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Download or read book Dune Messiah written by Frank Herbert and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family’s dynasty...
Book Synopsis A Demonstration of the Messias, in which the Truth of the Christian Religion is Proved, Against All the Enemies Thereof; But Especially Against the Jews by : Richard Kidder
Download or read book A Demonstration of the Messias, in which the Truth of the Christian Religion is Proved, Against All the Enemies Thereof; But Especially Against the Jews written by Richard Kidder and published by . This book was released on 1726 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Digital God written by William Indick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humans charge up the steep slope of technological innovation, digital age media increasingly shapes our perception of everything--even spiritual matters. The next stage of spiritual development may be the product of a digital interface between our own image of the divine, virtual reality technology that produces real perceptions, and with devices that stimulate areas of the brain associated with spiritual experience. This book explores the influence of digital media on spirituality and the impact of the digital environment on our experience of the spiritual world. The author predicts a future in which digital technology and neuroscience will combine to create a new understanding of the divine. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Book Synopsis The Messiah Formerly Known as Jesus by : Tom Breen
Download or read book The Messiah Formerly Known as Jesus written by Tom Breen and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed "Internet Theologian" Tom Breen has written a satirical, tongue-in-cheek exploration of pop Christianity. Whether pondering why there are so many Christian rock bands but so few good Christian rock songs or providing helpful tips on writing hip translations of the Bible (hint: lose the boring parts and constantly mention celebrities), Breen offers whip-smart, non-stop fun, along with a side-splitting send-up of our contemporary obsessions.
Book Synopsis The Digital Church by : L. Michael Grey
Download or read book The Digital Church written by L. Michael Grey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-03-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Digital Church is a truly unique, apocalyptic sci-fi fantasy tale set in the near future, as the earth races towards an undiscovered black hole in the heavens. The story's central character is Martin Henzel, a dark and cynical Hollywood underground artist in his late-twenties, who doesn't know who he is, where he's going, or why he's here. His nightclub world of alcohol and one night stands will come crashing in around him, when he goes on a date with his co-worker, Megan Jamison, whose rich and powerful father, Nathan, is involved in a plan to commit terrorism on a genocidal scale. Martin suddenly finds himself being contacted by a bizarre spiritual entity that exists within the purple fire of nightmare visions, some of which are all-too-real, as the truth of impending genocide sees city after city around the globe methodically being destroyed. Ultimately, Martin will be forced to answer a deeply troubling question within himself: "Can you love?" The future of the entire world rests in the balance of Martin Henzel's damnation or redemption as a violent roller-coaster ride of terror and emotion lands him center-stage within the towering walls of the last hope for humanity-The Digital Church.
Book Synopsis The Sacred & the Digital by : F.G. (Frank) Bosman
Download or read book The Sacred & the Digital written by F.G. (Frank) Bosman and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Video game studies are a relative young but flourishing academic discipline. But within game studies, however, the perspective of religion and spirituality is rather neglected, both by game scholars and religion scholars. While religion can take different shapes in digital games, ranging from material and referential to reflexive and ritual, it is not necessarily true that game developers depict their in-game religions in a positive, confirming way, but ever so often games approach the topic critically and disavowingly. The religion criticisms found in video games can be categorized as follows: religion as (1) fraud, aimed to manipulate the uneducated, as (2) blind obedience towards an invisible but ultimately non-existing deity/ies, as (3) violence against those who do not share the same set of religious rules, as (4) madness, a deranged alternative for logical reasoning, and as (5) suppression in the hands of the powerful elite to dominate and subdue the masses into submission and obedience. The critical depictions of religion in video games by their developers is the focus of this special issue.
Book Synopsis Jesus the Messiah by : Robert H. Stein
Download or read book Jesus the Messiah written by Robert H. Stein and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible introduction to Jesus Christ, Robert Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Now in paperback, this classic textbook is clearly written, ably argued, and geared to the needs of students, giving probing minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus.
Download or read book SOVEREIGN written by Radkris and published by PROSODY PRESS. This book was released on with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where new technologies rise and fall by the hour, humanity is still plagued by the wanton inertia of its most fundamental institution – money. A messiah is born out of the zeitgeist and evangelizes an answer – cryptocurrencies. This is vehemently persecuted by the status quo and their blind zealots. SOVEREIGN, however, is one crypto that is rising above the smoke and noise, promising to lead the enlightened into a brave new world. But the incumbent power mongers refuse to go gentle into the night. Alexander Hamish, a bereft agent from FRONTIER – a covert, distributed network of spies operating at the intersection of technology, spy craft, and international interest – is tasked with SOVEREIGN’s destruction before its insidious promise of Utopian liberation becomes manifesto. Prejudiced, Hamish, better known in his world as Agent 27, embarks on the mission with a monomaniacal focus. 27 stumbles through a maze of double-edged technologies. With every step, his understanding of cryptocurrencies deepens while his grasp on society crumbles. He begins to question the very construct of the world around him – are governments a requisite for civilization, or is Man responsible for his own awakening? And just when the labyrinth’s exit is in sight, he confronts the daunting choice between saving the world and saving humanity’s one chance at salvation.
Download or read book All the Rave written by Joseph Menn and published by Crown Business. This book was released on 2003-04-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age seventeen, Shawn Fanning designed a computer program that transformed the Internet into an unlimited library of free music. Tens of millions of young people quickly signed on, Time magazine put Fanning on its cover, and his company, Napster, became a household name. It did not take long for the music industry to declare war, one that has now engulfed the biggest entertainment and technology companies on the planet. For All the Rave, top cyberculture journalist Joseph Menn gained unprecedented access to Fanning, other key Napster and music executives, reams of internal e-mails, unpublished court records, and other resources. The result is the definitive account of the Napster saga, for the first time revealing secret take-over and settlement talks, the unseen role of Shawn’s uncle in controlling Napster, and hidden agendas and infighting from Napster’s trenches to the top ranks of the German media giant Bertelsmann. All the Rave is a riveting account of genius and greed, visionary leaps and disastrous business decisions, and the clash of the hacker and investor cultures with that of the copyright establishment. Napster left a generation of music fans feeling that paying the recording industry close to twenty dollars for a CD was a foolish and unnecessary extravagance, which provoked a still-growing backlash against digital media consumers that might leave them with less control than ever. Here is the inside story of the young visionary and the company that made it happen. From the Hardcover edition.
Book Synopsis Life and Ministry of the Messiah Discovery Guide by : Ray Vander Laan
Download or read book Life and Ministry of the Messiah Discovery Guide written by Ray Vander Laan and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pack your bags. We're going on a journey. A quest to uncover Scripture and its meaning across history. Filmed on location in Israel and throughout the Middle East, the Faith Lessons DVD series is an adventure in biblical learning. You will discover why Jesus turned the world upside down with his compelling call to follow him. Teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan brings together history, culture, and geography to illuminate the Gospels. Eight DVD lessons supported by an interactive Discovery Guide will let you, your family, or your small group walk with Jesus through the days of his ministry on this earth. The insights you gain will transform your reading of the Gospels and inspire a deeper faith commitment. Faith Lessons on the Life and Ministry of the Messiah focuses on the birth of Jesus, his life, and his short but powerful ministry---a ministry that has shaped empires and changed the course of history. Faith Lessons on the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah focuses on the last week of Jesus' life, his death and resurrection, and the Holy Spirit's visit on Pentecost.
Download or read book Heliotrope written by CG Blade and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The human genome is a random accident that needs an upgrade. She is going to give it to you whether you want it or not." Artificial intelligence is a bitch, and she's back in heat―In humanity's last stand against extinction, one of their own will sacrifice themselves for the greater good. This non-stop cerebrum-induced novel Heliotrope: The Fifth Novel in the Pseudoverse is split into two distinct parts. First, the backstory of Heliotrope titled 'Love and Pain.' Second, 'The Trial, ' in which artificial intelligence itself is put on trial for the deaths of over four-billion 'individuals.' This novel is told from the POV of several main characters who were involved one way or another with the creation of the A.I. or its ultimate downfall. For the first time, A.I. has fused with religion using it as the basis for programming its own code. Books such as The Illuminati Manuscript, The Bible, and the Necronomicon, are its fundamental base.
Book Synopsis Understanding William Gibson by : Gerald Alva Miller, Jr.
Download or read book Understanding William Gibson written by Gerald Alva Miller, Jr. and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2016-02-28 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the science fiction author who popularized the concept of cyberspace Gerald Alva Miller Jr.'s Understanding William Gibson is a thoughtful examination of the life and work of William Gibson, author of eleven novels and twenty short stories. Gibson is the recipient of many notable awards for science fiction writing including the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick awards. Gibson's iconic novel, Neuromancer, popularized the concept of cyberspace. With his early stories and his first trilogy of novels, Gibson became the father figure for a new genre of science fiction called "cyberpunk" that brought a gritty realism to its cerebral plots involving hackers and artificial intelligences. This study situates Gibson as a major figure in both science fiction history and contemporary American fiction, and it traces how his aesthetic affected both areas of literature. Miller follows a brief biographical sketch and a survey of the works that influenced him with an examination that divides Gibson's body of work into early stories, his three major novel trilogies, and his standalone works. Miller does not confine his study to major works but instead also delves into Gibson's obscure stories, published and unpublished screenplays, major essays, and collaborations with other authors. Miller's exploration starts by connecting Gibson to the major countercultural movements that influenced him (the Beat Generation, the hippies, and the punk rock movement) while also placing him within the history of science fiction and examining how his early works reacted against contemporaneous trends in the genre. These early works also exhibit the development of his unique aesthetic that would influence science fiction and literature more generally. Next a lengthy chapter explicates his groundbreaking Sprawl Trilogy, which began with Neuromancer. Miller then traces Gibson's aesthetic transformations across his two subsequent novel trilogies that increasingly eschew distant futures either to focus on our contemporary historical moment as a kind of science fiction itself or to imagine technological singularities that might lie just around the corner. These chapters detail how Gibson's aesthetic has morphed along with social, cultural, and technological changes in the real world. The study also looks at such standalone works as his collaborative steampunk novel, his attempts at screenwriting, his major essays, and even his experimental hypertext poetry. The study concludes with a discussion of Gibson's lasting influence and a brief examination of his most recent novel, The Peripheral, which signals yet another radical change in Gibson's aesthetic.
Book Synopsis Disruption in Action by : Alexandra Jankovich
Download or read book Disruption in Action written by Alexandra Jankovich and published by Vior Webmedia. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tech is changing the world, and large organizations are adapting on the fly. But why do most digital initiatives crash? Disruption in Action reveals how to take on digital and win. It tells seven company stories, covering the high-level strategy through to the operational nitty-gritty, all based on the authors' inside experience as Europe's leading digital transformation experts. They take a unique fictionalized approach to dig deep into not just the tech, but also the people side of change, which is always where the real complexity lies. Told with striking insights, practical lessons and sparkling wit, this is essential reading for any leader looking to understand digital and shape the future. Praise for Disruption in Action 'This outstanding book shows how companies can transform themselves to become future-ready.' - Mark Schneider, CEO of Nestlé 'If you want to see how to make disruption work, this book has many of the answers.' - Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer 'Tackles this most complex and relevant topic with tremendous in-depth knowledge.' - Dolf van den Brink, CEO of Heineken 'Reads like a novel, but with real situations and brilliant insights.' - Prabha Parameswaran, Group President at Colgate-Palmolive 'The most enjoyable business book I know and, at the same time, the most detailed display of real experience.' - Dick Boer, Former CEO of Ahold Delhaize 'Business wisdom is often best imparted in parables. Disruption in Action does just that ... The companies are fictional but their problems - and the authors' solutions - are very real.' - Martin Vander Weyer, Business Editor of The Spectator About the authors Alexandra Jankovich and Tom Voskes are co-founders of SparkOptimus, Europe's leading digital strategy consultancy. They regularly advise large multinationals such as Nestlé, eBay, Nike, Henkel, ING and many others on digital transformation. Over the past 12 years, they have gained unparalleled experience into the 'why' and 'how to' of digital. They are co-authors of the bestselling book Make Disruption Work (2018). Alexandra started at McKinsey & Company, then held a number of senior digital management positions across the US and Europe. She features in influential lists like TheNextWomen100 and the InspiringFifty, NL. Tom started in astrophysics, before also working at McKinsey & Company, and then heading marketing at Maxeda. He is co-author of '7 Key Principles to Govern Digital Initiatives' published by the MIT Sloan School of Management. Adrian Hornsby is an award-winning writer. Books include The Good Analyst, a ground-breaking study of social impact measurement, and The Chinese Dream, an investigation into the rapid urbanization of 400M people. His work in the theatre includes As Big As The Sky, an opera made with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and Dutch composer Arnoud Noordegraaf.
Download or read book Road Tales written by Darragh J Brady and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road Tales is a crazy trip across the world and documents a period of time in a British musician's life, when all that mattered was the music and the road ahead. It is a testament to other peoples stories rather than the writer, and digs into the mantle of what makes people tick while some people thrive others dive. The Author was intrigued by the amount of different tales he was hearing from the Aboriginal stolen generation, pushed back to a meagre existence on the fringes of society, to Guatemalan community leaders who would risk their lives to save the greater population of their native people. Each chapter is bound with a tinge of a rock musician on the edge of chaos finding himself in the strangest locations and situations, like having a gun pointed to his head in a Guatemalan rainforest, to causing mayhem entering the United States, though he always seams to find the beauty in the frail story of human existence. Road Tales consists of 15 chapters each one a different character from a different part of the world, each with their own archetype that seeks to give insights into the complicated tale of human nature. Each tale asks questions like, what is altruism?, what is faith?, what is guru worship? and what makes certain people reach up from adversity and succeed in being a better person through the challenges they have been given. If you are looking for an amazing read that takes you on a journey and at the end hopefully allows you to say "You know what, if they can get through their challenges then maybe I stand a chance with mine.
Book Synopsis Social Media Rules of Engagement by : Nicole Matejic
Download or read book Social Media Rules of Engagement written by Nicole Matejic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid becoming a #PRFail with a solid social media strategy Social Media Rules of Engagement guides you in the development of a bullet-proof social media strategy. You can manage any crisis effectively by having a plan before you actually need one—and by understanding and influencing your audience with military precision. This original, engaging, and informative text with case studies from the coalface offers you the tools you need to avoid scandal and media crises, and to learn how to leverage social media, big data, and influence in your communications strategies. Social media has established itself as a critical part of any external communications strategy—but the very nature of social media leads to crises that organisations are not always prepared to face. To execute an effective social media strategy, you need to build influence, while leveraging the data that supports a targeted approach. This innovative guide focuses on how to create a holistic social media strategy, and how to defend your organization from social media crisis. Develop a risk management strategy that protects your social media interactions around the clock Avoid common mistakes by reading case studies of business faux pas—and learning exactly what not to do in a crisis Cultivate influence both in the boardroom and on the information battlefield by defining your story and knowing your audience segments Leverage digital interactivity features to enrich the content in the book Social Media Rules of Engagement is an integral resource to guide your social strategy toward success.
Book Synopsis Cities and the Digital Revolution by : Zaheer Allam
Download or read book Cities and the Digital Revolution written by Zaheer Allam and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence and development of data in cities. It exposes how Information Communication Technology (ICT) corporations seeking to capitalize on cities developing needs for urban technologies have contributed to many of the issues we are faced with today, including urbanization, centralization of wealth and climate change. Using several case studies, the book provides examples of the, in part, detrimental effects ICT driven ‘Smart City’ solutions have had and will have on the human characteristics that contribute to the identity and sense of belonging innate to many of our cities. The rise in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and technologies like social media, has changed how people interact with and in cities, and Allam discusses of how these changes require planners, engineers and other urban professionals to adjust their approach. The main question the book seeks to address is ‘how can we use emerging technologies to recalibrate our cities and ensure increased livability, whilst also effectively dealing with their associate challenges?’ This is an ongoing conversation, but one that requires extensive thought as it has extensive consequences. This book will be of interest to students, academics, professionals and policy makers across a broad range of subjects including urban studies, architecture and STS, geography and social policy.
