In Fighting Deindustrialisation, Andy Clark outlines and examines one of the most significant and under-researched periods in modern Scottish labour history. In his extensive examination, Clark argues that the actions of 1981-82 should be considered as one of the most significant periods in Scotland's history of deindustrialisation.
Follow a rags-to-riches story of a weak and weaselly git who now aspires to be seen as the best Loonboss in all the Mortal Realms! Born the weakest runt of his Moonclan tribe, Zograt was only ever one beating away from a nasty end... until the Bad Moon bestowed upon him its blessing. Now the Clammy Hand of destiny is upon him and back-stabbing grots scurry to his cause, afraid of the vengeances their new boss will inflict with his powerful spells. For every underling he suffocates with noxious fungi, Zograt stages a magnanimous gesture, for he is all too aware of his fragile grip on power. Yet in his heart boils an obsession – to become the most formidable, most respected, most fearsome Loonboss there ever was. Where better to proclaim his new-found majesty than the gloom-shrouded mountain of Muttering Peak? To lay claim to his throne, Zograt must first evade a sinister coven of wizards that wishes to harness the mountain's power for their own dark designs – but with his razor-sharp mind, unpredictable magic, and the loyal troggoth Skrog at his side, Zograt's ambitions may not be so daft, after all…
For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our senses determines what our mind perceives. But as our understanding has advanced in the last few decades, a hugely powerful new view has flipped this assumption on its head. The brain is not a passive receiver, but an ever-active predictor. At the forefront of this cognitive revolution is widely acclaimed philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark, who has synthesized his ground-breaking work on the predictive brain to explore its fascinating mechanics and implications. Among the most stunning of these is the realization that experience itself, because it is guided by prior expectation, is a kind of controlled hallucination. We don't passively take in the world around us; instead our mind is constantly making and refining predictions about what we expect to see. This even applies to our bodies, as the way we experience pain and other states is shaped by our expectations, and this has broader implications for the understanding and treatment of conditions from PTSD to schizophrenia to medically unexplained symptoms. From the most mundane experiences to the most sublime, it is our predictions that sculpt our experience. A landmark study of cognitive science, The Experience Machine lays out the extraordinary explanatory power of the predictive brain for our lives, mental health and society.
Great collection of action packed Space Marine stories! Witness the might of the Primaris Space Marines in this bumper edition of novels from the Space Marines Conquests series. In Fist of the Imperium by Andy Clark, Primaris Librarian Aster Lydorran must use his strength, will, and psychic prowess to uncover a shadowy enemy that preys upon his brothers on the planet of Ghyre. In Apocalypse by Josh Reynolds, as the Word Bearers threaten to despoil the Ecclesiarchy seat of Almace, Imperial Fists, Raven Guard and White Scars forces combine to save the world from falling into the hands of Chaos. And in Ian St. Martin’s Of Honour and Iron, the Dark Imperium beckons, and the Indomitus Crusade has begun: Roboute Guilliman has been resurrected, and his legions must stop the predations of the Archenemy in order to bring the human race back from the brink of ruin. In mankind’s darkest hour, as enemies abound and the lines between diplomacy and warfare are ever more blurred, the Space Marines must prevail – for glory and honour.
Ognisty brzask tom II NASTAŁA ERA KRUCJATY INDOMITUS... Wielkie floty okrętów wojennych wyruszają z Terry z misją opanowania sytuacji w Imperium Sanctus. Wskrzeszony Prymarcha Roboute Guilliman prowadzi potężną armię na świat świątynny Gathalamor, gdzie stabilne prądy Osnowy pozwolą flotyllom Imperium przenieść się w najdalsze zakątki południowej części jego włości. Lecz do uszu Imperialnego Regenta docierają złe wieści. Ostrzeżenie od starożytnego gatunku oraz brak jakiegokolwiek kontaktu ze stacjonującym na Gathalamorze kontyngentem skłaniają Guillimana do wysłania misji rozpoznawczej pod dowództwem kapitana Marcusa Achallora z Adeptus Custodes. Achallor dociera na planetę balansującą na skraju zagłady. Znajdzie tam niedobitki Armii Imperialnej i złowrogich agentów Abaddona Profanatora, którzy odkopali ukryte głęboko w ziemi pradawne zło – tajną broń, która, gdy zostanie umiejętnie użyta, może zagrozić nie tylko Guillimanowi, ale i samemu Władcy Terry... „Era Indomitus wznosi się na monumentalnych fundamentach 41. tysiąclecia i stanowi początek nowej, epickiej sagi”. Boman Modine
The Astra Millitarum are a blunt instrument of violence, wrought on a galactic scale. This new series from Black Library will explore some of their regiments. On the war-torn world of Croatoas, the armies of the Astra Militarum do battle with the twisted servants of the Ruinous Powers. Against the backdrop of this increasingly desperate conflict, tanker Hadeya Etsul finds herself consolidated into a Cadian regiment, and placed in command of the Leman Russ Demolisher Steel Tread. Haunted by nightmares, surrounded by a dysfunctional crew and striving to find her place amidst a proud and insular regiment with a culture so different from her own, Etsul must guide her crew to victory. But, as her regiment rolls out beneath the poisonous light of the Great Rift to join a death-or-glory offensive, the crew of Steel Tread are about to face the fight of their lives. If they cannot learn to work as one, how can they hope to survive?
Book 2 in the Warhammer 40,000 Mega-series, "Dawn of Fire". As the Indomitus Crusade begins, great fleets warships leave Terra on a desperate mission to stabilise Imperium Sanctus in the wake of the Great Rift. The returned primarch, Roboute Guilliman, leads a huge force towards the shrine world of Gathalamor, whose stable warp routes will allow the flotilla to spread across the beleaguered southern half of the Imperium. But grave tidings reach the Imperial Regent’s ears. Warnings from an ancient race and eerie silence from the army tasked with holding the crucial world until his arrival, lead Guilliman to send a vital mission to Gathalamor; at its head, Shield-Captain Achallor of the Adeptus Custodes. Achallor discovers a world on the brink, a beaten Imperial force and sinister agents of Abaddon the Despoiler who have unearthed an ancient evil, a weapon that when harnessed not only threatens the primarch, but perhaps the holy Throne of Terra itself…