On the edgeIn the bestselling 'The Signal and the Noise', Nate Silver showed how forecasting would define the age of Big Data. Now, in this timely book, Silver investigates 'The River,' or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape and dominate so much of modern life. These professional risk takers poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue chip art collectors can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined

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Full of mystery and adventure

In desperation Pharaoh sends for Taita

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who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal

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