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The Splendid and the Vile

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis“One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.” ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis“One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”
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The Devil in the White City

A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America

by Erik Larson ...

**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco ChronicleA ... Read more

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**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.“As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find.” —San Francisco ChronicleA
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The Demon of Unrest

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an
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Be Do Give Love

Your Life Story in Four Words

by Erik Larson ...

What if the answers to life's biggest questions could be found in just four words? BE: Who am I? DO: What am I doing? GIVE: What difference does it make? LOVE: Why does it matter?Be Do Give Love is a father-daughter memoir born in the aftermath of a winter funeral, a spring reboot, and a summer of road trips and reflection. What began as grief, trauma, and crisis became an unexpected oppor... ... Read more

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What if the answers to life's biggest questions could be found in just four words? BE: Who am I? DO: What am I doing? GIVE: What difference does it make? LOVE: Why does it matter?Be Do Give Love is a father-daughter memoir born in the aftermath of a winter funeral, a spring reboot, and a summer of road trips and reflection. What began as grief, trauma, and crisis became an unexpected oppor...
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Augmented Human Intelligence

Empowering Minds in the Age of AI

by Erik J. Larson, Chee-We Ng ...

**A clear-eyed look at what AI actually is—and why we must focus on AI systems that augment human cognition, rather than mimic it.From a seasoned AI researcher and a VC investor and entrepreneur.**Augmented Human Intelligence cuts through all the hype and noise around AI by returning to a central, often overlooked question: What is intelligence actually for? Rather than aiming to build autonomous ... Read more

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**A clear-eyed look at what AI actually is—and why we must focus on AI systems that augment human cognition, rather than mimic it.From a seasoned AI researcher and a VC investor and entrepreneur.**Augmented Human Intelligence cuts through all the hype and noise around AI by returning to a central, often overlooked question: What is intelligence actually for? Rather than aiming to build autonomous
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Isaac's Storm

A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Erik Larson ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review**September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review**September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston,
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In the Garden of Beasts

Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

by Erik Larson ...

Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant ... Read more

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Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant
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Thunderstruck

by Erik Larson ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the “great hush” before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest“Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.”—PeopleIn Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Cripp... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “irresistible” (The Washington Post) true story of love, murder, and the last moments of the “great hush” before wireless radio connected the world, from the renowned author of The Devil in the White City and The Demon of Unrest“Gripping . . . an edge-of-the-seat read.”—PeopleIn Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Cripp...
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Dead Wake

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Erik Larson ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania“Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly“Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR“Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. MartinOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania“Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly“Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR“Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. MartinOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English
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The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do

by Erik J. Larson ...

**“Exposes the vast gap between the actual science underlying AI and the dramatic claims being made for it.” —John Horgan“If you want to know about AI, read this book…It shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any future progress: our own human intelligence.” —Peter Thiel**Ever since Alan Turing ... Read more

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**“Exposes the vast gap between the actual science underlying AI and the dramatic claims being made for it.” —John Horgan“If you want to know about AI, read this book…It shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any future progress: our own human intelligence.” —Peter Thiel**Ever since Alan Turing
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Lethal Passage

The Story of a Gun

by Erik Larson ...

**This devastating book illuminates America's gun culture -- its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists -- but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm."Touches on all aspects of the gun issue in this country. Gives great voice to that feeling...that something real must be done." --San Diego Union-Tribune"One of the most readable anti-gun treatises in ... Read more

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**This devastating book illuminates America's gun culture -- its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists -- but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm."Touches on all aspects of the gun issue in this country. Gives great voice to that feeling...that something real must be done." --San Diego Union-Tribune"One of the most readable anti-gun treatises in
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No One Goes Alone

A Novel

by Erik Larson ...

Narrated by Erik Larson, Julian Rhind-Tutt ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Random House Audiobook Original
Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

**From New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history.Pioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes. ... Read more

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**From New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history.Pioneering psychologist William James leads an expedition to a remote isle in search of answers after a family inexplicably vanishes.
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