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Asylum and Mirage
Michael D. Smith
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R368
Discovery Miles 3 680
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How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those
industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight
back. "[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the
internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done
about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to
believe that nothing much has changed." -The Wall Street Journal
"Packed with examples, from the nimble-footed who reacted quickly
to adapt their businesses, to laggards who lost empires."
-Financial Times Traditional network television programming has
always followed the same script: executives approve a pilot, order
a trial number of episodes, and broadcast them, expecting viewers
to watch a given show on their television sets at the same time
every week. But then came Netflix's House of Cards. Netflix gauged
the show's potential from data it had gathered about subscribers'
preferences, ordered two seasons without seeing a pilot, and
uploaded the first thirteen episodes all at once for viewers to
watch whenever they wanted on the devices of their choice. In this
book, Michael Smith and Rahul Telang, experts on entertainment
analytics, show how the success of House of Cards upended the film
and TV industries-and how companies like Amazon and Apple are
changing the rules in other entertainment industries, notably
publishing and music. We're living through a period of
unprecedented technological disruption in the entertainment
industries. Just about everything is affected: pricing, production,
distribution, piracy. Smith and Telang discuss niche products and
the long tail, product differentiation, price discrimination, and
incentives for users not to steal content. To survive and succeed,
businesses have to adapt rapidly and creatively. Smith and Telang
explain how. How can companies discover who their customers are,
what they want, and how much they are willing to pay for it? Data.
The entertainment industries, must learn to play a little
"moneyball." The bottom line: follow the data.
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Thank You God (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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R319
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Thank You God #2 (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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Thank You God (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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James M. Dean was just a normal American citizen until the outbreak
of the Civil War. He is then thrown into the unfamiliar world of
battle and must defend his honor and his country. James spends four
years battling other soldiers and his own demons, but he soon finds
that nothing is clear in a battle between brother and brother.
Young James finds himself in the midst of the most tumultuous time
in American history. He grows to become a man on the battlefield,
schooled by older soldiers who teach him compassion along with
cynicism. In the midst of the bloodshed, James finds romance but
also death and the daily struggle to stay alive. Rich with accurate
historical detail, Hidden Memories is one man's journey to find his
purpose and discover how much he can endure. There is more to
James's war than north versus south; there is bravery versus
cowardice and honor versus deprivation. In the end, James must
question his place in society. Can he rejoin a world at peace after
the horrors he has seen?
James M. Dean was just a normal American citizen until the outbreak
of the Civil War. He is then thrown into the unfamiliar world of
battle and must defend his honor and his country. James spends four
years battling other soldiers and his own demons, but he soon finds
that nothing is clear in a battle between brother and brother.
Young James finds himself in the midst of the most tumultuous time
in American history. He grows to become a man on the battlefield,
schooled by older soldiers who teach him compassion along with
cynicism. In the midst of the bloodshed, James finds romance but
also death and the daily struggle to stay alive. Rich with accurate
historical detail, Hidden Memories is one man's journey to find his
purpose and discover how much he can endure. There is more to
James's war than north versus south; there is bravery versus
cowardice and honor versus deprivation. In the end, James must
question his place in society. Can he rejoin a world at peace after
the horrors he has seen?
When random killings start happening around Centerville, Marvin
(Marv) Henderson, Centerville's retired large-animal vet, now
cowboy coroner, begins to see links that point to a serial killer
with an unknown motive. With his friend, an elderly lady named
Annemarie Smith, being one of the victims, nothing will stop Marv
in his efforts to bring her murderer to justice, even when his own
life is danger.
In recent decades, American universities have begun to tout the
“diversity” of their faculty and student bodies. But what kinds
of diversity are being championed in their admissions and hiring
practices, and what kinds are being neglected? Is diversity enough
to solve the structural inequalities that plague our universities?
And how might we articulate the value of diversity in the first
place? Transforming the Academy begins to answer
these questions by bringing together a mix of faculty—male and
female, cisgender and queer, immigrant and native-born, tenured and
contingent, white, black, multiracial, and other—from public and
private universities across the United States. Whether describing
contentious power dynamics within their classrooms or recounting
protests that occurred on their campuses, the book’s contributors
offer bracingly honest inside accounts of both the conflicts and
the learning experiences that can emerge from being a
representative of diversity. The collection’s
authors are united by their commitment to an ideal of the American
university as an inclusive and transformative space, one where
students from all backgrounds can simultaneously feel
intellectually challenged and personally supported.
Yet Transforming the Academy also offers a wide range
of perspectives on how to best achieve these goals, a diversity of
opinion that is sure to inspire lively debate.
In recent decades, American universities have begun to tout the
""""diversity"""" of their faculty and student bodies. But what
kinds of diversity are being championed in their admissions and
hiring practices, and what kinds are being neglected? Is diversity
enough to solve the structural inequalities that plague our
universities? And how might we articulate the value of diversity in
the first place? Transforming the Academybegins to answer these
questions by bringing together a mix of faculty - male and female,
cisgender and queer, immigrant and native-born, tenured and
contingent, white, black, multiracial, and other - from public and
private universities across the United States. Whether describing
contentious power dynamics within their classrooms or recounting
protests that occurred on their campuses, the book's contributors
offer bracingly honest inside accounts of both the conflicts and
the learning experiences that can emerge from being a
representative of diversity. The collection's authors are united by
their commitment to an ideal of the American university as an
inclusive and transformative space, one where students from all
backgrounds can simultaneously feel intellectually challenged and
personally supported. YetTransforming the Academyalso offers a wide
range of perspectives on how to best achieve these goals, a
diversity of opinion that is sure to inspire lively debate.
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