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A Christian and a Democrat : a religious biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Woolverton, John Frederick, 1926-, Bratt, James D., 1949-

Prophecy : prediction, power, and the fight for the future, from ancient oracles to AI by Véliz, Carissa

Table of Contents: “…Overture : what's in a prediction? -- Prophets and power : a brief history of prediction, or why astrologers get thrown off cliffs -- Conquering uncertainty and taming risk : the mathematization of decision-making -- The ultimate prediction machine : artificial intelligence is the new oracle of Delphi -- Likeness to truth : why educated guesses are not facts -- When predictions become verdicts : on the tyranny of surveillance and self-fulfilling prophecies -- The crystal ball is cracked : why the unforeseeable is never going away, and how forecasts can increase risk -- Truth, virtue and beauty : why ideals outdo predictions -- Defying the odds : on using creativity, humor, and resilience to flip the script -- How to thrive amid uncertainty : curiosity, fearlessness, and philosophy as antidotes to prophecy -- Epilogue : ten lessons in prediction -- Postscript : AI ethics 101 : digital tech's original sins.…”

ZEALOT : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Aslan, Reza

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Liars : how progressives exploit our fears for power and control by Beck, Glenn

Antifragile : things that gain from disorder by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…-- Thales' sweet grapes : Option and asymmetry ; The Thalesian and the Aristotelian -- Lecturing birds on how to fly : The Soviet-Harvard department of ornithology ; Epiphenomena -- When two things are not the "same thing : The green lumber fallacy ; Conflation ; Prometheus and Epimetheus -- History written by the losers : The case in medicine ; The inverse turkey problem ; The charlatan, the academic, and the showman -- A lesson in disorder : The ecological and the Ludic ; An antifragile (barbell) education -- Fat Tony debates Socrates : Euthyphro ; Fat Tony versus Socrates ; Primacy of definitional knowledge ; The sucker-nonsucker distinction ; Conclusion to Book IV -- Book V. …”

The Jesus I know : honest conversations and diverse opinions about who He is by Gifford, Kathie Lee, 1953-

Have Black lives ever mattered? by Abu-Jamal, Mumia

The cross of redemption : uncollected writings by Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

Table of Contents: “…A quarter-century of un-Americana ; Memoirs of a bastard angel : a fifty-year literary and erotic odyssey by Harold Norse ; The Negro in New York : an informal social history, 1626-1940, edited by Roi Ottley and William J. …”

The devil's arithmetic by Yolen, Jane

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Three days in January Dwight Eisenhower's final mission by Baier, Bret, Whitney, Catherine

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Arguably : essays by Christopher Hitchens by Hitchens, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…-- Eschew the taboo -- She's no fundamentalist -- Burned out -- Easter charade -- Don't mince words -- History and mystery -- Words matter -- This was not looting -- The "other" L-word -- The you decade -- Suck it up -- A very, very dirty word -- Prisoner of shelves.…”

The oracle The Jubilean Mysteries Unveiled by Cahn, Jonathan

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Stranger magic : charmed states and The Arabian nights by Warner, Marina, 1946-

The 19th wife : a novel by Ebershoff, David

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The path of daggers by Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007

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The Moon and Serpent bumper book of magic by Moore, Alan, 1953-, Moore, Steve, 1949-2014, Coulthart, John, 1962-, Romain Janicki

Garden spells by Allen, Sarah Addison

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The Lincoln myth : a novel by Berry, Steve, 1955-

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The Lincoln myth a novel by Berry, Steve, 1955-