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  The Ancestor's Tale - A...

  Richard Dawkins

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  In The Ancestor's Tale, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins offers a masterwork: an exhilarating reverse tour through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life four billion years ago.Throughout the journey Dawkins spins entertaining, insightful stories and sheds light on topics such as speciation, sexual selection, and extinction. The Ancestor's Tale is at once an essential education in evolutionary theory and riveting in its telling.

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  Marking Modern Times - A History...

  Alexis McCrossen

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  “Tells a story of a period when the quest for accurate timekeeping became an obsession in the US.” —Choice 
   
  The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture. 
   
  In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces, McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that doesn’t merely value time but regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of being an American. 
   
  “A precise, acute, and well-measured monograph.” —Journal of Social History 
   
  “Important and engaging.” —Journal of American History 
   
  “ An innovative contribution on a key historical shift in modern life.” —Urban History 
   
  “An authoritative narrative of how and where time and timepieces were distributed in the period.” —Reviews in American History

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  The Unofficial Guide To iOS 10

  My Ebook Publishing House

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  iOS 10
  
  The Unofficial Guide To iOS 10 - Everything You Need To Know About iOS 10 - Advanced Tips And Tricks And New iOS 10 Features For The iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus And iPad!
  
  The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 10, is the biggest change since iOS made its debut in 2007. It brings a new era to the way you are able to interact with your favorite device. This guide, written by our technology experts, will help you get started with iOS 10 and reveals some of the secrets of advanced users.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  The Wounded Healer - The Pain...

  Omar Reda MD, Richard Mollica,...

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  Finding meaning in trauma work, as a traumatized healer yourself.The act of caregiving is physically exhausting and emotionally draining, yet caregivers describe it as rewarding and gratifying. Prolonged exposure to human suffering, however, is not without risks—caregivers report high rates of burnout and poor quality of life.Many care providers believe that their feelings do not matter; that they should ignore their pain, brush off their trauma, wipe away their tears, and just "suck it up." Here, Omar Reda—a Libyan-born American psychiatrist who as an emergency physician and trauma counselor provided care for medical staff caring for victims of trauma—calls upon other healers to break free from cycles of secrecy, toxic stress, and silent suffering so they can continue to empower and inspire those in their care.Filled with poignant first-person stories and clinical case studies, this book is an impassioned plea for psychosocial trauma care that prioritizes the health of both client and healer.

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  Surgery

  Hippocrates

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  Hippocrates is credited with being the first physician to really focus on surgery as a medical practice. He and his team of surgeons would often operate on patients with a variety of different ailments. This was a major shift from previous medical practices, which often focused on simply treating the symptoms of an illness, rather than attempting to cure it. Hippocrates and his team pioneered many surgical techniques that are still used today, and their work helped to revolutionize medicine as a whole. Read in English, unabridged.

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  The Ultimate Python Programming...

  William Alvin Newton

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  Description 2021 EditionIn The Ultimate Python Programming Guide for Beginners you will learn all the essential tools to become  proficient in the python programming language. Learn how to install python in all major operating systems: Windows, Mac OS, and even Linux. You will be guided step by step from downloading the necessary files to making adjustments in the installation for your particular operating system. Learn the command line shell, and how to use it to run python in interactive and script modes.Discover how the python interpreter functions, and learn how to use the interactive command line shell through practical examples you can try on your own. Learn datatypes and variables in depth, with example code and discussion of the generated output.Numbers are covered in detail, including a discussion of the 4 number types in python: integer, float, complex, and boolean. Learn about Truthy and Falsy returns and how they relate to the boolean type. Practice with some of the many built-in python math functions, and discover the difference between format() and round() functions.Strings are one of the most important variables in any programming language. Learn in-depth how to explore, search, and even manipulate strings in python. Practice with python’s built-in string methods.Learn about python’s control structures and how to use boolean logic to achieve your software requirements.•	Deal with operators and develop an understanding of the strengths and differences of mathematical, relational and logical operators, as well as the importance of operator precedence and associativity.•	Learn about strings and the many ways to search through and manipulate them.•	Discover the power of inheritence and polymorphism.•

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