Yuval Harari's work is always compelling, thought-provoking and deeply human. As a historian, he is skilled at linking humanity's present times and crises with similar events in our past to suggest and warn how future events might play out. In Nexus, he examines the history of human information networks from the Stone Age to our current troubles with social media etc. He is particularly compelling on the subject of artificial intelligence, showing how, unless we are very careful, we will find ourselves controlled by AI. Human civilizations and indeed our very survival are at stake, he warns..
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
“Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist
“This deeply important book comes at a critical time as we all think through the implications of AI and automated content production. . . . Masterful and provocative.”—Mustafa Suleyman, author of The Coming Wave
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite allour discoveries, inventions, and conquests,…
Early in 2024, I visited Grand Canyon with my husband. We were surprised when the tour guide suggested walking down inside the canyon even though the trail was covered in icy patches. We assumed we would be safe, and followed the guide down the trail, but conditions got worse and I headed back up with several others. Only my husband, the guide, and one other visitor carried on. I was scared, going back up the trail, and imagined myself sliding off the sides of the canyon and into the abyss. It was an anxious wait until my husband returned. Later, I saw this book in the bookstore and picked it up. Reading it, I learned there are many accidents at the canyon with many and various causes -- all kinds of weather, lack of knowledge and planning, dehydration, overconfidence , selfies etc. The book is a really interesting demonstration of the complexities of human nature and of the natural world. If you go, be careful!
This is a vastly expanded and revised edition of the 2001 classic that sold a quarter million copies, now updated after a decade,containing many gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders. Also available as an very limite, signed and numbered editionof 380 hardcover copies, under a separate ISBN and order item listing.
As a writer myself, I sometimes re-read books that particularly impressed me. February by Lisa Moore deals with the aftermath of a real 1982 disaster -- the sinking of the oil rig Ocean Ranger off the coast of Newfoundland. In her novel, Moore depicts the grief of one widowed mother, and shows how she must move beyond her grief in order to help her son. Beautifully written. A deeply human tale.
February is Lisa Moore’s heart-stopping follow-up to her debut novel, Alligator, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. Propelled by a local tragedy, in which an oil rig sinks in a violent storm off the coast of Newfoundland, February follows the life of Helen O’Mara, widowed by the accident, as she continuously spirals from the present day back to that devastating and transformative winter.
After overcoming the hardships of raising four children as a single parent, Helen’s strength and calculated positivity fool everyone into believing that she’s pushed through the paralyzing grief of losing her…
Pirate treasure, splintered families, the impacts of climate change, a determined boy, and a compelling immigrant blend together in this adventure set in Canada for younger teens and middle-grade readers. Cam is working every angle he can to raise money so his mom can avoid selling their home. His dad has moved to Toronto and is not much use. But Cam's efforts to raise cash face complications, including from John, an old friend with a new grudge, and Anika, an intriguing newcomer. One or the other is always popping up in the middle of Cam's schemes and de-railing his attempts to make money and save his much-loved family home.
