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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI by Ayanna Howard

About This Audible Original In the movies, robots can be terrifying. In reality, thinking machines are disrupting the world in ways that are even more disturbing than in Hollywood fantasies—but they also have the potential to change our lives for the better.

In this stirring, visionary work, acclaimed roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard explores how the tech world’s racial and sexual biases are infecting the next generation of Artificial Intelligence, with profoundly negative effects for humans of all genders and races.

Drawing on cutting-edge research, and her own experience as one of the few Black women in the field of robotics, Dr. Howard shares how she navigated bias in her own coming-of-age as a roboticist. She also reveals how the world of computer programmers, which largely lacks women and Black people, is producing thinking machines that too often think like their flawed creators.

The danger of bias in our AI-powered machines has never been greater. Governments are using supercomputers to track COVID-19 patients. AI is being employed to monitor Black Lives Matter protests. Voice recognition systems have been rolled out that can’t hear female voices. Dr. Howard delivers a stirring warning about the risks of AI and robots—but also offers an uplifting message about empowerment and where we need to go next.

©2019 Audible Originals LLC (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Principles Of The Kingdom; God's Success Principles by James M. Becher

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Do you know what it takes to be successful in business as well as in life itself? ##In this Biblical self-help success book, the author contends that God has several principles, which if followed can lead to success either in business or in life itself. He further contends that although many of these same principles may be found among the motivational speakers and thinkers of today and yesterday, that they were originally derived from Holy Scripture, whether or not these spokespersons are aware of it. He points to Jesus’ parables to show that not everyone who preaches or practices Kingdom principles will be found to be in the Kingdom at the end. The 17 chapters of this book contain 17 articles relating to 17 of these principles. Knowing your purpose forgetting the past conquering fear believing focusing sowing and reaping resting and 10 others. (For a complete list of the principles included in this work, check the “Table of Contents.”) Each chapter has a Quotable Quotes section with quotes from famous people past and present, including the Bible writers There are also examples, positive and negative, of these principles in the lives of characters from the author’s novel, Of Such Is The Kingdom, A Novel of Biblical Times. So this book and the novel make perfect companion volumes for each other

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 The Henry Gallant Saga Books 1-4 by H. Peter Alesso

As the last starfighter in Squadron 111, only Midshipman Henry Gallant can stop the invasion from an alien galactic empire. With the United Planets space fleet on the verge of annihilation, Gallant can expect no help. With so much uncertainty about the aliens, analyzing the captured equipment in his possession is critical.

The fate of Earth could rest on the abilities of Midshipman Henry Gallant. Unfortunately, it is his abilities that are much in doubt. In an era of genetic engineering, he is the only "natural" left in the fleet. His shipmates have all expressed concern that he will not be up to the challenge.

Only bright and attractive junior officer Kelsey Mitchel has shown any sympathy for him. Now, as his navigator on the last starfighter in Squadron 111, her life, as well as a good many others, depends on Henry Gallant.

Follow the career of a young officer in the 22nd-century genetically engineered space navy. Perfect for fans of Honor Harrington and Horatio Hornblower.

The four books in this audiobook collection include Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space, Lieutenant Henry Gallant, Henry Gallant and the Warrior, and Commander Henry Gallant.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 One Arctic Summer by Dani Haviland

Come visit Alaska!

Romance sparkled with comedy at the northern-most city in America. Enjoy an Alaska summer with a stubborn college graduate student and the young Inupiat medico who helps her grow up. Sparks (and sutures) change their lives while working on an archaeological dig in the village of Barrow in 1994.

Was she the woman of his dreams - his Red Raven - or just another cheechako, a tenderfoot from the outside world looking for excitement or a news story in his remote Alaskan village?

The trials, frustrations, and richness of life in Barrow (Utqiaģvik), Alaska and the local ‘healer’ change snobby intern Alexandra Oppenheimer’s philosophy on life in 1994. Twenty-two years later, will the area be the same? And will Rocky have returned to it, too?

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 The Secret of Chestnut Hall (A Blooms, Bones and Stones Cozy Mystery - Book One) by Olivia Swift

A contract to restore an old garden and a handsome client...what more could a girl ask for? Well, a good mystery of course!

Jasmine Summer - or "Jazz”, as her friends and family call her, takes on a contract to restore an intriguing old garden for her client, Evan Sutherland.

Evan: He’s quite a famous mountaineer who is trying to leave behind a shattered life and an ex-wife who almost ruined him.

Chestnut Hall: Evan’s house and garden have a mysterious past that intrigues Jazz and Evan. The discovery of a secret grotto leads them both into situations they would never have dreamed about...and into unforeseen dangers.

Will Evan be able to leave his past behind? What dangers lie within the grotto? Will there be a happy ending for Jazz and Evan?

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 The Yellow Dragon by Resa Nelson

A little girl who quells demons. An aging dragonslayer. Can they stop the Yellow Dragon before it destroys an entire nation?

Pingzi Po is the only demon queller in the medieval Far East. So far, she has quelled exactly one demon: Benzel of the Wolf, a dragonslayer from the Northlands. Now, she must act as Benzel’s interpreter when he’s charged with slaying a dangerous yellow dragon seen only by an emperor.

But the emperor reveals the Yellow Dragon isn’t an animal—it’s an unidentified citizen in his province, who has threatened to murder the emperor.

Convinced that this unknown citizen is a demon that must be quelled, Pingzi races to unravel the mystery that will reveal the identity of the Yellow Dragon. Can she expose the Yellow Dragon before the emperor is killed and the entire Far East is put in danger?

If you like original stories, great characters, and plots that twist and turn, then you'll love Resa Nelson's page-turning fantasy mystery.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Stripped by Tarrah Anders

Acceptance. Trust. Confidence.

Malcolm and Beck first met by a car accident, then he collides into her life, and Beck never expected him. Malcolm looks vaguely familiar, but Beck can’t place him right away. At her best friend's bachelorette party, they go to one of the hottest male revue clubs on the Las Vegas strip, and suddenly, there is Malcolm on stage about to take off his pants, when he zeroes in on her.

After the show, Beck’s best friend drunkenly invites him to her wedding, and Beck reluctantly agrees to take him as her date. Slowly, she starts to warm up to the idea of a relationship with him, but her insecurities begin to take hold.

She never expected him to be a male stripper...er...dancer. Can Malcom lap-dance his way into Beck’s heart? Can Beck accept that his job is just that - a job, and he is a one-woman man. She has learn to trust that he does not want to take home any women from the audience as they grab him during his shows.

Can Beck find the confidence she needs to beat the green-eyed monster when jealousy rears it’s ugly head? She will have to take a chance to find out.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 (Heavenly Lover Guardian Angel, Book 1 By: S. Hamil

Claire, an unconventional Guardian angel sent to save a sexy Brazilian-born painter from killing himself, discovers Daniel has been preyed upon by a powerful dark angel posing as his best friend and agent. Although successful in saving Daniel’s life, Claire is in danger of losing her own when attraction to her handsome charge blooms into a forbidden love.

The dark angel offers her what she’s only dared to dream about—an eternity with Daniel. Will she sacrifice her soul, or sacrifice a lifetime with a man she knows she was created to love?

Full length novel (approx. 100,000 words)

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Godwine Kingmaker #Audiobook by Mercedes Rochelle

Harold Godwineson, the Last Anglo-Saxon King, owed everything to his father. Who was this Godwine, first Earl of Wessex and known as the Kingmaker? Was he an unscrupulous schemer, using King and Witan to gain power? Or was he the greatest of all Saxon Earls, protector of the English against the hated Normans? The answer depends on who you ask. He was befriended by the Danes, raised up by Canute the Great, given an Earldom and a wife from the highest Danish ranks. He sired nine children, among them four Earls, a Queen and a future King. Along with his power came a struggle to keep his enemies at bay, and Godwine's best efforts were brought down by the misdeeds of his eldest son Swegn. Although he became father-in-law to a reluctant Edward the Confessor, his fortunes dwindled as the Normans gained prominence at court. Driven into exile, Godwine regathered his forces and came back even stronger, only to discover that his second son Harold was destined to surpass him in renown and glory.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Reaper: Ruthless Kings MC, Book 1 by K.L. Savage

My dead best friend's daughter and the woman that haunts my dreams are one and the same.

For the last two years, I've told myself she’s off limits. That a man like me, can't be with a woman her age. Then my little maniac turned 18...and I gave in to my temptation. I shouldn't have, but now it's too late.

She's mine now, and I'll never let her go.

Then one of the biggest sinners in Vegas thought he could just take her. He's forgetting; it's my job to protect her. Mine.

Now, I'm going to burn this city to the ground. I'll reap havoc until my little maniac is back in my arms.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping by by Cheryl Denise Bannerman

Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping by Cheryl Denise Bannerman Narrated by Robin Waters series An Anna Romano Mystery Series #1 Synopsis

Critics call the series “a laugh-out-loud, whimsical adventure full of tasty Italian dishes and adorable cats!”

Anna Romano is a middle-aged, Italian woman who is also a successful published author, a cat-mama, and an excellent cook with a hankering for Italian cuisine. She lives by herself in her quaint house, in a quiet community, with a white picket fence in Central New Jersey.

When she is not writing her next book or hosting book-signing events with her publicist, she is cleaning litter boxes and baking Cannolis…but never at the same time, of course!

In this first installment, on a typical day in Anna's somewhat-perfect life, a book-signing event turns her world upside down. Is it a case of mistaken identity or was she just being paranoid?

After being stalked for weeks, Anna quickly finds herself literally 'tied up', fighting for her life, and desperate to get back home to her cats; all while unwittingly falling in love with the detective who was trying to save her. How she finds her way out of this mess is anyone's guess!

Find out more about Anna and the dangerous cases of murder and mayhem she 'haphazardly' gets herself into, in the new Anna Romano Mystery Series.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 Black Child to Black Woman: An African-American Woman Coming-of-Age Story Audible Audiobook by Cheryl Denise Bannerman

When 24-year old Tara Walker goes home for her brother's funeral, she discovers the secret journal she started when she was eight. As she reads, she is pulled back into her complicated, raw, and often frightening childhood, where drug addiction, alcoholism, and predators brought chaos into her privileged, middle-class home.

Through the love and guidance of her hard-working parents, Tara navigates these threats and matures into a smart, strong, young woman. Yet, even as she celebrates small personal victories, she spirals into a dark depression from disturbing family secrets and rejection. Through it all, she journals her changing perspective on the world around her and continues to smile in the face of adversity.

When it's time for Tara to become a mother herself, she must once again conquer her traumatic past to discover the true meaning of life, happiness, family, and unconditional love. Tara's gripping, raw and illuminating coming-of-age journey will captivate listeners as they watch this intelligent black child grow into an extraordinary black woman.

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 The Employee Millionaire: How to Use Your Day Job to Become a Millionaire with Rental Properties by H. J. Chammas

Award-winning finalist in the Business: Personal Finance/Investing category of the 2018 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest.

A no-nonsense real estate investment audiobook for the employees tired of the 9-5, looking for a practical step-by-step process to build wealth while they work.

When the financial crisis erupted in 2008, thousands of people lost jobs they thought they'd always have to sustain their standard of living. For H. J. Chammas, it was a wake-up call to escape the financial uncertainty of a paycheck to paycheck struggle of being an employee. It was time to take charge of his life by investing in rental properties while he was still working. He soon became financially free and went from employee to millionaire real estate investor. In this audiobook he brings you the step-by-step processes he used to build his investment property fortune, while working!

How can this audiobook help me?

In this detailed guidebook to buying, owning, and managing rental properties, you'll work through step-by-step processes to plan your real estate investing strategy.

Learn how to: 

Evaluate the current state of your finances
Overcome limiting beliefs about money and investing
Set personal objectives to achieve financial freedom
Think and operate like a seasoned real estate investor

How is this audiobook different?

If you plan on buying, owning, and managing rental properties, you'll get a practical step-by-step plan that you won't find in other books.

From identifying and closing deals, getting approved for loans, renting out properties, dealing with tenants, and capitalizing on opportunities, this book will explain it all. This book is different because it will give you all the steps you need. This audiobook is packed with action steps that will help you build a personalized investment blueprint to build your rental property portfolio and become wealthy.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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Blog Post ➡ #FREE #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 From Slavery to Freedom

A young African girl is taken in the night, by the colorless men..... .....who will enslave her for work and pleasure >

This is the slavery story of Gimbya, the half-sister of Motumbo and first cousin of the fearless Abdu. The youngest daughter, of the Mandingo tribal chief, experiences a different kind of journey when crossing the Atlantic Ocean. After reaching the United States, the journey for Gimbya becomes even more challenging after slavery is abolished. This historical fiction sheds light on dark times, in a positive way. Gimbya finds love in the new land as she heads north with the slave master's bi-racial son. Short Read

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 A Nest of Sparrows by Deborah Raney

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Blog Post ➡ #AUDIOBOOK ➡ 🎧 🔊 A Nest of Sparrows by Deborah Raney

A Nest of Sparrows
By Deborah Raney

His fiancée was the one woman he'd loved.

Her children are all he has left.

Reserved contractor Wade Sullivan never expected to fall in love with Starr Parnell or to love her three small kids as if they were his own. But that's exactly what happened. As their wedding draws near, however, tragedy strikes - and Wade must put aside his own grief in order to help Starr's children cope.

As Wade focuses his efforts on caring for the children, he discovers that their tender, young lives give tremendous meaning to his own broken one. Then Starr's abusive ex-husband shows up to claim the offspring who barely remember him - and Wade prepares for the fight of his life.

Will anyone believe his claim to love the children more than their father loves them?

A powerful novel of loss and discovery, courage, and grace, A Nest of Sparrows masterfully illustrates one man's struggle to know when to fight, when to let go, and when to simply wait.

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