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  The Hidden Fires - A Cairngorms...

  Merryn Glover

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  Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 
   
   
   
  Elemental, fierce, and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender. 
   
   
   
  In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and guiding light. Following in the footsteps and contours of The Living Mountain, she explores the same landscapes and themes as Shepherd's seminal work. This is a journey separated by time but unified by space and purpose, a conversation between two women across nearly a century that explores how entering the life of a mountain can illuminate our own. 
   
   
   
  An Australian who grew up in the Himalayas, her early experiences of the Scottish hills and weather left her cold. But gradually acclimatizing and with an approach like Shepherd's, that is more mountain wandering than mountaineering, she discovers the spark that sets the hills and herself on fire. Through Glover's deepening encounter, the wild majesty and iridescence of the Cairngorms is revealed in this beautiful evocation of landscape, place, and identity.

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  Reinforcement Learning -...

  Simon Winston

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  In a world where machines are constantly pushing the boundaries of human capabilities, one field stands out as a beacon of innovation: Reinforcement Learning (RL). In "Reinforcement Learning: Amplifying AI - Shattering Boundaries with Reinforcement Learning," embark on an exhilarating journey into the heart of AI's next frontier. 
  Unveiling the inner workings of reinforcement learning, this book is your guide to understanding and harnessing the power of intelligent agents that learn to make decisions through trial and error. From the foundational concepts of agents, environments, and rewards to advanced algorithms like Q-learning, deep Q-networks, and policy gradients, you'll uncover the strategies that machines use to optimize their own performance. 
  Dive into the world of dynamic programming, explore Monte Carlo methods, and delve into the intricacies of temporal difference learning. Discover how these algorithms enable machines to not only learn from their experiences but also to predict and adapt to the outcomes of their actions. Witness the fusion of reinforcement learning and neural networks, creating potent combinations capable of conquering complex tasks. 
  But this book doesn't just stop at theory. It provides hands-on insights into implementing reinforcement learning algorithms, equipping you with the tools to transform abstract concepts into practical solutions. Explore exploration strategies that balance learning from the familiar with the excitement of the unknown. Understand the challenges of transferring knowledge across tasks and the emerging frontiers of multi-task learning and hierarchical approaches. 
  Join us on this transformative expedition into the realm of Reinforcement Learning, and discover how it amplifies AI's capabilities, shattering boundaries along the way. Your journey to empower machines with intelligent decision-making starts here. 
   

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  US Military WWII Interrogation...

  US Military

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  With the United States’ entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the first peacetime civilian intelligence agency in 1941–the Office of the Coordinator of Information. This office was designed to organize the activities of several agencies. In 1942, a larger and more diversified agency, the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of today’s Central Intelligence Agency was created. This recording includes a short lecture on methods of interrogation, treatment of prisoners, understanding German and Japanese culture, procedures for ground forces that capture prisoners, and the use of practice interrogations.

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  Industrial Cybersecurity - A...

  Anand Shinde, Bipin Lokegaonkar

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  In today’s hyper-connected world, critical infrastructure — from power grids to manufacturing plants — forms the foundation of modern life. But with this connectivity comes vulnerability. Industrial Cybersecurity: A Practical Approach to OT Protection is your essential guide to defending Operational Technology (OT) systems against evolving cyber threats. 
  This audiobook is crafted for cybersecurity professionals, industrial engineers, IT managers, and students who want a hands-on, real-world approach to OT security. Whether you’re transitioning into OT domains or managing cyber-physical systems, this book equips you with the frameworks, tools, and strategies needed to protect your infrastructure. 
  What You’ll Learn 
  Unlike theoretical texts, this audiobook is packed with field-tested frameworks and actionable insights:Understand OT & IT Convergence: Learn how industrial systems differ from traditional IT, and why securing them requires a unique mindset.Master the Purdue Model: Explore layered network architecture and how each level — from sensors to enterprise — demands specialized controls.Implement NIST SP 800-82 Guidelines: Apply proven U.S. government frameworks to SCADA, DCS, PLC, and IIoT systems.Build a Cybersecurity Program: Create an OT-specific security charter, define roles, and implement strategies with measurable outcomes.Conduct Risk Assessments: Follow a complete NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) lifecycle, with detailed tasks, checkpoints, and priorities.Apply Real-World Controls: From Zero Trust in ICS to anomaly detection and access control, get practical tools you can deploy today.

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  Hope in the Humus: Rediscovering...

  Alex Southwick

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  Beneath our feet lies one of the most complex and essential ecosystems on Earth — a living world that sustains every breath we take and every meal we eat. Yet for decades, we’ve treated soil as mere dirt: something to be dug, paved, poisoned, and forgotten. 
  In Hope in the Humus, Alex Southwick uncovers the hidden life of the ground below us and the extraordinary potential it holds to heal the planet. Travelling from regenerative farms to city gardens and ancient forests, Southwick meets the scientists, growers, and visionaries restoring vitality to the soil — and, in doing so, rebuilding the foundations of climate stability and human wellbeing. 
  Both intimate and expansive, this is a story of renewal — of how, by tending to the smallest organisms in the dark, we might rediscover a deeper relationship with the world above. 
  Gentle, wise, and ultimately uplifting, Hope in the Humus reminds us that recovery begins where life itself began: in the soil.

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  Jurassic Era - A History from...

  Hourly History

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  Thanks to a certain novel and movie franchise, the Jurassic Period has been indelibly cemented in the public imagination as the time of dinosaurs. That was certainly true: the Jurassic Period saw reptiles such as the long-necked Brachiosaurus, the armored Stegosaurus, and the fearsome Allosaurus become the dominant living creatures on planet Earth, a position they maintained for more than 150 million years. However, many of the movie dinosaurs that decorated millions of lunchboxes and backpacks were not from the Jurassic Period at all, but from the following Cretaceous Period. 
  Of course, this age wasn’t just about dinosaurs. The Jurassic Period saw the Earth going through dramatic geological changes that saw continents drift and collide. New plants and trees developed, some of which are still with us today. Even insects grew to enormous size. This period also saw the emergence of something entirely new: birds. In fact, there was only one type of creature that did not thrive and evolve in this period: our own distant relatives, mammals. 
  This book delves into the true story of the Jurassic Period, of how the planet changed, and how a staggering array of new life came to occupy the land, seas, and skies.

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