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"Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming human society in fundamental and profound ways. Not since the Age of Reason have we changed how we approach security, economics, order, and even knowledge itself. In the Age of AI, three deep and accomplished thinkers come together to consider what AI will mean for us all" --
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Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loos) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late" -- we should...
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Little Olympians series volume 3
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English
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While on a field trip to an actual Greek city, the Little Olympians overhear a plot for a surprise attack so Hermes must be brave and run through great dangers all the way to Athens and back to get help.
5) Alien scout
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Alien next door volume 3
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Harris invites Zeke to join him for a weekend at Beaver Scout Camp, but Zeke needs help understanding the activities and hiding his alien abilities from the other campers.
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"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the celebrated activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience--she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The machines are here. After decades of sci-fi doomsaying and marketing hype, advanced A.I. and automation technologies have leapt out of research labs and Silicon Valley engineering departments and into the center of our lives. Robots once primarily threatened blue-collar manufacturing jobs, but today's machines are being trained to do the work of lawyers, doctors, investment bankers, and other white-collar jobs previously considered safe from automation's...
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Alien next door volume 5
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When Zeke uses his powers to become a superstar on the youth baseball team, ignoring Harris's concern that this is cheating, their friendship is in trouble.
9) Mr. Holmes
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
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Alien next door volume 6
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Harris and Roxy try to help Zeke the alien over his confusion about Valentine's Day, and to figure out who sent him an anonymous candy-gram.
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"In twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng's world, gaming is everything. Professional esports teams are the mainstream celebrities. Kids begin training from a young age, aspiring for the big leagues. Reyna is the up-and-coming junior amateur Dayhold gamer, competing in a VR battle royale against AI monsters and human players. But despite Reyna's rising popularity and skills, no one knows who she is. Gaming is still a boys' club and to protect herself against...
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Little Olympians series volume 1
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English
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Zeus causes a ruckus while living with his parents, Kronos and Rhea, when every time he sneezes or gets mad his lightning shoots out, so they send him to Eureka, a camp where little gods learn to use their supernatural abilities, and with the help of other gods like the wise Athena and the wisecracking Hermes, little Zeus learns to control his own powers and succeed.
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Little Olympians series volume 2
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English
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When the Little Olympians engage in a series of competitions to develop their strengths, Athena uses strategy and cunning to help her stay in the games.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A wide-ranging take on why humans have a troubled relationship with being an animal, and why we need a better one Human are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive, and baffling animals on the planet. But we are also an animal that does not think it is an animal. How well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal tells a remarkable story of what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our existence is a profound...
15) Trick or cheat?
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Alien next door volume 4
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Zeke spends Halloween in his true alien form, but when a jealous classmate decides to stop him from winning the school costume contest, Harris and Roxy must save the day.
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Alien next door volume 7
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Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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When Zeke learns that his parents' research mission is over and they must return to their home planet, Tragas, he and his friends seek a way to keep the family on Earth.
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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A vast caravan of RVs roam the United States. A girl grows a unicorn horn, complicating her small-town friendships and big city ambitions. A young lady on a spaceship bonds with her AI warden while trying to avoid an arranged marriage. In Allegra Hyde's universe nothing is as it seems, yet the challenges her characters face mirror those of our modern age. Spanning the length of our very solar system, the fifteen stories in this collection explore...
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Zephyros Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia is the definitive activity workbook to improve phonemic awareness, dysgraphia, and auditory processing disorder (APD) for kids ages 7-12. For kids with an official dyslexia diagnosis, or kids struggling with dyslexia related symptoms, learning to read can be challenging. Using a targeted approach to skill development, Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia applies the latest research-based learning methods to games...
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