Diary Of A Former Covidiot Tales Of Panic Buying Surviving And Finding Humour During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Author : Christina The
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9814893978
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Former Covidiot: Tales of panic buying, surviving and finding humour during the Coronavirus Pandemic written by Christina The and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coronavirus or to use its hippier name, the Covid 19 pandemic has affected everyone across the globe, regardless of race, age, sex or religion. With an astute sense of observation, Christina Thé has been inspired by how people behave in times such as this. “Locked-up” at home for 56 days, she has written these pieces to cheer up her friends and business associates; and to counter all the gloom and doom that is in the news. Though the incidents are all based on real incidents that have happened, the characters have been slightly exaggerated, as this is after all, a book of humour. We can empathise and relate to her stories as it is how we all behave, or we know someone just like that, even if we refuse to publicly admit to such irrational actions. It is an entertaining work written with wit and humour.

Author : Chee Kien Lai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789810989354
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Memories written by Chee Kien Lai and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Stross
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1250807115
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Sun written by Charles Stross and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alternate timelines of Charles Stross' Empire Games trilogy have never been so entangled than in Invisible Sun—the techno-thriller follow up to Dark State—as stakes escalate in a conflict that could spell extermination for humanity across all known timelines. An inter-timeline coup d'état gone awry. A renegade British monarch on the run through the streets of Berlin. And robotic alien invaders from a distant timeline flood through a wormhole, wreaking havoc in the USA. Can disgraced worldwalker Rita and her intertemporal extraordaire agent of a mother neutralize the livewire contention before it's too late? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : William Merrin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317480406
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital War written by William Merrin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and the concept of ‘warfare’ itself. This introductory textbook explores the range of uses of digital technology in contemporary warfare and conflict. The book begins with the 1991 Gulf War, which showcased post-Vietnam technological developments and established a new model of close military and media management. It explores how this model was reapplied in Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003), and how, with the Web 2.0 revolution, this informational control broke down. New digital technologies allowed anyone to be an informational producer leading to the emergence of a new mode of ‘participative war’, as seen in Gaza, Iraq and Syria. The book examines major political events of recent times, such as 9/11 and the War on Terror and its aftermath. It also considers how technological developments such as unmanned drones and cyberwar have impacted upon global conflict and explores emerging technologies such as soldier-systems, exo-skeletons, robotics and artificial intelligence and their possible future impact. This book will be of much interest to students of war and media, security studies, political communication, new media, diplomacy and IR in general.

Author : Piero Manfredi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461454743
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases written by Piero Manfredi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases. In particular, it features the two main and inter-related “core” topics: behavioral changes in response to global threats, for example, pandemic influenza, and the pseudo-rational opposition to vaccines. In order to make realistic predictions, modelers need to go beyond classical mathematical epidemiology to take these dynamic effects into account. With contributions from experts in this field, the book fills a void in the literature. It goes beyond classical texts, yet preserves the rationale of many of them by sticking to the underlying biology without compromising on scientific rigor. Epidemiologists, theoretical biologists, biophysicists, applied mathematicians, and PhD students will benefit from this book. However, it is also written for Public Health professionals interested in understanding models, and to advanced undergraduate students, since it only requires a working knowledge of mathematical epidemiology.

Author : Gavin J. Andrews
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030701794
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book COVID-19 and Similar Futures written by Gavin J. Andrews and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a critical response to the COVID-19 pandemic showcasing the full range of issues and perspectives that the discipline of geography can expose and bring to the table, not only to this specific event, but to others like it that might occur in future. Comprised of almost 60 short (2500 word) easy to read chapters, the collection provides numerous theoretical, empirical and methodological entry points to understanding the ways in which space, place and other geographical phenomenon are implicated in the crisis. Although falling under a health geography book series, the book explores the centrality and importance of a full range of biological, material, social, cultural, economic, urban, rural and other geographies. Hence the book bridges fields of study and sub-disciplines that are often regarded as separate worlds, demonstrating the potential for future collaboration and cross-disciplinary inquiry. Indeed book articulates a diverse but ultimately fulsome and multiscalar geographical approach to the major health challenge of our time, bringing different types of scholarship together with common purpose. The intended audience ranges from senior undergraduate students and graduate students to professional academics in geography and a host of related disciplines. These scholars might be interested in COVID-19 specifically or in the book’s broad disciplinary approach to infectious disease more generally. The book will also be helpful to policy-makers at various levels in formulating responses, and to general readers interested in learning about the COVID-19 crisis.

Author : Jonathan Calvert
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008430535
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus written by Jonathan Calvert and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘An astonishing book’ James O’Brien ‘A gripping, devastating read’ Sunday Times

Author : Ben Phillips
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509543104
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Fight Inequality written by Ben Phillips and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book, international anti-inequality campaigner Ben Phillips shows why winning the debate is not enough: we have to win the fight. Drawing on his insider experience, and his personal exchanges with the real-life heroes of successful movements, he shows how the battle against inequality has been won before, and he shares a practical plan for defeating inequality again. He sets a route map for us to overcome deference, build our collective power, and create a new story. Most books on inequality are about what other people ought to do about it – this book is about why winning the fight needs you. Tired of feeling helpless in the face of spiralling inequality? Want to know what you can do about it? This is the book for you.

Author : Joko Sayono
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032038209
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Empowerment Through Research, Innovation and Open Access written by Joko Sayono and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICHSS is an international seminar that is held every two years organized by the Research and Community Service Institute of the State University of Malang. The meeting aims to discuss the theoretical and practical developments of Social Sciences and Humanities in Indonesia and other countries with a view to build academic networks by gathering academics from various research institutes and universities.Community empowerment serves as a trigger to increase community independence and to cope with the challenges resulting from the rapid development of technology. An important aspect of the community empowerment effort is to link the results of innovation research for the benefit of community. The results of research should not only be limited to publications in the academic environment. Open Access to various forms of the existing literature is one of the requirements for innovative research to develop optimally. Therefore, this seminar has also served as a place for field researchers from various geographical areas to socialize, to discuss and to find solutions to current issues in the field of social sciences and humanities, as well as to build cooperation and synergy in creating ideas for mutual collaboration and to create joint research.

Author : Tony Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578511351
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maxed Out written by Tony Green and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison populations are on the rise. The inmate-to-guard ratio is dangerously askew. The recidivism rate is skyrocketing. Criminal courts are overwhelmed. Jails are overcrowded. The burden on the taxpayers is increasing. Americans made up of members of the Chamber of Commerce, social and economic leaders, churches, educators, members of law enforcement are some of those forming organized advocacy groups, which are growing in their size and support. They are demanding criminal justice reform. Governors and lawmakers are being urged to make significant changes, but they are hesitant-moving at a snail's pace. What's feeding this frenzy and how it relates to you, the reader will be quickly revealed. What the criminal justice system [and society] is doing does not work! This book is an eye-opening indictment against the criminal justice system, the department of corrections, and lawmakers. It vividly details the long-term effects crime [especially old felony convictions] have on offenders, their families, public safety, our communities and the economy-all of which are astounding. If you find yourself unsympathetic, I strongly encourage you to begin reading with a pragmatic understanding that society will ultimately be responsible to offenders through a comprehensive corrections package-or-we will be responsible for them in perpetuity by continuing with the same failed methodology. Herein lies a series of stopgap solutions that if implemented, will permanently resolve this crisis. By the time you finish the book, you'll not only agree, you will become an advocate for what can only be described as a cultural transformation.