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  Mythopedia - A Brief Compendium...

  Adrienne Mayor

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  From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural world 
   
  Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and lost cities, accursed mountains and treacherous terrains, and lethal lakes and singing sand dunes, explaining the historical background and latest science underlying each tale. 
   
  As soon as humans invented language, they told stories to explain mysterious things they observed around them—on land, in the seas, and in the skies. Even though these tales are expressed in poetic or supernatural language, they contain surprisingly accurate insights and even eyewitness descriptions of catastrophic events millennia ago. Drawing on her unique insights as a pioneer in the exciting new field of geomythology, Adrienne Mayor describes how cultural memories of tsunamis, volcanic disasters, and other massive geological events can reach back thousands of years as the stories were preserved, elaborated, told, and retold across generations. She shows how geomythology is expanding our understanding of our planet’s history over eons, revealing the human desire to explain nature and weave imaginative stories intertwined with keen observation, rational speculation, and memory. 
   
  Mythopedia is a compendium of many marvels, from the Hindu monkey god Hanuman and his army of bridge-building primates to the terrifying sand demon Shensha shen of China, the gnawing glaciers of Austria, and the vengeful fish-headed snake god Nyami Nyami of Africa’s Zambezi River.

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  The Tensaw River - Alabama's...

  Mike Bunn

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  The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River. 
   
   
   
  Forming the eastern boundary of the expansive Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Tensaw has had little industrial development. Left largely undisturbed, the river flows free and bountiful into the grand estuary of Mobile Bay in ways that would be recognizable to Native Americans centuries ago and to pioneers who arrived before Alabama became a state. 
   
   
   
  Bunn's unforgettable stories in The Tensaw River trace the construction and occupation of the Bottle Creek site, an important mound complex built by Southeastern Native Americans a millennia ago. Nearby Blakeley is an antebellum ghost town whose lost memories tease the imagination. During the Civil War, the boom of artillery fire in the battle that sealed the fate of the city of Mobile echoed along the bends in the Tensaw. 
   
   
   
  Located near popular travel destinations, the Tensaw's "Forgotten Cultural Heritage Corridor" is a gateway to the enchanting beauty of—and humankind's relationship to—the landscape of the American South.

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  How to Create Outstanding...

  Vines Graener

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  People form their first impression of you—and your business—in under a second. It’s a startling thought. Fortunately, online articles have a bit more leeway. Most web pages have just under a minute to capture visitors' attention and persuade them to stay or leave. 
  That said, sixty seconds isn’t much time. If you need to convince a new user that your content is worth their clicks and shares, you might think brevity is key. Surprisingly, that’s not always the case. To truly stand out in a crowded digital landscape and keep users engaged, long-form articles are the way to go.

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  Too Wired For Silence Too Tired...

  Brian Walker

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. There is a particular kind of evening that most people know. The day is done but the mind isn't. Too restless for silence, too tired for anything that asks much of it. The body wants to sleep. The brain has other ideas. 
   
  This audiobook was made for that exact hour. 
   
  Ten stories drawn from the science and history of sleep — each one fascinating enough to quiet a restless mind, calm enough not to keep it awake. A seventeen-year-old who stayed awake for eleven days and watched his own mind come apart. The lost practice of sleeping in two separate blocks that most of humanity followed before electric light erased it. The graduate student who discovered REM sleep by watching a child's eyes move in the dark. An Italian family carrying a gene that makes sleep impossible. The sleepwalker who cooked a full meal in the night and found the evidence in the morning. The epidemic that swept through the world in 1917 and left thousands suspended between sleep and wakefulness for decades. And the neuroscientist who discovered that the sleeping brain spends its nights quietly cleaning itself. 
   
  No chapters. No cliffhangers. One continuous, unhurried journey narrated in a single deep male voice, designed to carry the listener from the restlessness of the evening toward the quiet of sleep. 
   
  For everyone who has ever lain in the dark, too wired for silence and too tired for anything stimulating, and wished there was something in between.

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  The Milk-Pouring Boy and his...

  The Sincere Seeker Collection

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  Introduce your child to numbers in a fun and engaging way with this delightful counting audiobook designed for toddlers and preschoolers. This playful listening experience helps young learners count from 1 to 10 through a heartwarming rhyming story filled with adorable kitties and joyful moments. 
  Children follow a charming story where a curious kitty visits a boy’s backyard—and each day, more kitties arrive to join the fun. As the number of furry friends grows, children naturally learn to count along, strengthening number recognition and early math skills in an easy and enjoyable way. 
  With simple rhymes, clear narration, and an interactive storytelling style, this audiobook turns learning into a fun and memorable experience—perfect for bedtime, car rides, playtime, or daily routines. 
  What Your Child Will Discover: 
  • Counting from 1 to 10 in a fun and natural way 
  • Number recognition and early math skills 
  • Rhyming patterns that make learning easy and enjoyable 
  • Sequential thinking through storytelling 
  • Kindness and compassion for animals 
  Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, parents, and educators, this audiobook supports early learning through play, imagination, and repetition. 
  Created by The Sincere Seeker Kids Collection, this audiobook is designed for children of all backgrounds—bringing together fun, education, and universal values like kindness, sharing, and friendship.

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  Human Spaceflight - From Mars to...

  Louis Friedman

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  Mars, a mysterious dust-ridden place, is most like Earth in its climate and seasons. Of all the possible destinations in space to travel, Mars is the most likely for humans to reach. According to esteemed scientist Louis Friedman, it may be the only destination outside the moon to ever see human footprints. 
   
   
   
  Far from diminishing our future in space, Human Spaceflight lays out a provocative future for human space travel. The noted aerospace engineer and scientist says that human space exploration will continue well into the future, but space travel by humans will stop at Mars. Instead, nanotechnology, space sails, robotics, biomolecular engineering, and artificial intelligence will provide the vehicles of the future for an exciting evolution not just of space travel but of humankind. 
   
   
   
  Friedman has worked with agencies around the globe on space exploration projects to extend human presence beyond Mars and beyond the solar system. He writes that once we accept Mars as the only viable destination for humans, our space program on planet Earth can become more exciting and more relevant. Mars, he writes, will take hundreds, even thousands, of years to settle. During that time, humans and all our supporting technologies will evolve, allowing our minds to be present throughout the universe while our bodies stay home on Earth and Mars.

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