Bøger af Michael Mann

An Independent Climate Book of the Year 2023In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course.For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has proven it can manage just fine without human beings. Then came the first proto-humans, who emerged just a little more than 2 million years ago ¿ a fleeting moment in geological time. What is it that made this benevolent moment of ours possible? Ironically, it¿s the very same thing that now threatens us ¿ climate change.Climate variability has at times created new niches that humans or their ancestors could potentially exploit, and challenges that at times have spurred innovation. But the conditions that allowed humans to live on this earth are fragile, incredibly so. There¿s a relatively narrow envelope of climate variability within which human civilisation remains viable. And our survival depends on conditions remaining within that range. In this book, renowned climate scientist Michael Mann arms readers with the knowledge necessary to appreciate the gravity of the unfolding climate crisis, while emboldening them ¿ and others ¿ to act before it truly does become too late.

What happens when Beth Small decides that enough is enough? She has been down on her luck since her last boyfriend, decided that she needed to lose weight, or he was leaving. Not only did he steal everything from her bank account, and get her fired from her job, he also put in motion a series of events that would leave her on the verge of being homeless.One night at Club Temptation with her best friend Jacob leaves her with a fascination for candles and a man from her past that rocks her world and makes her fantasies come to life.Will her past crush remember who she is, and where they know each other?Will outside forces make these two go on separate paths?Find out if Beth finds pleasure in the wax.

A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them

Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award?winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film?with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movieOne day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis's brother in arms Neil McCauley (De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna's determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley's crew, before he ghosts out of the city.In 1988, seven years earlier, McCauley, Shiherlis, and their highline crew are taking scores on the West Coast, the US-Mexican border, and now in Chicago. Driven, daring, they're pulling in money and living vivid lives. And Chicago homicide detective Vincent Hanna?a man unreconciled with his history?is following his calling, the pursuit of armed and dangerous men into the dark and wild places, hunting an ultraviolent gang of home invaders.Meanwhile, the fallout from McCauley's scores and Hanna's pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative, driving through the years following Heat.Heat 2 projects its dimensional and richly drawn men and women into whole new worlds?from the inner sanctums of rival crime syndicates in a South American free-trade zone to transnational criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia. The novel brings you intimately into these lives. In Michael Mann's Heat universe, they will confront new adversaries in lethal circumstances beyond all boundaries.Heat 2 is engrossing, moving, and tragic?a masterpiece of crime fiction with the same extraordinary ambitions, scope, and rich characterizations as the epic film.

A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London, Ghostcloud follows the adventure of twelve-year-old Luke when he meets Alma - a girl who is a ghostcloud - and who teaches him to ride the clouds high above the city.

This fourth volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power covers the period from 1945 to the present, focusing on the three major pillars of post-war global order: capitalism, the nation-state system and the sole remaining empire of the world, the United States.

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. This second volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.

This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power begins with nineteenth-century global empires and continues with a global history of the twentieth century up to 1945. Mann focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires.

This book tells the story of the complete move in 1965/1966 of Alfred Bird and Sons Limited from central Birmingham to Banbury, in which a large proportion of the labour force was successfully transferred. Focusing on the relocation decision made by individual employees, the author also contributed to many varied areas of debate.

* Michael Mann is one of the top sociologists in the world today, and probably the leading figure in comparative and historical sociology.

A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India, and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing is modern, 'the dark side of democracy'. It results where the demos (democracy) is confused with the ethnos (the ethnic group). Danger arises where two rival ethno-national movements each claims 'its own' state over the same territory. Conflict escalates where either the weaker side fights because of aid from outside, or the stronger side believes it can deploy sudden, overwhelming force. Escalation is not simply the work of 'evil elites' or 'primitive peoples'. It results from complex interactions between leaders, militants, and 'core constituencies' of ethno-nationalism. Understanding this complex process helps us devise policies to avoid ethnic cleansing in the future.

Fascists presents a theory of fascism based on intensive analysis of the men and women who became fascists. It covers the six European countries in which fascism became most dominant - Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Spain. It is a comprehensive analysis of who fascists actually were, what beliefs they held and what actions they committed. The book suggests that fascism was essentially a product of post World War I conditions in Europe and is unlikely to re-appear in its classic garb in the future. Nonetheless, elements of its ideology remain relevant to modern conditions and are now re-appearing, though mainly in different parts of the world.

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books-and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.

The ongoing assault on climate science in the United States has never been more aggressive, more blatant, or more widely publicized than in the case of the Hockey Stick graph-a clear and compelling visual presentation of scientific data, put together by MichaelE. Mann and his colleagues, demonstrating that global temperatures have risen in conjunction with the increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuels. Here was an easy-to-understand graph that, in a glance, posed a threat to major corporate energy interests and those who do their political bidding. The stakes were simply too high to ignore the Hockey Stick-and so began a relentless attack on a body of science and on the investigators whose work formed its scientific basis.The Hockey Stick achieved prominence in a 2001 UN report on climate change and quickly became a central icon in the "e;climate wars."e; The real issue has never been the graph's data but rather its implied threat to those who oppose governmental regulation and other restraints to protect the environment and planet. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the story of the science and politics behind this controversy. He reveals key figures in the oil and energy industries and the media frontgroups who do their bidding in sometimes slick, sometimes bare-knuckled ways. Mann concludes with the real story of the 2009 "e;Climategate"e; scandal, in which climate scientists' emails were hacked. This is essential reading for all who care about our planet's health and our own well-being.

Noted sociologist Michael Mann argues that the new American imperialism is actually a new militarism that will bring disaster to the US and the world.

"Staten siger altid: L'état, c'est moi", skriver Niklas Luhmann.Dermed antydes en opfattelse af staten som et selvrefererende og selv-reproducerende system. Spørgsmålet er imidlertid: hvor kommer påvirkningerne af staters udvikling fra? - fra staten selv, fra andre stater og eksterne relationer, fra det omgivende samfund og interne sociale relationer eller er det noget helt fjerde?Staten, det er ... viser i et bredt perspektiv tendenserne i stats- og politikforskningen inden for marxisme, neo-marxisme og diskursanalyse, funktionalisme, neo-funktionalisme og post-strukturalisme, historisk sociologi samt international politik.Bogen er en bred præsentation af såvel angelsaksiske som kontinentaleuropæiske traditioner inden for stats- og politikforskningen. De enkelte bidrag er skrevet af danske human- og samfundsvidenskabelige forskere samt de udenlandske sociologiprofessorer Michael Mann og Bob Jessop.Staten, det er ... henvender sig til historie-, politologi- og sociologistuderende samt studerende fra andre samfundsvidenskabelige fag.