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This is the dramatic story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it. If you had told Roger McNamee three years ago that he would soon be...

Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist and caretaker of a family of chimpanzees, to...

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept. It’s already deciding what you read, what you watch, how you work, and in many cases, how competitive you are. Beginner’s Guide to AI is a friendly, jargon-free introduction for people who want to understand what AI really is, how it works, and why it matters, without needing a technical background or a translator. This book strips away the buzzwords and fear, replacing them with clear explanations, relatable examples, and practical insights.

Language and the way that people communicate has evolved over time, now you can learn how to effectively use your voice in the most effective way possible in order to get your message across. Every time we open our mouths, we have an effect on ourselves and the way others perceive us. The...

Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.

Delight in a perfect 'first stories' collection for the little ones.... This collection includes: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Little Tin Soldier, The Three Little Pigs, The Brown Bear and the Fox, The Tortoise and the Hare, Tom Thumb, The Little Red Hen, Sammy's Miracle, The Acorn and the Pumpkin and The Little Fir Tree.

From blanket fairs to night kings, curfews to crime, At Day's Close is an intriguing and captivating investigation into the night. Until now, this rich and complex universe in which we spend nearly half of our lives was a world long-lost to historians. Here, Ekirch explores how the night was lived in the past, through travel accounts, memoirs, letters, folklore, poems, court records and coroner's reports. More than this, it is a passionate argument in the case for less artificial light in an increasingly bright world.

Melvin Corey must choose between an alliance with the Pattern of Amber or the Pattern of Chaos, in a tale of a sometimes murderous family of wizards and their alternate worlds.

Roger Lockshier enlisted in the US Army in April 1966. After completing Airborne (Paratrooper) Jump Training at Fort Benning GA, he was assigned to Aviation Battalion 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Kentucky, December 1966. In December of 1967 the 101st Airborne Division was transferred to Viet Nam. Lockshier was a Crewchief / Doorgunner with the 101st Airborne's Black Angels Huey Helicopter Gunships assigned to provide combat support to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces MACVSOG. He returned to the States in December of 1968.

Best-selling mystery/thriller author Roger Hayden brings you the complete collection of the highly-rated Abducted series. That's two complete book series totaling six novels!

Solving murders is as easy as ABCDE in this brand-new collection. Roger Riccard, one of the most respected Sherlock Holmes authors, has again taken pen in hand to bring forth the first five adventures in a new series of short stories for your entertainment.

In this new series of short stories, Sherlock and Watson embark on some of their classic adventures. Using the best of their wit, knowledge and cunning, the famous duo solves a selection of confounding mysteries.

Where betrayal runs deeper than the river, and the only truth is the one that gets you killed. From the pen of Roger Smith

In this first episode of an exciting new trilogy, the blockbuster adventures of Star Wars "RM" continue... Ambush At Corellia A trade summit on Corellia brings Han Solo back to the home planet he left many years before. Arriving on the distant planet with Leia, their children, and Chewbacca, Han...

You didn’t start a business to become its most overworked employee. Yet here you are, buried in emails, chasing follow-ups, juggling systems, and wondering when “freedom” quietly slipped out the back door. Agent AI for Entrepreneurs is for business owners who are done doing everything themselves and are ready for a smarter, calmer way to grow. In this engaging, refreshingly human guide, entrepreneur and coach Roger Best cuts through the hype and explains what agentic AI really is, and why it may be the most important business shift you’ll make this decade. No jargon. No techno wizardry.

After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of beehives, finishing two years later with more honey than anyone knows what to do with. By standing back from their normal lives and working with the cycle of the seasons, they emerge with a new-found understanding of nature and a respect for the honeybee and the threats it faces.

During the Vietnam War, far from the halls of Congress, snooping reporters, loving family members, and conventional US military forces in South Vietnam, a deadly, top-secret war was conducted for eight years across the fence in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam by small Green Beret-led reconnaissance teams.

Put customers at the core of your business. If you read (or listen to) nothing else on marketing, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review  articles that will help you connect better with your established customers, develop offerings...

The Inner Consultation, Second Edition sets out the author’s thoughts on how consulting skills, and methods of teaching them, have evolved in the 17 years since the book’s first publication. It also develops the theme of ‘curiosity’ as the key requirement for patient-centred consulting...

Born Vincent Capuccio on December 3, 1955, Vinnie Stigma—as his countless friends and fans lovingly refer to him—is the founder and guitarist of New York City's legendary hardcore band Agnostic Front. He's also one of the Big Apple's earliest punk rockers, having frequented such eclectic downtown haunts as Max's Kansas City, The Electric Circus, and of course, CBGB while it was still known as Hilly's on the Bowery during the early 1970s.