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  Atmosphere of Hope - Searching...

  Tim Flannery

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  The author of the #1 bestseller, The Weather Makers, pens “a brilliant examination of where we are with climate change and where we might be able to go” (The National Observer, Vancouver).   Almost two decades ago, Tim Flannery’s #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today, Earth’s climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Political leadership has not kept up, and public engagement with the issue of climate change has declined. Opinion is divided between technological optimists and pessimists who feel that catastrophe is inevitable.   Around the world people are now living with the consequences of an altered climate—with intensified and more frequent storms, wildfires, droughts, and floods. For some it’s already a question of survival. Drawing on the latest science, Flannery gives a snapshot of the trouble we are in and more crucially, proposes a new way forward, including rapidly progressing clean technologies and a “third way” of soft geo-engineering. Tim Flannery, with his inimitable style, makes this urgent issue compelling and accessible. This is a must-read for anyone interested in our global future.   “What Flannery provides—a convincing defense for the position that a path to averting catastrophic climate change still exists—is invaluable.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

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  The Snake and the Salamander -...

  Alvin R. Breisch

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  A beautifully illustrated tour of the region’s snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, and salamanders. 
   
  In the best tradition of natural history writing and art, The Snake and the Salamander explores the diverse collection of reptiles and amphibians that inhabit the northeastern quadrant of the United States. Covering thirteen states that run from Maine to Virginia, author Alvin R. Breisch and artist Matt Patterson showcase the lives of 83 species of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, and salamanders. These intriguing animals are organized by habitat and type, from forest to grassland to bogs to big waters, and revealed through a combination of Breisch’s engaging prose and Patterson’s original color illustrations. 
   
  Breisch’s guided tour combines historical notes and conservation issues with lessons on genetics, evolution, habitats, life histories, and more. Discover how careful attention to frog calls coupled with DNA analysis led to the discovery of a new species of frog in New York City, why evolutionary adaptations made the Eastern Ratsnake a superb climber, and the surprising fact that Spiny Softshell turtles actually sprint on land to retreat from predators. Breisch also tells the odd tale of the Green Frog and the Smooth Greensnake, two “green species” that do not actually have any green pigment in their skin. Every species has a story to tell?one that will keep the reader wanting to learn more. 
   
  The breadth of herpetofauna in the area will surprise many readers: more than 8% of the world’s salamanders and 11% of all turtle species live in the region. Beyond numbers, however, lie aesthetics. The surprising colors and fascinating lifestyles of the reptile and amphibian species in this book will mesmerize readers young and old. 
   
  Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award of the NOBA Foundation (Nature and Environment Category) 
   
  “The breadth of herpetofauna in the area will surprise many readers: more than 8% of the world’s salamanders and 11% of all turtle species live in the region. Beyond numbers, however, lie aesthetics. The surprising colors and fascinating lifestyles of the reptile and amphibian species in this book will mesmerize readers young and old.” —The Birdbooker Report 
   
  “While most field guides are organized by species, this book is more than a field guide; it places the animals in the context of their environment.” —The Altamont Enterprise

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  Influence

  Sara McCorquodale

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  Digital influencing is one of the most exciting and disruptive new industries, forecast to be worth over £10bn by 2020, but those charged with making this an effective part of their digital strategy rarely understand how this emergent industry works. When it comes to online growth, digital influencers are now consistently outperforming traditional media and brand advertising, even if much of what they do remains a mystery to many people. Sara McCorquodale is the UK's leading authority on the influencer space, and this new book demystifies exactly how digital influence works, interrogates the phenomenon, analyses its problems and forecasts its future. A compelling and deeply insightful book, this will be a must-listen for anyone whose business success is dependent on prospering online. Readers will gain a foundation of knowledge into how and why digital communication has become so dominated by influencers, as well as gaining invaluable, never-before-heard insights from the influencers themselves. They will understand how digital trends emerge, the building blocks that make bloggers, vloggers and instagrammers so compelling, and why the context in which influencer marketing emerged is so closely linked to its ongoing success. All of this will be presented alongside take-aways that will instantly improve listeners own work in the digital space. In addition, thanks to Sara's independent analysis of influencer media and marketing, they will finish the book with a clear understanding as to the problems now faced by businesses and brands around the world, and how such issues can be identified, tackled and overcome.“It's the wild west out there. This book is your sheriff.” THE SUNDAY TIMES“In a nutshell, Sara's like a human Google Translate, but for translating the world of Google.” THE EVENING STANDARD

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  Trackpad Information Technology...

  Harisukh

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  The chapters of this book have been selected and designed as per the CBSE curriculum of Skill Education course on IT. 
  
  KEY FEATURES 
  - National Education Policy 2020 
  - Sneak Peek: This section contains glimpses of Windows & OpenOffice. 
  - Glossary: This section contains definition of common terms. 
  - Objective Type Questions: This section contains objective type questions to assess the intellectual skills of the students. 
  - Subjective Type Questions: This section has subjective questions to assess the comprehensive writing skills of the students. 
  - Sample Question Paper: This section contains sample question paper. 
  - Practical Work: This section has sample questions for practical examination 
  - Digital Solutions 
  
  DESCRIPTION 
  The number one benefit of Information Technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. — Steve Ballmer 
  
  Information Technology is all about using computers to store, retrieve, access or manipulate information which directly or indirectly affects our daily lives. Information Technology and business today are interwoven in a way that they cannot be talked about in isolation to each other and go hand in hand. Trackpad Information Technology series for Grade IX and X has covered CBSE recommended syllabus to ensure that all the aspects from previous year are taken up in a continued manner. The series covers the topics with an aim of understanding with practical utilization and simple to learn methodology. There are activities involving brainstorming, which try to induce the readers to apply their learning into practice. The competency-based questions are guided by CBSE, and they ensure that students develop the capability to apply their learning to solve real-life issues that they come across. We would like to humbly acknowledge the support provided by our family, friends and Orange Education Pvt Ltd team to accomplish this noble task. We hope that this book will be used by the students to make their future ready to use Information Technology to the best in their day-to-day life. Enjoy the journey of happy learning!! All your feedback and suggestions will always be wholeheartedly welcomed to improve and grow. 
  
  WHAT WILL YOU LEARN 
  You will learn about: 
  - Communication skills 
  - Self-Management skills 
  - Fundamentals of computers 
  - ICT Tools 
  - Entrepreneurship 
  - Green Skills 
  - Introduction to IT – ITeS industry 
  - Data Entry and Keyboarding Skills 
  - Digital Documentation 
  - Electronic Spreadsheet 
  - Digital Presentation 
  
  WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR 
  Grade 10 
  
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  
  1. Part A: Employability Skill 
  Unit 1 Communication Skills-II 
  Unit 2 Self-Management Skills-II 
  Unit 3 ICT Skills-II 
  Unit 4 Entrepreneurial Skills-II 
  Unit 5 Green Skills-II 
  
  2. Part B: Subject Specific Skills 
  Unit 1 Digital Documentation(Advanced) 
  Unit 2 Electronic Spreadsheet (Advanced) 
  Unit 3 Database Management System 
  Unit 4 Web Applications and Security 
  
  3. Part C: Practical Work 
  4. Practical Work 
  5. Viva Voce Questions 
  6. Projects (Hints for Part D) 
  7. Glossary 
  8. Sample Question PapeI 
  9. CBSE Sample Question Paper

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  Works Trams of the British Isles...

  Peter Waller

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  A photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely.   While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles.   Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.

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  A New Science Of Life

  Ph.D. Rupert Sheldrake

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  In the provocative concepts of morphogenetic fields and morphic resonance, we may indeed be more than the sum of our parts; we may have access to all that has gone before. Sheldrake, a biochemist, has postulated an extraordinary new theory that, if correct, could overturn our fundamental concepts about nature, brain function and consciousness.

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