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  Shark: Why we need to save the...

  Paul de Gelder

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  From shark attack survivor to the shark’s biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them. 
  Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks… 
  We have a perennial fascination with sharks. Portrayed in the media and popular culture as killing machines, we are awed by their power and strength. But the shark is so much more – a marvel of the sea, they have evolved over 450 million years into over 500 species, from the bioluminescent kitefin to the tiny dwarf lantern shark, the sociable lemon shark to the cow shark, which can birth up to 100 pups in one litter. Bringing balance to the ocean’s ecosystem, our planet is at serious risk when these amazing creatures are threatened. 
  Paul de Gelder, who lost two limbs in a shark attack during a mission as an elite Australian navy clearance diver, spent time as part of his recovery learning all about sharks. He became so obsessed that, despite what happened to him, he is now an expert and has dedicated his life to helping save them. Shark is his love-letter to these unfairly vilified animals, and his warning to the world about what will happen if we don’t look out for them. 
  In SHARK, Paul de Gelder, a shark attack survivor turned advocate, explores the intricate ecosystems of the seas and oceans. He emphasises the importance of marine conservation and the protection of the diverse habitats that these misunderstood creatures call home. 
  For fans of Daniel C. Abel (The Lives of Sharks), Helen Czerski (Blue Machine), Brian Skerry (Shark), David A. Ebert (Sharks of the World), and Lee Schofield (Wild Fell). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  The Magic Beneath Our Feet -...

  Merlin Stamets, Paul Sheldrake

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  The Magic Beneath Our Feet: Uncovering the Hidden World of Mushrooms! 
  Eureka! Welcome to the bewitching realm that exists right beneath our unsuspecting feet. In “The Magic Beneath Our Feet: Uncovering the Hidden World of Mushrooms,” we pull back the earthy curtains, revealing a kingdom teeming with wonders beyond your wildest dreams. Let's embark on this spore-tacular journey, shall we? 
  Mushroom Mysteries Unveiled: Think you know mushrooms? Think again. Venture beyond the ordinary button mushroom and encounter extravagant species, each carrying tales of lore, ancient medicine, and the secrets of nature’s intricate web. 
  Gastronomic Delights & Healing Allies: From truffles that are worth their weight in gold to humble fungi with unparalleled healing properties—get ready to elevate your culinary adventures and wellness regimes. It's gourmet and healing, all rolled into one! 
  Unfurling this narrative is akin to embarking on an epic odyssey across uncharted territories, where every turn uncovers a revelation, a mystery, or a miracle. “The Magic Beneath Our Feet” isn’t just an exposition—it's an exhilarating expedition. An awakening to the fascinating world that, while unseen, is very much alive, pulsating, and brimming with tales of nature's marvels. 
  So, lace up those hiking boots, grab your trusty field guide, and join us on this exhilarating journey. From the shadows of the forest floor to the bustling ecosystems of our own backyards, we’ll traverse landscapes and time, unearthing stories, wisdom, and a newfound appreciation for the incredible fungi among us. 
  Discover. Dream. Delve. The Fungi Frontier Awaits! 🍄📚🌲

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  The Poisoned City - Flint's...

  Anna Clark

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  When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. 
  Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city's water supply to a source that corroded Flint's aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even in matters of their own lives. 
  It took eighteen months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. By that time, twelve people had died and Flint's children had suffered irreparable harm. The long battle for accountability and a humane response to this man-made disaster has only just begun. 
  In Anna Clark's full account of this American tragedy, The Poisoned City recounts the gripping story of Flint's poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town, but could also be about any American city, all made precarious by the neglect of infrastructure and the erosion of democratic decision making. 
  Places like Flint are set up to fail—and for the people who live and work in them, the consequences can be fatal.

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  Summary: Dare to Lead: Brave...

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  "I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential" – Brené Brown 
    
  Summary of Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown 
    
  Brené Brown is an authority in the study of courage and vulnerability as it pertains to leadership. In brief, she shares subtle skills that encourage courage-building skills and also gives practical steps to apply these skills within organizations and any other form of social setting throughout this empowering book. 
    
  What to take from this book? 
  We all experience difficult conversations frequently. Our first instinct is usually to avoid these kinds of conversations due to the discomfort that they produce. However, this book is a practical guide that delivers the necessary skills to handle these situations competently, courageously, and productively. 
    
  Who is this book for? 
  This book is for readers who seek to exude more courage, confidence, and leadership. Employees who wish to build productive relationships, trusting and respectful connections with their colleagues, and happy, healthy relationships at all levels will enjoy this book. especially meant for leaders in any setting including military branches, business. NGOs, sports, and all vocations. The following main topics are covered in this book:Rumbling with Vulnerability.Living into our Values.Braving Trust.Learning to rise.

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  Shark Bytes - Tales of Diving...

  John Bantin

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  The popular image of sharks is of a dorsal fin cleaving the surface as it rushes to its next kill, but this is a limited caricature. There are over 500 species to choose from, most of whom are far more frightened of humans than vice versa. In this beautiful book, diving veteran John Bantin recounts many tales of his diving with several species of sharks and other marine animals over the last 4 decades. Accompanied by his own stunning photography, the captivating, spectacular and sometimes shocking encounters show the reader what it is like to get up close and personal to these bizarre and beautiful creatures. The sharks covered range from the great whale sharks to the small blacktip reef shark, in locations extending to all corners of the globe.

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  My Life Among the Serial Killers...

  Helen Morrison, Harold Goldberg

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  In this memoir, a forensic psychiatrist chronicles her work with more than 80 serial killers and her thoughts on what compels them. 
   
  Judging by appearances, Dr. Helen Morrison has an ordinary life in the suburbs of a major city. She has a physician husband, two children, and a thriving psychiatric clinic. But her life is more than that. She is one of the world’s leading experts on serial killers, and has spent as many as four hundred hours alone in rooms with depraved murderers, digging deep into killers’ psyches in ways no profiler ever has before. 
   
  In My Life among the Serial Killers, Dr. Morrison relates how she profiled the Mad Biter, Richard Otto Macek, who chewed on his victims’ body parts, stalked Dr. Morrison, then believed she was his wife. She did the last interview with Ed Gein, who was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. John Wayne Gacy, the clown-obsessed killer of young men, sent her crazed Christmas cards and gave her his paintings as presents. Then there was Atlanta child killer Wayne Williams; rapist turned murderer Bobby Joe Long; Fred and Rosemary West, who killed girls and women in their Gloucester “House of Horrors”; and Brazil’s deadliest killer of children, Marcelo Costa de Andrade. 
   
  Dr. Morrison has received hundreds of letters from killers, read their diaries and journals, evaluated crime scenes, testified at their trials, and studied photos of the gruesome carnage. She has interviewed the families of the victims—and the spouses and parents of the killers—to gain a deeper understanding of the killer’s environment and the public persona they adopt. She has also studied serial killers throughout history and shows how this is not a recent phenomenon with psychological autopsies of the fifteenth-century French war hero Gilles de Rais, the sixteenth-century Hungarian Countess Bathory, H.H. Holmes of the late nineteenth-century, and Albert Fish of the Roaring Twenties. 
   
  Through it all, Dr. Morrison’s goal has been to discover the reasons serial killers are compelled to murder, how they choose their victims, and what we can do to prevent their crimes in the future. Her provocative conclusions will stun you. 
   
  Praise for My Life Among the Serial Killers 
   
  “A scary piece of work, with even scarier implications.” —Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “A profoundly enlightening book. Morrison provides startling insights into what factors breed serial killers, and she avoids the broad generalizations that make other books of the topic seem slick and superficial. . . . This is an absorbing, disturbing book that makes it clear just how much we have yet to learn.” —Booklist

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