontaneous Kerouacian prosody capturing the clackety-clak rhythm of the wheels of the train and the rhythm-words of all the people encountered along the way.
Designing Effective Organizations
This book on organization theory adopts a distinctive stance. In contrast to the traditional rational approach, it develops a transformational perspective which focuses on the organizational world as a projection of each organizational member's consciousness. While covering all the basic topics of organization theory, the author's approach reflects today's changing management paradigms.
The challenge
An abused female adolescent sets out, despite everything, to fulfill all her dreams
Death and Redemption in London & L.A.
Devastated that his wife and writing partner of 25 years left him on the eve of the new millennium, Lionel Rolfe set pen to paper in an attempt to make sense of the dance between men and women. But, as he began writing, a deeper understanding took hold the Grim Reaper stopped by. And not just once, but again and again. The deaths of Carl Kessler, the unrepentant Stalinist and trade union organizer, and Nieson Himmel, a close friend and veteran nighttime police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, hit him hard. But it was the death of Rolfe's uncle, the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin, that turned his life upside down. In the end, the emotional ordeal was a blessing in disguise. After all, without it, the world would not have DEATH AND REDEMPTION IN LONDON & L.A. an engrossing tale of one mans search for redemption in the only place it has ever been found within the soul. Come along with the author as he strives to deal with a life half-lived and dreams perpetually deferred. Youll laugh, youll cry. But most of all, youll see the world through the eyes of a man truly in touch with his sensibilities; a man wholl change your worldview forever.
Dragon Bound
The hidden city of dragons. Arten is a young girl whose body courses with powerful magic. After escaping religious zealots who wanted to burn her alive with the help of a shapeshifting dragon, she finds herself in a new danger from a city full of draconic beasts who covet her power for their own. Stekin was once the lord of all dragons, but he returns to find his city in shambles and danger lurking around every corner. The haven he once sought to protect is falling apart, and only with the help of his young human ward can he hope to pull it back together. Even as their enemies close in on them, Arten is faced with an even greater peril. If she cannot learn to tame the power within her, she’ll flare out and die. But even if she succeeds, how will she escape a lifetime in thrall to some brutish dragon that awaits her? Dragon Bound is a nail-biting fantasy adventure full of dragons, magic, and the iron will of one small girl who will not be held down. Buy it today to prevent your own inner magic from flaring!
The Death of the Gods
**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019** THE OLD GODS ARE DYING. Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. The Death of the Gods is an exploration of power in the digital age, and a journey in search of the new centres of control. From a cyber-crime raid in British suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller traces how power is being transformed, fought over, lost and won. ‘A timely and incisive book that grapples with some of the most significant issues of our time.’ Wired 'Uncovers the fascinating and often hidden characters that are changing the world. Essential reading.' Jamie Bartlett, author of The People vs Tech ‘A magisterial guide to the impact of the digital revolution on our institutions and our lives.’ Anthony Giddens
Dragon Waking
In Dragon Sleeping, bestselling author Craig Shaw Gardner began an unforgettable adventure that stretched from the everyday reality of 1967 to stunning vistas beyond the imagination where a mighty dragon slept, and two warring brothers struggled to control it. Now, the spellbinding saga of The Dragon Circle continues, Craig Shaw Gardner’s most ambitious and stunning work to date. The people of Chestnut Circle know what it means to fight. The wizard brothers, Nunn and Obar, have brought them from their quiet suburban homes into a world of magnificent magic and devastating war. Now, with loyalties formed and friendships shattered, neighbors battle neighbors. And seventeen-year-old Nick Blake...
