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  Predators I Have Known

  Alan Dean Foster

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  An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet’s most ferocious and fascinating predators.Over the last forty years, New York Times–bestselling author  Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter nature’s most fearsome creatures. His travels have taken him into the heart of the Amazon rain forest on the trail of deadly tangarana ants, on an elephant ride across the sweeping green plains of central India in search of the elusive Bengal tiger, and into the waters of the Australian coast to come face-to-face with great white sharks. Packed with pulse-pounding adventure and spiked with rapier wit, Predators I Have Known is a thrilling look at life and death in the wild.

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  The Selfie Generation - How Our...

  Alicia Eler

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  Whether it's Kim Kardashian uploading picture after picture to Instagram or your roommate posting a mid-vacation shot to Facebook, selfies receive mixed reactions. But are selfies more than, as many critics lament, a symptom of a self-absorbed generation? 
   
  Digital native Alicia Eler's The Selfie Generation is the first book to delve fully into this ubiquitous and much-maligned part of social media, including why people take them in the first place and the ways they can change how we see ourselves. Eler argues that selfies are just one facet of how we can use digital media to create a personal brand in the modern age. More than just a picture, they can be a positive and important part of a conversation. 
   
   Eler examines all aspects of selfies and the generation that has grown up with them. She looks at how the boundaries between people's physical and digital lives have blurred with social media; she explores questions of privacy, consent, ownership, and authenticity; and she points out important issues of sexism and double standards wherein women are encouraged to take them but then become subject to criticism and judgment. The Selfie Generation is a compelling and fascinating argument for the power of the selfie and a rebuttal to all those who would dismiss them.

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  Making Up Your Own Mind -...

  Edward B. Burger

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  How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skillsWe solve countless problems—big and small—every day. With so much practice, why do we often have trouble making simple decisions—much less arriving at optimal solutions to important questions? Are we doomed to this muddle—or is there a practical way to learn to think more effectively and creatively? In this enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring book, Edward Burger shows how we can become far better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills using simple, effective thinking techniques.Making Up Your Own Mind teaches these techniques—including how to ask good questions, fail and try again, and change your mind—and then helps you practice them with fun verbal and visual puzzles. The goal is not to quickly solve each challenge but to come up with as many different ways of thinking about it as possible. As you see the puzzles in ever-greater depth, your mind will change, helping you become a more imaginative and creative thinker in daily life. And learning how to be a better thinker pays off in incalculable ways for anyone—including students, businesspeople, professionals, athletes, artists, leaders, and lifelong learners.A book about changing your mind and creating an even better version of yourself through mental play, Making Up Your Own Mind will delight and reward anyone who wants to learn how to find better solutions to life’s innumerable puzzles.And the puzzles extend to the thought-provoking format of the book itself because one of the later short chapters is printed upside down while another is printed in mirror image, further challenging the reader to see the world through different perspectives and make new meaning.

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  Automatic Transmission or...

  AudioLearn Content Team

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  Developed by experienced technicians and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your ASE A2 certification or Automatic Transmission or Transaxle Test. 
  The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the A2 test. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized chapters. There are quizzes and key takeaways sections following each chapter to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points. 
  In this course, we will cover the following: 
  An Introduction to the Automotive Service Excellence Certification ProgramAn Overview of the Automatic Transmission and Transaxle Test (A2)An Introduction to the Automatic Transmission and Transaxle SystemGeneral Transmission or Transaxle Diagnosis - Mechanical or Hydraulic SystemsGeneral Transmission  and Transaxle Diagnosis - Electronic SystemIn-vehicle Transmission  and Transaxle Maintenance and RepairOff-vehicle Transmission or Transaxle Repair - Removal and InstallationOff-vehicle Transmission or Transaxle Repair - Disassembly and AssemblyOff-vehicle Transmission or Transaxle Repair - Friction and Reaction UnitsUnderstanding Your test Results and the Certification LadderWe will end our course with a 100-question practice test with the correct answers explained. Also included is a 200-page follow-along PDF manual containing the entire text of this audio course, as well as all of the figures, charts, and images we’ll be reviewing.

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  Shutdown & Restart at the End of...

  Colin Griffiths-Brown, Torsten...

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  This is the end of the day! SyncSouls has produced 5 soothing deep relaxation units especially for the start into the evening, e.g. on your way home. With these audio sequences you quickly switch off from daily events, relax briefly and deeply and get a fresh head for the precious rest of your day - far away from office stress and job. Simply put on your headphones and let yourself be guided into a deep regenerating relaxation for about 10 minutes with the help of approved relaxation techniques. It's a quick and easy way to change your mind.  In this audio book you have 5 different methods at your disposal. There is certainly one that suits you best and makes it easier for you to restart at the end of the day.  The titles in the overview: 1. Breathing Exercise: release the stress with deep breathing - 7 minutes; 2. Mental Exercise: Now is the end of the day! Bale your fists, switch off, get out of trouble and stress with Progressive Muscle Relaxation - 14 minutes; 3. Positive Conditioning: What was beautiful that day - meditation for reflection and gratitude - 10 minutes; 4. 15 Minutes fantasy travel out into the forest - a wonderful walk to switch off with autogenic training; 5. 10 Times OM - countdown to the end of the day, the joy returns - 7 minutes;

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  Billions & Billions - Thoughts...

  Carl Sagan

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  In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagan's thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease. Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day. 
   
  Introductory music from the original score for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey composed by Alan Silvestri, used with permission from Cosmos Studios, Inc. and Chappers Music. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Fuzzy Planets, Inc.

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