Operation Mind Screw
Operation Mind Screw

Author: Jayson Johnson

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1621475956

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Notwithstanding those few remaining holdouts, the vast majority of the human monkeys in our region have no real knowledge of their creator or his mandates. Even those who wear his uniform don't really want to be trained in the truth that might save them from the horde of hell. They want only to be entertained, coddled, and given their every whim. We have successfully taught them to serve a fantasy god to be viewed only as a cosmic ATM machine. Prepare to view the human existence from the other side-the dark side. An epic battle that has been waged for millennia lies under the placid current of daily life. On one side, the Creator and his angelic host fight for the humans. On the other, the commander of hell and his horde seek desperately to destroy them. Mind Screw is a collection of top secret missives. Thanks to a security breach, hell's most dastardly plans for human destruction have been leaked and are sure to astound, electrify, and empower those who read them.

Operation Screwtape
Operation Screwtape

Author: Andrew Farley

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780801014475

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KNOW THE ENEMY. ANTICIPATE HIS ATTACK. Expert linguist Dr. Andrew Farley encounters a device containing thousands of archived files revealing a worldwide spiritual conspiracy. Operation Screwtape is the largest of these files and details the intelligent scheme to steal, kill, and destroy. "Operation Screwtape channels the creativity and wit of C. S. Lewis while introducing the brilliant insights Andrew Farley is already known for in his bestselling books. This book will entertain you, but it will also challenge you to awaken to some astounding realities that, apparently, the forces of darkness do anything to hide."--David Gregory, New York Times bestselling author of Dinner with a Perfect Stranger "Andrew Farley's books have had a huge impact on my spiritual life, challenging me to live an authentic, grace-filled life. Operation Screwtape is his latest, most entertaining work yet. Once you start reading this book, you won't want to put it down!"--Bart Millard, lead singer for MercyMe

Artificial Intimacy
Artificial Intimacy

Author: Rob Brooks

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2021-11-19

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0231553854

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What happens when the human brain, which evolved over eons, collides with twenty-first-century technology? Machines can now push psychological buttons, stimulating and sometimes exploiting the ways people make friends, gossip with neighbors, and grow intimate with lovers. Sex robots present the humanoid face of this technological revolution—yet although it is easy to gawk at their uncanniness, more familiar technologies based in artificial intelligence and virtual reality are insinuating themselves into human interactions. Digital lovers, virtual friends, and algorithmic matchmakers help us manage our feelings in a world of cognitive overload. Will these machines, fueled by masses of user data and powered by algorithms that learn all the time, transform the quality of human life? Artificial Intimacy offers an innovative perspective on the possibilities of the present and near future. The evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks explores the latest research on intimacy and desire to consider the interaction of new technologies and fundamental human behaviors. He details how existing artificial intelligences can already learn and exploit human social needs—and are getting better at what they do. Brooks combines an understanding of core human traits from evolutionary biology with analysis of how cultural, economic, and technological contexts shape the ways people express them. Beyond the technology, he asks what the implications of artificial intimacy will be for how we understand ourselves.

Operation Mindfuck
Operation Mindfuck

Author: Robert Guffey

Publisher: OR Books

Published: 2022-07-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781682193310

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Mind control. Satanic rituals. Unspeakable sexual perversions. Supervillains eating children's brains. A divine mandate to keep Donald Trump in the White House, no matter what. This surreal combination of horror-movie shocks and fascist marching orders is the signature of QAnon, which emerged from the dark corners of the internet in 2017 and soon became the galvanizing force behind Trump supporters, both during Trump's presidency and in the volatile, ongoing aftermath of the 2020 election. But despite the strange pervasiveness of QAnon, its origins remain obscure. Who is behind QAnon's messaging, and what do they want? And why do they pair their extreme political agenda with such obviously made-up, phantasmagorical beliefs? In Operation Mindfuck, Robert Guffey argues that this is not as mysterious as QAnon's anonymous "drops" of cryptic directives seem to be. Drawing on an encyclopedic knowledge of conspiracy theories and mixing deep-dive research, political analysis, and firsthand notes from QAnon's underbelly, Guffey insists that we've seen it all before. Unraveling QAnon's patchwork quilt of recycled material, from pulp-fiction spook stories to Hunter S. Thompson-style pranksterism to Nixon-esque dirty tricks, Guffey diagnoses QAnon as a highly engineered ploy, calibrated to capture the attention and lock-step loyalty of its audience. Will its followers ever realize that they've been had? Can this new American religion be dispelled as a cult like any other? The answers, Operation Mindfuck reveals, are hidden in plain sight.

Offensive Operations
Offensive Operations

Author: Jesse Wilson

Publisher: Next Chapter

Published: 2022-02-07

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13:

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The war is over. The Delta Squad ended the invasion, and the war of the worlds was over. But at the same time as the last battle, 188 assassinated the President of the United States, hoping that even with his defeat the country would fall. Putting their commander in charge of the country under disguise to keep chaos from breaking out, the Syndicate believes they have avoided disaster. But the hard-headed commander only plays the part for so long before revealing himself, causing unprecedented civil unrest. After a surprise attack from Mark and his own version of the Delta Squad turns the country upside down, they become public enemy #1. The real squad is forced back into action, to free the country one vicious battle at a time, and rescue America from a near-hopeless situation. But are they already too late?

Toy Train Collecting and Operating
Toy Train Collecting and Operating

Author: John Grams

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780897784474

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Toy train collectors and operators can always use more information about their hobby -- such as how and why to collect and operate vintage toy trains. Beginners will enjoy this introduction to the hobby; experienced collectors and operators will appreciate the thoughtful discussions of the subject.

Mind Fuck
Mind Fuck

Author: Manna Francis

Publisher: Casperian Books LLC

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1934081086

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There are no bad guys or good guys. There are only better guys and worse guys. One of the worse guys is Val Toreth. In a world in which torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division, where his colleagues can be more dangerous than the criminals he investigates. One of the better guys is Keir Warrick. His small corporation, SimTech, is developing a "sim" system that places users in a fully immersive virtual reality. A minnow in a murky and dangerous pond, he is only beginning to discover how many compromises may be required for success. Their home is the dark future dystopia of New London. A totalitarian bureaucracy controls the European Administration, sharing political power with the corporations. The government uses violence and the many divisions of the feared Department of Internal Security to maintain control and crush resistance. The corporations fight among themselves, using lethal force under the euphemism of "corporate sabotage," uniting only to resist attempts by the Administration to extend its influence over them. Toreth and Warrick are more natural enemies than allies. But mutual attraction and the fight for survival can create unlikely bonds.

Knights' Tales
Knights' Tales

Author: Thomas Venner

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1449044883

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Knights' Tales is a collection of short stories; created by eight different authors, with each writer contributing a work of art, tempered by her own personal experiences. Their tales cover a gamut of themes, each one incisive and poignant, and each one articulating a basic human need. These writers may only be middle school-aged, but their minds and hearts are already delving into the fundamental needs of humanity. Knights' Tales is the second literary endeavor of The Summit Writers' Project. Like Faded Secrets, it is a celebration of an extraordinary synthesis of creativity and talent.

The Unaccompanied
The Unaccompanied

Author: Simon Armitage

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2017-08-01

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1524732427

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A powerful new collection of poetry from the National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and recipient of the Forward Poetry Prize In The Unaccompanied, Armitage gives voice to the people of Britain with a haunting grace. We meet characters whose sense of isolation is both emotional and political, both real and metaphorical, from a son made to groom the garden hedge as punishment, to a nurse standing alone at a bus stop as the centuries pass by, to a latter-day Odysseus looking for enlightenment and hope in the shadowy underworld of a cut-price supermarket. We see the changing shape of England itself, viewed from a satellite "like a shipwreck's carcass raised on a sea-crane's hook, / nothing but keel, beams, spars, down to its bare bones." In this exquisite collection, Armitage X-rays the weary but ironic soul of his nation, with its "Songs about mills and mines and a great war, / lines about mermaids and solid gold hills, / songs from broken hymnbooks and cheesy films"--in poems that blend the lyrical and the vernacular, with his trademark eye for detail and biting wit.