Computer Wars

It’s the Second World War and the Savoy, the Dorchester, and Claridge’s teem with those determined not to allow Hitler to impact on their way of life. Spies: Meet Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, the woman from M15 who has the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas. Royals: Meet Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, born in a suite at Claridge’s that was declared Yugoslav territory for the night. Players: Meet Joyce Stone, whose husband leads the band at the Dorchester. West End Front is a witty and eye-opening account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London’s grand hotels.

What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen, geneticist George Church, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, anticipate for our human-robot future? From present-day Facebook and Amazon bots to near-future 'intimacy' bots and 'the robot that stole my job' bots, best-selling American popular science writer David Ewing Duncan's Talking to Robots is a wonderfully entertaining and insightful guide to possible future scenarios about robots, both real and imagined.

The Interstellar Home finders saga continues. Lowis Heckel and her sister Doctor Luise Heckel are on a mission to find their father, Tony Felis. Who has gone missing since the Grasshopper Wars started? Therefore, Lowis is taking the Adventurer back to the Perseus arm of the galaxy to find out what happened to him. The last time anyone heard about Tony was from Gabriel. Who saw Tony’s ship explode in a raging battle with one of the larger Grasshopper vessels? Furthermore, since the Grasshoppers do not take prisoners, Gabriel assumes Tony was lost during that fight. However, that may not be...

This audiobook brings together current cases of cyber intrusions (1996 to 2018) and provides the listener with an understanding of their societal impact and shows that cyberattacks have morphed into tools deployed by nation states. The book brings together the fields of technology, psychology, and discourse analysis/semiotics. It also provides guidance and policy on prevention of the use of cyberweapons.

Lowie Heckel and her sister Doctor Luise Heckel are on a mission to find their father, Tony. Who has gone missing since the Grasshopper wars had started? Therefore, Lowis is taking the Adventurer back to the Perseus arm of the galaxy to find out what happened to him. The last anyone heard about Tony was from Gabriel. Who saw Tony’s ship explode in a raging battle with one of the larger Grasshopper vessels. Furthermore, since the Grasshoppers do not take prisoners, Gabriel assumes Tony was lost during that fight. However, that may not be so. Several escape pods had been seen leaving the ...