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<b>An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.</b><br/><br/><i>In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.</i><br/><br/>Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his family and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on 28 June 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat later that year.<br/><br/>Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Here, two of America's best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to reveal the extent of Biden's decline and who knew about it, from White House staffers to senators to Hollywood celebrities. They paint President Biden's decision to run for re-election as shockingly narcissistic, delusional and reckless - and the wider cover-up as an act of unprecedented public deception. Rarely has hubris met nemesis so explosively.<br/><br/>The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will endure for decades. In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, marking the beginning of a remarkable campaign of denial and gaslighting against the American public. His decision to run again was the original sin of his precedency - the moment that led directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has come since.

Gitarristen 1 Av Ingemar Sallmann och Hasse Silén Komplett gitarrskola i sammanlagt tre delar avsedd främst för den lärarledda undervisningen av unga blivande gitarrhjältar. Tar upp både melodispel, samspel och ackordspel. 80 sidor, klamrad.

Lek med siffror och populära karaktärer från Bamses värld! Magneterna kommer i en lekfull mix av färger och Bamse och hans vänner gör magnetleken ännu roligare. Setet innehåller 30 siffror, 8 skiljetecken och 19 figurer. Genom att leka med siffror lär barnet känna siffrornas former och kan öva på räkning och enkel matematik. Bamse - Med våra roliga Bamseleksaker kan barnet ta berättelserna om Bamse hem till sej och fortsätta leka och skapa egna äventyr i Bamses värld.<br/><br/>Köps om 2

<b>A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called 'artificial intelligence', exposing the real harm these technologies do to our jobs, health, society and environment, who stands to gain from them, and how to fight back.</b><br/><br/>Is AI going to take over the world? Have scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to replace all our jobs, even creative ones, like doctors, teachers and care-workers? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at <i>everything</i>?<br/><br/>The answers to these questions, as the expert authors of <i>The AI Con </i>make clear, are 'no', 'they wish', 'LOL', and 'definitely not'. In fact, these fears are all symptoms of the hype being used by tech corporations to justify data theft, motivate surveillance capitalism, and devalue human creativity so they can replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. Meanwhile, across healthcare, education, media, government and law-enforcement, 'AI' products are already being introduced that are unreliable, ineffective, unjust and dangerous.<br/><br/>Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, <i>The AI Con </i>arms you to spot AI hype in all its guises, expose the exploitation and power-grabs it aims to hide, and push back against it at work and in your daily life.

What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', "The Black Swan" shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty.

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<b>This beautifully illustrated book charts the life of one of the world&rsquo;s most beloved authors through the letters, objects, and manuscripts that shaped her life.</b><br/><br/>Published in partnership with the curators of Jane Austen&rsquo;s House, the enchanting Hampshire cottage where Jane Austen&rsquo;s genius flourished that now attracts thousands of visitors every year.<br/><br/>Arranged over the course of a calendar year, from snowy scenes in January to festive recipes in December, specially commissioned photography of Austen&rsquo;s home and possessions are brought together with extracts from her books, reproductions of her letters, and stories of her life throughout the seasons. Highlights include the first time Austen read a published copy of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> to an enraptured audience in her drawing room, affectionate letters to her sister Cassandra reproduced in full and an exquisite miniature portrait of Tom Lefroy, the man she nearly married.<br/><br/>Read this book for a unique and intimate insight into Austen&rsquo;s world. Dip into it as you will, or visit each month, and enjoy a full year of Austen&mdash;her life, works and letters, people and objects she knew, and of course her idyllic, inspiring home.