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  The Great Wood

  Jim Crumley

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  “Tackles the legend of the . . . forest said to have once stretched from coast to coast and to have covered much of the Scottish uplands and Highlands.” —The Herald The Great Wood of Caledon—the historic native forest of Highland Scotland—has a reputation as potent and misleading as the wolves that ruled it. The popular image is of an impassable, sun-snuffing shroud, a Highlandswide jungle infested by wolf, lynx, bear, beaver, wild white cattle, wild boar, and wilder painted men. Jim Crumley shines a light into the darker corners of the Great Wood, to re-evaluate some of the questionable elements of its reputation, and to assess the possibilities of its partial resurrection into something like a national forest. The book threads a path among relict strongholds of native woodland, beginning with a soliloquy by the Fortingall Yew, the one tree in Scotland that can say of the hey-day of the Great Wood 5,000 years ago: “I was there.” The journey is enriched by vivid wildlife encounters, a passionate and poetic account that binds the slow dereliction of the past to an optimistic future.“Crumley’s greatest talent lies in his ability to convey genuine sympathy for the wildlife he observes, and a somehow calming sense that, however much mankind might like to think itself above all that, we’re really all just part and parcel of the same continuum . . . A great antidote to modern life.” —Daily Record“An engaging read.” —BBC Wildlife Magazine“Crumley gives unique insight into the rich history of this land.” —Scottish Field

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  Stretching Time with Focused...

  Lisa Broderick

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  This deep dialogue explores how time is less limited than we think and can be stretched and bent. According to Broderick, it is focused perception that gives us the ability to control our experience of time. Broderick gives us many insights as to how we can be liberated from the illusion that time is strictly linear and is our enemy.

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  Artificial Intelligence: What...

  Neil Wilkins

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  Are you confused about what all the rage behind artificial intelligence is and would like to learn more? 
  This book covers everything from machine learning to robotics and the internet of things. 
  You can use it as a nifty guidebook whenever you come across news headlines that talk about some new advancement in AI by Google or Facebook. 
  By the time you finish reading, you will be aware of what artificial neural networks are, how gradient descent and back propagation work, and what deep learning is. 
  You will also learn a comprehensive history of AI, from the first invention of automations in antiquity to the driver-less cars of today. 
  Here’s just a tiny fraction of what you’ll discover:Understand how machines can “think” and how they learnLearn the five reasons why experts are warning us about AI researchFind the answers to the top six myths of artificial intelligenceLearn what neural networks are and how they work, the “brains” of machine learningUnderstand reinforcement learning and how it is used to teach machine learning systems through experienceBecome up-to-date with the current state-of-the-art artificial intelligence methods that use deep learningLearn the basics of recommender systemsExpand your current view of machines and what is possible with modern roboticsEnter the vast world of the internet of things technologiesFind out why AI is the new business degreeAnd much, much more! 
  If you want to learn more about artificial intelligence, then scroll up and click “add to cart”!

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  How the Clinic Made Gender - The...

  Sandra Eder

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  An eye-opening exploration of the medical origins of gender in modern US history.  
   
  Today, a world without “gender” is hard to imagine. Gender is at the center of contentious political and social debates, shapes policy decisions, and informs our everyday lives. Its formulation, however, is lesser known: Gender was first used in clinical practice. This book tells the story of the invention of gender in American medicine, detailing how it was shaped by mid-twentieth-century American notions of culture, personality, and social engineering.  
   
  Sandra Eder shows how the concept of gender transformed from a pragmatic tool in the sex assignment of children with intersex traits in the 1950s to an essential category in clinics for transgender individuals in the 1960s. Following gender outside the clinic, she reconstructs the variable ways feminists integrated gender into their theories and practices in the 1970s. The process by which ideas about gender became medicalized, enforced, and popularized was messy, and the route by which gender came to be understood and applied through the treatment of patients with intersex traits was fraught and contested. In historicizing the emergence of the sex/gender binary, Eder reveals the role of medical practice in developing a transformative idea and the interdependence between practice and wider social norms that inform the attitudes of physicians and researchers. She shows that ideas like gender can take on a life of their own and may be used to question the normative perceptions they were based on. Illuminating and deeply researched, the book closes a notable gap in the history of gender and will inspire current debates on the relationship between social norms and medical practice. 

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  Ultimate Nodejs for...

  Ramesh Kumar

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  Unleash the Power of Node.js for Building Enterprise-Grade, Scalable Server-Side Applications.Book DescriptionUnlock the full potential of Node.js for modern web development with this comprehensive handbook to developing applications and services.The book will cover the fundamentals to advanced techniques, and explore the intricacies of building powerful applications. You will master Express server creation, develop RESTful APIs with efficient routing, and dive into MongoDB for seamless data persistence.It will uncover the nuances of template engines, middleware, and robust authentication methods. Leverage Socket.IO for real-time capabilities and adeptly handle errors with effective logging. The projects will double as versatile boilerplates for kickstarting your own development endeavors.In the later chapter, you will learn Test-Driven Development with Mocha, gain insights into debugging, and perfect the art of building and deploying Node.js applications.Each example in the book adheres to common best practices, providing valuable insights to help you avoid common pitfalls. Designed as both a learning resource and a reference guide, this book equips you with the knowledge to tackle challenging problems at any stage of development.Table of Contents1. Getting Started with Node.js2. Deep Dive into Node.js3. Introducing Express.js4. Creating REST API and Routing5. Working with MongoDB6. Data Persistence7. Template Engines8. Middleware Functions9. Authentication and Authorization10. Socket.IO11. Handling and Logging Errors12. TDD with Mocha and Chai13. Debugging14. Build and Deployments15. Future ScopeIndex

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  The Modified Bulleid Pacifics

  Tim Hillier-Graves

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  This British Railways history recounts the life of a controversial steam engine and its miraculous transformation at the hands of a brilliant engineer.   As Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway, Oliver Bulleid designed what were perhaps the most controversial steam locomotives ever built in Britain: the Pacifics. Loved and loathed in equal measure, the debate over their strengths and weaknesses took on a new dimension when British Railways decided to modify them in the 1950s.   When noted engineer Ron Jarvis was charged with improving on Bulleid’s designs, he displayed a master’s touch, saving the best of Bulleid’s work while incorporating other established design principles. What emerged was described by Bert Spencer, Gresley’s talented assistant, as taking ‘a swan and creating a soaring eagle.’   This book explores all the elements of the lives of these Pacifics and their two designers. It draws on previously unpublished material to describe their gradual evolution, which didn’t start or finish with the 1950s major rebuilding program.

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