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  Lakes - Their Birth Life and Death

  John Richard Saylor

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  Lakes might be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And while they may seem commonplace, without lakes our world would never be the same. In this revealing look at these lifegiving treasures, John Richard Saylor shows us just how deep our connection to still waters run. 
   
    
    
  Lakes is an illuminating tour through the most fascinating lakes around the world. Whether it's Lake Vostok, located more than two miles beneath the surface of Antarctica, whose water was last exposed to the atmosphere perhaps a million years ago; Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, the world's deepest and oldest lake formed by a rift in the earth's crust; or Lake Nyos, the so-called Killer Lake that exploded in 1986, resulting in hundreds of deaths, Saylor reveals to us the wonder that exists in lakes found throughout the world. Along the way we learn all the many forms that lakes take—how they come to be and how they feed and support ecosystems—and what happens when lakes vanish.

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  Code Image & Speech Gen AI -...

  Et Tu Code

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  Dive into the cutting-edge world of Generative AI with Code, Image & Speech Gen AI, a comprehensive guide that unravels the intricate landscape of code, image, and speech generation using artificial intelligence. Authored by experts in the field, this book takes you on a journey from the fundamentals to advanced applications, providing a deep understanding of the underlying technologies and methodologies. 
  Key Chapters:Introduction to Generative AI: Begin your exploration with the basics, understanding the history and various types of generative models.Mathematics Behind Generative AI: Delve into the mathematical foundations, covering probability distributions, linear algebra, and optimization techniques crucial for grasping the essence of generative models.Code Generation AI: Uncover the secrets behind automated code synthesis, from the workings of code generation models to practical steps for creating and optimizing them. Explore popular models like GitHub Copilot and understand their impact on code writing.Image Generation AI: Explore the foundations of image generation, training strategies, and advanced techniques using GANs and VAEs. Learn from popular research papers and discover how to create image generation models from scratch.Speech Generation AI: Grasp the fundamentals of speech synthesis, text-to-speech systems, and voice cloning. Dive into the mechanics of speech generation AI, understand architectures, and explore popular audio generation models like WaveNet and Tacotron.

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  Riders of a Certain Age - Your...

  Fran Severn

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  The fastest growing segment of the horse world is women mid-life and beyond. This thorough but light-hearted guide welcomes you to the equine life. Whether a newcomer to the world of hay and hoofs more someone who’s been in the saddle since childhood, you’ll find information about every aspect of the horse world. Riders of a Certain Age is full of wisdom and sound advice for people coming into horses as adults. It encourages us to keep riding forward at a point in life when others might expect us to whoa. From leasing to leakage, money to manure, this engagingly candid, comprehensive resource is an owner’s manual for reclaiming the right to indulge your horse-loving inner child. With carefully curated guidance collected over years of horsing around, Fran Severn presents you with tips, lessons, and advice as you begin enjoying a life with horses in it. 
  You’ll find information about: 
  -Getting into the saddle (or not, but still enjoying horses) 
  -Finding an instructor and being a good student 
  -Understanding and overcoming fear 
  -Riding with ‘replacement parts’ 
  -Dealing with the physical changes and challenges of our older bodies 
  -Learning the world of buying, leasing, and boarding horses 
  -Managing your ‘stable finances’ to pay for it all and still stay solvent

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  DesignedUp - A Designer's Guide...

  Emma Carter

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  DesignedUp is a practical, inspiring guide for modern designers working at the intersection of technology, consultancy, and agency life. It’s written for practitioners who choose to plot their own path across complex organisations, balancing competing priorities while striving to make meaningful impact. 
   
  Praised by John Maeda, VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft, as a refreshing antidote to career stagnation, and by Jeff Gotthelf, author of Lean UX and Sense & Respond, as a roadmap to redesigning how organisations work, DesignedUp tackles a challenge many designers know well: being undervalued, misunderstood or sidelined in tech-led environments. 
   
  When design is treated as a “nice extra” rather than a strategic driver, influence is lost. DesignedUp shows you how to change that. 
   
  Drawing on frameworks, methods, and real-world stories from global technology and design leaders, including Rebecca Parsons at Thoughtworks, Andreas Markdalen at frog, Lauren Pleydell-Pearce at PwC UK, and Andy Polaine, formerly of Fjord, this book shows you how to: 
   
  Harness your strengths 
  Speak the language of business and technology 
  Influence engineers, stakeholders, and executives 
  Make compelling design arguments that resonate 
  Turn leaders into design champions 
   
  DesignedUp helps you move from the margins to the centre, so design doesn’t just get a seat at the table, it reshapes it!

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  The Body-Based Obsessions...

  LCPC Molly Bradley Schiffer, MFT...

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  If you have anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may also struggle with body-based obsessions—constant fears and worries about your physical and mental health. You may worry that your heart will stop beating, or that you'll stop breathing. You might obsess over your physical appearance, feel like there's something physically wrong with your brain, or fear that you are "going crazy." So, how can you break free from anxiety and obsessions about your body and brain? 
   
   
   
  Drawing on a combination of evidence-based CBT, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), mindfulness, and compassion-focused therapy, The Body-Based Obsessions Workbook offers powerful skills to help you manage intrusive thoughts and obsessions, and take back your life. You'll learn the difference between body-based obsessions and other disorders such as body dysmorphic disorder or health anxiety, and find practical tools to manage your worst symptoms—such as rumination, constant checking or monitoring of your breathing or heart rate, or fears about your mental health. 
   
   
   
  If you struggle with intense, intrusive thoughts about your body and brain, you're not alone—and there is help. This workbook will teach you proven-effective skills to overcome your obsessions, so you can experience lasting peace and comfort in your own body.

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  Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

  Bradford Angier

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  Revised and updated: The classic illustrated reference for today’s foragers.   With essential information on each plant’s characteristics, distribution, and edibility, as well as updated taxonomy and eighteen new species, this is the second edition of Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants—the practical handbook for finding, preparing, and eating plants growing in the wild.   This guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. Now David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier’s invaluable foraging reference. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants’ uses, making this a practical and informative resource for modern-day foragers.

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