'VISIONARY' Stephen Greenblatt'So interesting... I recommend [Extraterrestrial] to people who have any interest in this extraordinary subject of life existing in other places than on Earth.' William Shatner (from Amazon.com)Harvard's top astronomer takes us inside the mind-blowing story of the first interstellar visitor to our solar systemIn late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed a strange...

In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing their beloved Iraq to the new state of Israel.'Remarkable.' Max Hastings, THE SUNDAY TIMESToday the once flourishing Jewish community of Iraq, at one time numbering over 130,000 and tracing its history back 2,600 years, has all but vanished.Why so? One explanation speaks of the timeless clash between Arab and Jewish civilisations and a heroi...

'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES**'** Washington Post'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BOOK' The TimesIn 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community - our solar system has been visited by advanced alien technology. His provocative and persuasive argument (and internationally bestsel...

Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent leadersIn the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours.T...

YOUR BODY IS A DEVER DREAM is A cosmic body horror anthology from trans and GNC voices, a companion volume to YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY, and a charity drive all rolled into one. Over thirty Trans and Gender Nonconforming writers and artists come together in this energetic, fierce, and richly illustrated volume. Great unknowable forces, big concepts, space, dimensions, existential drama, good ol' body horror, cosmic dread, genre blending, weird formats, and creativity abound. Currently aim...

Disruption resulting from the proliferation of AI is coming. The authors of the bestselling Prediction Machines can help you prepare.Artificial intelligence (AI) has impacted many industries around the world—banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, automotive, medical technology, manufacturing, and retail. But it has only just begun its odyssey toward cheaper, better, and faster predictions that drive strategic business decisions. When prediction is taken to ...

Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The EconomistThe impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple.Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life—driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design po...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies, APPT 2026, held in Brussels, Belgium, on July 27, 2026.The 36 full papers, 11 Poster Papers and 4 work in- progress papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Featured Articles; LLM Inference; Serving Systems; LLM Workflows; AI Design Automation; Scalable Comp...

Take your interview skills to the next level by reviewing hundreds of real-world interview questions and coding examples Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesSolve complex design and architecture tasksDevelop mature and complete answers to commonly asked questionsEnhance your interview prospects by building a strong developer brand through publications and online projectsBook DescriptionAs...

Sohmeng Par is sick of being treated like a child.Ever since a tragic accident brought her mountain community’s coming-of-age ritual to a halt, she’s caused nothing but trouble in her impatience to become an adult. But when she finally has the chance to prove herself, she’s thrown from her life in the mountains and into the terror of the jungle below.Cornered by a colony of reptilian predators known as the sãoni, Sohmeng is rescued by Hei, an eccentric exil...

In 1876, a recently dethroned sultan, Abdülaziz, was found dead in his cham- bers, the veins in hisarm slashed. Five years later, a group of Ottoman senior officials stood a criminal trial and werefound guilty for complicity in his murder. Among the defendants was the world-famousstatesman former Grand Vizier and reformer Ahmed Midhat Pasa, a political foe of the autocraticsultan Abdülhamit II, who succeeded Abdülaziz and ruled the empire for thirty-three years....