Stephen Baker: 27 books
Final Jeopardy
The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2011
The “charming and terrifying” story of IBM’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the Business Week technology writer and author of The Numerati (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists...
Hop, Skip, Go
How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world’s cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.
Human mobility, dominated for...
by Stephen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Learn how the crisis over digital privacy and manipulation evolved in this “utterly fascinating” look at the growth of data mining and analysis (Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
Award-winning journalist Stephen Baker traces the rise of the “global math elite”: computer scientists who invent...
by Stephen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“The Canine population of the United States is about 25 million. Out of this, about 25 million can be classified as neurotic—a conservative estimate.
“For the millions of dog-owners seeking a solution to this distressing problem—”
Faced with the complications and contradictions of...
by Stephen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
In THE WRITTEN WORD, you will read the amazing story of how God's Word originally came to man, how it was preserved over the centuries, and how it has been translated into the English language. The author writes from a conservative, pro-Received Text and pro-KJV viewpoint.
Where Does It Hurt?
An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry.
Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that technology in...
The Propaganda of Peace
The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
When political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new Northern Ireland executive in May 2007, a chapter was closed on Northern Ireland’s troubled past. A dramatic realignment of politics had brought these irreconcilable enemies...
Hemispheres
A Novel of Family, Birds and Coming Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Yan is a compulsive gambler whose wanderlust leads him on a chain of adventures across the South Atlantic and beyond, in the wake of the Falklands War. But this personal voyage takes a heavy toll on his relationships with wife, Kate, and teenage son, Danny, left abandoned in a run-down pub on the...
Litigating Trust Disputes in Jersey
Law, Procedure & Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
This text is the first comprehensive guide to litigating trust disputes in Jersey, bringing together analysis of substantive Jersey law, civil procedure and the remedies available to parties appearing in trust litigation before the Royal Court of Jersey. The book is an indispensable tool for trust...
Rhinoplasty
McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
A full-color, step-by-step atlas of rhinoplasty surgical techniques
Part of the McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas series, Rhinoplasty is an unmatched visual guide to learning how to successfully perform this challenging procedure. Featuring 180 full-color illustrations, this is the perfect...
by Stephen Baker
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Ralf is a software prodigy. He works in the US government office that updates the software in the population's boosts—networked supercomputers contained in a chip implanted within the brains of 99 percent of the world's population. Invented by Chinese researchers in 2032, the boost is credited with...
Vice
One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California's most-decorated police officer
Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semi-rural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers and Malcolm...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
Strategic Environmental Assessment and Land Use Planning
An International Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
'A wonderfully international and up-to-date perspective on strategic environmental assessment of land use plans by leading experts in the field. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Land Use Planning covers not only how much such SEAs are carried out and in what context, but whether they are effective...
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