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  Before the Streetlights Come On...

  Heather McTeer Toney

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  Climate change. Two words that are quickly becoming the clarion call to action in the twenty-first century. It is a voter issue, an economy driver, and a defining dynamic for the foreseeable future. Yet, in Black communities, climate change is seen as less urgent when compared to other pressing issues, including police brutality, gun violence, job security, food insecurity, and the blatant racism faced daily around the country. 
   
   
   
  However, with Black Americans disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change—making up 13 percent of the US population but breathing 40 percent dirtier air and being twice as likely to be hospitalized or die from climate-related health problems than white counterparts—climate change is a central issue of racial justice and affects every aspect of life for Black communities. 
   
   
   
  In Before the Streetlights Come On, climate activist Heather McTeer Toney insists that those most affected by climate change are best suited to lead the movement for climate justice. McTeer Toney brings her background in politics, community advocacy, and leadership in environmental justice to this revolutionary exploration of why and how Black Americans are uniquely qualified to lead national and global conversations around systems of racial disparity and solutions to the climate crisis.

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  The Secret Success Algorithm -...

  JC Andrews

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  Imagine taking a computer algorithm's complex yet straightforward functions and applying them to your personal life.  The results would lead to success, happiness, and confidence.  Through THE SECRET SUCCESS ALGORITHM, understand how small steps can make a big impact, but more importantly, uncover the powerful potential of your mind and changes you can make to be better.

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  The Physics of NASCAR - The...

  Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, Ray...

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  Every NASCAR fan—at one time or another—asks the same question: Why isn't my favorite driver winning? This is your chance to discover how much more there is to NASCAR than "Go fast, turn left, and don't crash." If you've ever wondered why race cars don't have mufflers, how "bump drafting" works, or what in the world "Let's go up a pound on the right rear and add half a round of wedge" means, The Physics of NASCAR is for you. 
   
   
   
  In this fast-paced investigation into the adrenaline-pumping world of NASCAR, a physicist with a passion uncovers what happens when the rubber hits the road and 800-horsepower vehicles compete at 190 miles per hour only inches from one another. 
   
   
   
  Diandra Leslie-Pelecky tells her story in terms anyone who drives a car—and maybe occasionally looks under the hood—can understand. How do drivers walk away from serious crashes? How can two cars travel faster together than either car can on its own? How do you dress for a 1800°F gasoline fire? In simple yet detailed, high-octane prose, this is the ultimate thrill ride for armchair speed demons, auto science buffs, and NASCAR fans at every level of interest. 
   
   
   
  Listeners, start your engines.

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  Natural Language Processing for...

  James Ferry

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  "Natural Language Processing for Beginners: Advanced Techniques and Applications in Natural Language Processing" bridges the gap between foundational NLP concepts and cutting-edge advancements in the field. Designed for those who have a basic understanding of NLP and are eager to delve deeper, this book provides a thorough exploration of advanced techniques and their practical applications. 
  Building on core principles, you will explore sophisticated methods such as neural machine translation, deep learning architectures (including RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformers), and multimodal NLP. The book also covers emerging areas like low-resource language processing, explainable AI, and ethical considerations in NLP, providing a holistic view of the current landscape. 
  Through detailed explanations, real-world examples, and hands-on projects, this guide ensures you not only understand the advanced techniques but also know how to apply them effectively. Learn to tackle complex tasks such as sentiment analysis, text classification, and question answering with state-of-the-art models and algorithms. 
  "Natural Language Processing for Beginners: Advanced Techniques and Applications in Natural Language Processing" equips you with the skills and insights to advance your expertise and stay at the forefront of this dynamic field.

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  Spacetime - How the Universe...

  Orhan Schoewe

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  Spacetime – How the Universe Learns to Think 
  (Physics Explained Simply | Volume 3) 
  What is spacetime, really? 
  A fixed framework of space and time — or a living fabric that connects motion, energy, and perception? 
  In Volume 3 of the Physics Explained Simply series, Orhan Schöwe explores one of the deepest concepts of modern physics: spacetime. This audiobook explains, clearly and without formulas, how space and time are inseparably intertwined — and why this insight fundamentally changes our understanding of reality. 
  You will discover:why space and time are not separate entitieshow gravity and motion shape the structure of the universewhy time does not simply pass, but is part of a larger relational wholehow spacetime expands our thinking about the world, life, and consciousness 
  Spacetime – How the Universe Learns to Think combines scientific precision with a calm, focused narrative voice. It is not a textbook, but an intellectual journey through the structure of reality — accessible, concentrated, and open to wonder. 
  For everyone who wants to listen to physics and truly understand it 
  — without mathematical barriers, 
  — without oversimplification, 
  — but with depth, clarity, and philosophical openness.

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  The Age of Alchemy - The Secret...

  Kit Chapman

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  "Timely and essential, this is great storytelling."—Hugh Aldersey-Williams, bestselling author of Periodic Tales3,000 years ago, on the banks of the Tigris in what is now known as Iraq, a woman perfumer named Tappūtī mastered the control of temperature and the arts of distillation, calcination, condensation, filtering, purification, fixation, and sublimation, unknowingly staking her claim as the first chemist in history.From Egyptian tombs and the dazzling workshops of Alexandria to Chinese emperors seeking immortality, The Age of Alchemy uncovers the hidden roots of alchemy and its transformation into chemistry. Kit Chapman brings to life forgotten innovators—women alchemists, artisan experimenters, and ingenious fraudsters—while challenging Eurocentric myths and celebrating the diverse cultures that forged our understanding of matter.Blending vivid storytelling, forgotten history, and fascinating science, the book explores the meaning and impact of chemical knowledge—its power to heal, to harm, and to transform societies. It explores how alchemists inspired modern medicine, how the search for immortality led to both lethal elixirs and life‑saving antimalarials, how pigments and alloys reshaped economies and empires, and how the old dream of transmuting metals was finally realized in nuclear physics. The Age of Alchemy invites listeners to see chemistry not as a dry catalogue of formulas, but as a four‑thousand‑year human drama of curiosity, ambition, ingenuity, and resilience—a global story of how we learned to understand and manipulate the material world.

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