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  Algorithms

  Panos Louridas

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  Digital technology runs on algorithms, sets of instructions that describe how to do something efficiently. Application areas range from search engines to tournament scheduling, DNA sequencing, and machine learning. Arguing that every educated person today needs to have some understanding of algorithms and what they do, in this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Panos Louridas offers an introduction to algorithms that is accessible to nonspecialists. Louridas explains not just what algorithms are but also how they work, offering a wide range of examples and keeping mathematics to a minimum. 
   
   
   
  After discussing what an algorithm does and how its effectiveness can be measured, Louridas covers three of the most fundamental applications areas: graphs, which describe networks, from eighteenth-century problems to today's social networks; searching, and how to find the fastest way to search; and sorting, and the importance of choosing the best algorithm for particular tasks. He then presents larger-scale applications: PageRank, Google's founding algorithm; and neural networks and deep learning. Finally, Louridas describes how all algorithms are nothing more than simple moves with pen and paper, and how from such a humble foundation rise all their spectacular achievements.

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  HERBAL REMEDIES - A...

  Daniel Windrow

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  HERBAL REMEDIES: A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Healing with Herbs for Health and Wellness (2025) 
   (Audiobook Edition) 
  Are you ready to unlock the healing power of nature and discover how herbs can transform your health? 
   "HERBAL REMEDIES" is your complete audio guide to natural wellness—perfect for beginners and seasoned herbalists alike. This audiobook combines time-tested herbal wisdom with practical tips to help you take control of your well-being—naturally and safely. 
  Inside, you’ll learn how to use herbs to support immunity, ease stress, relieve pain, and more—without relying on synthetic medications. 
  🎧 What You’ll Discover in This Audiobook:🌿 50+ Herbal Remedies for common ailments such as headaches, insomnia, digestion, and anxiety🧪 How to Make Herbal Teas, Tinctures, Salves, and Infusions at home🌸 A-Z Herb Guide with benefits, precautions, and usage tips🍃 Herbal First Aid for natural care during emergencies🌞 Holistic Healing Rituals to boost energy and mental clarity🛡️ How to Build Your Natural Medicine Cabinet with essentials 
  Whether you're looking to ease everyday discomforts, prevent illness, or simply live a more holistic lifestyle, this audiobook is your go-to companion for trusted, effective natural healing. 
  ✨ Take the first step toward a healthier, more balanced life—naturally. 
   🎧 Download "HERBAL REMEDIES" today and start listening to the wisdom of nature wherever you go!

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  Chasing Doctor Dolittle -...

  Con Slobodchikoff

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  "Slobodchikoff's ground-breaking research" (Jonathan Balcombe) shows us that animals have much to teach us about languageGroundbreaking research has been done teaching animals human language, but what about the other way around? Studies have shown that lizards, squid, monkeys, and birds are talking to each other, communicating information about food, predators, squabbles, and petty jealousies. These animal languages are unique and highly adaptive. By exploring them, we come to appreciate the basis of our own languages; understanding or even "speaking" them allows us to get closer to the other species who inhabit this planet with us. The implications of animals having language are enormous. It has been one of the last bastions separating "us" from "them."Slobodchikoff's studies of the communication system of prairie dogs over twenty-five years have attracted a considerable amount of attention from the media, including a one-hour documentary on his work produced by BBC and Animal Planet. In Chasing Doctor Dolittle, he posits that the difference is one of degree, not the vast intellectual chasm that philosophers have talked about for millennia. Filled with meticulous research, vivid examples and daring conclusions, this book will challenge the reader's assumptions and open up new possibilities of understanding our fellow creatures.

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  Flight of the Godwit - Tracking...

  Bruce M. Beehler

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  Soar across 46 North American territories to uncover the secrets of 7 magnificent shorebirds, the world’s greatest nonstop travelers 
    
  An immersive travelogue that belongs on every birder's bookshelf 
    
  Flying more than 8,000 miles from Alaska to eastern Australia without stopping to eat or rest, the Bar-tailed Godwit holds the record for the longest nonstop migration of any land bird in the world. Flight of the Godwit invites readers on ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler's awe-inspiring journey in search of North America's largest and farthest-flying shorebirds. Driving 35,000 miles between 2019 to 2023, Beehler sought birds he dubs the "Magnificent Seven": 
   Hudsonian GodwitBar-tailed GodwitMarbled GodwitWhimbrelLong-billed CurlewBristle-thighed CurlewUpland Sandpiper 
    
  Beehler interweaves colorful fieldwork stories and rich details on local culture with the natural history and biology of shorebirds—including evolution, the physics of migration, orientation, homing, foraging, diet, nesting, parental care, wintering, staging, elusive "super-migrators," and the importance of conservation efforts. 
    
  With authoritative prose, the book journeys through 37 states and 9 Canadian provinces from Texas to Alaska to Canada's High Arctic. Flight of the Godwit is a captivating adventure and a tribute to remarkable birds and birding itself.

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  The Spice Ports - Mapping the...

  Nicholas Nugent

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  We may think of "globalism" as a recent development but its origins date back to the fifteenth century and beyond, when seafarers pioneered routes across the oceans with the objectives of exploration, trade, and profit. These voyages only became possible after certain technical innovations—improvements in ship design, compasses, and mapping—enabled navigation across unprecedented distances. The mariners' embarkation points were the vibrant ports of the West—Venice, Amsterdam, Lisbon—and their destinations the exotic ports of the East—Malacca, Goa, Bombay—where they tracked down the elusive spices, so much in demand by Western palates. 
   
   
   
  This development of maritime communication brought benefits apart from culinary delights: the spread of ideas on art, literature, and science. But it was not necessarily beneficial for everyone concerned: colonial ambitions were often disastrous for local populations, who were frequently exploited as slave plantation labor. 
   
   
   
  This wide-ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists' views to tell the story of how each port developed individually while also encouraging us to consider contrasting points of view of the benefits and the damages of the maritime spice trade.

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  Building Scalable Web Apps with...

  Yamini Panchal

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  Easy API Design Using Express. js and Node. js (TypeScript)
   
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  Embark on a journey to become an expert in backend web development with this essential guide using Node. js v20, Express. js, Redis and TypeScript. 
   
  The book covers foundational to advanced topics through one comprehensive example: a project management system. It ensures learning and application of skills in API caching with Redis, API testing using Mocha and Chai, and deployment on AWS. This approach simplifies complex concepts and provides a practical learning trajectory. 
   
  With expert tips and best practices, you'll create user-friendly features like sign-ups and project trackers. Plus, you'll learn how to make your apps faster with caching and add cool features like notifications. Finally, you'll ace testing and deploying your apps like an expert. 
   
  Table of Contents
  1. Introduction to Node. js
  2. Introduction to TypeScript
  3. Overview of Express. js
  4. Planning the App
  5. REST API for User Module
  6. REST API for Project and Task Modules
  7. API Caching
  8. Notification Module
  9. Testing API
  10. Building and Deploying Application
  11. The Journey Ahead
  Index

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