The Magic Thief: Home, the fourth book in the acclaimed Magic Thief series (also including The Magic Thief, The Magic Thief: Lost, and The Magic Thief: Found), finds new wizard Conn back where he started—accused of being a thief.
His 11th adventure takes Southern California psychologist/sleuth Alex Delaware to a remote Pacific island where hidden evils of the past and present are gradually, harrowingly, brought to light. While his L.A. house is being renovated, Alex, his guitar-making lover, Robin Castagna, and their doted-upon French bulldog,
Technophobia The psychological impact of Information Technology
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Technophobia The psychological impact of Information Technology
In his book The Design of Everyday Things, Donald Norman describes how technology enables increasing functionality which in turn increases complexity. He cites the example of a digital watch having far more functions than a traditional analog watch (stop-watch, alarm, countdown timer, etc.) and yet being far more complicated to set the time (the original function).
Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity: A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK
Being a Refugee offers a picture of the lives of refugees before and after they arrive in the UK. The people featured are all highly qualified professionals and, like all refugees, their personal stories are shaped by their unique biographical, cultural and social backgrounds.
Yet each narrative is lived within the broad social template of what it means to be a refugee in contemporary Britain. And their experiences as refugees have significant implications for policy and practice.
In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck.
