{"product_id":"danielle-chronicles-of-a-superheroine-hardcover","title":"Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Kurzweil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today Top 150 Best Seller\u003cbr\u003e Publishers Weekly Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ray Kurzweil, legendary inventor and author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity is Near\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Create a Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, has created inventions and ideas that have changed human civilization. PBS called him \"One of the revolutionaries who made America,\" and \u003ci\u003eInc.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine name him \"Edison's rightful heir.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now Kurzweil has created a novel and an unforgettable character-Danielle-to help convey some of his most important ideas. \u003ci\u003eDanielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of a precocious young girl who uses her intelligence and accelerating technology to solve humanity's grandest challenges. Now if only we can find more courageous visionaries like Danielle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written as an alternative history, Danielle's journey as a driven young girl brings her face to face with many important figures from recent history and our modern world. Told through the eyes of Danielle's equally remarkable sister Claire, a girl adopted from Haiti after surviving the earthquake, this story shows all readers a hopeful vision of humanity's future-and how to achieve it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The novel features 24 graphic novel-style illustrations, one for each year of Danielle's life, by \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist and Ray's daughter, Amy Kurzweil (author of \u003ci\u003eFlying Couch: A Graphic Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Pick and Best of 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Accompanying the novel are two nonfiction companion works by the author, which is a literary first. Included in this volume is \u003ci\u003eHow You Can Be A Danielle\u003c\/i\u003e, bound in the same volume as the novel, is a call to action, providing pragmatic, thought-provoking and clear guidance on how readers can be inspired to emulate Danielle and help bring about a better world. A separate volume, \u003ci\u003eA Chronicle of Ideas: A Guide for Superheroines (and Superheroes)\u003c\/i\u003e provides Kurzweil's-and Danielle's-unique spin on 282 concepts presented in the novel. \u003ci\u003eA Chronicle of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e is sold separately. See DanielleWorld.com for more information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Chronicle of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow You Can Be a Danielle\u003c\/i\u003e are available to read for free on DanielleWorld.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay Kurzweil is one of the world's leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called \"the restless genius\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \"the ultimate thinking machine\" by \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, he was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs by \u003ci\u003eInc.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, which described him as the \"rightful heir to Thomas Edison.\" PBS selected him as one of the \"sixteen revolutionaries who made America.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ray was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among Ray's many honors, he received a Grammy Award for outstanding achievements in music technology; he is the recipient of the \u003ci\u003eNational Medal of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, was inducted into the \u003ci\u003eNational Inventors Hall of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e, holds twenty-one honorary Doctorates, and honors from three U.S. presidents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ray has written five national best-selling books, including \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity Is Near\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eHow To Create A Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). 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