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  Loading Screens and Memory Cards...

  Flandrew

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  Loading Screens and Memory Cards is a nostalgic journey through the golden age of gaming — from Christmas mornings spent unwrapping new consoles to late-night sleepovers lit by the glow of CRTs. 
  If you remember blowing on cartridges, swapping cheat codes in the schoolyard, or fighting over who got the “good” controller, this book is for you. 
  Join Flandrew, known for his YouTube channel celebrating classic games, to look back at the consoles, games, and memories that defined a generation — the PlayStation 2 era, the GameCube’s weird charm, the chaos of birthday party split-screen, and the pure joy of discovering new worlds before microtransactions and day-one patches. 
  Funny, heartfelt, and packed with stories any 90s or 00s gamer will relate to, this is a love letter to the days when “please wait…” meant you had a moment to dream.

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  What's Hidden Inside Planets?

  John Wenz, Sabine Stanley

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  A guided journey through the inner workings of Earth, the cloaked mysteries of other planets in our solar system, and beyond. 
   
   
   
  Earth, from space, looks like a shimmering gem suspended in an inky, infinite expanse. But this serene image masks the magnificent and volatile interior forces that make life possible for millions of species on the surface. The placid appearances of our neighboring planets similarly belie their powers—and science fiction-worthy features, like diamond rain. The daily machinations of Earth's deep interior make the planet a habitable, yet sometimes treacherous, place to live. Drill down thousands of miles through our built environments and soil, sand, water, rock, and minerals to the outer (mainly liquid iron with nickel) and inner core, encountering intense convection, roiling metals, hidden continents, and shifting tectonic plates. Discover the effects of magnetism, rotation, and seismic activity seen and sensed in the forms of auroras, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes, among other manifestations. 
   
   
   
  Join this exciting journey to far-flung interstellar locations and the center of the Earth to learn what lies beneath our feet, and why it's the best real estate in our solar system.

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  SIMULATED LIVES: ARE WE ALREADY...

  Ciro Irmici

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  Simulated Lives: Are We Already Living in a Matrix? 
  Have you ever felt that reality is not quite what it seems? What if everything around you—your experiences, your beliefs, your very existence—is an intricate illusion, a sophisticated simulation crafted to keep you unaware and controlled? "Simulated Lives: Are We Already Living in a Matrix?" takes you on a deep, provocative journey into the possibility that our world is nothing more than a digital construct. This groundbreaking book is not just an exploration of the Simulation Hypothesis; it is a call to awaken from the slumber of the mind and reclaim your reality. 
  Drawing from cutting-edge scientific theories, philosophical insights, and the latest technological advancements, this book challenges the very fabric of our existence. Are we mere code in a cosmic program run by advanced civilizations, future humans, or artificial superintelligence? Are phenomena like déjà vu, the Mandela Effect, and quantum entanglement the glitches in a sophisticated digital system? Are AI, virtual reality, and augmented reality the first steps toward a deeper digital imprisonment? 
  With a compelling narrative, "Simulated Lives" leads you through the implications of living in a simulated reality, the battle for consciousness, and the ultimate revolution of awareness. This is not just a book; it is a manifesto for those who dare to question the nature of their existence, who seek to break free from the illusion, and who are ready to choose between freedom and control. 
  Are you prepared to take the red pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes? Discover the truth and join the awakening.

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  The Architect of Enterprise -...

  Javid Ur Rahaman

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  Every enterprise now has two problems with artificial intelligence, and they are not the same problem. 
   
  The first is an engineering problem: how to build systems in which AI orchestrates transactions, data, and operations across the enterprise. That problem belongs to the builders, and to the companion technical volume. 
   
  The second problem belongs to you: the leader who signs the budgets, redesigns the organization, answers to the board, and negotiates the contracts. The Architect of Enterprise is the first leadership book written as one half of a matched pair with its technical counterpart: same author, same worldview, different altitude. 
   
  Inside, a complete operating playbook for the executive of the agentic era: 
   
  The Architect's Triad: Intent, Trust, Value, the three inspections every AI decision must pass. 
  The Chief AI Officer charter: reporting models, decision rights, and the 90-day agenda. 
  The Human Operating Model: charrette squads, the Human-Agent RACI, and middle management redesigned. 
  The AI-ready workforce: reskilling ladders, career lattices, and the generational handoff. 
  FinOps for AI for the board: unit economics of intelligence and the Value Realization Office. 
  Governance that works: autonomy risk appetite, the ethics committee with teeth, the board pack. 
  The Law of the Machine: AI contract clauses, liability, and the M&A due-diligence checklist no other leadership title carries. 
  Industry playbooks: manufacturing, banking, healthcare, and the public sector. 
   
  Written by the enterprise architect behind the newsletter The Architect of Enterprise: veteran of Oracle and SAP landscapes, Head of Applied Intelligence at AAI Research Labs, and trained in Texas corporate M&A practice. 
   
  Build it with the technical volume. Lead it with this one.

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  Many Things Under a Rock - The...

  David Scheel

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  Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none is as captivating as the octopus. In Many Things Under a Rock, marine biologist David Scheel investigates four major mysteries about these elusive beings. How can we study an animal with perfect camouflage and secretive habitats? How does a soft and boneless creature defeat sharks and eels, while thriving as a predator of the most heavily armored animals in the sea? How do octopus bodies work? And how does a solitary animal form friendships, entice mates, and outwit rivals? 
   
   
   
  Over the course of his twenty-five years studying octopuses, Scheel has witnessed a sea change in what we know and are able to discover about octopus physiology and behavior—even an octopus's inner life. Here he explores amazing new scientific developments, weaving accounts of his own research, and surprising encounters, with stories and legends of Indigenous peoples that illuminate our relationship with these creatures across centuries. In doing so, he reveals a deep affinity between humans and even the most unusual and unique undersea dwellers. 
   
   
   
  Octopuses are complex, emotional, and cognitive beings. This is the story of what we have learned and what we are still learning about the natural history and wondrous lives of these animals with whom we share our blue planet.

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  Dark Side of the Boom - How...

  Patrick Coughlin

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  A Fast Company Press book.
  Defending against deception, deepfakes, and digital fraud 
  No technology wave in history has moved as quickly or proposes to reshape our lives as profoundly as the recent advances in artificial intelligence. Scammers and cybercriminals are actively leveraging AI advances to turbocharge their deceit, catapulting digital fraud to the fastest growing crime in countries worldwide.Through deepfake voices and images, customer service cons, and socially engineer exploitation, AI is driving the equivalent of an industrial revolution for digital fraud.
  Dark Side of the Boom is a wake-up call to this immediate and sinister side of the AI revolution that is lost amidst the headline-grabbing futurist debates about whether AI will save us or destroy us. Author Patrick Coughlin draws on decades of experience in cybersecurity alongside real-world examples to shed a new light on today’s AI-powered scammers, who they target, and why they succeed. The result is an engaging and compelling guide to deception in the AI era and how we protect and secure what matters most to us all.

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