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  How Did Life End Up With Us? -...

  Ss O'Connor

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  Why does the gene behave like a hedge fund manager? Why are mutations like a gambling scam? Why does nothing ever become top dog in life and win forever? Humans only arrived after 99.99% of the time there’s been life on earth. So what was here before us? And how did these species, and the evolutionary process that created them, end up with the unpromising creatures that were our ancestors?In this, the first book of The Secrets of Life quartet, SS O’Connor brings his outsider’s, questioning eye to reveal the great forces that lie behind life: from the laws that arose with Big Bang, through to the ‘decisions’ that organisms make to determine their chances.But how did everything come about? And what made some life forms succeed - while others would join the 99.9% of species that appeared, yet went on to become extinct? The story goes right back to our single-celled forebears - the only things that were on the planet for 80% of its existence, and then continues as it lays out the ways that successive transmissions built increasing complexity, and how the resulting species found their synergistic ways of coexisting.  In an easy-going, conversational style, O'Connor explains in lay-man's language how the gene is the great conductor of life’s orchestra, how it helped millions of life forms to refine themselves - yet why it also sees failure, death and extinctions as opportunities rather than disasters.  Last, the book tells the story of the men who unpicked the mysteries, what they meant by fitness and ‘the fittest’, but why they continued to be baffled by organisms that broke the rules by helping each other. Why would some even choose to be sterile when producing the next generation was the overriding compulsion in life? And why would the answer to this question explain why altruism is the proof for the ‘gene-based theory of evolution’ - and why cooperation was to become the strongest force in life?

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  American Genesis - A Century of...

  Thomas P. Hughes

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  *PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST*A sweeping history of the inventors, inventions, and innovations that together created modern America.A stunning, wide-ranging history from one of the foremost historians of technology of our age, American Genesis tells the sweeping story of the technological revolution that made modern America. Unlike other histories of technology, which focus on particular inventions like the light bulb or the automobile, American Genesis makes these inventions characters in a broad chronicle, both shaped by and shaping a culture. By weaving scientific and technological advancement into other cultural trends, and bringing in fascinating characters like Edison, Ford, and Frederick Taylor, Hughes demonstrates here the myriad ways in which the two are inexorably linked, and in a new preface, he recounts his earlier missteps in predicting the future of technology and follows its move into the information age.

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  The Dictionary of Body Language...

  P.D. Marel

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  The Dictionary of Body Language: The Ultimate Guide on How to Read Body Language, Discover How to Decode the Tiniest Body Language and Learn What Others Are ThinkingBody language is the nonverbal signs or signals that we use to communicate. Studies show that more than 60% of what we communicate is actually done through body language so reading body language is a very important skill you should learn. From facial expressions to body movements, these can all convey different things from what is exactly said.This audiobook will teach you about micro-expressions and how it can help you read body language. You will learn how to read and interpret body languages which can help you in social situations and in your business ventures as well. You will discover how being able to read and understand body language can greatly improve your communication skills.This audiobook will discuss the following topics in-depth:- The Types of Body Expressions- The Basics of Reading Body Language- The Implication of the Smallest Body Language- The Interpretation of Bondy Languages- The Micro Expression Matter- The Benefits of Understanding the Body Expressions- The Skills That Are Required in Understanding the - Body Languages- Understanding What Other People Are Thinking- The Effects of Body Language on CommunicationLearning how to read and understand body language is a crucial skill that you can definitely use to your advantage. It will go a long way towards helping you communicate better with others. If you want to learn more on how you can read and understand body language to help your personal and professional interactions, scroll up and click "add to cart" now.

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  Red Paint - The Ancestral...

  Sasha LaPointe

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  Sasha LaPointe has always longed for a sense of home. When she was a child, her family moved around frequently, often staying in barely habitable church attics and trailers, dangerous places for young Sasha. 
   
   
    
  With little more to guide her than a passion for the thriving punk scene of the Pacific Northwest and a desire to live up to the responsibility of being the namesake of her beloved great-grandmother—a linguist who helped preserve her Indigenous language of Lushootseed—Sasha throws herself headlong into the world, determined to build a better future for herself and her people. 
   
   
    
  Set against a backdrop of the breathtaking beauty of Coast Salish ancestral land and imbued with the universal spirit of punk, Red Paint is ultimately a story of the ways we learn to find our true selves while fighting for our right to claim a place of our own. 
   
   
    
  Examining what it means to be vulnerable in love and in art, Sasha offers up an unblinking reckoning with personal traumas amplified by the collective historical traumas of colonialism and genocide that continue to haunt native peoples. Red Paint is an intersectional autobiography of lineage, resilience, and, above all, the ability to heal.

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  The Codependency Recovery...

  Andrei Nedelcu

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  Here’s how to break free from the bonds of codependency so you can become your best self and thrive in life. 
  Do you give too much in your relationships that you’ve started to lose your sense of self? 
  Does your loved one always rely on you for help, but refuse to reciprocate your efforts whenever you need them? 
  Do you care so much about their feelings to the point where it impacts your life choices? 
  These are just some of the signs that you might be in a codependent relationship. Other signs include disrespecting your decisions, blaming you for things that aren’t your fault, and making you hesitate to express your needs. 
  Let this book help you recover from codependency, rebuild yourself, and live a life that is true to your values and beliefs. Inside, you will discover:How you develop a codependent personality — and the first step to recovering from codependency10 symptoms of codependency — know which symptoms you have and need to work onWhat narcissism is and why narcissists attract those with a codependent personalityHow to set boundaries to build a sense of security and stop others from taking advantage of youWhat you can do to free your mind from intrusive thoughts so you can stop them from dragging you downHow to communicate what you feel without offending the other person 
  And much more. 
  This guide also offers self-reflection activities to help you increase your self-awareness and allow you to identify and release repressed emotions… empowering you to live your life according to your authentic self.If you want to overcome codependency so you can allow yourself to grow and become your best self, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.

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  Everything is an Emergency - An...

  Jason Adam Katzenstein

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  “This book undid me in all the best ways. Everything is an Emergency is a brilliant, honest, necessary book that exposes the intricacies of the human brain while showing us the way creativity and friendship can anchor us. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered if they see the world a little differently.” –Ada Limón 
  A New Yorker cartoonist illustrates his lifelong struggle with OCD 
  Jason Adam Katzenstein is just trying to live his life, but he keeps getting sidetracked by his over-active, anxious brain. Mundane events like shaking hands or sharing a drink snowball into absolute catastrophes. Jason has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a mental illness that compels him to perform rituals in order to protect himself from dangers that don’t really exist. He checks, washes, over-thinks, rinse, repeat.  
  He does his best to hide his embarrassing compulsions, and sometimes this even works. He grows up, worries about his first kiss, falls in love with making cartoons, moves to New York City — which is magical and gross, etc. All the while, half his energy goes into living his life, while the other half is devoted to the increasingly ridiculous rituals he’s decided to maintain to keep himself from fully short-circuiting,  
  Then, he fully short-circuits.  
  At his absolute lowest, Jason finally decides to do the things he’s always been told to do to get better: exposure therapy and medication. These are the things that have always freaked him out, and they continue to freak him out. Also, they help him recover.  
  Everything is an Emergency is about all the self-destructive stories someone tells himself, over and over, until they start to seem true. In images surreal, witty, and confessional, Jason shows us that OCD can be funny, even when it feels like it’s ruining your life.

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