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Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty
by Vikram ChandraThe nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller Sacred Games about the surprising overlap between writing and computer codingVikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist. In this extraordinary new book, his first work of nonfiction, he searches for the connections between the worlds of art and technology. Coders are obsessed with elegance and style, just as writers are, but do the words mean the same thing to both? Can we ascribe beauty to the craft of writing code? Exploring such varied topics as logic gates and literary modernism, the machismo of tech geeks, the omnipresence of an "Indian Mafia" in Silicon Valley, and the writings of the eleventh-century Kashmiri thinker Abhinavagupta, Geek Sublime is both an idiosyncratic history of coding and a fascinating meditation on the writer's art. Part literary essay, part technology story, and part memoir, it is an engrossing, original, and heady book of sweeping ideas.
Gefangen von einer abenteuerlustigen Dame: (Diebe des Ton-Buches 1)
by Sandra SookooDas Bestreben, den Fluch einer Mumie zu brechen, wird gefährlich, als ein Lord stirbt. Miles Lawrence Hawkins, fünfter Earl of Archewyne, ist allein und der letzte seiner Linie, abgesehen von einer jungen Tochter, und er hat sich damit abgefunden ... Doch als er unerwartet eine attraktive Diebin in seiner Bibliothek findet, kommen ihm Zweifel. Er wird in den wahnwitzigen Plan der Dame hineingezogen, verschiedene gestohlene Mumien aus ganz London – einschließlich des British Museum – zu bergen, und begleitet sie nur, um zu sehen, was als Nächstes passiert. Von ihrer Mission gefesselt und von ihrem Talent, das Gesetz zu umgehen, fasziniert, ist eine dringend benötigte Ablenkung vom Stress seines eigenen Lebens. Lady Emmaline Darling, eine geschickte Diebin und einziges Kind des Earl of St. Ives, steht unter dem Fluch einer Mumie. Sie glaubt, dass sie aufgrund der Vorliebe ihres Vaters, antike Gegenstände aus Ägypten zu entfernen, verdammt ist, und hat sich geschworen, ein Paar Mumien an ihren ewigen Ruheort zurückzubringen, um sein und ihr Leben zu retten. Von Miles erwischt zu werden, war nicht in ihrem Plan, und sich in seinen Charme zu verlieben auch nicht, aber sie wird alles tun, um zu sehen, dass auch er von dem Fluch befreit ist, denn ihre Geschichten sind zu eng miteinander verbunden, als dass sein Unglück nur Pech sein könnte. Als ein Lord mit Verbindungen zu beiden tot aufgefunden wird und Emmalines Schmuck am Tatort gefunden wird, ist Miles verpflichtet, ihr seinen Schutz anzubieten und zu gewähren. Trotz ihrer Weigerung zieht das Verlangen sie an und ein Skandal umgibt sie, und als Miles erneut zu einer geheimen Mission für die Krone berufen wird, muss er alles ablegen, was zu einer Belastung werden könnte, aber es ist leichter gesagt als getan, Emmaline aus Schwierigkeiten – und aus seinem Kopf – herauszuhalten.
Gegenläufigkeiten / Contrarieties: Subversives Übersetzen in der Frühen Neuzeit / Subversive Translation in the Early Modern Period (Übersetzungskulturen der Frühen Neuzeit #4)
by Regina Toepfer Peter Burschel Jörg WescheTranslation und Subversion: Wie hängt beides zusammen? Das ist die Leitfrage dieses Sammelbands, der methodische Orientierungen und historische Studien zur Frühen Neuzeit in unterschiedlichen geographischen Settings und interlingualen Konstellationen vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert bietet. Translationswissenschaft, Romanistik, Japanologie, Germanistik und Musikwissenschaft sind die Disziplinen, die der Band zusammenbringt, um die besonders für frühneuzeitliche Übersetzungskulturen wenig gesehenen Gegenläufigkeiten in den Blick zu nehmen und auf subversive Übersetzung als Katalysator interkultureller Widerständigkeit, aber auch Unterwanderung scharfzustellen. Translation and subversion: how are the two related? That is the question pursued by this compilation of methodological orientations and historical studies on the Early Modern period in various geographical settings and interlingual constellations from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Bringing together a broad range of disciplines – translation studies, Romance studies, Japanology, German studies, and musicology – the volume takes a closer look at contrarieties hitherto little noticed, especially with regard to Early Modern translation cultures. In the process it focuses on subversive translation as a catalyst for intercultural resistivity as well as subversive action. Dies ist ein Open Access-Buch / This is an open access book.
Gehirn und Kunst: Von der Ästhetik zur Therapeutik
by Bruno ColomboIn diesem Buch wird die Kunsttherapie, ein spezifisches Instrument zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit im Bereich der affektiven Entwicklung, der Rehabilitation, der Motorik und der kognitiven Funktionen, eingehend analysiert und diskutiert. Kunsttherapie basiert auf der Annahme, dass der Prozess des künstlerischen Schaffens – Musik, Tanz, Malerei – Emotionen auslöst und die Gehirnaktivität steigert. Sie wird eingesetzt, um das persönliche Wachstum zu fördern, bestimmte Gehirnbereiche oder Aktivitätsmuster zu unterstützen und die neuronale Vernetzung zu verbessern. Die Behandlung neurologischer Erkrankungen mit künstlerischen Strategien bietet uns eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, die strukturellen Netzwerke des Gehirns zu beeinflussen und die Fähigkeit des Gehirns zur Bildung neuer Verbindungen zu verbessern. Auf der Grundlage der Plastizität des Gehirns hat Kunsttherapie das Potenzial, unser Repertoire zur Behandlung neurologischer Erkrankungen zu erweitern. Neuronale Substrate sind die Grundlage komplexer Emotionen bei Kunsterfahrungen und gehen mit einer umfassenden Aktivierung kognitiver und motorischer Systeme einher. Dementsprechend vermag Kunsttherapie Verhalten, Kognition, Aufmerksamkeit und Bewegung zu modulieren. In diesem Zusammenhang kann die Kunsttherapie wirksame Instrumente zur Verbesserung des allgemeinen Wohlbefindens, der Lebensqualität und der Motivation im Zusammenhang mit neurologischen Erkrankungen bieten. Das Buch erörtert die Kunsttherapie als ein mögliches Verfahren zur Behandlung neurologischer Störungen und nähert sich dem Verhältnis zwischen humanistischen Disziplinen und der Neurologie aus einer ganzheitlichen Perspektive, die das wachsende Interesse an dieser Verzahnung widerspiegelt.Dieses Buch stellt eine Übersetzung einer ursprünglich englischsprachigen Ausgabe dar. Die Übersetzung wurde mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz vorgenommen (maschinelle Übersetzung durch DeepL.com). Eine anschließende menschliche Überarbeitung wurde vorwiegend im Hinblick auf den Inhalt durchgeführt, sodass sich das Buch sich stilistisch von einer herkömmlichen Übersetzung unterscheidet.
Geis of the Gargoyle (The Xanth Novels #Vol. 18)
by Piers AnthonyA gargoyle finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place in this Xanth adventure that &“should delight Anthony&’s many fans&” (Publishers Weekly). As a gargoyle, Gary Gar has one job in Xanth: to protect the Swan Knee River from the pollution flowing in from Mundania. But more dirt plus less rain will crack any gargoyle&’s stony composure. So Gary does what any good Xanthian would do: He seeks the help of the Good Magician. But payment for his service is high. Gary must find a philter for the water, while taking on human form to tutor a wild human child, with help from the surly Sorceress Iris, and—even though time is of the essence—taking Hiatus, a known troublemaker, along for the ride. It won&’t be easy, especially when they&’re all transported back to the dawn of time. And if they can&’t figure out what&’s going on in the past, there may be no future for Xanth—come hell or high water . . . &“Ephemeral amusement for pun-struck Xanthonauts.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Geisha in Rivalry
by Kafu Nagai Ralph Friedrich Kurt MeissnerGeisha in Rivalry, first published in 1918, is set against the backdrop of Tokyo's Shimbashi geisha district. The story of three geisha, imperious Rikiji, gaudy Kikuchiyo, and the nalve heroine Komayo, Geisha in Rivalry follows them in their search for a place in a world that offers no easy route of escape from their profession. With a full cast of vivid characters playing out their dramas of illicit love, shady intrigue and unrelenting rivalry, Geisha in Rivalry is the sordid but fascinating tale of Komayo, her lovers, and the women who conspire to steal them from her.
Geisha in Rivalry
by Kafu Nagai Ralph Friedrich Kurt MeissnerGeisha in Rivalry, first published in 1918, is set against the backdrop of Tokyo's Shimbashi geisha district. The story of three geisha, imperious Rikiji, gaudy Kikuchiyo, and the nalve heroine Komayo, Geisha in Rivalry follows them in their search for a place in a world that offers no easy route of escape from their profession. With a full cast of vivid characters playing out their dramas of illicit love, shady intrigue and unrelenting rivalry, Geisha in Rivalry is the sordid but fascinating tale of Komayo, her lovers, and the women who conspire to steal them from her.
Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan
by William JohnstonIn 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan--the murder and emasculation of her lover. This detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the crime, and its aftermath steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor.
Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star: A Woman, Sex, and Morality in Modern Japan (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture)
by William JohnstonIn May 1936, Abe Sada committed the most notorious crime in twentieth-century Japan—the murder and emasculation of her lover. What made her do it? And why was she found guilty of murder yet sentenced to only six years in prison? Why have this woman and her crime remained so famous for so long, and what does her fame have to say about attitudes toward sex and sexuality in modern Japan?Despite Abe Sada's notoriety and the depictions of her in film and fiction (notably in the classic In the Realm of the Senses), until now, there have been no books written in English that examine her life and the forces that pushed her to commit the crime. Along with a detailed account of Sada's personal history, the events leading up to the murder, and its aftermath, this book contains transcripts of the police interrogations after her arrest—one of the few existing first-person records of a woman who worked in the Japanese sex industry during the 1920s and 1930s—as well as a memoir by the judge and police records. Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star steps beyond the simplistic view of Abe Sada as a sexual deviate or hysterical woman to reveal a survivor of rape, a career as a geisha and a prostitute, and a prison sentence for murder. Sada endured discrimination and hounding by paparazzi until her disappearance in 1970. Her story illustrates a historical collision of social and sexual values—those of the samurai class and imported from Victorian Europe against those of urban and rural Japanese peasants.
Geist And Zeitgeist: The Spirit In An Unspiritual Age
by John Hargraves Hermann BrochHermann Broch achieved international recognition for his brilliant use of innovative literary techniques to present the entire range of human experience, from the biological to the metaphysical. Concerned with the problem of ethical responsibility in a world with no unified system of values, he turned to literature as the appropriate form for considering those human problems not subject to rational treatment. <p><p> Late in life, Broch began questioning his artistic pursuits and turned from literature to devote himself to political theory. While he is well known and highly regarded throughout the world as a novelist, he was equally accomplished as an essayist. These six essays give us a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers.
Geld Macht und Liebe
by Martina Moser Joss SheldonALLE KRIEGE SIND KRIEGE DER BANKEN Geboren in den Betten dreier nebeneinanderstehenden Häuser, mit einem Zeitabstand von jeweils genau drei Sekunden, haben unsere drei Helden zwar den gleichen Charakter, werden aber durch ihre verschiedene Erziehung auseinandergerissen, was dazu führt, dass sie drei ganz verschiedenen Zielen nachjagen: Geld, Macht und Liebe. Dies ist eine menschliche Geschichte. Eine Erzählung von Menschen wie wir, die durch die Widrigkeiten der Umstände sowohl auf die wunderbarste als auch auf die vulgärste Weise reagieren. Es ist eine historische Geschichte, die sich im frühen neunzehnten Jahrhundert abspielt und Licht auf die Art und Weise wirft, wie Bankiers, mit der Macht, Geld aus dem Nichts zu erzeugen, die Welt geschaffen haben, in der wir heute leben. Und es ist auch die Liebesgeschichte von drei Männer, die sich zu genau der gleichen Zeit in dieselbe Frau verlieben…
Gelegenheit macht Kriege: Sonden im Militär
by Lutz UnterseherGeleitet von einer verbreiteten Vermutung wird danach gefragt, ob die relative Schwäche eines Gegners oder die Wahrnehmung besonderer Verwundbarkeit des jeweiligen Kontrahenten, also von günstigen Gelegenheiten für einen Angriff, tatsächlich den Ausbruch von offenen Feindseligkeiten wahrscheinlicher macht.
Gelehrte Frauen der Frühaufklärung: Einsame ‚Wunderthiere‘ oder vernetzte Akteurinnen? (Frauen in Philosophie und Wissenschaft. Women Philosophers and Scientists)
by Corinna Dziudzia Sonja KlimekDieser Band versammelt die Beiträge einer Tagung, die im Februar 2019 mit Unterstützung des Forschungsverbunds Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel und der Dr. phil. Fritz Wiedemann Stiftung in der Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel stattfand. Ziel der interdisziplinären Veranstaltung war es, die Frühaufklärung als eine Zeitspanne sichtbar werden zu lassen, in der sich für Frauen, wenngleich teilweise nur vorübergehend, zahlreiche Tätigkeitsfelder eröffneten, sei dies als Ärztinnen, Malerinnen, Kupferstecherinnen oder Dichterinnen. Frauen führten in dieser Zeit europaweit gesellige, gelehrte und/oder musikalische Salons und betätigten sich als Mäzeninnen oder selbst als hochgeschätzte Musikerinnen und Komponistinnen. Universitäten, Akademien und Gesellschaften verliehen den gelehrten Frauen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert Preise und sogar Doktorwürden. Darüber hinaus wurden Frauen in der Frühaufklärung als malende, kämpfende, rechnende, experimentierende, übersetzende und heilende Frauen aktiv.
Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life
by Caroline MooreheadThe first major biography of legendary war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, whose life provides a unique and thrilling perspective on world history in an extraordinary timeMartha Gellhorn's heroic career as a reporter brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant international conflict between the Spanish Civil War and the end of the Cold War. The preeminent-and often the only-female correspondent on the scene, she broke new ground for women in the male preserve of journalism. Her wartime dispatches, marked by a passionate desire to expose suffering in its many guises and an inimitable immediacy, rank among the best of the twentieth century.A deep-seated love of travel complemented this interest in world affairs. From her birth in St. Louis in 1908 to her death in London in 1998, Gellhorn passed through Africa, Cuba, China, and most of the great cities of Europe, recording her experiences in first-rate travel writing and fiction. A tall, glamorous blonde, she made friends easily-among the boldface names that populated her life were Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein, and H. G. Wells-but she was as incapable of settling into comfortable long-term relationships as she was of sitting still, and happiness often eluded her despite her professional success. Both of her marriages ended badly-the first, to Ernest Hemingway, publicly so. Drawn from extensive interviews and with exclusive access to Gellhorn's papers and correspondence, this seminal biography spans half the globe and almost an entire century to offer an exhilarating, intimate portrait of one of the defining women of our times.
Gem of the Sierra: Schemes and Splendor in Nineteenth-Century Lake Tahoe
by Gary NoyThis anthology features selections from fiction, nonfiction, and government documents of the nineteenth century that chronicle the splendor, the exploitation, and the controversies surrounding this extraordinary and much-loved alpine lake on the California-Nevada border.
Gemini (The House of Niccolò, Book #8)
by Dorothy DunnettScotland, 1477: Nicholas de Fleury, former banker and merchant, has re-appeared in the land that, four years earlier, he had brought very close to ruin in the course of an intense commercial and personal war with secret enemies--and, indeed, with his clever wife Gelis. Now the opportunity for redemption is at hand, but Nicholas soon finds himself pursuing his objectives amid a complex, corrosive power struggle centering on the Scottish royal family but closely involving the powerful merchants of Edinburgh, the gentry, the clergy, the English (ever seeking an excuse to pounce on their neighbor to the north), the French, the Burgundians. His presence soon draws Gelis and their son Jodi to Scotland, as well as Nicholas's companions and subordinates in many a past endeavor--Dr. Tobias and his wife Clémence, Mick Crackbene, John le Grant, and Andro Wodman among them. Here, too, Nicholas meets again with others who have had an influence, for good or evil, in his life: King James III of Scotland and his rebellious siblings; the St. Pols: Jordan, Simon, and young Henry; Mistress Bel of Cuthilgurdy and David de Salmeton; Anselm Adorne and Kathi his niece. Caught up in, and sometimes molding, the course of great events, Nicholas exhibits by turns the fierce silence with which he masks his secrets, and the explosive, willful gaiety that binds men, women, and children to him. And as the secrets of his birth and heritage come to light, Nicholas has to decide whether he desires to establish a future in Scotland for himself and his family, and a home for his descendants. Geminibrings to a dazzling conclusion Dorothy Dunnett'sHouse of Niccolòseries (synopsized in this volume), in which this peerless novelist has vividly re-created the dramatic, flamboyant world of the early Renaissance in historical writing of scrupulous authenticity and in the entrancing portrait of her visionary hero. Now, in a book infused with wit and poetry, emotion and humor, action and mystery, she brings Nicholas de Fleury at last to choose his heart's home, where he can exercise all his skills as an advisor to kings and statesmen, as a husband, a father, and a leader of men--and where, perhaps, we will discern a connection between him and that other remarkable personality, Francis Crawford, whose exploits Lady Dunnett recorded so memorably inThe Lymond Chronicles.
Gems and Gemmology: An Introduction for Archaeologists, Art-Historians and Conservators (Short Introductions to Cultural Heritage Science)
by Peter Vandenabeele Stefanos Karampelas Lore Kiefert Danilo BersaniThis book provides a lucid introduction to the basics of gemmology. It familiarizes archaeologists, art historians and conservators with the science of gemstones and allows them to understand the basic concepts of their provenance, typology and treatments.Which are the main types of gems? What treatments can be applied? How does one analyse gems? How can gems contribute to archaeometrical research?This volume is written by four experts in the fields of gemmology and archaeometry and addresses both students who need an introduction to this field and professionals who want to refresh their knowledge of the topic. This work is part of a series of introductory texts that deal with a broad range of materials-related topics in archaeometry.
Gems in the Early Modern World: Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450–1800 (Europe's Asian Centuries)
by Sven Dupré Michael BycroftThis edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas.
Gen Otto P. Weyland USAF: Close Air Support In The Korean War
by LTC Michael J. ChandlerThis study analyzes Gen O. P. Weyland's impact on close air support (CAS) during the Korean War. First, the author briefly traces the history and evolution of air-ground support from its infancy to the start of the Korean War. Second, he shifts his focus to the effectiveness of CAS throughout the conflict and addresses why this mission was controversial for the Army and Air Force. Third, he highlights General Weyland's perspective on tactical airpower and his role in the close-air-support "controversy." Throughout his career, Weyland was a staunch advocate of tactical airpower. As Patton's Airman in World War II, Far East Air Force commander in Korea, and the commander of Tactical Air Command in the mid-1950s, Weyland helped the tactical air community to carve out its role as a critical instrument of national power.
Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age
by Linda Woodhead Jane Shaw Sarah Ogilvie Roberta KatzAn optimistic and nuanced portrait of a generation that has much to teach us about how to live and collaborate in our digital world. Born since the mid-1990s, members of Generation Z comprise the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them? And what can we learn from them? Gen Z, Explained is the authoritative portrait of this significant generation. It draws on extensive interviews that display this generation’s candor, surveys that explore their views and attitudes, and a vast database of their astonishingly inventive lexicon to build a comprehensive picture of their values, daily lives, and outlook. Gen Z emerges here as an extraordinarily thoughtful, promising, and perceptive generation that is sounding a warning to their elders about the world around them—a warning of a complexity and depth the “OK Boomer” phenomenon can only suggest. ? Much of the existing literature about Gen Z has been highly judgmental. In contrast, this book provides a deep and nuanced understanding of a generation facing a future of enormous challenges, from climate change to civil unrest. What’s more, they are facing this future head-on, relying on themselves and their peers to work collaboratively to solve these problems. As Gen Z, Explained shows, this group of young people is as compassionate and imaginative as any that has come before, and understanding the way they tackle problems may enable us to envision new kinds of solutions. This portrait of Gen Z is ultimately an optimistic one, suggesting they have something to teach all of us about how to live and thrive in this digital world.
Gen. John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War: A Paper Read Before the Marblehead Historical Society, May 14, 1903
by C. H. B. Quennell Nathan P. SanbornIn Marblehead for thirty years, and more, after the Revolutionary War, the familiar forms of the veterans of that hard and long continued struggle were seen walking back and forth at the heads of the wharves, on Irving’s Hill, or at the street corners, and the story they told of battles fought, of marches and of camp life was as familiar, throughout the town, to old and young, as any household words. But it was so evenly matched with the scenes of every day life, the hazards and storms at sea, of spars carried away and anchors lost and the vessel on beam-ends, of sailing to the Banks and never returning, that the two stories blended into one, and each life as a whole was a life of adventure, toil and danger; and rarely was a careful record made of passing events; so that many a story of real life, more thrilling than that of any fiction, has been forgotten and lost. When, about two years ago the Bronx Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution of Mount Vernon, N. Y., placed a bronze tablet on “Glover’s Rock,” many asked: “Where is Glover’s Rock? and what does it mean?” and were surprised to learn that it marked the spot where General Glover met the enemy, more than five times his number, and fought one of the most skilful and successful battles of the war. This aroused a long cherished wish of the author to follow General Glover and his regiment through the war of the Revolution. Under that inspiration the following paper was prepared and presented to the Marblehead Historical Society, May 14, 1903.
GenTech: An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are (1900-present) (1900-present)
by Dr. Rick ChromeyA social historian examines the use of technology in modern U.S. history and offers a different way to group American generations.The G.I. Generation. Silents. Baby Boomers. Gen Xers. Millenials. Generation Z. Every generation has its label and box. But the real question is: Why?Enter GenTech. It&’s a whole new way to look at American generations. Instead of the conventional fixed and linear dates for generational cohorts, Dr. Rick Chromey proposes a fresh understanding that&’s fluid and more of a loop, rooted to the technology each generation experiences in their &“coming of age&” years.Since 1900, there has been more technological change than in all of previous combined history. The airplane. The automobile. Radio. Television. Nuclear energy. Rockets. Internet. Cellphones. Robots. Furthermore, there&’s a massive cultural shifting unlike anything witnessed since the Dark Ages gave way to the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Scientific, and Industrial Ages. Consequently, postmodern generations (born since 1960) have grown up in a new, cyber, wireless, and visual high-tech culture that&’s forever changed how we do business, learn, socialize, broadcast, entertain, and worship.It&’s technology that shapes us, gives every generation its personality, and seeds who we&’ll become tomorrow. GenTech opens a whole new perspective on how to view the world and understand why every generation matters.Praise for GenTech&“Whether you&’re a technology nerd or wizard, this intriguing book will help you connect the digital dots. You&’ll see how technology is profoundly shaping our culture—and you, like it or not. Plus, you&’ll discover how technology affects each generation differently, for better or worse.&”—Thom Schultz, co-author of Don&’t Just Teach…Reach!
Gender And Crime In Modern Europe (Women's and Gender History)
by Cornelie Usborne Margaret L. ArnotThis work explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in Europe in this period. taking a gendered approach, criminal prosecution and punishment are discussed in relation to the victims and perpretrators. This volume investigates various representations of femininity by assessing female experiences including wife-beating, divorce, abortion, prostitution, property crime and embezzlement at the work place. In addition, issues such as neglect, sexual abuse and the "invention" of the juvenile offender are analyzed.
Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship
by Sally HinesThis book examines the meanings and significance of the UK Gender Recognition Act within the context of broader social, cultural, legal, political, theoretical and policy shifts concerning gender and sexual diversity, and addresses current debates about equality and diversity, citizenship and recognition across a range of disciplines.
Gender Equality And Inequality In Rural India
by Carol VlassoffThe status of women is how the society perceives a women and not what it should be. Women at every stage are deprived of opportunities because of their sexuality. This book is a small step towards the realization of the fragrance called woman and to accept the Kasturi that is the inherent quality of a woman.