Download or read book We Know All About You written by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Know All About You shows how bulk spying came of age in the nineteenth century, and supplies the first overarching narrative and interpretation of what has happened since, covering the agencies, programs, personalities, technology, leaks, criticisms and reform. Concentrating on America and Britain, it delves into the roles of credit agencies, private detectives, and phone-hacking journalists as well as government agencies like the NSA and GCHQ, and highlights malpractices such as the blacklist and illegal electronic interceptions. It demonstrates that several presidents - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon - conducted political surveillance, and how British agencies have been under a constant cloud of suspicion for similar reasons. We Know All About You continues with an account of the 1970s leaks that revealed how the FBI and CIA kept tabs on anti-Vietnam War protestors, and assesses the reform impulse that began in America and spread to Britain. The end of the Cold War further undermined confidence in the need for surveillance, but it returned with a vengeance after 9/11. The book shows how reformers challenged that new expansionism, assesses the political effectiveness of the Snowden revelations, and offers an appraisal of legislative initiatives on both sides of the Atlantic. Micro-stories and character sketches of individuals ranging from Pinkerton detective James McParlan to recent whisteblowers illuminate the book. We Know All About You confirms that governments have a record of abusing surveillance powers once granted, but emphasizes that problems arising from private sector surveillance have been particularly neglected.
Download or read book Know All About Space written by Tripti Nainwal and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that stars do not twinkle? And, the shiniest star in the sky is not a star at all!! Did you know that if you went to planet Jupiter, you would have nothing to stand on… it does not have any land?! Read about these, and discover many more fascinating facts about outer space!
Download or read book Mr Know It All written by John Waters and published by Corsair. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Know All About Trees written by Swapna Dutta and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know where the fruits you eat come from? Do you know where the oxygen you breathe comes from? Do you know what keeps the soil from being washed away during rains? Do you know where your favourite bird lives? Tree is a very important part of our world. The tree give us food, it provides us clean air, it shelters animals, and saves us from the harsh environment. In this book we will learn about different types of trees, its life cycle, its functions, different parts of a tree, and what can we do to save the most important natural resource. Table of Contents: Parts of a tree Types OF Trees Our food source Natural healers Tree world records Trees in our culture World without trees Try some of the following activities Other books in this series: Know All About Sun: The Great Ball of Fire! (ISBN: 9788179931721) Know All About Wind: The Air in a Hurry! (ISBN: 9788179931738) Know All About Water: The Big Splash! (ISBN: 9788179931745) Know All About Space: The Great Beyond! (ISBN: 9788179931769) Know All About Earth: The Blue Marvel! (ISBN: 9788179931776) Know All About Soil: The Precious Earth! (ISBN: 9788179931752)
Download or read book I Know All About You written by Louis Turi and published by . This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What We Cannot Know written by Marcus Du Sautoy and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and numerous mathematical problems, once indecipherable, have now been solved. But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge, Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics and cosmology, to sensory perception and neuroscience, have articulated the current lie of the land. In doing so, he travels to the very boundaries of understanding, questioning contradictory stories and consulting cutting edge data. Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? And if so, how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding? In What We Cannot Know, Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science. Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know.
Download or read book Know All About Sun written by Vijita Mukherjee and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The big, bright sun is just another star! Really, it is true! Did you know that its rays are full of packets of energy? And that there are many clever ways in which people around the world are using this energy? Read all about what happens inside the sun and all that it does for us.
Download or read book All You Need to Know about the Music Business written by Donald S. Passman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the music business and its legal issues provides real-world coverage of a wide range of topics, including teams of advisors, record deals, songwriting and music publishing, touring, and merchandising.
Download or read book Know All About Water written by Vijita Mukherjee and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that water goes round and round in an endless cycle—from oceans and rivers to the air and back again? And that water has a whole lot of power that can help us do work? Discover many other interesting facts about water and the ways that you can help save it!
Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Download or read book I Wanted to Know All about God written by Virginia Kroll and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the kinds of questions that children often ask about God, inviting them to learn that God can be found in everyone and in everything they encounter. Debra Reid Jenkins s soft, rich oil paintings complement the simple yet eloquent text. This new board-book format a slightly abridged version of the original picture book makes this beloved book accessible to a new, younger audience.
Download or read book Know It All Society Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture written by Michael P. Lynch and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner • National Council of Teachers of English - George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language The “philosopher of truth” (Jill Lepore, The New Yorker) returns with a clear-eyed and timely critique of our culture’s narcissistic obsession with thinking that “we” know and “they” don’t. Taking stock of our fragmented political landscape, Michael Patrick Lynch delivers a trenchant philosophical take on digital culture and its tendency to make us into dogmatic know-it-alls. The internet—where most shared news stories are not even read by the person posting them—has contributed to the rampant spread of “intellectual arrogance.” In this culture, we have come to think that we have nothing to learn from one another; we are rewarded for emotional outrage over reflective thought; and we glorify a defensive rejection of those different from us. Interweaving the works of classic philosophers such as Hannah Arendt and Bertrand Russell and imposing them on a cybernetic future they could not have possibly even imagined, Lynch delves deeply into three core ideas that explain how we’ve gotten to the way we are: • our natural tendency to be overconfident in our knowledge; • the tribal politics that feed off our tendency; • and the way the outrage factory of social media spreads those politics of arrogance and blind conviction. In addition to identifying an ascendant “know-it-all-ism” in our culture, Lynch offers practical solutions for how we might start reversing this dangerous trend—from rejecting the banality of emoticons that rarely reveal insight to embracing the tenets of Socrates, who exemplified the humility of admitting how little we often know about the world, to the importance of dialogue if we want to know more. With bracing and deeply original analysis, Lynch holds a mirror up to American culture to reveal that the sources of our fragmentation start with our attitudes toward truth. Ultimately, Know-It-All Society makes a powerful new argument for the indispensable value of truth and humility in democracy.
Download or read book The Know it all written by A. J. Jacobs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On leaving school or university, you feel pretty pleased with yourself. You've learnt a lot, your'e well-read and you know a whole bunch of obscure facts guaranteed at some point to appear in the questions on Mastermind or University Challenge. Then you get a job, and ten years later youre more eloquent and eager to argue about Britney and Big Brother than Beckett and the Brontes. Sound familiar? Well it happened to AJ Jacobs too. As an editor at Esquire, Jacobs had built up a rather impressive knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others might take to reading a broadsheet at the weekend, Jacobs chose to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica. All 33,000 pages of it. Bill Bryson meets Schott's Original Miscellany meets Woody Allen. Part assemblage of fascinating trivia, part journey through adulthood, all laugh-out-loud funny.
Download or read book Angels Know All written by Lynn Mystic-Healer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels are Holy Spirits (light beings or celestial beings) and are part of ones eternal soul energy. Soul energy is the connection between our minds, bodies and the universe. All humans have an eternal soul connected to their holy breath. Everyones breath is connected to the same universal love and light energy. But he or she must choose to open to that universal love and light energy because soul power (soul guides-angels-holy spirits) can not override our free will from the ego mind. We all must learn to choose our actions through our souls and not through our fearful limited ego minds. The connection between mind and body has been well documented by various scholars, medical doctors, theologians and scientists. Much has been written to suggest that all emotional and physical dis-eases come from prolonged THOUGHTS of fear, sadness, anger, distress, revenge, guilt, rejections and other uncomfortable feelings being buried. Our cells can only handle so much negative energy from thoughts and feelings before they become sick. Whatever we focus on grows. We have forgotten how to go within and hear our own wise loving angels. Kids need to know all drug highs are already inside and can be accessed by learning how to ask (pray) and meditate (listen) to ones own angels. Angels can teach people how to astral travel, time travel to past or future lives and learn that ALL ANSWERS LIE WITHIN YOU. All races and religions have angels. Your angels are waiting for you to help you have a happier and healthier life. You are never alone. Angels Know All contains channeled poetic messages from the angels interspersed with true angelic encounters that have changed peoples lives. Pope St. Leo states that the only advice he would ever give another human being is to get to know your very best friends, your own angel guardians. For more about Lynn Mystic-Healer and her various Angelic Healing Products and Services go to www.angelencounters.net
Download or read book Think You Know It All History written by Meredith MacArdle and published by Michael O'Mara. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Stone Age up to the Second World War and covering all corners of the earth as well as all areas of human endeavour, Think You Know it All: History will challenge your knowledge of what happened, who did it, where and when.
Download or read book All You Need to Know Before You Start School written by Felicity Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join five animal friends as they start school in this delightful introduction to the school day, from getting dressed in the morning to home time. Charming illustrations describe the school day and some of the early years concepts children will learn, including colours, numbers and counting, getting dressed, seasons and more.
Download or read book The Book of Unusual Knowledge written by Ltd Publications International and published by Publications International, Limited. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Unusual Knowledge is a mammoth 704-page hardcover book crammed with a cornucopia of information--some useful, others not so much--but all of it completely captivating. It's perfect for anyone with a curious mind and a passion for learning. With quirky illustrations and a vast array of articles, anecdotes, lists, and games, this book will provide hours of fascinating reading. It will also expand your knowledge on a range of topics, including the animal kingdom, art, sports, technology, history, politics, the universe, and much, much more. Sample topics include: * Are plastic bags killing sacred cows in India? * Does NASCAR have roots in bootlegging moonshine? * Did Ronald Reagan see not one--but two--UFOs during his lifetime? Gorgeous leatherette binding with gilded accents makes The Book of Unusual Knowledge a handsome addition to your library.
