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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 50 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 70s, 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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  A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs -...

  Dominic Couzens, Gail Ashton

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  A fascinating journey into the secret life of insects, with QR codes linked to videos that bring every creature to life.
  Just as birds have yearly rhythms, so do bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects. Wildlife experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton discover 52 minibeasts from around the world.
  They tell the story of what is happening week-by-week in the insect world, in our own backyards, window boxes and in hidden corners of our homes. From the daily grind of the house spider building a new web each morning, to the vast appetites of ladybirds, which can devour hundreds of aphids a day, and the glory of the Stag beetle's maiden flight. We delve into the world of the lethal Sydney funnelweb spider in Australian gardens, the migratory mission of the Monarch butterfly in America and the life of the backdoor scorpions in South Africa. In among the seasonal behaviour, the authors have woven history and folklore.
  These brilliant stories are complemented by wonderful illustrations by Lesley Buckingham that bring out the beauty of the entomological world. A QR code for each entry takes you to a video file to further explore the habits of these intriguing creatures. Revealing the true wonder of our insect neighbours, this book will appeal to all nature lovers.

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  Bitcoin for Beginners - The...

  Matthew Reed

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  If you want to understand how Bitcoin works and trade cryptocurrency like a market wizard, then keep reading!Bitcoin had taken the world by storm once again when it crossed $60,000 per BTC in October of last year. Immediately, as happened in 2017, many people started trying to improvise themselves as professional investors. While some of them have made decent returns in the past few months, there is no doubt they will give them back to the market once prices stop going parabolic. They will sell their bitcoins to those with a solid investing strategy that allows them to build real wealth.This is why you need to learn the correct investing strategy if you want to truly build long-term financial success, not just make a few dollars here and there.The beauty of Bitcoin investing is that it does not require a lot of money to get started. The volatility is so high that even a few hundred dollars can be a good starting point to accumulate wealth.Do not worry. You will not have to spend hours and hours in front of your computer. The investing strategy presented in this audiobook can be easily automated and has one goal in mind: making you as much money as possible while freeing up your time!It is time to join the rise of the new monetary standard!Get this audiobook now!

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  Mercury and Gemini: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  The successful Apollo 11 mission was certainly an astonishing technological triumph, but what is less well remembered now are that many programs preceded Apollo and were essential to its success. Project Mercury was one of those, and in many ways it represented the greatest step forward in terms of the conquest of space. Before Project Mercury, there was no certainty that a human could survive the rigors of a space launch or live outside Earth’s atmosphere. There was no agreement on just what an astronaut should be, and various individuals involved debated whether they should be pilots, technicians, scientists, or even merely observers in an automated craft. Before Project Mercury, no one was entirely certain what a rocket capable of taking a person into space would look like, or even whether building such a craft was within the capabilities of engineering in the 1950s. 
  Gemini also marked another important milestone as America finally surpassed the Soviet Union in space technology. Before Gemini, the US was playing a desperate game of catch-up as it attempted to match Soviet accomplishments. The last Project Mercury flight launched in May 1963, and before then, Russia had put the first satellite in Earth’s orbit and the first man in space and had followed these with longer flights than the tiny Mercury spacecraft. In terms of military significance, it was recognized that the ability to dominate space was very important, and to many people in America, it seemed that Russia was well on the way to doing this. No one could have guessed that it would be almost three years before the next American manned space flight occurred when Gemini 3 left the launch pad in March 1965. It seemed to many people that the Russian lead in space exploration had become unassailable and, in order to reestablish the credibility of the US space program, the Gemini flights simply had to succeed.

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  Pretty Wings

  Candi Usher

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  Walk with me into the world of Black women and the taboo side is mental health. This book is a dive into my personal issues with suicide attempts and ideations, as well as a discussion on studies done and lack of them in relation to suicide in the Black community. Black women are expected to always be strong. Never have a problem that she can't solve. What a lot of people don't see is behind that bright smile, that strong and determined look, are the eyes without life. The body that's stiff because of stress and carrying the weight of life, often alone. Something has to be done. Help me awareness about the need for better mental health care in the Black community.  

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  Data Engineering with AWS -...

  May Sherry

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  "Data Engineering with AWS: Building Next-Gen Data Architectures on AWS" is your comprehensive guide to mastering data engineering in the cloud. This book delves into the full spectrum of data engineering on the AWS platform, from foundational concepts to advanced techniques, enabling you to build, optimize, and scale data pipelines with confidence. 
  Designed for data engineers, cloud architects, and IT professionals, this book covers the latest AWS tools and services that power modern data solutions. You'll explore key topics such as data ingestion, transformation, storage, and analysis, all while leveraging AWS services like Amazon S3, Redshift, Glue, and Kinesis. The book provides practical, hands-on examples to demonstrate how to create robust, secure, and scalable data architectures that can handle the demands of big data and real-time analytics. 
  "Data Engineering with AWS" equips you with the knowledge and skills to harness the power of AWS for your data engineering needs. Learn how to implement best practices, optimize performance, and ensure data security while keeping costs under control. With this book, you'll be prepared to build the next generation of data-driven applications on AWS. 
   

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