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  The Twittering Machine

  Richard Seymour

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  In artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for our relationship with social media. Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share. We write to the machine as individuals, but it responds by aggregating our fantasies, desires and frailties into data, and returning them to us as a commodity experience. Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others, Seymour probes the human side of the machine, asking what we’re getting out of it, and what we’re getting into.“Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style.” GUARDIAN“A brilliant, urgent, game-changing intervention.” CHINA MIÉVILLE

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  Paradigm Shift: Consciousness...

  Samuel Avery

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  In this engaging conversation, Samuel Avery explores the compelling ideas in his new audiobook Buddha and the Quantum. He takes us on a brief journey through the 100 year history of quantum physics and the 3,000 year history of Buddhist meditation to show us that the discoveries of the Buddha and physicist Max Planck were one and the same.Avery explains how our experience of the physical world is built not from objective reality, but from our experience within. His brilliant model of consciousness makes difficult and subtle ideas easy to understand, and his enlightening perspective brings listeners to a new vista from which to consider reality.This audio program concludes with Avery taking the listener on an illuminating 22 minute guided meditation for a first-hand experience of this cutting-edge perspective.

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  The Living Great Lakes -...

  Jerry Dennis

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  If fresh water is to be treasured, the Great Lakes are the mother lode. No bodies of water can compare to them. One of them, Superior, is the largest lake on earth, and the five lakes together contain a fifth of the world's supply of standing fresh water. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America. In one way or another, they affect the lives of tens of millions of people.The Living Great Lakes is the most complete book ever written about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them to the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, the lakes are portrayed in all their complexity. The book, however, is much more than just history. It is also the story of the lakes as told by biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others whom Jerry Dennis grew to know while traveling with them on boats and hiking with them on beaches and islands.

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  Gastric Bypass Recipes - Simple...

  Mike Edwards

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  Enjoy a Healthy and Happy Gastric Bypass Recovery! Are you considering Gastric Bypass surgery? Is a loved one going through this process soon? Do you need more information (and recipes) for the various phases of Gastric Bypass recovery? In this audiobook, you’ll find a comprehensive guide to the days and weeks after your surgery. You’ll learn about the types of recommendations your doctor and dietician may make – and be better prepared for your consultations. This audiobook includes over 80 delicious Gastric Bypass recipe choices for the different phases of your recovery – from Mocha Frappuccinos to Salmon Pate. You’ll thrill to favorites like Root Beer Floats and Pumpkin Cheesecake Puddings as your digestive system heals. It’s time to create a brand new you after this life-changing procedure! Don’t wait until after your surgery to get the information you need – order your copy today!

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  Hydroponics - Learn How to...

  Lou Rose

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  Are you tired of buying unfresh fruit, herbs and vegetables at the supermarket, knowing that they could be treated with pesticides and toxic chemicals? Did you notice that these foods no longer taste the way they used to? Well, this will no longer be a problem, if you follow the guidelines in this book! Discover now how to build your own hydroponic system! 
  Climate change is increasingly affecting our life and especially the food we consume daily. In fact, it is more and more difficult to find fresh fruit, herbs and seasonal vegetables in the supermarket. 
  Well, the good news is that a solution exists! Its name is Hydroponic Gardening System: a system that will allow you to grow organic food all year long, without thinking about the weather and temperature outside.  
  In this audiobook you’ll discover How to Easily Get Started with Your Own Greenhouse Garden Through a Guided DIY Hydroponic System! Growing Organic Foods has Never Been Easier! 
  In particular, I will explain you:Everything you need to know about hydroponics, how it really works and why it's important for sustainable agriculture.The best and easier methods of hydroponic gardening you can get started with, and how to choose one suitable for your needs and gardening skill level.Step-by-step how to set up and assemble your first hydroponic garden also if you are inexperienced.And much, much more! 
  Even though you've never done an hour of gardening in your life before and would like to get started, this audiobook has everything you need to know to grow your plants at home in the easiest way possible!Help this world become greener! Pick up your own audiobook today!

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  Condor - To the Brink and...

  John Nielsen

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  The California condor has been described as a bird "with one wing in the grave."Flying on wings nearly ten feet wide from tip to tip, these birds thrived on the carcasses of animals like woolly mammoths. Then, as humans began dramatically reshaping North America, the continent's largest flying land bird started disappearing. By the beginning of the twentieth century, extinction seemed inevitable.But small groups of passionate individuals refused to allow the condor to fade away, even as they fought over how and why the bird was to be saved. Scientists, farmers, developers, bird lovers, and government bureaucrats argued bitterly and often, in the process injuring one another and the species they were trying to save. In the late 1980s, the federal government made a wrenching decision -- the last remaining wild condors would be caught and taken to a pair of zoos, where they would be encouraged to breed with other captive condors. Livid critics called the plan a recipe for extinction. After the zoo-based populations soared, the condors were released in the mountains of south-central California, and then into the Grand Canyon, Big Sur, and Baja California. Today the giant birds are nowhere near extinct.The giant bird with "one wing in the grave" appears to be recovering, even as the wildlands it needs keep disappearing. But the story of this bird is more than the story of a vulture with a giant wingspan -- it is also the story of a wild and giant state that has become crowded and small, and of the behind-the-scenes dramas that have shaped the environmental movement. As told by John Nielsen, an environmental journalist and a native Californian, this is a fascinating tale of survival.

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