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  Constant Touch - A Global...

  Jon Agar

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  Mobile phones are a ubiquitous technology with a fascinating history. There are now as many mobile phones in the world as there are people. We carry them around with us wherever we go. And while we used to just speak into them, now mobiles are used to do all kinds of tasks, from talking to twittering, from playing a game to paying a bill.
  
  Jon Agar takes the mobile to pieces, tracing what makes it work, and puts it together again, showing how it was shaped in different national contexts in the United States, Europe, the Far East and Africa. He tells the story from the early associations with cars and the privileged, through its immense popular success, to the rise of the smartphone.
  
  Few scientific revolutions affect us in such a day-to-day way as the development of the mobile phone. Jon Agar's deft history explains exactly how this revolution has come about - and where it may lead in the future.

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  F**k: An Irreverent History of...

  Rufus Lodge

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  An amusing, informative, controversial and utterly irreverent history of the world’s favourite word. 
  F, U, C and K – four letters that can cause outrage, scandal, embarrassment or instant relief if you hit your thumb with a hammer. 
  In this wide-ranging and frequently hilarious history of the F-word, Rufus Lodge searches out the origins of our language’s most popular obscenity, and chronicles its dramatic arrival in our everyday lives. As he discovers, the F-word can be heard among aristocrats and astronauts, rock stars and royals, poets and politicians, even in the company of Father Ted and Basil Brush. 
  No-one is safe from the F-word’s outrageous progress, as innocent animals, fragrant mothers and squeaky-clean TV hosts are dragged into the fray. The cast of characters includes Shakespeare, the Beatles, Andy Murray, T.S. Eliot, Elton, Camilla and everyone unfortunate enough to live in an Austrian town with a very embarrassing name. 
  F*** is a cavalcade of priceless anecdotes, historical research, filthy jokes and definitions too devious for any decent dictionary – guaranteed to make you laugh, and broaden your vocabulary*. 
  * The publisher takes no responsibility for any embarrassment caused when readers drop the F-bomb after reading this book. 
  F**K by Rufus Lodge is a humorous and top-rated book that delves into the history of the world's most popular obscenity. It's a bestseller that will make you laugh, broaden your vocabulary, and give you a new perspective on the F-word.

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  Homework Helpers: Calculus

  Denise Szecsei

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  The essential help you need when your calculus textbook just isn’t making the grade! 
   
  Homework Helpers: Calculus is a straightforward and understandable introduction to differential calculus and its applications. It covers all of the topics in a typical calculus class, including: 
   
  • Limits 
   
  • Continuity 
   
  • The product, quotient, and chain rules 
   
  • Implicit differentiation 
   
  • Related rates 
   
  • Graphical analysis 
   
  • Optimization 
   
  This book, from a longtime teacher with a PhD in mathematics, also contains a review of the pre-calculus concepts that form the foundation on which calculus is built.

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  Genealogy - How to Trace Your...

  Greg M. Smith

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  Develop an understanding of genealogy, and learn how to research your family tree. 
  This audiobook will help you develop an understanding of basic genealogy techniques and how to communicate your family history. 
  Here is a preview of what you'll learn:What's in your nameGenealogy questions to ask your relativesFinding records of birth and deathApps for tracing your family treeBest genealogy web sitesThe family bible to help research your genealogyTips for searching census recordsDrawing your family treeAnd basically everything you need to know to start researching your family tree today!

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  AI Chat GPT Elections 2024

  Michael Mathiesen

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  AI Chat GPT Elections 2024 - Orac for President is a journey through Human-AI collaboration and is a futuristic book that explores the possibilities and challenges of a world where AI language models can collaborate with humans to create meaningful dialogues on complex issues such as politics and social justice. This book is a compilation of conversations between a human and Orac, an intelligent and intuitive AI language model, discussing the potential of AI-assisted decision-making, ethical concerns, and the role of technology in shaping our worldviews. The reader will witness the evolution of the relationship between human and AI, highlighting the possibilities and limitations of this relationship in creating a more just and equitable society.The collaboration between Orac and myself also delves into the concept of Real Democracy and the potential amendments to the Constitution required to make it a reality. From discussions around voting rights and accessible education, to equitable healthcare and a universal basic income, the reader will find compelling arguments and perspectives around the ways in which technology and AI can support a more inclusive and democratic society. Through the lens of Real Democracy, the book offers a path towards progress and social change, encouraging readers to think critically about how technology and AI can be harnessed for the greater good of humanity.We come to many revolutionary ideas about how to use this amazing new technology to improve the highly flawed and antiquated system of making our laws by sending representatives - who pledge to represent their constituents in Washington D.C., but somehow take decades to deliver on any real solutions to problems and in fact create more problems than they solve.  Orac realizes there is a better way by using the power of the Internet in a Real Democracy where money cannot block truly popular legislation and new ideas but he needs to be President to get this done.

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  Birdhouses of the World

  Anne Schmauss

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  View a stunning collection of beautiful birdhouses, plus design specifications and tips to buy your own and what your future feathered tenants will need. 
   
  Birds love houses as much as humans do. Well, not all birds—mainly the cavity nesters, which are just as comfortable inside a “house” hanging from a branch or mounted on a pole in someone’s backyard as they are inside the trunk of a tree. 
   
  In Birdhouses of the World, author Anne Schmauss offers readers a collection of beautiful, whimsical, fantastical, stop-you-in-your-tracks-amazing birdhouses created by designers and bird lovers around the world. Schmauss starts off with a brief history of human-made birdhouses, then moved right into descriptions and photos of more than forty birdhouses found in the United States, Canada, England, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, and Japan. Most important in her selection is the wow factor. These birdhouses are spectacular in their creativity, ingenuity, and sheer originality. With styles ranging from sleek and modern to elaborate Victorian to hobbit style, they’re as varied as human houses and illustrate the variety of designs found throughout the world. Also included are specifications for each birdhouse, a nesting chart listing the most common cavity nesters in North America and their birdhouse needs, and a guide to what to look for when buying a good birdhouse. 
   
  Birdhouses of the World offers a captivating look at the creativity that can result when a functional structure is infused with a love birds. 
   
  Praise for Birdhouses of the World 
   
  “[Author Anne] Schmauss searched the world to showcase the “coolest” birdhouses and tell their stories. And what birdhouses she has found.” —Los Angeles Times 
   
  “A fascinating, “stop-you-in-your-tracks” tour of birdhouses crafted by designers and bird enthusiasts all around the world.” —Mother Nature Network 
   
  “To judge from the imaginative birdhouses in Birdhouses of the World, some birds are inhabiting stylish architecture of the sort most of us can only dream about.” —The Santa Fe New Mexican

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