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Gil Peck

Peston R: The Kill Switch

The Kill Switch

The brand-new explosive 2026 thriller from the bestselling UK political journalist

HE MUST FIND THE TRUTH . . . NO MATTER THE COST. **DON'T MISS THE BRAND-NEW GIL PECK THRILLER, THE KILL SWITCH, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!** ______________________ London, 2007. It's summer in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits near record highs. But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can't last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange things happening which could threaten the whole economy. But nobody wants to hear it: not the politicians taking credit for an end to boom and bust, not the bankers pocketing vast bonuses, not even Gil's bosses at the BBC, who think it's irrelevant. When Gil gets a tip-off that a small northern bank has run out of money, everything changes. His report sparks the first run on a UK bank in 140 years. The next day, Marilyn Krol, a director of the Bank of England dies in an apparent suicide. For Gil, it's personal. Marilyn was his lover: was his scoop connected to her suicide? Or is there something more sinister in her death? Gil is determined to find out. The more he investigates, the more he is drawn into the rotten heart of the financial system, where old school ties and secret Oxbridge societies lubricate vast and illegal conflicts of interest. The whole economy has been built on a house of cards, and Gil is threatening to bring it down. When simply reporting the facts can make or break fortunes, Gil has to ask himself: is he crossing the line between journalist and participant? Are his own conflicts of interest making him reckless? And in a world ruled by greed where nothing and no-one is too big to fail, what price will he pay for uncovering the truth? PRAISE FOR ROBERT PESTON'S DEBUT THRILLER, THE WHISTLEBLOWER: 'Brilliant' - THE TIMES 'Cracking' - DAILY MAIL 'Winning' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A hell of a read' - OBSERVER 'Enthralling' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'Enjoyable, intelligent' - GUARDIAN 'A romping thriller' - INDEPENDENT 'A rollicking read' - EVENING STANDARD 'A gripping thriller' - DAILY EXPRESS 'Fascinating' - DAILY MIRROR 'Gripping' - RADIO TIMES 'Compelling' - THE SUN

The heart-stopping new thriller from the UK's top political journalist and Sunday Times bestseller.

The brand new explosive thriller from Britain's top political journalist

The Crash

Research in Creative Writing

Writing Human in the Age of AI

MMA and the Rise of the New Authoritarian Right

The Ultimate Strongmen

Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart

The Article-by-Article-Commentary on the new EU Law on Artificial Intelligence
This volume provides a comprehensive article-by-article commentary on the new provisions of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). It contains chapters on, among other things, technical and ethical foundations, responsibility for AI as well as data protection aspects.

The Artificial Intelligence Act provides harmonised rules for the development, marketing and use of AI systems in the EU, including for the safety and fundamental rights of individuals. It thus has a direct legal and economic impact on business activities and the users of AI systems.
The authors describe in detail
which obligations are imposed on providers and commercial users of AI systems,
how such systems can be introduced and used in compliance with the law, and
what requirements are placed on the providers (e.g., developers of an AI application for robot-assisted surgery) and the users of such systems (e.g., the hospital using the AI application in surgery).

Additional content
Systematic presentation of the law of artificial intelligence in Switzerland
Additional chapters, among others, on technical and ethical foundations, on further regulatory frameworks, on the responsibility for AI and on aspects of data protection law

Potential readers
In-house counsels, companies, lawyers, market surveillance authorities, supervisory authorities, business and consumer associations, research institutions, non-governmental organisations, European institutions.

About the contributors
The book is edited by Prof. Dr. Janine Wendt, Chair of Civil Law and Corporate Law at the Technical University of Darmstadt, and Prof. Dr. Domenik H. Wendt, LL.M., Chair of Civil Law, European Business Law and European Law at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. The authors are experts from academia and from legal as well as regulatory practice.

Article-by-Article Commentary

Artificial Intelligence Act

"In one wide-ranging volume, Lambert and the country reporters demonstrate that law can not only keep up with technological change, but can in fact stay well ahead by anticipating upcoming questions. This comprehensive comparative reference will be invaluable for lawyers and students." (Professor Joshua Fairfield. Washington and Lee University School of Law, Review of a previous edition) Bringing together a global team of authors, the International Handbook of Social Media Laws covers the law relating to social media across 34 countries in total. From influential social media defamation cases in Australia, to tweeting from court, and regulations enforced by the UK's Online Safety Act 2023, this book clearly articulates the main legal issues and developments across various legal jurisdictions, to ensure a company's social media presence is fully compliant with the law of each country. The third edition has been fully updated to incorporate new criminal and civil case law, and covers topics including: - Online abuse, online bullying and cyberbullying laws - Laws or rules specific to children and social media - Bans or restrictions on the use of, or access to, the internet or social media, including the influential TikTok, Inc. v. Garland case in the US - Use of social media as evidence in courts - Hacking and data breach laws. Contributors to the volume each provide coverage of their own country, ensuring the volume is both authoritative and practical. Countries represented include: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.

International Handbook of Social Media Laws

Hätten Sie gedacht, dass 'Wie hilft man Bienen?' und 'Wie oft kann ich Blut spenden?' zu den häufigsten Google-Anfragen gehören? Milliarden Fragen werden jeden Tag von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt in Google-Suchfenster getippt oder ins Handy gesprochen. Ob es um Informationen zu einem tollen Kochrezept geht, den nächsten Auftritt des Lieblingspopstars, die Größe des Universums, hilfreiche Tipps bei Schnupfen oder das beste Mittel gegen eine Ameisenstraße in der Küche - diese Anfragen geben ein höchst aktuelles Bild von Nöten, Vorlieben, Interessen und Befindlichkeiten eines großen Teils der Weltbevölkerung zu einer bestimmten Zeit. Und es ist ein ehrliches, denn wir bewegen uns bei den Anfragen nicht in der Öffentlichkeit z. B. der Social Media. Anhand dieser Riesenmenge an Daten lassen sich zeitnah Trends ablesen und phantastische Geschichten erzählen, vor allem auch solche, die Mut machen, weil sie zeigen, dass Tag für Tag Menschen sich tatsächlich kümmern und Anteil nehmen. Simon Rogers nimmt uns mit auf eine ebenso unterhaltsame wie augenöffnende Reise durch die Welt der Daten, die wir selbst täglich mitgestalten. Mit zahlreichen Infografiken. Ausstattung: Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen

Hätten Sie gedacht, dass »Wie hilft man Bienen?« und »Wie oft kann ich Plasma spenden?« zu den häufigsten Google-Anfragen gehören? 
 Milliarden Suchanfragen werden jeden Tag von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt in Google-Suchfenster getippt oder ins Handy gesprochen. Ob es um Informationen zu einem tollen Kochrezept geht, den nächsten Auftritt des Lieblingspopstars, aktuelle Farbtrends in der Mode, die Größe des Universums, hilfreiche Tipps bei Schnupfen oder das beste Mittel gegen eine Ameisenstraße in der Küche – diese Anfragen geben ein höchst aktuelles Bild von Nöten, Vorlieben, Interessen und Befindlichkeiten eines großen Teils der Weltbevölkerung zu einer bestimmten Zeit. Und es ist ein ehrliches, denn wir bewegen uns bei den Anfragen nicht in der Öffentlichkeit z. B. der Social Media. Anhand dieser Riesenmenge an Daten lassen sich zeitnah Trends ablesen und phantastische Geschichten erzählen, vor allem auch solche, die Mut machen, weil sie zeigen, dass Tag für Tag Menschen sich tatsächlich kümmern und Anteil nehmen. Simon Rogers nimmt uns mit auf eine ebenso unterhaltsame wie augenöffnende Reise durch die Welt der Daten, die wir selbst täglich mitgestalten. Mit zahlreichen Infografiken.
 
 Ausstattung: Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen

Ein überraschend hoffnungsvolles Bild der Menschheit - Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von Nigel Holmes

Was wir Google fragen

'Deeply researched and original' RUBY TANDOH, author of All Consuming 'Stunningly profound and politically rousing' SOPHIE LEWIS, author of Abolish the Family 'What a treat to be so compelled to turn the page' LOTTIE HAZELL, author of Piglet 'Witty, unsparing, surprising and rich' ALICIA KENNEDY, author of No Meat RequiredIf you are what you eat, what does that make you? Virtuous, cool, immortal? Or deviant, pitiful, ill? Is it useful to make these judgements? Do they help us improve our lives?In a world where it feels as though the value of your life can be gauged by the goodness in your dinner, it is possible, even easy, to lose the will to live. This became particularly obvious to writer Amber Husain when suddenly, despite almost thirty years of practice, it seemed she had forgotten how to eat.Medical wisdom tries fix the problem non-eater by teaching them the rules of Good Diet. But what if the problem is precisely the narrowing of life to questions of personal goodness? Suspecting there might be more to her stand-off with food than matters of identity and diet, Husain embarked on an enquiry into the special role of eating in our relationship with the world.Combining a personal account of modern eating-disorder treatments, from the disturbing to the sublime, with a sprawling collective history of eating in hard times, Tell Me How You Eat unearths the astonishing effect of how we feed ourselves and others, not just on who we are, but on how we perceive our own political power. In doing so, it marks a bold and inspiring confrontation with our very understanding of food.

Meditations on Food and Power

Tell Me How You Eat

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation and even collapse In How Progress Ends, Carl Benedikt Frey challenges the conventional belief that economic and technological progress is inevitable. For most of human history, stagnation was the norm, and even today progress and prosperity in the world's largest, most advanced economies--the United States and China--have fallen short of expectations. To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change. By examining key historical moments--from the rise of the steam engine to the dawn of AI--Frey shows why technological shifts have shaped, and sometimes destabilized, entire civilizations. He explores why some leading technological powers of the past--such as Song China, the Dutch Republic, and Victorian Britain--ultimately lost their innovative edge, why some modern nations such as Japan had periods of rapid growth followed by stagnation, and why planned economies like the Soviet Union collapsed after brief surges of progress. Frey uncovers a recurring tension in history: while decentralization fosters the exploration of new technologies, bureaucracy is crucial for scaling them. When institutions fail to adapt to technological change, stagnation inevitably follows. Only by carefully balancing decentralization and bureaucracy can nations innovate and grow over the long term--findings that have worrying implications for the United States, Europe, China, and other economies today. Through a rich narrative that weaves together history, economics, and technology, How Progress Ends reveals that managing the future requires us to draw the right lessons from the past.

Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations

How Progress Ends

Why the consequences of a prolonged period of weaker economic growth will be more profound than anyone dares to predictIn the heady progress of the post-war era, our lifestyles changed, our political systems adapted, and rapid economic growth became the model of every developed economy. But this prevailing consensus is falling apart around us. Growth is now, at best, no more than anaemic. Policymakers dream about an AI revolution and tweak their fiscal rules to accommodate a newly-austere economic reality but, all the while, government debt soars, financial markets become increasingly jittery, and voters lose trust in their politicians.Celebrated economist Stephen D. King asks how our politics will adapt to such persistently low growth. While leaders make fiscal promises based on a future that is unlikely to materialise, nationalism thrives, battlelines are drawn between perceived winners and losers, and the rules-based international order crumbles. The absence of growth triggers invidious political wrangling over tax, welfare, defence and infrastructure, intensifies competition for resources, and leads to social instability.King shows how our new world is governed by them-and-us divisions over limited economic spoils. This is the political economy of plunder.&nbsp;

Winners and Losers in the Low Growth Era

The Age of Plunder

Swipe, Scan, Shop

Interactive Visual Merchandising

Environmental Intelligence in Sustainable Hospitality Operations provides a comprehensive, accessible, and data-led approach for achieving sustainability through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) across hospitality operations.The volume explains how smart sensors, real-time environmental monitoring, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation can optimize energy and water consumption, reduce food and material waste, enhance indoor air quality, and support carbon reduction strategies in hotels, resorts, restaurants, and allied tourism services. Chapters introduce practical frameworks for designing and implementing smart sustainable systems, including digital dashboards, AI-enabled decision models, and performance indicators aligned with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements, supported with international applied case studies throughout. The book also addresses critical implementation issues such as data management, ethics, cybersecurity, investment justification, and organizational readiness.By combining environmental science with hospitality innovation, this innovative and timely book offers a comprehensive guide for researchers, students, industry professionals, and policymakers seeking scalable pathways toward low-carbon, resource-efficient, and resilient hospitality operations.

AI and The Internet of Things Implications

Environmental Intelligence in Sustainable Hospitality Operations

A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp. The renowned co-author of The Spirit Level shows us the way.'An uplifting vision for solving inequality that benefits everyone' ANDY BURNHAM'Poverty and inequality are at the heart of all our problems. Kate Pickett's book shows how tackling them must be at the heart of our solutions too' ZACK POLANSKI'Just what these times are crying out for' KATE RAWORTHHow do we ensure that everyone has good health and receives the care they need? How do we provide education that allows every child to flourish? How do we ensure safety, justice and a sustainable environment for all?In this inspiring book, world-leading social scientist Kate Pickett shows that to make a good society - in which everyone has what they need to be well, and everyone would be better off - we must prioritise the health, care, education and rehabilitation of those who have the least and suffer the most. Drawing on decades of proven solutions and success stories from around the globe, The Good Society cuts to the essence of the challenges we face and presents us with a practical, perspective-shifting vision for how to tackle them.'Genuinely transformative. A powerful and deeply humane vision that focuses on what really matters' DANIEL CHANDLER'Daringly optimistic' FINANCIAL TIMES'Electrifying' POLLY MORLAND'Vital ... shines a light for hope' INDEPENDENT

And How We Make It

The Good Society

The Kill Switch

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