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Who Stole Public Schools from the Public? - Claudia L. Edwards - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The institution of public education was born from the belief that in order to sustain a true democratic society it was essential to have an educated and informed public with the capacity to rule through self-governance. Unfortunately, self-governance is no longer taking place in Mount Vernon, New York, at least when it comes to the governance of the people''s public schools. Who Stole Public Schools from the Public? examines the Mount Vernon public and its relationship with its public school district. It explores behind-the-scenes politics in an urban community and possible reasons residents are not involved in local school politics.

DKK 388.00

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The Thief Who Stole My Heart - Vidya Dehejia - Bog - Princeton University Press - Plusbog.dk

The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, th

DKK 602.00

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Hattusili, the Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire - Trevor Bryce - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and, at the same time, treaty-partner of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great. Trevor Bryce offers a chronological account of Hattusili, charting the rise of the Bronze Age Hittite prince from a sickly childhood to become – by ruthless ambition, an illegal coup and a civil war – the most powerful ruler of the ancient Near East.Incorporating the most up-to-date archaeological material, including the archive of clay tablets and new information about the astonishingly small size of the Hittite capital Hattusa, Bryce provides the reader with a detailed examination of Hattusili’s policies and military strategies. Alongside these historical accounts, Bryce weaves in imaginative reconstructions of pivotal moments in the ruler’s life, giving you a complete picture of Hattusili’s remarkable military skills and impressive political prowess.

DKK 615.00

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Bandits, Gangsters and the Mafia - Martin Mccauley - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

During the 1990s, the "roving bandits", big business or the oligarchs, stole Russia. They gained influence over President Yeltsin and his government, and gradually shaped policy in their own interests. In this first comprehensive account to explain why Russia took the course it did, Martin McCauley examines the period through the prism of government, including Yeltsin''s shadow government, and looks at the military, police, security and intelligence services. Relations between Moscow and the regions, industry, agriculture, social policy and foreign policy are also explored.

DKK 515.00

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The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series--Book Two: Spirits Deluxe Edition (Second Edition) - Bryan Konietzko - Bog - Dark Horse Comics,U.S

Reprinted to celebrate anniversary of the series that stole our hearts, this limited edition hardcover contains hundreds of art pieces created during the development of the show''s incredible second season, alongside creator commentary from DiMartino and Konietzko. The book is packaged in a deluxe slipcase with a commemorative lithograph, celebrating this timeless series and the legacy it continues! Return to the animated series The Legend of Korra Book Two - Spirits - created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko - the smash-hit sequel to their blockbuster show Avatar: The Last Airbender!

DKK 722.00

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Rick and Morty 10th Anniversary Omnibus Vol. 2 - Olly Moss - Bog - Oni Press,US - Plusbog.dk

The time-shattering, space-frolicking heroes the universe neither wants nor needs are back at it again! Celebrating 10 years of [adult swim]’s groundbreaking animation phenomenon—it’s Oni Press’ second massive 10th anniversary omnibus!!Featuring the likes of legendary comics creators such as Kyle Starks (Kill Them All), Tini Howard (Excalibur), Marc Ellerby (Doctor Who), CJ Cannon (Aggretsuko), and oh so much more, the second volume of this massive milestone collection is proudly presented in a stunning oversize hardcover format. Getting schwifty ain’t easy, but someone’s gotta do it!Collecting Rick and Morty (2015) #16–30 and Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It #1–5

DKK 666.00

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Farewell to Postmodernism - Bartosz Kuzniarz - Bog - Peter Lang AG - Plusbog.dk

In the late 1960s, a whole pantheon of thinkers regarding themselves as radicals stole a part of the anarchic praxis of late capitalism, turned it into philosophy, and with the resulting set of views turned against the foundations of the system in a purportedly radical gesture. Postmodernism was the name for the superficially revolutionary culture which then came into existence. The thought of the late left appears as the subsequent response to the cunning of the system. The main figures of Farewell to Postmodernism are Perry Anderson, David Harvey, Fredric Jameson, Terry Eagleton and Slavoj Žižek. The book provides an encyclopaedic introduction to their work, while at the same time seeking to grasp the current trajectory of radical thought.

DKK 593.00

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Samfundsvidenskabernes videnskabsteori - Kirsten Bransholm Pedersen - Bog - Hans Reitzels Forlag - Plusbog.dk

Hvordan kan vi være sikre på, at den viden, som samfundsvidenskaben producerer, faktisk er en viden, vi kan stole på, og hvad er det overhovedet for en slags viden, vi har med at gøre? Det er sådanne spørgsmål, videnskabsteorien beskæftiger sig med. Spørgsmål, som er uomgængelige for forskeren såvel som den studerende, der arbejder med samfundsvidenskab i praksis. Samfundsvidenskabernes videnskabsteori. En indføring præsenterer de centrale videnskabsteoretiske positioner og traditioner: positivisme og kritisk rationalisme, fænomenologi, hermeneutik, marxisme, socialkonstruktivisme, diskursteori, kritisk realisme, kritisk teori og aktionsforskning.Igennem bogen gives der konkrete eksempler på, hvordan forskellige videnskabsteoretiske positioner har betydning for, hvilke forskningsspørgsmål der stilles, og hvilke metoder der vælges. Bogen afsluttes med et kapitel om, hvordan man konkret indarbejder videnskabsteoretiske overvejelser i projektarbejdet.

DKK 402.00

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Pee Wee Reese - Glen Sparks - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Harold "Pee Wee" Reese may have been the most beloved Brooklyn Dodgers player of all time. During a 16-year career in the 1940s and 1950s, he delivered timely hits, made countless acrobatic defensive plays at shortstop, and stole hundreds of bases for clubs that won seven pennants and, in 1955, finally overcame the Yankees to win the World Series. Reese may be best remembered, however, for a gesture of solidarity. The year and the location vary with the telling, but witnesses agree on this crucial detail: During one of Jackie Robinson''s early tours of the National League, as catcalls and racial taunts rained down on him, the Southern-born Reese draped an arm across the infielder''s shoulder and stood alongside him, facing the crowd. In this first full-length biography of Reese, author Glen Sparks digs into Hall of Famer''s life and career, his leadership both on and off the field, and the reasons that Brooklyn fans fell in love with the Boys of Summer.

DKK 429.00

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Drømmemesteren 1+2 - Josefine Ottesen - Bog - KRABAT - Plusbog.dk

I Drømmemesteren bliver Tuva trukket over i drømmeverdenen af en los. Drømmedyret lader hende se fremtiden, hvor en stor flodbølge vil udslette Flodlandet, hvis ikke folk igen begynder at leve efter Pagtens ord. Er drømmen virkelig et varsel fra Guderne? Vil det regne med aske, og vil solen blive blå? Og skal Tuva overvinde sig selv og drage til Shansha, den rige by, hvor folk graver det sorte sand ud fra Ogons Bjerg og bruger det uden omtanke? Tuva er kaldet og står med et svært valg: Skal hun følge Gudernes kald og påtage sig opgaven med at indgive Pagten ny kraft, eller skal hun bare blive i Højlandet og blande sig udenom? En sanselig fortælling om at være forbundet, og om at skabe ægte forandring drevet af et fælles håb. Vi kan ødelægge i vrede, men kun bygge op med håb. Det gælder om at træde i karakter som den, man er, og om at stole på sine sanser. Højaktuel bog mod fremtidsfrygt og klimaangst. Josefine Ottesen er tilbage med en stor fantasyfortælling og et univers så levende, at alle fra 12-100 år kan flytte ind i det. Kan nu købes hos forlaget KRABAT

DKK 405.00

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Vild - Kristen Ashley - Bog - Palatium Books ApS - Plusbog.dk

Han var drømmemanden – indtil han ikke var det. Tess O’Hara har lagt et voldeligt ægteskab bag sig. Nu driver hun byens mest populære konditori, og hendes liv er endelig hendes eget. Men kærligheden? Den har hun ikke turdet røre ved i fire år. Indtil han træder ind ad døren. Jake Knox er charmerende, tiltrækkende og præcis den mand, hun har ventet på. Men han er også en løgn. For Jake er ikke Jake – han er undercoverbetjenten Brock Lucas, og Tess er en brik i en farlig sag. Da sandheden kommer frem, falder alt fra hinanden. Brock vil gøre alt for at vinde hende tilbage, men Tess er ikke klar til bare at tilgive og glemme. Alligevel kan hun ikke benægte, hvad hun føler, og hun indvilliger i at prøve igen.Men fortiden er ikke færdig med hende. Hendes eksmand har magtfulde fjender, og nu har de fået øje på Tess. Samtidig begynder Brocks voldsomme fortid at indhente ham. Da truslerne eskalerer, står Tess over for sit livs sværeste valg: Kan hun stole på den mand, der allerede har forrådt hende én gang? Vild er en intens Second Chance Romance fyldt med fare, lidenskab, stærke følelser – og sex. Kristen Ashley leverer endnu en uforglemmelig kærlighedshistorie, perfekt til fans af actionfyldt romance.

DKK 434.00

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German Art History and Scientific Thought - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A fresh contribution to the ongoing debate between Kunstwissenschaft (scientific study of art) and Kunstgeschichte (art history), this essay collection explores how German-speaking art historians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century self-consciously generated a field of study. Prominent North American and European scholars provide new insights into how a mixing of diverse methodologies took place, in order to gain a more subtle and comprehensive understanding of how art history became institutionalized and legitimized in Germany. One common assumption about early art-historical writing in Germany is that it depended upon a simplistic and narrowly-defined formalism. This book helps to correct this stereotype by demonstrating the complexity of discussion surrounding formalist concerns, and by examining how German-speaking art historians borrowed, incorporated, stole, and made analogies with concepts from the sciences in formulating their methods. In focusing on the work of some of the well-known ''fathers'' of the discipline - such as Alois Riegl and Heinrich Wölfflin - as well as on lesser-known figures, the essays in this volume provide illuminating, and sometimes surprising, treatments of art history''s prior and understudied interactions with a wide range of scientific orientations, from psychology, sociology, and physiognomics to evolutionism and comparative anatomy.

DKK 579.00

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Piracy in the Motion Picture Industry - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Film piracy began almost immediately after the birth of the film industry. Initially it was a within-the-industry phenomenon as studios stole from each other. As the industry grew and more money was involved, outsiders became more interested in piracy. Stolen material made its way offshore since detection was less likely. Hollywood''s major film studios vigorously pursued pirates and had the situation fairly well under control by the middle 1970s--not eliminated but reduced to a low level--until videocassettes arrived. This work begins with a discussion of some of the earliest cases of piracy in vaudeville. It then considers how the problem continued to grow exacerbated by the lack of legal resource available to performers, and the ways film exhibitors cheated the film distributors and companies and the measures that the distributors and companies took to prevent piracy over the years. Also examined are the practices of American theater owners who tried to cheat Hollywood, especially through the practice known as bicycling--extra, unpaid for screenings of a legitimately held film--and altering paperwork to reduce the money owed to distributors on films screened on percentage contracts. Also examined, to a lesser degree, are Hollywood''s own efforts to cheat, including the disregard of copyrights held by others.

DKK 429.00

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Post-Colonial Kenya - Rok Ajulu - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This engaging reassessment of postcolonial Kenya argues that the country’s political turmoil over the last fifteen years is a continuation of repeating patterns of political contestation and conflict across Kenya’s history. When Kibaki stole the 2007 presidential election, leading to a spiral of violence that left over 1,000 people dead in the space of a month, many analysts wondered how this could happen in a country that had previously been considered an oasis of peace in an otherwise conflict prone region. Combining political economy with political sociology, in this book Rok Ajulu demonstrates that in fact authoritarianism and the predatory deployment of the state has been the predominant feature of Kenya’s post-colonial period. Focusing on how power has been mediated in the country politically and the characters of the elites in charge, the analysis shows the dominance of extra-economic political coercion in economic activity. In a context in which economic activity remains predominantly political, continued control of state-power is so crucial for the new ruling class that it must be retained at all costs. Rok Ajulu’s masterful final book is a powerful and wide-ranging contribution to studies on post-colonial Kenya and will be an important resource for researchers from across political science, economics, history, sociology and African Studies.

DKK 440.00

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Encounter on the Great Plains - Karen Hansen - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1904, Scandinavian settlers began moving onto the Spirit Lake Dakota Indian Reservation. These land-hungry first and second generation immigrants struggled with poverty nearly as severe as that of their Dakota neighbors, often becoming sharecropping tenants of Dakota landowners. Yet the homesteaders'' impoverishment did not impede native dispossession: by 1929, Scandinavians owned more reservation land than did Dakotas. In the words of one settler, who staked a claim with her widowed mother in 1905: "We stole the land from the Indians."Encounter on the Great Plains captures this encounter to bring together two key processes in American history: the unceasing migration of people to North America, and the protracted dispossession of indigenous peoples who inhabited the continent. Although this historical encounter at Spirit Lake took place in a small corner of eastern North Dakota, it encapsulates the story of conquest and white settlement and the less publicized, but equally important, story of the dispossession and survival of Native Americans. The material wealth and the nationalist mythology of the United States are built upon this history.Karen V. Hansen captures this moment in time through the distinctive, uniquely American voices of this particular encounter while providing insights into similar cultural meeting points between Native Americans and European immigrants that played out across the western United States.

DKK 544.00

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Black Prometheus - Jared Hickman - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

How did an ancient mythological figure who stole fire from the gods become a face of the modern, lending his name to trailblazing spaceships and radical publishing outfits alike? How did Prometheus come to represent a notion of civilizational progress through revolution--scientific, political, and spiritual--and thereby to center nothing less than a myth of modernity itself ? The answer Black Prometheus gives is that certain features of the myth--its geographical associations, iconography of bodily suffering, and function as a limit case in a long tradition of absolutist political theology--made it ripe for revival and reinvention in a historical moment in which freedom itself was racialized, in what was the Age both of Atlantic revolution and Atlantic slavery. Contained in the various incarnations of the modern Prometheus--whether in Mary Shelley''s esoteric novel, Frankenstein, Denmark Vesey''s real-world recruitment of slave rebels, or popular travelogues representing Muslim jihadists against the Russian empire in the Caucasus-- isa profound debate about the means and ends of liberation in our globalized world. Tracing the titan''s rehabilitation and unprecedented exaltation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries across a range of genres and geographies turns out to provide a way to rethink the relationship between race, religion, and modernity and to interrogate the Eurocentric and secularist assumptions of our deepest intellectual traditions of critique.

DKK 388.00

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The Doctor’s World - Paul Hyland - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

"This is the story of the extraordinary life of Claver Morris and the society in which he lived. After his marriage at Chelsea in 1685, Claver Morris moved to Somerset where he established an outstanding reputation for his work as a physician. His diaries show us how he worked with apothecaries and surgeons, and travelled widely to treat all kind of patients, from the children of the poor to those of the landed gentry. The diaries also tell us about the joys and pains of Claver''s personal and family life, and of his various intrigues. Claver Morris was a man of many talents: immensely enterprising, knowledgeable, sociable and loving. His house was always filled with music, guests and entertainments. Yet he was often faced with disputes and troubles partly of his own making - as when he courted a bishop''s daughter, or stole some land to build his Queen Anne house. The Doctor''s World provides a unique portrait of a physician living and working through the political and religious turmoils that beset the nation at the turn of the eighteenth century. Tales of medical treatments, clandestine marriages and self-serving priests are entwined with famous acts of treason and rebellion, and the pleasures and tragedies of daily life. This meticulously researched bookwill appeal to all readers of social, political, medical and family history"--

DKK 403.00

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Avidly Reads Opera - Alison Kinney - Bog - New York University Press - Plusbog.dk

“Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It’s hope.”All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we’re listening for the first time or revisiting the arias that first stole our hearts, Avidly Reads Opera welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critique—and, always, beautiful music. In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social activism. Avidly Reads Opera is a love letter to the music and those who love it, complete with playlists, a crowdsourced tip sheet from ultra-fans to newbies, and stories of the turbulent, genre-busting, and often hilarious history of opera and its audiences. Across five acts—and the requisite intermission—Alison Kinney takes us everywhere opera’s rich melodies are heard, from the cozy bedrooms of listeners at home, to exclusive music festivals, to protests, and even prisons. Part of the Avidly Reads series, this slim book gives us a new way of looking at culture. With the singular blend of personal reflection and cultural criticism featured in the series, Avidly Reads Opera is an homage to the marvelous, sensational world of opera for the casual viewer.

DKK 674.00

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They Made the Movies - James Bawden - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

For decades, James Bawden and Ron Miller have established themselves as maestros of provocative interviews, giving fans unmatched insights into the lives of Hollywood A-listers. In their fourth collection, the authors pay tribute to film pioneers who lit up Tinseltown from the 1930s through the 1960s. They Made the Movies features conversations with legendary directors who created many of film''s all-time classics, including Frank Capra (It''s A Wonderful Life, 1946), Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, 1960), Ralph Nelson (Lilies of the Field, 1963), Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, 1965), and Chuck Jones (How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966). Tantalizing firsthand details about many acclaimed films are revealed, such as the revelation of Mervyn LeRoy''s first-choice of lead actress for The Wizard of Oz ("Shirley Temple… but Shirley couldn''t sing like Judy [Garland]"), Billy Wilder''s insights on directing ("You have to be a sycophant, a sadist, a nurse, a philosopher"), and how megaproducer Hal B. Wallis purchased an unproduced play titled Everyone Comes to Rick''s and transformed it into Casablanca ("The part [of Sam] almost went to Lena Horne, but I thought she was too beautiful"). The authors also celebrate the contributions of marginalized filmmakers such as Ida Lupino, James Wong Howe, Oscar Micheaux, and Luis Valdez, who prevailed in Hollywood despite the discrimination they faced throughout their careers. They Made the Movies appeals to film and television enthusiasts of all ages.

DKK 393.00

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The Talmud Law, Theology, Narrative - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Talmud is important because it sets forth the law and theology of Judaism in its authoritative statement, continuing for centuries to attract commentators and forming the curriculum for the culture of Judaism. In these pages, important and representative compositions afford an encounter with this classic, ancient document in its own terms and framework, but in English translation. Examples include the following: Law: "An Eye for an Eye" Bavli Baba Qamma 8:1/83b-84b; "In the case of anything of which I am liable to take care, I am deemed to render possible whatever damage it may do" Bavli Baba Qamma 1:2/9b-11a; "He who steals food and feeds what he stole to his children, or left it to them ‹ they are exempt from making restitution" Bavli Baba Qamma 10:1/111B-113a; "Atoning through the death penalty" Bavli Sanhedrin 6:2/42b-44a Theology: "All Israel has a portion in the world to come" Bavli Sanhedrin 11:1-2/90a-92a; "When will the Messiah come?" Bavli Sanhedrin 11:1-2/96b-99a; "By that same measure by which a man metes out to others, with that measure do they mete out to him" Bavli Sotah 1:7-9/9b-14a Narratives: "The law concerning the usurping occupant:" Adapting to historical events, the destruction of the second Temple in particular Bavli Gittin 5:6/55B-57b; "My master in wisdom, and my disciple in accepting my rulings:" Resolving Conflict in the Law Bavli Rosh Hashanah 2:8-9/25A-25B

DKK 538.00

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Helhjertet Ledelse - Morten Mortensen - Bog - StractionLeadership - Plusbog.dk

18 trind til helhjertet ledelse og resultat i verdensklasse. MORTEN MORTENSEN, manden som skabte Jack & Jones og var med til at gøre det til et af verdens største herrebrands, har skrevet en bog om ledelse og kreativ fornyelse. Og ikke mindst om sig selv, i sin egen udvikling fra vestjysk malersøn, som i skolen fik at vide, at han ”aldrig vil blive til noget”, til drivende kraft i Bestseller-koncernen, en af Danmarks største virksomhedssucceser. Bogen ”Helhjertet ledelse”, som introducerer ledelsesfilosofien Straction, er et radi- kalt opgør med mange af de måder, virksomheder drives og ledes på i dag, hvor den kreativitet og boblende innovation, de fleste mennesker er i besiddelse af, alt for ofte hæmmes af mellemledere, HR-afdelinger og kassetænkning, som i sidste ende kan komme til at true firmaerne på eksistensen. Mortensens bog er et frihedsbudskab og en opfordring til at slippe alle de passive kræfter løs, som gemmer sig i krogene og hie- rarkierne, og stole mere på hinandens intuition, naturlige begejstring og nysgerrighed end på strategiplaner, som i en moderne verden alligevel er forældede i samme øjeblik de udkommer. ”Helhjertet ledelse” er skrevet til alle, der vil lede andre eller blot tage ledelsen for sig selv. Den indeholder vejledninger, anvisninger, påstande, stof til debat, provokati- oner. Og hvad der måske er allervigtigst: Den bygger sine teorier på banebrydende, praktiske erfaringer høstet af forfatteren selv gennem en lang karriere, der startede på lageret. Det er tid at ”komme i Straction”; som Morten Mortensen siger.

DKK 425.00

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AlphaGo Simplified - Mark Liu - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

May 11, 1997, was a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence (AI): the IBM supercomputer chess engine, Deep Blue, beat the world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov. It was the first time a machine had triumphed over a human player in a Chess tournament. Fast forward 19 years to May 9, 2016, DeepMind’s AlphaGo beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol. AI again stole the spotlight and generated a media frenzy. This time, a new type of AI algorithm, namely machine learning (ML) was the driving force behind the game strategies. What exactly is ML? How is it related to AI? Why is deep learning (DL) so popular these days? This book explains how traditional rule-based AI and ML work and how they can be implemented in everyday games such as Last Coin Standing, Tic Tac Toe, or Connect Four. Game rules in these three games are easy to implement. As a result, readers will learn rule-based AI, deep reinforcement learning, and more importantly, how to combine the two to create powerful game strategies (the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts) without getting bogged down in complicated game rules. Implementing rule-based AI and ML in these straightforward games is quick and not computationally intensive. Consequently, game strategies can be trained in mere minutes or hours without requiring GPU training or supercomputing facilities, showcasing AI''s ability to achieve superhuman performance in these games. More importantly, readers will gain a thorough understanding of the principles behind rule-based AI, such as the MiniMax algorithm, alpha-beta pruning, and Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), and how to integrate them with cutting-edge ML techniques like convolutional neural networks and deep reinforcement learning to apply them in their own business fields and tackle real-world challenges. Written with clarity from the ground up, this book appeals to both general readers and industry professionals who seek to learn about rule-based AI and deep reinforcement learning, as well as students and educators in computer science and programming courses.

DKK 505.00

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Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls - Gregg Rickman - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

With the release of hundreds of damaging documents, a dark side of Switzerland''s democracy has been unveiled. Switzerland is now seen as a nation of greedy bankers, collaborators with the Nazis, and robbers of the wealth of the victims of the Holocaust. Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls is a powerfully enlightening account of how a small and determined group of people from divergent backgrounds humbled the legendary Swiss financial empire to achieve a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors and their heirs, while shattering the myth of Swiss wartime neutrality. Rickman tells how a small group of people, none of them professional historians, pieced together a puzzle of unknown proportions and proceeded to dismantle the myth of Swiss innocence and victimization at the hands of the Nazis, and expose a fifty-year cover-up. Untold numbers of European Jews and others placed their funds in Swiss banks because they believed they offered a safe haven for funds which the Nazis were trying to control. What better place to put their money than in Switzerland? Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls discusses how investigative groups proved that Switzerland stole the money of the Jews and helped the Nazis to do the same. No one began with evidence and no one had a source of knowledge upon which to fall back. All they shared was a feeling that something was terribly wrong and that a great injustice had occurred. Propelled by this instinct, a U.S. Senator, the World Jewish Congress, a British Parliamentarian, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and a handful of Holocaust survivors accomplished what the U.S., British, and French governments and a group of feuding Jewish organizations could not or would not do. As a result of this effort, how the world views Switzerland and how Switzerland views itself has been redefined. Most importantly, those who survived the Nazi horrors, only to be victimized again by the Swiss bankers, have now achieved some measure of justice, or at least financial compensation after more than fifty years.

DKK 486.00

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Crude Intentions - Alexandra (director Of Governance Program Gillies - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and disadvantaging everyday people. News headlines provide glimpses of how this corruption works and why it matters: President Trump''s businesses struck deals with oligarchs and sold property to secretive shell companies; the Panama Papers leak triggered investigations in 79 countries; and, corruption scandals toppled heads of state in Brazil, South Africa, and South Korea. But how do these pieces fit together? And if the corruption is so vast and so tied up with powerful interests, how do we begin to fight back? To find answers, Crude Intentions examines the corruption crisis that erupted during the recent oil boom. From 2008 to 2014, oil prices shot through the roof. Motivated by more than nine trillion dollars in new oil money, corruption followed apace. Examining the oil boom is like placing a drop of dye in the circulatory system of global corruption, and watching as it reveals the system''s channels and pathways. Company bosses signed off on risky schemes to snap up choice oil blocks. Politicians in Brazil and Nigeria stole billions to build up their election war chests. Kleptocrats in Angola, Azerbaijan, and Russia seized upon the oil wealth to cement their hold on power. And an army of bankers, accountants, and lawyers lined up to help these corrupt actors stash their loot in the global system of shell companies and tax havens that serves today''s super-rich. The money then bought yachts, mansions, and even a few foreign politicians. Drawing on information exposed by intrepid journalists, prosecutors, and whistle blowers, Crude Intentions tells jaw-dropping stories of corruption and asks what we can learn from them. The cases reveal common tactics, but also vulnerabilities in this web of fraud. These are the starting points for building a smarter fight against corruption, in the oil sector and well beyond.

DKK 385.00

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The Silmarillion Illustrated by the Author - J. R. R. Tolkien - Bog - HarperCollins - Plusbog.dk

Sauron has returned. . . watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video. For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings , illustrated throughout in color by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key characters. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë , a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta , in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien could not publish The Silmarillion in his lifetime, as it grew with him, so he would leave it to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit the work from many manuscripts and bring his father’s great vision to publishable form, so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime. This special edition presents anew this seminal first step towards mapping out the posthumous publishing of Middle-earth, and the beginning of an illustrious forty years and more than twenty books celebrating his father’s legacy. This definitive new edition includes, by way of an introduction, a letter written by Tolkien in 1951 which provides a brilliant exposition of the earlier Ages, and for the first time in its history is presented with Tolkien’s own paintings and drawings, which reveal the breathtaking grandeur and beauty of his vision of the First Age of Middle-earth.

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