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  The Environment - A History of...

  Paul Warde, Libby Robin, Sverker...

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  Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed?Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature — nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done. What people lacked was an idea: a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made.In this fascinating audiobook, Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II, a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans' capacity for almost limitless destruction. It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet-wide impact of people's behavior emerged, closely allied to anxieties for the future.With the rise of "the environment", the authors argue, came new expertise, making certain kinds of knowledge crucial to understanding the future of our planet. The untold history of how people came to conceive, to manage, and to dispute environmental crisis, The Environment is a must-listen audiobook for anyone who wants to help protect the environment from the numerous threats it faces today.

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  The Whispering Land

  Gerald Durrell

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  Naturalist Gerald Durrell recalls his expedition to South America to find exotic animals in this follow-up to A Zoo in My Luggage. After bringing multiple species of African animals back to the Channel Island of Jersey to populate their new zoo, British naturalist Gerald Durrell and his wife followed their passion for wildlife preservation on a journey to South America. With a team of helpers, they spent eight months on safari searching for exotic specimens.   Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in the Argentine, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots to pumas, the author who inspired the public television drama The Durrells in Corfu captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor. Filled with adventure, exploration, and the spirit of conservation, The Whispering Land is a memoir that animal lovers of all ages will enjoy.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.  

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  A (Very) Short History of Life...

  Henry Gee

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  The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year"...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a meditative and friendly listening experience. From spineless water creatures and egg-laying reptiles to mammals and the great apes, the concise details associated with each evolutionary advance give this audiobook a generous texture."- AudioFile "[A]n exuberant romp through evolution, like a modern-day Willy Wonka of genetic space. Gee’s grand tour enthusiastically details the narrative underlying life’s erratic and often whimsical exploration of biological form and function.” —Adrian Woolfson, The Washington PostIn the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Simon Winchester—An entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story.In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place—in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor.Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them became different from the raging maelstrom beyond. These havens of order slowly refined the generation of energy, using it to form membrane-bound bubbles that were mostly-faithful copies of their parents—a foamy lather of soap-bubble cells standing as tiny clenched fists, defiant against the lifeless world. Life on this planet has continued in much the same way for millennia, adapting to literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter and thriving, from these humblest beginnings to the thrilling and unlikely story of ourselves.In A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee zips through the last 4.6 billion years with infectious enthusiasm and intellectual rigor. Drawing on the very latest scientific understanding and writing in a clear, accessible style, he tells an enlightening tale of survival and persistence that illuminates the delicate balance within which life has always existed.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

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  Data as a Product - A...

  Alex Campbell

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  Gain a broader understanding of Data as a product. 
  Have you ever asked yourself why you need to learn about data analysis? 
  What is its use in our daily life? 
  Have you ever wondered how learning different analysis techniques can benefit you? 
  Data is everywhere, and it's growing exponentially. It can be used to solve problems and create value, but only if you know how to access and use it. That's where this book comes in! 
  Data is the new gold, and how you use it can make or break your business. 
  You'll learn how to identify the data most valuable to your business and get that data from different sources—including social media, IoT devices, and more. You'll also learn about some of the most innovative uses for data in businesses today. 
  In this book, you will: 
  ·        Learn the different types of Data 
  ·        Learn about the different data collection methods 
  ·        Get background knowledge about the process of Data analysis 
  ·        Master reporting the results 
  ·        Discover different types of distribution storage systems for big data 
  ·        Learn about OLAP and different techniques of data mining 
  ·        Discover text analytics 
  ·        Learn about ethics and privacy in the big data age 
  This book will teach you everything you need to know about data as a product: how it works, how to collect it, how to manage it, and above all else… what to do with it. You'll learn how to turn data into something that's not just valuable but profitable as well.

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  Solitude

  Alexander Pope

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Solitude by Alexander Pope. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 17th, 2008.

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  Social Media in the Classroom -...

  Dr. Rick Sheridan

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  In this 30-minute interview, Dr. Rick Sheridan - a longtime university professor and author of the book - Social Media in the Classroom, helps teachers understand why using social media in the classroom is so important, and the effective ways to use it. 
  Topics include: 
  Why is social media use in the classroom so valuable for both teachers and students?Ways to promote cultural understanding.Developing an online portfolio.What can students and teachers do to protect their privacy online?Learn about some of Google's many features besides the search engine.Getting shy students to participate.How to evaluate students on their social media experiences, and much more. 
  Dr. Rick Sheridan is a professor of Mass Media Communications at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Dr. Sheridan has also taught at California State University - Sacramento and Butte College. He has a master's degree in Media Arts, and has received awards for both his teaching and his web design. 
  ©2014 Dr. Rick Sheridan (P)2014 Dr. Rick Sheridan

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