The Great A.I. Awakening
How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate, one of its more popular services -- and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself.
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Inside the Oak Tree
Walking on a regular basis also promotes new connections between brain cells, staves off the usual withering...
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Inside the Oak Tree
While he is well known for dramatically improving his athletes’ speed, more and more athletes (and coaches)...
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Inside the Oak Tree
it was only two years ago that Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey predicted that groceries...
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Inside the Oak Tree
Suzy Welch, spouse of former GE Chairman and CEO Jack Welch, interviews a candid, open, and thought...
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Inside the Oak Tree
How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate......
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Inside the Oak Tree
This story about the workings of the human mind is explored through the personalities of two fascinating...
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Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
... Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly,...
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TITAN: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
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John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is... -
Stocks for The Long Run
By: Jeremy J. Siegel
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The stock-investing classic--UPDATED TO HELP YOU WIN IN TODAY'S CHAOTIC GLOBAL ECONOMY Much... -
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable... -
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
By: Robert B. Cialdini
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Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people... -
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
By: Peter Bevelin
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Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who... -
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
By: William N. Thorndike
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What makes a successful CEO? Most people call to mind a familiar... -
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
By: Roger Lowenstein
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Since its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall... -
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
By: Jim Collins
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The Challenge:
Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how... -
Outliers: The Story of Success
By: Malcom Gladwell
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In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through... -
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
By: Daniel Yergin
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"The Prize" recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth... -
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
By: Matt Ridley
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In a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York... -
Steve Jobs
By: Walter Isaacson
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Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as... -
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in... -
Thinking, Fast and Slow
By: Daniel Kahneman
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In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking... -
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
By: Roger Lowenstein
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In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels...