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  Birdsplaining - A Natural History

  Jasmine Donahaye

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  Winner of the 2021 New Welsh Writing Awards: Rheidol Prize for Prose with a Welsh Theme or Setting
  'Vivid, quick and iridescent, Birdsplaining is an absolute kingfisher of a book' – Mike Parker
  A wren in the house foretells a death, while a tech-loving parrot aids a woman's recovery. Crows' misbehaviour suggests how the 'natural' order, ranked by men, may be challenged. A blur of bunting above an unassuming bog raises questions about how nature reserves were chosen. Should the oriole be named 'green' or golden? The flaws of field guides across decades prove that this is a feminist issue. A buzzard, scavenging a severed ewe's leg, teaches taboos about curiosity.
  Whose poo is the mammal scat uncovered in the attic, and should the swallows make their home inside yours? The nightjar's churring brings on unease at racism and privilege dividing nature lovers, past and present. The skin of a Palestine sunbird provokes concern at the colonial origins of ornithology. And when a sparrowhawk makes a move on a murmuration, the starlings show how threat – in the shape of flood, climate change or illness – may be faced down.
  Jasmine Donahaye is in pursuit of feeling 'sharply alive', understanding things on her own terms and undoing old lessons about how to behave. Here, she finally confronts fear: of violence and of the body's betrayals, daring at last, to 'get things wrong'.
  Roaming across Wales, Scotland and California, she is unapologetically focused on the uniqueness of women's experience of nature and the constraints placed upon it. Sometimes bristling, always ethical, Birdsplaining upends familiar ways of seeing the natural world.
  'Unusual, vivid… remarkably easy-to-read & enjoyable. Doesn't shy away from taking on difficult subjects… A means for personal reflection.' – BTO News [British Trust for Ornithology]
  'An erudite, bold, questing and valid collection of beautifully written essays. Whilst one eye stays focused on the injustices and cruelties of the world, the other gulps in its jewels and preciousness. Moving, stirring, and vital.' – Niall Griffiths
  'Superb… by turns moving, funny, illuminating… and… thought-provoking' – Katherine Stansfield
  'Upends familiar ways of seeing the natural world ― and in doing so, creates its own ecological niche' – Karen Lloyd, Caught by the River
  'A curiosity and passion so unapologetically alive that her words form wings' – Lotte Williams, Nation.Cymru
  'Neither human-centred nor its opposite. Although she explores human grief, violence and recovery, Donahaye also has a beautifully conveyed passion for the unromantic aspects of the environment… She bridges the very gap [in nature writing] that she identifies.' – Saskia McCracken, The Welsh Agenda
  'Whilst birds might not provide the answer to the meaning of life for Donahaye, they do have a part to play in finding meaning IN life, whether that be through personal symbolism and anecdotal encounters, or in larger questions about power and responsibility.' – Gwales.com
  'A fresh way of looking at nature writing, a deeply personal account that embraces its own subjectivity' – Zoe Kramer, Wales Arts Review
  'This is a beautiful collection where the nonhuman appears as a close neighbour… [and which] searches for hope and resilience in times of risk.' – Yvonne Reddick, New Welsh Reader

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  Power in the Wild - The Subtle...

  Lee Alan Dugatkin

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  The quest for power in animals is so much richer, so much more nuanced than who wins what knock-down, drag-out fight. Indeed, power struggles among animals often look more like an opera than a boxing match. Tracing the path to power for over thirty different species on six continents, writer and behavioral ecologist Lee Alan Dugatkin takes us on a journey around the globe, shepherded by leading researchers who have discovered that in everything from hyenas to dolphins, bonobos to field mice, cichlid fish to cuttlefish, copperhead snakes to ravens, and meerkats to mongooses, power revolves around spying, deception, manipulation, forming and breaking up alliances, complex assessments of potential opponents, building social networks, and more. Power pervades every aspect of the social life of animals: what they eat, where they eat, where they live, whom they mate with, how many offspring they produce, whom they join forces with, and whom they work to depose. In some species, power can even change an animal's sex. Nor are humans invulnerable to this magnificently intricate melodrama: Dugatkin's tales of the researchers studying power in animals are full of unexpected pitfalls, twists and turns, serendipity, and the pure joy of scientific discovery.

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  Recession & Inflation-Proof...

  Will Weiser

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  2 BOOKS IN 1 DEAL! 
  BOOK 1: 
  RECESSION-PROOF INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS: BEAR MARKET INVESTING STRATEGIES WITH DIVIDEND, IPOS, INVERSE ETFS & SHORT SELLING 
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  INFLATION-PROOF INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS: BEAT THE BEAR MARKET USING HIGH YIELD DIVIDEND AND GROWTH STOCKS INVESTING 
  In book 1 you will discover:How To Profit From The Great ResetBest Inflation Proof Assets To Protect Your WealthWhy Cash Is KingHow to Use Dollar Cost AveragingBear Market Strategy - DividendsHow To Find ValueBear Market Strategy: Short SellingBest Recession Stocks To Buy Before Bear MarketWheel Options StrategyHow To Invest In IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)How To Research Stocks Using Fundamental Analysis 
  In book 2 you will discover:Recession InvestingFED Vs InflationHow Much Can The Stock Market Fall?How To Profit In The Bear Market RallyMarket Crash Shopping List – What & When To BuyHow To Beat The Market By Investing In Growth StocksHow To Find Out If The UK Is Headed For An Economic CrisisHow To Research Stocks For Beginners 
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  The Race to Space Exploration –...

  Augustus Ruiz

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  The Space Race defined an era—one of innovation, rivalry, and exploration. The Cold War superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, competed to achieve what no one had done before: reach beyond Earth’s atmosphere and into the vast unknown of space. 
  This audiobook takes you deep into the history of space exploration, uncovering the missions, risks, and scientific breakthroughs that shaped the modern world. Discover: 
  ✅ How Sputnik 1’s launch changed global politics overnight 
  ✅ The challenges of the first human spaceflights from Gagarin to Apollo 
  ✅ The hidden dangers and failures that nearly ended space exploration 
  ✅ How the Apollo 11 Moon landing became a defining moment for humanity 
  The Race to Space Exploration – From Sputnik to Moon Landing is a must-listen for history lovers, space enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the greatest adventure ever undertaken by humankind.

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  Stop Think Invest - A Behavioral...

  Michael Bailey

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  In an economy that's more unpredictable than ever—the proven method for avoiding emotional mistakes that can wreak havoc on your portfolio returns 
   
    
   
  Applying powerful behavioral finance concepts, Stop. Think. Invest. provides a framework for identifying personal biases and avoiding mistakes that can cost them big profits. 
   
    
   
  Based on the author's extensive research and 100 key behavioral finance concepts, this guide provides a winning twelve-step process you can use to successfully manage your trading and investing for long-term success, including: begin the initial research into a new stock; create an investment thesis: why are you buying the stock?; trade timing and size: when are you buying and how much?; make the initial purchase; review of trade: round up or round down; and test your original investment thesis. 
   
    
   
  Stop. Think. Invest. reveals important information about behavioral finance flaws, such as anchoring, confirmation bias, recency bias, and loss aversion. 
   
    
   
  Unlike other such investing guides, Stop. Think. Invest. offers a fully organized and practical approach to applying behavioral finance to everyday investing.

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  Atlas of AI - Power Politics and...

  Kate Crawford

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  The hidden costs of artificial intelligence—from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom 
   
   
   
  What happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning scholar Kate Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth, to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers, to the data taken from every action and expression. This book reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a material and political perspective on what it takes to make AI and how it centralizes power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.

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