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Machines That Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

TOBY WALSH · Prometheus Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A scientist who has spent a career developing Artificial Intelligence takes a realistic look at the technological challenges and assesses the likely effect of AI on the future.How will Artificial Intelligence impact our lives? Toby Walsh, one of the leading AI researchers in the world,...
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming

Paul Hawken · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the worldIn the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer...
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500 Bead Weaving Patterns for Bracelets

Emilie Ramon · Stackpole Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

An encyclopedia of beaded bracelet patterns for your small loomWeaving beaded bracelets on a small bead loom is easy, and with the 500 patterns in this book you can make all kinds of creative designs! From bold graphic prints to animals and flowers to retro or southwestern designs, there...
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Wedding Jewelry: 30 Inspirational Designs to Make

SIAN HAMILTON · GMC Publications
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

This exciting new title from the editor of Making Jewellery magazine is the ideal book for jewery makers eager to learn the intricacies of creating wedding jewelry. Packed with 30 designs, Wedding Jewelry is broken down into six different collections with five different pieces in each collection....
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Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics

Marjorie J Spruill · Bloomsbury
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies.Gloria Steinem was quoted in 2015 (the New Yorker) as saying the National Women's Conference...
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Making Tiny Toys in Wood: Ornaments & Collectible Heirloom Accents

Howard Clements · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Create charming holiday decorations that double as small toys with this easy-to-follow guidebook. Full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions are provided for 20 working wooden toy ornaments. From tugboats and tractors to windmills and wagons, these nostalgic moving toys make great...
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Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists

Donna Seaman · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning writer rescues seven first-rate twentieth-century women artists from oblivion--their lives fascinating, their artwork a revelation.Who hasn't wondered where-aside from Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo-all the women artists are? In many art books, they've been marginalized...
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Poets of the Bible: From Solomon's Song of Songs to John's Revelation

Willis Barnstone · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

"The vividness and beauty of the language emerge in a fresh way . . . with evocative simplicity." -- Robert Alter, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature, University of California, BerkeleyThe world's greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major...
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The Cancer Whisperer: Finding Courage, Direction, and The Unlikely Gifts of Cancer

Sophie Sabbage · Penguin Publishing Group
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The self-published sensation and UK bestseller that has helped thousands touched by cancer. "I have cancer. Cancer does not have me." Sophie Sabbage was forty-eight years old, happily married, and mother to a four-year-old daughter when she was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer....
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Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot--and Relaunch Their Careers

Wendy Sachs · AMACOM
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Unapologetic . . . and unstoppable! We are in the midst of a wild job market. Technology has disrupted nearly every industry, blowing up many careers, but creating millions more. Many women feel forced to pivot to stay relevant, while others choose to pivot to keep engaged. Or we may be struggling...
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The Complete Photo Guide to Soap Making

David Fisher · Creative Publishing int'l
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Homemade soaps, scrubs, salves, lotions, and other bath and body products have been popping up all over the places from craft fairs to Etsy and it's no surprise why. Soap making is a fun and creative hobby that you can do right in the comfort of your own kitchen. Want to learn how?...
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Complete Book of Presidential Trivia, The

J Stephen Lang · Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Pages: 317
Format: Paperback

This entertaining collection of questions and answers about America's leaders provides hours of brain-teasing fun for readers. Every conceivable subject is included, from scandals, pre-White House life, campaigns, military matters, and the cabinets, to notable quotes and notable women...
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In Search of A Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey

Payam Akhavan · House of Anansi Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

A work of memoir, history, and a call to action, In Search of a Better World is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times.Renowned UN prosecutor and human rights scholar Payam Akhavan has encountered the grim realities of contemporary genocide throughout...
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From Hot Mess to Blessed: Hope to Propel Your Soul and the Promises That Change Everything

Julie K Gillies · Harvest House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Dare to Believe Every woman struggles to believe she is who God says she is and to believe the stunning promises He whispers to her heart. But when you're a hot mess (and we all are to one degree or another) , it's hard to imagine things can be different - that you can be different....
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Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women

Renee Ph D Engeln · Harpercollins
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

An award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Naomi Wolf, Peggy...
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