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  Eight Bears - Mythic Past and...

  Gloria Dickie

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  A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face. 
   
   
   
  Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known. 
   
   
   
  In Eight Bears, journalist Gloria Dickie embarks on a globe-trotting journey to explore each bear's story, whisking listeners from the cloud forests of the Andes to the ice floes of the Arctic; from the jungles of India to the backwoods of the Rocky Mountain West. She meets with key figures on the frontlines of modern conservation efforts—the head of a rescue center for sun and moon bears freed from bile farms, a biologist known as Papa Panda, who has led China's panda-breeding efforts for almost four decades, a conservationist retraining a military radar system to detect and track polar bears near towns—to reveal the unparalleled challenges bears face as they contend with a rapidly changing climate and encroaching human populations.

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  When Your Neurons Dance - The...

  Jonny Acheson

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  As an Emergency Medicine consultant in one of the busiest departments in the United Kingdom, Dr. Jonny Acheson loved his job. Fueled by adrenaline, he treated and cared for some of the sickest patients who came through the doors. 
   
  In 2016, when he was forty-one, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, a progressive neurological condition for which there is no cure. 
   
  He found it increasingly difficult to multitask in his fast-paced world. The environment that he thrived in made his symptoms worse. Parkinson's challenged his professional identity as an emergency doctor, and he didn't know what to do. 
   
  When Your Neurons Dance is about how he is adapting over time with support around him—how he looked to the past to help him in the present, embracing change as new doors opened both inside and outside medicine. 
   
  Ultimately as a doctor practicing with Parkinson's, he found a way to give back, despite a condition that always takes away.

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  Build Games with Claude Code -...

  Michael Patterson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Build a Complete Video Game This Weekend Using AI - No Programming Experience Required 
  What if you could go from complete beginner to published game developer in just 48 hours? Not with months of coding tutorials, but by directing AI tools like a personal development team? 
  Artificial intelligence reveals the breakthrough method that's revolutionizing game development in 2026. Using AI coding assistants like Claude Code and modern frameworks like Phaser.js and Three.js, you'll create professional-quality browser games through natural language prompts instead of traditional programming. 
  Real Success Stories That Prove This Works: An 8-year-old built two complete games in one afternoon. A solo developer created a viral flying game in 3 hours that reached $1 million ARR within 17 days. These aren't coding prodigies - they're people who learned to communicate effectively with AI tools. 
  What You'll Build This Weekend: 
  - Complete 2D Games: Master Phaser.js to create platformers, shooters, and puzzle games with smooth physics and responsive controls 
  - Stunning 3D Experiences: Use Three.js to build immersive browser-based worlds that rival native apps 
  - Professional Polish: Add particle effects, screen shake, dynamic audio, and a satisfying game feel that keeps players engaged 
  - AI-Powered Features: Integrate dynamic NPC dialogue and procedural content using the Anthropic API 
  - Real Deployment: Publish to itch.io, Vercel, and mobile app stores with step-by-step guidance 
  Inside This Complete Guide: 
  - The "Ultrathink" prompting strategy that gets perfect code on the first try 
  - Weekend studio setup with VS Code, Git, Vite, and AI coding assistants 
  - Free asset sources for pixel art, sound effects, and background music 
  - Game feel mastery: the psychology behind addictive mechanics 
  - Multiplayer basics with real-time leaderboards and WebSocket integration 
  - Mobile optimization techniques for maximum reach

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  The Trees Are Speaking -...

  Lynda V. Mapes

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  Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth and other natural forests face existential threats caused by humans―and their survival is crucial to ours.In a bicoastal journey, environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes connects the present and future of Pacific Northwest forests to the legacy forests of the northeastern United States. Beginning in Oregon and Washington, where old growth supports, and is supported by, the region’s salmon, we meet Jerry Franklin, who led scientists in recognizing and studying the distinctiveness of these majestic spaces. From there, we journey to Vancouver Island, where Indigenous activists and scientists strive to preserve the health of Nuu-chah-nulth traditional homelands amid continued clearcutting. On the East Coast, we see the corduroy patterns of lands that have been logged for generations, leaving industrial carnage along formerly life-filled waterways.Mapes invites us to understand the world where trees are kin, not commodities. The Trees Are Speaking is a must-listen for those with a deep interest in environmental stewardship, Indigenous land rights, and the urgent challenges posed by climate change.

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  Sleep Yourself Smart And Wakeup...

  Byron Caldwell

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  Absorb complex astrophysics and cosmic history through a soothing narrative designed for deep sleep learning.
   
  Transform your nightly wind-down routine into an intellectual voyage across the universe. As the mind enters its most receptive state during the quiet hours, this immersive experience bridges the gap between rigorous scientific education and a bedside lullaby. It allows you to relax into the mysteries of gravity and light without the strain of daytime study.
   
  From the fragile silver arc of the International Space Station to the violent density of neutron stars, the journey creates a coherent arc from low Earth orbit to the edge of creation. Discover the silence of rogue planets and the speculative physics of white holes while a warm, poetic voice guides you toward rest.
   
  What you will discover in the dark:
  
  Navigate the path of the Voyager spacecraft into interstellar voids.
  Understand the quantum mechanics behind black holes and stellar nurseries.
  Visualize long-lived red dwarf stars and icy ocean worlds.
  Trace the Big Bang through the faint afterglow of the cosmic microwave background.
  
   
  Let the gentle whisper of background radiation and the slow formation of galaxies lull you into a smarter slumber. Wake up with a deeper understanding of how the cosmos was built, having spent your night drifting among the stars.

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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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