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James F. Ryan

From a leading Harvard AI safety expert, an explosive vision, drawn from emerging new research, of the terrifyingly short road to cognitive diminishment, as humans have begun to be caught in the flywheel of domestication.This is not a book about AI. This is a book about the human mind in the grip of AI.Heated conversations about the impact of artificial intelligence tend to focus on one question: what AI will do to us, as if the “us” part of...

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James E. Ryan

New York Times Bestseller“What, What? is a welcome—and joyful—reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely.” —Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life?Based on the wildly popular commencement address, the art of asking (and answering) good questions by the former Dean of Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and ...

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James Ryan

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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

This book explores the development of Lenin’s thinking on violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and provides an important assessment of the significance of ideological factors for understanding Soviet state violence as directed by the Bolshevik leadership during its first years in power. It highlights the impact of the First World War, in particular its place in Bolshevik discourse as a source o...

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James Ryan

A man walks into an unfamiliar library. He knows the sole person who works there, and he has practically all his life. In the shelves lie the books and stories that uncannily tell his own. Reading between the lines of the pages, he begins to question if this personal museum he finds himself walking within is real or is some sort of purgatory. Why does his friend from the checkout counter always seem to know more about this place and about him than he does? What is he meant to find here? An...

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Dr. James Ryan

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Memory Improvement

Remember More Forget Less is a comprehensive guide to improving memory and retaining information. In this book, the author explores various memory techniques and strategies that can help individuals of all ages to remember more and forget less.The book is divided into several sections, each covering a specific aspect of memory improvement. The first section focuses on the science of memory, providing readers with an understanding of how memory works and why we sometimes forget thin...

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James E. Ryan

The organization of Shakespeare's plays has challenged, even baffled audiences and critics since the 17th century. Cymbeline has been dismissed as "incoherent." Hamlet "is of no clear shape." And Antony and Cleopatra "bewilders the mind."These judgments result from an incomplete understanding of Shakespeare's constructive practice. It is not the narrative arc alone that organizes the plays but a complex structure of interwoven narrative and thematic actio...

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Ryan James

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Mighty Construction Machines

This book introduces early readers to backhoes and the jobs they do. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

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Ryan James

Unmask the savagery behind Carl Panzram with this morbidly fascinating true crime story.Providing a chilling glimpse into the twisted psychology of the infamous serial killer Carl Panzram, this disturbing true crime book offers readers an unparalleled look at what makes a murderer. Expertly recounting Panzram's gruesome killing spree and the cruel ideas that drove his grisly murders, this story sheds light on his tragic upbringing and adolescence, his frequent clas...

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James Ryan

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James Ryan

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World War II

An interview with a British World War II soldier whose name just happens to be James Ryan (Jim). On the 6th June 1944, 19 year-old Jim Ryan, a tank driver, came ashore, 3 hours after the start of what would go down in history as “D-Day”. By midnight 57,000 American and 75,000 British and Canadian troops were encamped on the beachhead, pinned down by heavy German artillery fire. From boarding his landing craft hampered by terrible weather, setting off on an incredible journey to the disemba...

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James Ryan

It is 1915. A great war is coming to America. You are in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, a bastion of ethnic German enterprise and culture, and struggling Irish laborers. German spies and saboteurs roam the city. Firebrand Irish soapbox orators inflame crowds with anti-war speeches. Paranoia, hatred, and politics rage in the streets. The social and economic fabric of the city begins to unravel.Enraged by the sinking of the Lusitania, pro-war thugs severely injure a German ju...

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James Ryan

What abides over the sixty years since President John F. Kennedy spoke at my graduation from West Point. This is where What Abides begins. Days spent at West Point stand clearly in my mind. I can envision my daily life as a cadet: a bed made taut as a trampoline, spit-shined shoes, and a sworn oath to absolute honesty. No lying, no cheating, no stealing, no locks, no keys.We woke in the early morning to bugles and drums. Another day in which to excel. Heavy academics and tough phys...

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James Ryan

By 1910, forty percent of the population of New York City was foreign-born. With over 5 million people, New York was bigger than the next three largest cities combined: Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Half of New York City was German and Irish born immigrants and their descendants. More people of Irish descent lived in New York City than in Dublin. New York City was the third largest “German” city in the world. Nowhere were the powerful effects of this Irish-German juggernaut more dir...