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The Big Oyster

by Mark Kurlansky

Published: 2006-05-01

Paperback: 336 pages

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When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 - his first New York real estate killing - he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From the Minuit purchase until centuries of pollution finally destroyed the beds in the 1920s,...

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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

by Tara Brach

Published: 2004-11-23

Paperback: 352 pages

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The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Amir Husain

Published: 2017-11-21

Hardcover: 224 pages

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The future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial intelligence—and not only survive, but thrive.Artificial “machine” intelligence is playing an ever-greater role in our society. We are...

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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark

Published: 2017-08-29

Hardcover: 384 pages

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New York Times Best SellerHow will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore th...

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The Jerk

by Steve Martin, Michael Elias

Published: 1979-12-18

Mass Market Paperback: 0 pages

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very good book with photos photos from the movie

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Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength

by Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Published: 2014-06-19

Paperback: 232 pages

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Black women are strong. At least that's what everyone says and how they are constantly depicted. But what, exactly, does this strength entail? And what price do Black women pay for it? In this book, the author, a psychologist and pastoral theologian, examines the burdensome yoke that the ideology of...

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Chemistry: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Weike Wang

Published: 2018-04-03

Paperback: 224 pages

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Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, PopSugar, Maris Kreizman, The Morning NewsWinner of Ploughshares’ John C. Zacharis AwardWinner of a Whit...

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The Tour

by Jean Grainger

Published: 2013-02-06

Paperback: 314 pages

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Every week, Conor O'Shea collects a new group of American visitors from Shannon Airport, from where they embark on a high end tour of the Real Ireland. But this particular tour, with its cast of unintentionally hilarious characters, presents even seasoned tour guide Conor with dilemmas that render him...

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In the Light of Winter (A Novel)

by Nancy Hannan

Published: 2017-11-21

Paperback: 286 pages

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Now, in the so-called “winter” season of her life, and single again…. Kate knew it would not be as easy this time, to find a partner, or even a companion. Her desire to love and be loved was still strong, though. Would it even be possible to find love again? Her brushes with romance after her first...

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The Heart Echoes

by Helena von Zweigbergk

Published: 2017-09-01

Paperback: 382 pages

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Swedish sisters Astrid, Lena, and Sandra have struggled to get along since childhood, but when Lena is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, they are each thrown into crisis together.Astrid’s well-ordered, predictable world is shaken by the return of her ex-boyfriend Michael, an American who ab...