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February 2016Die Kunst der Revolte
Snowden, Assange, Manning
by Geoffroy Lagasnerie, Jürgen Schröder
Edward Snowden, Julian Assange und Chelsea Manning sind entscheidende Akteure in den zentralen Auseinandersetzungen unseres Internetzeitalters um Freiheit und Überwachung, Geheimdienste, Krieg und Terrorismus. Für den jungen französischen Philosophen Geoffroy de Lagasnerie sind sie aber noch mehr als das: Sie sind »exemplarische Figuren« einer neuen Kunst der Revolte, einer neuen Form des politischen Handelns und Subjektseins. Sein scharfsinniger Essay trifft ins Herz der Gegenwart. Das Prinzip der Anonymität, wie es WikiLeaks, aber auch die Hackergruppe Anonymous praktizieren, und die Gesten der Flucht und des Exils von Snowden und Assange brechen mit den traditionellen Formen des zivilen Ungehorsams. Sie fordern uns dazu auf, die demokratische Öffentlichkeit und den politischen Raum neu zu denken: Was bedeutet es heute, politisch das Wort zu ergreifen, ein Bürger, ein Teil eines Kollektivs zu sein? Mit ihren Aktionen formulieren diese Internetaktivisten und Hacker für de Lagasnerie nicht weniger als eine neue kritische Theorie und entwerfen ein Ideal der Emanzipation in pluralen, heterogenen und flüchtigen Gemeinschaften.
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Animal pathology & diseasesDecember 2012Dogs, Zoonoses and Public Health
by Jonathan Artz, Alan Beck, John Bingham, Christine Budke, Ray Butcher, Bruno Chomel, Thomas J Daniels, Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Elly Hiby, Richard Halliwell, Tiny Keuster, Eric Morgan, Robert A Robinson, Karen Snowden, Dennis C Turner, Paul Torgerson. Edited by Calum N L Macpherson, François-Xavier Meslin, Alexander I Wandeler.
Zoonotic diseases constitute a public health problem throughout the world. Addressing a little-studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth parasites transmitted between humans and dogs, discussing population management, control disease agents and human-dog relationships. Fully updated throughout, this new edition also includes chapters on benefits of the human-dog relationship and non-infectious disease issues with dogs. It is a valuable resource for researchers and students of veterinary and human medicine, microbiology, parasitology and public health.
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FictionCarnal Sacraments
A Historical Novel of the Future, Set in the last quarter of the Twenty-First Century, 2nd Edition
by Perry Brass
Gay Fiction Futurist Fiction. BISAC number: FIC011000 A white-knuckle suspense story set in the year 2075, the distant yet close-enough future, when constant corporate + government surveillance is Standard Operating Procedure. Endless war and endless “security” punch their way through individual lives. And your job level will determine exactly if and how you live and die. In a glittering city in a very internationalized Germany, Jeffrey Cooper, Alabama-born design star, has made a pact with the Devil himself. No matter what age he is, the mega-Corporation running the world will keep him looking movie-star young and handsome. Cooper has left his past, his history and heart behind. But they will catch up with him when he meets a handsome young Dutchman who offers him his real soul back—but with even a higher price than the Corporation is making him pay. A perfect tale for the age of Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency, and a world business culture in which many gay men have taken key roles and given up so much of themselves in return. Carnal Sacraments is a book you won’t put down until the very end. This new edition has a Foreword by the author and a biographical sketch of cover artist, the recently rediscovered German Symbolist artist Sasha Schneider. What happens when you’re caught in the cross hairs of an all-seeing international government corporation? A perfect narrative for the age of Edward Snowden. “The most unusual novel I’ve read in years,” Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco. “Layered with philosophical elements, fascinating descriptions, and a clear focus on character overall, Brass's . . . work is one of the most unusual novels I've read in years,” Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco. “I would definitely recommend this book to readers who get tired of reading erotic homosexual stories, and would like to try this sensual book,” Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society. “Perry Brass has created a page-turning thriller that takes the reader on one helluva roller coaster ride, and oh, the places you’ll go!” White Crane Journal. “Unusual and unpredictable,” Mandate Magazine.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)August 2015The Secret To Not Drowning
by Colette Snowden
How did the girl who once dreamed of being a Charlie’s Angel become such a cowed and submissive woman? Marion’s life appears perfectly fine but she is controlled and bullied by her husband, her only respite a once a week trip to the local swimming pool. A chance meeting with an old school-friend develops into a secret relationship. She could leave her abusive and unfaithful husband. But is it too late?
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FictionMay 2016And Then They Ruined Everything
Book Two in the Death of Rock 'n' Roll Series
by Duncan Milne
Every action has a reaction. Every reaction has a consequence. Every consequence creates a memory. Having overcome the impossibility of time travel, Kenneth Ramsayer and his best friend exist to relive past rock ’n’ roll gigs. Everything is going well; they’ve become heroes, they’ve discovered love, they had the world by the tail, and then they ruined everything. Based on what is left of their ruined music collections, it appears that rock ’n’ roll died in 1984. Their unassailable knowledge of music, leads the boys to recall that in 1984 an unknown patron made a bootleg recording of a Replacements gig. This cassette was recovered and became the live album “The Shit Hits The Fans”. The history of rock ‘n’ roll was forever changed. Now in a viciously evil plot, a thief has absconded with the recording. But what if the death of rock ’n’ roll isn’t connected to the missing cassette? Seeking help from unlikely sources and following fading memories, the boys travel across America in a bid to save rock ’n’ roll. An intelligent satire, the second novel in the Death of Rock ’n’ Roll series, “And Then They Ruined Everything” cleverly uses the concept of time travel in a rock ’n’ roll setting as an examination of choices and the power of art in society.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2020Prinzip Mensch
Macht, Freiheit und Demokratie im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz
by Paul Nemitz/Matthias Pfeffer
The Human Imperative. Power, Freedom and Democracy in an Era of Artificial Intelligence Human or algorithm - who is calling the shots for our future in this age of Artificial Intelligence? The power that digital corporations in Silicon Valley exert is astronomical, and this poses a serious threat to democracy and independence as we know them.Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer present an impressive analysis of how current attempts to implement an ethical regulation of Artificial Intelligence are too shortsighted and limited.The authors provide a detailed examination of this topic, concentrating specifically on the role being played by the public sphere and the threats posed against journalism in the digital age. They call for a strict regulation of Artificial Intelligence and a reconceptualization of the principles that define humanity, which must be defended against the principles of the
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April 2018
Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe - Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand?
by Trappel, Josef
For functioning well, the media need democracy as much as democracy needs the media. This is the starting point of this analysis of the delicate relation between the news media and democracy which is well defined in constitutional terms both in the European Convention on Human Rights and in national legislation. The relation is best described as social contract – to the benefit of freedom of speech and editorial independence, but also to sound governance of the state and other powerholders in society. Notably, different models of democracy correspond to different roles of the media. In any case, however, media policy is requested to respect media freedom. The Internet, as well as social and networked media require policy answers to challenges such as data protection, content blocking and surveillance. The authors conclude that media policy tools need to be developed along the all-digital media future.
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The eagle’s flight
by Patrizia Masci
Paul, an english man, lives and works in New York as a journalist at the British Consulate. He shouldn’t complain, but his enthusiasm, joy and will to live seem to be disappearing. Valentina, lives and works in Rome as a translator for a publishing house. Young and dynamic, she’s dragging out a by now tired love story. An exciting adventure will make the two meet, jeopardizing Valentina’s life. In the end, this crazy adventure will prove to be a great unexpected gift Suddenly, all the thinking, the doubts… will vanish, buried in a simple word that will finally make sense: love. A romantic love story and a captivating crime novel.
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September 2021The Escape Agent (Der Rausholer)
by Max Claro
Shortly before taking the school certificate exams, the hippy and opponent of the war in Vietnam, Michael Müller, drops out of high school. In response, his mother coldly tosses him out into the street. Following a revealing travel odyssey throughout America, the country of his dreams, he obtains US citizenship in the name of Michael Miller and finally winds up signing on the dotted line to serve in the U.S. Army. Once in Vietnam, Miller deserts in such a high profile and adventurous manner, that the eyes of the CIA fall on him. To avoid prosecution, and a certain prison sentence for desertion, Miller agrees on behalf of Langley to extract chosen Assets out of the Warsaw Pact and Middle East States to the West. His finest coup, on behalf of the BND, to free 141 German hostages from the firm clutches of the Islamic Republic of Iran had gone almost unnoticed by the press and the general public at the time. The gripping story of an agent who never actually wanted to be one.
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June 2010Picturing Victorian America
Prints by the Kellogg Brothers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1830-1880
by Edited by Nancy Finlay, other Kate Steinway
A landmark reference on 19th-century American lithographic production
