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![]() Most of the book is dedicated to explaining machine learning problems and their solutions. The book starts with practical real-world problem that are happening right now. Much of it mirrors the actual technical work I'm doing in machine learning. The only possible fault I can imagine with this book is that, since it depends so heavily on cutting-edge research, it might be rendered obsolete in a decade or two. This book would be a useful read both for activists who want to better understand public policy AND for aspiring engineers who want to get up to speed with machine learning. The Alignment Problem addresses advanced technical problems while being readable to non-technical people. Thus, through gritted teeth, I reluctantly acknowledge that The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian is a fantastic book in all respects.ĭespite my best efforts, Brian Christian even taught me lots of cool things about state-of-the-art machine learning. That's because he dedicated all of Chapter 7: Imitation to the subject. Brian Christian addressed Skinnerian operant conditioning without addressing the real way we manages human groups: leading by example. In the Chapter 5: Shaping I thought I found a major mistake. I spotted (what seemed like) omission after omission only to be frustrated just a few pages later when Brian Christian addressed them. ![]() ![]() I combed through page after page for factual errors, minor misrepresentations or even just contestable opinions. ![]() ![]() They all embark on various journeys looking for love in their life who ultimately seek to find external affirmation when they needed to find self-acceptance and love. You can almost feel the same rejection, the fear of not knowing, and the pain of being out of place with the characters. It is the story of the fierce protection of mothers and features a whole cast of women who are beautifully flawed and yet endearing. ![]() This rich story take places against an elaborate setting with great detail. These complex and sometimes tragic characters find motherhood in places they never expected: above them in an inn, or from a former courtesan. The Valley of Amazement is a stunning tale about women who both find and become mothers and their experience as daughters. This was my first book by Amy Tan and I cannot believe I haven’t read something by her before! I had heard about The Joy Luck Club, but had never picked it up, yet it is now on my immediate to read list now. ![]() ![]() Instead, make that person an inspiration to always be better and happier in life. Don’t let one-sided love affect your self-esteem and make you unhappy with yourself. It’s not going to be easy, no one said it is, but it is what makes love true and pure. Love is something we should be able to give freely. We need to understand that sometimes, love is unconditional. However, this shouldn’t stop us from loving someone every single day. ![]() We keep on showing our love and affection thinking it will change their feelings for us. Most of us continue to hope that one day, we are going to be loved by them in return. This situation is typically seen in romantic comedy movies where the person ends up falling in love with the other at the end of the movie, but this happy ending doesn’t really happen in real life. It happens when someone you love sees you as no more than just a friend. Have you ever experienced being in love with someone who didn’t love you back? It’s probably the most painful thing that could happen to anyone. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’d admired her from a distance, never speaking or doing anything to draw attention to myself. Her dark red hair fell in waves down her back and her alabaster skin appeared to sparkle under the lights of the lecture hall. She caught my attention the first day I was seated in her class. “This book is dedicated to those who are not afraid to stare into the abyss.” This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced, scanned, distributed in any printed or electronic form or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Her Master’s Teacher: Copyright © 2014 by Lily WhiteĪll rights reserved. The characters and story lines are created from the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, any place, events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophie is a Shen ( a species of magical being that can take many forms ) raised by her grandmother following the death of her parents. You do NOT need to have read any other books within the Lick of Fire to enjoy this story.įirst read by this author and first in a new series ![]() It is the 11th series starter within the Lick of Fire Collection and stands alone from the other books. Enter this supernatural world of fire and heat, magic and adventure, and get lost in everything DARK, delicious and FIRE.īETROTHED TO THE DRAGON is the FIRST in Kara Lockharte’s DRAGON LOVERS mini-series. ![]() The Lick of Fire is a mini-series collection from twelve best selling authors. One hunted by the immortal monster that killed my parents.Īnd now, I just discovered how grandma found us refuge in America, how she thought she could save me. One who would rather pretend to be human than to rule them. Reality? I am shen, but the worst kind of shen there is. Across all nations, all cultures, my family was once worshipped as gods, cursed as demons and shunned as otherworldly creatures. You may know of my family from stories of an older age. I like to pretend I’m just another immigrant trying make her way in New York City…but I’m not. ![]() ![]() Corpses litter the ground, and barely-alive bomb victims with half-melted skin wander the ruins of their city, crying out for water to soothe their scorched throats. But all around him is death, wrought by the Americans' atomic bomb. ![]() It is up to Gen to find rice to feed to his mother. Nakaoka is starving and unable to produce milk for her baby. Gen's mother survived and gave birth to a new baby girl, but even the newborn is in danger: Mrs. Gen Nakaoka has just witnessed the deaths of his father, sister, and younger brother as they burned alive, trapped under the ruins of their house. ![]() The city is on fire, its structures flattened, its citizens vaporised. ![]() ![]() Nothing much has changed in how man behaves. It was fun to read and observe the parallels between then and now. It’s a typical storyline that includes the investigator getting too close and being threatened with beatings and messages and death, chases and escapes, but it feels completely different when set in ancient times. ![]() The manner of law for that time is certainly enough to make me appreciate our current system! I am grateful to live today! It’s a fascinating look from the average man’s perspective of a period in Roman history when the great generals were more interested in filling their treasure chests and placating their soldiers, when Sulla worked to ensure the stability of his dictatorship, and others suffered for his ambitions. With the same historic characters, but at an earlier time with Cicero and Sulla. I had just finished reading King’s Gambit (SPQR, I) by John Maddox Roberts which is set in ancient Rome, and here I am plunging into, yup, ancient Rome. I seem to be in a very interesting rut! I keep reading novels that are set in the same places. Other books in this series include įirst in the Roma Sub Rosa ancient Roman mystery series featuring Gordianus, a disreputable Finder. ![]() Roman Blood It is part of the Roma Sub Rosa #1 series and is a in Hardcover edition on Apand has 387 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three fantastic original stories, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure and an excerpt from the memoir of Angela the herbalist, penned by Angela Paolini. The other books in the cycle include Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. The second book in the series, Eldest, continues the story with Eragon being. In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a. ![]() Then a vision from the Eldunari and an exciting legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. author Christopher Paolini was known for the Inheritance cycle. tasks- constructing a vast dragonhold, guarding dragon eggs and dealing with Urgals and elves. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaesia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaesia Volume 1: Eragon (Paperback)īy Paolini, Christopher Illustrated by Palencar, John JudeĪ wanderer and a cursed child. ![]() ![]() Through a series of alternating short prose, poems and illustrations, the Inuk narrator recollects aspects of growing up in a small Nunavut town in the 1970s. At 43 years old in 2018 when Split Tooth, Tagaq's first and only book was published, she had already released four studio albums and was appointed to be a Member of the Order of Canada. Tagaq was raised in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and attended high school in Yellowknife before finding success in Toronto performing Inuit throat singing. Split Tooth was written by Tanya Tagaq based on journal entries, poems, and short stories that she had written over the previous 20 years. The novel was also longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. The book won the Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose in 2019. Characterized by the publisher as magic realism, it has also been characterized as an example of Daniel Heath Justice's critical concept of "wonderworks" or literature by Indigenous writers that defies conventional Western notions of literary genres. ![]() The book has been described as a blend of fiction, memoir, poetry and Inuit folklore. ![]() Based in part on her own personal journals, the book tells the story of a young Inuk woman growing up in the Canadian Arctic in the 1970s. Split Tooth is a 2018 novel by Canadian musician Tanya Tagaq. ![]() |