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  The Vanishing Ice - Diaries of a...

  Iain Cameron

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  There are few more beautiful places than Scotland's winter mountains. But even when most of the snow has melted, isolated patches can linger well into summer and beyond. In The Vanishing Ice, Iain Cameron chronicles these remarkable and little-seen relics of the Ice Age, describing how they have fascinated travellers and writers for hundreds of years, and reflecting on the impact of climate change.
  Iain was nine years old when snow patches first captured his imagination, and they have been inextricably bound with his life ever since. He developed his expertise through correspondence (and close friendship) with research ecologist Dr Adam Watson, and is today Britain's foremost authority on this weather phenomenon.
  Iain takes us on a tour of Britain which includes the Scottish Highlands, the Southern Uplands, the Lake District and Snowdonia, seeking elusive patches of snow in wild and often inaccessible locations. His adventures include a perilous climb in the Cairngorms with comedian Ed Byrne, and glorious days spent out on the hills with Andrew Cotter and his very good dogs, Olive and Mabel.
  Based on sound scientific evidence and personal observations, accompanied by stunning photography and wrapped in Iain's shining passion for the British landscape, The Vanishing Ice is a eulogy to snow, the mountains and the great outdoors.

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  The Future Is Here: Senior...

  Lisa M Cini

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  You will be introduced to what is achievable today in technology that has massive implications and applications for senior living care and design. Imagine 19 years ago and your first experience with the internet, 7 years ago and your experience with your phone. How the internet and iPhone have changed our connection to each other and the information available to us in seconds, is a drop in the bucket to the disruptive changes coming. This is going to be a wonderful ride if you're prepared for it!

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  The AI Odyssey - Navigating the...

  Catherine Sterling

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  The book "The AI Odyssey: Navigating the Future of Innovation and Technology" thoroughly examines the quickly changing field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its significant influence on a range of facets of contemporary life.  
  This book goes deeply into the principles of artificial intelligence (AI), giving readers a clear idea of what AI is and how it works. The initial part of the book traces the development of AI, emphasizing significant turning points and discoveries that have influenced the field. It provides a complex analysis of how artificial intelligence has developed from its theoretical inception to its current position as a pillar of technological advancement. 
  The book spends much time looking at how AI is used in different industries. The author skillfully demonstrates how artificial intelligence transforms healthcare, transportation, finance, and education industries. The book explains the transformative impact of AI through case studies and real-world examples, demonstrating how it is being utilized to increase production, improve efficiency, and open up new opportunities. 
  Moreover, the ethical and societal implications of AI are covered in this book. It explores the challenges and concerns about security, privacy, and the possibility of employment displacement. The book promotes a balanced viewpoint by addressing the necessity of ethical AI development and the significance of putting in place legal frameworks to guarantee that AI's advantages are maximized while lowering its risks.

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  How to Solve a Murder: True...

  Derek Tremain, Pauline Tremain

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  As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a pathologist told by experts in the field. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes.				 
  FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS. VATS OF ACID. PICKLED BODY PARTS.				 
  Not the usual tools of trade, but for Chief Forensic Medical Scientist Derek and Forensic Secretary Pauline they were just part of a normal day in the office inside the world-famous Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London.				 
  Derek has played a pivotal role in investigating some of the UK’s most high-profile mass disasters and murder cases. Derek’s innovative work on murder cases, in particular, has seen him credited as a pioneer of forensic medical science, after developing ground-breaking techniques that make it easier to secure a conviction and also identify a serial killer.				 
  Warmly recalled and brilliantly told, these intriguing revelations will open your eyes to the dark world inhabited by those who investigate death and murder (typically most horrid), and unveil the secrets of how each case is solved.				 
  Derek Tremain's personal journey, as depicted in this top Sunday Times bestselling book, is not just an autobiography, but a testament to his innovative contributions to forensic medical science. His memoirs, filled with the chilling details of high-profile mass disasters and murder cases, are a captivating exploration of law and order from a unique perspective.				 
  For fans of Sue Black (Written In Bone), Wensley Clarkson (Rolling with the 6.57 Crew), Richard Taylor (The Mind of a Murderer), Peter Everett (Corrupt Bodies), and Her Honour Wendy Joseph Qc (Unlawful Killings).

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  The Presence of the Past -...

  Rupert Sheldrake

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  Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake proposes that all self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, inherit a collective memory that influences their form and behaviour. Rather than being ruled by fixed laws, nature is essentially habitual. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. Morphic resonance works through morphic fields, which organize the bodies of plants and animals, coordinate the activities of brains, and underlie mental activity. Minds are extended beyond brains both in space and time. This fully-revised and updated edition of The Presence of the Past summarizes the evidence for Dr Sheldrake's controversial theory, reviews new research, and explores its implications for biology, chemistry, physics, psychology and sociology. In place of the mechanistic worldview that has dominated biology since the nineteenth century, this book offers a revolutionary alternative, and opens up a new understanding of life, minds and evolution.

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  National Parks Forever - Fifty...

  Jonathan B. Jarvis, T. Destry...

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  Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years—and offer a bold vision for the parks’ future. 
    
  The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two conflicting views of the National Park Service (NPS): one vision emphasizes preservation and science-based decision-making, and another prioritizes economic benefits and privatization. These politically driven shifts represent a pernicious, existential threat to the very future of our parks. 
    
  For the past fifty years, brothers Jonathan B. and T. Destry Jarvis have worked both within and outside NPS as leaders and advocates. National Parks Forever interweaves their two voices to show how our parks must be protected from those who would open them to economic exploitation, while still allowing generations to explore and learn in them. Their history also details how Congress and administration appointees have used budget and staffing cuts to sabotage NPS’s ability to manage the parks and even threatened their existence. Drawing on their experience, Jarvis and Jarvis make a bold and compelling proposal: that it is time for NPS to be removed from the Department of the Interior and made an independent agency, similar to the Smithsonian Institution, giving NPS leaders the ability to manage park resources and plan our parks’ protection, priorities, and future.

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