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Neuroevolution

Harnessing Creativity in AI Agent Design

by Sebastian Risi, Risto Miikkulainen, David Ha, Yujin Tang ...

A comprehensive, cutting-edge introduction to neuroevolution that equips AI professionals and advanced students to harness evolutionary creativity for innovative AI solutions.Neuroevolution—the fusion of neural networks with evolutionary algorithms—is a powerful approach to AI model design. Providing a comprehensive, cutting-edge introduction to the field, this textbook methodically moves from ... Read more

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A comprehensive, cutting-edge introduction to neuroevolution that equips AI professionals and advanced students to harness evolutionary creativity for innovative AI solutions.Neuroevolution—the fusion of neural networks with evolutionary algorithms—is a powerful approach to AI model design. Providing a comprehensive, cutting-edge introduction to the field, this textbook methodically moves from
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China Joins Global Governance

Cooperation and Contentions

by Gerald Chan, Lai-Ha Chan, David Fouquet, Henry Gao, Pak K. Lee, Jieli Li, Xiaojun Li, Yawei Liu, Jianwei Wang, Zhong Xiang Zhang, Tong Zhao, Yale Ferguson, Wei Li, June Park ...

For many years, political leaders and analysts have debated the impacts of China’s rise on the stability of the existing international system. International observers have also debated whether China would be a status quo power or a revisionist power, and whether China would observe the rules and regulations of international institutions and regimes. China Joins Global Governance: Cooperation and ... Read more

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For many years, political leaders and analysts have debated the impacts of China’s rise on the stability of the existing international system. International observers have also debated whether China would be a status quo power or a revisionist power, and whether China would observe the rules and regulations of international institutions and regimes. China Joins Global Governance: Cooperation and
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Racism and Psychiatry

Contemporary Issues and Interventions

Edited by Morgan M. Medlock, Derri Shtasel, Nhi-Ha T. Trinh, David R. Williams ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system. This text aims to build a novel didactic curriculum addressing racism, justice, and community mental health as these issues intersect clinical practice. Unlike any other resource, this guide moves beyond an ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book addresses the unique sociocultural and historical systems of oppression that have alienated African-American and other racial minority patients within the mental healthcare system. This text aims to build a novel didactic curriculum addressing racism, justice, and community mental health as these issues intersect clinical practice. Unlike any other resource, this guide moves beyond an
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The Banished Immortal

A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)

by Ha Jin ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting: a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai—also known as Li PoIn his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were never given their proper due by the official literary gatekeepers. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips of ... Read more

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From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting: a narratively driven, deeply human biography of the Tang dynasty poet Li Bai—also known as Li PoIn his own time (701–762), Li Bai's poems—shaped by Daoist thought and characterized by their passion, romance, and lust for life—were never given their proper due by the official literary gatekeepers. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips of
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Diary of a Murderer

And Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

6 hours

It's been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial ... Read more

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It's been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial
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I Hear Your Voice

by Young-ha Kim ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute—unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul ... Read more

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In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute—unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul
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The Boat Rocker

A Novel

by Ha Jin ...

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

Unabridged

6 hours 37 min

From the award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist’s dogged quest for truth in the Internet age.New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by the Chinese diaspora around the world. Danlin’s explosive ... Read more

$15.00 USD

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From the award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash: an urgent, timely novel that follows an aspiring author, an outrageous book idea, and a lone journalist’s dogged quest for truth in the Internet age.New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by the Chinese diaspora around the world. Danlin’s explosive
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The Changeling

A Novel

by Victor LaValle ...

Narrated by Victor LaValle ...

Series series The LaValle Quartet
Unabridged

14 hours 2 min

**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award ... Read more

$22.50 USD

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**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award
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Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates ...

Narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the ... Read more

$17.50 USD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the
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Babel

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution

by R. F. Kuang ...

Narrated by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown ...

Unabridged

21 hours 46 min

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.Robin Swift, orphaned b... ... Read more

$45.99 USD

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From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.Robin Swift, orphaned b...
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Crying in H Mart

A Memoir

by Michelle Zauner ...

Narrated by Michelle Zauner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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The Vanishing Half

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

by Brit Bennett ...

Narrated by Shayna Small ...

Unabridged

11 hours 34 min

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • THE WASHINGTON POST • NPR • PEOPLE • TIME MAGAZINE • VANITY FAIR • GLAMOUR • BARACK OBAMANew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century****“Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, ... Read more

$22.50 USD

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK BY THE NEW YORK TIMES • THE WASHINGTON POST • NPR • PEOPLE • TIME MAGAZINE • VANITY FAIR • GLAMOUR • BARACK OBAMANew York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century****“Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid,
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