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Civilization Edward Carpenter · 1889 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Preface to complete edition.--Civilisation: its cause and cure.--Modern science: a criticism.--The science of the future: a forecast.--Defence of criminals: a criticism of morality.--Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin.--Custom.--A rational and humane science.--The new morality.--Appendix--being notes on some of the characteristics and customs of pre-civilised peoples. Shares: Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

Horizons of Anthropology Sol Tax · 1964 · ★ 3.6 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The scientific study of human evolution and culture is about a hundred years old. This volume surveys its achievements and methods. Originally published more than forty years ago, the volume's contributors include people who have shaped anthropology's future. As Gluckman says in his Preface, the contributions "point to the horizons of increasing understanding of man, his evolution and his social… Shares: Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell · 1949 · ★ 3.9 · 101p · ≈ 3h · Challenging From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority & the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority & human freedom. With characteristic clarity & deep understanding, he explores the formation & purpose of society, education, moral evolution & social, economical & intellectual progress. First of the… Shares: Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

Artificial knowing Alison Adam · 1997 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "In Artificial Knowing, Alison Adam boldly challenges the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world which prescribes the masculine as the norm and excludes other knowers and knowledge, specifically women. Adam fills a large gap in science and technology studies by showing us how gender is inscribed in AI-based computer systems." "By locating feminist theory in relation to science and… Shares: Cultural Policy, Public Policy, Anthropology, Social aspects

Poison Island Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1907 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging My name is Harry Brooks, and my age on this remembered evening was fourteen and something over. My father, Major James Brooks, late of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment, had married twice, and at the time of his retirement from active service was for the second time a widower. Blindness—contracted by exposure and long marches over the snows of Galicia—had put an end to a career by no means… Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

Hovels to Highrise Anne Power · 1993 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. Shares: Social Science, Political science

And the Band Played on Randy Shilts · 1987 · ★ 4.5 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate The blueprint of 20th century investigative journalism. Tracing the course of HIV/AIDS through society; from its earliest as then unknown incarnation, to the height of this 1980s hysteria – the death of Rock Hudson: Shilts's book should be in every High School's final academic examinations coursework reading list, as a compulsory item. An unregrettable read. Shares: Public Policy, Social aspects

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Receiving a letter from a friend asking her how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist, Adichie responded with fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Her suggestions ranged from options for non-stereotyped toy options, to debunking myths that women are somehow biologically programmed to be in the kitchen instead of having a career. Adichie's… Shares: Social Science, Social aspects, Political science

Management information systems James A. O'Brien · 1990 · ★ 4.8 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Note on front cover- "This International Student Edition is for use outside of the U.S." Attached to inside back cover is one "MISource 2007" CD from "Triad Interactive" stating requirements as Windows 98, 2000, or XP. Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

The New Hacker's Dictionary Eric S. Raymond · 1991 · 508p · ≈ 16h · Moderate The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 is a living lexicon of hacker speech, folklore, technical wit, and communal memory. More than a glossary, it records idioms, jokes, origin stories, programming habits, and ethical assumptions from the early networked computing world. Its style is brisk, playful, self-referential, and philologically alert, combining dictionary precision with anecdotal… Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism Edmund Ronald Leach · 1967 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Designed to provoke controversy, the papers in this volume concentrate on two main themes: the study of myth and totemism. Starting with an English translation of La Geste d'Asdiwal, which is widely considered to be the most brilliant of all of Lévi-Strauss's shorter expositions of his technique of myth analysis, the volume also contains criticism of this essay. The second part of the volume… Shares: Anthropology, Social Science

Turned On Kate Devlin · 2018 · ★ 3.6 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "'Illuminating, witty and written with a wide open mind' Sunday Times The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. From the myth of Laodamia in Ancient Greece to twenty-first century shows such as Westworld , robots in human form have captured our imagination, our hopes and our fears. But beyond the fantasies there are real and fundamental questions about… Shares: Social Science, Social aspects

Business Information Systems Witold Abramowicz · 2007 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2013, held in Poznań, Poland, in June 2013. The theme of this year's conference was "Business Applications on the Move," reflecting the growing usage of mobile devices in business applications and its repercussions on business processes and information management. The 18 revised… Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

The Corrosion of Character Richard Sennett · 2000 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect everyday life—how the work ethic is changing; how new beliefs about merit and talent displace old values of craftsmanship and achievement; how… Shares: Capitalism, Social aspects

The Attention Merchants Tim Wu · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "From Tim Wu, author of award-winning The Master Switch, and who coined the phrase "net neutrality"--a revelatory look at the rise of "attention harvesting," and its transformative effect on our society and our selves"-- Shares: Consumer behavior, Social Science

Introduction to information systems James A. O'Brien · 1993 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Introduction to Science is the Earth and Life Science book targeted towards 4th-7th grades that redefines the educational eBook. Introduction to Science features simplified concepts of complex material, full audio narration using professional voice actors; all while being loaded with images, video, interactive diagrams, auto-graded quizzes, galleries, and even live web content. The eBook can… Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

Deployment Guide Series IBM Redbooks · 2005 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate As we all know, large ocean going ships never collide with icebergs. However, occasionally life deals out some unexpected pleasures for us to cope with. Surviving any disaster in life is usually a lot easier if you have prepared adequately by taking into account the likely problems, solutions, and their implementation.In this IBM Redbooks publication, we limit ourselves to those situations in… Shares: Information Technology, Data Processing

How to Do Nothing Jenny Odell · 2019 · ★ 3.7 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can… Shares: Information Technology, Social aspects

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