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1) Underground Warfare, 1914–1918

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English

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Simon Jones’s graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunneling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis....

2) Misbelief: what makes rational people believe irrational things

Author

Ariely, Dan

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis--from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex--far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve--and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth. In Misbelief, preeminent...

3) The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence

Author

Husain, Amir

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Audio

Pub. Date

2017

Language

English

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"A must-read for anyone looking to understand how artificial intelligence is poised to transform human society and life." —Paul Scharre, Author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial intelligence—and not only survive, but thrive.
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4) The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition Including Accounts of Swordfight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurrican, and Discovery

Author

Dugard, Martin

Publisher

Hachette Audio

Language

English

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The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being a liar, a secret Jew, and a foreigner who sought to steal the riches of the New World for himself.
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