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For the curious mind, there is perhaps no more intriguing a subject than artificial intelligence in the early 21st century. In Artificial Intelligence: Understanding the Science, Impact, and Future Of AI, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and the Singularity, author Thien-Nam Dinh draws on his years of experience to tackle the big questions in AI and present them in a way that even a human can understand.

Twenty-first-century America finds itself divided between two fairly extreme ideals - Democrats and Republicans. The two sides find it difficult to agree on much of anything, but one thing that they do agree on is that America is headed down a bad road, although they have difficulty determining a common agreement on what that bad road looks like. In his first political book, Randal Schaffer takes a look at some of the places in America where the nation can improve and strive toward the promise of the founders of becoming "one nation".

Blockchain technology presents an alternative to corrupt and centralized institutions, as well as costly and inefficient middlemen. Whether you’re looking to use it to improve your business, invest in cryptocurrencies, or just learn for curiosity’s sake, this book will help answer your questions and show you why there is so much buzz about blockchain.

1944, Nazi Germany - The war is in its final hours. Three high-ranking Nazi officers, using secret orders from the desk of Herman Goering, execute a plan to purloin a fortune in confiscated diamonds. Decades later, in a sleepy village near west palm beach, florida, moe green, a retired octogenarian, seeks to determine the value of a German postage stamp he acquired during the war, given to him by a grateful young Holocaust survivor. But when the stamp's existence surfaces on the Internet, blood flows.

He’s a doctor whose patients have a way of dying; a lawyer, who uses his skills to squirm out of criminal convictions. He’s a scholar, but other scholars have no idea what he’s talking about. He’s a family man, but one day, his wife and baby disappear forever. Only two things are clear: Edward Rulloff is a mystery, and everywhere he goes, death and destruction follow. While the criminal justice system has its hands full trying to keep and convict Edward Rulloff, the world will argue whether he’s a genius, a scam artist or a madman. Even Mark Twain has an opinion.

This historical fiction novel gives a riveting account of what life was like before the LGBTQ community had the same civil rights as other citizens - with a twist! In this alternate reality tale, only 10 percent of the population is heterosexual, and the only difference in the course of history over the past 100 years is that the majority of the population is gay, instead of straight. The love story is based in Southern California. Marcus is a 79-year old straight man whom against all odds, finds the woman of his dreams.

Sailors trusted him with their money and their lives. That was a mistake. The lucky ones woke up with headaches in the holds of ships headed to China. The others never took another breath. Billy Gohl robbed, shanghaied, and killed sailors across the Pacific Northwest. Grays Harbor in Aberdeen, Washington, was so full of bodies that newspapers dubbed it a "floaters fleet". His trapdoor of death was famous. In his time, Gohl murdered over 100 people, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.

Don't turn your back on her. Don't even blink. She may be crazy, but Lizzie Halliday is strong, she moves fast, and she's a stone-cold killer.

The Axeman came in the night. No one heard him come. No locks could keep him out. In the morning, whole families lay slaughtered in their beds, a riot of blood corrupting the room. Town by town, terror gripped the black communities of Louisiana and East Texas, as men, women, and children fell to the killer’s axe. The police were powerless to stop it. As the police slowly unraveled the mystery, they were stunned by the bizarre truth of the Axeman.

First, she predicts your death. Then, you die. Usually, writhing in pain. Is she a fortune-teller or something much, much darker? Nobody tells the police, not for a long time, because, well, nobody in Chicago’s Little Warsaw wants to cross Tillie Klimek. The body count racks up as Jazz Age Chicago’s most notorious female poisoner takes down husband after husband and some other relatives while she’s at it. Few, it seems, can resist Tillie’s cooking. But is this Mrs. Bluebeard working alone?

Occam's razor is a filter for logical arguments. It states that the simplest solution that fits all the facts is usually the correct one. The Occam's Razor series will attempt to apply the razor to some of the arguments that plague our modern world.

In a world of volatility and hyper-competition, management teams face gut-wrenching decisions about how to grow, where to diversify, and when to take on risk. As soon as a company establishes competitive advantage, its strategies are copied by competitors, requiring them to reinvent themselves once again. Momentum offers the secrets of high-growth companies and practical techniques that management teams can use to chart their course and seize the opportunities ahead.

There are always choices to be made. Just because events change your original goals doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It simply means you now have a different set of choices to make about how you’ll keep moving toward your goals. The power to shape your own life into exactly the way you want it to look is within you. It all comes down to the choices you make.

This Christian collection includes: Destined to Win: Inspiration for Winning in Turbulent Times. The Power of Positive Affirmations: Each Day a New Beginning.

In today’s high stakes game of business, the players on the team are the competitive advantage for any organization. But, only if they are on the field instead of on the bench. Blue-Collar Leadership® & Teamwork provides a simple, yet powerful and unique, resource for individuals who want to increase their influence and make a high impact. It’s also a resource and tool for leaders, teams, and organizations, who are ready to engage the front line to improve the bottom line.

Discover how scientifically proven strategies can help you manage or lower your chances of developing diabetes while enjoying 75 of the most delicious paleo diet recipes around! Fad diets may come and go but healthy lifestyle changes will always be beneficial for your health and wellbeing. If you want to maximize your health and longevity, you must start treating your body right. Following a healthy and nutritious diet is important for everyone, but particularly so for people who are already suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes. Listen to learn more.

These small houses are taking the world by storm at the moment, and rightfully so. Combine a massive oversupply of containers with people looking to live in cheap homes, that are even eco-friendly, and you can see why building container homes is a match made in heaven. Steel containers may seem unlikely candidates to use as building materials, but nothing could be further from the truth. These containers make for amazingly cheap houses, for the fraction of the cost of a traditional home. This book is a step-by-step guide on how you can build a container home.

Buddhism is one of the oldest religions in the world but until recently it has been unknown and inaccessible outside of Asia. This book will provide you with an introduction to the history of Buddhism and its teachings and practices. Along with Buddhist philosophies, there are many practices to incorporate into your daily life, such as meditation and mindfulness to help calm your mind, reduce stress, and anxiety. This is a guide to Buddhism for beginners but includes quotes and resources to guide you towards more advanced Buddhist teachings and writing.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of an evangelist? Probably not, but here is your chance to get a glimpse from the cheap seats. Join Matthew Watson as we laugh through church bloopers, evangelist woes, and childhood memories and reflect on serious matters such as the foreign mission field and things learned in evangelism. Centered around the culture of the Apostolic Church, From the Cheap Seats is a humor gold, with just a hint of the thought provoking.

Her name is Frances Deegan. She wrote 21 stories and 35 articles under her own name for the science fiction pulps between 1944 and 1952, when few other women were selling to them at all. Yet you won't find her listed in any book about science fiction. In fact, in the years since her death, Frances Deegan has become the forgotten woman of the golden age of pulp science fiction, and none of her stories have ever been reprinted.