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  The Triumph of Human Empire -...

  Rosalind Williams

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  In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island. This island was home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis, who had organized themselves to seek “the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.” Bacon’s make-believe island was not an empire in the usual sense, marked by territorial control; instead, it was the center of a vast general expansion of human knowledge and power.             Rosalind Williams uses Bacon’s island as a jumping-off point to explore the overarching historical event of our time: the rise and triumph of human empire, the apotheosis of the modern ambition to increase knowledge and power in order to achieve world domination. Confronting an intensely humanized world was a singular event of consciousness, which Williams explores through the lives and works of three writers of the late nineteenth century: Jules Verne, William Morris, and Robert Louis Stevenson. As the century drew to a close, these writers were unhappy with the direction in which their world seemed to be headed and worried that organized humanity would use knowledge and power for unworthy ends. In response, Williams shows, each engaged in a lifelong quest to make a home in the midst of human empire, to transcend it, and most of all to understand it. They accomplished this first by taking to the water: in life and in art, the transition from land to water offered them release from the condition of human domination. At the same time, each writer transformed his world by exploring the literary boundary between realism and romance. Williams shows how Verne, Morris, and Stevenson experimented with romance and fantasy and how these traditions allowed them to express their growing awareness of the need for a new relationship between humans and Earth.           The Triumph of Human Empire shows that for these writers and their readers romance was an exceptionally powerful way of grappling with the political, technical, and environmental situations of modernity. As environmental consciousness rises in our time, along with evidence that our seeming control over nature is pathological and unpredictable, Williams’s history is one that speaks very much to the present.

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  Affiliate Marketing

  Mark J. Cooper

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  Are you tired of the 9-to-5 grind?  
  Do you dream of working from anywhere in the world, on your own schedule? If so, affiliate marketing may be the perfect career path for you. 
  With "Affiliate Marketing," you'll learn everything you need to know to get started in this lucrative industry. Here are just a few of the benefits of affiliate marketing:Passive income: Once you've set up your affiliate links, you can earn money while you sleep.Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the world, on your own schedule.Low startup costs: Affiliate marketing is one of the most affordable ways to start a business.No inventory or shipping: You don't need to worry about storing or shipping products.No customer service: The merchant handles all customer service inquiries. 
  In this audiobook, you'll learn how to:Choose the right niche for your affiliate marketing businessFind the best affiliate programs to promoteCreate engaging content that drives traffic to your affiliate linksBuild an email list to maximize your earning potentialUse social media to grow your affiliate marketing businessAnd much more! 
  Don't let another day go by in a job you hate. Take control of your career and start building the life you've always dreamed of with "Affiliate Marketing." 
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  Thriving Beyond Sustainability -...

  Andres R. Edwards

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  Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming atmosphere. But against this bleak backdrop, beacons of hope shine from thousands of large and small initiatives taking place everywhere from isolated villages to major urban centers. 
  Thriving Beyond Sustainability draws a collective map of individuals, organizations and communities from around the world that are committed to building an alternative future - one that strives to restore ecological health, reinvent outmoded institutions and rejuvenate our environmental, social and economic systems. the  projects and initiatives profiled are meeting the challenges of the day with optimism, hope and results, leading the way in: 
  - relocalization- green commerce- ecological design- environmental conservation- social transformation. 
  Overflowing with inspiration, the stories and ideas in these pages will cause the most chronic pessimist to see the glass as half full - to move beyond a perception of surviving with scarcity to one of flourishing with abundance. the  comprehensive resource section provides the tools for everyone to become a catalyst for change. 
  Published by Post Hypnotic Press Inc. Distrubited by Big Happy Family LLC.

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  Sea Turtles and the Coastal Squeeze

  John Rafferty

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  John Rafferty of Encyclopædia Britannica and Dr. Lucy Hawkes of the University of Exeter discuss sea turtle conservation within the context of sea-level rise and shoreline development. This is the 12th part of the Postcards from the 6th Mass Extinction audio series.

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  Finding North - How Navigation...

  George Michelsen Foy

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  In 1844, George Michelsen Foy's great-great grandfather, captain of a Norwegian cargo ship, perished at sea after getting lost in a snowstorm. Foy decides to unravel the mystery surrounding Halvor Michelsen's death-and the roots of his own obsession with navigation-by re-creating his ancestor's trip using only period instruments.Beforehand, he meets a colorful cast of characters to learn whether men really have better directional skills than women; how cells, eels, and spaceships navigate; and how tragedy results from GPS glitches. He interviews a cabby who has memorized every street in London, sails on a Haitian cargo sloop, and visits the site of a secret navigational cult in Greece.At the heart of Foy's story is this fact: navigation and the brain's memory centers are inextricably linked. As Foy unravels the secret behind Halvor's death, he also discovers why forsaking our navigation skills in favor of GPS may lead not only to Alzheimer's and other diseases of memory, but to losing a key part of what makes us human.

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  The Grail Bird - The Rediscovery...

  Tim Gallagher

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  “The Grail Bird is an enjoyable read . . . A powerful call for conservation, and an exciting bird adventure” (The Boston Globe).   What is it about the ivory-billed woodpecker? Why does this ghost of the southern swamps arouse such an obsessive level of passion in its devotees, who range from respected researchers to the flakiest Loch Ness monster fanatics and Elvis chasers?   Since the early twentieth century, scientists have been trying their best to prove that the ivory-bill is extinct. But every time they think they’ve finally closed the door, the bird makes an unexpected appearance.   To unravel the mystery, author Tim Gallagher heads south, deep into the eerie swamps and bayous of the vast Mississippi Delta, searching for people who claim to have seen this rarest of birds and following up—sometimes more than thirty years after the fact—on their sightings. What follows is his own Eureka moment with his buddy Bobby Harrison, a true son of the South from Alabama. A huge woodpecker flies in front of their canoe, and they both cry out, “Ivory-bill!” This sighting—the first time since 1944 that two qualified observers positively identify an ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States—quickly leads to the largest search ever launched to find a rare bird, as researchers fan out across the bayou, hoping to document the existence of this most iconic of birds.   “The Grail Bird is less an ecological study than a portrait of human obsession.” —The New York Times

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