When does a philosophy become a conspiracy?In 2024, Sam Bankman-Fried — once hailed as the future of finance and one of the richest men in America — was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $11 billion and collapsing over a hundred companies. Stealing the Future is the inside story of that unraveling, told by a member of the CoinDesk team that first broke the case.But this is more than a true crime story.It’s a journey into the tang...

LURKING IN THE GENE POOL is the fourth annual anthology published by Three Cousins publishing. Twenty-two stories of horror, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and humor explore the theme. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. Sometimes family must be protected, but sometimes family is the threat.It's been said that all happy families are alike, but all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Sometimes one of the family members is different, special if y...

Provides the essential skills required for effective facilities managementFacilities Management (FM) plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of workplaces, balancing strategic goals with day-to-day operational needs. Introduction to Facilities Management is a structured and comprehensive introduction to the key functions of FM, equipping professionals with the foundational skills necessary to excel in this evolving field. Covering a wide range ...

AI Life is your new go-to guide to demystifying the tools and tricks that quietly shape modern life. We’re not here to overwhelm you with technical jargon or predict robot uprisings. Instead, we show you exactly how Artificial Intelligence (AI) already works in your world—and how to make it work better for you.Brought to you by AI experts with real-world experience, this first issue maps the AI landscape from your kitchen to your workplace, and hands you practical ...

The air is sixty-nine degrees. For a man living in the quiet aftermath of a hospital visit, this is the only fact that matters. In a house that has become a sealed container of memory and routine, he measures his days in degrees of temperature, meaningless numbers, and the small, persistent failures of a world coming undone: the toast that is never brown enough, the buzz from a wire inside a wall, the gray comma of a grease stain on a plate that will not wash clean.This is not a sto...

A psychologically rich exploration of faith loss and spiritual reconstruction in an age of religious disaffiliation.In Lost Faith and Wandering Souls, religion scholar David Morris offers a psychologically informed investigation of the widespread religious disillusionment shaping contemporary spiritual life. Drawing from psychoanalytic theory, developmental psychology, and sociological research, Morris argues that faith loss should be understood not as mer...

The story of Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone, and a financial revolution, King of Capital is the greatest untold success story on Wall Street.In King of Capital, David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and ‘barbarians at the gate’ into disciplined, risk-conscious investors while the financial establishment—banks and investment bankers such as Citi...

This third edition of Agile Project Management in easy steps has been updated to reflect its ongoing evolution. It explains the principles, practices, and processes of agile project management, by following an entire project, step-by-step, and covering the main activities and deliverables, including:Pre-project foundations, project vision and the business case.Ongoing discovery and definition of scope.Iterative and incremental development....

Today, the sight of a helicopter speeding toward some destination is familiar enough, but take a moment to consider: is there a life at stake? Is someone in peril and on a knife edge of survival, and will the helicopter crew be selflessly placing themselves in the most dangerous of situations for the sake of saving others? Ever since the First World War, aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service and later the Fleet Air Arm have operated from land bases and ships at sea, flying search and res...

Public Religions in the Future World is the first book to map the utopian terrain of the political-religious movements of the past four decades. Examining a politically diverse set of utopian fictions, this book cuts across the usual Right/Left political divisions to show a surprising convergence: each political-religious vision imagines a revived world of care and community over and against the economization and fragmentation of neoliberalism. Understanding these religions as uto...

In the 1800s, a shepherd's hut or living van would have been an unremarkable sight in many regions of rural Britain. By the 1970s most lay abandoned as farming methods and industry left them behind. Today the humble shepherd's hut is making a comeback and these quirky collectors' items are fast developing a cult status of their own. Original huts and living vans command high sums and replica huts are being built in high numbers to satisfy demand. However, many who see one, have one or want...

This book explores the role of students’ involvement in teacher professional development. Building upon a research study whereby pupils instruct their teachers in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the author argues that using student voice in this way can result in transformational learning for all those involved. The author presents the processes and experiences of pupils taking on the role of educators as well as the experiences of the teachers receiving such pro...