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Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five "breakthroughs" in the evolution of human intelligence and reveals what brains of the past can tell us about the AI of tomorrow. In the last decade, capabilities of artificial intelligence that had long been the realm of science fiction have, for the first time, become our reality. AI is now able to produce original art, identify tumors in pictures, and even steer our cars. And yet, large gaps remain in what modern AI systems can achieve--indeed, human brains still easily perform intellectual feats that we can't replicate in AI systems. How is it possible that AI can beat a grandmaster at chess but can't effectively load a dishwasher? As AI entrepreneur Max Bennett compellingly argues, finding the answer requires diving into the billion-yea

A chauffer's daughter finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with the sons of her boss's wealthy next-door neighbors in this delightfully romantic story from the author of Alex, Approximately, Jenn Bennett.Loveand Fen Sarafiando not care about your summer plans. Eighteen-year-old chauffeur's daughter Jane Marlow grew up among the domestic staff of a wealthy LA rock producer, within reach of bands she idolizes, but never a VIP. Every summer, Jane and her father head to the Sierras to work at the producer's luxury lodge at Lake Condora resort town and the site of a major musical festival. The legendary family who runs the festival are the Sarafians, and Jane's had a longtime crush on their oldest son, Eddiedoltish but sweet. So when a long-distance romance finally sparks between them, she doesn't hesitate to cross class lines. But Jane's feelings about Eddie are thrown into question after she returns to the lake and reconnects with his alluringly intense brother, the dark horse o

Meet the dog-and-cat duo taking outdoor adventure to new heights.Henry and Baloo are a real-life dog/cat sibling pair, based in Colorado, whose unconventional friendship has won the hearts of humans w

In this coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, scandal and romance collide when an ambitious teen returns to her hometown only to have her plans interrupted after fallin

Almost two dozen nations currently generate nuclear energy, and eighteen more are planning to construct reactors in the near future. This expansion increases the need for the international community t

In this romantic dramedy from the author of Alex, Approximately, a teen girl’s way-too-ordinary life is driven off the beaten path when she’s abandoned in the wilderness with her worst adv

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Miserly and mysterious, the richest man in the Five Towns lives simply, ruling his household with an iron fist and a cruel temper. His daughter, Anna, is used to the life of strict, thrifty order impo

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班奈特．克萊恩（Bennett Klein）是受過古典訓練的插畫家，也是停不下來的素描愛好者，從事設計與插畫創作超過三十年。他擅長以充滿想像力的黑白線條描繪世界，細節豐富又富有節奏感，作品自然地與成人著色書的創作形式相契合。《Colour My Sketchbook》收錄多幅原創手繪作品，邀請讀者透過上色，走進插畫家的素描本，在色彩中放鬆心情、享受專注創作的樂趣。Grayscale Adult Colouring Book

班奈特．克萊恩（Bennett Klein）是受過古典訓練的插畫家，也是停不下來的素描愛好者，從事設計與插畫創作超過三十年。他擅長以充滿想像力的黑白線條描繪世界，細節豐富又富有節奏感，作品自然地與成人著色書的創作形式相契合。《Colour My Sketchbook》收錄多幅原創手繪作品，邀請讀者透過上色，走進插畫家的素描本，在色彩中放鬆心情、享受專注創作的樂趣。An adult colouring book with greyscale/line images

Kendo is the first book in English to provide an in-depth historical, cultural, and political account of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane

**Warning: This book is a wild, sexy beast of a read. 18+** Savage man, loner, warrior... I am dangerous at my core. I have lived amidst the untamed wild of the rainforest, in a society that reveres m

Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune a Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul

In a series of richly detailed case studies from Britian, Australia and North America, Tony Bennett investigates how nineteenth- and twentieth-century museums, fairs and exhibitions have organized the

Collects humorous poems about dinosaurs, both real and fictional, including the muddy Triceratops, the pilot Pterodactyl, and the dancing Sauropods.

Animals eat animals in this informative exposé of three animal food chains Three of the longest food chains of the animal kingdom are depicted in three accordion-foldout volumes, complete with stunnin

A brand-new set of refreshingly off-beat picture books from the best-selling author of Everyone Poops From best-selling children's author Taro Gomi comes a set of four new books: Playing, Imagining,

In this delightful book for young children, machines rattle and bang, whirr and purr, scoot along, clutter and mutter. Machines are everywhere - from the kitchen to outer space! Illustrated with great

當資訊爆炸、AI 推播無所不在，我們每天都在閱讀，卻越來越難真正思考。本書不只是一本教你怎麼讀書的工具書，更是一套為數位時代打造的「閱讀思考訓練」，幫助你在大量資訊中，奪回思考與判斷的主導權。我們每天浸泡在網路世界的混沌中，從新聞、廣告到社群貼文，無數文本爭奪注意力，卻往往在不知不覺間，已經替自己定義了「什麼才是重要的」。思考是人天生的本能，但本能並不保證品質，想在資訊洪流中保持清醒並釐清邏輯脈絡，是一場艱難卻必要的挑戰。本書正是為了回應這樣的困境而誕生！這不是一本英文教材，而是一套以閱讀為核心的思考訓練。透過10又1/2堂課，引導讀者：• 從略讀與掃讀建立方向感，掌握文本的靈魂與骨架• 拆解敘事、立場、證據與推論，看清文字背後的動機• 練習延後直覺反應，培養負責任的識讀及判斷能力• 在平行世界的角色視角中，體驗沉浸式的思維遊戲• 中英文並進的「跨語境實踐」，突破語言直覺限制，拓展思維的廣度在這裡，閱讀不只是吸收資訊，而是一種對思考方式的覺察。你將逐步建構屬於自己的閱讀思考系統，跨越偏見與刻板印象，並在語言的厚度與曖昧中，找到獨立思考的力量。這是一趟沒有標準答案的閱讀旅程，也是一次將閱讀素養真正轉化為思辨能力的練習。〈本書特色〉：■ 一本訓練「閱讀素養」與「思考主權」的書本書關注的，不只是理解文字內容，而是你該如何在閱讀中形成觀點、做出判斷。透過系統化的閱讀訓練，幫助讀者：【從被動接收，轉為主動思考】學會辨識脈絡、釐清因果，在複雜資訊中建立自己的觀點。【提升後真相時代的判斷力】練習分辨事實性主張、拆解敘事框架，看穿假新聞與情緒操弄。【培養高階閱讀素養與自我覺察】在閱讀中反思自己的直覺、偏誤與濾鏡，讓思考更謙遜、更成熟。■ 創新又有實作感的內容設計【沉浸式「平行世界」閱讀體驗】書中虛構一個平行世界，在此世界中有幾個彼此間充滿歷史淵源和愛恨情仇的國家，包含新榮耀人民共和國 (The People’s Republic of New Gloria)、榮耀國 (Republic of Gloria)、華夫國 (The Waffle Federation)、美新聯邦 (The Commonwealth of Maple Syrup) 以及奇肯國 (United States of Fried Chicken)。作者邀請讀者跳脫現實框架，化身為政策研究員，面對限電、資訊審查、社

在本書，讀者將學習到：《自閉症兒童的活躍遊戲-終身的身體素養》為教師提供了必要的理論框架，以及80多種遊戲，幫助自閉症兒童參與體育活動、從遊戲中學習並享受運動樂趣。除了理論框架和遊戲，本書還將幫助體育教育工作者、家長、照護人員及其他人士，培養教導和幫助自閉症兒童所需的勇氣、能力和信心。《自閉症兒童的活躍遊戲-終身的身體素養》包含以下內容： ●對體育素養ABC要素（敏捷性、平衡性、協調和速度）的探討。●16項具體技能的詳細解析。●22個練習ABC要素和技能的遊戲。●30個使用呼拉圈、豆袋、圍巾、各式球類以及球拍和氣球的單一器材遊戲。●4個適用於融合課堂的熱身遊戲。本書與其他類似書籍的不同之處在於其豐富的理論和實踐內容。它關注體育活動、健康、包容性以及各種環境中的體育素養，加上其基礎性內容，使得《自閉症兒童的活躍遊戲-終身的身體素養》對於經驗豐富或缺乏經驗的教師、家長以及其他與自閉症兒童一起的人士都具有極高的價值。使用《自閉症兒童的活躍遊戲-終身的身體素養》的成年人可以學會如何為自閉症兒童提供希望、鼓勵和更高品質的生活。

單字背了不少，說寫句子卻還是卡卡？ 問題關鍵不在單字量，而在於詞組運用是否自然。 跟著本書從語境中學短語，用練習內化語感， 讓你真正說得出口、寫得出手！ 本書不再讓你死背單字，而是從語意脈絡掌握 150 組關鍵詞組，透過閱讀全球趨勢議題、反覆應用練習與同義表達延伸，建立長期語感與靈活表達力。 書中結合 20 篇跨領域主題閱讀（如碳中和、高齡社會、太空生活等），不但能增進英文閱讀素養，也培養批判思維；再搭配多階段練習、句型延伸與「換句話說」，強化英文句構靈活度與雙語轉換能力。【議題閱讀 × 語境帶詞】從語境中學實用詞組，不再死背單字，真正內化語感與語意連結。本書每個單元都從全球趨勢或社會議題文章出發，讓學習詞彙不再是單一字義的記憶，而是在語篇中認識「關鍵詞組」的實際用法、語氣與情境。比起單字，短語是更符合真實語言結構的學習單位。透過語意脈絡帶詞，你不只知道「這是什麼意思」，更會了解「什麼時候該用、怎麼用才自然」，有效提升語感與語用判斷力。【關鍵短語 × 反覆精練】從中英轉換到語句應用，循序漸進強化說寫能力。學過的詞組，若只是「知道」卻沒實際用過，很快就會忘記。書中設計多階段練習 (Phrase in Action → Phrase Recall → Phrase Remix → Expand)，讓你透過中英轉換、語境應用、生活化造句等方式反覆訓練、深度學習，將詞組從短期記憶轉化為語言直覺。這不僅是「學會」，而是「用得出」，只要確實跟著本書練習，對於寫作、翻譯、口說能力的提升將非常有感。 【延伸應用 × 換句話說】活用句型變化與同義表達擴充說寫語庫。每組關鍵短語都搭配 Expand 的進階延伸說法，訓練以不同角度說出同樣意思，擺脫公式化表達 (例如 I think, I believe, There are many...)，靈活運用多樣句型與語氣，讓英文更自然、有層次。這不僅能豐富寫作句型，也幫助你在面對口語表達與不同寫作題目時，能靈活調整語氣與句構，展現語言成熟度與邏輯組織力，真正做到表達的多樣性與深度。【語言素養 × 應試實力養成】本書不僅幫助提升語言運用能力，更結合語篇閱讀素養、跨領域知識與考試應用，打造全方位的學習方案。你會從閱讀議題中擴充字彙、培養批判思考，從詞組練習中建立語言感知，最終將這些內化的語言實力轉化為高效應試表現——無論是閱讀理解、寫作構思

Every kid has them, and every parent, or kid-caretaker, has had to deal with them - those meltdown-tantrum-pitching-a-fit moments! Peter Panda has them - when it's time to leave the playground, when s

"Rhyming couplets feature Professor Poopdeck and two young friends as he takes them on a type of poop safari. Words for poop (i.e. guano, number two, ca-ca), its forms and styles (cubes, tubular, wet

This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. W

Beloved children’s poet and anthologizer Lee Bennett Hopkins has produced more than 100 volumes of poetry throughout his illustrious career, but Lullaby and Kisses Sweet is his first collection geared

Bennett (law, Northwestern U.) and Solum (law, U. of Illinois) debate their respective ideas of constitutionalism across a series of essays and responses. Solum advocates a form of constitutional orig

"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it in

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "R