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  Brilliant Green - The Surprising...

  Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola

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  Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary—just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past fifty years have challenged these ideas, shedding new light on the extraordinary capabilities and complex interior lives of plants.In Brilliant Green, Stefano Mancuso, a leading scientist and founder of the field of plant neurobiology, presents a new paradigm in our understanding of the vegetal world. Combining a historical perspective with the latest in plant science, Mancuso argues that, due to cultural prejudices and human arrogance, we continue to underestimate plants. In fact, they process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another—showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware. Through a survey of plant capabilities from sight and touch to communication, Mancuso challenges our notion of intelligence, presenting a vision of plant life that is more sophisticated than most imagine.

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  Body Scan Guided Sleep Meditation

  Calmy Voices

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  Are you tired of restless nights, where sleep seems to elude you, leaving you fatigued and drained the next day? Have you ever wished for a way to achieve deep, rejuvenating sleep, one that not only relaxes your body but also clears your mind of the day's stress and tension? Can you picture a night where you effortlessly slip into a tranquil slumber, your body and mind finding the ultimate state of peace? 
  The journey to restful and restorative sleep, where both your body and mind find solace, begins with the Body Scan Guided Sleep Meditation. 
  Can you visualize a night where you peacefully drift into a deep, uninterrupted sleep, leaving behind the worries and tension that often plague your evenings? This transformative audio book is thoughtfully crafted to guide you into a state of profound relaxation, helping you release the stress and anxiety that accumulates throughout the day. 
  Say farewell to the restless nights and welcome a future where your body and mind sync in harmony, allowing you to enjoy deep and undisturbed sleep. This audio book isn't just a guide; it's your companion on the path to a night of serenity and rejuvenation. 
  As you embark on this transformative journey, you'll uncover techniques to melt away stress, reduce physical tension, and achieve a sense of complete calm. Imagine a future where you consistently enjoy the beauty of a peaceful night's sleep, waking up refreshed and ready to conquer the day. 
  The Body Scan Guided Sleep Meditation is your trusted ally in your quest for restorative sleep. Don't let sleepless nights define your days any longer – take the first step toward rejuvenating sleep tonight.

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  A Nurse's Story - My Life in A&E...

  Louise Curtis, Sarah Johnson

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  Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it.  She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.   The stress on the NHS was huge and for the first time in her life, the job was going to take a toll on Louise herself.In A Nurse’s Story she describes what happened next, as the trickle of Covid patients became a flood.  And just as tragically, staff in A&E were faced with the effects of lockdown on society.  They worried about their regulars, now missing, and saw an increase in domestic abuse victims and suicide attempts as loneliness hit people hard. By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this book shines a light on the compassion and dedication of hospital staff during such dark times.'An important memoir that we all need to read right now.' – Closer

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  Fool Willing - The Secret Power...

  Kathy Oppegard

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  Imagine what having more advocates could do for environmental organization: more engaged volunteers, more political wins for conservation, more financial support, and more enthusiastic collaborations. The U.S. is fortunate to have people from many different cultures and ethnicities, yet so many of these good folks have not been invited to full participation in the green movement.Fool Willing is a playful, practical guide  for welcoming and including all communities at the “green table.”  Putting a happy little kid, a salsa-dancing event planner, and Jane Goodall in the same room, Fool Willing would be what they would write together. Its  light-hearted voice invites readers to bring playfulness and practicality as they make advances for people and the planet.  Author and certified Martha Beck Life Coach, Kathy Oppegard helps people in environmental organizations bring communities into full participation in their organizations and volunteer teams. She has coordinated  hundreds of volunteers for multiple events.    Dig in and get ready to have more fun and be more effective as you grow your community in your green  organization today!

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  The Lost Words - A Feast of...

  Pete May

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  Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times for many years, wittily illuminating a raft of the most obscure, esoteric words the English language has to offer. At the same time, his 'Word Watching' puzzles have provided readers with the chance to pit their lexicographical skill against his tongue-in-cheek multiple-choice conundrums. This unique collection, bringing together the very best of all these, is a feast for word lovers. Here we can lament the disappearance of words like 'accismus' (an insincere and feigned refusal of something that is earnestly desired), and wonder why we ever thought we could do without 'zoilus' (a censorious, malignant or envious critic). And, once we have completed our journey through the dictionary entries time has forgotten, there's more fun to be had, as we ponder whether having a 'tirrit' means one is in possession of a trumpet, throwing a fit or the proud owner of a type of bird, and if the charge of being 'spissid' is a comment on one's girth, sobriety or resemblance to a javelin, either literal or metaphorical. Endlessly fascinating, Lost Words continues Philip Howard's amusing and informative tour of words that enrich the English language and would otherwise have been lost forever.

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  Tesla For Beginners

  Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen

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  The father of modern-day electricity and considered by some to be the ultimate “mad scientist,” Nikola Tesla filed nearly 300 patents in his lifetime. Many of these patents resulted in functioning inventions; others were little more than wide-eyed dreams—or still await possible development. Tesla For Beginners examines the man behind the alternating current and wireless technologies who traveled from Serbia by steamship to arrive in the United States with only four cents in his pocket. It was in the early 1880s, at the tail end of the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution, that America beckoned him.Nikola Tesla—a poet of invention—left behind a vast and intriguing legacy. He was a scientist, physicist, mathematician, electrical engineer, and extensively published author who spent his last decades scraping for funding for celestial projects and living out his final days in penurious solitude with a pigeon.

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