From two former White House officials who shaped America’s AI strategy and now work with leading AI companies, an urgent case for why democracies must achieve preeminence in AI—and a bracing warning about what victory will require.“Essential reading for understanding how AI will impact geopolitics and how the great powers are shaping AI.”—Chris Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Chip WarHumanity may soon create A...

The official tie-in book to the wildly popular Facebook page, featuring brand-new crazy, off-the-wall, outrageously funny, and downright “awesome” pearls of wisdom from real-life drill sergeants and instructors from all branches of the military.Sweat dries. Blood clots. Bones heal. Suck it up, buttercup.After returning fromhis deployment in Afghanistan, Dan Caddy began tradingswapping great drill sergeant stories by e-mail with fellowother combat v...

Your attention, please!The fight for your attention is the biggest business in the world. It is also the most important. And it’s all about to change.The attention economy moves markets. It shapes what we buy, who we date, and what we believe. The world’s biggest companies are locked in a trillion-dollar AI arms race to control it. And in the process they’ve built a system that undervalues the very thing that matters most: your attention and everything it makes possible.

A book that encourages, entertains, inspires and motivates church choir directors and their choirs.Forty engaging, oftentimes humorous stories drawn from the author's extensive multi-denomination church music career - with supporting practical applications and images. Example stories include: The Soprano Fell Out of the Choir Loft; and When the Choir Stole Our Toothbrushes.The author also addresses the challenges faced by choirs and their directors during the COVID-19 pande...

80 PoemsBy: Roger Wayne TurkingtonTurkington’s poetry moves from profound to epic to the amusingly contrived. His rhythms and alliteration truly transport the reading.- Richard WilburTurkington's poetry often crystallizes in verbal music.-Paul Paige, Professor Emeritus of Music, Grand Canyon UniversityMirrored strings together vibrantA carved bridge with his own labelAnd sound post placed, uniquely ableA noble scroll’s...

Where does one hide from a vengeful god?That is the question set before the party of adventurers from Maplebark as they flee what remains of the Ardrane Estate. They need a place to shelter, to regroup, and to make preparations for the future.Fortunately, the party has a lead on just such a place, even if it is somewhat . . . unusual.At a university run by a goblin, the group discovers unusual lessons, buried secrets, and clues toward a mystery of their own. Yet all...

The X-Files meets Dan Brown in this suspenseful tale of dark magic, ancient curses, and modern murder, as two agents with unusual talents investigate a series of sensational crimes in the historic city of St. Augustine, Florida.The case is sensational. Whistle-blower investigative journalist George Maynard has been killed in his St. Augustine home, his body so badly burned the morgue is needed to verify his identity. Paranormal investigator Shelly Mahoney has been transferred to a ...

#1 New York Times Bestseller • More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive"" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. ""F**k positivity,"" Mark Manson says. ""Let’s be honest, shit is f**...

It is a crime even the FBI must have considered fantastic and absurd.In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tree, and locked in a closet. The perps—a career bank robber, a petty thief, and his nineteen-year-old never-been-in-trouble Mormon wife—quickly become the targets of the biggest manhunt in Northwest his...

Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength• Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate over thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the audiobook edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love affairs, rollercoaster drug addictions, and immortal music ...

On a cold night in Australia, two construction workers driving along a deserted mountain road are gunned down inside their vehicle. The killings are fast. Efficient.An assassination, carried out with expert precision. The only witness to the crime is a man resting by the side of the road. Recently retired, he'd flown halfway across the world to escape his demons.Ex-U.S. black ops operative Jason King.Quickly spotted, King is targeted by those in the shadows of a sma...