![]() ![]() The long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune’s groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, and one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, Man-Machine Interface is Shirow’s most ambitious and complex story yet, with deep forays into philosophy and the meaning of artificial life, intelligence, and existence. Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface 7 Overview Contributions Pull It After arriving at the ocean-floating Poseidon Industrial Headquarters, super cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki is determined to infiltrate into the Decatoncale supercomputer, one of only three such systems on earth. What unfolds will all be in a day’s work-a day that will change everything, forever. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic detective from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to explore strange changes in the temporal universe brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. Title : Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface 2003 CSAS14546I251087B48265. ![]() ![]() Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to investigate a series of bizarre incidents. ![]() Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist Net security expert, heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national Poseidon Industrial. ![]()
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Now in a bracing new translation, this swashbuckling epic chronicles the adventures of d'Artagnan, a brash young man from the countryside who journeys to Paris in 1625 hoping to become a musketeer and guard to King Louis XIII. ![]() A major new translation of one of the most enduring works of literature, from the award- winning, bestselling co-translator of Anna Karenina-with a spectacular, specially illustrated cover The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas's historical novels and one of the most popular adventure stories ever written. ![]() ![]() Patty Dann guides us through the guerilla war between mother and daughter, through the minefields that lie between being a child and being an adult, in a voice not like any we've heard before." -John Sayles, director and novelist "This is a really funny book about people trying to find something to hang onto in a world that keeps shifting under their feet. Compelling and tender, touching and alive in her search to find some order in the chaos of her life." - The New York Times Book Review "Patty Dann gives us a magnificent voice in the young Charlotte. At the same time, the young caretaker at the convent is inspiring some unsaintly thoughts. With a convent just steps away from their home, this could be Charlotte's chance to fulfill her dream of becoming a martyred Catholic saint-despite the fact that she's Jewish. ![]() ![]() When they settle into a quiet New England town in 1963, the teenager yearns to stay put for once. 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I had, however, been recommended Birdsong by two of my best friends, Sian and Lexy, and thus decided it was high time to give it a go, with the added reward of ticking another book off the BBC’s Big Read.īirdsong tells the story of a man called Stephen Wraysford and is set against the backdrop of WW1. I tend to shy away from war novels, finding them both depressing and complex in equal measures. I had long seen Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks lying around my parents house before I decided to read it. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this ACCU session, Kevlin Henney introduces various contributors from the recent book 97 Things. Great programmers share their collected wisdom to help you rethink Java practices, whether working with legacy code or incorporating changes since Java 8. Meetup organised by ACCU London, 16th March 2011, London. 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