Goodreads Lanka
Goodreads Lanka buys and sells rights to publishers throughout the world. We ensure that Sri Lankan readers have access to the best literature in their own language.
View Rights PortalYour Search Results
-
-
Goodwill Rights Management
GRMC works with like-minded publishers to promote timeless resources for theological inspiration and elevation in the global Christian market.
View Rights Portal
-
Promoted Content
Business, Economics & LawMarch 2024Markets and power in digital capitalism
by Philipp Staab
Today's global capitalism runs through digital networks. Its leaders are internet giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon and Tencent. Their technologies are ubiquitous: we carry high-performance computers around in our pockets, manage our lives in the cloud and display them on social media. They have also literally privatised the market, transforming capitalism in the process. Philipp Staab takes us on a virtual tour of modern digital capitalism. He shows how digital surveillance and evaluation practices have proliferated throughout the economy, exacerbating social inequality in the process. What is specific to digital capitalism, Staab argues, is the emergence of 'proprietary markets'. In the past the focus was on producing things and selling them at a profit. Today the meta-platforms extract their profits by owning the market itself.
-
Promoted Content
-
Trusted Partner
-
Trusted Partner
QUESTION THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN
Out of the Box Questions for Spiritual Rebels
by OUASSIMA TOUAHRIA
Are you a truth seeker and spiritual rebel who believes you can change your vision about yourself and the world you live in? Then this book is for you. Get ready for a journey that will make you question your beliefs and see the world through new glasses. Get your own answers from the depth of your own being, not Google or teachers. This book is not about having the Good Answers but about getting the Right Questions.
-
Trusted Partner
October 2019Digitaler Kapitalismus
Markt und Herrschaft in der Ökonomie der Unknappheit
by Philipp Staab
Beherrschten vor 20 Jahren noch Industriekonglomerate, Energiekonzerne und Banken die Rangliste der wertvollsten Unternehmen, wurden diese längst von Internetgiganten wie Google, Apple, Amazon und Tencent abgelöst. Digitale Technik ist allgegenwärtig: Wir tragen Hochleistungsrechner in unseren Taschen herum, Waschmaschinen können sich mit dem Internet verbinden. Doch erschöpft sich darin das Neue am digitalen Kapitalismus? Philipp Staab beleuchtet den digitalen Kapitalismus aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, um ihn präziser auf den Begriff zu bringen. Er zeigt, wie digitale Überwachungs- und Bewertungspraktiken in immer mehr Bereiche der Wirtschaft vordringen und dabei die soziale Ungleichheit verschärfen. Das Spezifische am digitalen Kapitalismus, so Staab, ist die Herausbildung »proprietärer Märkte«: Kam es früher darauf an, Dinge herzustellen und mit Gewinn zu verkaufen, geht es im Zeitalter der Unknappheit um das Eigentum an den Märkten selbst.
-
Trusted Partner
May 2015Technologischer Totalitarismus
Eine Debatte
by Frank Schirrmacher
Die Digitalisierung aller Lebensbereiche verändert unsere Gesellschaften ähnlich radikal wie die industrielle Revolution vor 200 Jahren: Internet-Konzerne sichern sich die Kontrolle über ganze Branchen; Spähprogramme stellen das Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung infrage. Und wenn Google-Chef Eric Schmidt schreibt, das Unternehmen wisse, wo wir sind, und könne mehr oder weniger sagen, was wir gerade denken, werden endgültig die düstersten Voraussagen der Science-Fiction Realität. Angesichts dieser historischen Herausforderung ergriff Martin Schulz, der Präsident des Europäischen Parlaments, im Februar 2014 mit einem kämpferischen Appell in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung das Wort. An der von Schulz angestoßenen Diskussion beteiligten sich seither zahlreiche prominente Persönlichkeiten aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik. Der Band enthält die Beiträge dieser längst überfälligen Debatte. Mit Texten von Mathias Döpfner, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Sigmar Gabriel, Sascha Lobo, Evgeny Morozov, Frank Schirrmacher, Eric Schmidt, Juli Zeh und vielen anderen.
-
Trusted Partner
Geography & the EnvironmentJune 2018Time for mapping
Cartographic temporalities
by Sybille Lammes, Chris Perkins, Alex Gekker, Sam Hind, Clancy Wilmott, Daniel Evans
Maps take place in time as well as representing space. The Google map on your smartphone appears to fix the world, serving as a practical spatial tool, but in practice is deployed in ways that draw attention to memories, rhythm, synchronicity, sequence and duration. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on how these temporal aspects of mapping might be understood, at a time when mapping technologies have been profoundly changed by digital developments. It contrasts different aspects of this temporality, bringing together experts from critical cartography, media studies and science and technology studies. Together the chapters offer a unique interdisciplinary focus revealing the complex and social ways in which time in wrapped up with digital technologies and revealed in everyday mapping tasks: from navigating across cities, to serving as scientific groundings for news stories; from managing smart cities, to visual art practice. It brings time back into the map!
-
Trusted Partner
Gardens (descriptions, history etc)February 2017The factory in a garden
A history of corporate landscapes from the industrial to the digital age
by Helena Chance. Series edited by Christopher Breward
When we think about Victorian factories, 'Dark Satanic Mills' might spring to mind - images of blackened buildings and exhausted, exploited workers struggling in unhealthy and ungodly conditions. But for some employees this image was far from the truth, and this is the subject of 'The Factory in a Garden' which traces the history of a factory gardens movement from its late-eighteenth century beginnings in Britain to its twenty-first century equivalent in Google's vegetable gardens at their headquarters in California. The book is the first study of its kind examining the development of parks, gardens, and outdoor leisure facilities for factories in Britain and America as a model for the reshaping of the corporate environment in the twenty-first century. This is also the first book to give a comprehensive account of the contribution of gardens, gardening and recreation to the history of responsible capitalism and ethical working practices.
-
Trusted Partner
October 2017Das »Recht auf Vergessenwerden« im Internet nach dem »Google-Urteil« des EuGH.
Begleitung eines offenen Prozesses.
by Weismantel, Jan
-
Trusted Partner
March 2009Suchmaschinen.
Die Welt als Datenbank
by David Gugerli
Plötzlich diese Übersicht. Milliarden von Seiten, in Sekundenbruchteilen durchsucht, als Trefferliste sauber angezeigt, mit der größten Selbstverständlichkeit sortiert nach Rang und Namen. Google bestimmt die Routinen des Alltags und ist dennoch nicht die Suchmaschine schlechthin. Auch außerhalb des World Wide Web gibt es zahllose, technisch hochgerüstete Prozeduren des Suchens. Die gegenwärtige Selbstverständlichkeit der einen Suchmaschine läßt leicht übersehen, daß Suchmaschinen einen Interessenkonflikt induzieren zwischen jenen, die sie einsetzen wollen, und jenen, auf die sie angesetzt werden. Ihr prekärer Status im Spannungsfeld zwischen Übersicht und Überwachung wird verdrängt. Anhand von vier Fallstudien zeigt David Gugerli die Entwicklung der Suchmaschine auf, von den frühen Fernseh-Ratespielen, von Robert Lembkes Unterhaltungsshow »Was bin ich?«, über Eduard Zimmermanns Fahndungssendung »Aktenzeichen XY« und Horst Herolds »Kybernetik der Polizei« bis zu der von Ted Codd ausgehenden Entwicklung der relationalen Datenbank. Während Lembke auf die Feststellung von Normalität ausgerichtet war, suchte Zimmermann die Devianz, Herold die Muster und Codd die allgemeingültige Such- und Abfragesprache für in Form gebrachte Wissensbestände, die man seit Mitte der sechziger Jahre Datenbanken nennt. »Die Geschichte der Suchmaschine ist eine eminent politische. Mit Suchmaschinen lassen sich Hoffnungen auf Fundamentaldemokratisierung und informationelle Emanzipation ebenso verbinden wie Horrorvisionen eines Orwellschen Überwachungsstaats, der über ein technokratisches Wissensmonopol verfügt.«
-
Trusted Partner
June 2020Read classics, learn to imagine
by Xiao Yuehong
Google 翻译 "Reading Masterpieces, Learning Writing" series, this series selects the extracurricular reading books specified by the new curriculum standard, through the guidance of famous teachers to guide the intensive reading, understand the outline of the masterpiece, select the fragments of the masterpiece that students are interested in, train the writing skills in the masterpiece study, and learn the masterpiece in "Reading Masterpieces, Learning Writing" series, this series selects the extracurricular reading books specified by the new curriculum standard, through the guidance of famous teachers to guide the intensive reading, understand the outline of the masterpiece, select the fragments of the masterpiece that students are interested in, train the writing skills in the masterpiece study, and learn the masterpiece in "Reading Masterpieces, Learning Writing" series, this series selects the extracurricular reading books specified by the new curriculum standard, through the guidance of famous teachers to guide the intensive reading, understand the outline of the masterpiece, select the fragments of the masterpiece that students are interested in, train the writing skills in the masterpiece study, and learn the masterpiece in "Read classics, learn Writing" series, this series select new curriculum standards specified in extracurricular reading books, through intensive teacher guidance to understand the classic outline, select segments of interest classics high school students, learning in training in the classics writing skills, learning the classics "Read classics, learn Writing" series, this series select new curriculum standards specified in extracurricular reading books, through intensive teacher guidance to understand the classic outline, select segments of interest classics high school students, learning in training in the classics writing skills, learning the classics 无法加载全部结果 重试 正在重试… 正在重试… Conception, material selection, writing, expression skills and language style, etc. will help students improve their writing skills. Conception, material selection, writing, expression skills and language style, etc. will help students improve their writing skills. Conception, material selection, writing, expression skills and language style, etc. will help students improve their writing skills. concept, material selection, drafting, presentation skills and language style, and methods to help students improve their writing level. concept, material selection, drafting, presentation skills and language style, and methods to help students improve their writing level. 无法加载全部结果 重试 正在重试… 正在重试… After each chapter of this series, it is planned to have a live webcast of high-quality lecturers with a QR code attached to the book, so that the vivid classroom will be presented to the readers in the form of audio and video. After each chapter of this series, it is planned to have a live webcast of high-quality lecturers with a QR code attached to the book, so that the vivid classroom will be presented to the readers in the form of audio and video. After each chapter of this series, it is planned to have a live webcast of high-quality lecturers with a QR code attached to the book, so that the vivid classroom will be presented to the readers in the form of audio and video. This series intends at the end of each chapter, there will be webcast quality of instructors after teaching two-dimensional code in the form attached to books, so vivid to the reader classroom with audio-visual form. This series intends at the end of each chapter, there will be webcast quality of instructors after teaching two-dimensional code in the form attached to books, so vivid to the reader classroom with audio-visual form. 无法加载全部结果 重试 正在重试… 正在重试… 无法加载全部结果 重试 正在重试… 正在重试… This book selects five extracurricular books, one extracurricular book is a chapter, and each chapter is divided into five parts: "Guide to Masterpieces", "Wonderful Appreciation", "As a Ring" and "Excerpt Appreciation". This book selects five extracurricular books, one extracurricular book is a chapter, and each chapter is divided into five parts: "Guide to Masterpieces", "Wonderful Appreciation", "As a Ring" and "Excerpt Appreciation". This book selects five extracurricular books, one extracurricular book is a chapter, and each chapter is divided into five parts: "Guide to Masterpieces", "Wonderful Appreciation", "As a Ring" and "Excerpt Appreciation". The book selected five extra-curricular book, a book is an extracurricular chapters, each divided into "classics REVIEW" "Wonderful enjoy" "as a Challenge" five parts "excerpt appreciation." The book selected five extra-curricular book, a book is an extracurricular chapters, each divided into "classics REVIEW" "Wonderful enjoy" "as a Challenge" five parts "excerpt appreciation." 无法加载全部结果 重试 正在重试… 正在重试… Through reading and deconstruction of classics, students can gain a lot of language accumulation and the magic weapon of writing.
-
Trusted Partner
February 2019Tourism Information Technology
by Pierre J Benckendorff, Zheng Xiang, Pauline J Sheldon
This third edition of 'Tourism Information Technology' provides a contemporary update on the complexities of using information technology in the tourism industry. It examines IT applications in all sectors including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, foodservice, destinations, attractions, events and entertainment. Fully updated throughout and organised around the stages of the visitor journey, the book reviews how tourists are using technologies to support decision making before their trip, during their travels and at the destination. It: · Provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of all key topics in tourism information technologies · Covers new areas such as (among others) augmented and virtual reality, robotics, smart destinations, disruptive innovation and the collaborative economy, crowdsourcing for sustainability, online reputation management and big data · Incorporates a wealth of pedagogic features to aid student learning, including key models and concepts, research and industry insights, case studies, key terms, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Accompanied online by instructor PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions and further case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and learning-focused text for students of tourism and related subjects.
-
Trusted Partner
2024Brave new city
Smart Cities - a survaillance-nightmare?
by Peter Schaar
The dream of the ideal city is as old as the city itself. Since real cities often develop chaotically, the idea of perfecting them, even tearing them down if necessary, and rebuilding them according to the prevailing patterns of thought is an obvious one. The latest manifestation of this utopia is the smart city - the intelligent city, packed with the latest technology and extensively digitised. But will air taxis and hyperloops, ubiquitous sensors, access control systems and data-driven management really make the city of the future a better place to live? Are they the answer to the enormous challenges facing today's fast-growing metropolises? Or will the supposed administrative paradise ultimately mutate into a digital juggernaut?
-
Trusted Partner
November 2021Femicide
Violence against women
by Julia Cruschwitz, Carolin Haentjes
In Germany, 132 women were murdered by their (ex-)partners over the past year, according to police statistics. An attempted murder happened every other day – the real figure is in all probability much higher. Julia Cruschwitz and Carolin Haentjes unveil their book on femicides in Germany with research from interviews with academics, criminologists, police officers, social workers, lawyers, survivors, witnesses and relatives and their analysis of scientific reports. Their work highlights how the issue of femicides affects the whole of society, but there are sensible ways to protect women more effectively from male violence. All we must do is take steps to follow these.
-
Trusted Partner
Children's & YAChangeling
by Kotryna Zylė
Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.
-
Trusted Partner
Business, Economics & LawDecember 2017Transforming Travel
Realising the potential of sustainable tourism
by Jeremy Smith
Transforming Travel combines stories from leading companies, interviews with pioneers and thinkers, along with thorough analysis of the industry's potential to make lasting, positive change. - A unique collection of case studies and stories of the most successful, inspirational, impactful and innovative travel businesses in the world. - A vital presentation of the latest research and statistics on the positive impacts and potential of transformative, sustainable tourism, - A positive and realistic vision of the scope of tourism to promote sustainable development at a time when travel and interaction with foreign cultures is facing numerous existential challenges. Written in a highly engaging style Transforming Travel presents an urgent argument for transforming tourism so it might reach its potential to promote tolerance, restore communities and regenerate habitats, while providing a vital guide for anyone looking to develop the successful sustainable tourism enterprises and destinations needed to do so.
-
FictionMarch 2022Google War
by David Alexander
The New York Times called GOOGLE WAR by David Alexander "...perhaps the best thriller of its type to have come along all year!" USA Today applauded author David Alexander, declaring that "Among the possible three finest thriller authors today, Alexander easily takes first place."GOOGLE WAR is proof of Author David Alexander's uncanny ability to create riveting fiction that reads like a headline New York Times story. "It's as if Alexander has a crystal ball and uses it to sneak a peak at world-changing events before they happen, then write it as fiction."In his award-winning novel, GOOGLE WAR, where war again threatens America and sparks military retaliation, David Alexander proves his spectacular abilities once again. Here, US forces meet the new challenges posed by a hybrid terrorist nation state with advanced technology and special warfare operations.Neither terrorists nor global criminals, this hybrid threat is planning a bold new series of strikes against high-priority military, civilian, government and commercial targets in the American homeland and around the world. Yet there are a number of twists this time around. Many of these targets are unconventional focal points of attack, while the methods of attack themselves are totally unexpected, as are their intended consequences.GOOGLE WAR is a new page-turner by this widely acclaimed thriller author. It's full of surprises ... it is also a warning of what might happen tomorrow if America grows careless again. David Alexander -- dubbed "the best damn action writer in the business" -- has a gift for extrapolating tomorrow's history from today's events. Author David Alexander has demonstrated yet again that his genius for writing thrillers is getting better with every book he writes!
-
The ArtsMarch 2023Photographing Barcelona
by Björn Göttlicher
Discover Barcelona with your camera - and this photo scout. Björn Göttlicher takes you beyond the familiar clichés on eight themed tours through Catalonia's capital Barcelona: from the classics to the insider tips, from tradition to subculture, from street to architectural photography. Along the way, you'll learn photographic techniques that will make your pictures even better. The photo tours of Barcelona are between one and four kilometers long. QR codes with Google Maps links help you navigate from photo spot to photo spot. For some of the tours, you'll need a metro ticket (or at least public transportation). Historical and contemporary contexts are presented in a site-specific way to give you insight into the area. Whether you already know Barcelona or are visiting for the first time: With this photo scout, you'll find plenty of original subjects and advice on the best times of day, night and year to take atmospheric pictures.
-
Outdoors: Surviving in the Wild
by Gerard Janssen
A real adventurer (m/f) knows exactly how to light a fire in the wilderness, which constellations there are in the sky, where north and south are, how to stay warm, how to stay dry, how to bandage a wound with leaves, which nuts you can eat safely and when you are lost. And of course how to make a place to sleep when you forget your tent. All this even if you don’t have WiFi to Google your way through. Because here is the book you need, which explains how you can do well outdoors. With clear step by step drawings and ultimate survival tips. Key selling points: • Wild camping and outdoor are huge trends • The perfect Father’s Day gift • Also fun: discover the ‘wilderness’ with your children (survival themed party) • Designed beautifully • Clear step-by-step texts with illustrations • Everyone can do it (and a father too) Snor's titles
-
July 2018Creating a Customer Service Mindset
by Jaquie Scammell
If you’re looking to transform the customer service culture in your organisation, to decrease complaints and increase compliments, Jaquie Scammell’s approach is simple and more human than simply introducing better processes and procedures – and her approach works. Jaquie has studied Australian organisations that provide the best customer service, and from this research she has created a system which, if followed, will increase loyalty to your business. You too will be able to create a winning customer service mindset that will be adopted by your frontline service leaders, the people who impact your customer service staff, who impact your customers every day. In Creating a Customer Service Mindset, Jaquie includes interviews with leaders from six of the best Australian businesses, which have a customer service mindset. These organisations may not have as much street cred as Google, Amazon or Facebook, but they lead the way when it comes to building a high performing service culture where customer loyalty is constantly increasing.
