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  Hidden in the Heavens - How the...

  Jason Steffen

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  Are we alone in the universe? It's a fundamental question for Earth-dwelling humankind. Are there other worlds like ours, out there somewhere? In Hidden in the Heavens, Jason Steffen, a former scientist on NASA's Kepler mission, describes how that mission searched for planets orbiting Sun-like stars—especially Earth-like planets circulating in Earth-like orbits. What the Kepler space telescope found, Steffen reports, contradicted centuries of theoretical and observational work and transformed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbit. Kepler discovered thousands of planets orbiting distant stars—a bewildering variety of celestial bodies, including rocky planets being vaporized by the intense heat of their host star; super-Earths and sub-Neptunes; gas giants several times the size and mass of Jupiter; and planets orbiting in stellar systems that had only been imagined in science fiction. 
   
   
   
  Steffen offers a unique, inside account of the work of the Kepler science team (and the sometimes chaotic interactions among team members), mapping the progress of the mission from the launch of the rocket that carried Kepler into space to the revelations of the data that began to flow to the supercomputer back at NASA—evidence of strange new worlds unlike anything found in our own solar system.

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  Cloud-Native Architectures -...

  James Ferry

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  Unlock the full potential of cloud computing with "Cloud-Native Architectures: Building Scalable, Resilient, and Agile Systems." This comprehensive guide dives deep into the principles and practices that enable organizations to design, deploy, and manage applications optimized for the cloud. Whether you're an experienced architect, a seasoned developer, or a tech enthusiast eager to learn, this book provides the insights and tools needed to build robust cloud-native systems. 
  Explore the core concepts of cloud-native architecture, including microservices, serverless computing, and containerization. Learn how to design systems that can scale effortlessly, recover from failures swiftly, and adapt to changing requirements with ease. The book covers essential topics such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring and observability, ensuring you can maintain high performance and reliability in your applications. 
  "Cloud-Native Architectures" is packed with real-world examples and case studies from leading organizations that have successfully transitioned to cloud-native models. Discover how industry giants leverage cloud-native technologies to drive innovation, improve operational efficiency, and deliver superior user experiences. Each chapter includes practical exercises and hands-on projects to reinforce your learning and help you apply cloud-native principles in your own work. 
  Authored by experts in the field, this book provides a balanced mix of theoretical knowledge and practical guidance. From foundational concepts to advanced techniques, you'll gain a holistic understanding of what it takes to build and maintain cloud-native systems. Embrace the future of software development with "Cloud-Native Architectures: Building Scalable, Resilient, and Agile Systems," and transform the way you create and manage applications in the cloud. 
   

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  Nighttime Train Sleep Sounds - 4...

  Sleeptime Publications

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  🚆 Fall Asleep to the Gentle Rhythm of a Midnight Journey 
  Struggling to quiet your mind at night? Wish you could fall asleep without overthinking everything? 
  There’s nothing quite like the low hum of a distant engine and the steady clatter of train tracks to quiet the mind. This sleep sound experience recreates the soothing ambiance of nighttime train travel — helping you drift off faster, sleep deeper, and wake up refreshed. 
  Nighttime Train Sleep Sounds is designed to calm your nervous system and ease you into sleep with four 1-hour immersive soundscapes. Whether you're anxious, restless, or just need a consistent background to unwind, these gentle train sounds will carry you into a peaceful night's rest. 
  What’s inside:🚂 4 one-hour tracks of nighttime train ambience with rhythmic motion and subtle textures🎧 Soft narration at intervals to guide you into sleep — then gently fades away💤 No music, no interruptions — just pure, soothing train sounds🔁 Perfect for looping through the night to keep you asleep longer🌙 Crafted for sleep — ideal for anxiety, racing thoughts, or bedtime routines 
  You don’t need to be a train lover to enjoy this. You just need a soundscape that works. Let the distant engines and rhythmic tracks become your nightly escape. 
  Press play and let the night train carry you off to sleep.

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  Gentle and Fierce - Essays

  Vanessa Berry

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  To be gentle is to resist the privileging of command above compassion. It is a quiet voice, a persistent whisper, calm and consoling. Ferocity is an armour, a forceful expression of resolve and protection. To be fierce is to know the intensity of the edges of feeling. It is the voice that calls out, intending to be heard.  
  Gentle and Fierce focuses on the world that humans share with animals. Having spent her life in city environments, Vanessa Berry’s experiences with animals have largely been through encounters in urban settings, representations in art and the media, and as decorative ornaments or kitsch. The essays in Gentle and Fierce suggest that these encounters provide meaningful connections, at a time when our shared world is threatened by environmental destruction. Berry responds with attentiveness and empathy to her subjects, which include a stuffed Kodiak bear, a Japanese island overrun by rabbits, a porcelain otter and Georges Perec’s cat. The essays are accompanied by Berry’s illustrations, which reflect her eye for detail and her background as an artist and zine maker. 
  Who better than Vanessa Berry, with her pointillist attention and sly humour to document the surprising ways that animals enrich, inform and shadow our human natures. Whether recollecting Frank a taxidermied Kodiak bear, noting the snails that turn letters to Sylvia Plath into lace, or zipping together a personal history with flies, Berry elevates and commemorates those lives that are entangled – too often invisibly – with our own. Ethically astute, formally clever and deftly political, Gentle and Fierce evokes the work of John Berger and Jenny Odell. An urgent and poignant reminder of what we have lost and might yet gain from the more-than-human world. – Mireille Juchau

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  Healing Grounds - Climate...

  Liz Carlisle

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  A powerful movement is happening in farming—farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. 
   
   
   
  In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing food—techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health. While feeding their communities and revitalizing cultural ties to land, they are steadily stitching ecosystems back together and repairing the natural carbon cycle. This is the true regenerative agriculture—not merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground, but a holistic approach that values diversity in both plants and people. 
   
   
    
  Cultivating this kind of regenerative farming will require reckoning with our nation's agricultural history—a history marked by discrimination and displacement. And it will ultimately require dismantling power structures that have blocked many farmers of color from owning land or building wealth. 
   
   
   
  By coming together to restore these farmlands, we can not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities.

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  Sustainability Environment...

  Leonardo Flach

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  Why do our best-laid plans for a sustainable future so often fall short? What is the invisible thread connecting a city's design to social justice, and environmental policy to the very ground beneath our feet? 
  Sustainability, Environment, Territory, and Society unravels the critical, often overlooked, links between the world's greatest challenges. Guided by the expert analysis of Dr. Leonardo Flach, this audiobook moves beyond the headlines to offer a foundational understanding of the systems that shape our world. 
  You will discover:How geographical territories are not just maps, but arenas of power that dictate environmental outcomes.The surprising ways social structures and inequalities can accelerate or halt ecological collapse.A clear, interdisciplinary framework to analyze and solve complex environmental and social problems. 
  For students, policymakers, activists, and any engaged citizen striving to build a more equitable and sustainable future, this audiobook is not just essential listening - it is the key to understanding how these powerful forces are profoundly interconnected. Stop seeing the problems in isolation and start seeing the whole picture.

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