How AI is transforming the lives of billions of animals—and what we can do about it.Like it or not, AI is rapidly reshaping human life. But what does it mean for other species? In AI, Animals, and Us, researcher Max Taylor explores the surprising world of whale translators, robot dogs, AI-powered mega-farms, and the even stranger territory that lies ahead.After reading, you’ll know how AI could:Reveal what animals are really communica...

This book is about the unseen Shadow War that occurred between 1968 and 1976. It was written to honor those who served our country and didnt come back. They may have been ignored or denied by the Powers That Be, but they will live in my heart and my nightmares as long as I live. The profits from the sale of this book will go to help homeless veterans. Reading this book will open a new world for you -- The world of Special Intelligence Operations. From Viet Nam to Cambodia to Laos and North...

Delivering a ground-breaking analysis of the EU’s diplomatic meetings (or dialogues) with China, this book reveals how the EU’s values rarely feature in exchanges, due to ingrained cultures of complacency and self-censorship amongst EU officials.Based on extensive interviews, and focusing on individual perceptions and practices, the book also highlights how intercultural misunderstanding and unreflective beliefs contribute to this troubling status quo with serious implications. Fur...

Child pornography, particularly that available via the Internet, has become a cause of huge social concern in recent years. This book examines the reality behind the often hysterical media coverage of the topic. Drawing on extensive new research findings, it examines how child pornography is used on the Internet and the social context in which such use occurs, and develops a model of offending behaviour to better help understand and deal with the processes of offending. Detailed case studi...

This book presents a critical reflection on the major armed conflicts that occurred during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century. Conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria all involved the use of terrorism by one or more groups. Looking to the future, the book asks what this means for violent conflicts yet to come? Using a variety of case studies, the authors provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the role played by terrorism as a s...

This collection of papers examines the current rise in violence by Dissident Irish Republicans and its impact on the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The work will address advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Terrorism Studies, Irish Politics, Political Violence, and Conflict Studies.

In this collection, senior experts explore all aspects of extreme right wing political violence, from the nature of the threat, processes of engagement, and ideology to the lessons that can be drawn from exiting such engagement. Further, right wing activism and political violence are compared with Jihadi violence and engagement. Also, the European experience is placed within a greater framework, including that of the United States and the Arab Spring.The book opens with an essay on...

Perfect for readers of Stuart Gibbs’s Spy School series, this is the first book in an epic series filled with gadgets,secret codes, and clandestine adventures from debut author Max Mason**! Are you ready to enter the world of asuper secret super spy?**Maddie Robinson has always been overlooked: by her parents(who disappeared), by her friends (who are nonexistent), and even science fairjudges (who think she has “so much ....

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of...

UNSEEN: Why Donors Walk Away and How Human Centered Philanthropy Brings Them BackWhat if donors do not leave because they lose interest, but because they no longer feel seen?In UNSEEN, former financial services executive turned nonprofit fundraiser Max Taylor shares a raw, honest, and deeply human story about what truly builds generosity and what quietly breaks it. Through real donor encounters, hospital foundation experiences, missed stewardship moments, and emotional reco...

For Max, “Who says so well what can’t be said,” Walter Starke, inspiring author of ‘God is All.’WITHOUT COLLABORATION WITH COSMIC CONSCIOUS ONENESS, HUMANS WOULD NOT EXIST ON EARTH. SUN GODSELF, Susan G. Schulte, revealed in flesh.In this book, Max unites ‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHT’ with ‘quantum’ discovery, Revealed to Enlighten humanity with Innate Power, in order to overcome egoistic discordant condition. Virtual reality, exposed as illusion, grips mankind and is replaced with The Expansive Cos...

Great , great grandfather John Taylor braved the wilds and moved his family from the Pennsylvania Dutch country to the new state of Indiana at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Southern Indiana was sparsely settled but formed the base for the Taylor descendents. Dr. Taylors life was strongly influenced by his mothers great spiritual belief in god and the need for a Christian life and education for her children. The great depression years helped form the basis for a lifetime of hard ...