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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil."--
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In The Entanglement, philosopher Alva No�e explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, and argues that we have radically underestimated the significance of this long recognized but underappreciated reality, what he refers to as the "entanglement." The core of The Entanglement is the idea that human existence is inextricably aesthetic and philosophical. In the first half of the book, No�e offers a detailed examination of pictures...
Author
Publisher
Nova, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Hace ocho a�nos y a ocho a�nos luz de distancia, muri�o una estrella. Esta noche, una supernova de alta energ�ia finalmente llegar�a a la Tierra. El cielo brillar�a cuando esa nueva estrella florezca y, dentro de un a�no, todos los adultos mayores de trece a�nos estar�an muertos. Sus cromosomas habr�an quedado irreversiblemente da�nados. As�i comienza la cuenta regresiva hacia un nuevo mundo sin adultos. Los padres convierten...
4) The creator
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's no secret that AI is changing the way we live, work, love, and entertain ourselves. Dating apps are using AI to pick our potential partners. Retailers are using AI to predict our behavior and desires. Rogue actors are using AI to persuade us with Twitter bots and fake news. Companies are using AI to hire us-or not. This is just the beginning. As AI becomes smarter and more humanlike, our societies, our economies, and our humanity will undergo...
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Disappeared: Remnants of a Dirty War tells the remarkable saga of one country's attempt to right the wrongs of an unspeakably dark past. Using one of the most recent war crime trials as his lens, Sam Ferguson relates how and why Argentina decided to prosecute its aging Dirty Warriors a generation after the collapse of its last corrupt military regime"--
"The Disappeared tells the extraordinary saga of Argentina's attempt to right the wrongs...
Author
Publisher
New Friday, a Lev Gleason imprint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This graphic novella recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut, as originally published in the independent online news organization, Insider, through interviews conducted by Anthony Del Col and testimony given to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Zumrat Dawut is a mother of three in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, who was arrested and sent to a detention facility for simply being a Muslim. There she endured brutal living conditions,...
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