Think Tanks and Civil Societies
Government and individual policymakers throughout the developed and developing world face the common problem of bringing expert knowledge to bear in government decision making. Policymakers need understandable, reliable, accessible, and useful inf...
Why Minority Governments Work
This book is an examination of minority government performance in conjunction with the territorial distribution of state power and the territorial interests of political parties. It examines political institutions, and the reconcilability of party...
The Awakening Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey
Waking up spiritually is a life-altering event that shifts the world view, and changes the perception of what it means to be human. It is a significant grace in anyone's life, bringing the potential for profound peace, unconditional love and intuitive wisdom. However, spiritual 'seekers' rarely have a clear understanding of what it means to become Awakened or Self-realized, nor do they recognize the natural tendency to become stuck in various cul-de-sacs along the way, or know how to cope with the challenges that arise in this process. Awakening is both sudden and gradual, often beautiful and ecstatic, but it can also be disorienting as the 'seeker' falls away. Few spiritual systems or therapists are able to offer guidance to those in this process, and this can lead to confusion, detours and lengthy periods of darkness before embodiment and freedom are established. 'The Awakening Guide' reveals how the search for love, wisdom and wholeness unfolds for those who meditate, and also
Artificial Wisdom
Prepare to be hooked by the most gripping thriller of the year, perfect for fans of shows Severance and Dark Matter.'A stunning story and a remarkable vision, all incredibly well told. As modern as tomorrow and even more frightening. Be afraid - very afraid - of where we are and of what is coming' Terry Hayes, bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim'A richly-imagined, fast-paced exploration of an uncertain future where technology promises to serve as our saviour and rule as our master. An all too human story of a desperate man in search of the truth.' Michael Cordy, bestselling author of The Messiah Code________Who would you trust with the future?The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse.The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world's first political artificial intelligence.As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully find himself at the centre of it - when Solomon's creator turns up murdered.Overnight, one investigation becomes two, and it's not just the result of the election that's at stake but the future of the species. Suddenly humanity must make an impossible choice - between salvation, or freedom.________?Readers are already gripped by Artificial Wisdom?????? 'Tom Weaver deserves a solid five-star rating! This book brilliantly weaves together a captivating murder mystery with a thought-provoking glimpse into a future world.'????? 'Wow, what a phenomenal blending of genres!'????? 'I have never read a book like this before!'????? 'Each turn of the page leaves you guessing, making assumptions, only for the author to surprise you time and time again.'
Automatic Government
One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the past twenty years is the increased use of indexing¿automatic adjustments for inflation¿in federal programs. Currently, programs comprising more than one-third of the federal budget h...
Artificial Wisdom
'Imaginative, impressive debut... Particularly compelling is Weaver’s riveting vision of technology in the near future and its ramifications once humans can no longer discern what is real' The Times 'Superior popular fiction, likely to trouble the bestseller lists, and neatly set up for a sequel' SFX 'As modern as tomorrow and even more frightening... stunning' Terry Hayes, bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim ________ Who would you trust with the future? The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse. The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence. As whispers of a global conspiracy emerge, investigative journalist Marcus Tully find himself at the centre of it – when Solomon’s creator turns up murdered. Overnight, one investigation becomes two, and it’s not just the result of the election that’s at
Ecotourism
Ecotourism
Oilfield Trash
When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfie...
The Kundalini Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey
The Kundalini Guide: A Companion for the Inward Journey
Introductory Relational Database Design for Business, with Microsoft Access
A hands-on beginner's guide to designing relational databases and managing data using Microsoft Access Relational databases represent one of the most enduring and pervasive forms of information technology. Yet most texts covering relational databa...
Truth And Assertibility
The book is a research monograph on the notions of truth and assertibility as they relate to the foundations of mathematics. It is aimed at a general mathematical and philosophical audience. The central novelty is an axiomatic treatment of the con...
Forcing For Mathematicians
Ever since Paul Cohen's spectacular use of the forcing concept to prove the independence of the continuum hypothesis from the standard axioms of set theory, forcing has been seen by the general mathematical community as a subject of great intrinsi...
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Love Poems to No One
I won't tell you how love is supposed to be because the truth is, love is many things, least of all predictable. It is feeling things we shouldn't and not feeling things we should. It is unexplainable at times leaving us at a loss for words. Love is beautiful and complicated and breathtaking. This is a book of poems about love, romance, loss, heartbreak and survival. A voice for the lost loves, the found loves, the silent loves, the unrequited loves. To those who have loved and lost and keep on loving, despite it all. These love poems are to no one. These love poems are to you. -N.R.Hart
