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  Unmasking Deception - A Modern...

  Aaron Jaeger

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  In a world flooded with fake news, clickbait, and manipulated narratives, how do we separate truth from deception? This book takes you on a journey through the murky waters of modern media and politics, exposing the tactics used to misinform and divide us. 
  From Orwellian levels of doublespeak to the rise of AI-generated propaganda, Unmasking Deception offers a no-nonsense, deeply critical look at how we got here - and how we can fight back. Drawing on history, psychology, and the author's two decades of media experience, this guide arms readers with the tools to spot manipulation, challenge disinformation, and build bridges in an ever increasingly polarised world. 
  Packed with real-world examples, practical takeaways, and sharp insights, this book is not just a call to action - it’s a toolkit for anyone ready to champion truth in an era of misinformation and lies. 
  Knowledge is power. Action is freedom. It’s time to unmask the lies.

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  Oil Beach - How Toxic...

  Christina Dunbar-Hester

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  Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? 
    
  San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.

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  The Code of War - Grow as a...

  Marko Zivanovic

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  Unleash Your Inner Strategist with 'The Code of War'! 
  Are you stuck in the tech career game? Step into the role of master strategist with 'The Code of War.' Each page is packed with dark humor, real-life stories, and battle-tested tactics that help you dominate your workplace and ascend to the heights of your career. 
  Dive into the cunning world of IT with "The Code of War," your satirical field manual for navigating the treacherous waters of tech companies. Crafted from the sharp wit and seasoned experience of an industry insider, this book peels back the curtain to reveal the maneuvers and machinations that can help you not just survive but thrive in the corporate jungle. 
  What's Inside:Survival Tactics for the Tech Jungle: Navigate the tricky corridors of tech environments with a smile.Outsmart Your Rivals: Learn the art of tech subterfuge to stay one step ahead.Climb the Corporate Ladder: Techniques that put you in the spotlight and ready for promotion. 
  In "The Code of War," you'll be regaled with tales of ambition and subterfuge, all wrapped in a veneer of dark humor and sharp observation. Far from your typical dry professional development tome, this book reads like the secret playbook of the most successful—and notorious—names in tech. 
  Every chapter draws from real-life characters—the masterminds and the manipulators, the schemers, and the dreamers—each with a lesson on what to do (and sometimes, what not to do). Their stories serve as a backdrop to a series of strategies that will arm you with the know-how to navigate the office politics of IT with confidence and flair. 
  Grab your copy now and step into the arena armed with wit, wisdom, and a dash of mischief. Your IT career will never be the same.

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  Mysteries of the Universe -...

  Dirk Fallon

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  The universe is vast beyond comprehension, stretching far beyond the limits of our understanding. It encompasses everything we know, from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies. Our solar system is just a tiny speck in the grand expanse of space, and Earth itself is but a small dot in the grand scheme of things. This unimaginable scale raises profound questions: How did the universe come to be? What forces shape its destiny? And what is the true nature of the cosmos that surrounds us? 
  The history of cosmology dates back thousands of years. Ancient civilizations looked up at the night sky and began to ponder the movements of the stars. Early astronomers devised rudimentary models of the universe, many of which placed Earth at its center. These early models, though flawed, laid the foundation for future discoveries. The development of telescopes in the 17th century, most notably by Galileo, brought a revolution in how we view the universe. With the advent of modern science, these early theories were replaced by more accurate models, culminating in our current understanding of the cosmos. 
  One of the most significant breakthroughs in the history of cosmology was the discovery that the universe is expanding. In the early 20th century, astronomer Edwin Hubble observed that galaxies were moving away from us, leading to the realization that the universe itself was stretching outward. This discovery, known as Hubble’s Law, provided key evidence for the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began as a singularity and has been expanding ever since. The Big Bang theory remains the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe.

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  The Conscience of Care -...

  Dov Fox

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  Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from any such consequences. Dov Fox argues that by ceding the moral vocabulary of conscience to refusers alone, the lopsided law of medical conscience selectively burdens providers, drives vulnerable patients underground, and impoverishes the dynamic pluralism of medicine.The Conscience of Care lays bare the broken system of medical conscience and sets out to fix it. Fox canvases a landscape of contested services that include IVF, IUDs, opioids, psychedelics, organ transplants, and advance directives. He develops practical reforms that rebalance conscience protection by introducing measured safeguards for providers and scaling back the categorical refuge afforded to refusers. The Conscience of Care articulates a bold vision of medicine that reclaims the lost promise of conscience to bridge social divides on matters of life and death, impairment and identity.

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  Backbone - History Traditions...

  Julia Dye

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  Noncommissioned officers stand as the backbone of the United States Marine Corps. The Corps is among the most lasting institutions in America, though few understand what makes it so strong and how that understanding can be applied effectively in today's world. In this insightful and thoroughly researched book, Julia Dye explores the cadre of noncommissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps' system of small-unit leadership. To help us better understand what makes these extraordinary men and women such effective leaders, Dye examines the fourteen leadership traits embraced by every NCO. These qualities--including judgment, enthusiasm, determination, bearing, and unselfishness--are exemplified by men like Terry Anderson, the former Marine sergeant who spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Beirut, John Basilone, the hero of the Pacific, and many others. To assemble this extraordinary chronicle, Julia Dye interviewed Anderson and dozens of other Marines, mining a rich trove of historical and modern NCO heroes that comprise the Marine Corps' astonishing legacy, from its founding in 1775 to the present day. 
  "Few people have the privilege of serving as a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, but anyone who is interested in leading the kind of purpose-driven and values-centered life that marks the best Marine NCOs can learn from this book. And anyone in the business of leading people--whether it's in business, the classroom, or the playing field--should study the men and women Dye writes about with such insight. These NCOs don't just teach young Marines; they have a great deal to teach anyone smart enough to read, listen, and learn." 
  --Ed Ruggero, author of The First Men In: US Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day

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