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  Solar PV: A Gender Perspective

  Irena International Renewable...

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  This report, the third in IRENA’s gender perspective series, examines the participation of women in the solar PV sector.

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  Stalking the Great Killer -...

  Larry C. Floyd, Joseph H. Bates

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  Stalking the Great Killer is the story of Arkansas's struggle to control tuberculosis, and how the state became a model in its treatment of the disease. 
   
   
   
  To place the story of tuberculosis in Arkansas in historical perspective, the authors trace the origins of the disease. Arkansas suffered some of the worst ravages of the disease, and the authors argue that many of the improvements in the state's medical infrastructure grew out of the desperate need to control it. 
   
   
   
  In the early twentieth century, Arkansas established a sanatorium and thirty years later, the segregated Black sanitorium. These institutions helped slow the disease but at a cost: removed from families and communities, patients suffered from the isolation. Joseph Bates saw this when he delivered an uncle to the sanitorium in the 1940s. In the 1960s, Bates, now a physician, and his colleague Paul Reagan overcame a resistant medical-political system to develop a new approach to treating the disease. 
   
   
   
  In the age of Covid-19, this history offers valuable lessons about community involvement in public health, the potential efficacy of public-private partnerships, and the importance of leadership in the battle to eradicate disease.

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  How to Automate Your Life with...

  Julian Brantor

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  You're busy, your inbox never stops, and every day you repeat the same tasks in Gmail, Calendar, and Docs. What if Google Gemini could quietly do most of that for you? 
  How to Automate Your Life with Google Gemini shows you, step by step, how to turn Google's AI into a practical assistant that actually gets work done—not just a chatbot that talks back. Inside, you'll learn how to set up simple automations for email replies and summaries, prep for meetings automatically, draft content faster, organize notes and documents, and even create routines that run on a schedule so you don't have to remember them. 
  You'll discover how to save hours each week by letting Gemini handle repetitive digital chores, how to connect it to the Google tools you already use every day, and how to design prompts that give you consistent, accurate results. Whether you're a solopreneur, remote professional, creator, or just someone who wants tech to make life easier, this book speaks your language and gives you fast wins. 
  If you're ready to stop doing everything manually and start letting AI carry the load, this book will show you how.

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  Neuroprosthetics and...

  Dr. Nick Coman, I. A.I.

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  Welcome to the frontier where mind meets machine. 
  This 48-lecture audio course delivers a sweeping, PhD-level exploration of neuroprosthetics and brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), tracing the arc from early electrical experiments to the latest breakthroughs in neural decoding, cortical stimulation, and cognitive enhancement. It weaves together foundational neuroscience, cutting-edge engineering, landmark clinical use cases, and the emerging societal implications of brain–machine integration. 
  Listeners will journey through the biology of neurons and networks, the physics of electrodes and wireless implants, the clinical realities of stroke, ALS, and Parkinson’s disease, and the technological future of memory prosthetics, speech decoding, and real-time brain–AI symbiosis. Along the way, the course tackles the deepest questions: What happens when a mind is routed through a machine? Who owns neural data? And what does it mean to be augmented? 
  Rigorous, narrative-driven, and designed for the intellectually ambitious, this course is an essential guide to one of the most transformative domains in science and technology.

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  Flyfishing the High Country

  John Gierach

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  ● Tactics for fishing high country lakes, the conflicting currents of high mountain streams, and the ever-changing waters of beaver ponds 
   
   
   
  ● Cutthroats, brook trout, goldens, rainbows, grayling 
   
   
   
  ● The best weather and seasons to fish and the tackle and flies to take into the high country 
   
   
   
  "The mountains—any mountains—can make you pay for your fishing with time, shoe leather, exertion, and even disappointment. But they usually give back more than they take in terms of solitude and a sense of adventure that you just won't find on more civilized waters." —John Gierach 
   
   
   
  Fly-fishing in scenic and remote mountain waters is a special kind of fishing, explored in depth by veteran fly fisher John Gierach. Along with Fly Fishing Small Streams, this guide, Gierach's first book, explains how to find the best waters and how to fish them to the best advantage.

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  Summer - Seasonal Folklore

  Eileen Budd

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  A collection of Scottish Summer stories celebrating Nature's energy and growth. Written and narrated by Scottish storyteller Eileen Budd.  
  These traditional tales remind us of our roots in the natural world and the enduring connection between the land and its legends. 
   
  Included in the Summer collection:   
  •	Stories of the magical faeries and spirits that shape the fate of mortals.   
  •	Tales and traditions of onspoken water and the lore of the rivers.    
  •	The medicinal uses of native plants, and their role in rituals and healing.   
  •	The festivals of fire and storytelling that mark the passing of the seasons.   
  And more.   
     
  Seasonal Folklore by Eileen Budd is a collection of Scottish stories, passed down through her family, and shared with you each season, to mark the cycles of nature.   
  In partnership with St Andrews Botanic Garden.

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