Michael Ashley

Covers more than 1000 rulers and two millennia of history.

Thought-provoking collection of past and future time travel stories, exploring what might happen if we attempt to manipulate time.

"This volume collects ten stories about Mars from the golden age of science fiction when scientists speculated that there might once have been life on Mars. Ten authors, writing between 1880 and 1965 give us ten very different views of what life on Mars might look like, or might have once been, and might teach us about our own options as colonizers of other planets or as caretakers of our own Earth"--Publisher info.

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is on the verge of disrupting every domain of human existence. What does that mean for your business? Everything. Building on the power of A.I. is the factor that will determine success or failure in the very near future-and this in-depth guide from the man who designed the A.I. system that famously won Jeopardy provides everything you need to be a leader in this revolution. Own the A.I. Revolution provides a future-forward...

Rekindle America's faith in charitable and nonprofit organizations In Generosity Crisis: The Case for Radical Connection to Solve Humanity's Greatest Challenges, accomplished philanthropy experts Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley deliver a startlingly insightful exploration of the decline of American generosity. The authors offer inspirational solutions to the dramatic downturn in giving in the US, showing us how to re-establish...

"Before the Apollo 11 mission succeeded in landing on the Moon in 1969, writers and visionaries were fascinated by how we might get there and what we might find. The Greeks and Romans speculated about the Moon almost two thousand years before H. G. Wells or Jules Verne wrote about it, but interest peaked from the late 1800s when the prospect of lunar travel became more viable. This anthology presents twelve short stories from the most popular magazines...