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  Oil Beach - How Toxic...

  Christina Dunbar-Hester

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  Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? 
    
  San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.

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  Ways of Attending - How our...

  Iain McGilchrist

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  Attention is not just receptive, but actively creative of the world we inhabit. How we attend makes all the difference to the world we experience. And nowadays in the West we generally attend in a rather unusual way: governed by the narrowly focussed, target-driven left hemisphere of the brain.  
  Forget everything you thought you knew about the difference between the hemispheres, because it will be largely wrong. It is not what each hemisphere does – they are both involved in everything – but how it does it, that matters. And the prime difference between the brain hemispheres is the manner in which they attend. For reasons of survival we need one hemisphere (in humans and many animals, the left) to pay narrow attention to detail, to grab hold of things we need, while the other, the right, keeps an eye out for everything else. The result is that one hemisphere is good at utilising the world, the other better at understanding it.  
  Absent, present, detached, engaged, alienated, empathic, broad or narrow, sustained or piecemeal, attention has the power to alter whatever it meets. The play of attention can both create and destroy, but it never leaves its object unchanged. How you attend to something – or don’t attend to it – matters a very great deal. This book helps you to see what it is you may have been trained by our very unusual culture not to see.  
  Ways of Attending is expertly read by Mike Fraser. The cover design has been adapted from a Cajal original drawing, and used with permission of Legado Cajal (Madrid).  
  This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. © 2018 Iain McGilchrist (P)

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  Clinical Immunology -...

  Ava Westwood

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  Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that focuses on the study of the immune system, its functions, and the role it plays in protecting the body from pathogens and other harmful invaders. It encompasses the recognition of foreign molecules and the activation of mechanisms to neutralize or eliminate these threats, while maintaining tolerance to self-tissues. Immunology is an evolving field that links various disciplines, including microbiology, genetics, and molecular biology, in understanding how the body defends itself against diseases. 
  The immune system is a complex network of cells, proteins, and organs that work together to provide protection against infections and malignancies. It is composed of two major arms: innate and adaptive immunity. Innate immunity is the first line of defense, offering a rapid but non-specific response to a wide range of pathogens. In contrast, adaptive immunity is more specialized, offering a delayed but highly specific response to pathogens, with the ability to "remember" previous encounters and respond more effectively in the future. 
  Historically, the field of immunology has been shaped by significant discoveries that have helped define the immune system's components and their roles. The work of pioneers such as Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner, and Robert Koch laid the foundation for our understanding of immunity, particularly in relation to vaccines and infectious diseases. As research advanced, immunology expanded into areas like autoimmunity, immunodeficiencies, and cancer immunology, offering new insights into disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.

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  Quack Quack - The Threat of...

  Joe Schwarcz

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  Let the one and only Dr. Joe battle pseudoscience and cast a life preserver out to all those drowning in a sea of misinformation
  		 
  “Ultimately, the author successfully demonstrates how claims should be queried and analyzed before they are accepted.” — Library Journal
  		 
  We are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery — loosely defined as the spread of false “knowledge,” often accompanied by various versions of “snake oil” — is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today. COVID-19 has unleashed an unprecedented flurry of destructive information that has fueled vaccine hesitancy and has steered people toward unproven therapies. Conspiracy theorists have served up a distasteful menu of twisted facts that create distrust in science. 
  		 
  In Quack Quack, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who has been battling flimflam for decades, focuses on the deluge of anecdotes, cherry-picked data, pseudoscientific nonsense, and seductive baseless health claims that undermine efforts to educate the public about evidence-based science. The wide scope of the topics drawn from past and present aims to cast a life preserver to people drowning in a sea of misinformation.

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  CompTIA A+ & Security+ Ultimate...

  Josh Russell

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  Become IT-Certified & Job-Ready with the Ultimate 2-in-1 CompTIA Guide for 2025! 
  Master the skills you need to ace your CompTIA A+ (220-1101 & 220-1102) and Security+ (SY0-701) exams—and launch your career in IT with confidence. 
  This comprehensive, beginner-friendly study bundle blends two high-impact certification paths into one clear, exam-focused roadmap. Whether you're a total newcomer or brushing up your skills, this guide provides everything you need to pass the exams—and thrive in the tech industry. 
  🔹 What’s Inside:✅ 450+ exam-aligned practice questions with detailed explanations📘 Full coverage of CompTIA A+ 220-1101 & 220-1102, from hardware to troubleshooting🔐 Deep dives into Security+ SY0-701 essentials—network security, risk management, and more💡 Real-world IT scenarios & exam-cracking strategies from certified experts🚀 Career tips to help you land interviews and grow in the IT field 
  Whether you're chasing your first IT job or adding credentials to level up, this all-in-one study guide is your fast-track to CompTIA success. 
  📦 Perfect for: IT beginners, career changers, tech students, and anyone serious about passing on the first try. 
  Start studying smarter—and get ready to pass with confidence

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  Aircraft Systems

  Facundo Conforti

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Aircraft Systems have been an under explored subject in flight academies. The truth is, a pilot must be familiar with each of their aircraft's systems before commencing their initial flights. 
  	In this work, you will learn everything about the basic systems of the main light or small aircraft: landing gear, tires, flight controls, fuel, electricity, cables and control rods, control surfaces, and all the key systems that make up your aircraft’s equipment. 
  	Learning aircraft systems should take place during the initial flight hours for aviation students. This will provide them with the necessary tools to understand what is happening with the operation of each of these systems at all times. A particular skill that will maximize safety in flight operations. 
  	All of us, as human beings, need to understand how our body functions to identify deficiencies and stay healthy. As pilots, we need to understand how our aircraft systems work to identify malfunctions and manage emergencies efficiently and safely.

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