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  What Water Holds

  Tele Aadsen

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  Tele Aadsen met the ocean as a child when her parents traded jobs as veterinarians for a migratory life shared with sea birds, salmon, and fishermen. In the mist of the Tongass rainforest, Tele learned to explore life within endless shades of gray, coming to know firsthand how fine the line between life and death and the precarious balance of sea, land, and sky. She’s spent the four decades since trolling for salmon off Southeast Alaska. 
  In What Water Holds, a series of lyrical essays first shared at Oregon’s FisherPoets Gathering, Tele examines questions of equity, identity, community, the changing climate, and sustainability with loving, detailed attention, revealing the complexities within their many shades of gray. Weaving stories of what lies beneath the surface and the possibilities beyond, What Water Holds speaks to anyone who has fallen under the spell of the sea, struggled to find their own uncharted path, and wrestled with big philosophical questions – in short, anyone seeking to live a full, deeply considered life.  
  “In this beautiful, brave, knowledgeable collection, Aadsen invites us to examine an industry with clear eyes. Her recollections are rich and poignant, and her eye for social critique is unwavering as she lays bare the complexities of fishing life. Gender, death, power, history, relationships, and the natural world all come under her gaze and are shared with ruthless love.”  
  					- Lara Messersmith-Glavin, author of Spirit Things

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  Push Play - Gaming For a Better...

  Songyee Yoon

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  Play is in our DNA. 
  We game to experiment and to learn. We play to create new worlds so we can change this one. Gaming pushes us to imagine what we can become. In Push Play: Gaming for a Better World, Dr. Songyee Yoon describes how gaming can help us craft a better world together. 
  Yoon is president and Chief Strategy Officer of NCSOFT, a global video game company based in South Korea. Yoon’s work lies at the intersection of expertise and equity in emerging technologies. As a leader in the industry, Dr. Yoon shares her experience as a woman in STEM and her quest for a more diverse and equitable tech community. 
  Through stories from her career in the gaming industry, she outlines how innovations in gaming push industries forward and create a more equitable world for all.

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  Golden Sayings of Epictetus

  Epictetus

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  Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.

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  Oil And Gas Drilling Guide

  HowExpert, Miguel Ferraz

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  If you want to learn about oil drilling as a beginner, then check out this book! 
  How to drill an oil and gas well from A to Z, or in a shorter form from one to seven. 
  The first step is to determine what type of rock we will be drilling. The second step is to refine this preliminary well configuration by determining the exact dimensions required of casing strings. Afterwards, the third stage is to select the appropriate bits, bottom hole assembly (BHA), and drillstring for each hole section. 
  The fourth step is a big one, selecting a rig, which goes hand in hand with the abovementioned characteristics of drilling a well. Eventually, we get a shortlist and go to the market to close the best fit for purpose rig contract. The fifth step is the huge logistics framework that surrounds a drilling operation to ensure it goes smoothly and most important of all, for safety to prevail. The sixth step is to plug and abandon the well. Gladly, strict regulations have been put in place to ensure industry best practices are always followed. 
  Last but not least, the seventh step encompasses all of the previous six, which is to assess and mitigate the environmental impact of all the operations. Safety is, from the beginning until the end of oil and gas drilling, the number-one priority. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Mind Bending Paradoxes For Sleep

  Calm Sleep Academy

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  What if the very act of thinking about logic could lead you into peaceful, restful sleep? This unique audiobook presents fifty carefully crafted paradoxes designed to engage your mind while gently guiding you toward slumber. Each paradox, from the famous Barber Paradox to Zeno's Achilles and the Tortoise, offers a fascinating journey through logical contradictions that have puzzled philosophers and mathematicians for centuries. The soothing narration explores mind-bending concepts like the Liar Paradox, the Unexpected Hanging, and the Crocodile Paradox, transforming complex philosophical problems into bedtime companions. These thought-provoking scenarios work by occupying your conscious mind with intriguing puzzles while your body naturally relaxes into sleep. Perfect for insomniacs, philosophy enthusiasts, students, and anyone seeking an alternative to traditional sleep aids, this collection makes abstract thinking accessible and surprisingly calming. The gentle pacing and thoughtful explanations create an ideal sleep environment, replacing racing thoughts with structured contemplation. Each paradox is presented with clear reasoning, historical context, and multiple resolution attempts, making complex logical problems digestible for all listeners. Whether you're struggling with restless nights or simply curious about the fundamental nature of logic and reality, these paradoxes offer both intellectual stimulation and practical sleep assistance. Experience how ancient philosophical puzzles can become modern solutions for better rest and deeper understanding of the fascinating contradictions that shape our world.

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  No Place Like Nome - The Bering...

  Michael Engelhard

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  Beyond Sled Dogs and Gold 
   
   
   
  Somewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections—from mammoths to Cold War monuments, from a spa turned orphanage, to cyclist miners and shaman hoards. Meet the explorers and adventurers, reindeer herders and hustlers, the dancers, drummers, dreamers, warriors, walrus-tusk carvers, and whalers, clergy, foragers, and photographers who shaped a place of conflicting visions as thoroughly as it shaped them.

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