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  ReGen - A New Future for Farming...

  David R. Montgomery

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  An acclaimed geologists' powerful argument to recognize soil health as the key to global food security. 
   
  A century of conventional farming has left our planet with sick soil, accelerating the interlinked crises of food security, biodiversity loss, water pollution, and climate change. In ReGen, David R. Montgomery lays out a practical and productive vision for recovering soil health and safeguarding the future of food. The answer: soil-building regenerative farming. In exploring this much-needed turning point for agriculture, Montgomery marshals more than a decade of research, interviewing innovative farmers and seeing firsthand how they restored degraded farms around the world. ReGen breaks down common myths around conventional and organic farming, animal agriculture, and plant-based diets to frame ten policy recommendations for sustainably nourishing the world. As Montgomery shows, reducing tillage, laying off synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, growing a diversity of crops, and getting livestock back on the land can reverse centuries of soil degradation and harvest nutrient-dense food. Succinct, accessible, and urgent, ReGen points the way to a healthier, more resilient world.

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  From Swamp to Wetland - The...

  Chris Wilhelm

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  This book chronicles the creation of Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Prior to the park's creation, the Everglades was seen as a reviled and useless swamp, unfit for typical recreational or development projects. 
   
   
   
  Park advocates drew on new ideas concerning the value of biota and ecology, the importance of wilderness, and the need to protect habitats, marine ecosystems, and plant life to redefine the Everglades. Using these ideas, the Everglades began to be recognized as an ecologically valuable and fragile wetland—and thus a region in need of protective status. 
   
   
   
  While these new ideas foreshadowed the later emergence of modern environmentalism, tourism and the economic desires of Florida's business and political elites also impacted the park's future. These groups saw the Everglades' unique biology and ecology as a foundation on which to build a tourism empire. 
   
   
   
  Yet, even after the park's creation, conservative landowners successfully fought to limit the park and saw it as a threat to their own economic freedoms. The battle to save the swamp's biodiversity continues, and Everglades Park stands at the center of ongoing restoration efforts.

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  Childhood Unplugged - Practical...

  Katherine Johnson Martinko

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  Ditch the devices and bring back the magic of being a kid    
   Screens are everywhere. Children spend an average of 7.5 hours on digital devices every day with profoundly negative consequences. While some tech may “amplify” real life experience (online music lessons or Zoom calls with faraway family, for example), the vast majority “amputates” by limiting physical activity, creating anxiety, or damaging self-esteem.  Childhood Unplugged  takes a bold approach to creating healthy boundaries around the use of digital media, suggesting kids should be offline for the majority of their time.   
   Drawing on her own family’s experience, plus interviews with digital minimalists, educators, and child development experts, author Katherine Martinko presents:    Meticulously researched analysis of the impacts of excessive screen time on children's physical, neurological, emotional, and social development   Specific pathways to reduced screen exposure, naturally leading to more time spent outdoors, increased confidence and empathy, more creative and active play, and other benefits   Inspiration for caregivers overwhelmed by the thought of severing ties with the digital babysitter   Age-appropriate advice for fundamental change, with specific sections for babies and toddlers, school-aged children, and adolescents.    
   Taking a calming, nonjudgmental approach,  Childhood Unplugged  is a lifeline for parents, caregivers, educators, and anyone who questions the role of digital media and yearns for the young people in their life to experience the profound beauty and magic of childhood.

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  Blockchain - The Building Blocks...

  Jasper Donovan

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  Are you prepared to unleash blockchain's power and transform how you view innovation, trust, and transparency? Our ground-breaking book, "Blockchain: The Building Blocks of Trust and Transparency in the Digital Age. This thorough book covers blockchain's ability to alter sectors and its implications, giving you the knowledge you need to keep lead of the curve in this quickly changing environment. 
  Imagine a setting where business is decentralized, transparent, and safe. Blockchain technology makes this vision a reality, laying the groundwork for ground-breaking applications that change whole industries. This book will increase your understanding of blockchain and provide the tools to explore its enormous possibilities, whether you're a business professional, tech enthusiast, or curious learner. 
  In "Blockchain: The Building Blocks of Trust and Transparency in the Digital Age," you'll go on an adventure that examines the fundamental ideas behind blockchain, its workings, numerous kinds of blockchains, practical applications, and the possible effects on businesses and society. Explore the inner workings of the decentralized ledger on the blockchain, cryptography, consensus algorithms, and smart contracts to learn how these technologies promote trust and streamline procedures.

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  Expository Thoughts on the...

  J.C. Ryle

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  “Expository Thoughts” divides the Gospels into sections of about twelve verses each, from which J. C. Ryle selects two or three prominent points to dwell on and bring to the reader’s attention. In Ryle’s day, there were many detailed commentaries and expositions on scripture. In writing these “Expository Thoughts”, Ryle aimed to offer a resource to the laity for use in family prayers, as an aid to those who visit the sick and desire a proper book to read on such occasions, and for private devotions for those whose callings and engagements make it impossible for them to read large commentaries. This is the second of two volumes on St. Luke.  As with the previous volumes on the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, Rev. Ryle offered this book “with an earnest prayer, that it may tend to the promotion of pure and undefiled religion, help to extend the knowledge of Christ, and be a humble instrument in aid of the glorious work of converting and edifying immortal souls.” (Introduction by MaryAnn) 
   
  Books in this series: 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. Matthew 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. Mark 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. Luke, Vol. 1 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. Luke, Vol. 2 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. John, Vol. 1 
   
  Future recordings: 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. John, Vol. 2 
  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of St. John, Vol. 3

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  Rest Is Resistance - Group...

  Vines Graener

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  The work we do doesn’t define our worth. Imagine a world where justice includes space for rest and leisure, away from the relentless grind created by capitalism, white supremacy, and other oppressive forces. For centuries, these systems have exploited bodies for production, leading to destruction and harm by denying the inherent divinity in every human being. But now, people are waking up to this manipulation, and they’re starting to prioritize rest and healing. 
  America was built on the labor of Black and Indigenous people, whose right to rest was denied. The capitalist system grew out of violence and the theft of labor on plantations. These oppressive systems view human bodies as property, not as divine beings. We've been conditioned to believe we must work endlessly or risk falling into poverty. But there’s more beyond this narrow view.

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