Allen L. Wold

The term "Artificial Intelligence" has been around since the 1950s, but a lot has changed since then. Today, AI is referenced in the news, books, movies, and TV shows, and the exact definition is often misinterpreted. Artificial Intelligence For Dummies provides a clear introduction to AI and how it́⁰₉s being used today. Inside, you'll get a clear overview of the technology, the common misconceptions surrounding it, and a fascinating look at its applications in everything from self-driving cars and drones to its contributions in the medical field. --

The Wolfriders lived for ten thousand years on the World of Two Moons, before Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs, was born to lead them to freedom... A lot can happen in ten thousand years... Some of the finest writers of fantasy have entered the world of Elfquest, and the result is the grandest shared-universe of all! Cover art by Wendy Pini ISBN 0812530438 (ISBN13: 9780812530438)

A grandmother tells her granddaughter the story of how she spent her sixteenth birthday trapped in a bathroom with her younger siblings after an air-raid attack on Germany during the end of World War II.

Freefoot was the sixth chief of the elves of ElfQuest. He and his people lived in a time of peace, when there were no humans, no trolls, and only a few other distant relations. Five of these stories were published in the Blood of Ten Chiefs anthologies. The sixth, "Howling Time," is published here for the first time. The stories are about everyday events: coming of age, dangerous animals, flood and death, survival and sacrifice. They are about who the elves are, and about their world of Two Moons. ISBN 0692351574 (ISBN13: 9780692351574)

Discusses how computers aid our research into the nature of the world, the sun and solar system, the stars, the galaxies, and the cosmos.

Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfect the art of "schlemihlhood," or being a dupe, and where "responsibility" is a dirty word. Among his pals--called the Whole Sick Crew--is Slab, an artist who can't seem to paint anything other than cheese danishes. But Profane's life changes dramatically when he befriends Stencil, an active ambitious young man with an intriguing mission--to find out the identity of a woman named V [Victoria Wren], who knew Stencil's father during the war, but who suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.

More adventures of the forebears of Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs, under two moons... What happens when an elf lives long enough to actually grow old? What happens to an elf actually captured by a dreaded human being? What if the chieftess refuses to give a wolf his true name? All this and more, as the elves and their wolf-friends ride the "Winds of Change"... ElfQuest shared universe short story anthology. Cover art by Wendy Pini ISBN 0812549058 (ISBN13: 9780812549058)

When Madison Montgomery joins Native American artist Walker Armstrong's wolf re-population project, he sees her as just another city-bred female dabbling in the latest trendy cause, not unlike the last woman in his life. But Madison's motives are more complex. Not only is she sincerely attempting to bring back the wolves, but she's hunting the man who raped her best friend. As Madison teaches Walker to trust his heart once more, he teaches her it takes passion to free the soul.

A guidebook for the student who wants to use a computer in a science project, indicating the ways computer knowledge can be used in the performance of an investigation or project or in the analysis of the results.