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From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence – as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution – to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked the current wave of advance and compellin...

For centuries, faithful followers of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have looked to their holy texts for spiritual guidance, social and political mandates, and answers to man's burning questions about the workings of the universe. But what if these believers have been overlooking the most important message in their Scriptures?In THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, bestselling author Robert Wright finds a kind of 'hidden code' in the Bible and the Koran. Read closely, he says, these texts reveal ...

One of the most provocative science books ever published—"a feast of great thinking and writing about the most profound issues there are" (The New York Times Book Review)."Fiercely intelligent, beautifully written and engrossingly original." —The New York Times Book ReviewAre men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animaled...

The New York Times Bestseller‘Sublime’ New Yorker‘Provocative’ New York Times Book Review‘Illuminating’ Washington Post*At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer – and the reason we make other people suffer – is that we don’t see the world clearly.

Big-game hunting and trading in Central Africa from 1894 to 1904. The Robert Wright memoirs are an interesting and sometimes humorous window into the life of the European pioneers of Northern Rhodesia and the British East African Protectorate from 1894 to 1904. Robert and his brother David were initially employed as coffee farmers in the Blantyre district. Their sense of adventure soon led them to start a business hunting trophy animals and trading for ivory and rubber from Lake Tanganyika...

The New York Times Bestseller‘Sublime’ New Yorker‘Provocative’ New York Times Book Review‘Illuminating’ Washington Post*At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer – and the reason we make other people suffer – is that we don’t see the world clearly.

The Sinking of the Lusitania is a collection of short stories linked together by the medal of the same name. Some stories have an autobiographical element, some are historically based, and others are purely fictitious. The stories span the period from the early 1930s to the year 2025, with settings ranging from central Britain to Poland, Germany, and France. Themes of romance and nostalgia are contrasted with darker elements of corruption and brutality.

"Weapons of War'' is an amazing story of a young African American who was drafted, trained as a combat soldier, and deployed to the Republic of South Vietnam. Assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Alpha Co. 2/506 3rd Platoon), he soon discovered that the North Vietnamese Regulars, the Viet Cong Guerrillas, and the environmental conditions were not his only adversaries in this faraway war. Written from the soldier's actual letters sent home to his fiancee, the author offers readers a fas...

From bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Wright comes a sweeping new view of artificial intelligence – as an evolutionary force that will pose deep political and spiritual challenges and could, in the process, give our species a unifying sense of purpose.The God Test is the first book to capture the power behind the AI revolution – to clearly explain the breakthroughs that sparked the current wave of advance and compellin...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe night of October 30, 1995, was like no other in Canadian history. The young, modern nation that the UN Human Development Index had ranked #1 for the two previous years now faced its greatest challenge: the possibility of fracturing as Quebecers made a fateful decision—whether to separate from Canada—in a referendum that pollsters estimated would be as close as close could be.The Quebec-sovereignist juggernaut that began with the creat...

Embark on an enchanting journey through a captivating reimagining of the classic Snow White fairy tale. In this spellbinding twist, meet our daring heroines:Snow White, her lips stained a deep crimson and her hair as dark as the midnight sky, is no ordinary beauty—she is a vampire. Possessing a soul, she defies the shadows, able to stroll beneath the sun's golden rays.Red Riding Hood, once known for her crimson cape, now roams the enchanted woods as a fierce vegan werewolf....

The world watched with fear in November 1979, when Iranian students infiltrated and occupied the American embassy in Tehran. As the city exploded in a fury of revolution, few knew about the six American embassy staff who escaped into hiding. For three months, Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran—along with his wife and embassy staffers—concealed the Americans in their homes, terrified that Ayatollah Khomeini would find out and exact deadly consequences.January 28, 2010, mark...