Michael Casey
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The global financial system has enormous influence on the day-to-day lives of billions, yet is shrouded in mystery and poorly understood. Through narrative-driven reporting, vivid storytelling, and perceptive analysis Michael Casey brings to light the distorted, dysfunctional global economic system that benefits a tiny elite but leaves the rest of the world's population powerless. In ways that wonkish tomes cannot, this anecdote-rich account of the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey demystify the Internet's next big thing - the Blockchain - and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities and shift the balance of power to revive society's faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping. This book reveals the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From visionary tech entrepreneur Oliver Luckett and MIT Media Lab's Michael J. Casey, a groundbreaking, must-read theory of social media how it works, how it's changing human life, and how we can master it for good and for profit. In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself at the center of twenty-first century life. The combined power of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Vine have helped topple dictators and turned...
9) The age of cryptocurrency: how bitcoin and digital money are challenging the global economic order
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question....
11) Code check complete: an illustrated guide to building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2007-]
Language
English
Description
"Put thousands of code facts at your fingertips and build it right the first time. Code Check Complete is your one-stop, indispensable reference guide to the building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes, with accurate, up-to-date information on every important code requirement you're likely to encounter while building or remodeling. Presented in an easy-to-use flip-chart format, Code Check Complete is the authoritative source for the important...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The internet as we know it is broken. Here's how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms that have poisoned our digital information system and create a third-generation Internet that uplifts humanity--before it's too late"--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'The crown' traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the early part of the twenty-first century. Season three covers the time period between 1964 and 1977 ... . Beginning with Harold Wilson's election as the Queen's first Labour prime minister and ending with the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, it follows pivotal moments such as the death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Michael Stonebridge, a British sergeant in the ultra secret Section 20 anti-terrorist team, and Damien Scott, a Delta Forces operative who was disgraced and discharged on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, criss-cross the globe on the trail of a deadly international terrorist named Latif, who is planning a major attack involving a cache of WMD that could have global repercussions. Includes special features.
20) My boy Jack
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
It's 1914 and the British Empire's greatest supporter, Rudyard Kipling, is at the peak of his literary fame. Kipling's son, Jack, is determined to play his part in the immiment war with Germany but finds himself rejected due to his poor eyesight. Kipling uses his influence to land Jack a commission in the Irish Guards. Kipling's wife, Caroline, is bitterly upset, failing to see the glory in losing her only son to the war. How will the great writer,...