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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind,...
Author
Publisher
Kairos
Pub. Date
1996
Language
Español
Description
La inteligencia emocional puede ser fomentada y fortalecida en todos nosotros. Nos permite tomar conciencia de nuestras emociones, comprender los sentimientos de los demás, tolerar las presiones y frustraciones que soportamos en el trabajo, acentuar nuestra capacidad de trabajar en equipo y adoptar una actitud empática y social, que nos brindará mayores posibilidades de desarrollo personal.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top: AL GORE'S NEW HOME: HONK IF YOU LOVE CLIMATE CHANGE. In The Parrot and the Igloo, best-selling author David Lipsky tells the astonishing story of how we moved from...
Author
Publisher
BookBaby
Pub. Date
2022]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Vivir? ¿Para qué?... Y en nombre de quien. Pregunta existencial que plantea Lucido del Alba a través de todos sus escritos y en particular en esta historia donde todo está vacío. El protagonista esta convencido de que el vacío no es exterior, y se debate en la búsqueda de una respuesta inexistente. Deduciendo que este vacío, es el único que puede albergarnos"--Contraportada.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The true story of the first time machines came for human jobs--and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech today"--Dust jacket flap.
The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education 'reform' in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to dream." -Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist. In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with...
Publisher
Hamilton Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"'Silencing gender, age, ethnicity and cultural biases in leadership' is an edited volume containing eight chapters, each a real-life account from a Latina in a leadership position in the United States. These women discuss how their professional goals may conflict with their culture's expectations for them, and they describe the complexity of life choices for Latinas in the workplace, including their struggles in challenging such social assumptions....
Author
Publisher
Vergara
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Las pantallas no solo afectan a aspectos relacionados con la seguridad, sino también a la personalidad, sociabilidad y creatividad de tus hijos. Es hora de ponerse manos a la obra: la tecnología ha llegado para quedarse, así que aprovechémosla como una oportunidad para educar. Empantallados es un libro práctico, al mismo tiempo que atemporal. Es un manual que no se limite a las modas o tendencias actuales, sino que sirve para cualquier padre...
10) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday nights. An eighth-grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye's mascot should stay or change. Now six middle schoolers--all with different backgrounds and beliefs--get involved in the contentious issue that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
As head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the world's boldest thinkers sharing their most uplifting ideas. Inspired by them and the unique insights he gained from how online sharing transformed TED into a global beacon of transformative ideas, he believes there's a pathway back from outrage to optimism. It all comes down to reimagining the role that generosity can play in our connected era. Anderson shows how the same technologies...
Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating, definitive history of garden development and design. From the earliest documented gardens of ancient Mesopotamia to the eclectic landscapes of the 21st century, The Story of Gardening is an engaging tale of the development and design of the garden. Brimming with glorious full-color photographs, intriguing timelines that chart the histories and fashions of individual plants, and evocative narratives, Hobhouse draws on a lifetime of work...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins México
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Sexting, cyberbullying, porno de venganza, depredadores en línea ... todas estas amenazas potenciales pueden tentar a los padres a arrebatarles el teléfono inteligente o la tableta de las manos de sus hijos. Si bien la evitación puede eliminar los peligros, ese enfoque también significa que su hijo pierde los muchos beneficios y oportunidades de la tecnología. Este libro está repleto de temas de discusión en el hogar y actividades divertidas...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it's too late-from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault...
Author
Publisher
Canongate
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
In this exploration of corporate maneuvering and subterfuge, journalist Chapman shows how the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized power and influence of today's multinational companies. This infamous company was arguably the most controversial global corporation ever--from the jungles of Costa Rica to the dramatic suicide of its CEO, who leapt from an office on the 44th floor of the Pan Am building in New York City. From...
18) Natural me
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by her hit song "Natural Girl" and featuring charming watercolor illustrations, this joyful picture book from award-winning musician MzVee and debut illustrator Lisbeth Checo is an ode to young girls on their journey to self-empowerment, sisterhood, and embracing their natural selves. With a message that speaks to beauty inside and out, Natural Me invites readers to celebrate all the ways in which they are special."--Front flap of jacket....
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo Vital, [un sello de] Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
"Lo que comemos tiene implicaciones no sólo para nuestra cintura, sino para el planeta, la sociedad y la economía global. Lo que hacemos a nuestro cuerpo se lo hacemos al planeta, y lo que le hacemos al planeta se lo hacemos a nuestro cuerpo. Escrito por el autor bestseller Matk Hyman, éste es un manifiesto contundente que cambiará tu forma de pensar sobre los alimentos--y sobre comerlos--para siempre. Te dará claves para entender la causa de...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table--eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at the table? In The Meth Lunches, James Beard award-winning writer Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated dinners and charming...
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