Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, 12 Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a series of Louisiana plantations.
Blueprint for Revolution will teach you how to • make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them • identify the “almighty pillars of power” in order to shift the balance of control • dream big, but start learn how to pick battles you can win • listen to what people actually care about in order to incorporate their needs into your revolutionary vision • master the art of compromise to bring together even the most disparate groups • recognize your allies and view…
1001 اختراع وحقيقة مدهشة عن الحضارة الإسلامية بقلم National Geographic ... يبدو الكتاب منذ الوهلة الأولى مخصصًا للصغار، إلا أنه يحتوي على معلومات قد يغفل عنها الكبار، يوضح الكتاب إنجازات العرب في الأمم السابقة وكيف كنا أول الأمم في العلم والحضارة
The story of the Burgundian elite and its remarkable court and culture, a medieval and early modern epic of dynastic struggle, artistic achievement and eventual extinction. A History of 1111 Years and One Day.'A sumptuous feast of a book' The Times, Books of the Year
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Not since the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason have we changed how we approach knowledge, politics, economics, even warfare.
We plug in anything we can to the internet. We can control our entire lives, economy and grid via a remote web control. But over the past decade, as this transformation took place, we never paused to think that we were also creating the world's largest attack surface. And that the same nation that maintains the greatest cyber advantage on earth could also be among its most vulnerable.
أعتقد اليوم أن الحقيقة كانت مزيجًا من كل هذا. كنت قد وُهِبت عند ولادتي منحة نادرة: حضورًا طاغيًا أو ما يُعرف بالكاريزما. كنت ذا طبع مرح، أوحي بالود، وكانت لديَّ سهولة بالغة في اجتذاب الآخرين والتأثير عليهم مهما كان شأنهم؛ بفضل قوة أحاديثي، وصوتي الذي كانت محظياتي يصفنه بالرخيم. كانت لقامتي الطويلة هيبة لا تقل عن تلك التي توحي بها أحاديثي، وكنت قد تعلمت أن أبذل قصارى جهدي لأبدو وكأنني وُهِبت قوًى خارقة للطبيعة لا يمكن للبشر العاديين الوصول إليها”. اختار د. زاهي حواس تقنية تعدد الأصوات أداة…
demonstrates that the path of technology was once - and can again be - brought under control. With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the vision to reshape how we innovate so we can create real prosperity for all.
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