Game changer matthew sadler6/12/2023 ![]() Game Changer offers intriguing insights into the opportunities and horizons of Artificial Intelligence. The story of AlphaZero has a wider impact. Both professionals and club players will improve their game by studying AlphaZeros stunning discoveries in every field that matters: opening preparation, piece mobility, initiative, attacking techniques, long-term sacrifices and much more. Game Changer also presents a collection of lucidly explained chess games of astonishing quality. Sadler and Regan reveal its thinking process and tell the story of the human motivation and the techniques that created AlphaZero. ![]() They also had unparalleled access to its team of developers at DeepMind and were offered a unique look under the bonnet to grasp the depth and breadth of AlphaZeros search. ![]() The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength? For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand previously unpublished games by AlphaZero. ![]() The artificial intelligence system AlphaZero had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the worlds strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. ![]()
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The Devil Drives by Fawn M. Brodie6/12/2023 ![]() OL4482314W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.94 Pages 414 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0907871712 Urn:lcp:devildriveslife00brod:lcpdf:89afb61d-a08b-4c34-a2b8-2eb72fe3de55 Full Book Name:The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton Author Name:Fawn M. Brodie 4. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:15:25 Boxid IA158001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition External-identifier The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton by Fawn M. ![]() Chekhov short stories6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() His publisher at this period was Nicholas Leikin, owner of the St. While in the school, he began to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support himself and his mother, sisters and brothers. In 1879 Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School. At the age of 16, Chekhov became independent and remained for some time alone in his native town, supporting himself through private tutoring. The family was forced to move to Moscow following his father's bankruptcy. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog (1867-68) and Taganrog grammar school (1868-79). "When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." His early years were shadowed by his father's tyranny, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, which was open from five in the morning till midnight. Yevgenia Morozova, Chekhov's mother, was the daughter of a cloth merchant. He also taught himself to read and write. Chekhov's grandfather was a serf, who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов) was born in the small seaport of Taganrog, southern Russia, the son of a grocer. ![]() Destiny interrupted6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In her early school days, she soon developed a love for reading and writing. A story of trust, faith and forgiveness that will touch everyone's heart that reads it.Įrica Martin is a Cincinnati native but was raised in Detroit. Though destined to be together, will Oricho and Erin's relationship survive under the stresses of the many distractions or will Destiny be Interrupted? Destiny.Interrupted is packed with surprises, twists and underlying lessons. ![]() ![]() When tragedy strikes, their love is tested in ways that they would never imagine. But both of their pasts threaten the connection. When they find each other it's a match made in heaven. But when Erin crosses his path, she touches his soul like no woman ever has before. Graced with good looks, a killer personality and the ability to smooth talk a woman out of her panties and her social security number. Her issues with trust have her impervious to love.that is until she meets Oricho Hamilton, a man that has the world in the palm of his hand. Erin Lynch is a recently divorced, accomplished writer who has put her heart on lock down and thrown away the key. Written from two different perspectives, Destiny.Interrupted shows how one relationship can take on two different skins. ![]() Ender's shadow series6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Sadly, the prequel trilogy follows that pattern with this lackluster conclusion. ![]() ![]() If there’s one consistent with the Ender’s series, it’s that the longer the series goes the more likely diminishing returns are to be expected. If you are a fan of Petra, I imagine you will hate this book.Īfter two excellent chapters in the Ender’s Game series, Xenocide feels like a story that was stretched way beyond its original idea into a meandering, endless book of filler. The penultimate chapter to the Shadow saga, this book continued all of the worst qualities of the Shadow saga (characters that think they know everything, a terrible villain, oversimplified political intrigue) and capped it all off with the most patronizing ending imaginable. Note: This does not include any short stories included in the Ender Univere. The Series:Įnder’s Game Series by Orson Scott Card. For those readers that aren’t turned off by jumping around (I don’t know how you do it) or for those that just enjoy ranking things, this is for you. In this feature, I take a look at a series that I’ve either finished or I am caught up through, and rank the books in order of worst to best. ![]() ![]() Die Kritiker waren sich einig, dass Dinner im Heimweh-Restaurant ihr bislang erfolgreichstes und bestes Buch ist. Für den Roman Atemübungen wurde sie 1989 mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet. Leary wurden (in diesem Fall von Lawrence Kasdan) verfilmt. Seit 1965 veröffentlicht sie vorwiegend Romane, die das Schicksal verschiedener Protagonisten in wechselnden Perspektiven von erzählerischer Nähe bis hin zu psychologisierendem Fernblick thematisieren. ![]() Leben und Werk: Tyler wuchs in North Carolina auf und studierte an der Duke und der Columbia University Slawistik. ![]() Oktober 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) ist eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin. Wäre für ihn ein Leben mit ihr denkbar? Oder sollte es doch wieder Sarah sein? - Anne Tyler (* 25. Muriel, eine junge, chaotische Frau, die eigentlich seinen Hund erziehen soll, interessiert sich mehr und mehr für Mr Leary selbst. Ein Problem wird auch sein schlecht erzogener Hund, um den er sich nicht ununterbrochen kümmern kann. Als seine Frau Sarah beschließt, ihn nach zwanzig Jahren Ehe zu verlassen, gerät sein höchst organisiertes Leben ins Wanken. Der etwas seltsame, aber durchaus charmante Mr Leary schreibt Reiseführer für Leute, die geschäftlich unterwegs sein müssen, das Reisen aber hassen - ganz wie er selbst! Sein höchstes Ziel ist es, Tipps zu geben, dank denen man sich möglichst wie zu Hause fühlt. Umschlaggestaltung: Buchholz / Hinsch / Hensinger. ![]() Houdini Heart by Ki Longfellow6/11/2023 ![]() She chose the figure of Mary Magdalene to tell that tale in her novel "The Secret Magdalene." Nancy Savoca, a brilliant independent film maker (winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize with her first film, "True Love") traveled all the way to Vermont to option the book as her next film. Eventually Ki began writing again, but her subject became the moment at age 19 that informed her life. When Vivian died in 1995, Ki stopped writing, living on Standing Room Only Farm in Vermont. ("China Blues" was reissued by Eio Books in 2012.) a long hard but ultimately fascinating trip. "China Blues," and her second novel, "Chasing Women," introduced Longfellow to Hollywood. Her first book, "China Blues," was the subject of a bidding war. ![]() The Old Profanity is on its way to becoming "The Last Showboat," film. ![]() "Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera," garnered a host of delighted, if slightly puzzled, national reviews. On it, she and Vivian wrote and staged a unique musical for the sheer joy of it. It remains there today as a Bristol landmark. In England, she created and sailed the Thekla, a 180 foot Baltic Trader, to the port of Bristol where it became the Old Profanity Showboat. ![]() She is the widow of a British national treasure, the complete artist Vivian Stanshall. Ki Longfellow, born on Staten Island, New York, to a French-Irish mother and an Iroquois father, grew up in Hawaii and Marin County, California, but ended up living in France and England for many years. ![]() Adrienne young goodreads6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It was written between the lines, in the words that weren’t said, and the glances that were pointedly avoided. ![]() The chemistry between Fable and West was so electric that it jumped right off the pages. West is about to be your next book boyfriend, and for good reason. Now, where are all my broody-dark-and-mysterious-men lovers at? Because let me just tell you: YOU NEED THIS BOOK. It came so naturally and so clearly to mind and I LOVED that. It was written in such a way that you could see it all playing out in your mind! I know we say books are like movies of the mind anyway, but holy crap, this book was something else. ![]() And they instantly hooked me.Īlso, can we just talk about all the insanely vivid imagery for a sec? Reading this book felt like watching a tense action movie. And the emotions that Fable felt bled off the pages. Every single scene kept you on your toes, holding your breath (sometimes literally □), waiting to see what happens next. I’d heard raving reviews of this book from the start and I’m pleased to say that it 100% lived up to the hype. I effortlessly devoured this story in just a few hours. Chapter after chapter, I was sucked further into the characters and the world building, and I couldn’t put it down! I didn’t want to put it down. But let’s start with this: The world that Adrienne Young managed to weave together within the pages of this book is so immersive and action-packed that it completely stole me away. ![]() There is so much that I could say about this book that I almost don’t know where to start. ![]() Author of curious george6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() was self-trained Margret was trained at the influential Bauhaus school. ![]() Margret was seeking an escape from the political climate in Germany.¹ĥ. Margret and H.A. ![]() was working for the family business, selling bathtubs. and Margret met again in Rio De Janeiro in 1935, where H.A. Rey lived near the world-famous Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, instilling in him a love of animals.Ĥ. Rey were forced to flee Paris as the Nazi army began to invade, they began their dangerous journey of escape on bicycles. They met briefly in Hamburg when Margret was a young girl, before she went off to school.ģ. Among the possessions they escaped with was a. Rey, were born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein and Hans Augusto Reyersbach to German Jewish families Hans in 1898 and Margret in 1906.Ģ. In 1940, Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey built two bikes, packed what they could, and fled wartime Paris. Curious George's creators, Margret and H.A. In honour of Curiosity Day, here are 25 facts about George and the amazing couple who created him.ġ. Each September, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt celebrates another year with Curious George by declaring Curiosity Day, which takes place this year on Sept. "This is George." Those three words have been read countless times by parents to generations of children - and they first appeared in print 78 years ago, in 1941. ![]() Stasiland book6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Next, Funder hears the tale of her proprietor, Julia, who matured in East Germany. In an attempt to hear the other side of the tale, Funder secures an ad looking for the stories of previous Stasi policemans as well as receives an action from Herr Winz, who appears to have little remorse over his role in the Stasi and still believes socialism to be the most effective political doctrine. Miriam thinks that her spouse was killed by the Stasi. Her partner, Charlie, was later detained as well as died under suspicious scenarios in a cell under the Stasi’s watch. Initially, Funder sees Leipzig, Germany, to meet Miriam Weber, a woman who was arrested by the Stasi, completely questioned, and who later aimed to get away over the Wall at age sixteen. ![]() ![]() It tells the stories of those who withstood and also engaged in just what has actually been called the most perfected surveillance state of perpetuity. Stasiland, by Anna Funder, originally released in 2002, is real account of life in East Germany throughout the Communist regimen, from 1949 to 1990. ![]() |