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  • Plague of the Dead

    The Morningstar Saga

    by Z.A. Recht ...
    Series series Z.A. Recht's Morningstar Strain
    The “zombie apocalypse,” once on the fringes of horror, has become one of the most buzzworthy genres in popular culture. Now, in Plague of the Dead, Z.A. Recht delivers an intelligent, gripping thriller that will leave both new and die-hard zombie fans breathless.The end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before. The infected are subject to delirium, fever, a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Survivors

    by Z.A. Recht ...
    Series series Z.A. Recht's Morningstar Strain
    The long-awaited finale of Z.A. Recht’s “action-packed zombie extravaganza” (Ryan C. Thomas) that began with the acclaimed novels Plague of the Dead and Thunder and Ashes. . . .THE MORNINGSTAR STRAIN WAS THE END OF THE WORLD.In the wake of the zombie apocalypse, two separate bands of survivors journey across a decimated America, each with the desperate goal of finding the cure for the virulent ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Irrational Decision

    How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

    by Benjamin Recht ...
    How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a peculiar mathematical definition of rationality in ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The Irrational Decision

    How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us

    by Benjamin Recht ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 42 min

    This audiobook narrated by Eric Jason Martin reveals how the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Thunder and Ashes

    by Z.A. Recht ...
    Series series Z.A. Recht's Morningstar Strain
    A LOT CAN CHANGE IN THREE MONTHS: Wars can be decided, nations can be forged . . . or entire species can be brought to the brink of annihilation. The Morningstar virus has swept the face of the planet, infecting billions. Its hosts rampage; its victims don’t die, but are reborn as cannibalistic shamblers.SCATTERED ACROSS THE WORLD, EMBATTLED GROUPS HAVE PERSEVERED. For some, survival is the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Cimmerian Vol. 2

    by Sylvain Runberg, Robin Recht ...
    BY CROM! Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 2 includes two complete stories, The People of The Black Circle, and The Frost-Giant's Daughter, plus bonus material, including the original prose stories, in one hardcover collection!In The People of the Black Circle, the king has ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Optimization for Data Analysis

    by Stephen J. Wright, Benjamin Recht ...
    Optimization techniques are at the core of data science, including data analysis and machine learning. An understanding of basic optimization techniques and their fundamental properties provides important grounding for students, researchers, and practitioners in these areas. This text covers the fundamentals of optimization algorithms in a compact, self-contained way, focusing on the techniques ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Human and Aquatic Beings: Interactions in and beyond the Eastern Mediterranean (3rd—1st Millennia BCE)

    Edited by Christina Tsouparopoulou, Lærke Recht ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This volume examines the role of fish and molluscs in everyday life as well as in terms of their impact on social structures, and as part of ideological and symbolic expression. Given the prevalence of anddependence on water in various forms in all regions of the Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt and Western Asia, it is no wonder that fish and other aquatic species made an impact on human lives. Yet ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Dynamics and Developments of Social Structures and Networks in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Cyprus

    Edited by Teresa Bürge, Laerke Recht ...
    Series series Global Perspectives on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
    This volume substantiates the island of Cyprus as an important player in the history of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, and presents new theoretical and analytical approaches.The Cypriot Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age are characterised by an increasing complexity of social and political organisation, economic systems, and networks. The book discusses and defines how ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Spirited Horse

    Equid–Human Relations in the Bronze Age Near East

    by Laerke Recht ...
    Series series Ancient Environments
    Presenting a new perspective on human**–**animal relations in the ancient Near East, this volume considers how we should understand equids (horses, donkeys, onagers and various hybrids) as animals that are social actors. Recht brings together a wealth of new data, including Bronze Age Near Eastern material culture from a range of archaeological contexts with equid remains as well as iconography ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Eating the Plates

    A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners

    by Lucille Recht Penner ...
    Penner's Pilgrims are heroes, and deservedly so. She takes the story of their crossing on the Mayflower and establishment of Plymouth Colony, and fleshes it out with all the distasteful, even disgusting, details of their struggle for survival. Everything that made life difficult in the 1600s is mentioned--the acceptance of insect infestation in one's hair, clothing, bed, and food; the lack of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Unicorns

    by Lucille Recht Penner ...
    Series series A Stepping Stone Book
    Persian unicorns are fierce fighters. Japanese unicorns are just. European unicorns are peaceful. But all unicorns have one thing in common. They are magic! Learn all about unicorn legends, including why people truly believed in them, in this fascinating companion to Dragons.Beautiful full-color illustrations accompany the easy-to-read text. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD