Nicholas Nicholas: 2917 books

Another Normal is the first collection of stories from the Modern Twaddle website. In 22 tales, politics and satire, science fiction, history and humour all collide.  An artificial intelligence takes vengeance upon its maker.  An advanced survey ship changes the world, only to be...

In this book you will learn about the Hero's Journey Framework, a framework popularly used by famous writers to create stories about heroic protagonists.This book was created to help writers create their own heroic stories by giving them a more in depth look at the framework.

His world at the brink of destruction Roderick Miles hurls a collection of his notes into a dimensional tear. These are his notes. Enjoy.

Sallis ti Ath is now well established in his adopted home of Marka and is looking forward to settling down in the city with his love. Murder sets Sallis on a path of vengeance and he begins a chase to the furthest edges of Markan influence. On the way, he is forced to challenge his own beliefs...

As a serious drama set in an ordinary middle-class home, Ibsen's A Doll's House established a new politics of the interior that was to have a lasting impact upon twentieth-century drama. In this innovative study, Nicholas Grene traces the changing forms of the home on the stage through nine of the...

Steve Cherry was born into a large family in 1960 in the Nottinghamshire pit village of Calverton. His family initially assumed that he would follow his father and brother into the nearby pit, but it was clear from an early age that he had a special relationship with football, and this quickly became...

From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. Nicholas Diakopoulos explains the present and future of a world in which algorithms have changed how the news is created, disseminated, and received, and he shows why journalists—and their values—are at little risk of being replaced.

‘Teaching Girls the Art of Saying No to Sexual Affairs, Sex Abuse and Rape’ is a new book that addresses this issue. Hardly a day passes without screaming news headlines of young girls defiled or abused sexually by the very people they trust or those entrusted to their care such as their own parents,...

Experience the Life of the City The rhythm of tango, the scent of Jacaranda, the sizzle of grilled steak... Once you fall in love with Buenos Aires, you'll find it hard to leave. Explore the City: Navigate by neighborhood or by activity with color-coded maps, making it easy to find what...

Land rights for Australian Aborigines is the major policy plank for activists, but has it worked?

Avec ce provocant paradoxe, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, l'auteur du best-seller Le Cygne Noir, nous offre un enseignement d'une portée révolutionnaire: comment non seulement surmonter les cataclysmes de notre temps – ces Cygnes Noirs qui fondent sur un homme, une culture, une civilisation, les bouleversent...

Have you ever struggled to hold on to your faith in the midst of uncertain times? Have you wondered if you would lose hope all because you could not see what awaited you on horizon? You are not alone. Life's circumstances have a way of challenging the integrity of our faith. Looking back often...

Cigni neri si sono moltiplicati e hanno oscurato il cielo. L’uccello simbolo dell’ «evento imprevedibile di grande impatto» teorizzato da Nassim Nicholas Taleb negli anni è stato usato per legittimare i buchi di bilancio lasciati da banchieri premiati con buonuscite milionarie, giustificare...

Tre anni dopo la pubblicazione del "Cigno nero", un "racconto filosofico" acclamato in tutto il mondo, Nassim Nicholas Taleb fa il bilancio della vita del suo libro. L'idea talebiana del Cigno nero ha conquistato milioni di lettori e fecondato la ricerca in campi molto diversi,...