Nine

Author : Zach Hines
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062567246

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Nine by Zach Hines Pdf

In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret. In an alternate world startlingly close to our own, humans have nine lives—and they can’t wait to use them up. The government has death incentives aimed at controlling overpopulation. As you shed lives, you shed your awkward phases: one death is equal to one physical and mental upgrade. Julian’s friends are obsessed with the idea of burning, but Julian is determined to stay on his first life for as long as he can. His mother burned too fast and inflicted a debilitating rebirth sickness on herself. Julian realizes that he’s going to have to burn at some point—especially when he becomes a target for Nicholas, the manipulative leader of the Burners, the school’s suicide club. And when Julian eventually succumbs, he uncovers suspicious gaps in the rebirth system that may explain exactly why his mother went so far down the rabbit hole years ago. Along with a group of student dissenters, Julian sets out to find answers and is soon on the verge of exposing the greatest conspiracy ever unleashed on the world.

Author : Amy Webb
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781541773745

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The Big Nine by Amy Webb Pdf

A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into -- one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations -- Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple--are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain. In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI -- the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself -- is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.

Author : Alan M. Gratz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101014806

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The Brooklyn Nine by Alan M. Gratz Pdf

1845: Felix Schneider, an immigrant from Germany, cheers the New York Knickerbockers as they play Three-Out, All-Out. 1908: Walter Snider, batboy for the Brooklyn Superbas, arranges a team tryout for a black pitcher by pretending he is Cuban. 1945: Kat Snider of Brooklyn plays for the Grand Rapids Chicks in the All-American Girls Baseball League. 1981: Michael Flint fi nds himself pitching a perfect game during the Little League season at Prospect Park. And there are fi ve more Schneiders to meet. In nine innings, this novel tells the stories of nine successive Schneider kids and their connection to Brooklyn and baseball. As in all family histories and all baseball games, there is glory and heartache, triumph and sacrifi ce. And it ain?t over till it?s over.

Author : Irene Latham
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781623541163

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Nine by Irene Latham Pdf

Fans of clever poetry and numbers rejoice! Nine is a book of nine-line poems called nonets, all about the number nine! Hey! Hi there! Love nonets? I'm sure you do. What are they, you ask? You don't know a nonet? Not even one little one? Actually, they're all the same size! They're poems, of course--and here's your first! Each poem in this clever collection is a nonet: a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further! Every one is also written with the number nine at its heart. There's plenty to love and learn: topics include the nine months it takes a baby to be born, cats' nine lives, baseball's nine players, and the nine-banded armadillo. Some feature history, such as the Little Rock Nine, the spacecraft Apollo 9, the ninth president; others explain idioms, like "dressed to the nines," "cloud nine," and "the whole nine yards." Explore these and more with nonets galore!

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : LOC:00172106262

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Nine-digit Zip Codes by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services Pdf

Author : Marlena Graves
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830847594

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Forty Days on Being a Nine by Marlena Graves Pdf

"Why do you hold back?" Enneagram Nines are often asked questions like this by others who want to invite them to share their gifts. Marlena Graves describes her own experience with deciding whether to speak up: "I know what it's like to be run over and rendered invisible. I don't want to do the same to others." Nines are easy to be around because they seem to instinctively put others before themselves. In these readings Marlena reflects on what it's like to be a Nine with a spirit of honest self-assessment and a desire for personal and spiritual growth. She draws wisdom from the deep wells of both counseling and spirituality, using illustrations from Scripture and life. She writes out of her personal context, drawing on the lessons learned from her Puerto Rican Abuelita and from growing up in poverty. But she also writes for all of us. Each reading concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a written prayer, or a spiritual practice. Any of us can find aspects of ourselves in any of the numbers. The Enneagram is a profound tool for empathy, so whether or not you are a Nine, you will grow from your reading about Nines and enhance your relationships across the Enneagram spectrum.

Author : Kaushik Banerjee
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781482845563

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Zero After Nine by Kaushik Banerjee Pdf

Zero after Nine is not just a collection of random poems, It is a repertoire of myriad facets of our lives ,our emotions and our worldly beings. The Poet Kaushik Banerjee was a class fellow during our Ravenshaw days .He was known for his doggerel even then. It is a delight to notice that the sporadic libretto from his pen have finally blossomed into this beautiful anthology of poems. The abilities required of a good poet are that of Observation and Description .The leading emotion which underlines this collection is that of melancholy sometimes craftfully masked in nostalgia ,sometimes in desolation and desire and at times in a sense of dj vu. Whether it is Zero After Nine,Years Before and Ordeal the reader is left with a desire to peep a little more,to long a little longer and to wallow more than awhile. While devouring Kaushiks verse a thought which stands out distinctly is the ability of the poetic narration to follow a meticulous observation of things otherwise mundane .The poems like Two Puffs and a Cup and Two Gods One Saturday makes you feel as if you were right there amidst the scene of the poem. In poems such as The Known Tale the poet has also gives wings to his articulate fantasy.

Author : Maranna Chan
Publisher : Epigram Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9789810780357

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Triple Nine Sleuths by Maranna Chan Pdf

Shortlisted for Popular Readers' Choice Award 2014, English (Children) Category Get ready for high adventure. The Triple Nine Sleuths are Singapore’s latest amazing teen detective trio, using their creativity and intelligence to solve mysteries, even when the Police are stumped! But there is one mystery that remains unsolved, a puzzle that Stacy, Corey and Colton are desperate to solve—who is Stacy’s real father? As the Triple Nine Sleuths race against time for answers, each mystery brings them closer to answering this ultimate question. In Dangerous Disappearance, Stacy needs answers from Paula, her missing parents’ friend. While confronting her, Stacy suddenly blacks out and wakes to find Paula missing. Stacy is now the prime suspect! Corey and Colton are determined to prove her innocence. Can the sleuths clear Stacy’s name in time?

Author : Steve Foxe,Ice Nine Kills,Z2 Comics
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781940878539

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Ice Nine Kills: Inked in Blood by Steve Foxe,Ice Nine Kills,Z2 Comics Pdf

"Tying in with the events of Ice Nine Kills' next cinematic album, 'The Silver Scream,' 'Inked in blood' follows a bullied teen super-fan who's convinced that her favorite frontman could never have committed the grotesque crimes for which he's now standing trial"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Club Lighthouse Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781926839646

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Nine Bows by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486110998

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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Pdf

A young Scot stumbles upon a plot involving espionage, murder, and the future of Britain itself. This classic of suspense served as the basis for one of Hitchcock's most famous films.

Author : Rachel Tisdale
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477760604

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The Little Rock Nine by Rachel Tisdale Pdf

Even though segregation had been ruled as unlawful, integration of Southern schools proved to be a dangerous matter. Provided here is an astute account of the violence, threats, and terror the first integrated African American students faced as they forged the way for the acceptance and equal treatment of all races. The incredible true story of these brave student-heroes is sure to inspire a whole new generation of young people.

Author : Andrew Hodges
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0393068633

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One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers by Andrew Hodges Pdf

What Lynne Truss did for grammar in Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Andrew Hodges now does for mathematics. Andrew Hodges, one of Britain’s leading biographers and mathematical writers, brings numbers to three-dimensional life in this delightful and illuminating volume, filled with illustrations, which makes even the most challenging math problems accessible to the layperson. Inspired by millennia of human attempts to figure things out, this pithy book, which tackles mathematical conundrums from the ancient Greeks to superstring theory, finds a new twist to everything from musical harmony to code breaking, from the chemistry of sunflowers to the mystery of magic squares. Starting with the puzzle of defining unity, and ending with the recurring nines of infinite decimals, Hodges tells a story that takes in quantum physics, cosmology, climate change, and the origin of the computer. Hodges has written a classic work, at once playful but satisfyingly instructional, which will be ideal for the math aficionado and the Sudoku addict as well as for the life of the party.

Author : Yi ZhuXianCao
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648579103

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Legend of Sword in Nine Heavens by Yi ZhuXianCao Pdf

A black fire lifted the mysterious veil of the Great Liang Mountain. An enormous, badly damaged sword that had cut through the ages of the Fiendgod continent. The young man who had lost his memory woke up in a daze. In that world where he could not see the light, he left countless breathtaking legends. Some people said that he was a demon, but he was only a swordsman, a lonely swordsman. 

Author : George Bullen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781329439535

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Nine Months in Iran by George Bullen Pdf

Describes an American's experience during the violent Iranian Islamic revolution of 1978 and 1979. Provides insight and revealing commentary relevant to today's US-Iranian negotiations for controlling the development within Iran of nuclear weapons.