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  Shepherd's Sight - A Farming Life

  Barbara McLean

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  A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the life of an aging shepherd 
   
   
   
  For fifty years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd's Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her seventies, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning and satisfaction. 
   
   
   
  Through her unsentimental gaze, we witness the highs and heartbreaks of delivering and rearing lambs, the shearing and spinning of wool, the wildlife in the woods (and occasionally in the house), and the garden produce moving from seed to harvest to table. Even after half a century on this land, McLean is still making fresh observations, and she shares them in evocative, elegant prose. As she moves through the calendar year, she also reflects on years past, offering a long view on climate, stewardship, and agriculture. 
   
   
   
  With its vivid description and absorbing storytelling, Shepherd's Sight offers an unforgettable glimpse of a life lived on the land.

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  The Amazingly Limited Power of...

  Michael Faeth

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  Would you rather have the real thing of a fake substitute? In this quick listen with easy to follow reasoning, Michael Faeth has set out to change the narrative around artificial intelligence. This isn't an anti-A.I. tirade; in fact the author outlines some very good uses for it. However, we need a change of perspective on what role A.I. can legitimately play in society and what the limitations are. 
   
  We are being primed to put our faith entirely into generative A.I., but why? The way the companies that are promoting it as the consummate solution to our needs is disconcerting and concerning to say the least. It is easy to see how companies promoting the use of A.I. could have ulterior motives. The good news is that we have choices: we can stop supporting products and services we dislike; we can choose to live in a way that is best for our own creativity, productivity, and intellect. We still have plenty of time to re-think if and how we want to use A.I personally and in society as a whole. 
   
  So, should we stop marveling at the works of Mozart, Stephen Hawking, Ella Fitzgerald, Picasso, Mary Oliver, da Vinci, or so many others who have enhanced our lives using their natural intelligence? Does every endeavor we undertake need to be delivered instantaneously and without human contemplation? Take your time to wonder, think, daydream, and create, and may human intelligence and creativity never be replaced by something artificial.

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  Nutrition for Nurses

  Emerald Charity Bilbrew, Jody...

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  This is an audio adaptation of the ⁠OpenStax Nutrition for Nurses textbook⁠. The audiobook is produced by ⁠Audileo⁠. 
   
  What OpenStax says about their textbook: Nutrition for Nurses is structured to support the flexible integration of nutrition content across both system-based and nursing competency-based curricula. It can be used whether nutrition is taught as a standalone course or part of another nursing course. The table of contents for Nutrition for Nurses presents content in 20 chapters, organized into 9 thematic units. The text emphasizes evidence-based practice and holistic assessment to facilitate the integration of nutritional awareness for pre-licensure nursing students in the provision of client-centered care. Nutrition for Nurses helps students develop sound clinical judgment as well as a deep understanding of the impact of nutrition on body systems across the lifespan. Written and reviewed by highly experienced faculty, Nutrition for Nurses includes a detailed narrative, extensive features and learning resources, and ample student support. The presentation utilizes concepts promoting the development of clinical judgment by building upon the systematic model developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).  
   
  You can access the textbook for free at openstax.org. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Minor editorial changes were made to improve the listening experience. Go to https://audileo.com/audiobooks/openstax/nutrition-for-nurses/ for the latest updates.

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  Cybersecurity for Executives - A...

  Claire Donnelly

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  Digital risk is no longer a technical byproduct. It is the primary friction point between your corporate strategy and market extinction. For decades, executives delegated cybersecurity to IT departments, treating it as an operational utility. That era is dead. Today, the velocity of cyber threats outpaces the traditional defenses of the average enterprise.
   
  
   
  Cybersecurity for Executives is a practical guide to digital risk, safer decisions, and better security awareness for modern leaders. This book strips away the technical jargon and provides a framework for leaders to oversee their organization’s most valuable assets. You will learn how to:
   
  - Assess and manage strategic cyber risks.
   
  - Build a resilient culture of security from the top down.
   
  - Govern cybersecurity effectively to prevent brand-shattering breaches.
   
  - Secure supply chains and third-party vendor relationships.
   
  - Future-proof your strategy against emerging technologies.
   
  
   
  If you view security as a checklist for your technicians, you have already surrendered control of your organization’s future. It is time to treat digital stewardship as a fundamental executive mandate.

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  Mental Math - Tricks And...

  Thomas Scofield

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  Will you pay more for a $19.99 shirt with a 20% discount or a $24.99 shirt with a 30% discount? Can you quickly calculate how many eggs you’ll need to make 100 pancakes if your recipe says that 2 eggs make 20 pancakes? Can you work out how much a $30-per-month gym membership will cost over 24 months without writing anything down or using a calculator? Most everyday math is done in your head, which is why improving your mental-math skills is always useful. If you grew up hating math, you may simply have been taught with the wrong approach. Math can help you calculate discounts on the fly, multiply large numbers, and solve everyday quantity problems quickly. In this book, you’ll find practical strategies to improve your math skills, make calculations faster, and solve everyday math problems more easily. This is not a boring book of math theory: it offers helpful, to-the-point techniques that simplify everyday calculations. Here are some practical tricks you’ll learn: how to quickly multiply any number by 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10, practical strategies for solving everyday math problems, how to use the Plugging In Numbers (PIN) technique without a calculator, how to calculate discounts on the fly, tips for adding and subtracting fractions faster, how to determine mean, median, and standard deviation, and how to estimate mortgages and down payments mentally.

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  Swing Trading for Beginners

  Ryan Martinez

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  #1 Book on Swing TradingHow successful you are at swing trading does not depend on the number of hours you put into it, but rather your overall skills and discipline as a trader. This book shall help you get started on the right track and then progress into the more advanced level later on.Each chapter contains a thorough discussion of the general principles of swing trading so that you will have a solid foundation where you could build and develop your trading strategies and plan.Topics that are covered in this book are as follow:Creating a trading plan that worksHelpful tips for beginner tradersList of critical mistakes to avoid in swing tradingHighly recommended trading tools, platforms, and other resourcesFiguring out the right trading approach, style, and strategyUnderstanding and analyzing stock chartsApplying technical indicators on market analysisStrategies for trend trading and trading rangesManaging risks on an individual security and portfolio levelsEvaluating trades as a means of further improving as a swing traderSwing trading can be a profitable and rewarding endeavor if you know what you are doing. Let’s get you closer towards that ideal by going over each chapter and paying attention to the lessons that you may extract from real-world examples given across different chapters of this book.

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