{"product_id":"danielle-chronicles-of-a-superheroine-9781614756392","title":"Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUSA Today Top 150 Best Seller \u003cbr\u003e Publishers Weekly Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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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