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  A Pocket Guide to Pigeon...

  Rosemary Mosco

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  Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun. 
   
   
   
  Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops—and cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, listeners can rediscover the wonder. Equal parts field guide and quirky history, it covers behavior: Why they coo; how they flock; how they preen, kiss, and mate (monogamously); and how they raise their young (on chunky pigeon milk). Anatomy and identification, from Birmingham Roller to the American Giant Runt to the Scandaroon. Birder issues, like what to do if you find a baby pigeon stranded in the park. And our lively shared story together, including all the things we've taught them—Ping-Pong, for example. "Rats with wings?" Think again. 
   
   
   
  Pigeons coo, peck and nest all over the world, yet most of us treat them with indifference or disdain. So Rosemary Mosco, a bird-lover, science communicator, writer, and cartoonist, is here to give the pigeon's image a makeover, and to help every town- and city-dweller get closer to nature by discovering the joys of birding through pigeon-watching.

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  How We Think - Digital Media and...

  N. Katherine Hayles

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  “How do we think?” N. Katherine Hayles poses this question at the beginning of this bracing exploration of the idea that we think through, with, and alongside media. As the age of print passes and new technologies appear every day, this proposition has become far more complicated, particularly for the traditionally print-based disciplines in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. With a rift growing between digital scholarship and its print-based counterpart, Hayles argues for contemporary technogenesis—the belief that humans and technics are coevolving—and advocates for what she calls comparative media studies, a new approach to locating digital work within print traditions and vice versa.Hayles examines the evolution of the field from the traditional humanities and how the digital humanities are changing academic scholarship, research, teaching, and publication. She goes on to depict the neurological consequences of working in digital media, where skimming and scanning, or “hyper reading,” and analysis through machine algorithms are forms of reading as valid as close reading once was. Hayles contends that we must recognize all three types of reading and understand the limitations and possibilities of each. In addition to illustrating what a comparative media perspective entails, Hayles explores the technogenesis spiral in its full complexity. She considers the effects of early databases such as telegraph code books and confronts our changing perceptions of time and space in the digital age, illustrating this through three innovative digital productions—Steve Tomasula’s electronic novel, TOC; Steven Hall’s The Raw Shark Texts; and Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions. Deepening our understanding of the extraordinary transformative powers digital technologies have placed in the hands of humanists, How We Think presents a cogent rationale for tackling the challenges facing the humanities today.

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  Future Horizons in Cybersecurity...

  Jessica Green

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  The book "Future Horizons in Cybersecurity: Defensive Fortitude: A Comprehensive Guide to Safeguarding Digital Assets" is a timely resource that provides a comprehensive analysis of the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity. In a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected, this indispensable manual equips readers with the abilities and information required to safeguard their digital assets.  
  To emphasize the importance of strong cybersecurity measures, the book begins by charting cyber threats' historical development. After that, it explores how to create a robust cyber defense, going on incident response plans, cybersecurity frameworks, risk assessments, and security controls. Building a solid defense against cyberattacks requires these fundamental components. 
  Threat intelligence, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and network security are among the advanced defense techniques that are looked at. Each chapter offers practical guidance and examples from real-world situations to aid readers in understanding these sophisticated methods.  
  The book also addresses the unique challenges of cloud security in an increasingly cloud-based world. It offers compliance solutions and best practices for effectively securing cloud systems. Furthermore, the book takes a forward-looking approach by discussing emerging technologies like blockchain, IoT, AI, and quantum computing, highlighting the security risks they pose and providing proactive strategies to mitigate these risks. 
  IT administrators, cybersecurity experts, and anyone interested in digital security will find "Future Horizons in Cybersecurity" a priceless resource. It gives readers the defensive strength to protect their digital assets and keep up with the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

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  Trafficking Data - How China is...

  Aynne Kokas

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  From TikTok and Fortnite to Grindr and Facebook, Aynne Kokas delivers an urgent look into the technology firms that gather our data, and how the Chinese government is capitalizing on this data flow for political gain. 
   
   
   
  In Trafficking Data, Aynne Kokas looks at how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have exploited government policy (and the lack thereof) to gather information on citizens, putting US national security at risk. Kokas argues that US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley's disruption fetish, and Wall Street's addiction to growth have fueled China's technological goldrush. In turn, American complacency yields an unprecedented opportunity for Chinese firms to gather data in the United States and quietly send it back to China, and by extension, to the Chinese government. Drawing on years of fieldwork in the US and China and a large trove of corporate and policy documents, Trafficking Data explains how China is fast becoming the global leader in internet governance and policy, and thus of the data that defines our public and private lives.

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  The Phantom Universe - A Glimpse...

  Dirk Fallon

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  The Phantom Universe – A Glimpse into Hidden Dimensions pulls back the veil on the strangest theories and most daring ideas in modern physics and cosmology. This 3-in-1 volume takes readers on a thrilling intellectual journey through realities that may exist beyond the visible and measurable, challenging everything we thought we knew about the cosmos. 
  In The Phantom Cosmos, you'll explore the possibility of unseen structures influencing our universe—from shadow matter and mirror worlds to exotic particles that slip through our detectors unnoticed. Could the cosmos be home to entities or forces that never interact with light but still shape the fabric of space? 
  The Hidden Cosmos pushes even further, diving into theories of extra dimensions, parallel universes, and multiverse models. Drawing on ideas from string theory, M-theory, and cutting-edge astrophysics, this section unpacks how the universe might be far bigger, stranger, and more complex than our three-dimensional perception allows. 
  Finally, The Secret Universe explores the philosophical and scientific implications of a cosmos filled with secrets—hidden realms of energy, folded dimensions, and quantum anomalies. Could consciousness itself be linked to these unseen realities? Is our universe just one of countless others drifting in a higher-dimensional space? 
  Perfect for fans of speculative science and big questions, The Phantom Universe invites you to journey past the limits of ordinary thought and consider realities that may be hidden just beyond our reach. Blending science, imagination, and logic, this book reveals a universe far more mysterious—and magical—than we ever dreamed.

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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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