A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch from Chicago Review Press A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last 50 years by Paul Hirsch, … Continue reading A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits―Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More
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A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are
A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are by Flynn Coleman from Counterpoint A groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology The Age of Intelligent Machines is upon us, and we are at a reflection point. The proliferation of fast-moving technologies, … Continue reading A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are
Sorted
Sorted by Jackson Bird from Tiller Press / Simon & Schuster An unflinching and endearing memoir from LGBTQ+ advocate Jackson Bird about how, through a childhood of gender mishaps and an awkward adolescence, he finally sorted things out and came out as a transgender man in his mid-twenties. When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to … Continue reading Sorted
Our Man Down in Havana
Our Man Down in Havana: The Story Behind Graham Greene’s Cold War Spy Novel by Christopher Hull from Pegasus Books Dr. Chris Hull is a senior lecturer at the University of Chester (UK) revealing the true story behind Graham Greene’s satirical novel about a vacuum cleaner salesman turned British spy. Our Man Down in Havana evokes this … Continue reading Our Man Down in Havana
Dannemora
Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State by Charles A. Gardner from Citadel / Kensington The prison break, the manhunt, the inside story: In June 2015, two vicious convicted murderers broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, in New York’s “North Country,” launching the most extensive manhunt … Continue reading Dannemora
We
We: An Adoption and a Memoir by Ben Barnz from Wyatt–MacKenzie Publishing We centers on the story of Barnz adopting a child and the legal battle with the birthfather that began the day after the child’s birth – and two days before 9/11. The book interweaves this narrative with Barnz’s path to parenthood – beginning with his … Continue reading We
How the Internet Happened
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone by Brian McCullough from Liveright / Norton Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of the internet, why it exploded, and how it changed everything. The internet was never intended for you, opines Brian McCullough in this lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we … Continue reading How the Internet Happened
Crushing the Common App Essay
Crushing the Common App Essay: A Foolproof Guide to Getting into Your Top College by Julie Ferber Frank from Sterling / Spark Notes Write the perfect college application essay with this quick and essential guide. It may be the most important essay you’ll ever write—so get it right! With candor, humor, and tons of tips, Crushing … Continue reading Crushing the Common App Essay
The Synthetic Age
The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World by Christopher J. Preston from MIT Press Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering. We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The … Continue reading The Synthetic Age
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim by James Hart, foreword by Carl Bernstein from Cleis Press Lucky Jim is Jim Hart’s memoir, the story of how he survived a violent childhood home, found incredible words inside him, created a love that was both so right and so wrong, and finally found the strength to be his true self. Jim is a master at … Continue reading Lucky Jim