Cursed is a bold retelling of the Arthurian legend, created by award-winning artist Frank Miller and acclaimed screenwriter Tom Wheeler. An original Netflix series starring Thirteen Reasons Why star Katherine Langford is set for release in Spring 2020.A DARK MAGICA POWERFUL WARRIORA LEGENDARY QUEENTouched by darkness, Nimue is an outcast to her people, forced...

The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century, changed the course of economies and societies and radically altered how humans interacted with each other and their world. In this updated edition of From Gutenberg to Google, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler takes up a still unfolding transformational revolution in twenty-first century technology: artificial in...

Brought to you by Penguin.Whosoever wields the Sword of Power shall be the one true King.But what if the Sword has chosen a Queen?Nimue grew up an outcast. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave...That is, until her entire village is slaughtered by Red Paladins, and Nimue's fate is forever altered. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword...

Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a potent primer on the need to rein in big tech" and Kirkus Reviews as "a rock-solid plan for controlling the tech giants," readers will be energized by Tom Wheeler's vision of digital governance.”Featured on Barack Obama's 11/3/23 list of "What I’m Reading on the Rise of Artificial Intelligence"An accessible and visionary b...

Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing todayIn an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions-in communications, business, and many areas of daily life-are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before. But our ancestors at times were just as bewildered by rapid upheavals in what we now call networks-the physical links...

This "intriguing" look at the sixteenth president's telegraph usage during the Civil War "revisits a familiar hero, but does so from an utterly new perspective" (Ken Burns).The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Linco...

Bloomsbury presents Techlash by Tom Wheeler, read by Tim H. Dixon.Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a potent primer on the need to rein in big tech" and Kirkus Reviews as "a rock-solid plan for controlling the tech giants," readers will be energized by Tom Wheeler's vision of digital governance.”Featured on Barack Obama's 11/3/23 list of "What I’m Reading on the Rise of Artificial Intelligence"An accessible and visionary book that connects the experiences of the late ...

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The Civil War was the first "modern war." Because of the rapid changes in American society, Abraham Lincoln became president of a divided United States during a period of technological and social revolution. Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time.No leader in history had ever possessed such a powerful tool to gain control over a fractious situation. An eage...

England im finstersten Mittelalter. Auf der 16-jährigen Nimue liegt ein Fluch: Immer wieder wird sie von erschreckenden Visionen heimgesucht - doch damit einher geht die Gabe, mit den verborgenen Völkern des Waldes sprechen zu können. Als ihr Dorf von den Roten Paladinen überfallen wird, die alle heidnischen Stämme ausrotten wollen, stirbt ihre Mutter, die Erzdruidin - und vererbt Nimue ein geheimnisvolles, mächtiges Schwert, das sie zu einem gewissen Merlin bringen soll. Begleitet wird Ni...

This is a collection of essays based on my 40 years experience in the martial arts. They are intended to cause the reader to think and spark conversation and debate rather than give absolute answers. To teach is to challenge and this collection will hopefully do just that. These esays are also intended to help martial artists from all styles and schools to better understand one another.

Fourteen-year-old Sassafras Grove (everyone calls him Sass) has gotten into a routine of staying up late at night and sleeping until noon. With school starting soon, it was a habit he knew he would have to break. One night, long after everyone else was in bed, Sass acts on a moment of bad judgement when he decides to chase a “cat” out of the garbage. That ends with very smelly consequences.Sass’ traumatic experience leads him, along with his best friend Munchie, to adopt a family o...