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  Love Your Mother - 50 States 50...

  Mallory McDuff

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  From elder voices opposing the Dakota Pipeline to young people running for office to advocate for change, every day we see real-life stories about how women are making a collective difference on climate justice. Women are also disproportionately impacted by climate change and thus are critical to transforming society away from dependence on fossil fuels and toward renewable energy and environmental equity. 
   
   
   
  As a mother and a professor of environmental education, Mallory McDuff wanted to give her two daughters and her students a roadmap to engage in climate justice in their communities, rather than be left feeling paralyzed by the enormity of the problem. She set out to find women of diverse ages, backgrounds, and vocations—one from each of the fifty US states—as inspiration for a new kind of leadership focused on the heart of the climate crisis. Love Your Mother lifts up the stories of these women working toward a viable future, from farmer and rancher Donna Kilpatrick in Arkansas to writer Latria Graham in South Carolina. 
   
   
   
  From Alabama to Alaska, from Wisconsin to Wyoming, these women are poets, physicians, climate scientists, students, farmers, writers, documentary filmmakers, and more. Their work lights the way for conversation and collective action in our homes and in the world. It's time we follow their lead.

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  ALBERT EINSTEIN The Mind That...

  Dr. Muddassir Saleem

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  What if time is not fixed? 
  What if space can bend? 
  What if a single equation could change the world? 
  Albert Einstein was not born a genius in a laboratory. He was a curious child who questioned authority, a struggling graduate rejected by universities, and a patent clerk who imagined riding alongside a beam of light. 
  In this compelling audiobook, Muddassir Daleem explores the life and revolutionary ideas of Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist who transformed modern science. 
  Discover: 
  • The story behind Einstein’s “miracle year” 
  • How the theory of relativity reshaped physics 
  • The meaning and impact of E = mc² 
  • The discovery that earned him the Nobel Prize 
  • The human side of one of history’s greatest minds 
  Written and narrated in an engaging, accessible style, this audiobook simplifies complex science while preserving the power of Einstein’s ideas. 
  Perfect for listeners interested in: 
  Science and physics 
  History of innovation 
  Nobel Prize winners 
  Biographies of great thinkers 
  Inspirational true stories 
  Albert Einstein did not just win a Nobel Prize. 
  He changed how humanity understands the universe.

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  Pale Blue Dot: Book Summary &...

  Briefly Summaries

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carl Sagan. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  In this profound and inspiring exploration of our place in the universe, the author takes readers on a journey through space and time, reflecting on humanity’s future beyond Earth. Using breathtaking imagery and thought-provoking insights, this book examines our cosmic insignificance and the responsibility we bear for our fragile planet. Blending science, philosophy, and a call to stewardship, it offers a compelling vision of humanity’s potential destiny among the stars.

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  Greenhouse Planet - How Rising...

  Lewis H. Ziska

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  The carbon dioxide that industrial civilization spews into the atmosphere has dramatic consequences for life on Earth that extend beyond climate change. CO2 levels directly affect plant growth, in turn affecting any kind of life that depends on plants—in other words, everything. 
   
   
   
  Greenhouse Planet reveals the stakes of increased CO2 for plants, people, and ecosystems—from crop yields to seasonal allergies and from wildfires to biodiversity. The veteran plant biologist Lewis H. Ziska describes the importance of plants for food, medicine, and culture and explores the complex ways higher CO2 concentrations alter the systems on which humanity relies. He explains the science of how increased CO2 affects various plant species and addresses the politicization and disinformation surrounding these facts. 
   
   
   
  Ziska confronts the claim that "CO2 is plant food," a longtime conservative talking point. While not exactly false, it is deeply misleading. CO2 doesn't just make "good" plants grow; it makes all plants grow. It makes poison ivy more poisonous, kudzu more prolific, cheatgrass more flammable. CO2 stimulates some species more than others: weeds fare particularly well and become harder to control. Many crops grow more abundantly but also become less nutritious. And the further effects of climate change will be formidable.

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  Shortcut

  Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Hunt Lowry

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  For fans of Andy Weir, from the first editor of THE MARTIAN, THE MARTIAN and PROJECT HAIL MARY meet GOOD WILL HUNTING and THE X-FILES in this page-turning thriller.A mathematical genius. A formula that speeds up space travel called SHORTCUT. His loving wife. When Laura Maxx disappears after an attack that leaves Jason Maxx in the hospital, his only goal is to find her and bring her back. Then he gets a message: Laura is alive. Somewhere in space. To get her back, he’ll do whatever it takes—even taking on government agents who might try to stop him. Racing against the clock to perfect the formula and the system that relies on it and find a suitable craft to take him out there, Jason finds he needs more than math to succeed this time.An unforgettable near future, hard science fiction thriller from the producer of Donnie Darko and A Time To Kill and the #1 bestselling author and first editor of Andy Weir’s The Martian, SHORTCUT will have you on the edge of your seat!

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  The Twelve Steps - A Modern...

  Anonymous

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  In this inventive and profound exploration of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, an old-timer of the program reveals the recovery journey for what it truly is: a modern retelling of the classic hero's journey of transformation that frees spiritual energy trapped by addiction, pouring it back into the world, thus healing both the individual and the society. 
    
  “ … wonderfully sharp and knowing … unexpectedly gripping.”—Kirkus Reviews 
    
  2025 Literary Titan Gold Book Award: Nonfiction 
    
  The Twelve Step journey of recovery is, at its core, the modern retelling of the age-old archetype of the Hero’s Journey. This powerful pattern of transformation is revealed in three stages: separation, initiation, and return. These stages perfectly describe the journey of recovery as well, and when further broken down into their individual steps—such as answering the call, getting a mentor, and, most important of all, having that mentor introduce the hero to a Power greater than himself—the true meaning and purpose of the recovery journey comes alive. The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey deepens and inspires all those on their own journey of recovery, regardless of the type of program they are in. The treasures awaiting those bold enough to venture into the adventure will heal not only themselves, but all of humanity as well. 
    
  Classic tales from mythology, such as The Odyssey and the adventure of Hercules, as well as modern stories from popular literature and film, such as Luke Skywalker’s in the Star Wars series and Harry Potter’s journey through Hogwarts, plus many more, illuminate the Twelve Step journey, and offer a deeper and more reverent understanding of this sacred pattern of transformation. The Twelve Steps: A Modern Hero’s Journey entertains, informs, and delights readers with a profound new understanding of the journey they are on, a journey countless of heroes before him or her have taken since the beginning of time.

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