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  Killer Tech - and the Drive to...

  Mark Stross

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  In Killer Tech and the Drive to Save Humanity, Mark Stross presents a gripping exploration of our entanglement with technology in a world where digital platforms increasingly dictate our lives. With thought-provoking insights and real-life anecdotes, Mark unveils the hidden costs of our digital addiction and challenges readers to reconsider their relationship with technology.The message is clear: "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." Mark sheds light on how tech giants, corporations, and algorithms categorize and manipulate us, turning us into "users" and stripping away our humanity. But he doesn't just point out the problems; he provides a road map for taking back control.As the pace of technological change accelerates, Mark offers guardrails to help us navigate this uncertain new world. Killer Tech goes beyond the obvious and delves into the fascinating rise of virtual worlds, NFTs, deepfakes, UFOs, and the blurry line between the real and the virtual. He challenges us to consider a digital bill of rights and the need to take charge of our data and online personas.Killer Tech is a wake-up call, a call to action, and a promise of empowerment. It is your guide to making informed choices, reshaping your digital destiny, and reclaiming your humanity.Author: Mark StrossNarrated by Douglas Martin

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  Baron Trump's Marvellous...

  Ingersoll Lockwood

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  It So Happened At The Time Of Bulger's Low Spirits That The Elder Baron Had, Through The Kindness Of An Old School Friend, Come Into Possession Of A Fifteenth-Century Manuscript From The Pen Of A No Less Celebrated Thinker And Philosopher Than The Learned Spaniard, Don Constantino Bartolomeo Strepholofidgeguaneriusfum, Commonly Known Among Scholars As Don Fum, Entitled "A World Within A World." In This Work Don Fum Advanced The Wonderful Theory That There Is Every Reason To Believe That The Interior Of Our World Is Inhabited; That, As Is Well Known, This Vast Earth Ball Is Not Solid, On The Contrary, Being In Many Places Quite Hollow; That Ages And Ages Ago Terrible Disturbances Had Taken Place On Its Surface And Had Driven The Inhabitants To Seek Refuge In These Vast Underground Chambers, So Vast, In Fact, As Well To Merit The Name Of "World Within A World...FROM THE BOOKS.

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  Are We Alone in the Universe -...

  Galaxy Explained

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  You look up on a clear night and the same question arrives every time: is anyone out there? You want a real answer, not a documentary that ends on a shrug and not another grainy UFO video.
  
  This audiobook takes you there in the first person, as if you were riding along on the search itself. You walk through the Drake equation one honest term at a time and see exactly where the numbers are solid and where they are guesses. You descend beneath the ice of Europa and Enceladus, where warm oceans may be stirring right now. You learn how astronomers read the atmosphere of a planet hundreds of light-years away and what those faint signatures are actually telling us, then face the Fermi paradox without flinching.
  
  By the last chapter, you will know what science can say today, what it cannot yet say, and why the open questions are the best part. Press play and take the voyage yourself.

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  Explainable AI - Making Machine...

  Sam Miley

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  Build AI systems that don’t just work — they win trust. 
  In today’s fast-moving AI-powered world, accuracy isn’t enough. Whether you’re building models for healthcare, finance, retail, or enterprise software, one thing is clear: if users and stakeholders can’t understand your AI, they won’t trust it. 
  Explainable AI is your practical, results-driven guide to building transparent, trustworthy, and human-friendly AI systems. Packed with real-world examples and proven techniques, this book shows you how to turn black-box models into clear, interpretable tools that users can believe in — and regulators can approve. 
  What you’ll gain from this book: 
  •	Tools like SHAP and LIME to explain predictions clearly 
  •	Strategies to increase model transparency without sacrificing accuracy 
  •	Step-by-step ways to meet compliance, reduce risk, and gain user buy-in 
  •	Industry case studies that prove explainability is a competitive advantage 
  Insights that make your AI smarter and more responsible 
  If you want to build AI solutions that people trust, adopt, and love — this is the book that will show you how.

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  Claude Side Hustle - The...

  Scott Hendry

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  You already have the AI. So why has nothing landed in your bank account? 
  You have watched other people post client payments, Etsy sales, and Kindle royalties. You have opened an AI chat, typed something, read back polished nothing, and closed the tab. Another month gone. Another course bookmarked and abandoned. 
  Here is the uncomfortable part. You are not behind because you lack talent or a better tool. You are behind because nobody ever told you the sequence: what to sell, who actually pays for it, what to charge, and how to deliver it without guessing. 
  Tools without a business plan produce nothing. That is the root cause, and this book fixes it in order. 
  Claude AI Side Hustles is a 28-chapter walkthrough written for beginners with no capital, no audience, and five spare hours a week.Inside you will learn how to:Land your first paying client on Upwork, Fiverr, LinkedIn, and through cold email, using proposal scripts that get repliesBuild digital products that sell repeatedly, including Kindle eBooks, Notion templates, prompt packs, and online coursesEarn online without showing your face, through faceless YouTube, blogging, affiliate content, and print on demandFollow a 90-day launch plan with honest numbers, realistic timelines, and a pricing calculator 
  Plus 100+ ready-to-use prompts, cold email templates, contracts, and a client onboarding checklist. 
  No hype. No income screenshots. Just the steps, in the order that works.Scroll up, click Buy Now, and start your first offer tonight.

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  A Brief History of the...

  Sally Coulthard

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  A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature Writing 
  The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts 
  'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and – of course – the countryside.' Charles Spencer, author of The White Ship 
  For most of human history, we were rural folk.  
  Our daily lives were bound up with working the land, living within the rhythm of the seasons. We poured our energies into growing food, tending to animals and watching the weather. Family, friends and neighbours were often one and the same. Life revolved around the village and its key spaces and places – the church, the green, the school and the marketplace. 
  And yet rural life is oddly invisible our historical records. The daily routine of the peasant, the farmer or the craftsperson could never compete with the glamour of city life, war and royal drama. Lives went unrecorded, stories untold. 
  There is, though, one way in which we can learn about our rural past. The things we have left behind provide a connection that no document can match; physical artefacts are touchstones that breathe life into its history. From farming tools to children’s toys, domestic objects and strange curios, the everyday items of the past reveal fascinating insights into an often-forgotten way of life. Birth, death, celebration, work, crime, play, medicine, beliefs, diet and our relationship with nature can all be read from these remnants of our past. 
  From ancient artefacts to modern-day memorabilia, this startling book weaves a rich tapestry from the fragments of our rural past. 
  In her non-fiction book A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects, Sally Coulthard explores the social and cultural dynamics of rural life in Europe. The book, steeped in anthropology and environmental conservation, emphasises the importance of regional studies and the protection of our environment. 
  For fans of Jane Cooper (The Lost Flock), James Rebanks (The Shepherd's View), Clara Parkes (A Stash of One's Own), Robert Macfarlane (Desert Solitaire), and Lee Alan Dugatkin (Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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