Oxford university press jun 2021 (114 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After watching his big brother having all the fun, a young boy wishes that he was BIG, too. When his wish comes true, he goes on a joyful adventure with the city as his playground. But as he keeps gets bigger and bigger, he soon outgrows his teddy, his home, and even Earth - until he reaches for the comforting arms of his parent, and realises that sometimes it's good to be small.A beautifully-illustrated, mostly wordless story to inspire visual literacy. A celebration of growing up to inspire children to wonder: what would I do if I was BIG. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lisa lives in a tiny place called Noisy Village with all her friends, and with so many children living there, it's a very noisy place indeed! Join the children on their adventures as they explore the great outdoors and get up to mischief.In this collection of stories, the children rescue a lonely dog, search for a secret treasure map, and get caught in a snow storm.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lisa lives in a tiny place called Noisy Village with all her friends, and with so many children living there, it's a very noisy place indeed! Join the children on their adventures as they explore the great outdoors and get up to mischief. In this collection of stories, Lisa and her friends race their sledges on the slopes, hunt for treasure, and keep a watch for pirate ships from their robber's den.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A beautifully illustrated board book that delights in everything that grows, from red strawberries to yellow bananas. With bright, joyful art, it is a beautiful introduction to colours, and shows the youngest children how colours can be mixed to create new ones. It ends with a stunning fold-out rainbow to make this a truly special book for the youngest children.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hop on board our amazing train for a fun-filled learning journey! We're at the station and ready to go. We're off to explore weather, the seasons, and the different sounds all around us. All aboard everyone!Take a sunny trip to the seaside, splash in the rain and crunch in the snow, and discover all the sounds that surround us. Choo choo! This beautifully illustrated and engaging story introduces key early learning concepts and is great to share with young children. With lots to learn, spot, count and talk about on every page, this brilliant train ride is worth taking again and again.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Spurred into action when her seagull friend gets poorly from eating plastic, young Stella is soon on a campaign for change. A beach clean up and plastic straw ban sparks her whole community into action and soon Stella is making a big impact. And it's not long before the little seagull and all its animal friends can live in a better environment. Izzy Burton (illustratore).…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Isadora is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she's a bit of both. In this brand new adventure, Isadora is going to be a bridesmaid at her aunt's wedding, and she's SO excited!But with a mischievous older cousin and a bored baby sister to deal with, getting through the special day isn't exactly going to be a piece of cake. Can Isadora make sure there's a happy ending With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, this is a beautiful, charming, and funny new series of first chapter books. Perfect for fans of Unicornia, Claude, Dixie O'Day, and Squishy McFluff, Isadora Moon is the ideal choice for readers who want their magic and sparkle with a bit of bite!Also available from the world of Isadora Moon:&#8226 Mirabelle - Half witch, half fairy, totally naughty!&#8226 Emerald - The most rebellious princess under the sea&#8226 Isadora Moon Activity Books including colouring pages, word searches, puzzles and more!Coming soon:Celebrating 10 years of Isadora Moon with a special Hardback edition of Isadora Moon Has a Birthday in shimmering pink!Order now 9781382074797.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Set sail on an swashbuckling pirate adventure with Billy and his brave, strong, and unique mums!Billy's family is not what you'd call ordinary. His mums won't listen to NORMAL music. They love to sing sea shanties and dance jigs in the lounge. Their clothes are highly unusual, they have a rude parrot for a pet, and their taste in house design is, well . . . FISHY. Billy wishes his family could be more like everyone else's, until an ocean adventure changes everything! Written by Jodie Lancet-Grant and illustrated by Lydia Corry, Pirate Mums is a celebration of inclusive families, perfect for sharing with young children who love adventure.Little fans of adventure will also love The Marvellous Doctors for Magical Creatures.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written by 11+ experts, these 10 Minute Tests provide focused bite-sized practice for all of the key non-verbal reasoning skills assessed in the 11+ GL Assessment and other school entrance exams, including the Kent Test. Designed to fit easily into busy schedules, these short tests help children build speed, accuracy and confidence through regular practice.This book contains:&#8226 10 Skills-Based Tests providing targeted practice of essential 11+ non-verbal reasoning skills, including identifying shapes, missing shapes, rotating shapes, coded shapes and logic&#8226 10 Mixed Tests combining different question types to consolidate learning through realistic practice&#8226 A fun Puzzle section helps to keep children engagedOther key features include:&#8226 Suitable for ages 9-10 and children in Year 5&#8226 Full answers with explanations in a pull-out section&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book helps keep track of scores and improvementAlso available for English, Maths, and Verbal Reasoning. Separate editions for the CEM tests are also available.Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written by 11+ experts, these 10 Minute Tests provide focused bite-sized practice for all of the key verbal reasoning skills assessed in the 11+ GL Assessment and other school entrance exams, including the Kent Test. Designed to fit easily into busy schedules, these short tests help children build speed, accuracy and confidence through regular practice.This book contains:&#8226 10 Skills-Based Tests providing targeted practice of essential 11+ verbal reasoning skills, including sorting words, selecting words, anagrams, and coded sequences and logic&#8226 30 Mixed Tests combining different question types to consolidate learning through realistic practice&#8226 A fun Puzzle section helps to keep children engagedOther key features include:&#8226 Suitable for ages 9-10 and children in Year 5&#8226 Full answers with explanations in a pull-out section&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book helps keep track of scores and improvementAlso available for English, Maths, and Non-verbal Reasoning. Separate editions for the CEM tests are also available.Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written by 11+ experts, these 10 Minute Tests provide focused bite-sized practice for all of the key verbal reasoning skills assessed in the 11+ GL Assessment and other school entrance exams, including the Kent Test. Designed to fit easily into busy schedules, these short tests help children build speed, accuracy and confidence through regular practice.This book contains:&#8226 10 Skills-Based Tests providing targeted practice of essential 11+ verbal reasoning skills, including sorting words, selecting words, anagrams, coded sequences and logic&#8226 30 Mixed Tests combining different question types to consolidate learning through realistic practice&#8226 A fun Puzzle section helps to keep children engagedOther key features include:&#8226 Suitable for ages 10-11+ and children in Years 5-6&#8226 Full answers with explanations in a pull-out section&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book helps keep track of scores and improvementAlso available for English, Maths, and Non-verbal Reasoning. Separate editions for the CEM tests are also available.Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information.Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a wide range of cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts through the centuries.This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the various virtues: the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues, as well as the capital vices. It explores the role of the virtues in moral life, their cultivation, and how they offer ways of thinking and acting that are alternatives to mere rule-following. It also considers the relationship of the virtues to our own emotions, desires, and rational capacities.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringIs religion a force for war, or a force for peace Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists have also been deeply religious people, and many of the laws and institutions that work to soften or prevent war have deep religious roots. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of religion and war, and a framework for analysing it. Ranging from the warrior gods of Ancient Greece and Rome, and the ethical drama of the Mahabharata, through the Islamic wars of conquest and the Crusades, to present day conflicts in Sri Lanka and the Balkans, it considers the entanglement of war and religion. Yet from Just War theory and the restraints on war-making imposed by Islamic jurisprudence, through the Pax Christi of the middle ages, to the non-violence of Gandhi and Bacha Khan; there is also a story to be told of peace and religion as well. Jolyon Mitchell and Joshua Rey consider both sides of the age long drama of war and religion, challenging assumptions at the most fundamental level. Throughout, they encourage a more sophisticated and well-grounded view on these issues that have had such weight in the past, and continue to shape our present and future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'fascinating'Brian CoxThis is the story of citizen science. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of observing the Universe. It's not just astronomy either--dealing with this deluge of data is the major challenge for scientists at CERN, and for biologists who use automated cameras to spy on animals in their natural habitats. Artificial intelligence is one part of the solution--but will it spell the end of human involvement in scientific discovery No, argues Chris Lintott. We humans still have unique capabilities to bring to bear--our curiosity, our capacity for wonder, and, most importantly, our capacity for surprise. It seems that humans and computers working together do better than computers can on their own. But with so much scientific data, you need a lot of scientists--a crowd, in fact. Lintott found such a crowd in the Zooniverse, the web-based project that allows hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic volunteers to contribute to science.In this book, Lintott describes the exciting discoveries that people all over the world have made, from galaxies to pulsars, exoplanets to moons, and from penguin behaviour to old ship's logs. This approach builds on a long history of so-called 'citizen science', given new power by fast internet and distributed data. Discovery is no longer the remit only of scientists in specialist labs or academics in ivory towers. It's something we can all take part in. As Lintott shows, it's a wonderful way to engage with science, yielding new insights daily. You, too, can help explore the Universe in your lunch hour.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hop on board our amazing train for a fun-filled learning journey! We're at the station and ready to go. We're off to have fun with words at the seaside. All aboard everyone!Explore a world of words as you splash around on the beach, explore a coral reef, and visit a tropical island! Each page focuses on nouns, adjectives, or verbs, as a gentle introduction to word classes. This beautifully illustrated and engaging story introduces key early learning concepts and is great to share with young children. With lots to learn, spot, count and talk about on every page, this brilliant train ride is worth taking again and again.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Project X CODE is a book-by-book series built for struggling readers aged 6 and above.Welcome to Micro World, invented by Macro Marvel - an amazing theme park where you have to shrink to get in! Disaster struck when CODE, the computer that controlled the park and the robots inside, went wrong and started shrinking everyone. A year later, with the park about to relaunch, things go wrong again! Team X must return to help Mini Marvel with another mission - to avoid the malfunctioning BITEs, reset the zones, and find the park''s new engineer Ace!In this book, can Team X and Mini rescue CODE before it''s too late.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bond 10 Minute Tests are perfect for bite-sized practice for Year 6 SATs and all the core Maths question types in the 11+ and other school entrance exams. Features include:>&#8226 A combination of 15 skills-based tests and 15 mixed tests&#8226 Fully-explained answers consolidate learning&#8226 Provides essential practice in shapes and space, numbers, algebra, and data handling&#8226 Answers in a pull-out section that can be easily removed&#8226 A puzzles section to keep children engaged whilst reinforcing exam skills&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book to keep track of scores&#8226 Compiled in line with the core areas covered in the National Curriculum&#8226 For children aged 10-11>Used in combination with the Bond 11+ Maths Handbook (9781382054171), Assessment Papers and other supporting Bond titles, the 10 Minute Tests offer focused practice for the 11+ at home.>Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books and resources with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bond 11+ English 10 Minute Tests for 9-10 years provide bite-sized practice for all key 11+ question types and fun puzzles to support success in SATs, common entrance or the 11+. This new edition now contains clear and fully explained answers in the pull-out centre section. Ideal for parents and children to work through without extra research.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bond 10 Minute Tests are perfect for bite-sized practice for all the core non-verbal reasoning question types in the 11+ and other school entrance exams. Features include:>&#8226 A combination of skills-based tests and mixed tests&#8226 Fully-explained answers consolidate learning&#8226 Provides essential practice in identifying shapes, missing shapes, rotating shapes, coded shapes, and logic&#8226 Answers in a pull-out section that can be easily removed&#8226 A puzzles section to keep children engaged whilst reinforcing exam skills&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book to keep track of scores&#8226 For children aged 10-11>Used in combination with the Bond 11+ Non-verbal Reasoning Handbook (9781382054195), Assessment Papers and other supporting Bond titles, the 10 Minute Tests offer focused practice for the 11+ at home.> Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books and resources with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bond 10 Minute Tests are perfect for bite-sized practice for Year 6 SATs and all the core Maths question types in the 11+ and other school entrance exams. Features include:>&#8226 A combination of 15 skills-based tests and 15 mixed tests&#8226 Fully-explained answers consolidate learning&#8226 Provides essential practice in shapes and space, numbers, algebra, and data handling&#8226 Answers in a pull-out section that can be easily removed&#8226 A puzzles section to keep children engaged whilst reinforcing exam skills&#8226 A progress grid at the back of the book to keep track of scores&#8226 Compiled in line with the core areas covered in the National Curriculum&#8226 For children aged 9-10>Used in combination with the Bond 11+ Maths Handbook (9781382054171), Assessment Papers and other supporting Bond titles, the 10 Minute Tests offer focused practice for the 11+ at home.> Looking to supercharge your 11+ prep Pair Bond 11+ books and resources with a subscription to Bond Online Premium or Premium Plus for maximum AI-powered practice! Visit bond11.plus.co.uk/Bond-Online for more information.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An elegant introduction to one of America's most complex and influential writers.From his childhood in a family of leading American intellectuals through his mature life as a major American man of letters, Henry James (1843-1916) created a unique body of fiction that represents one of the greatest achievements in the nation's literary history. James's transnational life in the US and England and his extraordinary siblings (the philosopher William James and diarist Alice James) made his life as complicated as the fictions he produced. In this elegant introduction to the work of Henry James, Susan L. Mizruchi places the notoriously difficult and obscure writings in their historical and biographical context. As James grew in confidence as a writer, his fictions evolved accordingly. These complex accounts of human experience engage with the vital issues of both James's era and our own. Among the works treated in this introduction are Washington Square, The Europeans, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady, The Golden Bowl, and The Turn of the Screw. Through his novels, as well as his journalistic and critical endeavors, James explores themes related to gender relations, human sexuality, the nature of modernity, the threat of relativism, the rise of mass culture, and the role of art.Since their creation, James's writings have been a consistent subject of both literary theory and popular culture, receiving a diverse array of theoretical treatments, from formalism, deconstruction, phenomenology, and pragmatism to Marxism, new historicism, and gender and queer theory. James's novels have been adapted into numerous films by directors including William Wyler, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Winner, Merchant/Ivory, and Jane Campion. The impact of Henry James cannot be overstated.…

Kombiprodukt. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Conor is dealing with more than an ordinary teenager should have to: his mum is seriously ill, his dad lives far away with a new family, he has terrifying nightmares every night - and now he's being visited by a monster. An ancient, elemental creature, born from nature, who has forced its way into his world. But through his encounters with the monster, and the stories the creature tells him, Conor slowly learns to come to terms with what is happening around him. This edition of Patrick Ness's bestselling novel includes supporting notes that explore the themes, context and language, and that are perfect for students.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Cambridge Lower Secondary Complete English 7 Workbook, part of the trusted Complete English series, supports independent practice both inside and outside the classroom to help learners reach their full potential and progress seamlessly to IGCSE® English.The Workbook thoroughly covers the English syllabus. Varied activities reinforce key components, allow students to develop and practise key skills, and build confidence in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Stretching exercises facilitate student reflection and prepare them for the step up to IGCSE. It is written by a team of internationally experienced authors, many of whom co-authored our previous best-selling first edition. They are all experts in teaching, learning and assessment.The Workbook supports the Cambridge Lower Secondary English 7 Student Book. A Teacher Handbook is also available, which offers full teaching support.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The dispossession and forced migration of nearly 50 per cent of Syria's population has produced the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. This new book places the current displacement within the context of the widespread migrations that have indelibly marked the region throughout the last 150 years. Syria itself has harbored millions from its neighboring lands, and Syrian society has been shaped by these diasporas. Dawn Chatty explores how modern Syria came to be a refuge state, focusing first on the major forced migrations into Syria of Circassians, Armenians, Kurds, Palestinians, and Iraqis. Drawing heavily on individual narratives and stories of integration, adaptation, and compromise, she shows that a local cosmopolitanism came to be seen as intrinsic to Syrian society. She examines the current outflow of people from Syria to neighboring states as individuals and families seek survival with dignity, arguing that though the future remains uncertain, the resilience and strength of Syrian society both displaced internally within Syria and externally across borders bodes well for successful return and reintegration. If there is any hope to be found in the Syrian civil war, it is in this history.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - We live in an age of displacement. Refugee numbers are increasing due to a proliferation of fragile states, and this problem will be exacerbated by climate change and the impact of COVID-19. And yet, rising populist nationalism has undermined the political willingness of rich countries to accept migrants and asylum seekers. Given these contradictory trends, how can we create sustainable refugee policies that enable displaced people to live in safety and dignity, while operating at scale The Wealth of Refugees draws upon a decade of original qualitative and quantitative research to offer practical solutions. Focusing on refugees in camps and cities in Africa, it identifies approaches that can be effective in improving the welfare of refugees, increasing social cohesion between refugees and host communities, and reducing the need for onward migration. The book argues that the key lies in unlocking the potential contributions of refugees themselves. Refugees bring skills, talents, and aspirations and can be a benefit rather than a burden to receiving societies. Realizing this potential relies upon moving beyond a purely humanitarian focus to fully include refugees in host-country economies, build economic opportunities in refugee-hosting regions, and navigate the ambiguous politics of refugee protection.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written primarily for students embarking on an undergraduate bioscience degree, this primer provides a clear introduction to the main aspects of cell signalling in biological systems, demystifying the subject for those new to the field. The primer provides an overview of cell signalling and highlights its importance in all organisms, before going on to describe the main components of cell signalling and examples of signal transduction pathways. The discussion then progresses on to key physiological conditions in which cell signalling has an instrumental role: cancer, apoptosis and diabetes. After getting to grips with the fundamentals of the subject, Cell Signalling opens a discussion on the future of the discipline, including how manipulation of cell signalling pathways is seen as the biggest target for the pharmaceutical industry, and how crop diseases, plant survival during stress, and post-harvest storage are all influenced by cell signalling pathways.Cell Signalling is supported by online resources and is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The Elektronisches Buch offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ Elektronisches Buch The online resources include:For students:- Self-test questionsFor registered adopters of the book: Figures from the book, available to download.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in recent centuries.Tracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, Norse America sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings 'discovered' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth, characters that may be partly historical, real archaeology that may be interpreted through the fictions of saga, and fragmentary evidence open to responsible and irresponsible interpretation. Norse America is a book that tells two stories. The first is the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries, settling in Greenland and establishing a shore station at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (to which a chapter of the book is devoted) and ending (but not culminating) in a fleeting and ill-documented presence on the shores of the North American mainland. The second is the appropriation and enhancement of the westward narrative by Canadians and Americans who want America to have had white North European origins, who therefore want the Vikings to have 'discovered' America, and who in the advancement of that thesis have been willing to twist and manufacture evidence in support of claims grounded in an ideology of racial superiority.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Philosophical interest in forgiveness has seen a resurgence. This interest reflects, at least in part, a large body of new work in psychology, several newsworthy cases of institutional apology and forgiveness, and intense and increased attention to the practices surrounding responsibility, blame, and praise. In this book, some of the world's leading philosophers present twelve entirely new essays on forgiveness. Some contributors have been writing about forgiveness for decades. Others have taken the opportunity here to develop their thinking about forgiveness they broached in other work. For some contributors, this is their first time writing on forgiveness. While all the contributions address core questions about the nature and norms of forgiveness, they also collectively break new ground by raising entirely new questions, offering original proposals and arguments, and making connections to the topics of free will, moral responsibility, collective wrongdoing, apology, religion, and our emotions.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Panoptic Sort was published in 1993. Its focus was on privacy and surveillance. But unlike the majority of publications addressing these topics in the United States at the time that were focused on the privacy concerns of individuals, especially those related to threats associated with government surveillance, that book sought to direct public toward the activities of commercial firms. It was highly critical of the failure of scholars and political activists to pay sufficient attention to the threats to individual autonomy, collective agency, and the exercise of social responsibility. The Panoptic Sort was intended to help us all to understand just what was at stake when the bureaucracies of government and commerce gathered, processed, and made use of an almost unlimited amount of personal, and transaction-generated information to manage social, economic, and political activities within society.It argued that unlike Foucault's panoptic prison, which involved continual, all-encompassing surveillance, the panoptic systems being developed at that time were turning their attention toward the development of techniques for the identification and classification of disciplinary subjects into distinct groups in ways that would increase the efficiency with which the techniques of 'correct training' could be applied to those group members. While the first edition provided numerous examples from marketing, employment, insurance, credit management, and the provision of government and social services, the second edition extends descriptions of the technologies that have been developed and incorporated into the panoptic sort in the nearly 30 years since its initial publication. In addition, it places these technological advances and systemic expansions into the context of quite significant transformations in the nature of capitalism. In addition to the massive expansion in the amount of data and information being gathered, processed, and distributed for use by corporations, government agencies, and newly developing public-private partnerships, advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have placed the development of autonomous devices into positions of power that had barely been imagined in the past. Assessments of the implications for democracy that many associate with the possibility of an algorithmic Leviathan, invite a reconsideration of Jacques Ellul's distressing predictions about the future that ended the first edition of The Panoptic Sort.…

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