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As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: The belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Author James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.

Curvy Girls Mail Order Brides Club: Complete Edition Sassy BBW's match up with ridiculously hunky shifters for scorching hot, panty-melting romance! A dash of danger and suspense, a splash of humor, 6 sexy, curvy girls looking for love, hot, hunky shifters ready to mate and a LOT of romance = 'Curvy Girls Mail Order Brides Club'! Fed up with their love lives (or lack of one) 6 beautiful, sassy women decide to take matters into their own hands and start the 'Curvy Girls Mail Order Brides Club'. But there's something extra special about this club; it's for curvy girls and shifter men ONLY - ...

Taming the Alphas: Complete Edition Two hunky, hungry Alphas + one delicious werewoman turn up the heat in this sizzling hot menage romance! This edition includes all 4 parts of the steamy Taming the Alphas serial! Are two Alphas better than one? Beverly Collingswood experiences an emotional roller coaster as she faces the hungry ache of the two hot blooded weremen who lust after her. And if that was not enough, evil forces lurk with nasty intentions. Beautiful, werewoman Beverly Collingswood has returned from Camp Vickers to start her life again at the University. But she experiences anger...

Hold on to your panties ladies! For the first time ever, all three books of the Eat my Wife series are being released in one book. Fall in lust all over again with the beautiful, submissive, and eager to learn Denise and her sophisticated, beautiful, feminine but alpha lover Veronica. Have it in your greedy hands to peruse the pages over and over again without having to mark your favorite parts. Eat my Wife (1):"I would love to go down on your wife." I am convinced. My husband, is nuts. How else could you explain him fixing his lips to encourage me to have sex with a woman, who is also a ...

Soft, smooth curves and sweet, seductive smiles are enough to make any alpha want to fight tooth and claw to have a chance to mate with his new lover. In this sizzling seven book bundle, alpha werewolves and their beautiful, curvy mates are unable to keep away from one another. This bundle contains: 1. Claimed By The Werewolf Professor 2. Taken By The Alpha Brothers 3. Wolf Bait: How To Seduce An Alpha 4. The Wolf Next Door 5. The Wolf's Girl 6. Moonlit Curves 7. Diamonds and Fur Warning: These stories are very naughty and filled with hot alpha werewolves doing city deeds with their curvy ...

My first real check up as an adult was with a new doctor since I was going to head off to college. I had no idea that Dr. Biggers had much BIGGER things in mind. When he found out that I had some very secret, very naughty fantasies about other men, he decided it was time for me to become a REAL MAN. Warning: This hot story contains very naughty man on man action. Only read this story if you are an adult and ready to get all hot and bothered.

Rule #6 -Never look at your reflection in Mirror Lake. It feels so good to be bad… ~*~ When sweet and innocent good girl Piper Atwood gets an emergency vet call for her poor friend’s dog, Toto, she’ll stop at nothing to ease the little pup’s pain. Even if she has to go into Ursus Woods to get wolf’s bane to make a homemade herbal pain remedy, which in hindsight was probably a terrible idea… When an inadvertent peek into Mirror Lake unleashes a Wicked Witch and a whirlwind of magic, um… she realizes she’s definitely not in everyday Steamydale anymore. Especially after a ...

Every family has its own little secrets, but none are as big as mine. Ever since my mother was murdered by vampires, my life has been turned upside down. After spending the better part of the school year in an asylum, I finally get to go back home. But with my mother now gone, and only a step father who would rather climb into a bottle than pretend that he cares for me, who could ever call this place home? And to top it all off, now I’m being shipped off to go live with an aunt who I never met, on some strange island no one ever heard of. What a weird place. I hate it here. That is, until...

Hot and Steamy Shifter Love for All Seasons! Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall - it's always time for love! Shifter Seasons: Complete Edition includes: Beary Merry Winter ~ 1 Sexy Bear Shifter + 1 Shy BBW = A Growling Hot Time! Hot ‘n hunky playboy Zane Harlan’s animal is raging when he runs into curvy Anne Williamson at an ugly Christmas sweater party. Zane sees Anne and knows exactly what he wants. But quiet and conservative Anne has an agenda of her own. She wants a baby and she is willing to do whatever it takes to get one. Mix lust and desire with a little magic potion and you have a ...

In their new audiobook, The New Localism, urban experts Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak reveal where the real power to create change lies and how it can be used to address our most serious social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Exotic travel, expensive clothes, hot sex with five billionaires... who needs love? I couldn't decide which was worse, my lackluster sex life or my low-paying job. But after a chance meeting with a wealthy businessman who promised to change my life, I'm forced to choose between my old status quo and a new mysterious life as a playmate for five alpha billionaire executives—a job guaranteed to lead me into some exciting, unimaginably hot, and occasionally reckless situations. Ready or not, this is my new life. In The Billionaires' Executive Sweet, 26-year-old Chicago travel blogger Chelsea ...

I should have felt it coming. I should have been prepared for saying goodbye. But then why would I when I had no reason not to trust him. When I had no reason to doubt his words. But now I was left only doubting my own. For surely Lucius would come for me? Surely, he would realise his mistakes. Because we both knew that mistakes in Hell could be deadly and well, for this Queen of Sins it could mean only one thing, My King was going to War and this time… He was Fighting his Past. Join Stephanie and her fans in her Private Facebook group for all the latest info, news, fun, live chats from ...

Sheesh... Vampires can be like children sometimes. In our quest to unite the underworld against the coming flood of darkness, a visit to Darkeum Cove was first on the list. Although I would hardly call the Noctem island a popular vacation spot, it had to be done. Uniting the underworld meant uniting everyone, and that included the same vampires who would just assume I disappeared forever. It shouldn’t have mattered one way or the other, seeing as how full authority over the underground clan was Marco’s by right. At least, that was we assumed before an official challenge to his authority...

The first day of college is the day every guy looks forward to as the day he becomes a man. But as a shy jock, I'm just hoping to pass my classes. It turns out, my professor has more in mind. He wants to show me how much fun it can be to be dominated by another man and I find myself unable to stop fantasizing about his perfect abs. It isn't wrong to go gay for an "A," right? Warning: This hot gay story contains naughty first time scenes with spanking, ropes, and all sorts of dirty action. Adult readers only.

Don't look at her.. Don't touch her. Don't be alone with her. Don't even think about her. Especially that way. If only things were that easy. Pat Tucker has a problem. A big problem. And her name is Carmen. Telling herself not to pursue Carmen is like telling a rabid dog not to bite. Pat is a horny dog in heat and she can't help chasing that cat. Carmen is what lesbian midlife crisis dreams are made of. She's beautiful, she's thick, she's younger, and she's willing, curious, and open. Literally. When Carmen all but throws the coochie in Pat's face, Pat is remiss to turn it down. But ...

I do not want to have sex with a woman I am not interested in women It’s not going to happen. Fuhgeddaboudit My best friend is a lesbian. Is that a big deal to me? Well, obviously no, because she’s my best friend. But just because she’s a lesbian, that doesn’t mean I am one or desire to be one or am curious about girls. I wish someone would tell her crazy ass that. Janae has been teasing me for years that I’m an undercover lesbian and just don’t know it. I keep telling her that just because she can have a fur burger for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, that has absolutely nothing ...

Being a demonborn on the eve of his first demon season can be stressful, especially for Taylor, who's never quite fit in. After a troubled youth marred by abuse, he's finally set off on his own for a fresh start at college. So far things are going well, but soon demon season will start and he'll have three nights to lure a demon to him so that they can bond. The demon will feed off him for the rest of his life and in exchange, he'll gain the demon's protection. But every demon is different, and his fate is out of his hands. On his first night, he finds himself in an unusual situation and ...

Zoey's life has taken a dramatic turn. Only a few months ago, she was a Collector working for the secret part of the government called the Department of Molecular Genetics (DMG), tracking and collecting fae. Her life had been changing and improving, with a partner she loved and a sister she adored. Now all that is gone - Daniel murdered by a fae, and Lexi killed when the Seattle area was devastated by a powerful, magical electrical storm.

Years ago, Evelyn and Moana's friendship was ruined by them crossing the line. Weekend sleepovers turned into forbidden kisses, naked bodies, and fingers and hands exploring and Moana couldn't handle it. She abruptly cut off their friendship, leaving Evelyn heartbroken and defiant, which resulted in her making one of the biggest mistakes of her life. It took years to put them past behind them. Married now with kids, Evelyn finds it hard to resist when Moana suggests the possibility of them picking up where they left off. Evelyn desperately wants to give in, but she has more to lose now, ...

Zoey Daniels has been tossed from foster home to foster home, where she grows up fast and tough. When she is placed in her "last chance" home, she finds a reason to stay and turn her life around: her foster sister, Lexie, who is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. After high school, Zoey is hired by a special government agency, the Department of Molecular Genetics (DMG), where she meets the other reason to remain: Daniel, her coworker. The man she loves. But there is something unique about Zoey.