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  A Fortunate Universe - Life in a...

  Geraint F. Lewis, Luke A. Barnes

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  Over the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had been forged with even slightly different properties, life as we know it - and life as we can imagine it - would be impossible. Join us on a journey through how we understand the Universe, from its most basic particles and forces, to planets, stars and galaxies, and back through cosmic history to the birth of the cosmos. Conflicting notions about our place in the Universe are defined, defended and critiqued from scientific, philosophical and religious viewpoints. The authors' engaging and witty style addresses what fine-tuning might mean for the future of physics and the search for the ultimate laws of nature. Tackling difficult questions and providing thought-provoking answers, this volumes challenges us to consider our place in the cosmos, regardless of our initial convictions.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Computer Systems and Networking...

  Hans Weber

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  Handling computers has gotten easier than before. However, do you know the world of the Internet? What makes a computer go online? How can you identify someone else’s device? What are the different types of networks and how can you safeguard yourself from the different threats? Let’s find out. 
  We will also take a look at the career of a computer networking specialist, and the challenges you can expect. This computer system and networking guide offers an extensive insight into how computer systems work, the things your computer or router need to get online, and about IP sub-netting. The book talks about the handy tools you need to get started, as well as network security tools that will help keep you safe online. Know what analytical skills you need to succeed, as well as the top qualities that make a good computer networking specialist. Know where to keep the LAN network and how to set up your router. Know your responsibilities when in the IT department. 
  This book contains all the proven steps and concepts necessary to understand computer system networks, what it is, its importance, and how to specialize in the field. We cover everything from IPs, to routers, to VPN’s and more. 
  A computer systems network is a fundamental element in most companies today. In fact, it’s become the standard structure for databases, programs, and even business organization. 
  As such, any modern firm looking to earn its place in any industry needs to understand (at least) the essential concepts. 
  Likewise, any aspiring professional should look for careers relevant in the current market landscape. Computer systems and networks have become traditional today, but it’s still a growing career. 
  Despite having a high demand and applications, the field still has a long path before becoming its final form. That’s why it’s one of the most promising fields right now, but despite similar careers like robotics and AI, it’s one that can guarantee employment much quicker than many other specializations. Take a look at all that you need to know to get started, with this in-depth computer networking guide that you are sure to find useful. 
   

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  From Here to There - The Art and...

  Michael Bond

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  How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? How can we come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted, but it's also critical to our species' evolutionary success. In From Here to There, Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and found—Polynesian sailors, orienteering champions, early aviators—and surveys the science of human navigation. 
  Navigation skills are deeply embedded in our biology. The ability to find our way over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo sapiens an advantage, allowing us to explore the farthest regions of the planet. Wayfinding also shaped vital cognitive functions outside the realm of navigation, including abstract thinking, imagination, and memory. Bond brings a reporter's curiosity and nose for narrative to the latest research from psychologists, neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, and anthropologists.  
  He also turns to the people who design and expertly maneuver the world we navigate: search-and-rescue volunteers, cartographers, ordnance mappers, urban planners, and more. The result is a global expedition that furthers our understanding of human orienting in natural and built environments.

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  Erosion - Essays of Undoing

  Terry Tempest Williams

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  This program is read by the author.Fierce, timely, and unsettling essays from an important and beloved writer and conservationist 
  Terry Tempest Williams is one of our most impassioned defenders of public lands. A naturalist, fervent activist, and stirring writer, she has spoken to us and for us in books like The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks and Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. In these new essays, Williams explores the concept of erosion: of the land, of the self, of belief, of fear. She wrangles with the paradox of desert lands and the truth of erosion: What is weathered, worn, and whittled away through wind, water, and time is as powerful as what remains. Our undoing is also our becoming. 
  She looks at the current state of American politics: the dire social and environmental implications of recent choices to gut Bears Ears National Monument, sacred lands to Native People of the American Southwest, and undermine the Endangered Species Act. She testifies that climate change is not an abstraction, citing the drought  outside her door and at times, within herself. Images of extraction and contamination haunt her: "oil rigs lighting up the horizon; trucks hauling nuclear waste on dirt roads now crisscrossing the desert like an exposed nervous system." But beautiful moments of relief and refuge, solace and spirituality come—in her conversations with Navajo elders, art, and, always, in the land itself. She asks, urgently: "Is Earth not enough? Can the desert be a prayer?"

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  Planet Qualia: Happiness...

  Tony Brussat

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  Animals participate directly with what they are interested in: on a scale of zero out of ten, both interest and participation levels are usually matched in the middle, both at five out of ten. This is in stark contrast to people, who desire their interest and participation levels to match at a high level. High interest and participation levels have made the human landscape an addictive landscape -- we pay attention only to Big Dopamine. Little Dopamine, on the other hand, is the path to recovery, for ourselves and our planet. We can regain our taste for Little Dopamine by refocusing ourselves upon qualia, instead of matter, and rebalancing our interest and participation levels in the middle. Rebalancing ourselves, through the simple practice of conscious ritualing, will not only free us from our addictions, but it will give us a greater purpose as well: saving our ecosystems. While landscapes are violent and competitive, ecosystems hold all landscapes together, harmoniously, and cooperatively. With ecosystems in mind, rather than landscapes, and qualia in our sights, rather than matter, we can break the Big Dopamine habit and change the human economy. Keeping up with the Joneses will have a different kind of status: not who has the most material goods, but who has the most qualiadelic gifts. Ecosystems are like God, and qualia is like the Holy Spirit which flows into all life.

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  The Traumatized Child - The...

  Regina Williams

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  Are you aware that children who have experienced emotional tuggles need to feel safe and loved. All parents want to provide this type of nurturing home for their children. However, when parents don't have an understanding of the consequences of trauma, they could misinterpret their child’s behavior and find themselves frustrated or resentful.  Their efforts to address troubling behavior in their children may be ineffective or, in some instances, even harmful and subsequently make parenting horrible.This is why this book is aimed at helping parents understand the trauma their children may be going through and build the right mindset and attitude to address and relate with their children with care, and love. This book talks about the signs of trauma and stress in children, tips for helping kids of various age group, consequences of child years trauma, how to treat traumatized children, and many more. By upping your understanding of stress and trauma in children, you can help support your child’s recovery, your relationship with her or him, as well as help your family thrive to enjoy.

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