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  The Plague Years - A Doctor’s...

  Ross A. Slotten MD

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  In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten signed more death certificates in Chicago—and, by inference, the state of Illinois—than anyone else. As a family physician, he was trained to care for patients from birth to death, but when he completed his residency in 1984, he had no idea that many of his future patients would be cut down in the prime of their lives. Among those patients were friends, colleagues, and lovers, shunned by most of the medical community because they were gay and HIV positive. Slotten wasn’t an infectious disease specialist, but because of his unique position as both a gay man and a young physician, he became an unlikely pioneer, swept up in one of the worst epidemics in modern history. 
   
  Plague Years is an unprecedented first-person account of that epidemic, spanning not just the city of Chicago but four continents as well. Slotten provides an intimate yet comprehensive view of the disease’s spread alongside heartfelt portraits of his patients and his own conflicted feelings as a medical professional, drawn from more than thirty years of personal notebooks. In telling the story of someone who was as much a potential patient as a doctor, Plague Years sheds light on the darkest hours in the history of the LGBT community in ways that no previous medical memoir has.

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  Woman Watching - Louise de...

  Merilyn Simonds

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  “Woman, Watching is an entrancing blend of biography, memoir, history, research, and homage that is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s radical, it’s ravishing.” — Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life
  		 
  From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman — a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds.
  		 
  Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her Swedish privilege and joined the Canadian Red Cross, visiting her northern Ontario patients by dogsled. When Elzire Dionne gave birth to five babies, Louise became nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets. Repulsed by the media circus, she retreated to her wilderness cabin, where she devoted herself to studying the birds that nested in her forest. Author of six books and scores of magazine stories, de Kiriline Lawrence and her “loghouse nest” became a Mecca for international ornithologists.
  		 
  Lawrence was an old woman when Merilyn Simonds moved into the woods not far away. Their paths crossed, sparking Simonds’s lifelong interest. A dedicated birder, Simonds brings her own songbird experiences from Canadian nesting grounds and Mexican wintering grounds to this deeply researched, engaging portrait of a uniquely fascinating woman.

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  Raising Goats For Beginners -...

  Small Footprint Press

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  In Raising Goats For Beginners, you’ll discover:How to properly prepare your land to be ready for goats, so that they stay happy and you remain stress-free7 of the most powerful benefits of having goats, including a detailed look into the top 3 most important lessons to learn when raising goats – and what you can do to avoid learning these things the hard wayHow to raise happy milk goats and use this milk for also making delicious cheesesWhy goat meat is so good for you -- and what you can do to ensure your goats stay tasting deliciousEverything you need to know for turning your goats’ fiber into profitProfessional insight into breeding your goats the right way, so you and your family have all the meat, milk, cheese, and fiber you want for years to come 
  … and much more! 
  Raising goats is not some kind of overly complex task. It doesn't require special skills or enhanced intelligence. 
  In fact, anyone can do it with just a bit of patience and willingness to learn. 
  Not only will bringing goats into your yard or farm help make you a happier person, but the goats themselves will also provide for you in ways otherwise unattainable. 
  If you’re ready to put the control of your land (and life) back into your own hands, then start listening right now

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  Canopy of Titans - The Life and...

  Paul Koberstein, Jessica Applegate

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  In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting, Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforest's capacity to store carbon, and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally, using an environmental justice perspective, Canopy of Titans shines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.

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  The Invention of Tomorrow - A...

  Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan...

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  A spellbinding exploration of the human capacity to imagine the future  
   
  Our ability to think about the future is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. In The Invention of Tomorrow, cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable primates to creatures that hold the destiny of the planet in their hands.  
   
  Drawing on their own cutting-edge research, the authors break down the science of foresight, showing us where it comes from, how it works, and how it made our world. Journeying through biology, psychology, history, and culture, they show that thinking ahead is at the heart of human nature—even if we often get it terribly wrong. Incisive and expansive, The Invention of Tomorrow offers a fresh perspective on the human tale that shows how our species clawed its way to control the future.

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  Natural Language Processing...

  SAM CAMPBELL

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  Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Beginners is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of NLP. Designed for beginners, this book takes you on a journey from the fundamental concepts of language and linguistics to the advanced applications of NLP in the real world. 
  Starting with the basics, you'll explore the intricacies of language, understanding how words and sentences are structured. The book gradually introduces you to the building blocks of NLP, from tokenization to part-of-speech tagging, equipping you with the essential tools for text analysis. 
  As you delve deeper, you'll uncover the power of text representation techniques such as word embeddings and TF-IDF. The chapters on language models and deep learning provide a hands-on approach to applying neural networks in natural language processing, opening the door to advanced applications like sentiment analysis, text classification, and named entity recognition. 
  The book also covers practical applications of NLP, including machine translation and chatbot development, guiding you through the process of building your own models. Throughout the journey, you'll gain insights into the ethical considerations surrounding NLP and discover the current challenges and future directions of this dynamic field. 
   

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