Malcolm Pierce (36 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Melchionda, Del (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 205 pages, small 4to (about 10 1/4" tall), moderate edge wear, edges of covers faded, very good in edge worn, foxed dust jacket chipped at top and corners, now in protective Brodart cover.

Condition: As New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First UK Edition. G : in good condition. Spine chipped and worn. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 64pp. British edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by C. W. Jefferys (illustrator). First Edition; Second Printing. Tight bright unmarked book in dust jacket with moderate chipping and edgwear. ; 205 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by C. W. Jefferys (illustrator). First Edition; Second Printing. Tight bright unmarked book in crisp DJ protected in mylar sleeve. ; 205 pages.

Second. Condition: VG, No Dust Jacket. Drawings (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator).

Purple cloth Pp.xx,205 102 black & white line drawings Quarto Vg. in dj. with sm. tear to top edge Edited and introduction by Lorne Pierce. Parrallel text by Malcolm G. Parks.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. BRITISH EDITION. Soft cover. BRITISH EDITION. 23x15.5cm. 64 pages. Cover price 9d. Spine is intact. Clean & flat. No tears. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref D136. Astounding Science Fiction magazine. July 1945. BRITISH Edition. Volume 4. Number 11. Includes: THE PIPER'S SON by Lewis Padgett;

Condition: Wie neu. Standard Version. Minimale Gebrauchspuren an der Hülle ansonsten neu! Altersfreigabe FSK ab 12 Jahre Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 70 DVD, Maße: 13.4 cm x 1.7 cm x 18.8 cm.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator). Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book examines how veiled tactics inside domestic security evolve when a covert war targets civil rights leaders on American soil, as exemplified by the FBI's COINTELPRO program, by analyzing the hidden mechanics of information flow, decision-making hierarchies, and incentive structures that govern secret domestic operations.The first mechanism explored is the surveillance and information-gathering apparatus, which relied on wiretapping, informants, and file-keeping to monitor activists and create a climate of paranoia. This system turned private communications into intelligence that could be used to discredit individuals, demonstrating how the collection of personal data alters the cost-benefit calculus of dissent and forces movements to adapt their internal security practices. The second mechanism concerns infiltration and disruption tactics, where agents joined organizations to sow internal conflict, spread rumors, and provoke violence, thereby weakening cohesion from within. These actions reveal how decision-making hierarchies within target groups are undermined when trust is deliberately eroded, shifting the incentive structure toward self-preservation rather than collective action. The third mechanism involves legal harassment and extralegal means, including frame-ups, blackmail, and assassinations, which extended the bureau's reach beyond conventional law enforcement. Such tactics show how incentive structures for state actors prioritize neutralization of perceived threats over adherence to legal norms, prompting targeted communities to reassess the risks of public organizing.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book examines how a sovereign state's intelligence apparatus systematically redefined the boundaries of human autonomy, not through aberrant individual conduct, but through institutionalized research frameworks that deliberately excluded informed consent as an operational variable across more than 80 institutions spanning universities, hospitals, prisons, and pharmaceutical companies between 1953 and 1973.Three systemic mechanisms illuminate the program's institutional logic. First, the front organization architecture, through which the CIA channeled funding to universities and psychiatric facilities without disclosing agency involvement, created a deliberate accountability gap between research execution and state authorization. This structure insulated the program from civilian oversight while embedding it within the credibility systems of legitimate science.Second, the export of experimental jurisdiction to Canada through psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron at McGill University's Allan Memorial Institute reveals how covert programs circumvent domestic legal constraints by relocating operations into allied jurisdictions where oversight frameworks were similarly absent. Cameron received CIA funding between 1957 and 1964, while the Canadian government independently contributed substantial financial support, demonstrating that institutional complicity extended beyond the originating agency.Third, CIA Director Richard Helms' 1973 order to destroy MKUltra documents illustrates how institutional self-preservation can function as a governance mechanism in itself. The deliberate destruction of evidentiary records was designed not only to conceal past conduct, but also to permanently obstruct future accountability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xx, 597 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing, 1950. Light Usage. Signed By Kleinholz, Lochhead, Pierce, And Waterman. Ownership Signature Of A Pasadena Area Physician, A Specialist. Original Photographs Of A Removed Echinococcus Cyst, A Group Of Removed Systs, And Of A Young Boy With A Grotesquely Enlarge Testicle, Probably Also A Parasitic Cyst.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Artificial intelligence depends on far more than algorithms. Behind every breakthrough model stand enormous physical systems consuming electricity, rare materials, industrial cooling, and strategic semiconductor supplies. The modern AI race is therefore also a struggle over territory, infrastructure, and energy capacity.This account explores the geopolitical foundations of the global artificial intelligence industry. Semiconductor manufacturing became concentrated within a fragile international supply chain vulnerable to political conflict and economic disruption. Governments and corporations competed for access to advanced chips, while massive data centers reshaped regional energy consumption and environmental planning. AI development increasingly relied on infrastructure available only to the wealthiest states and firms.The book also examines how infrastructure concentration reinforced corporate dominance. Control over cloud computing networks and electricity-intensive processing facilities created barriers few competitors could overcome. As demand for machine learning expanded, energy systems and digital sovereignty became inseparable political questions.Artificial intelligence emerges here not as an invisible software revolution, but as an industrial transformation rooted in factories, cables, cooling systems, and geopolitical dependence.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Micromanagement rarely begins with bad intentions. Many managers step deeper into daily operations because they care about results, customer outcomes, and execution quality. Over time, however, oversight expands until every decision depends on leadership attention.This management book explores the hidden costs of excessive involvement and the organizational stress it creates. The challenge is not simply workload. It is the belief that leaders must personally influence every important outcome.The book analyzes how approval-heavy structures reduce initiative, delay execution, and increase managerial fatigue. It explores the relationship between trust, authority, and organizational resilience. When leaders become the center of every process, teams often lose confidence in their own judgment.Attention is also given to middle-management dynamics, where responsibility grows faster than authority. In these environments, managers frequently absorb operational pressure while simultaneously limiting team independence.Across Europe, organizations are adapting to distributed workforces, faster market shifts, and increasing operational complexity. Leaders who understand when to step back create stronger execution systems than leaders who attempt to remain involved in every decision. Sustainable performance depends less on control and more on organizational confidence.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Consent as a State Secret | MK-Ultra CIA Mind Control Experiments on Unwitting American and Canadian [.] | Malcolm Pierce | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565451982 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Veiled Tactics Inside Domestic Security | COINTELPRO FBI's Covert War Against Civil Rights Leaders on American [.] | Malcolm Pierce | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565450138 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Power Grids Bent Beneath Machine Ambition | Semiconductor supply chains and data center expansion during the artificial intelligence [.] | Malcolm Pierce | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565479252 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Pressure Inside Every Approval Chain | Managers carrying unnecessary oversight weaken productivity across growing [.] | Malcolm Pierce | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565483181 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 292 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.66 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 296 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.67 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 286 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.65 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Melchionda, Del (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.