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  The 5 Keys to a Clear Mix -...

  Stephen Robert Cass

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  Do you feel like there's no way you'll mix a song demo as good as (insert name here)? 
  Are you struggling to understand how to make the worship band sound better? 
  Do you want to start being confident with your mixes? 
  Stephen Robert Cass has been playing and mixing songs in church and for bands for over 50 years. He has 14 album projects and hundreds of studio hours as a musician and producer and wants to help produce your next song demo or worship team mix. Find your new mix philosophy with the 5 Key method. Take charge behind the mixing console, physical or digital. 
  These 5 Keys, plus two bonus strategies with immediate results for a professional mix, will inform and prepare you, instilling the confidence you need to manage a multi-track recording or a live band.

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  Leading with Humanity - How...

  Tom Wellner

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  Proving true to Orla Scott’s statement, “Purpose, people, and profit are not mutually exclusive,” with Leading with Humanity: How Purpose Creates Value, Thomas Wellner offers readers a blueprint for building companies that never lose sight of their mission while adapting to contemporary demands in ways that allow their businesses to grow. Throughout his career, Wellner has been intent on establishing balance, meaning, and empathy in the companies he has had the pleasure of leading. Here he outlines the approaches that can help businesses be innovative and compassionate while consistently producing excellent results. Readers will see new opportunities when learning how Wellner transformed companies into nimble entities that profit from collaboration, focus on their strengths, and streamline processes. Applying concrete examples from his current role in the senior living sector, readers will also be reminded of the potent power of the ageless human spirit.

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  The Clone Giants

  Melissa Petruzzello

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  Melissa Petruzzello of Encyclopædia Britannica explores two of the largest organisms on Earth and the asexual reproductive strategies that have facilitated their remarkable growth. This is the fifth installment of the Botanize! podcast series.

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  The Long Descent - A User's...

  John Michael Greer

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  The author of Dark Age America shares a harrowing vision of the future and what you can do to take action and make change. 
   
  Americans are expressing deep concern about US dependence on petroleum, rising energy prices and the threat of climate change. Unlike the energy crisis of the 1970s, however, there is a lurking fear that, now, the times are different, and the crisis may not easily be resolved. 
   
  The Long Descent examines the basis of such fear through three core themes:Industrial society is following the same well-worn path that has led other civilizations into decline, a path involving a much slower and more complex transformation than the sudden catastrophes imagined by so many social critics today.The roots of the crisis lie in the cultural stories that shape the way we understand the world. Since problems cannot be solved with the same thinking that created them, these ways of thinking need to be replaced with others better suited to the needs of our time.It is too late for massive programs for top-down change; the change must come from individuals. 
   
  Hope exists in actions that range from taking up a handicraft or adopting an “obsolete” technology, through planting an organic vegetable garden, taking charge of your own health care or spirituality, and building community. 
   
  Focusing eloquently on constructive adaptation to massive change, this book will have wide appeal. 
   
  Praise for The Long Descent 
   
  “At once erudite and entertaining, Greer’s exploration of the dynamics of societal collapse couldn’t be more timely.” —Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author of The Party’s Over and Peak Everything 
   
  “Candidates for public office, and the voters who elect them, should be required to read [Greer’s] accurate diagnosis of the terminal illness our fossil-energy subsidized industrial civilization has too long denied. He shows how stubborn belief in perpetual progress blinded us to the abyss toward which we were speeding and thus impeded wise preparation for our unavoidable descent into a deindustrial age. We must hope that the array of mitigating tools he prescribes may yet render that descent down the back side of Hubbert’s peak less devastating than it will be if we insistently claim a right to be prodigal in using this finite Earth.” —Willam R. Catton, Jr., author of Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

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  Eastbound through Siberia -...

  Georg Wilhelm Steller

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  “Traveling with Steller as he botanizes his way across Siberia is part wilderness adventure, part open air museum visit, and a valuable historical window.” —Erika Monahan, author of The Merchants of Siberia 
   
  In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and strategic advantages, Steller was to send back descriptions of everything he saw. The Empress’s instructions were detailed, from requests for a preserved whale brain to observing the child-rearing customs of local peoples, and Steller met the task with dedication, bravery, and a good measure of humor. In the name of science, Steller and his comrades confronted horse-swallowing bogs, leaped across ice floes, and survived countless close calls in their exploration of an unforgiving environment. Not stopping at lists of fishes, birds, and mammals, Steller also details the villages and the lives of those living there, from vice-governors to prostitutes. His writings rail against government corruption and the misuse of power while describing with empathy the lives of the poor and forgotten, with special attention toward Native peoples. 
   
  “Not only showcases Steller the botanist but also reveals him as an admirable human being with a great sense of humor who managed to keep an upbeat attitude in the most trying circumstances.” —Eckehart J. Jäger 
   
  “What emerges is a remarkable window into life—both human and animal—in 18th century Siberia.” —The Birdbooker Report 
   
  “Adds fascinating details to the life of Steller and his travels and discoveries just before joining Bering in Kamchatka to set sail.” —Anchorage Daily News

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  The Thing with Feathers - The...

  Noah Strycker

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  Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself.The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries-revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature.Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds.

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