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Historical Ontology

By: Ian Hacking

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Historical Ontology

By: Ian Hacking

In this text, Ian Hacking offers his reflections on the philosophical uses of history. The focus is the historical emergence of concepts and objects.

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Hacking the Human

Social Engineering Techniques and Security Countermeasures

By: Ian Mann

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Hacking the Human

Social Engineering Techniques and Security Countermeasures

By: Ian Mann

Information security is about people, yet in most organizations protection remains focused on technical countermeasures. The human element is crucial in the majority of successful attacks on systems and attackers are rarely required to find technical vulnerabilities, hacking the human is usually sufficient. Ian Mann turns the black art of social engineering into an information security risk that can be understood, measured and managed effectively. The text highlights the main sources of risk from social engineering and draws on psychological models to explain the basis for human vulnerabilities. Chapters on vulnerability mapping, developing a range of protection systems and awareness training provide a practical and authoritative guide to the risks and countermeasures that are available. There is a singular lack of useful information for security and IT professionals regarding the human vulnerabilities that social engineering attacks tend to exploit. Ian Mann provides a rich mix of examples, applied research and practical solutions that will enable you to assess the level of risk in your organization; measure the strength of your current security and enhance your training and systemic countermeasures accordingly. If you are responsible for physical or information security or the protection of your business and employees from significant risk, then Hacking the Human is a must-read.

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Routledge

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1351156861

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9781351156868

Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?

By: Ian Hacking

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Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics At All?

By: Ian Hacking

Hacking explores how mathematics became possible for the human race, and how it ensured our status as the dominant species.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107050170

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Rewriting the Soul

Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory

By: Ian Hacking

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Rewriting the Soul

Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory

By: Ian Hacking

Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people receive treatment for dissociative disorders in every sizable town in North America. Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of patients and therapists, find child sexual abuse to be the primary cause of the illness, while critics accuse the "MPD" community of fostering false memories of childhood trauma. Here the distinguished philosopher Ian Hacking uses the MPD epidemic and its links with the contemporary concept of child abuse to scrutinize today's moral and political climate, especially our power struggles about memory and our efforts to cope with psychological injuries. What is it like to suffer from multiple personality? Most diagnosed patients are women: why does gender matter? How does defining an illness affect the behavior of those who suffer from it? And, more generally, how do systems of knowledge about kinds of people interact with the people who are known about? Answering these and similar questions, Hacking explores the development of the modern multiple personality movement. He then turns to a fascinating series of historical vignettes about an earlier wave of multiples, people who were diagnosed as new ways of thinking about memory emerged, particularly in France, toward the end of the nineteenth century. Fervently occupied with the study of hypnotism, hysteria, sleepwalking, and fugue, scientists of this period aimed to take the soul away from the religious sphere. What better way to do this than to make memory a surrogate for the soul and then subject it to empirical investigation? Made possible by these nineteenth-century developments, the current outbreak of dissociative disorders is embedded in new political settings. Rewriting the Soul concludes with a powerful analysis linking historical and contemporary material in a fresh contribution to the archaeology of knowledge. As Foucault once identified a politics that centers on the body and another that classifies and organizes the human population, Hacking has now provided a masterful description of the politics of memory : the scientizing of the soul and the wounds it can receive.

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Princeton University Press

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1400821681

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9781400821686

The Social Construction of What?

By: Ian Hacking

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The Social Construction of What?

By: Ian Hacking

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality. Especially troublesome in this dispute is the status of the natural sciences, and this is where Hacking finds some of his most telling cases, from the conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness to vying accounts of current research in sedimentary geology. He looks at the issue of child abuse—very much a reality, though the idea of child abuse is a social product. He also cautiously examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. In conclusion, Hacking comments on the “culture wars” in anthropology, in particular a spat between leading ethnographers over Hawaii and Captain Cook. Written with generosity and gentle wit by one of our most distinguished philosophers of science, this wise book brings a much needed measure of clarity to current arguments about the nature of knowledge.

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Harvard University Press

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0674254279

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The Taming of Chance

By: Ian Hacking

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The Taming of Chance

By: Ian Hacking

This book combines detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521388848

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Social Policy and Risk

By: Ian Culpitt

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Social Policy and Risk

By: Ian Culpitt

This book examines the notion of risk in relation to social policy. It takes ideas about risk (as expressed by sociologists such as Ulrich Beck in Risk Society), and applies them to recent changes in welfare. The author shows neo-liberals have used various aspects of risk to attack welfare dependency, and how various rhetoric's of risk have been used to reshape contemporary politics. Social Policy and Risk makes a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary welfare politics.

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SAGE

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076195886X

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The Newspapers Handbook

By: Richard Keeble,Ian Reeves

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The Newspapers Handbook

By: Richard Keeble,Ian Reeves

This new edition of The Newspapers Handbook presents an enlightening examination of an ever-evolving industry, engaging with key contemporary issues, including reporting in the digital age and ethical and legislative issues following the hacking scandal to display a comprehensive anatomy of the modern newsroom. Richard Lance Keeble and Ian Reeves offer readers expert practical advice, drawing on a wide range of examples from print and digital news sources to illustrate best practice and the political, technological and financial realities of newspaper journalism today. Other key areas explored include: the language of news basic reporting the art of interviewing feature writing the role of social media in reporting investigative reporting court reporting reporting on national and local government guidance on training and careers for those entering the industry.

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Routledge

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1136500766

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Social Work Science

By: Ian Shaw

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Social Work Science

By: Ian Shaw

What is the role of science in social work? Ian Shaw considers social work inventions, evidence-based practice, the history of scientific claims in social work practice, technology, and social work research methodology to demonstrate the significant role that scientific language and practice play in the complex world of social work. By treating science as a social action marked by the interplay of choice, activity, and constraints, Shaw links scientific and social work knowledge through the core themes of the nature of evidence, critical learning and understanding, justice, and the skilled evaluation of the subject. He shows specifically how to connect science, research, and the practical and speaks to the novel topics this integration introduces into the discipline, including experience, expertise, faith, tacit knowledge, judgment, interests, scientific controversies, and understanding.

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Columbia University Press

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0231541600

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9780231541602

Ontology and Providence in Creation

Taking ex nihilo Seriously

By: Mark Ian Thomas Robson

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Ontology and Providence in Creation

Taking ex nihilo Seriously

By: Mark Ian Thomas Robson

Ontology and Providence in Creation critically examines a particular Leibnizean inspired understanding of God's creation of the world and proposes that a different understanding should be adopted. The Leibnizean argument proposes that God's understanding encompassed a host of possible worlds, only one of which he actualized. This proposition is the current orthodoxy when philosopher and theologians talk about the philosophical understanding of creation. Mark Robson argues that this commits the Leibnizean to the notion that possibility is determinate. He proposes that this understanding of creation does not do justice to the doctrine that God created the world out of nothing. Instead of possible worlds, Robson argues that we should understand possibility as indeterminate. There are no things in possibility, hence God created out of nothing. He examines how this conception of possibility is held by C.S. Peirce and how it was developed by Charles Hartshorne. Robson contends that not only does the indeterminate understanding of possibility take seriously the nothing of ex nihilo, but that it also offers a new solution to the problem of evil.

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A&C Black

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1441105611

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Information Security Cost Management

By: Ioana V. Bazavan,Ian Lim

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Information Security Cost Management

By: Ioana V. Bazavan,Ian Lim

While information security is an ever-present challenge for all types of organizations today, most focus on providing security without addressing the necessities of staff, time, or budget in a practical manner. Information Security Cost Management offers a pragmatic approach to implementing information security, taking budgetary and real

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1420013831

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Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses

By: Ian Smith,David Shepherd

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Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses

By: Ian Smith,David Shepherd

It is estimated that there are over five million incidents of fraud and two million cyber-related crimes committed annually in the UK costing approximately £193 billion with organisations losing £183 billion per year. Aimed at business directors, business owners, in-house lawyers and managers, forensic accountants and non-UK lawyers, Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses sets out the legal process, from discovery of the crime and consideration of options, through engaging lawyers, early interventions to secure assets in the hands of fraudsters and culminating in sections on legal rights and processes, including court trials. This new title: - Arms victims of business fraud with valuable information that will enable them to make confident and wise choices in their pursuit of justice right from the first discovery of commercial fraud or cyber fraud - Sets out both the civil and criminal court options for victims - Includes detailed guidance on how to choose, use and pay for lawyers - Explains strategic imperatives, the relative merits of the different justice options and the hurdles that might have to be overcome - Includes case studies and quotes from real victims of commercial and cyber fraud and insightful quotes from specialist fraud litigation lawyers - Contains an introduction to international fraud cases and cross-border laws

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526509156

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Van Diemen's Land

An Aboriginal History

By: Murray Johnson,Ian McFarlane

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Van Diemen's Land

An Aboriginal History

By: Murray Johnson,Ian McFarlane

The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen’s Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonisation, warfare and exile. It emphasises the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Aboriginal life since time immemorial that has led to the distinct identities we see in the present, including the unique place of the islanders of Bass Strait. Carefully researched, using the findings of archaeologists and extensive documentary evidence, some only recently uncovered, this important book fills a long-time gap in Tasmanian history.

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UNSW Press

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1742241891

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The Complete Rebus Collection

Eighteen Books

By: Ian Rankin

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The Complete Rebus Collection

Eighteen Books

By: Ian Rankin

The career of Scotland's greatest modern detective. '[Rebus is] the most compelling mind in modern crime fiction' Independent Contains: KNOTS AND CROSSES, HIDE AND SEEK, TOOTH AND NAIL, A GOOD HANGING, STRIP JACK, THE BLACK BOOK, MORTAL CAUSES, LET IT BLEED, BLACK AND BLUE, THE HANGING GARDEN, DEAD SOULS, SET IN DARKNESS, THE FALLS, RESURRECTION MEN, A QUESTION OF BLOOD, FLESHMARKET CLOSE, THE NAMING OF THE DEAD, EXIT MUSIC.

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Orion

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1409138887

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9781409138884

Political Developments in Contemporary China

A Guide

By: Ian Jeffries

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Political Developments in Contemporary China

A Guide

By: Ian Jeffries

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics include human rights and China's international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more widely. This is the companion volume to Economic Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide (also published by Routledge).

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1136965203

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Mad Travelers

Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses

By: Ian Hacking

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Mad Travelers

Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses

By: Ian Hacking

Reflections on the Reality of transient mental illnessThis text uses the case of Albert Dadas, the first diagnosed "mad traveller", to weigh the legitimacy of cultural versus physical symptoms in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. The author argues that psychological symptoms find niches where transient illnesses flourish.

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Harvard University Press

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0674009541

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9780674009547

Information Technology Law

By: Ian J. Lloyd

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Information Technology Law

By: Ian J. Lloyd

Information Technology Law' examines the national and international basis for action on such topics as data protection and computer crime. The text goes on to analyse the effectiveness of current intellectual property legislation.

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0198830556

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North Korea, 2009-2012

A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

By: Ian Jeffries

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North Korea, 2009-2012

A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

By: Ian Jeffries

North Korea continues to be a country of great concern internationally, where future developments are uncertain, especially as a result of the succession to the leadership of Kim Jong-un following the death of Kim Jong-il. It is also a country which is relatively unknown and relatively little studied. This book provides a comprehensive, detailed survey of economic and political developments in the last few years. As such it provides many insights into the current trends which are likely to shape the country’s future direction.

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0415656443

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Securing Cloud and Mobility

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Ian Lim,E. Coleen Coolidge,Paul Hourani

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Securing Cloud and Mobility

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Ian Lim,E. Coleen Coolidge,Paul Hourani

A practitioners' handbook on securing virtualization, cloud computing, and mobility, this book bridges academic theory with real world implementation. It provides pragmatic guidance on securing the multi-faceted layers of private and public cloud deployments as well as mobility infrastructures. The book offers in-depth coverage of implementation plans, workflows, process consideration points, and project planning. Topics covered include physical and virtual segregation, orchestration security, threat intelligence, identity management, cloud security assessments, cloud encryption services, audit and compliance, certifications, secure mobile architecture and secure mobile coding standards.

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1439850577

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The Fire of the Dragon

China's New Cold War

By: Ian Williams

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The Fire of the Dragon

China's New Cold War

By: Ian Williams

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2023 As seen in The Times, Sunday Times, Spectator, and on Tonight with Andrew Marr (LBC) Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced diplomacy, and trade, investment, even big-spending tourists and students have been weaponised. Beijing has strengthened its alliance with Vladimir Putin, supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine, and brooks no criticism of its own flagrant human rights violations against the Uyghur population in western China. Western leaders say they don't want a cold war with China, but it's a little too late for that. Beijing is already waging a more complex, broader and more dangerous cold war than the old one with the Soviet Union. And it is intensifying. This thought-provoking and alarming book examines this new cold war's many fronts – from Taiwan and the South China Sea to the Indian frontier, the Arctic and cyberspace. In doing so it proclaims the clear and sobering message that we must open our eyes to the reality of China's rise and its ruthless bid for global dominance.

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Birlinn Ltd

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1788855140

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The Universal Machine

From the Dawn of Computing to Digital Consciousness

By: Ian Watson

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The Universal Machine

From the Dawn of Computing to Digital Consciousness

By: Ian Watson

The computer unlike other inventions is universal; you can use a computer for many tasks: writing, composing music, designing buildings, creating movies, inhabiting virtual worlds, communicating... This popular science history isn't just about technology but introduces the pioneers: Babbage, Turing, Apple's Wozniak and Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Zuckerberg. This story is about people and the changes computers have caused. In the future ubiquitous computing, AI, quantum and molecular computing could even make us immortal. The computer has been a radical invention. In less than a single human life computers are transforming economies and societies like no human invention before.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642281028

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Crime, Justice and the Media

By: Ian Marsh,Gaynor Melville

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Crime, Justice and the Media

By: Ian Marsh,Gaynor Melville

Crime, Justice and the Media examines and analyses the relationship between the media and crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. This expanded and fully updated third edition considers how crime and criminals have been portrayed by the media throughout history, applying different theoretical perspectives to the way crime, criminals and justice are reported. It also includes a new chapter that looks at the influence of film and the cinema on crime and justice. The third edition of Crime, Justice and the Media focuses on the media representation of a range of different areas of crime and criminal justice, including: new media technology, e.g. social network sites; moral panics over specific crimes and criminals, e.g. youth crime, cybercrime, paedophilia; media portrayal of victims of crime and criminals; how the media represent criminal justice agencies, e.g. the police and prison service. This book offers a clear, accessible and comprehensive analysis of theoretical thinking on the relationship between the media, crime and criminal justice and a detailed examination of how crime, criminals and others involved in the criminal justice process are portrayed by the media. With exercises, questions and further reading in every chapter, this book encourages students to engage with and respond to the material presented, thereby developing a deeper understanding of the links between the media and criminality.

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Routledge

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0429778252

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Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet

By: Forsyth, Ian

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Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet

By: Forsyth, Ian

An exploration of the teaching and learning material available on the Internet. It provides information on the appropriate way to handle and use the Internet as a delivery tool in education, and considers the implications this will have on the role and relationship of the teacher and learner.

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113537905X

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My Revision Notes: WJEC ICT for GCSE 2nd Edition

By: Ian Paget

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My Revision Notes: WJEC ICT for GCSE 2nd Edition

By: Ian Paget

Unlock your full potential with this revision guide, fully updated for the 2017 specification, which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know. With My Revision Notes for WJEC ICT for GCSE you can: - Take control of your revision: plan and focus on the areas you need to revise with content summaries and commentary from author Ian Paget. - Show you fully understand key topics by using specific examples of ICT. - Apply ICT terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words on all topics. - Improve your skills to tackle specific exam questions with self-testing and exam-style questions.

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Hodder Education

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1510455639

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Kellanved's Reach

Path to Ascendancy, Book 3 (A Novel of the Malazan Empire)

By: Ian C. Esslemont

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Kellanved's Reach

Path to Ascendancy, Book 3 (A Novel of the Malazan Empire)

By: Ian C. Esslemont

The conclusion to Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy Path to Ascendancy trilogy--a prequel story set in the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire series--co-created by Steven Erikson. The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages. So engrossed are the warring lords and princes in their own petty feuds that few notice that an upstart mage from Dal Hon has gained control of the southern seas. Kellanved could not care less about any of this petty politicking or strategy or war. Something other and altogether more mysterious has caught his attention and he - together with a reluctant and his decidedly skeptical friend Dancer - traverse continents and journey through the Realms. But this ancient mystery that has so captivated Kellanved is neither esoteric nor ephemeral. It involves the Elder races themselves, and more alarmingly, the semi-mythic Army of Dust and Bone. Surely no one in their right mind would be so foolish as to embark on a journey from which none have returned? Well, no one except Kellanved. Path to Ascendancy #1 Dancer's Lament #2 Deadhouse Landing #3 Kellanved's Reach

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Tor Books

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076537949X

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An Inquirer’s Guide to Ethics in AI

By: Matthew S.W. Silk,Ian J. MacDonald

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An Inquirer’s Guide to Ethics in AI

By: Matthew S.W. Silk,Ian J. MacDonald

Pulling from ethics, computer science, philosophy of science, and history, this book offers a series of investigative tools to enable readers to establish interdisciplinary connections and explore ethical issues involving artificial intelligence. Covering broad themes including democracy and the moral responsibility of scientists, the text also delves into specific topics such as modelling bias, risk assessment, privacy, epistemic concerns, the application of AI to medicine, the uses of generative AI for writing and art, and the impact that AI can have on human behavior. Throughout the book, the application of various ethical theories and investigative tools are modelled for students, helping them to become thoughtful inquirers in the exciting and growing field of artificial intelligence.

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Broadview Press

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1770489614

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By: Ian Grieve,Mark Polino

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By: Ian Grieve,Mark Polino

Over 100 powerful and effective recipes to help you solve real-world Dynamics GP problems About This Book Switch to Dynamics GP 2016 to take advantage of improved cloud support, workflow enhancements, and a more intuitive user experience Understand the various tips and tricks to master Dynamics GP, and improve your system's stability in order to enable you to get work done faster Discover how to solve real-world problems in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 with easy-to-understand and practical recipes Who This Book Is For The book is for Dynamics GP users or Dynamics GP partners. It assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems and Microsoft Dynamics GP. What You Will Learn Explore the new enhancements in Dynamics GP 2016 Personalize Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve accessibility and efficiencies Maintain Dynamics GP and ensure proper operation of the system using optimum processes Efficiently organize Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve processes Leverage the power of SmartLists using proven tips and techniques and undocumented search functionalities Connect Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 to Microsoft Office 2013 Enhance the usability of Microsoft Dynamics GP with hacks Expose the hidden features in Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve efficiency and get more from the system Deploy and use the Support Debugging tool to trace, locate, and resolve problems encountered by users Explore PowerBI and how it can be used with Dynamics GP 2016 In Detail The latest release of Dynamics GP 2016 offers a powerful, adaptable, and cloud enabled enterprise accounting software solution. The new version has experienced changes in serviced-based architecture, workflow, existing functionalities, and the introduction of plenty of new features. This book will help you get the most out of Dynamics GP quickly and effectively. This book picks up where implementation training leaves off. Whether you are new or experienced, you will find useful recipes to improve the way you use and work with Dynamics GP. The book starts with recipes designed to enhance the usefulness of Microsoft Dynamics GP by personalizing the look and feel of the application. Most of the recipes are designed to give you tips for a typical installation of Dynamics GP, including core financials and distribution modules. The book then moves through recipes that include automating Dynamics GP to allow users or administrators to focus on value adding tasks, connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, PowerBI, and much more! Style and approach This book follows a recipe-based approach with a problem-solution mind-set. Each recipe is independent of the others; real-world tested, and designed to be used immediately.

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1786467518

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Forensic Psychiatry

Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues, Second Edition

By: John Gunn,Pamela Taylor,Ian D. Hutcheon

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Forensic Psychiatry

Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues, Second Edition

By: John Gunn,Pamela Taylor,Ian D. Hutcheon

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014Comprehensive and erudite, Forensic Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues, Second Edition is a practical guide to the psychiatry of offenders, victims, and survivors of crime. This landmark publication has been completely updated but retains all the features that made the first edition such a w

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1040081703

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The Deep State

A History of Secret Agendas and Shadow Governments

By: Ian Fitzgerald

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The Deep State

A History of Secret Agendas and Shadow Governments

By: Ian Fitzgerald

Beneath the outward appearance of legitimate government and accountable officials there lurk hidden agendas, shadowy personalities and special interest groups seeking to seize control of the nation for their own ends. These 'states within a state', unfettered by legal norms and unworried by public opinion, are known as 'deep states'. In this fascinating account, Ian Fitzgerald examines what a deep state really is and how they have emerged in various places across the world and throughout history. Ranging from the police state of East Germany in the 1950s to the narco states of Latin America in the 1970s to the institutional corruption of 21st century Nigeria, he explores the many ways people have sought to seize the apparatus of power for themselves while remaining out of sight. Now the subject of modern conspiracy theories the world over as a worrying trend toward unelected power emerges, this book is more timely than ever, and helps separate fact from fiction. Looks at deep state conspiracies around the world, including: • the narco-states of Colombia and Mexico - where legitimate institutions have been corrupted by the power and wealth of the illegal drug trade • the illicit tax haven of Panama and the 2016 "Panama Papers", history's biggest data leak • the United Fruit Company's involvement in the 1954 coup d'état in Guatemala • the robber barons of the late 19th- and early 20th- century America • the role of intelligence services such as the CIA, FBI and NSA in the US deep state, at home and abroad • the extent to which social media sites such as Facebook influence voters

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1398805041

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Research and Social Work in Time and Place

Crossing Boundaries

By: Ian Shaw

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Research and Social Work in Time and Place

Crossing Boundaries

By: Ian Shaw

This volume, which brings together chapters and journal articles published by renowned academic Ian Shaw, focusses on the practice/research relationship within social work – a theme that has preoccupied much of his writing over the last 40 or more years. These pieces show the academic development of his understanding of the complexity and challenge of that relationship, as well as the shifts which have occurred in it over time. Divided into four sections Forming Professional Practice Forming Social Work Research Chicago, Sociology and Social Work Critical Tributes and Debates and comprised of 31 chapters, it will be of interest to all scholars of social work, and allied subjects, including sociology, allied health, social policy and disability studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000843769

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Australia and Cyber-warfare

By: Gary Waters,Desmond Ball,Ian Dudgeon

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Australia and Cyber-warfare

By: Gary Waters,Desmond Ball,Ian Dudgeon

This book explores Australia's prospective cyber-warfare requirements and challenges. It describes the current state of planning and thinking within the Australian Defence Force with respect to Network Centric Warfare, and discusses the vulnerabilities that accompany the use by Defence of the National Information Infrastructure (NII), as well as Defence's responsibility for the protection of the NII. It notes the multitude of agencies concerned in various ways with information security, and argues that mechanisms are required to enhance coordination between them. It also argues that Australia has been laggard with respect to the development of offensive cyber-warfare plans and capabilities. Finally, it proposes the establishment of an Australian Cyber-warfare Centre responsible for the planning and conduct of both the defensive and offensive dimensions of cyber-warfare, for developing doctrine and operational concepts, and for identifying new capability requirements. It argues that the matter is urgent in order to ensure that Australia will have the necessary capabilities for conducting technically and strategically sophisticated cyber-warfare activities by the 2020s. The Foreword has been contributed by Professor Kim C. Beazley, former Minister for Defence (1984--90), who describes it as 'a timely book which transcends old debates on priorities for the defence of Australia or forward commitments, (and) debates about globalism and regionalism', and as 'an invaluable compendium' to the current process of refining the strategic guidance for Australia's future defence policies and capabilities.

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ANU E Press

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1921313803

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9781921313806

The Keswick Story

The Authorized History of the Keswick Convention—Updated!

By: John Charles Pollock,Ian Randall

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The Keswick Story

The Authorized History of the Keswick Convention—Updated!

By: John Charles Pollock,Ian Randall

Keswick was one of the earliest expressions of Christian unity and a major force in the world missions movement. John C. Pollock, a widely acclaimed Christian biographer, unravels the story of how the convention began and how it grew, and of the many great personalities who have figured in its history.

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CLC Publications

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1619581264

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Of Apes and Ancestors

Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate

By: Ian Hesketh

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Of Apes and Ancestors

Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate

By: Ian Hesketh

Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape? In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gathered in Oxford to hear a heated debate on the merits of Charles Darwin's recently published Origin of Species. The Bishop of Oxford, "Soapy" Samuel Wilberforce, clashed swords with Darwin's most outspoken supporter, Thomas Henry Huxley. The latter's triumph, amid quips about apes and ancestry, has become a mythologized event, symbolizing the supposed war between science and Christianity. But did the debate really happen in this way? Of Apes and Ancestors argues that this one-dimensional interpretation was constructed and disseminated by Darwin's supporters, becoming an imagined victory in the struggle to overcome Anglican dogmatism. By reconstructing the Oxford debate and carefully considering the individual perspectives of the main participants, Ian Hesketh argues that personal jealousies and professional agendas played a formative role in shaping the response to Darwin's hypothesis, with religious anxieties overlapping with a whole host of other cultural and scientific considerations. An absorbing study, Of Apes and Ancestors sheds light on the origins of a debate that continues, unresolved, to this day.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442697113

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9781442697119

Invasion of Privacy

Brody Taylor #2

By: Ian Sutherland

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Invasion of Privacy

Brody Taylor #2

By: Ian Sutherland

Your private life is streamed live to a global audience. But no one told you about the cameras hidden in your home. And now a killer is watching, learning, planning . . . The brutal murder of a beautiful young cellist has stumped DI Jenny Price. How did the killer know the victim's most intimate dreams to lure her so convincingly to her death. Out of leads, Jenny reluctantly accepts the aid of antisocial but attractive witness Brody Taylor, who has come forward with a bizarre theory about hidden webcams broadcasting online from thousands of homes across the country. But Jenny is unaware that the charming Brody is under cover on his own covert operation. An up-to-the-minute crime thriller that exposes the dark side of life online. WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT INVASION OF PRIVACY: “I am a little sad it is over but still buzzing from the superb finale. Looking forward to the next adventure.” "Sutherland deftly weaves dramatic, humanly plausible police procedurals with very high-level hackery to form a novel both intricately plotted and meticulously produced.” "One of the best debut novels I have read. Crime, murder, sex, friendship, twist and turns, highs and lows are abundant throughout this book.” "If the producers of Homeland or 24 are looking for the next, and very relevant, topical and addictive series, look no further.”

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Ian Sutherland

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1311877428

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9781311877420

In a House of Lies

By: Ian Rankin

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In a House of Lies

By: Ian Rankin

A cold case involving a missing private investigator threatens to unearth skeletons from Rebus's past in this "must-read" mystery (Tana French). Former Detective John Rebus' retirement is disrupted once again when skeletal remains are identified as a private investigator who went missing over a decade earlier. The remains, found in a rusted car in the East Lothian woods, not far from Edinburgh, quickly turn into a cold case murder investigation. Rebus' old friend, Siobhan Clarke is assigned to the case, but neither of them could have predicted what buried secrets the investigation will uncover. Rebus remembers the original case -- a shady land deal -- all too well. After the investigation stalled, the family of the missing man complained that there was a police cover-up. As Clarke and her team investigate the cold case murder, she soon learns a different side of her mentor, a side he would prefer to keep in the past. A gripping story of corruption and consequences, this new novel demonstrates that Rankin and Rebus are still at the top of their game.

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Little, Brown

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0316479217

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9780316479219

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