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  Be Fruitful and Multiply - How...

  Donald Worster

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  A groundbreaking history that explores how human desires have affected our relationship with the natural world, and why this is a cause for hope Donald Worster looks back over 200,000 years of Homo sapiens to show how human nature, especially the drive for food and sex, has responded to environmental conditions throughout history. Examining how this process led from foraging to the agrarian revolution and then to a capitalist way of life, Worster brings us face to face with a third transformation of human society that is beginning to take shape in China: an ecological civilization. This meticulously researched book explores how human desires have driven us to overrun our environments, and how we have adapted by creating new relationships with the earth. Tying the past to the future and humans to the planet, Worster acknowledges that we are at a potentially dangerous tipping point. Yet he offers a surprisingly optimistic vision, full of faith in the strength of our human desires, to help us develop exciting futures in a changing world—as we have done time and again—and achieve a good life for the billions of us trying to survive on a finite planet.

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  Hothouse Earth - An Inhabitant's...

  Bill McGuire

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  'It's a paradox but this was one of the most chilling books I've read this year. It's the definitive guide to where we're heading' ANTHONY HOROWITZ
  
  
  'The Earth is already in a dangerous phase of heating. Many scientists admit privately to actually being "scared" by recent weather extremes. But the public doesn't like pessimism, so we environment journalists hint at future optimism. This book provides a more steely-eyed view on how we can cope with a hothouse world.' - ROGER HARRABIN, former BBC Environment Analyst
  
  
  'This accessible and authoritative book is a must-read for anyone who still thinks it could be OK to carry on as we are for a little bit longer, or that climate chaos might not affect them or their kids too badly.' MIKE BERNERS-LEE is a professor at Lancaster University, founder of Small World Consultancy and author of There is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
  
  
  'If you read just one book about the menace of climate breakdown, make it this one.' - TIM RADFORD, Climate News Network
  
  
  We inhabit a planet in peril. Our once temperate world is locked on course to become a hothouse entirely of our own making.
  
  Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide provides a post-COP26 perspective on the climate emergency, acknowledging that it is now practically impossible to keep this side of the 1.5°C dangerous climate change guardrail. The upshot is that we can no longer dodge the arrival of disastrous, all-pervasive, climate breakdown that will come as a hammer blow to global society and economy.
  
  
  Bill McGuire, Professor of Geophysical and Climate Hazards, explains the science behind the climate crisis and for the first time presents a blunt but authentic picture of the sort of world our children will grow old in, and our grandchildren grow up in; a world that we catch only glimpses of in today's blistering heatwaves, calamitous wildfires and ruinous floods and droughts. Bleak though it is, the picture is one we must all face up to, if only to spur genuine action - even at this late stage - to stop a harrowing future becoming a truly cataclysmic one.

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  Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity...

  Alex Foster

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  Do you worry about the increasing risks to your internet security? Do you want to be resilient and confident while you traverse the digital world? Look no further—welcome to "Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity Essentials- Safeguarding Your Digital World." This comprehensive book is your go-to resource for comprehending, preventing, and fending off cyber threats in today's linked world. 
  You'll take a voyage through the complex world of cybersecurity with this book. This book provides the essential knowledge and resources to strengthen your digital defenses, from fundamental ideas to the most advanced tactics. This book is appropriate for a broad spectrum of users, be it an individual looking to safeguard personal data or a professional looking to improve security inside your firm. 
  Envision possessing the confidence to maneuver across the digital terrain, aware that you are equipped to thwart hackers at every opportunity. "Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity Essentials- Safeguarding Your Digital World" provides you with practical knowledge through valuable insights, real-world examples, and doable techniques. You will learn how to determine and counteract different kinds of online threats, secure your devices, make secure passwords, and cultivate a cybersecurity mentality that will enable you to take charge of your online presence.

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  A Rare Recording of US Naval...

  Grace Hopper

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  Grace Brewster Hopper (December 9, 1906 to January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. A pioneer of computer programming, Hopper was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. She is credited with writing the first computer manual, "A Manual of Operation for the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator." The following audio recording is from a 1982 presentation.

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  Useless Facts That Will Bore You...

  Calmy Heart

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  Can’t sleep? Let your racing mind wind down with the most mind-numbing facts you never knew you didn’t need. Useless Facts That Will Bore You to Sleep Fast is the perfect audiobook to lull you into a peaceful slumber by focusing your restless thoughts on the utterly mundane. 
  Did you know that a cloud can weigh as much as 1 million pounds? Or that octopuses have three hearts? No? Well, don’t worry—you won’t remember these tidbits by morning anyway. With a soothing narration designed to relax and distract your busy brain, this audiobook delivers hours of delightfully unimportant information guaranteed to help you drift off. 
  Whether you’re an overthinker or someone who simply struggles to unplug at night, this quirky sleep aid is your secret weapon. It’s not about staying engaged; it’s about letting go. By filling your mind with random, irrelevant facts, this audiobook provides just enough focus to steer you away from stress and straight into dreamland. 
  So grab your blanket, press play, and let the delightful dullness take over. Sleep has never been so easy—or so full of useless knowledge.

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  Empty Cages - Facing the...

  Tom Regan

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  Described by Jeffrey Masson as "the single best introduction to animal rights ever written, Tom Regan's EMPTY CAGES stands as an essential guide to the ongoing animal rights debate. In a style at once simple and elegant, Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates as portrayed by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of "humane treatment" favored by animal exploiters in both familiar and less well-documented contexts, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional cruelty. In so doing, Regan invites readers to join the struggle for animal rights—one person at a time, one step at a time. Written by the leading philosophical spokesperson for animal rights, Tom Regan's shocking exposé of animal abuse makes an essential and lasting contribution to how animal rights is viewed in the United States and around the world. 
  "Tom Regan delivers a searing indictment of the way we treat animals in the world we have made for ourselves, and presents a trenchant case that animals have or should have rights in the same way that human beings have."—J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature 
  "Every so often a book is written that is destined to change the way people think. Tom Regan has written just such a book. EMPTY CAGES is compelling because it is logical, rational, and written in an elegantly simple style. Please buy this book, read it, and tell your friends about it. Everyone needs a copy on their bookshelf."—Jane Goodall 
  "Tom Regan's EMPTY CAGES is a powerful call for justice on one of the most urgent issues human society faces. Calmly, lucidly, he asks readers to confront the miserable conditions we have inflicted on animals, leaving us with three choices: find a flaw in the argument, work for change, or throw the book away and try to forget it. The indelible force of Regan's argument makes the third course very difficult."—Martha C. Nussbaum, University of Chicago

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