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  Gender Mosaic - Beyond the Myth...

  PhD Daphna Joel, Luba Vikhanski

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  With profound implications for our most foundational assumptions about gender, Gender Mosaic explains why there is no such thing as a male or female brain.For generations, we've been taught that women and men differ in profound and important ways. Women are more sensitive and emotional, whereas men are more aggressive and sexual, because this or that region in the brains of women is smaller or larger than in men, or because they have more or less of this or that hormone. This story seems to provide us with a neat biological explanation for much of what we encounter in day-to-day life. But is it true? According to neuroscientist Daphna Joel, it's not. And in Gender Mosaic, she sets forth a bold and compelling argument that debunks the notion of female and male brains. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, including the groundbreaking results of her own studies, Dr. Joel explains that every human brain is a unique mixture -- or mosaic -- of "male" and "female" features, and that these mosaics don't map neatly into two categories. With urgent practical implications for the way we understand ourselves and the world around us, Gender Mosaic is a fascinating look at the science of gender, sex and the brain, and at how freeing ourselves from the gender binary can help us all reach our full human potential.

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  Small Business Crash Course

  Introbooks Team

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  Independence is what pushes most people to set up their own business. They wish to carve their own paths to success, manage their own work, take care of their own schedules and be their own boss. Privately owned proprietorships that have a smaller turnover compared to the regular businesses and also lesser employees working for them can be understood to be small business. There are different types of innovative businesses that people have come up with and with days that pass this innovation seem to grow and develop which is thus leading to creation of further new businesses. When it comes to being established then it all comes down the level of competition and the way that a business owner is able to handle these competitions. From setting up to running it and seeing that it is established a small business is time-taking and might even take some time until profit is seen. There are risks involved in where there is investment yet the beauty of having an own business drives people to begin new ventures. 

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  Snowflakes Over Bay Tree Terrace...

  Fay Keenan

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  A warm, escapist, romantic festive read perfect for the winter months from TOP 100 BESTSELLER Fay Keenan 
  As the snowflakes fall, new love blossoms... 
  When teacher Florence Ashton receives a surprise inheritance, she decides to make the life-changing decision to up sticks to the charming town of Willowbury in Somerset. With a new house and a new job, she’s too busy putting down roots to think about love. 
  Air Ambulance pilot Sam Ellis is definitely not looking for romance either, especially not on his doorstep. When Florence, his new neighbour, complains about his noisy housemate, he feels more cross than star-crossed. 
  But as the nights draw in and both find themselves thrown together in Willowbury’s seasonal drama production, will they overcome their differences and allow a little bit of winter magic to fall along with the snow? And what secrets will be revealed by the box of memories Florence finds in the attic at Bay Tree Terrace? 
  Let Fay Keenan transport you to the perfect country winter wonderland, with roaring fires, spectacular scenery, and unforgettable characters. Perfect for all fans of Cathy Bramley, Fern Britton and Katie Fforde. 
  What authors and readers say about Fay Keenan’s novels: 
  'Fay Keenan's books are filled with warmth and humour. They are the perfect escape to beautiful countryside settings' Jessica Redland 
   'A gorgeous rural romance full of warmth and charm' Victoria Connelly 
  ‘Guaranteed to put a spring in your step. Feel-good, frisky and great fun with a hearty dash of romance and intrigue' Julie Houston  
  'Moving, funny, thoughtful and romantic. Bring on the next one!' Jenny Kane 
  'This is a lovely and heart-warming story, that has a serious side hidden within the romance' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
   'It was a wonderful book, guaranteed to put a smile on your face' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  ‘I was so engrossed in the storyline, which is thoroughly heart-warming, that I read the entire book without stopping. I always enjoy Keenan’s books and am looking forward to the next one!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
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  ’A beautiful Christmassy romance with lovely characters and an easy to follow but well written plot loved it’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  ’I really enjoyed this Christmas read even though it is July, it makes you wish that Christmas was just around the corner’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  'An entertaining and well written romance. Great plot and fun characters' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  ’A great way to while away an afternoon’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review 
  ’A perfect book for reading with a warming hot chocolate’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

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  CISSP Study Guide - Ignite your...

  Marius Grimsby

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  CISSP Study Guide 
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  Are you eager to advance your career and enhance your knowledge by successfully passing the CISSP Exam? 
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  This guide is your ultimate resource for deepening your understanding, applying your skills, and engaging in practical exercises. With this material, you'll be fully prepared for success. 
  Updated for the CISSP Exam Structure. 
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  - In-depth insights about the CISSP Exam Certification 
  - Thorough explanations of cybersecurity concepts 
  - Effective strategies for exam preparation and tackling challenges 
  Our guide stands out with its detailed approach, crucial for your exam victory. Concepts are explored in depth rather than being merely summarized. 
  Please note that this guide is not affiliated with any official CISSP organization and is an independent resource created for your benefit. 
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  The AI Mirror - How to Reclaim...

  Shannon Vallor

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  For many, technology offers hope for the future—that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome—not by us, but by our machines. Yet rather than open new futures, today's powerful AI technologies reproduce the past. Forged from oceans of our data into immensely powerful but flawed mirrors, they reflect the same errors, biases, and failures of wisdom that we strive to escape. Our new digital mirrors point backward. They show only where the data say that we have already been, never where we might venture together for the first time. 
   
   
   
  To meet today's grave challenges to our species and our planet, we will need something new from AI, and from ourselves. 
   
   
   
  Shannon Vallor makes a wide-ranging, prophetic, and philosophical case for what AI could be: a way to reclaim our human potential for moral and intellectual growth, rather than lose ourselves in mirrors of the past. Rejecting prophecies of doom, she encourages us to pursue technology that helps us recover our sense of the possible, and with it the confidence and courage to repair a broken world. Vallor calls us to rethink what AI is and can be, and what we want to be with it.

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  Conserving Nature in Greater...

  Robert B. Keiter

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  The story of how Yellowstone, established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, has become synonymous with nature conservation—and an examination of today’s challenges to preserve the region’s wilderness heritage. For more than 150 years, the Yellowstone region—now widely known as the twenty-three million acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—has played a prominent role in the United States’ nature conservation agenda. In this book, Robert B. Keiter, an award-winning public land law and policy expert, traces the evolution and application of fundamental ecological conservation concepts tied to Yellowstone.
   
  
  Keiter’s book highlights both the conservation successes and controversies connected with this storied region, which has been enmeshed in change. 
  But in the face of explosive human population growth and related development pressures, new efforts must also account for the region’s privately owned lands along with accelerating recreational activities that present quite different problems.
  
  Exploring both notable conservation accomplishments and the ongoing challenges confronting this special place, Keiter’s book explains the many forces—scientific, political, economic, legal, cultural, climatic, and more—at work driving controversy and change across the region. But more than this, Conserving Nature in Greater Yellowstone shows us that the lessons gleaned from Yellowstone’s expansive nature conservation efforts are profoundly important for both the country and the world.

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