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  Key to the City - How Zoning...

  Sara C. Bronin

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  In Key to the City, legal scholar and architect Sara C. Bronin examines how zoning became such a prevailing force and reveals its impact—and its potential for good. Outdated zoning codes have maintained racial segregation, prioritized cars over people, and enabled great ecological harm. But, as Bronin argues, once we recognize the power of zoning, we can harness it to create the communities we desire, and deserve. Drawing on her own experience leading the overhaul of Hartford's zoning code and exploring the efforts of activists and city planners across the country, Bronin shows how new codes are reshaping our cities—from Baltimore to Chicago, Las Vegas to Minneapolis, and beyond. In Boston, a law fought for by a passionate group of organizers, farmers, and beekeepers is transforming the city into a haven for urban farming. In Tucson, zoning codes are mitigating the impacts of climate change and drought-proofing neighborhoods in peril. In Delray Beach, Florida, a new code aims to capture and maintain the town's colorful spirit through its architecture. 
   
   
   
  With clarity and insight, Bronin demystifies the power of an inscrutable organizing force in our lives and invites us to see zoning as a revolutionary vehicle for change. In Key to the City, she puts forward a practical and energizing vision for how we can reimagine our communities.

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  Creatures That Eat People - Why...

  Richard Freeman

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  Wild Animals Might Eat You—Learn Which Ones 
   
   
   
  Avoid getting eaten! Do you find yourself wondering: Do bears eat humans? Do birds eat people? Do kangaroos? Could I survive people eating predators of any kind? Perfect for anyone with a fun or morbid interest in wildlife or survivalism, Creatures That Eat People is full of stories of strange animals that eat humans and the situations that lead to it. 
   
   
   
  Learn which wild animals might eat you—from an expert. Cryptozoologist, former zookeeper, current zoological director, bestselling author, and animal enthusiast Richard Freeman examines all the cool man eaters in the animal kingdom—so you can be prepared on your next adventure. 
   
   
   
  You'll find: tips for visiting different types of areas with apex predators in them; bears, sharks, birds, kangaroos, squids, lions, raptors, and all of the other other weird, wild animals that eat people; and real-life, thrilling stories of animals eating people—and some survive and some don't. 
   
   
   
  If you liked How To Survive A Freakin' Bear Attack, Plants That Kill, Surviving the Wild, or In Search of Real Monsters, and if you enjoyed shows like Tiger King or Human Prey, you'll love Creatures That Eat People.

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  SQL Simplified - An Introductory...

  Ava Wilson

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  Anyone wishing to get a firm foundation in SQL (Structured Query Language) and database management may consult "SQL Simplified: An Introductory Guide to Database Management." Designed with novices in mind, this book simplifies the complicated concepts of SQL into manageable chunks. It is a great place for professionals, hobbyists, and students to start learning about the dynamics of data interaction. 
  The first section of the book introduces the basic ideas of databases and provides a concise description of the structure, storage, and retrieval of data. Following this introduction to the fundamentals, readers are gradually taken through the data definition, data manipulation, and data control that make up SQL. Step-by-step explanations are provided for every topic, bolstered by real-world examples and exercises that help students learn by doing. 
  "SQL Simplified" stands out due to its emphasis on practical uses. In addition to learning how to write SQL queries, readers will also learn how to apply best practices for database design and maintenance, optimize database performance, and handle typical data challenges. To guarantee a thorough grasp of SQL, the book also covers more complex subjects like joining tables, subqueries, and transaction management. 
  "SQL Simplified" is a useful resource for teaching as well as a reference because of its concise explanations, hands-on methodology, and focus on best practices. Whether you want to learn more about databases to quench your curiosity or advance your profession, this book will teach you the confidence and knowledge you need to handle and modify data with SQL more efficiently.

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  Whiskies Galore - A Tour of...

  Ian Buxton

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  From the author of the bestselling 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die.
  Island whiskies have long held a fascination and a powerful emotional draw on whisky drinkers the world over. Their special combination of heritage, mystique and remote location captures the imagination; their highly distinctive flavours are often imitated but seldom bettered.
  Join Ian Buxton on a personal journey across Scotland's islands, where he learns to fish with high explosives, ends up hurling his dinner into the sea and comes face to face with a basking shark. Combining an expert's knowledge of whisky with a travel writer's fondness for anecdote, and with a keen description of place, he provides a special treat for all who love the islands' magical drams.
  This new edition brings the acclaimed book up to date, capturing changes on the island whisky scene, including new and proposed distilleries such as Benbecula; Ardnahoe, Gartbreck Farm, Ili, Laggan Bay, Port Ellen and Portintruan (Islay); Orkney; Lerwick and Shetland Reel (Shetland); Isle of Tiree and others, along with Ian's typically acerbic comments on whisky investment, luxury marketing and private cask sales.

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  The Success Habits of Weight...

  Colleen M. Cook

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  Since its first publication The Success Habits of Weight loss Surgery Patients has become a bariatric best seller. The research based principles taught here continue year after year to be a standard for success throughout the bariatric community.The Success Habits Principles are now taught in hundreds of bariatric programs all over the world and are recommended by many Bariatric Centers of Excellence, surgeons and bariatric health professionals. They provide structure, clarity and simplicity for weight loss surgery patients as they reach and maintain a healthy weight. 
  You will find in this edition stories from the lives of Gastric Bypass, Laparoscopic Band, Duodenal Switch, & Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy weight-loss surgery patients. Each one has found success through the surgical treatment of their choice and by making the Success Habits an integral part of their lives. These are not just one year winners but long term losers! Five, ten, fifteen and nearly thirty years post-op. They are well, healthy and grateful for their decision to have weight loss surgery and for the structure and accountability that the Success Habits principles provide.Whether you are investigating weight loss surgery, a new patient, a veteran, a struggling weight loss surgery patient, or a bariatric professional you will find this book both educational and motivational.

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  Developing to Scale - Technology...

  Heidi Morefield

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  The first critical book on “appropriate technology,” Developing to Scale shows how global health came to be understood as a problem to be solved with the right technical interventions. 
    
  In 1973, economist E. F. Schumacher published Small Is Beautiful, which introduced a mainstream audience to his theory of “appropriate technology”: the belief that international development projects in the Global South were most sustainable when they were small-scale, decentralized, and balanced between the traditional and the modern. His theory gained widespread appeal, as cuts to the foreign aid budget, the national interests of nations seeking greater independence, postcolonial activism, and the rise of the United States’ tech sector drove stakeholders across public and private institutions toward cheaper tools. In the ensuing decades, US foreign assistance shifted away from massive modernization projects, such as water treatment facilities, toward point-of-use technologies like village water pumps and oral rehydration salts. This transition toward the small scale had massive implications for the practice of global health. 
    
  Developing to Scale tells the history of appropriate technology in international health and development, relating the people, organizations, and events that shaped this consequential idea. Heidi Morefield examines how certain technologies have been defined as more or less “appropriate” for the Global South based on assumptions about gender, race, culture, and environment. Her study shows appropriate technology to be malleable, as different constituencies interpreted its ideas according to their own needs. She reveals how policymakers wielded this tool to both constrain aid to a scale that did not threaten Western interests and to scale the practice of global health through the development and distribution of technical interventions.

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