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  Simply Schrödinger

  John Gribbin

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  Born in Vienna, Austria, Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) was the only child of a Catholic father and an Austrian-English Lutheran mother. He attended the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1910. For the next 45 years, he held positions at many different universities in Europe, the U.K., and the U.S., a result both of his antipathy to Nazism, as well as his unconventional lifestyle, which often involved living with multiple women at a time. After appointments at Oxford, Princeton, and the University of Graz in Austria, Schrödinger was invited in 1938 to help set up the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, where, from 1940 until his retirement in 1955, he served as the director of the School for Theoretical Physics. In addition to his groundbreaking work in physics—for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933—Schrödinger had a lifelong interest in philosophy and Eastern religion, and his lectures and writings included discussions of such topics as consciousness, free will, and the nature of reality. 
  In Simply Schrödinger, acclaimed science writer John Gribbin takes the measure of this singular scientist, who stands with Einstein, Heisenberg, and Dirac as one of the creators of a new scientific reality. While the focus is primarily on Schrödinger’s particular contributions to quantum physics—including wave mechanics and wave-particle duality, as well as the famous feline—Gribbin also delves into Schrödinger’s fascination with Eastern philosophy and the other distinctive traits that differentiated him from his peers and made him who he was. 
  Written in a personable and accessible style that minimizes jargon and doesn’t require a degree in physics, Simply Schrödinger is a fascinating introduction to one of the giants of the 20th century, who blazed his own trail in science and in life.

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  Secrets of Fifth Avenue: Women...

  Landon Marchand

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  Secrets of Fifth Avenue: Women Who Shaped Fashion's Golden Age 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you fascinated by the women who revolutionized fashion during its golden age and eager to delve into their stories?  
  Seeking a comprehensive guide that sheds light on the influential figures who left an indelible mark on the fashion world? 
  Your search ends here! 
  This audiobook serves as your definitive companion for deepening your understanding, applying your knowledge, and engaging in hands-on exploration of these fashion icons. With this, you're set for a captivating journey into the past. 
  Updated to include the latest research and insights. 
  Key features of this enriched guide: 
  - Profound insights about the influential women who shaped fashion's golden era 
  - Detailed exploration of their contributions and legacies 
  - Effective strategies for understanding their impact and significance 
  Our guide distinguishes itself through comprehensive coverage, which is essential for appreciating these fashion trailblazers. Stories aren't merely skimmed; they are delved into with precision. 
  Please note that this guide is an independent resource for your benefit. 
  Designed with a clear structure and easy-to-understand language, our audiobook ensures smooth transitions between topics. Say goodbye to dense jargon and welcome clear, precise content that captures the essence of fashion's golden age. 
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  How to Stop Trying - An...

  Katie Williams

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  This program is read by the author.An unflinchingly honest and sometimes hilarious look at hustle culture, exploring the forces that have shaped a generation of overachieving women who now find themselves in search of a better way forward.Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m trying to make it work,” and thought, “That sounds like a great idea”? Probably not. Because the thing about trying is that it’s tiring; it’s labor. Anyone who has tried to have fun or to relax or to fall asleep knows this to be true.And yet: we exist within a culture that encourages us—often with a frantic urgency—to try, and try harder. We are told to try a different approach, try to do or be better, try to squeeze in a little bit more. This is especially true of women, who not only have to try harder than men to receive access to the same opportunities and resources, but who are also conditioned to try in the name of meeting others' needs and expectations, often at the expense of their own well-being.In this galvanizing and illuminating listen, Kate tackles hustle culture head-on, exploring the ways in which women are primed to become relentless strivers. From the workplace to motherhood, from relationships to “self-care”—no arena of a woman’s life is safe from the pressure to exceed expectations. This conflation of self-worth with achievement, she argues, is both toxic and counterproductive, as the qualities we most seek—happiness, meaning, purpose—are not earned but rather owned.Known for her astute cultural analysis and pitch-perfect observations of generational trends, Williams takes listeners on a journey rooted in her own struggle to divest from an overachieving identity, including the realizations that came in the wake of a painful fertility challenge. Deeply felt, passionately argued, and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is a book for every woman who has ever wondered what would happen if she stopped trying so hard—and just let go.  A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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  Wonder Of Women - Stories About...

  Kate Chopin, Edith Nesbit, Edith...

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  Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law.  However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.  
   
  In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status.  Women were chattel and property.  There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told.  Many did. 
   
  But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms.  However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender. 
   
  Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need.  Narratives had new ideas.  Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility. 
   
  The women included here are talents that dazzle.  Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top.  Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed.   
   
  1 - Women of Wonder - Affairs - An Introduction 
  2 - The Storm by Kate Chopin 
  3 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit 
  4 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton 
  5 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf 
  6 - The Pleasant Husband by Marjorie Bowen 
  7 - Lucy Wren by Ada Radford 
  8 - Lena Wrace by May Sinclair 
  9 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow 
  10 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens 
  11 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin

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  AMERIGO VESPUCCI – Discover the...

  Amerigo Vespucci, Bartolomé de...

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  Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Europeans. Colloquially named the New World, this second super continent came to be known as "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin transcription of Vespucci's first name. Learn more about the man who gave his name to the new continent, read his personal letters, diaries and what his contemporaries wrote about him.
  Table of Contents: 
  Biography of Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick A. Ober
  Life of Vespucci by Clements R. Markham
  Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord"
  Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici    
  Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499
  Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete  
  Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son    
  Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice    
  Letter of Naturalization in Favour of Vespucci    
  Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot    
  Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the Statements of Vespucci:    
  Evidence respecting the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis    
  Las Casas on the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis

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  Traces of Enayat

  Iman Mersal

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  "A subtle and universal exploration of identity." —Aida Alami, the New York Times 
   
   
   
  Cairo, 1963: four years before her lone novel is finally published, the writer Enayat al-Zayyat takes her own life at age twenty-seven. For the next three decades, it's as if Enayat never existed at all. 
   
   
   
  Years later, when celebrated Egyptian poet Iman Mersal stumbles upon Enayat's long-forgotten Love and Silence in a Cairo book stall, she embarks on a journey of reflection and rediscovery that leads her ever closer to the world and work of Enayat al-Zayyat. 
   
   
   
  In this luminous biographical detective story, Mersal retraces Enayat's life and afterlife though interviews with family members and friend, even tracking down the apartments, schools, and sanatoriums where Enayat spent her days. As Mersal maps two simultaneous psychogeographies—from the glamor of golden-age Egyptian cinema to the Cairo of Mersal's own past—a remarkable portrait emerges of two women striving to live on their own terms. With Traces of Enayat, Iman Mersal embraces the reciprocal relationship between a text and its reader, between past and present, between author and subject.

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