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  Why Do We All Behave In The Way...

  Ss O'Connor

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  Why is life like a poker game? How did a failed robbery help to explain human nature? Why are we so certain bad men will win - and yet we're so wrong? In this, the third volume of The Secrets of Life quartet, SS O'Connor once more uses his easy-going, conversational style to explain how the science of decision analysis developed, and why it has come to show us not only the reasoning behind how humans arrive at their choices in life, but why so much of the apparently bizarre behaviour of the natural world has the same hard logic to it.Instead of the confusion and chaos one might expect, O'Connor lays out how the options organisms face when they interact can actually be analysed, and how we humans then refined this process through the addition of our intelligence and language skills. Starting with the extraordinary new ways of thinking that Adam Smith opened the world's eyes to, the book progresses to the 20th century - and shows how the mathematical reasoning behind our thought processes was revealed at a time when the very future of the world was at stake. From these earliest investigations, through to the fevered disagreements of later experts, this third volume of the Secrets of Life series explains how the science of game theory illuminates the reasons for our behaviour. In particular, the book provides insights into how the interests of the individual should be balanced against those of the group, and why the mechanism of trading would extend far further into our lives than we could ever have imagined. As the story unfolds it becomes ever clearer how cooperation has evolved to be the catalyst at every level of life. It explains how it was the force that built our world, and why it would settle so deeply in our hardwiring that it's become instinctive and innate in us. Perhaps most pleasingly, the same logic also shows that the benefits of collaboration are always bound to ratchet upwards - and how this will inevitably lead humans to ever-increasing levels of moral behaviour.

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  21st-Century Yokel

  Tom Cox

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  Thick with owls and badgers, oak trees and wood piles, scarecrows and ghosts, and Tom Cox's loud and excitable dad, this book is full of the folklore of several counties the ancient kind and the everyday variety as well as wild places, mystical spots and curious objects. Emerging from this focus on the detail are themes that are broader and bigger and more important than ever.
  Tom's writing treads a new path, one that has a lot in common with a rambling country walk; it's bewitched by fresh air and big skies, intrepid in minor ways, haunted by weather and old stories and the spooky edges of the outdoors, restless and prone to a few detours, but it always reaches its destination in the end.

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  When the Ice is Gone - What a...

  Paul Bierman

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  In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. When geologist Paul Bierman and his team first melted a piece of this unique material, they were shocked to find perfectly preserved leaves, twigs, and moss. That observation led them to a startling discovery: Greenland's ice sheet had melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago. 
   
   
   
  In When the Ice Is Gone, Bierman traces the story of this extraordinary finding, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate. A longtime researcher in Greenland, he begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological. For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a US military base built inside Greenland's ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets—ancient warmth and melted ice. 
   
   
   
  Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland's ice will catalyze devastating events if we don't change course and address climate change now.

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  What's Hidden Inside Planets?

  John Wenz, Sabine Stanley

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  A guided journey through the inner workings of Earth, the cloaked mysteries of other planets in our solar system, and beyond. 
   
   
   
  Earth, from space, looks like a shimmering gem suspended in an inky, infinite expanse. But this serene image masks the magnificent and volatile interior forces that make life possible for millions of species on the surface. The placid appearances of our neighboring planets similarly belie their powers—and science fiction-worthy features, like diamond rain. The daily machinations of Earth's deep interior make the planet a habitable, yet sometimes treacherous, place to live. Drill down thousands of miles through our built environments and soil, sand, water, rock, and minerals to the outer (mainly liquid iron with nickel) and inner core, encountering intense convection, roiling metals, hidden continents, and shifting tectonic plates. Discover the effects of magnetism, rotation, and seismic activity seen and sensed in the forms of auroras, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes, among other manifestations. 
   
   
   
  Join this exciting journey to far-flung interstellar locations and the center of the Earth to learn what lies beneath our feet, and why it's the best real estate in our solar system.

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  Javascript Expressions -...

  Richie Miller

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  If you want to discover the basics of JavaScript syntax and operators, this book is for you!  
  The goals for this book are to learn the basics of JavaScript syntax and operators. We're going to talk about the switch statement; we'll talk about for/in and for/of loops; math, comparison, and logical operators; truthy and falsy; exception handling; data types; 'this' keyword; and the spread operator. 
    
  GET THIS BOOK NOW AND START CODING TODAY! 
    
  In this book you will discover: 
  How the Switch Statement Works 
  Block-level Scope Issue with Switch Statements 
  Using a for/in Loop 
  Break and Continue Statements 
  Mathematical Operators 
  Assignment and Ternary Operators 
  Logical Operators 
  Short Circuiting & Operator Precedence 
  Utilizing JavaScript Exception Handling 
  How to Detect the Error Type 
  How to Determine JavaScript Variable Data Types 
  Helper Functions for the Constructor Property 
  Understanding 'this' in JavaScript 
  Copy an Array 
  Using Spread to Pass Parameters 
  Shallow Copy on Object Literals

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  Calming Waterfall Sounds - 8D...

  Luna Brooks

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  Step into a tranquil sanctuary with Calming Waterfall Sounds, a deeply immersive 8D audio white noise soundscape crafted to help you release stress, quiet your thoughts, and ease naturally into deep, restorative sleep. Designed to mirror the calming power of nature, this audiobook surrounds you with the steady, soothing flow of cascading water blended seamlessly with gentle white noise.
   
  Powered by advanced 8D immersive audio, the sound of the waterfall subtly moves and flows around you when listened to with headphones, creating a rich three-dimensional experience that feels natural, grounding, and profoundly calming. Each moment is engineered to help slow your breathing, relax your nervous system, and guide your body into a state of rest and balance.
   
  
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  Over 8 hours of continuous, uninterrupted waterfall sounds blended with soft white noise
  
   
  8D Immersive Audio technology creates a moving, spatial sound experience for deeper relaxation (best with headphones)
  
   
  Natural white noise helps mask background sounds, supporting better sleep and improved focus
  
   
  Designed to promote deep sleep, relaxation, and stress relief by calming the nervous system
  
   
  Ideal for sleep, meditation, mindfulness, yoga, studying, or stress management
  
   
  Helps you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake feeling refreshed
  
   
  Perfect for blocking distractions at home, in the office, or while traveling
  
  
   
  Let the gentle power of cascading water guide you into rest, renewal, and peace—anytime you need calm.

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