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  Dreamer at the End of the...

  Gordon Harrison

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  Dreamer at the End of the Universe tells the epic story of four generations of a Celtic family battling the elements and the animals to scrape a living from a land with no fat and little lean. Ours was a wilderness farm in Central Ontario populated by animals, insects, and rocks. And I loved that place. The early generations killed the animals and fought the land. My generation has come to realize who owns this place. Humans have been tenants for a handful of years, while the true owners are the animals who have their own lives. As Charles Darwin wrote, “There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.”The farm rested in a cradle of rocks called the “Land Between.” This is a region where two iconic environments collided, the Canadian Shield and the St. Lawrence Lowlands, to create a vast area rich in plants, animals, and people—the best of both ecosystems. Together with My Cousin & Me: And Other Animals plus Wolves: Ryders in the Whirlwind, this book comprises a trilogy, I call The Land. In the beginning, I had no conscious intention of writing a trilogy, but after a while, the people, the bears, the wolves, and the other animals in my stories took on a life of their own, thus demanding more description, time, and care. I was attentive to such pleading, such longing to be remembered, before the time when all this will be forgotten. This enchantment with the land, animals, and people is still fresh in my memory. This happiness is still felt in my heart. And had I the strength and the wisdom, I would write a fourth volume, but all good things end.Postscript:Gordon Harrison is an award-winning author of books on nature, science, and art. When he isn’t writing, or drinking Glenmorangie single malt scotch whiskey, he’s photographing the “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful” of Ontario. The author has placed 193 of his wildlife photos in this new book.

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  Gulp - Adventures on the...

  Mary Roach

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  The irresistible, ever-curious, and always bestselling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. 
   
  "America’s funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach bursts? Can constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? In Gulp we meet scientists who tackle the questions no one else thinks of―or has the courage to ask. We go on location to a pet-food taste-test lab, a fecal transplant, and into a live stomach to observe the fate of a meal. With Roach at our side, we travel the world, meeting murderers and mad scientists, Eskimos and exorcists (who have occasionally administered holy water rectally), rabbis and terrorists―who, it turns out, for practical reasons do not conceal bombs in their digestive tracts. 
   
  Like all of Roach's books, Gulp is as much about human beings as it is about human bodies.

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  No-Code AI iOS App Building -...

  Michael Patterson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  Stop Dreaming. Start Shipping. Build Your First iOS App in 60 Days—No Coding Required. 
  The barrier to entry is gone. You don't need a Computer Science degree, a $100k budget, or years of practice to build the next big thing. In the era of Generative AI and No-Code tools, your idea is the only currency that matters. 
  Written by Michael Patterson, an AI Engineer leading a team of 120+ at a global tech giant, No-Code AI iOS App Building is not a theoretical textbook. It is a practical, battle-tested roadmap for entrepreneurs, designers, and visionaries who are ready to bypass technical gatekeepers. 
  What if you could have a Senior Developer in your pocket? 
  This book teaches you how to leverage cutting-edge AI tools like Cursor AI and Claude Code to act as your personal engineering team. You will learn to prompt, automate, and deploy, turning plain English instructions into a fully functional, production-ready iOS application. 
  In this 60-day sprint, you will master: 
  The Modern Stack: Use Expo Go, Supabase, and React Native to build apps that look and feel 100% native. 
  AI-Powered Development: Learn the exact prompts to generate complex code, database schemas, and UI layouts using Cursor AI. 
  Design that Sells: Utilize Google Stitch and AI design tools to create professional user interfaces without hiring a designer. 
  Backend Magic: Set up user authentication, real-time databases, and automated workflows with Make.com and SendGrid—zero server management required. 
  Growth & Scale: From App Store Optimization (ASO) to Reddit viral marketing strategies, learn how to get your first 1,000 users. 
  Who is this book for? 
  Whether you are a non-technical founder looking to build a SaaS MVP, a designer looking to bring concepts to life, or a career switcher aiming to enter the tech industry, this guide bridges the gap between idea and execution.

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  A Rare Recording of US Naval...

  Grace Hopper

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  Grace Brewster Hopper (December 9, 1906 to January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer of computer programming, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator." The following audio recording is from a 1982 presentation.

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  Snake Men - Rebels Reptiles and...

  Zach St. George

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  A wry and thought-provoking tale about the defiant, eccentric figures obsessed with Australia's deadliest reptiles. 
  Raymond Hoser is known as the Snakeman, a moniker he has zealously defended. As a day job, Hoser runs a business in Melbourne that offers several services. One service is snake removal, a common trade in Australia. Another is snake shows, most often performed at children's birthday parties. But by the 2010s, Hoser had become famous around the world for an entirely different activity: his work as a taxonomist, a namer of new species. In a decade-long spree, Hoser had named thousands of new creatures, including more snakes than any other scientist. To some, Hoser's accomplishments were a scientific triumph. But others have accused Hoser of what they call "taxonomic vandalism," the results of which, they argue, could alter the very course of life on Earth. 
  Snake Men recounts this outrageous and humorous story, tracing the surprising intersection between taxonomists, the sober and serious class of scientists who have for centuries cooperated in a global effort to understand the order of life, and Raymond Hoser and other snake men. The results―chaotic, mischievous, the stuff of legends―hint at the rebellious impulse that lies coiled somewhere deep inside us all.

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  By The Turtles of Tasman

  Jack London

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  Turn of the century sibling rivalry between successful but uptight California businessman and his ne'er-do-well older brother, both widowers with equally-different 20-ish daughters.  Written in 1911. - Summary by BellonaTimes

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