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  Take to the Trees - A Story of...

  Marguerite Holloway

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  Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people develop impressive technical skills and ascend into the canopy. As Holloway tackles unfamiliar equipment and dizzying heights, she learns about the science of trees and tells the stories of charismatic species, including hemlock, aspen, Atlantic white cedar, oak, and beech. She spotlights experts who are chronicling the great dying that is underway in forests around the world as trees face simultaneous and accelerating threats from drought, heat, floods, disease, and other disruptions. 
   
   
   
  As she climbs, Holloway also comes to understand the profound significance of trees in her relationship with her late mother and brother. The book's rousing final chapter offers something new: a grander environmental and arboreal optimism, in which the story of trees and their resilience meshes with that of people working to steward the forests of the future, and of community found among fellow tree climbers. A lyrical work of memoir and reportage, Take to the Trees sounds the alarm about rapid arboreal decline while also offering hope about how we might care for our forests and ourselves.

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  AI for Cybersecurity - Starseed AI

  Starseed

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  In an age where cyber threats evolve with lightning speed, traditional defenses are no longer enough. AI in Cybersecurity: Protecting the Digital Future is your guide to understanding how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the fight against digital crime. 
  This comprehensive book delves into AI's transformative role in cybersecurity, from identifying and mitigating sophisticated threats to mastering critical concepts like machine learning and anomaly detection. You’ll gain practical insights into integrating cutting-edge AI tools into your strategies, ensuring you stay ahead of emerging risks in an ever-changing digital landscape. 
  Cybercriminals are already leveraging AI to outsmart conventional systems. This book empowers you to outthink and outmaneuver them, equipping individuals and organizations to protect their most valuable assets with confidence. 
  Authored by experts at Starseed, a leading advocate for accessible education, this book is more than just a resource—it’s a call to action. Join a forward-thinking community dedicated to shaping the future of cybersecurity. Together, we can build a safer, AI-driven world. 
  Whether you’re an IT professional, a student, or simply curious about AI’s potential, AI in Cybersecurity offers the knowledge and tools you need to thrive. The future of cybersecurity starts now. Don’t wait—step into the future and safeguard what matters most.

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  Condensed Matter and Solid State...

  Mark Hedges

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  From the smallest atomic structures to the vast complexity of engineered materials, condensed matter physics and solid-state physics explore the fundamental principles governing matter in its many forms. These fields are at the core of modern technology, explaining the behavior of metals, semiconductors, superconductors, and even exotic quantum materials that challenge our understanding of physics. 
  This book contains these titles: 
  - Condensed Matter Physics  
  - Introduction to Solid State Physics  
  - Physics of Semiconductor Devices  
  This collection provides a deep dive into the science behind the properties of solids and condensed phases of matter. It covers key topics such as crystallography, electronic band structures, magnetism, and the physics of semiconductors—the backbone of modern electronics. Whether you're interested in the development of transistors, the future of quantum computing, or the discovery of novel materials, this book equips you with the essential knowledge to grasp the principles shaping our technological world.

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  Restless Devices - Recovering...

  Felicia Wu Song

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  We're being formed by our devices. Today's digital technologies are designed to captivate our attention and encroach on our boundaries, shaping how we relate to time and space, to ourselves and others, even to God. Our natural longing for relationship makes us vulnerable to the "industrializing" effects of social media. While we enjoy the benefits of digital tech, many of us feel troubled with its power and exhausted by its demands for permanent connectivity. Yet even as we grow disenchanted, attempting to resist the digital "powers that be" might seem like a losing battle.
  Sociologist Felicia Wu Song has spent years considering the personal and collective dynamics of digital ecosystems. She combines psychological, neurological, and sociological insights with theological reflection to explore two major questions:
  
  - What kind of people are we becoming with personal technologies in hand?
  - And who do we really want to be?
  Song unpacks the soft tyranny of the digital age, including the values embedded in our apps and the economic systems that drive our habits. She then explores pathways of meaningful resistance that can be found in Christian tradition—especially counter-narratives about human worth, embodiment, relationality, and time—and offers practical experiments for individual and communal change.
  In our current digital ecologies, small behavioral shifts are not enough to give us freedom. We need a sober and motivating vision of our prospects to help us imagine what kind of life we hope to live—and how we can get there.

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  Good Flies - Favorite Trout...

  John Gierach

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  John Gierach is a highly trusted and trustable opinion-maker in fly-fishing. People take what he says to the bank. While most of Gierach's writing is essay-style and reflective, here he gets down to the nitty-gritty: how he ties his favorite flies and why he thinks they work so well for him. There is, thus, an instant reader connection: "Gierach's patterns are good enough for me." 
   
   
   
  Few anglers will skip knowing what a master angler and thinker prefers for his fly box. This title covers a gamut of patterns essential to trout fishing in a variety of circumstances: dry flies, wet flies and nymphs, and streamers. Gierach's legion of fans of his regular magazine column will be highly inclined to buy this title.

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  Science Be Dammed - How Ignoring...

  Eric Kuhn, John Fleck

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  Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. 
   
   
   
  Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. 
   
   
   
  Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.

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