Ghosts In The Machine

Author : Arthur Koestler
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 : 9780140191929
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost in the Machine written by Arthur Koestler and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1990-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the human impulse towards self-destruction suggests that in the course of human evolution, a pathological split between emotion and reason developed

Author : Arthur Koestler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809261499
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The ghost in the machine written by Arthur Koestler and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Koestler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809261499
Total Pages : 384 pages
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Download or read book The ghost in the machine written by Arthur Koestler and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Atkinson
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879102852
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts in the Machine written by Michael Atkinson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Limelight). Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become, almost immediately, a dominant cultural force in our lives, this penetrating and provocative book argues that "movies (like cathedrals) cannot help but display the subconscious impulses oftheir society." From D.W. Griffith to the Marx Brothers to film noir, "what are conceived and consumed as innocent pop movies ... are in fact manifestations of wild horror, superstitious ignorance, fatalistic dread and bigoted savagery."

Author : Elaine Kasket
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 9781472141903
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All the Ghosts in the Machine written by Elaine Kasket and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful' Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistible and Drunk Tank Pink 'This a very useful book, even perhaps for people who have never been near a computer in their lives' Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph Seen any ghosts on your smartphone lately? As we're compelled to capture, store and share more and more of our personal information, there's something we often forget. All that data doesn't just disappear when our physical bodies shuffle off this mortal coil. If the concept of remaining socially active after you're no longer breathing sounds crazy, you might want to get used to the idea. Digital afterlives are a natural consequence of the information age, a reality that barely anyone has prepared for - and that 'anyone' probably includes you. In All the Ghosts in the Machine, psychologist Elaine Kasket sounds a clarion call to everyone who's never thought about death in the digital age. When someone's hyperconnected, hyperpersonal digital footprint is transformed into their lasting legacy, she asks, who is helped, who is hurt, and who's in charge? And why is now such a critical moment to take our heads out of the sand? Weaving together personal, moving true stories and scientific research, All the Ghosts in the Machine takes you on a fascinating tour through the valley of the shadow of digital death. In the process, it will transform how you think about your life and your legacy, in a time when our technologies are tantalising us with fantasies of immortality.

Author : C. Kilgore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781480165144
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost in the Machine written by C. Kilgore and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-21 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Love is like a wormhole. You stumble on to it blindly, it sucks you in and takes you somewhere completely unexpected, but you sure have one hell of a ride. You can't fight it, because that would tear your ship apart. You can't control it, either. All you can do is set your thrusters on glide and let it take you where it's going to take you."Take part in an exploration of the heart through a richly built and diverse universe of cultures, planets and people. As a member of the Vesparian race that seeks to keep its entire existence secret, Orynn is thrown into the open by a request for help that she could not refuse. Seeking to reconcile past mistakes and gain a forgiveness she feels she does not deserve, the control over her empathic abilities is put to the test when the darkness that lives within her spirit threatens to once again destroy any piece of happiness that she allows herself to find. Joining a rag-tag crew of Central Agents, who are part of an organization that maintain a counterbalance against the encroaching Xen'dari Empire, Orynn finds unexpected friendship and a trust she struggles not to betray. When her heart grows an attachment for one of the crew members, a Mechatronic Automaton who reminds her of a lost and cherished friendship, the darkness within her fights against it and begins to rip her spirit in two. When another Agent tries to bring out the darkness in order to witness her races' rumored capabilities, she is brought to the edge of the abyss within her soul. With a gentle push, she jumps.As a Mechatronic Automaton, Ethan defines his world through a set of logically defined values and understandings. Encountering Orynn throws his system out of balance as he tries to decide if he should trust the feelings he is developing, or if he should follow the logic telling him that she is trying to control him for some unknown purpose. Should he keep her at a distance despite his want to bring her near, or should he follow the heart he swears he does not have? As his understanding of her develops, he begins to question all of his preconceived notions about both himself and the universe around him.In his attempts to capture the Vesparian prey he has been hunting after for two decades, the First Commander of the Xen'dari fleet will stop at nothing and track Orynn to the ends of the universe. On a path of vengeance for a past he can't let go of, he will do everything in his power to burn her world down around her feet until nothing is left but ash and the bitter taste of regret. The Central Agents' mission to save a planet from a genetically created plague is put in jeopardy by the First Commander's advances. The crew must fight against the unknown foe as they travel between systems in their search for the plague's cure.Orynn guides the crew through these systems with her knowledge of the cultures and peoples, giving the young captain a crash course in the uncommon races of the Outer Rim. Captain Hankarron Eros is in for the ride of his life as he tries to put aside his preconceived ideas about Vesparians and give Orynn his trust. Struggling with his own relationship woes and a reputation for rash and strategically lacking decisions, Hank fights to hold on to his Captain's chair as the legendary legacy of his Uncle overshadows him. Ghosts of the past clash with hopes for the future in this first book of the series, set in a universe where nothing is as it seems at first glance and trust is a highly priced commodity.

Author : Patrick Carman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781533088451
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skeleton Creek #2 written by Patrick Carman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although forbidden to see each other, Ryan and Sarah continue their investigation of the mysterious happenings at the dredge by communicating through video clips, text messages, midnight meetings, and journaling. The reader may view videos on a website by using links and passwords found in the text.

Author : Ken Webster
Publisher : Iris Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780955983153
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vertical Plane written by Ken Webster and published by Iris Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vertical Plane: The Mystery of the Dodleston Messages: A unique supernatural detective story.

Author : Stanley Corngold
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810127695
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Franz Kafka written by Stanley Corngold and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is widely acknowledged that Kafka's daytime occupation as a specialist in industrial accident insurance contributed in a significant way to his fiction. Corngold and Wagner frame Kafka's writings as cultural events, each work reflecting the economic and cultural discourses of his epoch. In pursuing Kafka's avowed interest in the theory and practice of insurance, the authors view the two systems of his literary worlds--the official and the personal--as a "bundling" together of the various cultural accidents of Kafka's time. The work of two of the leading scholars of the single most influential writer of literary modernity, Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine constitutes a breathtakingly original advance in the study of both the more famous and less well-known works of this enigmatic master."--From publisher description.

Author : Gilbert Ryle
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226732954
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Mind written by Gilbert Ryle and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This now-classic work challenges what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory, " the Cartesian "myth" of the separation of mind and matter. Ryle's linguistic analysis remaps the conceptual geography of mind, not so much solving traditional philosophical problams as dissolving them into the mere consequences of misguided language. His plain language and essentially simple purpose put him in the tradition of Locke, Berkeley, Mill, and Russell - philisophers whose best work, like Ryle's, has become a part of our general literature.