Martin Ford Books

Timothy Hart is getting used to the good life with his new imagination box. Anything he can imagine, he can create! There's only one rule - the box mustn't leave Tim's room. But Tim has never been good at following rules - especially when there's the opportunity to 'imagine' his homework into being without actually having to do it. Tim is feeling rather pleased with himself... Until he notices the strange people following him, and then chasing him, and then his beloved imagination box being ripped from his hands. He'll need the help of a top secret scientific institution if he's going to save the imagination box from corruption of the worst possible kind. Sequel to the critically acclaimed debut, The Imagination Box.

Twelve classic tales with a richly coloured tapestry of characters: kings and queens in love and in trouble, heroes high-born and humble, mythical beasts and magical forces. In these lively and accessible versions, the authors have brought together stories that have endured across the ages, revealing a timeless vision of England.

How will AI evolve, and what major innovations lie ahead? What will its effects be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the trajectory toward human-level machine intelligence, and what concerns should we have as AI progresses? This book features in-depth interviews with twenty-three leading figures in the AI and robotics fields, conducted by bestselling author Martin Ford. He engages with some of the brightest minds, including Demis Hassabis from DeepMind, Ray Kurzweil from Google, Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto, and many others. These conversations delve into the insights and predictions of researchers and entrepreneurs such as Yann LeCun, Fei-Fei Li, Yoshua Bengio, and Andrew Ng, exploring the implications of AI advancements. Ford, a prominent futurist and author of the acclaimed "Rise of the Robots," shares his expertise on what AI and automation could mean for our future. Through these dialogues, the book uncovers the realities of AI's trajectory and the potential challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Rule of the Robots explores the future implications of artificial intelligence as a uniquely scalable and potentially disruptive technology.

This practical guide to the angler's art shows readers, step-by-step, how to tie the most successful fly patterns. Whether you are dry-fly fishing, nymph fishing, wet-fly fishing or salmon fishing, this guide reveals the details of this craft, promising masterful fly fishing for readers.

On the bus, at the hotel, by the seaside, under the weather...wherever you are, you'll need the right words to express yourself. No worries With Get Around in English you'll know what to say to anyone, anywhere, at any time (well, more or less). The book is packed with modelconversations, cultural clues, vital vocabulary, and comic illustrations in every unit to help you brush up your language and laugh along the way.

He'd do anything to protect his wife. But what if that meant making the biggest mistake of all? James Casper is one of the good guys. A DEA agent. A loyal husband. With his sights set on the man at the top of the city's opioid crisis, James is about to make the biggest bust of his career. Then his beloved wife Rosie does something terrible, and James must choose: report it--or help her. He knows how this works, and he tells himself he's smart enough to get away with murder. But James's worst enemy knows what they have done--and he won't hesitate to use it to manipulate him. James is dragged into a dark and dangerous world. As events spiral and loyalties are tested, he realizes there's only one way out. And that is to be even more ruthless than the people he's working for. Whatever happens, no matter how far he falls, at least he'll still have Rosie. Won't he?

How to be British Collection Two

With standardising our food, our social customs and even our language, where can the overseas visitor find a truly British experience? The answer lies in The How To Be British Collection.

Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015