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  Peregrine Falcon - Stories of...

  James H. Enderson

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  A superb success as a bird, combining great speed, aeronautical grace, and fearlessness...inhabitant of wild places, inaccessible cliffs, and skyscrapers...worldwide dweller, trans-equatorial migrant, and docile captive—the peregrine falcon stands alone among all others of its kind. Perhaps this is why so many varied people rushed to its aid when it faced decimation by pesticide poisoning.  In this personal and highly entertaining memoir, Jim Enderson tells stories of a lifetime spent studying, training, breeding, and simply enjoying peregrine falcons. He recalls how his boyhood interest in raptors grew into an ornithological career in which he became one of the leading experts who helped identity DDT as the cause of the peregrine falcon's sudden and massive decline across the United States. His stories reveal both the dedication that he and fellow researchers brought to the task of studying and restoring the peregrine and the hair-raising adventures that sometimes befell them along the way. Enderson also seamlessly weaves in the biology and natural history of the peregrine, as well as anecdotes about its traditional and widespread use in falconry as an aggressive yet tractable hunter, to offer a broad portrait of this splendid and intriguing falcon.

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  Wonders of the Future

  Nikola Tesla

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  To those who believed that all the great electric discoveries had already been made, Tesla says, “What has been so far done by electricity is nothing as compared with what the future has in store.” In this fascinating article, he discusses the possibilities yet to be enacted using electricity. He successfully predicted current inventions, including common smart phone technologies of sending photos and using voice-to-text tools. Others are yet to be accomplished to his full vision—such as the prevention of diseases spread by germs—but that just shows how much more there still is to accomplish.

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  Beyond Humans Widening Our...

  Ph.D Priscilla Stuckey

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  Stuckey encourages us to be aware of our connection with all the life that surrounds us, even in cities. In response to the idea that the world is a community rather than a collection of objects, she poses the question: “How do we interact with the more than human world as equal members of community, rather than trying to treat the world around us as if it was created only to serve human needs?”

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  List Building Guide

  Jody Walter

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  List Building Guide: Learn Proven and Effective Guides on How to Create Big Email Lists that Can Be Transformed into IncomeAffiliate marketers or any business owner are using different styles of squeeze pages and opt-in form combinations on their sites to capture potential prospects. You are able to generate the web opt-in forms from the autoresponder provider user dashboard and it is used for embedding into your squeeze page template either as a javascript or HTML code.Every moment when a visitor enters their name and email address into your squeeze page opt-in form, they are instantly added to your mailing list system and instantly become an active subscriber you can follow up with them later on.With the method of list building, you can potentially transform the confirmed subscribers into buyers, since once your potential prospect has been added to your mailing list, you are able to establish a relationship with them, that will encourage sales as well as repeat sales (which will add up more sales profit for the long run).In this audiobook, you will Learn Proven and Effective Guides on How to Create Big Email Lists that Can Be Transformed into Income! So what are you waiting for, download a copy of the List Building Guide today!

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  A History of Pi

  Petr Beckmann

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  The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress—and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.

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  Norwegian Wood - Chopping...

  Lars Mytting

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  “A surprise best-seller which, apparently, has the power to turn even the most feeble of us into axe-wielding lumberjacks.” —Independent 
   
  The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it’s a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year. Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but it’s also a thoughtful attempt to understand man’s age-old predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires. An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture, the book also features enough inherently interesting facts and anecdotes and inspired prose to make it universally appealing. The U.S. edition is a fully updated version of the Norwegian original, and includes an appendix of U.S.-based resources and contacts. 
   
  “A how-to guide as well as a celebration of wood—its scent, its variability, and the way it can connect modern life to simpler times . . . You don’t need to have a wood-burning stove or fireplace to be captivated by the craft and lore surrounding a Stone Age method of creating heat.” —The Boston Globe  
   
  “The book has spread like wildfire.” —Daily Mail 
   
  “A how-to book with poetry at its heart.” —The Times Literary Supplement

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