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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Colorful wraps, 8vo, 390pp. Arthur William Brown, E. Simms Campbell, James Montgomery Flagg, Rockwell Kent, Russell Patterson, Petty, Frederick Smith, and Fritz Willis (illustrator).
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Photo pictorial cloth covered boards. 8vo, 446pp. Arthur William Brown, E. Simms Campbell, James Montgomery Flagg, Rockwell Kent, Russell Patterson, Petty, Frederick Smith, and Fritz Willis (illustrator).
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In late 2025, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman described a new era--the Polycene--characterized by the increasingly complex interplay of powerful forces: AI, climate change, global economics, and geopolitics. These forces accelerate within a highly interconnected system, demanding… that humanity address complexity at a planetary scale. In AI and the Crisis of Control (2026), Russell E. Willis explored the consequences of artificial intelligence on this transformation, providing a framework for how leaders can reclaim responsibility in the Polycene era. Now, in Polycene: Poetry of Our Age, Willis examines this emerging age from within--in ordinary moments: a scattering of birds, a drying reservoir, a remembered storm. Landscapes shift. Language strains. Systems of power and patterns of belonging reveal themselves in fragments: wind, water, memory, migration, and the quiet weight of human choice. What emerges is a portrait of an age shaped not by a single force, but by many--each amplifying the others, an age lived as background noise until it becomes impossible to ignore. Written across years of quiet attention, the poems of Polycene gather what argument and analysis cannot fully reach. They do not explain these forces. They listen to them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Springs Cotton Mills, Lancaster, SC, 1949
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Photo pictorial cloth covered boards in a colorful dust jacket, in a clear Mylar wrapper. . 8vo, 446 pages. There is a signature of a Springs Cotton Mills executive on the half-title page, with a 6/16/49 date. The dust jacket is chipped at the corners - n…ot affecting the colorful illustrations. Arthur William Brown, E. Simms Campbell, James Montgomery Flagg, Rockwell Kent, Russell Patterson, Petty, Frederick Smith, and Fritz Willis (illustrator).
Published by W. S. Byler, New Haven, 1957
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Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. [26p] + portfolio of 12 loose plates, 6.25x9.5 inches, poetry, art & music, very good journal in lightly soiled stapled white wraps. First issue of three issues produced. Poetry & translations by Barnstone. The plates are reproductions of drawings & etchings by three artists, Bailey, Roy & Ziemann. Also Griffith Rose's… "Song for Sappho" and Robert Brown's "Cancon" with music score.
Language: English
Published by Springs Cotton Mills, Lancaster, SC, 1949
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Photo pictorial cloth covered boards in a colorful dust jacket, in a clear Mylar wrapper. . 8vo, 446 pages. Arthur William Brown, E. Simms Campbell, James Montgomery Flagg, Rockwell Kent, Russell Patterson, Petty, Frederick Smith, and Fritz Willis (illustrator…).
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Artificial intelligence now shapes decisions once guided by human judgment-and in the process, responsibility is quietly disappearing. As AI systems spread through organizations and institutions, leaders find themselves surrounded by power they can neither fully see nor clearly answer for. I…n AI and the Crisis of Control, Russell E. Willis argues that the central challenge of AI is not runaway machines or malicious intent, but the erosion of human agency inside complex systems. When decisions are distributed across algorithms, vendors, data pipelines, regulators, and executives, accountability dissolves. Everyone acts rationally. No one remains fully answerable. Drawing on decades of experience across engineering, ethics, and technology leadership, Willis shows how this crisis appears in everyday contexts-from hiring and credit decisions to healthcare, finance, and criminal justice. These are not isolated failures. They are recurring structural patterns wherever AI mediates human power. But the book does more than diagnose the problem. Rather than calling for tighter control or slower innovation, Willis offers a practical framework for complex responsibility-one designed for leaders who must act amid uncertainty, scale, and competing pressures. Through six dimensions of responsible judgment and five operational pillars, he shows how organizations can rebuild answerability, participation, and moral imagination without abandoning technological progress. Written for business and technology leaders, policymakers, and professionals working inside AI-shaped systems, AI and the Crisis of Control helps readers see clearly where responsibility is being lost-and how it can be consciously practiced again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
More imagesThe North American Review, Vol. CCXXVII: January, 1929 - June, 1929 [Volume 227, No. 1 - 6]
Mermey, Maurice; Phillips, R. Le Clerc; Wilson, Philip Whitwell; Hasbrouck, Paul D.; Masson, Thomas L.; Clune, Henry W.; Speirs, Russell F.; Johnson, Willis Fletcher; White, Percival; Hinman, George Wheeler; Sutphen, Van Tassel; Van Bibber, A.F.; Abbott, Lawrence F.; Brooks, George S.; Crawford, Remsen; Logan, Malcolm; Rose, Donald; Harding, T. Swann; Armstrong, Orland Kay; Thomas, Norman; Raynal, Charles E.; Dieffenbach, Albert C.; Hampton, Joan; Williams, Jesse Lynch; Grafton, Samuel; Johnson, Willis Fletcher; Haigh, G.W.; Estabrooks, G.H.; McLellan, Howard; Levy, Samuel D.; Peattie, Donald & Louise; Woolf, S.J.; Wells, Marjorie; MacCallum, J.A.; Crabites, Pierre; Kofoed, Jack; Simmons, E.H.H.; Edholm, Charlton Lawrence; Sothern, E.H.; Braun, Ferdinand; Pearson, T. Gilbert; Kaye, Louis; McKee, Oliver; Kendall, Carlton; Miller, Justin; Coffin, Robert P. Tristram; Eaton, Jeanette; Ficke, Arthur Davison; Pollard, Joseph Percival; Walsh, William T.; Barnard, Eunice Fuller; Holliday, Carl
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Published by North American Review Corporation, 1929
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Library binding with ink stamps on a few pages inside. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1929 Hard Cover. 768 pp. A collection of numerous articles on current political and social events, along with letters to the editor, music and drama reviews, books of the mont…h and book review sections, etc. This volume discusses everything from birth control to the dangers of cocaine to telepathy to the failure of the Federal Reserve.
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More imagesEarly 19th Century Bound Collection of Piano and Voice Instruction Manuals with very many Piano Scores (including Dances with Instructions for Figures) and Songs with Piano Accompaniments. Includes vignette illustrations
J B Cramer; Edw. Willis; Rd Guinness; Spagnoletti; C E Horn; John Wieppert; David Lee; Mozart; J L Dussek; J Hatteroth; Philip Knapton; Kotzwara; J W Holder; John Parry; Alexander Lee; Jas. McEwan; G P Russell and Henry Russell; Mr Hook; Samuel Lover; G Kiallmark; Henry R Bishop; Handel; R Pearson; R Andrews; Thomas Moore; Montgomery and H Phillips; Caroline Balls; Charles H Purday.
Published by Sykes and Sons; Jefferys and Co.; Willis & Co. ; Goulding and D'Almaine; Alexander Lee & Lee Regency Musical Warehouse; R Andrews Music Academy; George Ward; J Balls & Son; H Wray; Duncombe Book and Music Seller; J Duff & C Hodgson; Z T Purday; Andrew's Musical Repository & New Musical Circulting Library; Cramer Addison and Beale; A Lawson, London, Manchester & Leeds, 1836
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Various. Collection bound in worn decorated half-leather (upper spine panel is missing) with red spine-label, partially split hinges and worn and stained boards with cloth much lifted from back board. Missing front end-paper and front page to piano manual. Rear end-paper is missing. In…ner hinges are split but text block is attached. There are some tears, some repaired tears and some staining, pages are darkened but score is clear, a few occasional light passages of pencil annotation. Instructions for the Pianoforte (59 pages) comprising Preface by J B Cramer, Index, Elementary Instructions, Fingering of Scales Exemplified, 26 Elementary Exercises, 49 Lessons, Examples of Fingering, Appendix, A Dictionary (No title-page). Piano works comprising: The Royal Galopades and Devonshire Waltz with original figures as danced at Almack's and the Nobilty's Balls arranged for the Piano-forte by Edw. Willis; Set of The Queen's Country Dances as Performed at the Court Balls arranged with the proper figures by Rd. Guinness, Principal Leader of the Quadrille Band at the Royal Palaces (vignette title-page); The Lancers' Quadrilles or Duval of Dublin's second set with proper figures in French and In English (various composers including Spagnoletti) vignette title-page; The Countess of Farnham's Waltz by Spagnolli and also the Stop Waltz; Pretty Maiden by C E Horn; Weippert's Twenty-Ninth Set of Admired Quadrilles from Scottish Melodies arranged for Harp or Pianoforte arranged by John Wieppert; The Invincible's Quadrilles by David Lee (vignette title) figures in French, tear in page 1; Three Waltzes by Mozart; The Plough Boy arranged as a Rondo by J L Dussek; Portuguese, Hespanha, Brazilian, Spanish National Airs and Waltz by G J Hatteroth; Scotch Air with Introduction and Variations by Philip Knapton; The Battle of Prague, Sonata by Kotzwara; O Dear What Can the Matter Be? with variations and Coda by J W Holder Vocal scores include: Eighty Practical Lessons for Vocalist or The Rudiments of Solfeggio by John Parry (vignette title-page, 25 pages); I'll not bequile thee from thy home, song from the Fairy Lake, poetry by Charles Selby, Music by Alexander Lee; Those Bright Blue Eyes, poetry by J C E, music by Lee (vignette title); Forget Me Not, a favourite song by Mozart; O, the Roast Beef of England, a national song of England; Saw Ye my Wee Thing or Mary of Castle Carey arranged by Alexander Lee; The Confession with pianoforte or flute by an Amateur; O, weel may the keel row by Jas. McEwen; Woodman, spare that tree! by G P Morris and Henry Russell (vignette title); The Blackbird by Mr Hook; The Fairy Tempter by Samuel Lover; Sleep on Thy Pillow by Alexander Lee (title vignette); The Maid of Athens, by Lord Byron, music composed by G Kiallmark; Like the Gloom of Night Retiring from the Heir of Vironi by Henry R Bishop; Let me Wander Not Unseen from L'Allegro by Handel, Poetry by Milton arranged by Henry Bishop 1836; The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah; Communion Service, a Sanctus and Response by R Pearson; Lord of All Pow'r and Might by Madan, arranged as a duet for Soprano's with chorus by R Andrews; Miriam's Song "Sound the Loud Timbrel" by Thomas Moore; What is Prayer by Montgomery and H Phillips; The Church, a sacred song by Caroline Balls; Angels Ever Bright and Fair from Theodora by Handel, arranged by Henry R Bishop, 1837; New Edition with a verse on the Royal Marriage, God Save the Queen, the national Anthem [1840], newly arranged for one or four voice parts with piano forte accompaniment (all parts present) by Charles H Purday. Publishers are: Sykes and Sons, Leeds; Jefferys and Co., London; Willis & Co. London; Goulding and D'Almaine, London; Alexander Lee & Lee Regency Musical Warehouse; R Andrews Music Academy; George Ward; J Balls & Son; H Wray; Duncombe Book and Music Seller; J Duff & C Hodgson; Z T Purday; Andrew's Musical Repository & New Musical Circulting Library, Manchester; Cramer Addison and Beale; A Lawson Item Type: Sheet Music. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13219121025. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In late 2025, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman described a new era--the Polycene--characterized by the increasingly complex interplay of powerful forces: AI, climate change, global economics, and geopolitics. These forces accelerate within a highly interconnected system, demanding… that humanity address complexity at a planetary scale. In AI and the Crisis of Control (2026), Russell E. Willis explored the consequences of artificial intelligence on this transformation, providing a framework for how leaders can reclaim responsibility in the Polycene era. Now, in Polycene: Poetry of Our Age, Willis examines this emerging age from within--in ordinary moments: a scattering of birds, a drying reservoir, a remembered storm. Landscapes shift. Language strains. Systems of power and patterns of belonging reveal themselves in fragments: wind, water, memory, migration, and the quiet weight of human choice. What emerges is a portrait of an age shaped not by a single force, but by many--each amplifying the others, an age lived as background noise until it becomes impossible to ignore. Written across years of quiet attention, the poems of Polycene gather what argument and analysis cannot fully reach. They do not explain these forces. They listen to them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In late 2025, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman described a new era--the Polycene--characterized by the increasingly complex interplay of powerful forces: AI, climate change, global economics, and geopolitics. These forces accelerate within a highly interconnected system, demanding… that humanity address complexity at a planetary scale. In AI and the Crisis of Control (2026), Russell E. Willis explored the consequences of artificial intelligence on this transformation, providing a framework for how leaders can reclaim responsibility in the Polycene era. Now, in Polycene: Poetry of Our Age, Willis examines this emerging age from within--in ordinary moments: a scattering of birds, a drying reservoir, a remembered storm. Landscapes shift. Language strains. Systems of power and patterns of belonging reveal themselves in fragments: wind, water, memory, migration, and the quiet weight of human choice. What emerges is a portrait of an age shaped not by a single force, but by many--each amplifying the others, an age lived as background noise until it becomes impossible to ignore. Written across years of quiet attention, the poems of Polycene gather what argument and analysis cannot fully reach. They do not explain these forces. They listen to them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Artificial intelligence now shapes decisions once guided by human judgment-and in the process, responsibility is quietly disappearing. As AI systems spread through organizations and institutions, leaders find themselves surrounded by power they can neither fully see nor clearly answer for. I…n AI and the Crisis of Control, Russell E. Willis argues that the central challenge of AI is not runaway machines or malicious intent, but the erosion of human agency inside complex systems. When decisions are distributed across algorithms, vendors, data pipelines, regulators, and executives, accountability dissolves. Everyone acts rationally. No one remains fully answerable. Drawing on decades of experience across engineering, ethics, and technology leadership, Willis shows how this crisis appears in everyday contexts-from hiring and credit decisions to healthcare, finance, and criminal justice. These are not isolated failures. They are recurring structural patterns wherever AI mediates human power. But the book does more than diagnose the problem. Rather than calling for tighter control or slower innovation, Willis offers a practical framework for complex responsibility-one designed for leaders who must act amid uncertainty, scale, and competing pressures. Through six dimensions of responsible judgment and five operational pillars, he shows how organizations can rebuild answerability, participation, and moral imagination without abandoning technological progress. Written for business and technology leaders, policymakers, and professionals working inside AI-shaped systems, AI and the Crisis of Control helps readers see clearly where responsibility is being lost-and how it can be consciously practiced again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Artificial intelligence now shapes decisions once guided by human judgment-and in the process, responsibility is quietly disappearing. As AI systems spread through organizations and institutions, leaders find themselves surrounded by power they can neither fully see nor clearly answer for. I…n AI and the Crisis of Control, Russell E. Willis argues that the central challenge of AI is not runaway machines or malicious intent, but the erosion of human agency inside complex systems. When decisions are distributed across algorithms, vendors, data pipelines, regulators, and executives, accountability dissolves. Everyone acts rationally. No one remains fully answerable. Drawing on decades of experience across engineering, ethics, and technology leadership, Willis shows how this crisis appears in everyday contexts-from hiring and credit decisions to healthcare, finance, and criminal justice. These are not isolated failures. They are recurring structural patterns wherever AI mediates human power. But the book does more than diagnose the problem. Rather than calling for tighter control or slower innovation, Willis offers a practical framework for complex responsibility-one designed for leaders who must act amid uncertainty, scale, and competing pressures. Through six dimensions of responsible judgment and five operational pillars, he shows how organizations can rebuild answerability, participation, and moral imagination without abandoning technological progress. Written for business and technology leaders, policymakers, and professionals working inside AI-shaped systems, AI and the Crisis of Control helps readers see clearly where responsibility is being lost-and how it can be consciously practiced again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In late 2025, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman described a new era--the Polycene--characterized by the increasingly complex interplay of powerful forces: AI, climate change, global economics, and geopolitics. These forces accelerate within a highly interconnected system, demanding… that humanity address complexity at a planetary scale. In AI and the Crisis of Control (2026), Russell E. Willis explored the consequences of artificial intelligence on this transformation, providing a framework for how leaders can reclaim responsibility in the Polycene era. Now, in Polycene: Poetry of Our Age, Willis examines this emerging age from within--in ordinary moments: a scattering of birds, a drying reservoir, a remembered storm. Landscapes shift. Language strains. Systems of power and patterns of belonging reveal themselves in fragments: wind, water, memory, migration, and the quiet weight of human choice. What emerges is a portrait of an age shaped not by a single force, but by many--each amplifying the others, an age lived as background noise until it becomes impossible to ignore. Written across years of quiet attention, the poems of Polycene gather what argument and analysis cannot fully reach. They do not explain these forces. They listen to them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
