Chris Wiggins
Author
Language
English
Description
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.
From facial recognition-capable of checking us onto flights or identifying undocumented residents-to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But these technologies didn't just appear: they are part of a history that goes back centuries,...
5) Redwall
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Redwall is a spectacular animated series based on the top-selling book series by British author Brian Jacques. It follows the odyssey of Matthias, an innocent and bumbling young mouse destined to be the unlikely hero and great defender of Redwall, the English cathedral which has been home to a community of peaceful mice for generations.
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Bastian arrives in Fantasia just in time to see Perlin, the beautiful Night Forest, disintegrate before his eyes from the fire breath of Grograman, the Fire Lion, who livers in the Goab Desert of Colours. A new friendship is formed, and suddenly shattered when Xayide captures Grograman and encases him in a block of ice; allowing Perlin to weave an unending forest around Fantasia, soon to destroy the Ivory Tower and the Childlike Empress.
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
When giant fissures crack through the Grassy Plains, Bastian follow the great warrior Atreyu, and his sister Saiya back to the Greenskins camp to discover its source. There, Bastian and the Greenskin children learn of an evil Shaman from long ago who was exiled into the Canyon of Wits; who is now seeking his revenge on the tribe. The only thing that can stop the Shaman's power is to retrieve his magic staff.
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Bastian's adventure begins with all the Fantasians preparing for the Giving of the Gift celebration. This year it's new a thrown of the Childlike Empress. But when Urgl's bad batch of Bombardier Bug Honey goes missing, it's just the beginning of a chain of thievery originating from the Shadow Goblin and Vermin.
Publisher
Nelvana International
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Bastian's birthday turns into a gruelling trek through the Swamps of Sadness when the Childlike Empress gives Bastian a mission to deliver a beautiful gift-wrapped box to Moral the aged tortoise. Matters are made worse when Bastian finds himself stuck with a loud-mouthed chatterbox Rooster named Jacko, who have them walking in circles.