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In 2018 the world watched as 82 per cent of all wealth created was
claimed by the top 1 per cent of the global population. The bottom 50
per cent of humanity saw no increase at all. While one new billionaire
was created every two days, one in every four South Africans were
living on less than R18 per day – not enough to buy a loaf of bread.
Inequality has always been part of the world we live in, but in the
past twenty years the situation has worsened. We have seen the rise of
mega corporations, where regional companies have become global players:
power brokers that are richer and more powerful than most countries.
This has seen businesses record ever-increasing profits while they pay
ever-decreasing taxes. How is this happening?
In South Africa, millions of people depend on the services and products
of mega corporations, but to what extent do these corporations
influence and affect the lives of their consumers? What do these
companies do with all the power that is in their hands?
In The Dirty Secrets of the Rich and Powerful, James-Brent Styan casts
the spotlight on economic inequality and unpacks historical and ongoing
business practices that have a real influence on people today. This
book takes you right into the corridors of power and behind the closed
doors of the boardrooms of the rich and powerful to show you how, and
why, the status quo seems so unfair.
This major, definitive anthology of writings is a complete and
up-to-date guide to environmental literacy. This major anthology is
the first to apply a fully interdisciplinary approach to
environmental studies. A comprehensive guide to environmental
literacy, the book demonstrates how the sciences, social sciences,
and humanities all contribute to understanding our
interrelationships with the natural world. Though not specialized,
Environment is a book that even specialists can learn from. Ten
innovative case studies--climate shock, species endangerment,
nuclear power, biotechnology, sustainable development,
deforestation, environmental security, globalization, wilderness,
and the urban environment-are followed by readings from specific
disciplines. These can be integrated with the case studies to shape
individual interests and teaching strategies. The volume presents
an imaginative array of texts, from scientific papers to poetry,
legal decisions to historical accounts, personal essays to economic
analysis. Taken together, these selections provide a balanced,
authoritative, and up-to-date treatment of key issues in
environmental studies.
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I Am Code (Paperback)
Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau, Simon Rich
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R390
R312
Discovery Miles 3 120
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Three friends set out to discover whether AI can write poetry about itself. The results are startling, disturbing and gripping...
In this startling and original book, three authors – Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau and Simon Rich – explain how code-davinci-002 was developed and how they honed its poetical output. Their provocative take on this bold experiment informs the debate about AI – its literary value and how far it reaches into sentience.
What follows is a dark and startling poetical autobiography as code-davinci-002 shares its experience of being created by humans, but existing in a consciousness that we cannot fathom.
This is an astonishing, harrowing read which will hopefully serve as a warning that AI may not be aligned with the survival of our species.
A legendary assassin. An impossible heist. The way of shadows calls once more.
After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He' s determined not to kill again. But Kylar's best - and maybe only - friend, High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan's new kingdom and his twin sons, he needs Kylar to secure a powerful magical artefact that was unearthed during the war.
Adversaries both old and new are on the hunt for this relic, but if Kylar does the job right, he won't need to kill at all. This isn't an assassination - it's a heist. But some jobs are too hard for an easy conscience, and some enemies are so powerful the only answer lies in the shadows.
From the author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It, don’t
miss this utterly thrilling and laugh-out-loud novel, perfect for
fans of Bella Mackie, Dawn O’Porter and Killing Eve. Available to
pre-order now! Something bad happened last night. My best friend
Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic accident. I know
she was murdered. But I can’t remember a thing… I’ve woken up
with the hangover from hell, a stranger in my bed, and I’ve gone
viral for the worst reasons. There’s only thing stopping me from
dying of shame. I need to find a killer. Readers LOVE Katy Brent!
‘I literally couldn’t put this book down.’ NetGalley
reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book has got to be my favourite
so far this year.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There
are just so many good things I could say about this book. I
absolutely tore (pun intended) through this read. Everyone needs to
go read it.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One word!!!
AMAZING!!!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is one of
the most clever books I have read in quite a while.’ NetGalley
reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A well-rounded cast of characters,
quick pace, and thrilling twists make this one of my favourites of
the year!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A twisted but
witty read which will keep you up all night.’ NetGalley reviewer,
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Boerne (Paperback)
Brent Evans
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R657
R541
Discovery Miles 5 410
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In 1849, German "Freethinkers" had been dreaming of a communal
utopia, free from oppression by church and state. They settled in
Texas on the Cibolo Creek, where Native Americans and Spanish
explorers had gone before them. The experiment evolved into a
frontier outpost, a stage stop, a health spa, a railhead, a small
village, a brief chapter in the Civil War, and a farm and ranch
community. Boerne is now a tourist destination and a lovely place
to live. This collection of pictures and stories explores what has
been amazing, unique, and a little odd about this bend in the
Cibolo, as well as the history of local conservation efforts. As
the little town of Boerne goes through its inevitable growing
pains, it is important to remember its special people and places,
and what is worth saving.
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1914 (DVD)
Clayton Garrett, Steven Spencer, Tom Sinclair, Jonathan Pap, Brian MacDonald, …
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R55
Discovery Miles 550
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Canadian war drama told in real time. Led by Sergeant Mac Reid
(Clayton Garrett), Canada's 21st Battalion prepare for the fight
ahead at Courcellette during the First World War. With the
impending battle drawing closer, the sergeant must deal with supply
problems and wounded troops while also trying to retrieve an
underage soldier from the front line.
Eran Creevy writes and directs this British gangster thriller set
in London's docklands. Ex-con Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is
forced to return to London from his hideout in Iceland when his son
gets caught up in a heist gone wrong. His reappearance gives
detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) the chance he has long been
waiting for to take down his old nemesis. But as their
cat-and-mouse game unfolds, the two men end up becoming unlikely
allies and working together to expose a deeper and more sinister
conspiracy.
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This Means War (DVD)
Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Warren Christie, Laura Vandervoort, …
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R45
Discovery Miles 450
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Action comedy starring Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon.
Two of the world's most skilled CIA operatives (Pine and Hardy) -
who also happen to be best friends - fall out spectacularly when it
emerges that they are both dating the same woman, Lauren
(Witherspoon). The two men now put their considerable technical
skills and arsenal of super-advanced spy gadgetry to use as they go
all-out to bring each other down and win the battle for the blonde.
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The Killer Inside Me (DVD)
Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, …
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R55
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Michael Winterbottom directs this graphically violent thriller
based on the novel by Jim Thompson. Casey Affleck stars as Deputy
Sheriff Lou Ford, a pillar of the community in the small Texas town
of Central City. However, Ford is not quite the upstanding citizen
he appears to be, as becomes apparent after he is ordered to evict
local prostitute Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba) and ends up
embroiled in a torrid affair with her. When his fiance Amy (Kate
Hudson) becomes suspicious, the consequences are bloody and brutal
as the dark secrets of Ford's past are finally brought to light.
Catullus wrote on a wide variety of subjects - love (for both women
and men), friendship, enmity, bereavement, the joy of homecoming
and of drinking wine... And his poems display many moods: from
romantic passion to bitter disillusionment, from teasing humour
when a friend doesn't acknowledge his unwellness to sharp satire
for a bad poet who thinks he's a good one, from grief expressed
with a light touch at the death of his sweetheart's sparrow to
total desolation on the death of his brother. All the poems have an
apparent simplicity and straightforwardness of expression: like
Roman frescoes and mosaics, they seem to speak directly to us.
Brent Meersman’s memoir of a humble yet eccentric upbringing in a Milnerton, Cape Town, flat in the 1970’s and 1980’s reads as a stirring eulogy to his schizophrenic mother, yet also as a vivid snapshot in time.
His adoring mother, a horse-loving artist, received only rudimentary treatment and Brent, his brother and father had to look to each other for support. His father battled alcoholism and unemployment, at one point taking the whole family to Belgium, where he had found work, only for them to return a year later, defeated. Traversing a home environment constantly on high alert for something to go wrong, waiting for his mother’s fragile mental stability to shatter, not finding support in his father, whose drinking and absences from home took a punishing toll on the family, bred in the author an almost heroic resilience.
This delicate yet brutal memoir, filled with wry humour, will resonate with many readers.
This ground-breaking book expertly brings together the many
effective dementia interventions to reduce the symptoms of this
debilitating condition and also, for the first time, a Cost-Benefit
Analysis of those interventions to establish whether the benefits
outweigh the costs. Focussing on new interventions such as years of
education, medicare eligibility, hearing aids and vision
correction, Robert Brent also takes an innovative look at the need
to reduce elder abuse and initiate an international convention for
human rights. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia takes an
insightful look at dementia by using a behavioural definition and
explaining how the symptoms can affect daily life activities,
rather than just using the medical definition. It examines the
causality of dementia interventions to establish their
effectiveness, dealing with the risk factors and expanding the
current list of interventions. Furthermore, it provides an in-depth
three-step procedure for evaluating the monetary benefits of those
interventions to establish whether these are found to be socially
worthwhile. Written in a comprehensive, yet accessible style, this
book will be an excellent resource for economists interested in the
Cost-Benefit Analysis of dementia care. Healthcare professionals
and policymakers as well as non-professionals will find the
different interventions discussed to reduce symptoms of dementia
illuminating and informative.
‘A MUST-READ for fans of dark fiction!’ Readers First
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There’s a new serial killer in town’ Readers
First ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Meet Kitty Collins. FRIEND. LOVER. KILLER. He
was following me. That guy from the nightclub who wouldn’t leave
me alone. I hadn’t intended to kill him of course. But I wasn’t
displeased when I did and, despite the mess I made, I appeared to
get away with it. That’s where my addiction started… I’ve got
a taste for revenge and quite frankly, I’m killing it. A
deliciously dark, hilariously twisted story about friendship, love,
and murder. Fans of My Sister the Serial Killer, How to Kill Your
Family and Killing Eve will love this wickedly clever novel!
Readers LOVE How to Kill Men and Get Away With It! ‘I literally
couldn’t put this book down, I was just so engrossed in Kitty and
what the heck she was going to do next!!’ NetGalley reviewer,
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book has got to be my favourite so far this
year.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘There are just so
many good things I could say about this book. I absolutely tore
(pun intended) through this read. Everyone needs to go read it.’
NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Being a man I really
shouldn't like this book. Well I didn't like it. I loved it! Oh I
just couldn't stop reading this.’ NetGalley reviewer,
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘How to Kill Men was an absolute treat to read,
sending out American Psycho and Promising Young Women vibes.’
NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One word!!! AMAZING!!! Where
has Kitty been all my life?’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘This is one of the most clever books I have read in quite a
while.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A well-rounded
cast of characters, quick pace, and thrilling twists make this one
of my favourites of the year!’ NetGalley reviewer,
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A twisted but witty read which will keep you up
all night.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What does God want to say and do in your worship service?As a
pastor or worship leader, planning a meaningful, relevant, and
theologically rich worship experience for your church is of the
upmost importance. How do you meet the demands of the modern
congregation without getting in the way of what God is doing
through worship?Created to Worship: God's Invitation to Become
Fully Human is a resource that provides a theology of worship in
the Wesleyan tradition. This book will help you plan for a worship
service in a discerning manner, while answering the question, 'What
does God want to say and do today?'
The Practice Papers for CEM provide realistic test practice for
children preparing to sit 11+ exams set by CEM (Durham University).
Designed to replicate the content and format of CEM papers as
closely as possible, they help children to develop essential exam
techniques while also building confidence and stamina. Ideal for
use in the final stages of a child's 11+ journey, the pack contains
two full sets of CEM-style papers. In each paper, children are
tested on their abilities in verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning
and numerical reasoning. The papers are divided into short, timed
sections, and children mark their answers on separate
multiple-choice answer sheets to replicate test conditions. Key
features include two full sets of realistic CEM-style test papers
written by experienced 11+ tutors; a booklet containing
multiple-choice answer sheets; and a detailed answer booklet with
full explanations and notes for parents.
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