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  A Poison Like No Other - How...

  Matt Simon

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  It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere—including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these tiny particles threaten health, but the studies are alarming. 
   
   
    
  In A Poison Like No Other, Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis. Dealing with discarded plastic is bad enough, but when it starts to break down, the real trouble begins. The very thing that makes plastic so useful and ubiquitous—its toughness—means it never really goes away. It just gets smaller and smaller: eventually small enough to enter your lungs or be absorbed by crops or penetrate a fish's muscle tissue before it becomes dinner. 
   
   
    
  Unlike other pollutants, microplastics represent a cocktail of toxicity: plastics contain at least 10,000 different chemicals. Those chemicals are linked to diseases from diabetes to hormone disruption to cancers. 
   
   
   
  A Poison Like No Other is the first book to fully explore this public health threat. As Simon learns from these researchers, there is no easy fix. But we will never curb our plastic addiction until we begin to recognize the invisible particles all around us.

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  Tyrannosaurus Rex and...

  Editors Charles River

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  The massively popular 1990 novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and its subsequent movie adaptations led to a huge resurgence in interest in dinosaurs and the prehistoric world. That interest continues to the present day, even though most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park weren’t actually from the Jurassic period. Triceratops, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex and the huge sauropods such as Brachiosaurus that feature in the book and movies all actually belong to the Late Cretaceous period, more than 40 million years after the end of the Jurassic. Regardless, certain kinds of dinosaurs remain instantly recognizable, and among them, the “king” is undoubtedly the Tyrannosaurus.  
  The first discovery of a Tyrannosaurus was made in 1902 and the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever found at the time quickly gripped the popular imagination. Even its name was dramatic - Tyrannosaurus Rex means “King of the Tyrant Lizards.” The T-Rex as it quickly became known didn’t appear until the last age of the Late Cretaceous period, the Maastrichtian, but when it did, it was the biggest and most terrifying of all the theropod predators.  
  	Thanks to the movie, there has been some unwitting confusion over the identity of the Velociraptor, and this confusion was due in large part to the fact the name sounds far more scary than the creature to which the name originally belonged. Moreover, the creature to which the label was applied in the novel and movie was actually a distant cousin named Deinonychus, but as the story goes, the author, Michael Crichton, thought “Velociraptor” sounded “more dramatic.” The actual Velociraptor lived not in the badlands of North America, but in the badlands of central-eastern Asia, and it was not nearly as intimidating as Deinonychus. In fact, the main species of genus Velociraptor - Velociraptor mongoliensis - was no bigger than a turkey.

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  Building Your Backyard Homestead...

  William Fowler

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  Building Your Backyard Homestead: A Blueprint for Sustainable Living and Self-Sufficiency in Your Own SpaceUnlock the secrets to a more self-reliant and sustainable lifestyle with 'Building Your Backyard Homestead: A Blueprint for Sustainable Living and Self-Sufficiency in Your Own Space.' In this captivating audiobook, you'll embark on a transformative journey towards cultivating your own thriving homestead, right in your backyard.Discover the art of self-sufficiency as you delve into practical guidance on homesteading essentials, from creating bountiful gardens and raising livestock to preserving your harvests for year-round enjoyment. This blueprint empowers you to take control of your life and reduce your environmental footprint, all while experiencing the profound satisfaction of producing your own food and resources.Whether you're an aspiring homesteader or a seasoned pro seeking new insights, this audiobook offers a comprehensive roadmap to sustainable living. With step-by-step instructions, insightful tips, and inspiring stories, 'Building Your Backyard Homestead' is your trusted companion on the path to a more fulfilling, eco-conscious, and self-sufficient life. Let the journey begin

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  How Cyber Security Can Protect...

  Christopher Wright

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  Summary
  
  - Explains in easy-to-understand terms what executives and senior managers need to know and do about the ever-changing cyber threat landscape.
  - Gives strategic, business-focused guidance and advice relevant to C-suite executives.
  - Provides an effective and efficient framework for managing cyber governance, risk and compliance.
  - Explains what is required to implement an effective cyber security strategy.Description
  With high-profile cyber attacks, data breaches and fines for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) non-compliance hitting the headlines daily, businesses must protect themselves and their reputations, while reassuring stakeholders they take cyber security seriously.
  Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated and prevalent, and the cost of data breaches is soaring. In addition, new regulations and reporting requirements make cyber security a critical business issue.
  Board members and senior management must understand the threat landscape and the strategies they can employ to establish, implement and maintain effective cyber resilience throughout their organisation.
  How Cyber Security Can Protect your Business – A guide for all stakeholders provides an effective and efficient framework for managing cyber governance, risk and compliance, which organisations can adapt to meet their own risk appetite and synchronise with their people, processes and technology. It explains what is meant by governance, risk and compliance, how it applies to cyber security and what is required to implement an effective cyber security strategy.
  The pocket guide:
  
  - Gives readers a greater understanding of cyber governance, risk and compliance;
  - Explains what executives, senior managers and their advisors need to know and do about the ever-changing cyber threat landscape;
  - Provides context as to why stakeholders need to be aware of and in control of their organisation's cyber risk management and cyber incident response;
  - Gives guidance on building an appropriate and efficient governance framework that enables organisations to demonstrate their cyber approach in a non-technical, strategic, business-focused way;
  - Details an overview process to enable risk assessment, assess existing defence mitigations and provide a framework for developing suitable controls; and
  - Includes a checklist to help readers focus on their higher-priority cyber areas.Suitable for all managers and executives, this pocket guide will be of interest to non-cyber specialists, including non-executive directors, who may be required to review cyber arrangements. For cyber specialists, it provides an approach for explaining cyber issues in non-jargonistic, business-based language.
  Kick-start your journey to becoming cyber secure – buy this pocket guide today!

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  Climate Action Guide - Climate...

  Ferry Heilemann

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  Drought, forest fires, and melting ice caps: the climate crisis is an existential threat to human life on Earth. The Paris Climate Agreement shows that the actions of governments alone will not be enough to prevent a climate catastrophe.
  
  For Ferry Heilemann, digital entrepreneur and founder of the Leaders for Climate Action initiative, one thing is therefore very clear: businesspeople need to do their bit to contribute towards global climate protection. How can a business measure its own carbon footprint? How can CO² emissions be reduced in the shortest time possible? What specific steps are required to achieve this? And how can effective alliances be built up between businesses and their surroundings?
  
  With the aid of precise checklists, recommendations for practical action, and background knowledge, the Climate Action Guide shows how businesses can implement straightforward measures and make an important contribution to the protection of our planet – in the process also making themselves future-proof. The first action guide for businesses which want to take practical action to protect the climate.

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  A Cosmic Journey - From the Big...

  Douglas Donovan

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Embark on humanity's greatest adventure—understanding our place in an infinite universe. 
  From the moment our ancient ancestors first gazed at the night sky in wonder, we have sought to comprehend the cosmos that surrounds us. A Cosmic Journey: From the Big Bang to Black Holes takes readers on an extraordinary voyage through 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolution, revealing how the universe transformed from a hot, dense beginning into the magnificent tapestry of stars, galaxies, and exotic objects we observe today. 
  Douglas Donovan masterfully guides readers through the revolutionary discoveries that shattered our Earth-centered view of reality and unveiled the true grandeur of the cosmos. Witness how Einstein's insights about space and time unlocked the secrets of stellar energy and black holes. Discover how the same physical laws governing our daily lives also power the nuclear furnaces of stars and drive the expansion of space itself. Explore the cosmic hierarchy that stretches from subatomic particles to galaxy clusters spanning billions of light-years. 
  This engaging exploration reveals how astrophysicists work as cosmic detectives, extracting profound insights from the faintest signals reaching Earth across vast distances and eons of time. Each chapter illuminates the elegant connections between terrestrial physics and cosmic phenomena, showing how nuclear reactions in stellar cores create the elements essential for life, how gravitational forces sculpt the architecture of the universe, and how the marriage of space and time enables us to peer back toward the very moment of creation.

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