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  Windswept: Life Nature and Deep...

  Annie Worsley

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  ‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE 
  ‘An instant classic of British nature-writing’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
  A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on the west coast of Scotland. It is a land ruled by great elemental forces – light, wind and water – that hold sway over how land forms, where the sea sits and what grows. Windswept explores what it means to live in this rugged, awe-inspiring place of unquenchable spirit and wild weather. 
  Walk with Annie as she lays quartz stones in the river to reflect the moonlight and attract salmon, as she watches otters play tag across the beach, as she is awoken by the feral bellowing of stags. Travel back in time to the epic story of how Scotland’s valleys were carved by glaciers, rivers scythed paths through mountains, how the earliest people found a way of life in the Highlands – and how she then found a home there millennia later. 
  With stunning imagery and lyrical prose, Windswept evokes a place where nature reigns supreme and humans must learn to adapt. It is her paean to a beloved place, one richer with colour, sound and life than perhaps anywhere else in the UK. 
  Annie Worsley's Windswept is a top-tier memoir that intertwines personal narratives with the history of Britain's ecosystems. Her commitment to environmental conservation and habitat protection is evident throughout, making this autobiography a must-read for those interested in European non-fiction. 
  For fans of Robert Macfarlane (Is a River Alive?), Raynor Winn (Landlines), Robin Wall Kimmerer (Gathering Moss), Sharon Blackie (The Enchanted Life), and Chloe Dalton (Raising Hare). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  The Oracle and the Sorcerer’s -...

  Lawrence Uline

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  In a cosmos teetering on the edge of oblivion, Ari, a masterful wielder of Time sorcery, is thrust into a desperate quest to save the very fabric of existence. An evil force, an Entity with a voracious hunger for cosmic convergence, seeks to collapse the universe into a singular point in space and time. To combat this existential threat, Ari must assemble an eclectic team of wizards, each with unique magical gifts. Guided by the enigmatic Oracle, a mechanized Supercomputer believed to be the last relic of an ancient race that may have transcended into a metaphysical realm, the wizards embark on a dangerous journey. The Oracle, possessing unparalleled knowledge, unveils a startling revelation: the salvation of all reality hinges upon the mysterious 26th-century Earth. As the team dashes through the currents of time, they must unravel cryptic clues and overcome formidable challenges to reach the designated temporal nexus. The destiny of the cosmos hangs in the balance as the Entity, a sentient black hole, relentlessly approaches the heart of the galaxy. The wizards' race against time becomes a desperate struggle to thwart the Entity's sinister plan before it merges with the great black hole, triggering a cataclysmic implosion that threatens to erase all existence. Ari and her band of sorcerers must navigate the intricate web of time, facing daunting adversaries and unlocking ancient secrets. Will they unravel the cosmic enigma in time to thwart the Entity's apocalyptic design, or will the universe succumb to the inexorable pull of the looming singularity?

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  Unexpected - Finding Resilience...

  Dr. Jill Carnahan

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  In Unexpected, Dr. Jill Carnahan shares her story of facing life-altering illness, fighting for her health, and overcoming sickness using both science and faith so that others can learn to live their own transformative stories. Has there ever been a time in your life when you’ve felt alone or unsure where to turn for answers?  It may have come with the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, loss of a job, a death of a loved one, or any trauma that threatened everything you knew to be true. In Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith, Dr. Jill Carnahan introduces a new paradigm for readers who are going through uncertain times. Dr. Jill’s riveting and compassionate exploration of healing through functional medicine demonstrates how to replace darkness and fear with hope and find profound healing, unconditional love, and unexpected miracles in the process. Unexpected reveals practical advice that can be used for conditions like mold and biotoxin illness, cancer, autoimmune disease, Lyme disease, and more. Dr. Jill’s raw and honest account of her own challenges facing breast cancer, living with autoimmunity, and mold toxicity, while working in a medical system that has little tolerance for stepping outside the lines, offers a new path of empowerment for taking control of your health and wellbeing. For the skeptic or the faithful, Unexpected is a valuable guide for living an extraordinary life of love and resilience.

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  Beyond The Breaking Point - The...

  Davis Truman

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  Welcome to the captivating world of "Beyond The Breaking Point: The Tragedy of Climate Changes"!  
  Get ready to dive into the heart of pressing environmental issues in a friendly, approachable tone that welcomes readers from all walks of life. We'll sail through rising sea levels and coastal erosion, witnessing the power of nature and the resilience of communities facing this challenge head-on. 
  As we delve into extreme weather events like hurricanes, floods, and droughts, we'll be amazed by how nature adapts and how the human spirit perseveres. You'll find yourself empowered to take on these challenges with newfound determination. 
  But it's not just about the environment; we'll also explore the delicate balance between biodiversity and ecosystem collapse. Prepare to be captivated by the wonders of our planet's diverse life forms and the urgency of protecting them. 
  As we shift our focus to human societies, we'll face the heart-wrenching reality of displacement and climate refugees. Yet, in this struggle, we'll discover the resilience and compassion that bind us together as a global family. 
  But don't worry, it's not all heavy topics! We'll also explore positive initiatives and success stories, illuminating the hope and potential within us all. From grassroots movements to youth activism, you'll be inspired by the incredible work being done to combat climate change. 
  Get inspired and motivated to adopt responsible consumption and production practices, embrace sustainable agriculture, and advocate for climate-resilient cities. 
  Join us in cultivating a sustainable mindset where every choice becomes a powerful action toward a brighter future. From personal lifestyle changes to the role of businesses and corporations, we'll unveil the potential for change within us all.

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  Edible Wild Plants Volume 2 -...

  PhD Kallas

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  This second volume of Edible Wild Plants adds 18 additional plants, their relatives, and look-a-likes, in 15 plant chapters, to the overall collection of plants covered between the two volumes in The Wild Food Adventure Series. This book makes it delightfully exciting to learn about and experiment with known wild foods that will be useful to all, from beginners to advanced foragers. This book features plants in five flavor categories?foundation, tart, pungent or peppery, bitter, and distinctive & sweet. Organizing this way helps readers use the plants in pleasing and predictable ways. Imagine frequently including cattail, nettles, pokeweed, marsh mallow, daylily, wild radish, and everlasting pea in your meal planning knowing that you acquired these plants from your own foraging adventures. There is also a section devoted to identifying and knowing poison hemlock, often confused with wild carrot in certain stages of development. John Kallas and his Wild Food Adventure book series are here to help you learn quickly, process intelligently, and genuinely enjoy what you are eating.

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  Generative AI on AWS - Building...

  Shelbee Eigenbrode, Chris...

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  Companies today are moving rapidly to integrate generative AI into their products and services. But there's a great deal of hype (and misunderstanding) about the impact and promise of this technology. With this book, Chris Fregly, Antje Barth, and Shelbee Eigenbrode from AWS help CTOs, ML practitioners, application developers, business analysts, data engineers, and data scientists find practical ways to use this exciting new technology. 
   
   
   
  You'll learn the generative AI project life cycle including use case definition, model selection, model fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and model quantization, optimization, and deployment. And you'll explore different types of models including large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models such as Stable Diffusion for generating images and Flamingo/IDEFICS for answering questions about images. 
   
   
   
  You'll also discover how to apply generative AI to your business use cases; determine which generative AI models are best suited to your task; perform prompt engineering and in-context learning; fine-tune generative AI models on your datasets with low-rank adaptation (LoRA); align generative AI models to human values with reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF); augment your model with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG); explore libraries such as LangChain and ReAct to develop agents and actions; and build generative AI applications with Amazon Bedrock.

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