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  Five Nights Out

  Hugh Warwick

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  It can be easy to think that we live in a daylight world – we see the flowers, hear the birds, watch butterflies then we go to bed and it all stops. Or rather, we stop paying attention. However, what goes on at night is every bit as exciting. 
  Five Nights Out takes us on a journey through Hugh’s interactions with some of our favourite nocturnal creatures including hedgehogs, bats, owls and more. Including many facts about each creature and a re-telling of some of Hugh’s own journeys trying to view them, Five Nights Out is a perfect read for any naturalist.

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  The Last of Its Kind - The...

  Gisli Palsson

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  The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gísli Pálsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction of species. 
   
   
   
  Pálsson vividly recounts how British ornithologists John Wolley and Alfred Newton set out for Iceland to collect specimens only to discover that the great auks were already gone. At the time, the Victorian world viewed extinction as an impossibility or trivialized it as a natural phenomenon. Pálsson chronicles how Wolley and Newton documented the fate of the last birds through interviews with the men who killed them, and how the naturalists' Icelandic journey opened their eyes to the disappearance of species as a subject of scientific concern—and as something that could be caused by humans. 
   
   
   
  Blending a richly evocative narrative with rare, unpublished material as well as insights from ornithology, anthropology, and Pálsson's own North Atlantic travels, The Last of Its Kind reveals how the saga of the great auk opens a window onto the human causes of mass extinction.

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  Code Work - Hacking across the...

  Héctor Beltrán

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  How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences 
   
   
   
  In Code Work, Héctor Beltrán examines Mexican and Latinx coders' personal strategies of self-making as they navigate a transnational economy of tech work. Beltrán shows how these hackers apply concepts from the code worlds to their lived experiences, deploying batches, loose coupling, iterative processing (looping), hacking, prototyping, and full-stack development in their daily social interactions—at home, in the workplace, on the dating scene, and in their understanding of the economy, culture, and geopolitics. Merging ethnographic analysis with systems thinking, he draws on his eight years of research in México and the United States—during which he participated in and observed hackathons, hacker schools, and tech entrepreneurship conferences—to unpack the conundrums faced by workers in a tech economy that stretches from villages in rural México to Silicon Valley. 
   
   
   
  Beltrán's highly original, wide-ranging analysis uniquely connects technology studies, the anthropology of capitalism, and Latinx and Latin American studies.

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  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:...

  Christopher Rothchester

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  Have you ever felt your life has been paused due to extreme anxiety or stress? Do you want to live a life free from all kinds of obstacles? If yes, then keep reading! 
  As we live our lives, we keep running into various kinds of situations that end up triggering emotional responses. Such responses might leave you feeling scared and confused. A proper evaluation of the condition is important to understand how to deal with them. In order to live your life fully, you will need to opt for the correct measures that can help in breaking the chains of fear, anxiety, stress, and depression. 
  There are various other factors that might tie you down and stop you from getting ahead in life. In such instances, CBT or cognitive-behavioral therapy can turn out to be a savior. There are various other therapy or treatment options available. But with the help of CBT, you can learn to take care of yourself on your own. In simple terms, you can be your own therapist. 
  If you want to learn more about CBT, you can take the help of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: How to Overcome Anxiety, Worry, Fear, and Depression. 
  The aim of this audiobook is to provide you with all kinds of tips and suggestions which can help you live a life free from mental obstacles. In this audiobook, we will talk about the primary causes of mental health issues and teach you to tackle them in the right way. CBT is a kind of therapy that is often regarded as the best treatment option for dealing with worry, anxiety, stress, and other issues. With the help of this audiobook, you can master useful treatment methods that will benefit you in the long term.

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  Battlefield Medics - How Warfare...

  Martin King

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  "This eye-opening journey through centuries of medical care on the battlefield is a fascinating read. The research is impressive, the writing style relaxed but what makes this book stand out is the personal stories of women and men who risked their lives to save others." - ANNE MACMILLAN, HISTORIAN, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF WAR STORIES 
   
  Double Emmy award-winning author Martin King takes you on an enthralling journey through the history of medicine on the battlefield, covering the battles of Ancient Rome, both World Wars, Vietnam and many more. Hear true stories of the brave men and women who risked their lives to save others in the chaos of conflict, including: 
   
  - Tillie Pierce, the 16-year-old girl who tended soldiers from both sides during the American Civil War 
  - Mary Seacole a black nurse who ran her own medical center during the Crimean War 
  - Nellie Spindler, a staff nurse in World War I who was tragically killed in the Battle of Passchendaele 
  - John Bradmore, the man who saved Prince Henry in the War of the Roses 
   
  Battlefield Medics includes first-hand accounts from veterans of various wars and conflicts, as well as a foreword by Colonel Robert Campbell of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army. 
  Told with King's usual flair for engaging narrative and eye for historical detail, this account provides a testament to these remarkable medics and the vital part they played in history.

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  Reality Hacked - Inside the...

  Sergey Berezkin

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  Bot farms, fake news, and AI propaganda are rewriting what we think is real. 
  Every day, millions of invisible accounts and automated networks fight for your attention. Some sell products. Some push politics. Many exist only to keep you angry, distracted, or uncertain. 
  Reality Hacked pulls back the curtain on the hidden systems that shape what we see and believe online. It shows how bot farms amplify outrage, how “firehose of falsehood” tactics flood social media with conflicting stories, and how artificial intelligence now manufactures entire people, movements, and events from data. 
  You’ll discover:Why truth feels harder to recognize in the digital age — and who profits from the confusion.How propaganda has evolved from state operations to a global industry run by marketers, influencers, and algorithms.How AI makes manipulation faster, cheaper, and more personal than ever.Simple, practical habits that help you see through the noise and protect your mind from engineered emotion. 
  Clear, grounded, and surprisingly hopeful, Reality Hacked explains the new rules of an online world where everything competes for belief — and how to stay human when reality itself is up for debate.

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