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epub | 13.77 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 978-1541646490 | Author: Eric Topol | Year: 2019

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One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care

Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship-the heart of medicine-is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality. By freeing physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection, AI will create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can listen and a patient who needs to be heard.

Innovative, provocative, and hopeful, Deep Medicine shows us how the awesome power of AI can make medicine...

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epub | 9.72 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B07N5J5FTS | Author: Stuart Russell | Year: 2019

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Longlisted for the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

"The most important book I have read in quite some time" (Daniel Kahneman); "A must-read" (Max Tegmark); "The book we've all been waiting for" (Sam Harris)
A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines
In the popular imagination, superhuman artificial intelligence is an approaching tidal wave that threatens not just jobs and human relationships, but civilization itself. Conflict between humans and machines is seen as inevitable and its outcome all too predictable.

In this groundbreaking book, distinguished AI researcher Stuart Russell argues that this scenario can be avoided, but only if we rethink AI from the ground up. Russell begins by exploring the idea of intelligence in humans and in machines. He describes...

Category:Robotic Engineering, Robotics & Automation, AI & Semantics

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epub | 555.97 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B09LV2VZSW | Author: Roberta Kray | Year: 2022

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'Well into MARTINA COLE territory' Independent

'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANE

SHE MUST FIND THE TRUTH BEFORE THE KILLER FINDS HER

Stealing from the rich is what Cara Kendall does for a living. She's twenty-four, bold and fearless, convinced that she'll never get caught. But everyone's luck runs out eventually. When she breaks into a house in Hampstead, she gets more than she bargained for - a body in the study and the law on the doorstep.

As rumours start to circulate about her part in the killing, she finds herself under increasing pressure to give up what she hasn't got and tell a truth she doesn't know. With danger growing by the day, and a killer still on the loose, Cara can't afford to lose any time. She has to find the answers before her enemies catch up with her. .

Full of the same danger and grit as its London setting, this is author Roberta Kray at the top of her game. Get ready for a KILLER read . . .

Readers LOVE Roberta Kray:

'I absolutely love a Roberta Kray book . . . gangland at its finest '
' Highly recommended to al l . . . You will not be disappointed!'
'A gritty crime novel that you can't put down . . . do yourself a favour and read it '
' Roberta Kray really knows her stuff. Gritty gangland is her forte . . . Recommendation is high for this one. 5* '
'If you love gangster books, this one is for you . . . another winner for the author '

Category:Organized Crime, Organized Crime Thrillers, Crime Thrillers

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epub | 593.24 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B07NF7GTWF | Author: Grace Goodwin | Year: 2019

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Destiny Jones is a princess with a bad attitude. She doesn't play nice with others, she doesn't dress up in pretty clothes, and she has absolutely zero interest in behaving like a lady. Especially when she's so close to catching the people who tried to have her killed. Oh, and kidnapped her mother, queen of the planet Alera. Destiny's sex-starved body, and it's annoying Aleran Ardor, might kill her if her enemies don't find her first.
Vennix was trained to hunt and to kill from the shadows. After years of serving in the Hive wars as an elite member of the Coalition's Shadow Unit, he returned home to fight for the one thing he believes in, honor. Dedicating his life to the queen's guard was an easy decision-but watching the most beautiful woman he's ever met repeatedly risk her life is about to drive him mad.
Because Destiny is his. His body awakened for her. And if his new mate thinks Nix will stand idly by as she suffers without his skillful lover's touch,...

Category:Genetic Engineering Science Fiction, Genetic Engineering Science Fiction eBooks, Space Fleet Science Fiction

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epub | 342.61 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B00U35917A | Author: Dirk Patton | Year: 2015

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Indestructible continues the story of the struggle for survival after the events in Days Of Perdition. With massive herds closing in on Tinker Air Force Base, the only option is evacuation, and Tech Sergeant Scott, Irina and Igor must race against time to search for any survivors of the crash.

Category:Dystopian Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

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epub | 1.51 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 0063084767 | Author: Adam Silvera | Year: 2021

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From the author of the UK NO.1 BESTSELLER THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END.
In this gripping sequel to the New York Times bestselling Infinity Son, Adam Silvera brings a diverse cast of heroes and villains to life in an alternate New York where some people are born with powers, while others steal them from the blood of endangered magical creatures . . .
For fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J Maas. Now including a limited edition prequel short story starring Ness!
Emil and Brighton defied the odds. They beat the Blood Casters and escaped with their lives - or so they thought. When Brighton drank the Reaper's Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him.In Emil's race to find an antidote that will not only save his brother but also rid him of his own unwanted phoenix powers, he will have to dig deep into the very past lives he's trying to outrun. Though he needs the help of the Spell Walkers now more than ever, their ranks are fracturing, with Maribelle'sthirst for revenge sending her down a dangerous path.Meanwhile, Ness is being abused by Senator Iron for political gain, his rare shifting ability making him a dangerous weapon.
As much as Ness longs to send Emil a signal, he knows the best way to keep Emil safe from his corrupt father is to keep him at a distance.The battle for peace is playing out like an intricate game of chess, and as the pieces on the board move into place, Emil starts to realise that he may have been competing against the wrong enemy all along . . .
Praise for Infinity Son: 'A magnificent addition to the ranks of Young Adult fantasy' Waterstones 'Silvera shoots off his plot like a gun and writes action sequences as if they were car chases - relentless, quick-cutting, sparks flying' New York Times 'Silvera has created an exciting fantasy series opener. Fans of Cassandra Clare . will love this magical book that embodies it all.' School Library Journal

Category:Teen & Young Adult Fiction about New Experiences, Teen & Young Adult Fiction about Siblings, Teen & Young Adult Fiction about New Experiences

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epub | 297.69 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B06XKVF1RS | Author: Nate Johnson | Year: 2017

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Two people race across the galaxy, fighting against all odds to do what is right.

Petty Officer Logan is tasked with escorting Kaylee Williams through the rough streets of Montlake. Little did he know a simple assignment would morph into a race across the galaxy.

If he wants to get her to safety, Miller must avoid pirates, the Imperial Navy, and the hazards of deep space. All while keeping a decrepit starship from blowing up along the way.

Kaylee Williams desperately needs to get to Taurus. The future of the Empire rests with the secret information she carries. But can she trust this strange man to help her?

But, if she can't trust a man who repeatedly risks his life for her. Then who can she trust.

Category:Galactic Empire Science Fiction eBooks, Space Opera Science Fiction

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epub | 334.38 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B0191ZL5NU | Author: Miranda James | Year: 2016

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The New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks mysteries is back with more of those sleuthing Southern belles, the Ducote sisters...

An'gel and Dickce Ducote, busy with plans for the Athena Garden Club's spring tour of grand old homes, are having trouble getting the other club members to help. The rest of the group is all a-flutter now that dashing and still-eligible Hadley Partridge is back to restore his family mansion. But the idle chatter soon turns deadly serious when a body turns up on the Partridge estate after a storm...

The remains might belong to Hadley's long-lost sister-in-law, Callie, who everyone thought ran off with Hadley years ago. And if it's not Callie, who could it be? As the Ducotes begin uncovering secrets, they discover that more than one person in Athena would kill to be Mrs. Partridge. Now An'gel and Dickce will need to get their hands dirty if they hope to reveal a killer's deep-buried motives before someone else's name is mud...

Category:Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Cozy Animal Mystery, Cozy Animal Mysteries

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epub | 339.15 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B01LXEKR43 | Author: Nate Johnson | Year: 2016

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***A military space opera from an enlisted man's point of view*** Discovering new worlds. What could be better. What was supposed to be a six month cruise of discovery had turned into a glorified baby sitting adventure for a bunch of civilians. Leave it to the Imperial Navy to ruin a good thing. Petty Officer Tanner just wanted to finish the patrol and get back to normal. That, and as far away from the enticing Miss Nora Johnson as possible. All that changed when the ISS Intrepid was threatened with destruction and he quickly became the only thing between these civilians and instant death. Crash landing on the strange new world. Petty Officer Eric Tanner must keep these civilians alive until they were rescued. Heaven knows. they weren't going to do it on their own.

Category:First Contact Science Fiction, Dystopian Science Fiction, Space Opera Science Fiction

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epub | 786.32 KB | English | Isbn:‎ B07FT1RJG2 | Author: Steven Henry | Year: 2018

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If it weren't for the Irish, New York wouldn't have a police force. On the other hand, it might not need one.
Starting a new job is always stressful, even when bombs aren't involved. NYPD Officer Erin O'Reilly always wanted to be a detective. But on her first day wearing a gold shield, she finds herself investigating the explosive death of a small-time crook. She and her K-9 partner Rolf, together with her new squad of detectives, plunge into a world of gamblers, mobsters, and retired Irish Republican Army soldiers.
It's an Irish cop against the Irish Mob in an intoxicating cocktail of murder, explosives, and betrayal. Can Erin and Rolf solve the killing before the bomber strikes again?

Category:Cozy Animal Mystery, Cozy Animal Mysteries, Police Procedurals

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