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  Moral Politics - How Liberals...

  George Lakoff

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  An updated third edition of the modern classic that applies cognitive science to the world of politics—to explain how our unconscious views shape our votes. 
   
  When Moral Politics was first published, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff’s classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously opposed views of the world, with the underlying assumptions of their respective worldviews at the level of basic morality. Even more so than when Lakoff wrote, liberals and conservatives simply have very different, deeply held beliefs about what is right and wrong. 
   
  Lakoff reveals radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality on both the left and right. Moral worldviews, like most deep ways of understanding the world, are unconscious—part of our hard-wired brain circuitry. When confronted with facts that don’t fit our moral worldview, our brains work automatically and unconsciously to ignore or reject these facts, and it takes extraordinary openness and awareness of this phenomenon to pay critical attention to the countless facts we’re presented with each day. For this edition, Lakoff has added a new preface and afterword, extending his observations to various ideological conflicts since the book’s original publication, from the Affordable Care Act to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the 2008 financial crisis, and the effects of global warming. One might have hoped such massive changes and challenges would bring people together, but the reverse has actually happened; the divide between liberals and conservatives has become stronger and more virulent. 
   
  To have any hope of bringing mutual respect to the current social and political divide, we need to clearly understand the problem and make it part of our contemporary public discourse. Moral Politics offers a much-needed wake-up call to both the left and the right. 
   
  “An intelligent take on the way politics is conducted in America.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “That conservatives and liberals see the world differently comes as no news to most, but Lakoff’s look into just why that should be so makes for interesting reading.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  The Waste Between Our Ears - The...

  Gerry Gillespie

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  The time for effective change is shrinking. 
  In this book, writer, researcher and advocate Gerry Gillespie outlines how we can create a global solution, and it starts between our ears. In order to restore our world ecosystems and our vital soils, he wants to change how we think about our trash. Readers will learn why we all need to change our mind about waste management systems, how to reconnect our organic waste to local soil and food growers, and why this leads to more local jobs. 
  With chapters about source separation, soil management and climate change, and practical approaches to zero waste, Gillespie presents a practical, logical argument for one way to save the world and grow a local economy. In economic and environmental terms, clearly explains how, if waste were collected as source-separated products, more than half of it could be returned to soils as quality compost and biological products. A very large percentage of the remainder can be put back through recycling, re-manufacturing and reusing. And it’s not just theoretical. Gillespie details how this reduction of waste is already being achieved in parts of the world and how we could do it globally … if we could only think differently. 
  Advocates, nonprofit directors, waste managers, landfill directors, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, eco-farmers and anyone searching for environmental solutions and opportunities with source separation should not only read this book … we must figure out how to change our thinking, and put Gillespie’s plan into action.

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  VAGUS NERVE - How to Improve...

  Crystal Heal

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  Do you suffer from a hypersensitive nervous system that hurts your health? 
  Do you like to solve your problems of nausea, dizziness, and headaches that are causing you pain and blocking your digestion? 
  Do you suffer from an inflammatory state of the cervical tract due to incorrect eating habits or a sedentary life spending days in front of a PC, and you don't know how to get out of it?If the answer to these questions is YES, you have found the solution to your problems! 
  The current Coronavirus epidemic has affected our lives, resulting in heightened stress in different aspects of our lives. 
  The Vagus nerve is the primary component of the PNS, the tenth cranial nerve, number 10, in 12 nerves that start directly inside the skull. It is responsible for various vital physiological processes such as mood regulation, immunological response, metabolism, and heart rate regulation.  
  In this guide, you will learn… 
  ·        Essential Functions of the Vagus Nerve 
  ·        Polyvagal Theory: a New Paradigm for Health Care 
  ·        Exercises to Activate the Vagus Nerve 
  ·        Substances that may Interfere with the Vagus Nerve 
  ·        Breathing and Vagus Nerve 
  ·        Vagus Nerve Healing with Yoga 
  	and Much More! 
  Now It's your turn to take action!  
  Scroll Up and Click "Buy Now" and Start using your Vagus Nerve to Heal your Pain!

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  Unlikely Radicals - The Story of...

  Charlie Angus

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  For twenty-two years politicians and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill as a solution to Ontario’s garbage disposal crisis. This plan to dump millions of tonnes of waste into the fractured pits of the Adams Mine prompted five separate civil resistance campaigns by a rural region of 35,000 in Northern Ontario. Unlikely Radicals traces the compelling history of the First Nations people and farmers, environmentalists and miners, retirees and volunteers, Anglophones and Francophones who stood side by side to defend their community with mass demonstrations, blockades, and non-violent resistance.

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  Killer Tech - and the Drive to...

  Mark Stross

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  In Killer Tech and the Drive to Save Humanity, Mark Stross presents a gripping exploration of our entanglement with technology in a world where digital platforms increasingly dictate our lives. With thought-provoking insights and real-life anecdotes, Mark unveils the hidden costs of our digital addiction and challenges readers to reconsider their relationship with technology.The message is clear: "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." Mark sheds light on how tech giants, corporations, and algorithms categorize and manipulate us, turning us into "users" and stripping away our humanity. But he doesn't just point out the problems; he provides a road map for taking back control.As the pace of technological change accelerates, Mark offers guardrails to help us navigate this uncertain new world. Killer Tech goes beyond the obvious and delves into the fascinating rise of virtual worlds, NFTs, deepfakes, UFOs, and the blurry line between the real and the virtual. He challenges us to consider a digital bill of rights and the need to take charge of our data and online personas.Killer Tech is a wake-up call, a call to action, and a promise of empowerment. It is your guide to making informed choices, reshaping your digital destiny, and reclaiming your humanity.Author: Mark StrossNarrated by Douglas Martin

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  Rereading the Fossil Record -...

  David Sepkoski

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  “David Sepkoski’s book is the first to examine the rise of paleobiology and the emergence of macroevolution as a discipline in the 1970s.” —Kevin Padian, University of California, Berkeley 
   
  Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a small but influential group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. By tracing the role of computer technology, large databases, and quantitative analytical methods in the emergence of paleobiology, this book also offers insight into the growing prominence and centrality of data-driven approaches in recent science. 
   
  “In the 1970s, a new kid on the block was shaking up paleontology, geology and biology. Historian David Sepkoski charts the rise of paleobiology from 1945 to 1985, driven by a small but illustrious band of paleontologists including Stephen Jay Gould and David Raup, who grappled with how the geological record could produce evidence for evolution. The solution, as Sepkoski engagingly relates, lay in quantitative analysis of evolutionary patterns in fossils.” —Nature 
   
  “David Sepkoski’s book is the one book that anyone interested in evolution should buy this year. And next year. And probably the year after. The reason is that, for the first time, the emergence of the modern science of macroevolution receives its due.” —Reports of the National Center for Science Education

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