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  Tasting Colors - The Good Bad...

  Seeker

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  Listen in as Seeker dives in on the fascinating world of psychedelics. From hallucinations, the neurological condition Synesthesia, and the CIA’s secret LSD tests on unsuspecting civilians, to answering weird questions like why we snort things and what makes heroin so deadly. You’ll be seeing sounds and tasting colors by the end of this best of Seeker collection, available for the first time in audio.

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  World of Wonders - In Praise of...

  Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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  “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. 
   
  “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. 
   
  Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. 
   
  Praise for World of Wonders 
   
  Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year 
   
  An NPR Best Book of 2020 
   
  An Esquire Best Book of 2020 
   
  A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” 
   
  A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 
   
  “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR 
   
  “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review 
   
  “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity

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  All about Mars Journeys and...

  Martin K. Ettington

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  A manned mission to Mars has been the dream of humanity at least since the nineteenth century when we first saw details of the surface and thought there might be canals filled with water there. 
  Here I’ve looked at the history of unmanned exploration of Mars over the last fifty plus years, proposed missions to Mars, Mars Settlements, and other major issues regarding traveling to and living on Mars. Some proposals have lots of details of proposed scenarios if you want to read all of the engineering and scientific analysis work. 
  I grew up in the 1960s when every kid in America was fascinated with the Space program and the Astronauts. I also watched not only the Apollo 11 moon landing, but all of the successive trips to the Moon and exploration of the surface. This may be a lot of the reason I became and Engineer, worked as NASA in Houston for several years, and applied to the Astronaut Program myself. 
  My previous books on space are titled “Designing and Building Space Colonies-A Blueprint for the Future” and “All about Moon Bases-And Our Plans to Return to the Moon”. This book is written from a similar perspective. 
  There are some probes which reported life on Mars and then other scientists questioned the results. We are still sending unmanned probes today to try to answer those questions. 
  These three books will comprise the first three of my “Living in Space” series of books

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  Why AI Can't Steal my job - The...

  Favour ofeimun

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  In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries and the nature of work, many fear the impending wave of job displacement. "Why AI Can't Steal My Job" delves deep into the intricate relationship between AI and the job market, addressing pressing questions like:Will AI displace jobs?What jobs use artificial intelligence?What are the jobs for artificial intelligence?How will AI affect jobs in the future?Will artificial intelligence lead to job displacements?Can AI replace human jobs?Will AI replace animators/specific jobs? 
  This book also explores the myriad of opportunities AI presents, highlighting roles that AI cannot replace and the future jobs it might create. From animators to recruiters, discover how AI impacts various professions and why human creativity remains an indomitable force even in the age of automation. 
  Furthermore, gain insights into the statistics behind AI-induced job losses, the roles AI plays in recruitment and selection, and the broader implications of AI in the workplace. Whether you're a professional concerned about your career trajectory or a tech enthusiast curious about the future of AI in the job market, this book offers a comprehensive and balanced perspective. 
  Embrace the future, understand the superpowers of AI, and harness the elemental forces of human creativity to navigate the age of automation with confidence.

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  Doctor Chopra Says - Medical...

  Sanjiv Chopra, Alan Lotvin,...

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  As Faculty Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra provides the most up-to-date medical information to thousands of doctors from around the world each year. Now, in this book, he and Dr. Alan Lotvin bring this important, life-changing information directly to people everywhere, so that you too can benefit from the best, most reliable medical knowledge available today.Not every study that the media reports on is reliable, and Drs. Chopra and Lotvin show readers how they can tell which ones to pay to attention and which to ignore. In this book they explore medicine’s most controversial and exciting subjects, revealing new breakthroughs that affect your health and debunking the myths that you’ve always wondered about. It answers questions about a wide range of topics.Highlights include:Food and Drink: Is coffee a lifesaver? Is there really a "best" diet for you?Drugs, Vitamins, and Supplements: Does Vitamin D prevent cancer? What supplements have value, and which are a waste of money? (Hint: almost all of them!)Medicine: What cancer screening methods are effective? What's the truth about stem cells?Alternative Medicine: Does acupuncture work? Can meditation or yoga make you healthy?Health Risks: Can cellphones cause tumors? Is it dangerous to drink from plastic bottles?Using only the most current, most trustworthy scientific studies and interviews with the world's top authorities, A Longer Life, A Healthier Life explodes dozens of medical "facts" we all believe and provides surprisingly hopeful information about the latest research breakthroughs.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Birds and All Nature Vol V No 2...

  Various Various

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  Birds and All Nature was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." - Summary by J. M. Smallheer"England holds the honor of having first formed societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and of having first legislated for its punishment." -anon

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