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The Machine Stops - E. M. Forster - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Machine Stops - E. M. Forster - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that."'' E.M. Forster is best known for his exquisite novels, but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical. In ''The Machine Stops'', humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshed in automated comforts, and in ''The Celestial Omnibus'' a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible.This book contains The Machine Stops and A Celestial Omnibus.

DKK 71.00
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Against the Machine - Paul Kingsnorth - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Against the Machine - Paul Kingsnorth - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it means to be humanIn Against the Machine, “furiously gifted” (The Washington Post) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a wholly original—and terrifying—account of the technological-cultural matrix enveloping all of us. With insight into the spiritual and economic roots of techno-capitalism, Kingsnorth reveals how the Machine, in the name of progress, has choked Western civilization, is destroying the Earth itself, and is reshaping us in its image. From the First Industrial Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence, he shows how the hollowing out of humanity has been a long game—and how your very soul is at stake. It takes effort to remain truly human in the age of the Machine. Here Kingsnorth reminds us what humanity requires: a healthy suspicion of entrenched power; connection to land, nature and heritage; and a deep attention to matters of the spirit. Prophetic and poetic, Against the Machine is a spiritual manual for dissidents in the technological age.

DKK 241.00
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The Soft Machine - William S. Burroughs - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Soft Machine - William S. Burroughs - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A terrifying, surreal space-age odyssey, The Soft Machine initiated Burroughs'' Cut-Up Trilogy that includes Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded . The book draws the reader into an unmappable textual space, where nothing is true and everything is permitted, to make a total assault on the colonising powers of planet earth that have turned us all into machines.Edited and introduced by renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, this new edition clarifies for the first time the extraordinary history of The Soft Machine ''s writing and rewriting, demolishing the myths of Burroughs'' chance-based writing methods and demonstrating for a new generation the significance of his greatest experiment.

DKK 120.00
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The Knowledge Machine - How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science - Bog af Michael Strevens - Paperback

The Knowledge Machine - How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science - Bog af Michael Strevens - Paperback

Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science works and why we need it. 'The best introduction to the scientific enterprise that I know. A wonderful and important book' David Wootton, author of The Invention of Science It is only in the last three centuries that the formidable knowledge-making machine we call modern science has transformed our way of life and our vision of the universe - two thousand years after the invention of..

DKK 105.95
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The Law Machine - Marcel Berlins - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Law Machine - Marcel Berlins - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The authors explain and discuss how the justice system evolved, the way it operates - including vivid descriptions of the trial process - and how lawyers work. Revised and updated throughout for this fifth edition, THE LAW MACHINE surveys recent developments in the workings of justice and the outlook for the future. ''Refreshingly free of the patronizing attitude and the humbug with which other books about the legal system are riddled'' - THES

DKK 127.00
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The Shame Machine - Cathy O'neil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Shame Machine - Cathy O'neil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It''s time to fight back Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. But as best-selling author Cathy O''Neil argues in this revelatory book, shaming has taken a new and dangerous turn. It is increasingly being weaponized -- used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. Shaming children for not being able to afford school lunches or adults for not being able to find work lets us off the hook as a society. After all, why pay higher taxes to fund programmes for people who are fundamentally unworthy?O''Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms -- all of which profit from ''punching down'' on the vulnerable. Woven throughout The Shame Machine is the story of O''Neil''s own struggle with body image and her recent weight-loss surgery, which awakened her to the systematic shaming of fat people seeking medical care.With clarity and nuance, O''Neil dissects the relationship between shame and power. Whom does the system serve? How do current incentive structures perpetuate the shaming cycle? And, most important, how can we all fight back?

DKK 141.00
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Grandma, Tell Me - Elma Van Vliet - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Grandma, Tell Me - Elma Van Vliet - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The international bestseller that invites our grandmothers to record the story of their lives, creating a personal keepsake for generations to come Every grandmother holds a treasure trove of memories and mysteries that are yet to be discovered. Grandma, Tell Me contains all the questions you always wanted to ask your grandmother: What kind of toys did you play with as a child? What did a typical school day look like? What are your memories of your grandparents? Who was your first love? How did you meet your husband? What would you have done differently if you were given the chance? - and many, many more. This is a loving and personal gift for every grandmother. When given back, her precious life and memories can be preserved for all time.

DKK 186.00
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The Candy Machine - Tom Feiling - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Candy Machine - Tom Feiling - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Cutting through the myths about the white market, Tome Feiling''s The Candy Machine is the story of cocaine as it''s never been told before. Gabrielle unwinds at weekends with a line of coke - and also works for a major police force. Juan Pablo is a drugs mule in Bogotá who gets his stash from a sweathouse. Belica started picking coca when she was eleven. Kurt Schmoke, former mayor of Baltimore, thinks legalization''s the only way ... Cocaine is big business. Governments spend millions on an unwinnable war against it, yet it''s now the drug of choice in the West. How did the cocaine economy get so huge? Who keeps it running behind the scenes? In The Candy Machine Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New York. He meets Medellín hitmen, US kingpins, British crack users and Brazilian traffickers, and talks to the soldiers and narcotics officers who fight the gangs. ''An important study of the cultivation, usage and suppression of cocaine'' Financial Times '' The Candy Machine is highly addictive'' Metro ''It is hard to decide if Tom Feiling''s future lies as a QC or the new Paul Theroux. A vivid, argumentative, arresting book'' Sunday Telegraph ''I''ve read a few documentary accounts of the rise of cocaine, and this might be the best of them'' Evening Standard Tom Feiling is an award-winning documentary film-maker. He spent a year living and working in Colombia before making Resistencia: Hip-Hop in Colombia, which won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, and was broadcast in four countries. In 2003 he became Campaigns Director for the TUC''s Justice for Colombia campaign, which organizes for human rights in Colombia. His book Short Walks from Bogotá: Journeys in the new Colombia is published by Allen Lane.

DKK 127.00
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How to Speak Machine - John Maeda - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How to Speak Machine - John Maeda - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

John Maeda is one of the world''s preeminent thinkers on technology and design, and in How to Speak Machine , he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. Machines are already more powerful than we can comprehend, and getting more powerful at an exponential pace. Once set in motion, algorithms never tire. And when a program''s size, speed and endlessness combine with its ability to learn and transform itself, the outcome can be unpredictable and dangerous. Take the seemingly instant transformation of Microsoft''s chatbot into a hate-spewing racist, or how crime-predicting algorithms reinforce racial bias. How To Speak Machine provides a coherent framework for today''s product designers, business leaders and policymakers to grasp this brave new world. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience from engineering to computer science to design, Maeda shows how businesses and individuals can identify opportunities afforded by technology to make world-changing and inclusive products while avoiding the pitfalls inherent to the medium.

DKK 179.00
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The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Time Machine - H. G. Wells - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksThe Time Machine is the great, gleeful anarchist novel of the 1890s. It is both a thrilling adventure story and a satire on religion, evolution and human hopes. With this book, Wells invented an entirely new genre and did it better than any of his imitators. An immediate bestseller, it has delighted and unnerved generations of readers, and will no doubt keep on doing so until some of the events predicted in the book make readers extinct.

DKK 92.00
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The Machine Stops and Other Stories - E M Forster - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Machine Stops and Other Stories - E M Forster - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A new selection of E. M. Forster''s exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series ''We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it.'' Like his much-loved novels, E. M. Forster''s short stories are rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds. Telling tales of violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings, his sharp and vivid prose has the ability to throw the characters'', and reader''s, perceptions and beliefs off balance.Selected to appeal to a new generation of readers around the world, this new selection of short stories in the Penguin English Library series celebrates E. M. Forster''s unparalleled skill for storytelling, beginning with his masterful work of science fiction, The Machine Stops .

DKK 107.00
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