Darfur, Sudan. 2009. Two doctors employed by NGOs stumble across a strange metallic cylinder, which has been embedded for perhaps millions of years in desert rock. Mystified by the object, they gather four of the world’s leading experts in science and technology a computer scientist, a physicist, a biochemist, and a genetic researcher and head to London to study it thoroughly. The six have barely begun running tests on the cylinder, when they suddenly disappear telling family members not t...

Forbidden love and fierce rivalry drive Jeff Hollister, a street-smart high school senior and gang leader of the Hurricanes, to the brink of disaster. Thinking he’s got the world in his back pocket, and the police at a safe distance, he and his scrappy gang of teenage delinquents come to discover they don’t always come out on top after all.A deadly vow by a member of the rival Tornadoes gang sets Jeff and his friends on a roller coaster of knife fray and gunplay, foot races and car ...

"Skalka writes with unusually rich detail about her story's setting and with unflinching empathy for her characters."—Publishers WeeklyAfter tracking a clever killer in DEATH STALKS DOOR COUNTY, park ranger and former Chicago homicide detective Dave Cubiak is elected Door County sheriff. His newest challenge arrives as spring brings not new life but tragic death to the isolated fishing village of Gills Rock. Three prominent World War II veterans, about to be honored for their milita...

Reskilling is the new imperative in the war for talent.As the pace of technological change accelerates, the demand for new skills is increasing. And as technologies like AI take on new tasks and jobs, smart organizations aren't waiting for their new workforces to appear. They are investing in reskilling the workers. They're adopting a skills-based approach to hiring and developing talent. And they're leveraging digital learning tech to upskill their employees dynam...

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER *When Peter Oborne wrote The Rise of Political Lying, looking at the growth of political falsehood under John Major and Tony Blair, he believed things had got as bad as they could be. With the arrival of Boris Johnson at No 10 in 2019 began a new and unprecedented epidemic of deceit.**In The Assault on Truth, a short and powerful new polemic, Oborne shows how Boris Johnson lied

WORLDBUILDING: Videospiele und Kunst im digitalen Zeitalter untersucht die Beziehung zwischen Gaming und zeitbasierter Medienkunst. Es ist die erste generationenübergreifende Ausstellung dieser Größenordnung, die einen Überblick vermittelt, wie sich zeitgenössische Künstler*innen weltweit Ästhetiken und Technologien aus dem Videospielbereich für ihre Praxis aneignen.Das Projekt präsentiert Arbeiten von mehr als 50 Künstler*innen, darunter Rebecca Allen, Cory Arcangel, LaTur...

Die blau-gelbe Fahne steht für Freiheit, das ominöse russische Zeichen "Z" für Unterdrückung. So einfach ist der Krieg um die Ukraine nicht erklärbar, obwohl sich unter europäischen Staatskanzleien und Leitmedien nur diese eine Erzählung festgesetzt hat. Der Band "Kriegsfolgen" will jenseits von Propaganda die Motive und die Folgen dieser seit Generationen gefährlichsten Weltkrise durchleuchten. In mehreren Kapiteln werden die Vorgeschichte des Konflikts, der Kriegsgang selbst, die Beteili...

Techniques used to cope with anger, anxiety, and depression and be wellHow to handle aggression and tackle lies, slander, gossip, rumors and winSelf-help practice techniques to attain freedom from resentment, hostility and rejectionThe 4 moral rules used to approach aggression – reason, honesty, kindness, love –and the 4 action rules to fight it– will, courage, purpose, patienceSelf-help practice techniques to overcome embarrassment, shame, inadequacy...

Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and politi...

Seit 1990 wird vom Marburger Verein für Phantastik e.V. der Marburg Award verliehen. Im Jahr 2022 schrieb der Verein den Award gemeinsam mit DreamLand Productions aus. Dieses Mal ging es bei dem Kurzgeschichten-Wettbewerb um das von Thomas Birker vorgeschlagene Thema "Verführung des Bösen". Die Gewinner der Plätze 1 bis 3 liegen nun als Hörspiel vor, wie es auch in der Ausschreibung angegeben war. So schaffte es eine Geschichte über eine unheimliche Mythologie auf Platz 3: Die Verführung e...

WORLDBUILDING: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age examines the relationship between gaming and time-based media art. It is the first transgenerational show of this scope to survey how contemporary artists world-wide are appropriating the aesthetics and technology of gaming as their form of expression. Commissioned by the Julia Stoschek Foundation and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition features works by more than 50 artists, including Rebecca Allen, Cory Arcangel, LaTurbo Avedon, ...

Der krönende Abschluss der großen Neuausgabe der Gesammelten Werke von Arkadi und Boris StrugatzkiEin Forschungsinstitut für Magie und Zauberei, in dem die Unredlichkeit der Mitarbeiter durch Haarwuchs aus den Ohren kenntlich wird. Ein Schriftsteller, dessen Gestalten aus einem aus Angst vor der Zensur unveröffentlichten Roman ins Leben treten und ihn zu verfolgen beginnen ... Die Geschichten von Arkadi und Boris Strugatzki haben nichts von ihrer unmittelbaren erzä...