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  Amazing Fishing Stories -...

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  Travel from Scottish streams to shark infested seas and from the frozen tundra to tropical reefs. There's every style of fishing, from the magic touch of the fly to blood-and-thunder battles with monsters of the deep. Shiver at ghostly tales from the river bank and marvel at incredible exploits with rod and line. There are stories of ones that got away as well as catches that set records. Discover a treasure trove of stories, invested with a drama and poetry that makes this essential reading for all fishermen, everywhere.

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  Curious Species - How Animals...

  Whitney Barlow Robles

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  Can corals build worlds? Do rattlesnakes enchant? What is a raccoon, and what might it know? Animals and the questions they raised thwarted human efforts to master nature during the so-called Enlightenment—a historical moment when rigid classification pervaded the study of natural history, people traded in people, and imperial avarice wrapped its tentacles around the globe. Whitney Barlow Robles makes animals the unruly protagonists of eighteenth-century science through journeys to four spaces and ecological zones: the ocean, the underground, the curiosity cabinet, and the field. Her forays reveal a forgotten lineage of empirical inquiry, one that forced researchers to embrace uncertainty. This tumultuous era in the history of human-animal encounters still haunts modern biologists and ecologists as they who struggle to fathom animals today. In an eclectic fusion of history and nature writing, Robles alternates between careful historical investigations and probing personal narratives. These excavations of the past and present of distinct nonhuman creatures reveal the animal foundations of human knowledge and show why tackling our current environmental crisis first requires looking back in time.

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  The Search for Aliens - Star...

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  Do you want to believe? Seth Shostak of SETI talks about his hunt for aliens in this show about the search for life beyond Earth. 
  Scientists have been searching for aliens in our solar system and beyond, but have not yet found evidence that life exists beyond Earth. SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has been scanning the stars for alien radio beacons for 50 years. Radio and TV broadcasts have been leaking from Earth’s atmosphere for over a century, and these traveling time capsules could eventually reach a broader audience than ever imagined. Neil and Lynne review the methods used to locate aliens, and discuss what to do if you’re ever abducted. 
  Co-host:Lynne KoplitzGuests: Seth Shostak: Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute

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  Bioneers Series 1-12: Wisdom at...

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  What is it like living at a planet's pace?  Is the gardener growing the garden or is the garden transforming the gardener?  John Jeavons, Starhawk, Catherine Sneed, Bob Cannard and Penny Livingston point to genuine solutions for farming harmony with the earth.

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  Exoplanets - Diamond Worlds...

  Michael Summers

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  Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space. This captivating book reveals the latest discoveries and argues that the incredible richness and complexity we are finding necessitates a change in our questions and mental paradigms. In short, we have to change how we think about the universe and our place in it, because it is stranger and more interesting than we could have imagined.

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  Game Theory Basics Explained

  Can Akdeniz, Introbooks Team

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  If you are someone that feels like their life is bland, unproductive and just not as good as it has the potential to be, then this is the book for you, my friend.  
  This book is all about game theory and strategy! It’s like your whole life is a game—one that you can win, if you know what moves to make.  
  In this book, I will teach you how you can teach yourself to make these right moves, therefore improving your life infinitely!  
  What you’ll learn in this book: 
  - What game theory is  
  - All about the history of game theory  
  - Examples of scenarios in which you can use strategy and game theory  
  - Prisoner’s dilemma  
  - Nash equilibrium, explained  
  And lots and lots of tidbits of advice! Read on to become the successful person you’ve always wanted to be!

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