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  Collected Writings of Edward...

  Edward Leedskalnin

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  The Collected Writings of Edward Leedskalnin is a compilation of two of Leedskalnin's works, Magnetic Current and A Book in Every Home. This eccentric sculptor and amateur scientist devoted most of his life to creating a large complex of megalithic stones that he quarried and carved himself. Edward Leedskalnin was born in Latvia in 1887. Although he only received formal education up to the fourth grade, he was very inquisitive and spent a large part of his youth reading. He was said to be a sickly boy and grew into a small man-reportedly measuring just 5 feet tall and weighing 100 lbs. At age 26, he was engaged to marry a 16-year-old girl named Agnes Skuvst, but the wedding was called off. Accounts differ, some claiming the wedding was canceled the day before it was scheduled and others saying that Leedskalnin was jilted at the altar. Regardless, he was heartbroken and shortly after emigrated to America. After reaching New York in 1912, he continued on to Oregon where he worked for an ax-handle manufacturer. By 1923, he had contracted tuberculosis. The illness prompted him to move to a warmer climate for his health. He chose Florida, where he purchased an undeveloped acre of land in Florida City. It was on this modest plot that he began Rock Gate (later renamed Coral Castle). This ambitious project involved extracting enormous pieces of oolite stone from his land, moving them into position, and carving them-entirely alone. The pieces include sculptures and carved stone furniture, as well as a two-story tower that served as his living quarters. The project was devoted to his "Sweet Sixteen," the woman who had rejected him many years earlier.Due to the scale of the project, some have dubbed it "Florida's Stonehenge." While it's unclear how Leedskalnin was able to complete it, it is all the more impressive considering his small stature and questionable health. When he wasn't hewing or carving stone, Leedskalnin was also conducting experiments and writing.

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  Tell Me What to Eat If I Have...

  Kimberly A. Tessmer

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  IBD isn’t a disease but rather the umbrella term for two major intestinal disorders that might sound more familiar: ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Both deal with inflammation in the digestive tract that can produce a wide range of unpleasant symptoms and lead to other health conditions.If you or a loved one are dealing with either of these conditions then you probably know that trying to control flare-ups—which bring on the symptoms—is the goal. Tessmer breaks down both of these conditions and provides reliable and practical advice on how eating right can help.Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease begins with an overview of both of these conditions (as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS), then guides you through diet recommendations that are based on the latest medical information.You will quickly learn what IBD is and what you can do to limit the impact of unwanted symptoms. In addition, you’ll get dozens of mouthwatering recipes from knowledgeable RDs that will make implementing the nutritional advice a bit easier.It’s all nutrition you can live with!

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  Ain’t No Place for a Hero -...

  Kaitlin Tremblay

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  A deep dive into the groundbreaking and bestselling video game series
   
  The critically acclaimed first-person shooter franchise Borderlands knows it’s ridiculous. It’s a badge of pride. After all, Borderlands 2 was promoted with the tagline “87 bazillion guns just got bazillionder.” These space-western games encourage you to shoot a lot of enemies and monsters, loot their corpses, and have a few chuckles while chasing down those bazillion guns. As Kaitlin Tremblay explores in Ain’t No Place for a Hero, the Borderlands video game series satirizes its own genre, exposing and addressing the ways first-person shooter video games have tended to exclude women, queer people, and people of colour, as well as contribute to a hostile playing environment.
   
  Tremblay also digs in to the way the Borderlands game franchise — which has sold more than 26 million copies — disrupts traditional notions of heroism, creating nuanced and compelling storytelling that highlights the strengths and possibilities of this relatively new narrative medium. The latest entry in the acclaimed Pop Classics series, Ain’t No Place for a Hero is a fascinating read for Borderlands devotees as well as the uninitiated.

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  Unlocking Lyme - Myths Truths...

  William Rawls MD

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  Lyme disease is one of the most puzzling illnesses on the planet. Anyone who has suffered from its debilitating symptoms knows the frustrations of trying to find a cure.Many sufferers drag themselves from one doctor or alternative practitioner to the next, getting lost in a maze of lab tests, prescription drugs, and treatments. Thousands of dollars and months (or years) later, they realize they are no better off than where they started.Unlocking Lyme puts an end to this desperate quest. Written by Dr. Bill Rawls, a physician who overcame Lyme disease himself, this book is a comprehensive, practical resource full of solutions that work.

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  Evolutions - Fifteen Myths That...

  Oren Harman

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  We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe. 
  Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific thinking on the birth of the universe and the solar system, the journey from a single cell all the way to our human minds. Reawakening our sense of wonder and terror at the world around us and within us, Oren Harman uses modern science to create new and original mythologies. Here are the earth and the moon presenting a cosmological view of motherhood, a panicking mitochondrion introducing sex and death to the world, the loneliness of consciousness emerging from the memory of an octopus, and the birth of language in evolution summoning humankind's struggle with truth. Science may not solve our existential puzzles, but like the age-old legends, its magical discoveries can help us continue the never-ending search.

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  Stop Micromanaging - How To...

  Chayla Cooper

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  Do your employees hide when you walk in the room? 
  Do you take on more than you can chew because you're the only one that can do it right the first time? 
  Do you immerse yourself into the tiny details instead of looking at the big picture? 
  You may be a micromanager.  
  After being tormented by two micromanagers within her career, Chayla Cooper, author of 5 Keys To Job Promotion: Through The Eyes Of David And Goliath and 5 Keys To Leadership: Through The Eyes Of Moses, takes a dive into the mind of what it means to be a micromanager. These Type A individuals who love to take control of every situation, rely only on their own experience, and slightly intimidate their way to the top are not actually all big and bad as they seem.  
   Stop Micromanaging will demonstrate:What micromanaging really says about your personality (it's not all bad)What to do before you delegate tasksHow to retain your best employeesThe one trick to lowering your anxiety  
  If you want to become a better manager for your team, or if you wish to learn how to take the sting out of the micromanager in your life, then scroll up and listen today!

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