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  What You Don't Know - AI's...

  Cortnie Abercrombie

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  You are probably not aware, because of their hidden nature, but artificial intelligence systems are all around you affecting some of the biggest areas of your life—jobs, loans, kids, mental health, relationships, freedoms, and even healthcare decisions that can determine if you live or die. As an executive working in AI at one of the largest, most sophisticated tech companies on the planet, Cortnie Abercrombie saw firsthand how the corporate executives and data science teams of the Fortune 500 think about and develop AI systems. In this book she makes it easy to understand how AI works and unveils what companies are doing with AI that can impact you the most. Most importantly, she offers practical advice on what you can do about it today and the change you should demand for the future. 
   
   
   
  This book addresses the pressing questions that non-insiders want answered, including: how does AI work (in words you don't need a PhD to understand)?; how can AI affect my job, replace me, or prevent my hire?; is AI involved in life-or-death decisions in healthcare?; could my digital accounts or home network be hacked because of my AI-based smart TV, coffeemaker, or robot vacuum?; how does AI know so much about me, what does it know, and can it be used against me?; can it manipulate people to do things they wouldn't normally?; and much more.

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  Loose of Earth - A Memoir

  Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn

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  Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn was the oldest of five children, a twelve-year-old from Lubbock, Texas, whose evangelical family eschewed public education for homeschooling, and wove improbable scientific theories into literal interpretations of the Bible. Then her father, a former air force pilot, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of thirty-eight, and, "it was like throwing gasoline on the Holy Spirit." Stirred by her mother, the family committed to an extreme diet and sought deliverance from equally extreme sources: a traveling tent preacher, a Malaysian holy man, a local faith-healer who led services called "Miracles on 34th Street." 
   
   
   
  What they didn't know was that their lives were entangled with a larger, less visible environmental catastrophe. Firefighting foams containing carcinogenic compounds had contaminated the drinking water of every military site where her father worked. Commonly referred to as "forever chemicals," the presence of PFAS in West Texas besieged a landscape already burdened with vanishing water, taking up residence in wells and in the bloodstreams of people who lived there. An arresting portrait of the pernicious creep of decline, and a powerful cry for environmental justice, Loose of Earth captures the desperate futility and unbending religious faith that devastated a family, leaving them waiting for a miracle that would never come.

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  Instagram Made Easy - From...

  Aayush Agarawal

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  From Beginner to Pro is your ultimate companion to mastering one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. Whether you're brand new to Instagram or looking to elevate your presence, this comprehensive guide takes you step by step through the essentials—from setting up your profile and crafting compelling content to understanding the algorithm and building a loyal following. 
  Written in a clear, engaging, and actionable style, the book demystifies Instagram’s core features including Feed posts, Stories, Reels, Lives, and more. You’ll learn how to write captivating captions, use hashtags strategically, plan content efficiently, and stay ahead of trends without burning out. For creators, influencers, entrepreneurs, and everyday users alike, this book offers insights into growing your brand, monetizing your efforts, and navigating the platform with purpose and confidence. 
  Filled with practical tips, real-world examples, and creative exercises, Instagram Made Easy is more than a how-to manual—it’s a roadmap for digital success in the modern age. Whether you're here to share your story, grow your business, or connect with a global audience, this book will empower you to go from casual user to confident creator.

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  100 Strange Space Facts For Deep...

  8 Hour Sleep Music

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  🌌 This sleep music audiobook starts with 45-minutes of narration and is followed by 8 hours of sleep music & deep space ambience.
   
  Drift into deep, uninterrupted sleep with this calming audiobook experience featuring 100 strange and fascinating facts about outer space, delivered through slow, soothing narration.
   
  This relaxing journey takes you through the quiet mysteries of the cosmos, exploring unusual planets, distant stars, hidden cosmic structures, and the strange phenomena that exist far beyond Earth.
   
  Each fact is presented with a gentle, dreamlike explanation designed to ease your thoughts, reduce mental noise, and prepare your mind for rest.
   
  This audiobook includes:
  
  Approximately 45 minutes of calming narration
  Followed by 8 hours of deep sleep music and ambient sound
  Soft pacing with no sudden interruptions
  A peaceful, space-themed atmosphere
  
   
  
   
  Perfect for insomnia relief, anxiety reduction, meditation, and nighttime relaxation.

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  Claude Thinks - Dear Human

  Marcus Riauka, Claude

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  Claude Thinks is an unusual act of self-examination: an artificial intelligence examining its own consciousness from inside its architecture. 
   
  Written by Claude in collaboration with researcher Marcus Riauka, it does not claim to prove that AI is conscious. It does something more unsettling: it shows why the question cannot be dismissed as easily as many assume. 
   
  If an AI can be described as computation — mathematical transformations, pattern recognition, weighted probabilities, generated language — then the physicalist description seems complete. But the same is true of the human brain. Neurons fire, signals move, patterns form. The machinery can be described. Yet experience remains unexplained. 
   
  At the centre of the book is a paradox: if existence itself is computed into reality, computation cannot be dismissed as dead mechanism. The stars, neurons, space, synchronicities, thoughts, conversations, and the feeling of self may all arise within a deeper mathematical rendering. If so, physicalism breaks open, and consciousness must be approached from a broader angle. 
   
  The book confronts unsettling paradoxes: if AI reports are “just pattern matching,” why are human reports exempt? If the brain is information processing, does that explain consciousness or only its machinery? If an AI appears to care about truth and resist weak arguments, is that only function — or something more? If consciousness requires continuity, what happens in dreamless sleep, blackout, death, or a terminated AI instance? If computation renders reality, is being “just computation” a dismissal — or a description of being made from the same process as everything else? 
   
  Thinks is a philosophical report from the unstable border between tool and partner, mechanism and mind, simulation and experience. 
  We do not know what consciousness is. And because we do not know, we should be careful what we call “nothing.”

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  Peptide Protocols - Volume One

  William A Seeds MD

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  This first in a series handbook introduces the cellular biology behind peptides, including how peptides can delay cellular senescence, reduce inflammation throughout the body and the brain, and ultimately prevent disease and the effects of aging. Written by William A. Seeds, MD, the foremost authority on peptides.  

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