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Simon Jones
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Pub. Date
2010.
Description
How can confusing directions actually help us? Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions. Now, in The Upside of Irrationality, he exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality...
Author
Description
Explores universal questions about humanity's capacity for living and thriving in the coming age of sentient machines and AI, examining debates from opposing perspectives while discussing emerging intellectual diversity and its potential role in enabling a positive life.
"Whether it is self-driving cars, advancements in search engine technology, or the latest in voice-recognition software, AI, or artificial "machine" intelligence, is playing an ever-greater...
43) The illuminator
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church but also, in secret, for John Wycliffe of Oxford, who professes the radical idea that the Bible should be translated into English for everyone to read. Finn has another secret as well, one that leads him into danger when he meets Lady Kathryn of Blackingham Manor, a widow struggling to protect her inheritance from the depredations of Church and Crown alike. Finn's alliance with Lady Kathryn...
Author
Series
Erec Rex volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Twelve-year-old Erec Rex discovers the hard way that doing what is right is not always easy when he delves into the very Substance from which our world is woven to save the baby dragons of Alypium, a magical kingdom he might one day rule.
45) Mean Margaret
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
What do a pair of newlywed woodchucks, a squirrel, a testy snake, a skunk, and a couple of bats have in common with a family of pudgy human beings named Hubble? Their lives are all turned topsy-turvy by a tyrannical toddler named Margaret
46) The chase
Author
Series
Lionboy trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
After saving the lions from evil Maccomo, Charlie, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats, goes to Venice to search for his parents and solve the mystery of their kidnapping with help from Bulgarian King Boris.
Author
Series
Erec Rex volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 18
Description
When twelve-year-old Erec Rex learns that his friend Bethany is in trouble in Alypium, the magical kingdom he is destined to rule, he rushes to try to save her and to find the five Awen in order to protect the Substance.
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