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  Destruction of 17th Century...

  Charles River Editors

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  In the mid-17th century, the heart of England fell victim to the mother of all epidemic catastrophes. The city of London was a ghost town, deserted by those who knew better than to hang around in a breeding ground that offered near-certain doom. Those who were confined within the city's borders had to make do with what they had, and the pitifully low morale seemed appropriate; the reek of rot and decomposition pervaded the air day in and day out, while corpses, young and old, riddled with strange swellings and blackened boils, littered the streets. For Londoners, to say it was hell would be an understatement.  
  With some bad luck and bad timing, a potential disaster awaited the city, and that finally came in September 1666. As it turned out, the Great Fire of London was so bad that one author who studied the blaze described it as “the perfect fire,” referring to the convergence in the largest city in England of spark, wood and wind in such a way that no one could stop the fire or even fight it effectively. John Evelyn, who had warned of the potential for a devastating fire given the layout of the city, noted that people seemed so stunned by the scope of the fire that they didn’t know what to do: “The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures without at all attempting to save even their goods, such a strange consternation there was upon them.” 
  While the fire quickly spread throughout the heart of the city, the only thing that saved London’s suburbs was an ancient wall built around the city to keep the enemies of Rome out, not the fire in.  . By the time it was finished, most of the city’s homes and churches lay in ashes, and nearly 90% of the city’s citizens were left homeless.

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  Kobuk the Destroyer - And Other...

  Alex Davies

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  A rollicking exploration of why the stuff we use (mostly) works—and a celebration of the mad genius of the engineers who ensure it does. 
  When a manufacturer wants to certify a product as “bear-resistant” —a cooler, a trash can, a camping food canister—they turn to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee and its resident panel of product-testing bears. Over the years, one bear has become infamous for his penchant for cracking locking mechanisms and crushing manufacturer dreams, but thereby helping to keep our food—and us—safe: Kobuk the Destroyer. 
   
  From “childproof” bottle caps to the cars and planes we ride, such stories underlie the products we use every day and can generally trust to do what they say and not (unexpectedly) dump us out of the sky or blow up. As Alex Davies reveals, this amazing reliability is thanks to the mostly invisible, maniacal, yet methodical work of test engineers, who divine how everything and anything could go wrong and plan for it in advance—using rocket sleds, chicken cannons, and any means necessary. Uncovering the surprisingly profound science behind the fine print on the label, Kobuk the Destroyer is as wildly entertaining as it is illuminating.

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  How To Recover Deleted Files -...

  HowExpert

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  If you want to discover how to solve your problems regarding loss data in your computer then, check this"How To Recover Deleted Files" guide. 
  In this step-by-step guide, you will reap the following benefits: 
  - Resolve data loss problems. 
  - Learn how to prevent data loss. 
  - Learn how to recover data due to system boot issue. 
  - Learn how to recover data due to hard disk issue. 
  - Discover how to recover Office data files. 
  - Impress your friends to recover their computer from viruses, corrupted registry and files. 
  - Discover how to make use of the computer data recovery tools. 
  - Recover operating system from an unstable program. 
  - Learn how to back-up your files and folders. 
  - And much more. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  45 Free AI Tools That Beat Paid...

  Erica Thompson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Are you tired of hitting paywalls every time you discover a powerful AI tool? ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month. Claude Pro costs $20/month. Add Midjourney, Grammarly Premium, and GitHub Copilot, and you are spending over $1,700 annually on subscriptions. 
  This book proves you do not need a credit card to be powerful with AI. 
  Written by Eric Thompson, a Senior ML Engineer who built AI systems in real-world industrial environments, this comprehensive guide reveals 45 genuinely capable free AI tools that rival their paid competitors. 
  Inside This Complete Free AI Toolkit: 
  • Master the "Big Three" Chatbots: Get GPT-4o performance, 200,000-token context windows, and Google ecosystem integration without spending a cent 
  • Research Without Hallucinations: Use Perplexity and NotebookLM to conduct verified research with citations that eliminate AI hallucinations 
  • Professional Image Generation: Access Leonardo.ai, Adobe Firefly, and Stable Diffusion for commercial-quality visuals without Midjourney costs 
  • Unlimited Coding Assistance: Build apps and automate tasks using GitHub Copilot alternatives and browser-based development tools 
  • Privacy-First Solutions: Run AI models locally using Ollama so sensitive data never leaves your computer 
  Perfect For: Students summarizing textbooks and conducting research • Freelancers accelerating workflows and cutting overhead • Small business owners building marketing systems on tight budgets • Content creators producing professional videos and graphics • Anyone new to AI seeking practical, non-technical guidance 
  Build Complete Workflows That Cost Nothing: Content creation systems combining research, writing, editing, and design • Social media management for consistent posting • Video production from script to final export • Document analysis for contracts and reports • Meeting productivity with automatic transcription and follow-ups

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  Short Account of the History of...

  W. Rouse Ball

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  This is a history of mathematics from antiquity to the turn of the 20th century. (Summary by Paul King)

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  Sauvage - My fight to end animal...

  Jérôme Pensu

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  A passionate animal lover, Jérôme Pensu denounces the trafficking of wild animals in France, which is worth hundreds of millions of euros every year; he explains the mechanisms at play, the scale of the problem and the techniques used by criminals to make their business prosper; he points out, with specific cases to back it up, the incredible impunity enjoyed by fraudsters; and he lists a series of proposals to put an end, at last, to this scandal that endangers biodiversity - in other words, us.
  Sauvage! tells of pink flamingos atrophied to enrich zoos, macaques sent to their deaths in the name of environmental preservation, reptiles tortured for the needs of unscrupulous pet shops. He also talks about massive laundering, unashamed regularization and euthanasia of felines... All wild animals are concerned. He also talks about concrete, precise, immediate solutions that could put a stop to this massacre. 
  Because wildlife trafficking in France is not inevitable. It's up to each and every citizen to take part in the public debate to put an end to this scandal, which is almost as profitable as dealing hard drugs, and even more harmful in the long term for our planet and the human species. This book is also here to explain that anything is still possible, if citizens, families and children become aware of the uncontrolled traffic.

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