The monuments were only the beginning.Humanity survived the first wave of disappearances — mostly by deciding, loudly and officially, that it hadn't happened. But the vanishings have stopped being so tasteful about sticking to landmarks. Now they're personal: a beloved celebrity mid-post. A footballer mid-shot. A sitting president, lifted from a moving motorcade without a trace. What do they have in common with the bridges and the skylines and the priceless art? They were the most ...

Networks and other collaborations are central to the public sector’s ability to respond to their diverse responsibilities, from international development and regional governance, to policy development and service provision. Great strides have been made toward understanding their formation, governance and management, but more opportunities to explore methodologies and measures is required to ensure they are properly understood.This volume showcases an array of selected research meth...

We photograph everything. We store everything. We forget that storage has limits.Humanity has spent decades recording its existence in ever-finer detail, and the archive has finally grown too big for the planet to hold. Now something — no one will say what — has started clearing space. It begins with a bridge. Then a monument. Then entire buildings, gone in the middle of the afternoon, along with whoever happened to be inside them. The official position is that nothing is happening...

A collection of New York Times bestselling author William Gibson’s articles and essays about contemporary culture—a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped not only a generation of writers but our entire culture...Though best known for his fiction, William Gibson is as much in demand for his cutting-edge observations on the world we live in now. Originally printed in publications as varied as Wired, the New York Tim...

*A genre-defining—*and redefining—collection of the boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient speculative fiction, featuring stories from all over the globe.“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”Almost forty years ago, William Gibson wrote the line that began *Neuromancer—*and a movement that would change the face of science fiction.Award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin brings together over a hund...

Winner of the Locus Award for AnthologyFrom genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transformative visions of the future, fantastical alternate worlds, and inspiration for the social justice movements of tomorrow.One of the Most Anticipated Books of the YearAutostraddle • Ms. Magazine • Reactor • Alta Journal • Library Journal • ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A wheeling meditation on the wired life, on privacy, on what being human in the age of binary code might mean” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The NetanyahusNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL**“Shatteringly powerful . . . I cannot think of anything by anyone in [Cohen’s] generation t...

From the international bestselling author of Bullet Train, two inventive espionage tales in one“Isaka’s style is tense, laden with dark humor expressed with a flat affect—just the right tone for a book that walks the fine line between comedy and violence.” —New York Times Book Review on Hotel Lucky SevenMiyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other the wrong way—there is definitel...

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology.Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox"A deeply human, highly personal, and beautifully told story." —Dave EggersBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body , Dawn of the Ne...

For players and designers alike... How To Beat Escape Games!Are you ready to create your own escape room game? Interested in increasing your odds at beating the clock to escape?You'll learn about:5 Ways To Beat Escape GamesChoosing a Game Theme9 Fun Activities to Fill the Escape Game VoidAnd more...

Subway Sufers: Game GuideThis guide gives you all the basic controls, tips, and general strategies. In addition, it also gives you my 13 MASTER Tips. Playing this game from Day 1, I can tell you there are certain tips and tricks that can help you achieve scores in the millions!These are my best tips to help you rack up monster scores and dominate all your friends. This guide covers:Basic Instructions and ControlsPower-UpsGeneral Strate...

Cybernetics. Neuroscience. Nanotechnology. Genetic engineering. Hacktivism. Transhumanism. The world of tomorrow is already here, and the technological changes we all face have inspired a new wave of stories to address our fears, hopes, dreams, and desires as Homo sapiens evolve—or not—into their next incarnation. Cyber World presents diverse tales of humanity’s tomorrow, as told by some of today’s most gripping science fiction visionaries.