From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. This is a book about the roller-couster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, tablet computing, and digital publishing

In this timely book, the author explores Assad's failed leadership, his transformation from bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant, and his regime's violent response to the uprising of his people in the wake of the Arab Spring

Superintelligence asks the questions: what happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful―possibly beyond our control. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation?

The book tells the history and culture of the South America, with beautiful photography, insightful descriptions of all the main attractions, and detailed, full color maps for easy orientation.

This book is important for all those interested in Central Asia and especially Kazakhstan, a landmark book which describes the journeys of Thomas Witlam Atkinson and his wife Lucy, across lands which now form part of present day Kazakhstan and is one of the most remarkable travel stories of all time

With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant expansion of sea-based economies together with burgeoning naval power. Many claim that these processes will transform the world’s future economic and security relationships. The book addresses the question of to what extent the notion of ‘Asia rising’ is reflected by and dependent on its developing sea power. A central theme is the Chinese challenge to long-term Western maritime ascendency and what might be the consequences of this.

This report explores the question of select committe influence, through analysis of committee reports and recommendations, and interviews with parlamentary and governmental insiders

A selection of historical and ethnological works of Chokan Genghisovich Valikhanov (1835-1965), a famous Kazakh scientist. The most important scientific works of Chokan Valikhanov devoted to the study of aspects of geography, history, ethnology and economics of Central Asia are presented

SOE and The Resistance describes the extraordinary contribution to the allied war effort made by the Special Operations Executive, from its formation in 1940 to the end of the war. Within a broadly chronological framework, the book illustrates how resistance was stimulated among the subjugated populations of Europe and the Far East, leading to the sabotage of industry and communications critical to the Axis cause