Competition, the drive for efficiency, and continuous improvement ultimately push businesses toward automation and later towards autonomy. If a business can operate without human intervention, it will minimize its operational cost. If Uber can remove the expense of a driver with an autonomous vehicle, it will provide its service cheaper than a competitor who can’t. If an artificially intelligent trading company can search, find, and take advantage of some arbitrage opportunity, then it can...

We've seen evidence that a new economic cycle has begun. Technological revolutions come by way of a cluster of new innovations. About a decade ago, you started to see AI, robotics, and IoT (sensors) delivering on automation. That's been powerful, but not transformational. It does not force businesses to fundamentally change how they do business. The last piece of the puzzle is cryptocurrency because it allows us to process and transfer economic value without human intervention. Soon, there...

Break through your "crypto curiosity" and uncover why blockchain innovation will revolutionize our economy, culture, and the future of investing—as well as how to navigate it safely.Between the booms, crashes, jargon, and flashy memes, blockchain technology and digital assets have not been easy for ordinary investors to understand. Hopeful investors in blockchain, digital assets, and crypto everywhere have a lengthy list of questions—and the list keeps getting long...

Break through your "crypto curiosity" and uncover why blockchain innovation will revolutionize our economy, culture, and the future of investing—as well as how to navigate it safely.Between the booms, crashes, jargon, and flashy memes, blockchain technology and digital assets have not been easy for ordinary investors to understand. Hopeful investors in blockchain, digital assets, and crypto everywhere have a lengthy list of questions—and the list keeps getting long...

Today's leadership may not be dead, but it is definitely dormant, as extensive focus on behavior change has rendered it powerless. To generate impact, a leader must dig beneath the surface and deal with the real issues."The Story of Conscious Leadership" awakens the story of great leadership and restores it to a conscious level. In this pocket guide, leadership experts Caines and Caradonna:- Introduce a new leadership model, "Belief > Behavior > Outcome"- Explore the...

A blizzard is coming to Nowhereland, land of endless winter.Nibs lives in the Snowy Wood like any other Lost Boy. The Pirates live over in the port town under rule of Governor Rackham. The Lost Boys used to be free before the Governor's men started in on them. Swords have been outlawed for the Lost Boys but after being hassled by Pirates and assaulted by Curly, Nibs wants one anyways. To afford a sword, Nibs works for Tootles in selling Pixie dust for the Lost Boy's parties.

Brought to you by Penguin.Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fictionYour happiest memory is their deadliest weapon.THIS IS PROPHET.It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British fiel...

Brought to you by Penguin.Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show - and discover the secret of its enigmatic host - in this dark supernatural thriller from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide.Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their be...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, and plays with the very line along which time should run.'So wise, so graceful, so rich' - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power'Ingenious' - GuardianLives separated by time and space have collided, and an exile...

**The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun.‘Transcendent, heart-wrenching’ - Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat**What would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after he...

'Abandon is terrific . . . A great storyteller hitting his stride' – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher seriesA century-old mystery - and a desperate battle to survive. Abandon is a compulsive standalone thriller from Blake Crouch, the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion.. . .On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mini...

**The New York Times BestsellerJordan Peele, the visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us and Nope, curates this anthology of brand new stories of Black horror. Exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but also the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our world.**'A glorious showcase of Black American horror' – The GuardianFeaturing an introduction written and read by Jordan Pe...