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  Villers-Plouich - Hindenburg Line

  K. W. Mitchinson

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  Villers Plouich and its adjacent ridges were among the last centres of German resistance west of the Hindenburg Line. The capture and consolidation of the hamlet and nearby villages in April 1917 necessitated ferocious and well-executed attacks by several British divisions. When British and Dominion troops again approached the Hindenburg Line in 1918, some of the bloodiest engagements of the Hundred Days were fought over the ridges of Villers Plouich, Beaucamp and La Vacquerie.

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  Mathematics for Human Flourishing

  Francis Su

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  An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourish 
  For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas. 
  In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award-winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires—such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love—and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother's, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher's letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can—and must—be open to all.

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  The Pessimist's Guide to History...

  Doris Flexner, Stuart Berg Flexner

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  “A tongue-in-cheek romp through the bleak house of history that most textbooks ignore”—now updated with even more appalling facts (Kenneth C. Davis, New York Times–bestselling author). 
   
  Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded—and it’s been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This enthralling, enlightening, and devilishly entertaining chronicle of disasters and dastardly deeds brings to light the darkest events in history and the most abysmal calamities to strike the planet . . . so far. 
   
  88 BC: Mithridates VI Eupator provides an early example of genocide by massacring 100,000 Romans. 
   
  1347: Saint Vitus’ Dance Epidemic shimmies across Europe like a deadly disco fever, leaving its victims twitching, uncontrollably leaping, and foaming at the mouth. 
   
  1888: Jack the Ripper stalks through the dark alleys of Whitechapel, England, turning the world’s oldest profession into the world’s most dangerous one. 
   
  1939: A Swiss chemist wins a Nobel Prize for developing DDT—and the environment gets another nail in the coffin. 
   
  2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. In a classic double whammy, the government response also devastates the Gulf Coast. 
   
  And much, much more!

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  Summary Analysis and Review of...

  Start Publishing Notes

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  Summary, Analysis, and Review of Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant's Option B PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant's Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Part memoir and part pop psychology presentation, Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant is about the struggles that Sandberg faced after her 47-year-old husband's unexpected death in 2015. Option A—the life that Sandberg always thought she would have-was to grow old with her husband. Option B was to figure out how to live her best life without him. Sandberg and her husband, Dave Goldberg, were on vacation, celebrating a friend's birthday in Mexico when he died. They'd been married 11 years, and had two young children. (A

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  Macat Analysis of Amos Tversky...

  Dr. Camille Morvan, Dr. William...

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  Published in 1974 in the journal Science, the article “Judgment under Uncertainty” had a profound impact across the social sciences. Two relatively young Israeli psychologists were challenging the leading ideas about human thought. For decades, social scientists had used a mythical figure to describe how humans make decisions: homo economicus. Homo economicus was logical and conscientious. To make a decision, he would evaluate all the options open to him, before choosing the course of action calculated to be to his best advantage. While several thinkers had pointed out that this character wasn’t representative of real human behavior, no one had come up with a better model to explain how humans make decisions. Then along came Tversky and Kahneman. In “Judgment under Uncertainty” they explained how the brain processes information at a subconscious level, profoundly affecting our decision-making without us even being aware of it. Their findings transformed the way we think about decision-making today.

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  Accelerated Learning -...

  Cory Hanssen

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  Many people underestimate the value of awareness and consciousness when it comes to learning. Keeping information in that big brain of yours can be challenging if you don’t apply the right methods to do so. 
    
  For you to learn how to learn, or to remember what you have observed, it’s mandatory that you trigger your senses to retain information faster and more efficiently. This can be done by understanding the topics in this book, which include using the said awareness to take in information at a faster pace, and using visual means to support you. Do you use flashcards, computer games, or other studying techniques? These will all be addressed.

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