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  X-15 - The World's Fastest...

  John Anderson, Richard Passman

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  The concise illustrated history of the first space plane, featuring exclusive photographs. 
   
  The exciting story of the X-15—the iconic rocket plane of the Cold War space race is recounted by John Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This experimental space plane was on the cutting edge of hypersonic aerodynamics, and its winged reentry from space foreshadowed the development of the Space Shuttle decades later. Launched from the wing of a modified B-52 bomber—again foretelling a concept that would be used decades later, in this case by SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo—the ship rocketed higher and faster than any manned aircraft of the time. Designed to approach seven times the speed of sound, it was the first hypersonic aircraft ever created and was engineered to function both in the Earth’s atmosphere and at the edge of space. Illustrated with period NASA and USAF photographs, as well as exclusive Smithsonian photography of the first of three X-15s built, X-15 captures the risks and dangers of the X-15 program as Anderson follows the test pilots (including Neil Armstrong) who pushed the very limits of their piloting skills to master groundbreaking experimental technology. Even with the fatal crash of the third X-15, the overall success of the program helped pave the way for NASA to continue to the Moon—and this is the definitive, expertly curated, and beautifully illustrated account of its development. 
   
  Praise for X-15 
   
  “[X-15] lays out the case for why the X-15 was and continues to be such an important aircraft. This book makes the reader want to visit the National Air and Space Museum and view the X-15 up-close in a whole new light, in which its aerospace accomplishments rank alongside other distinguished aircraft on display at the museum.” —DefenseMediaNetwork.com 
   
  “The authors have crafted an excellent introductory story for this aircraft. This book is a good read and I can highly recommend it to anyone who wants to start to learn about this most remarkable airplane.” —International Plastic Modelers Society

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  How to Stop Negative Thinking -...

  Victoria Tyler

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  Are fears, doubts and insecurities running your life right now? 
  Are these stopping you from taking charge and doing what you need to do or what you want to accomplish in your life? Are you seeking a solution for change? 
  I am here to help you discover the source of fear and negative thoughts and emotions: 
  - The thoughts and emotions that sabotage you, your life and potential. 
  - The thoughts of self-doubt and insecurities that limit what you think you can and can’t do. 
  - Emotions that run your life, for example, fear, anxiety and stress. 
  IMAGINE... What if you could... 
  - Stop your brain's constant chatter 
  - Learn to discipline your mind 
  - Choose focus and calm on the regular 
  You deserve to have a calmer life. I can help you get there. 
  In this super affordable, easy to follow guide, you will gain an understanding of why you overthink and start to get control of it. This is the same method I teach in my private therapy office. Because it works. 
  This book is PERFECT for you if... 
  - You are suffering from fear, stress, anxiety, the past, depression, insecurities, self doubt and you are sabotaging yourself and your life, then YES, you need this! 
  - You are totally fed up with the negative thinking 
  - You have interest in learning about your brain and body 
  - You are an action oriented person- just tell you what to do and you'll do it! 
  - You are invested in having a better life. Because this is a game changer.Ready to STOP the endless cycle of negative thinking? It's a simple matter of learning to discipline your mind. This is where my experience comes in! May I help you?

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  The River You Touch - Making a...

  Chris Dombrowski

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  “We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us.” —from The River You TouchWhen Chris Dombrowski burst onto the literary scene with Body of Water, the book was acclaimed as “a classic” (Jim Harrison) and its author compared with John McPhee. Dombrowski begins the highly anticipated The River You Touch with a question as timely as it is profound: “What does a meaningful, mindful, sustainable inhabitance on this small planet look like in the anthropocene?”He answers this fundamental question of our time initially by listening lovingly to rivers and the land they pulse through in his adopted home of Montana. Transplants from the post-industrial Midwest, he and his partner, Mary, assemble a life based precariously on her income as a schoolteacher, his as a poet and fly-fishing guide. Before long, their first child arrives, followed soon after by two more, all “free beings in whom flourishes an essential kind of knowing […], whose capacity for wonder may be the beacon by which we see ourselves through this dark epoch.” And around the young family circles a community of friends—river-rafting guides and conservationists, climbers and wildlife biologists—who seek to cultivate a way of living in place that moves beyond the mythologized West of appropriation and extraction.Moving seamlessly from the quotidian—diapers, the mortgage, a threadbare bank account—to the metaphysical—time, memory, how to live a life of integrity—Dombrowski illuminates the experience of fatherhood with intimacy and grace. Spending time in wild places with their children, he learns that their youthful sense of wonder at the beauty and connectivity of the more-than-human world is not naivete to be shed, but rather wisdom most of us lose along the way—wisdom that is essential for the possibility of transformation.The River You Touch Audiobook read by Jeffrey Foucault is available everywhere you listen to audiobooks. 

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  Beyond Quantity - Research with...

  Jens Schröter, Andreas Sudmann,...

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  How do artificial neural networks and other forms of artificial intelligence interfere with methods and practices in the sciences? Which interdisciplinary epistemological challenges arise when we think about the use of AI beyond its dependency on big data? Not only the natural sciences, but also the social sciences and the humanities seem to be increasingly affected by current approaches of subsymbolic AI, which master problems of quality (fuzziness, uncertainty) in a hitherto unknown way. But what are the conditions, implications, and effects of these (potential) epistemic transformations and how must research on AI be configured to address them adequately?

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  The Meditation Against Insomnia

  Max Topoff

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  Sometimes, anyone of us has to come up against certain circumstances which result to the thing that it’s very difficult to fall asleep. We may lie in bed and tumble, understanding full well that we need to have sleep out and rest; for there’s a new day ahead, and we shall be hale and hearty. But compulsive thoughts return from time to time, prying us again from the arms of Morpheus. Supposedly, you’ve already gone to the waves of your inner space, observing frequently abstract pictures of dreams. But at some point, hairy clawed paws of reality snatch you away, and again, you find yourself laying in your bed with your restless mind doing the harlem shake, agonizing about falling asleep at last. And today, I will help you with this. Just follow the vibrations of my voice.

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  Stairway To Heaven - Led...

  Richard Cole, Richard Trubo

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  No one knew Led Zeppelin like Richard Cole. The band's tour manager for more than a decade, Cole was there when they burst onto the music scene, achieved cult status, cut platinum records, and transformed popular music. Second only to the Beatles in sales for years, Led Zeppelin was rock's premier group. But unlike the boys from Liverpool, the excitement of this band"s music was matched by the fever pitch of their antics on and off the stage....In hotel rooms and stadiums, in a customized private Boeing 707 jet and country estates, Richard Cole saw it all -- and here he tells it all in this close-up, down-and-dirty, no-holds-barred account that records the highs, the lows, and the occasional in-betweens. This revised edition brings fans up to date on the band members' lives and careers, which may be a little quieter now, but their songs remain the same.

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