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The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind
by Dan DaviesLonglisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a black box—a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes. Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a large system does us wrong, and there’s nothing we can do about it. The problem, economist Dan Davies shows, is accountability sinks: systems in which decisions are delegated to a complex rule book or set of standard procedures, making it impossible to identify the source of mistakes when they happen. In our increasingly unhuman world—lives dominated by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and large organizations—these accountability sinks produce more than just aggravation. They make life and economy unknowable—a black box for no reason. In The Unaccountability Machine, Davies lays bare how markets, institutions, and even governments systematically generate outcomes that no one—not even those involved in making them—seems to want. Since the earliest days of the computer age, theorists have foreseen the dangers of complex systems without personal accountability. In response, British business scholar Stafford Beer developed an accountability-first approach to management called “cybernetics,” which might have taken off had his biggest client (the Chilean government) not fallen to a bloody coup in 1973. With his signature blend of economic and journalistic rigor, Davies examines what’s gone wrong since Beer, including what might have been had the world embraced cybernetics when it had the chance. The Unaccountability Machine is a revelatory and resonant account of how modern life became predisposed to dysfunction.
The Process of Becoming Other in the Classical and Contemporary World: Philosophical, Cultural, and Humanistic Perspectives on Communication Across Difference (Palgrave Studies in Otherness and Communication)
by Andreas Gonçalves Lind Ana Paula Pinto Dominique LambertThis book considers communication across difference in a variety of humanistic contexts, from classical Greek literature, to continental philosophy, environmental studies, media studies, science and technology studies, animal studies, and beyond. With contributors from all around the globe (including Portugual, South Africa, Turkiye, China, Italy, and other countries), this volume provides a truly diverse range of perspectives on the philosophical and practical dimensions of communicating across otherness and difference.
Bureaucratic Occupation: Government and First Nations Peoples (Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World #5)
by Julie Lahn Elizabeth Strakosch Patrick SullivanThis volume explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ interactions with public sector bureaucracies. The authors featured here consider how bureaucracy relates to colonialism, race, and sovereignty in a post-neoliberal world. They also consider the diverse ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working within and across these sectors negotiate and engage with bureaucratic structures. Some contributors offer critiques of bureaucratic hierarchies, and others provide insights into the complexity of bureaucratic culture, drawing attention to the complex strategies of Indigenous people who aim to make bureaucracy ‘work’ for themselves and their communities. The volume overall provides a nuanced and substantive analysis of the relation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ to the contemporary administrative state, and an innovative perspective from which to examine Indigenous-settler relations. For those concerned with Indigenous policymaking, this volume puts forward a new approach that focuses on policy relationships, rather than processes or outcomes.
Teilchenbeschleuniger: Ihre Geschichte und ihr Beitrag zu den Wissenschaften
by Volker ZiemannDieses Buch beschreibt und erklärt die Welt der Teilchenbeschleuniger und die Physik, die sie erforschen. Die Darstellung ist nicht technisch (E=mc² ist die einzige Gleichung!) und die Prosa ist leicht zugänglich. Durch das Verfolgen der gemeinsamen Evolution von Teilchenbeschleunigern und Teilchenphysik werden die Leser erfahren, warum Beschleuniger gebaut werden, wie sie funktionieren und welche „Ergebnisse” sie produzieren. Das Buch hebt die großartigen Ideen (z.B. das Synchrotron) und technologischen Fortschritte (supraleitende Magnete) hervor, die das Potenzial der Beschleuniger erhöhten und zu neuen Entdeckungen führten, die schließlich im Standardmodell der Teilchenphysik gipfelten. Viele Konzepte werden mit Abbildungen dargestellt, die aus dreidimensionalen Modellen abgeleitet sind; dazu gehören die Beschleuniger, Detektoren und Teilchen. Hintergrundinformationen über die Hauptakteure sowie Hinweise auf weiterführende Literatur, z.B. aus "Scientific American", werden in Endnoten bereitgestellt. Ein zusätzlicher Beitrag „Deutsche Beschleuniger” ist als Zusatzmaterial zu diesem Buch frei verfügbar.
Biology of Algae, Lichens and Bryophytes
by Burkhard Büdel Thomas Friedl Wolfram BeyschlagAs a reader of this book you will become familiar with current, up-to-date comprehensive knowledge about all classes of eukaryotic algae, the cyanobacteria, and symbiotic interactions of algae and cyanobacteria with other organisms. For example, the lichens are symbiotic consortia and a prominent example of a particularly successful ‘evolution by cooperation’. We expand even to the beginnings of terrestrial plant life and the bryophytes, which are gradually transmitting to the vascular plants. We collectively call this enormous phylogenetic wealth of photoautotrophic organisms the ‘new cryptogams’, abandoning the traditional definition of cryptogams. The new cryptogams are all those autotrophic organisms that share being hydro-passive, meaning that they are unable of controlling water uptake or release, in contrast to vascular plants. While being basal of and phylogenetically much more diverse than the vascular plants, the new cryptogams are ecologically highly relevant in all ecosystems of our Planet. They are responsible for more than half of the Earth’s annual oxygen production.
Light Metals 2024 (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)
by Samuel WagstaffThe Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology. The annual Light Metals volume has become the definitive reference in the field of aluminum production and related light metal technologies. The 2024 collection includes contributions from the following symposia: · Alumina & Bauxite · Aluminum Alloys: Development and Manufacturing · Aluminum Reduction Technology · Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production · Melt Processing, Casting and Recycling · Scandium Extraction and Use in Aluminum Alloys
Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 16th International Conference, ICIRA 2023, Hangzhou, China, July 5–7, 2023, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14267)
by Huayong Yang Honghai Liu Jun Zou Zhouping Yin Lianqing Liu Geng Yang Xiaoping Ouyang Zhiyong WangThe 9-volume set LNAI 14267-14275 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2023, which took place in Hangzhou, China, during July 5–7, 2023.The 413 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 630 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Human-Centric Technologies for Seamless Human-Robot Collaboration; Multimodal Collaborative Perception and Fusion; Intelligent Robot Perception in Unknown Environments; Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application.Part II: Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application; Reliable AI on Machine Human Reactions; Wearable Sensors and Robots; Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements; Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot.Part III: Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot; Medical Imaging for Biomedical Robotics; Advanced Underwater Robot Technologies; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Evaluation of Wearable Robots for Assistance and Rehabilitation; 3D Printing Soft Robots.Part IV: 3D Printing Soft Robots; Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics; Human-like Locomotion and Manipulation; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots.Part V: Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots; Robotic Tactile Sensation, Perception, and Applications; Advanced Sensing and Control Technology for Human-Robot Interaction; Knowledge-Based Robot Decision-Making and Manipulation; Design and Control of Legged Robots.Part VI: Design and Control of Legged Robots; Robots in Tunnelling and Underground Space; Robotic Machining of Complex Components; Clinically Oriented Design in Robotic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics.Part VII: Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics; Perception, Interaction, and Control of Wearable Robots; Marine Robotics and Applications; Multi-Robot Systems for Real World Applications; Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction.Part VIII: Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction; Advanced Motion Control Technologies for Mobile Robots; Intelligent Inspection Robotics; Robotics in Sustainable Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms.Part IX: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Cutting-Edge Research in Robotics.
Inca Cosmovision: The Astronomical Legacy of an Andean Empire (Astronomers' Universe)
by Steven Gullberg Milton Rojas GamarraThe Inkas (Quechua spelling) worshipped the Sun, and their emperor was thought to be the son of the Sun. They conquered most of the Andes and their former empire is replete with examples of their astronomy. They used solar positions on the horizon for calendrical purposes and managed their crops and religious festivals in this manner. Many examples remain of their intentional light and shadow effects that demonstrate their sophisticated understanding of the Sun’s movement and of solar horizon events. Evidence of their astronomy can only be fully understood in its cultural context, and that is the focus of this book. Inka Cosmovision explores the cosmic worldview of the Inkas from the perspective of oral traditions passed from one generation to the next among the Inkas’ living descendants. You will learn about Inka astronomy in a way that you perhaps have never encountered. An author of the book is Quechua, a descendant of the Inkas, and what you will read benefits greatly not only from the field research of both authors, but from the many stories he learned from his parents and grandparents and from his Amauta, a highly respected Indigenous teacher of Inka culture. This book enlightens about Inka cosmovision as no other has before.
Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #48)
by Sio-Iong Ao Burghard B. Rieger Mahyar AmouzegarA large international conference on Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis was held in UC Berkeley, California, USA, October 22-24, 2008, under the auspices of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2008). This volume contains sixteen revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in the conference. Topics covered include Expert system, Intelligent decision making, Knowledge-based systems, Knowledge extraction, Data analysis tools, Computational biology, Optimization algorithms, Experiment designs, Complex system identification, Computational modeling, and industrial applications. Advances in Machine Learning and Data Analysis offers the state of the art of tremendous advances in machine learning and data analysis and also serves as an excellent reference text for researchers and graduate students, working on machine learning and data analysis.
Hitler’s Female Physicians: Women Doctors During the Third Reich and Their Crimes Against Humanity
by Edzard ErnstThere have been many books about the doctors of the Third Reich and their atrocities. Most of these books neglect the contribution of women in the medical profession. In this book, they are the focus of attention. The first section of the book explains the background of the Third Reich in general and medicine during this period in particular. It addresses the situation of female doctors and why there were relatively few of them. It goes on to detail the forms of transgression that occurred under Nazi rule—involuntary sterilization, euthanasia, and mass murder of Jews and other groups considered undesirable. The second part of the book is a collection of 38 alphabetically arranged biographies of individual female doctors who participated in these activities. It reports on the actions they took and what happened to them after the war. The final chapter draws some conclusions, which can be briefly summarized as follows: 1) the female doctors' role remains under-researched, 2) generally speaking, female doctors were also guilty, but their transgressions generally less gruesome than those of their male colleagues, 3) many of the deeds of female doctors are nevertheless shocking.
Freshwater Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries: A Regional-Scale Review, Synthesis, and Recommendations (Estuaries of the World)
by Paul A. Montagna Audrey R. DouglasEstuaries are defined by mixing of river and sea water, thus freshwater inflow is a key driver of estuary ecosystem structure and function. While there is much concern about water quality, there is much less about water quantity. As water is diverted for human use, less is flowing to the coast, which threatens estuary ecosystems. Some jurisdictions are now setting inflow standards, but there is no consensus on how to identify how much freshwater an estuary needs. There is a climatic gradient along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico coast and estuaries vary from hydrologically positive to neutral to negative, and this makes the Texas coast the ideal place to study how ecological processes vary with freshwater inflow. An estuary comparison approach is used in this open access work to examine hydrology, circulation, salinity, nutrients, carbonate, dissolved oxygen, plankton, nekton, benthos, and habitat dynamics and responses across varying hydrological regimes.
Wirtschaftsprivatrecht: Grundlagen und Praxis des Bürgerlichen Rechts (FOM-Edition)
by Tim JesgarzewskiDieses Lehrbuch versetzt Sie in die Lage, rechtliche Probleme des Wirtschaftsprivatrechts schnell zu lösen In der freien Wirtschaft ist es mittlerweile an der Tagesordnung, dass auch simple unternehmerische Sachverhalte rechtlich überprüft werden, doch eine umfassende Rechtsberatung ist nicht immer möglich. Deswegen richtet sich das Lehrbuch „Wirtschaftsprivatrecht“ nicht nur an Studierende und Dozierende, sondern auch an Entscheidungsträger in der Wirtschaft sowie ihre Nachwuchskräfte, um sie im Umgang mit solchen juristischen Vorfällen angemessen zu schulen. Der Fokus dieses Buchs liegt stets auf der Praxis, damit Sie einen schnellen Einstieg in die für die Wirtschaft wesentlichen Anwendungsfälle des Rechts erhalten. Tim Jesgarzewski vermittelt Ihnen fundiertes Basiswissen, das Sie in die Lage versetzt, rechtliche Probleme schnell zu erfassen und zu lösen – nur so ist eine erfolgreiche Unternehmenssteuerung gesichert. Aus praktischen Gründen konzentriert sich dieses Lehrbuch jedoch ausschließlich auf das Bürgerliche Recht. Eine umfassende Abbildung dieses juristischen Teilgebiets Nach einer konkreten Begriffsbestimmung sowie einer klar verständlichen Einführung in juristische Arbeitsweisen führt Sie das Lehrbuch „Wirtschaftsprivatrecht“ in den allgemeinen Teil klassischer Rechtsgeschäfte ein. Der inhaltliche Aufbau dieses Werks orientiert sich grundsätzlich an der gesetzlichen Systematik und streift folgende rechtliche Aspekte: Besondere Vertriebsformen und Verbraucherschutz Besonderes Vertragsrecht Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse Sachenrecht Handelsrecht Gesellschaftsrecht Insolvenzrecht Versetzen Sie sich in die Position von Entscheidungsträgern Als Leser betrachten Sie alle wirtschaftsprivatrechtlichen Fragestellungen dieses Lehrbuchs aus der Unternehmerperspektive, um Ihnen die Verantwortungsposition in dieser Stellung bewusst zu machen. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele helfen Ihnen, das Gelernte direkt anzuwenden. So erzielen Sie schnell erste Lernerfolge. Dieses Wirtschaftsprivatrecht-Lehrbuch ist eine Leseempfehlung für: a) Studierende der Betriebswirtschaft und des Wirtschaftsrechts b) Verantwortliche Entscheidungsträger in Unternehmen In der mittlerweile 6. überarbeiteten Auflage wurden sowohl die aktuelle Gesetzeslage als auch die Rechtsprechung berücksichtigt.
East-Asian Primary Science Curricula: An Overview Using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (SpringerBriefs in Education)
by Yew-Jin Lee Mijung Kim Qingna Jin Hye-Gyoung Yoon Kenji MatsubaraThis book describes a comparative study of the primary science learning objectives (from the cognitive domain) in the curriculum of six high-achieving East Asian states — mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Singapore. Specifically, the authors use one of the most widely accepted and useful tools in curriculum research — revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. This is the first time that such findings from all six states have been published in one place and the results are valuable for policymakers, educators and researchers around the globe. Our new English translations of the primary science learning objectives in China, Taiwan and Korea will also greatly facilitate future analyses of these curricula.
Advanced Control Methods for Industrial Processes: Modeling, Design, and Simulation of Emerging Systems in Real Time
by Pablo A. López-Pérez Omar Jacobo Santos Sánchez Liliam Rodríguez Guerrero Patricio OrdazA detailed introduction to mathematical models for new and established control engineers Control engineering is a system that helps us understand electrical, physical, chemical, and biochemical systems through the use of mathematical modeling, using inputs, outputs, and simulations. These experimental platforms are implemented in most systems of modern advanced control engineering. Advanced Control Methods for Industrial Processes provides a solid grounding in traditional control techniques. It emphasizes practical application methods alongside the underlying theory and core instrumentation. Each chapter discusses the full profile of the technology covered, from the field layer and control layer to its implementation. It also includes the interfaces for advanced control systems: between controllers and systems theory, between different layers, and between operators-systems. Through an emphasis on the practical issues of components, devices, and hardware circuits, the book offers working principles and operation mechanisms that allow an engineer to put theory into practice for the advanced control techniques. Advanced Control Methods for Industrial Processes readers will also find: A practical overview on advanced control methods applied to real-time and in-silico systems Specific parameters, install procedures, calibration and configuration methodologies necessary to conduct the relevant models Clear insights into the necessary mathematical models Tutorial material to facilitate the understanding of core concepts Advanced Control Methods for Industrial Processes is an ideal companion for process engineers, control engineers, and chemists in industry.
Re-Regulated: Set Your Life Free from Childhood PTSD and the Trauma-Driven Behaviors That Keep You Stuck
by null Anna RunkleIntroducing a radical healing approach for the adult symptoms of Childhood PTSD—from the creator of the Crappy Childhood Fairy program and YouTube channel.Conventional trauma treatments (talk therapy and medication) simply don't work for many trauma survivors, and now we know why. Researchers have identified the core symptom that drives most other symptoms—neurological dysregulation. It's an injury to your nervous system triggered by abuse and neglect in childhood, and it can profoundly impact your physical health, damage your ability to learn and focus, and hold you back from forming caring relationships.The good news is that healing is possible, and in Re-Regulated, author Anna Runkle (aka the Crappy Childhood Fairy) shows you how. Chapter by chapter, she teaches you practical steps to identify signs of dysregulation, quickly re-regulate, and then stay regulated more of the time. Drawing from her own experience healing Childhood PTSD symptoms, and her decades of work coaching and mentoring thousands of others working to heal from abuse and neglect in the past, Anna helps you calm triggers, break out of isolation, and change the self-defeating behaviors that are so common for traumatized people. From a regulated state, things can move forward rapidly in every area of your life so you can become your full and real self at last.You'll learn:· Practical techniques to release trauma-driven thinking and strengthen focus· Principles to overcome trauma-driven thinking and behaviors that hold you back· Strategies to manage overwhelming emotions before they hurt relationships· A process to build your capacity to connect with other people· A "Daily Practice" to help you start each day regulated and energizedAnna's tools can be used on your own or as a complement to professional therapy. With her help, you can achieve calmness and clarity you never imagined possible.
White Jazz (L. A. Quartet #4)
by null James EllroyThe internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia.Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns--it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer--a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire.Klein's been hung out as bait, "a bad cop to draw the heat," and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden. For Klein, "forty-two and going on dead," it's dues time.Klein tells his own story--his voice clipped, sharp, often as brutal as the events he's describing--taking us with him on a journey through a world shaped by monstrous ambition, avarice, and perversion. It's a world he created, but now he'll do anything to get out of it alive.Fierce, riveting, and honed to a razor edge, White Jazz is crime fiction at its most shattering.
Self Help: This Is Your Chance to Change Your Life
by null Gabrielle Bernstein** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! **#1 New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein charts a path to healing that can literally change your life—a simple, powerful method informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.Are you ready to unlock the greatest resource of your life? Gabby Bernstein has written the ultimate self-help guide, offering a revolutionary practice to radically shift your core beliefs and connect you to an infallible inner guidance system: the energy of Self within you.In this groundbreaking book, Gabby demystifies the power of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, taking its life-changing teachings out of the therapist&’s office and into your everyday life. You'll discover how extreme patterns like addiction, rage, pleasing, or constant self-judgment often develop as ways to suppress old feelings of inadequacy, shame, or fear. Once you bring these patterns into the light and care for them, healing happens swiftly.True to her gift, Gabby has translated the principles of IFS into a relatable, step-by-step practice. Sharing her signature wisdom, her calm presence, and her own lived experience, she guides you through a simple 4-step process to help you compassionately care for yourself, resolve inner conflicts, and transform your self perception. As you learn to approach your own behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs with curiosity, love, and understanding, you&’ll start to see yourself through the lens of self-compassion, clearing space for miraculous shifts.In Self Help, you&’ll discover:Gabby's 4-step &“Check In&” process to transform the patterns that have held you back Relatable, practical tools that fit into your actual life–instead of hours of contemplationLasting relief from the negative stories you&’ve been playing on repeatA practice you can apply anywhere, anytime, to connect with Self energy for instant reliefSelf Help is the culmination of Gabby Bernstein's extensive experience as a motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and best-selling author. Her unique approach, rooted in love, compassion, and authenticity, has resonated with millions of readers worldwide. In these pages, Gabby empowers you to become your own inner healer. This is your chance to change your life.
Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
by null Naomi WattsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness—with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New MenopauseAt thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying to start a family when she was told that she was on the brink of menopause. It is estimated that seventy-five million women in the United States are currently dealing with menopause symptoms (dry itchy skin, raging hormones, night sweats), and yet the very word &“menopause&” continues to be associated with stigma and confusion. With so little information, many women feel unprepared, ashamed, and deeply alone when the time comes.This is the book Naomi Watts wishes she had when she first started experiencing symptoms. Like sitting down over coffee and having an intimate chat with your girlfriend, Dare I Say It blends funny and poignant stories from Naomi and her friends with advice from doctors, hormone experts, and nutritionists to take the secrecy and shame out of menopause and aging. Answering questions such as: What&’s hormone therapy and should I be on it? Will I ever sleep again? Will I get myself back? What happened to my libido? Do I need eighteen serums for my aging skin? Whose body is this anyway? Who am I now? Naomi Watts shares the most up-to-date research on how to manage menopause symptoms and tackle the physical and emotional challenges we encounter as we age.Irreverent, bold, and reassuring, Dare I Say It is the companion every woman needs to embrace the best version of herself as she moves into what can be the most powerful and satisfying period of her life.
The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts: Empower Your Thoughts, Balance Your Emotions, and Unlock Vibrant Health and Abundance
by null Kimberly SnyderAre you tired of feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and stuck in a cycle of low energy, anxiety, and fear? There is a powerful, often overlooked solution to these challenges: the hidden power within your heart.For centuries, ancient wisdom has recognized the heart as a power center, a gateway to our highest potential. Modern science now confirms that this &“heart brain&” significantly influences our physical and emotional well-being, as well as our perceptions and thoughts.In The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, New York Times bestseller Kimberly Snyder unveils the secret to harnessing your heart&’s intelligence. Combining ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science on heart-brain communication, Kimberly offers transformative insights to help you deeply connect to your heart&’s power. This essential guide will lead you through five stages to awaken the vast intelligence and power of your heart.Unlocking this power can lead to extraordinary improvements in your health, relationships, confidence, and overall peace. You&’ll also learn the 8-minute HeartAlign Meditation, proven to boost physical, emotional, and psychological balance by 29 percent in just four weeks.Break free from overthinking, embrace heart-based living, and experience a life of clarity, flow, and purpose, transforming every aspect of your existence.
Boy vs. Shark
by null Paul GilliganA hilarious middle-grade graphic memoir about boyhood, toxic masculinity and a shark named Jaws. For fans of Guts and New Kid.In the summer of 1975, 10-year-old Paul Gilligan doesn't have a whole lot to worry about other than keeping his comic books untarnished, getting tennis balls off roofs and keeping up with the increasingly bold stunts of his best friend, David.And then Jaws comes to town.Suddenly everyone is obsessing over this movie about a shark ripping people to pieces. And if you haven't seen it, not only are you missing out, you're also kind of a wimp.Needless to say, Jaws leaves young Paul a cowering mess, and underlines the growing gap between him and David as well as the distance between where he stands and the world's expectations of a boy's "manliness."And when Jaws himself becomes a kind of macho Jiminy Cricket for Paul, what is a scared and overwhelmed boy to do?
All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America
by null Michael WolffNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Fire and Fury delivers a breathtaking insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign—undoubtedly the wildest, most unpredictable campaign in U.S. history, including multiple criminal trials, two assassination attempts, and a sudden switch of opponents.All or Nothing takes readers on a journey accompanying Donald Trump on his return to power as only Michael Wolff, the foremost chronicler of the Trump era, can do it. As Trump cruelly and swiftly dispatches his opponents, heaps fire and fury on the prosecutors and judges who are pursuing him, and mocks and belittles anyone in his way, including the president of the United States, this becomes not just another election but perhaps, both sides say, the last election. The stakes could not be clearer: Either the establishment destroys Donald Trump, or he destroys the establishment.What soon emerges is a split-screen reality: On one side, a picture that could not be worse for Trump: an inescapable, perhaps mortal legal quagmire; on the other side, an entirely positive political outlook: overwhelming support within his party, ever-rising polling numbers, and lackluster opposition. Through personal access to Trump&’s inner circle, Wolff details a behind-the-scenes, revealing landscape of Trumpworld and its unlikely cast of primary players as well as the candidate himself, the most successful figure in American politics since, arguably, Roosevelt, but who might easily seem to be raving mad.Threading a needle between tragedy and farce, the fate of the nation, the liberal ideal, and democracy itself, All or Nothing paints a gobsmacking portrait of a man whose behavior is so unimaginable, so uncontrolled, so unmindful of cause and effect, that it defeats all the structures and logic of civic life. And yet here in one of the most remarkable comebacks in American political history, Trump is victorious. This is not just a story about politics: It is a vivid exposé of the demons, discord, and anarchy—the fire, fury, and future—of American life under Trump.
May It Have a Happy Ending: A Memoir of Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers
by null Minelle MahtaniA searing, intimate and blisteringly honest memoir about mothers and daughters, grief and healing, and finding your voice.Minelle Mahtani had taken a leap of faith. A new mother in a new life, she'd moved across the country for love, and soon found herself facing the exciting and terrifying prospect of hosting her own radio show. But as she began to find her place in the majority white newsroom, she was handed devastating news: her Iranian mother had been diagnosed with tongue cancer.Just as Minelle was finding her voice, her mother was losing hers.What does it mean to amplify the voices of others while the stories of your ancestors are being buried in your mother's mouth? Why do we cling to superstition and luck when we&’ve lost all faith in healing those we love? And how do we juggle bearing the burden of looking after an ill parent when we are trying to parent our own children?In exquisitely lyrical and inventive prose, Mahtani recounts the experience so many of us recognize: a life calibrated through calculating when to speak and when to be silent in a world that feels like it forces us to be broken.
Eat What You Kill: Becoming a Sales Carnivore
by null Sam TaggartFrom the founder and CEO of multimillion dollar sales empire D2D Experts, a battle guide to closing more deals than you ever thought possible.Just ten years ago, Sam Taggart was beating the streets as a door-to-door salesman selling solar and alarm systems, getting thousands of doors slammed in his face – and worse – every day. Now, Sam is the founder and CEO of D2D Experts, a seven-figure sales empire that offers training to an active userbase of 30,000 members. Eat What You Kill is the key to mastering the art of sales - and it all starts with a simple mindset shift.In this practical guide, Sam Taggart teaches readers to be sales carnivores – conquerors with limitless potential – instead of herbivores – victims who make excuses for their failures. No matter what you're selling or how you do it, this book is chock full of winning advice for closing every deal, such as: how to build your own pipeline instead of relying on opportunities from higher-upshow to build a healthy 'sales routine' to maximize earnings and minimize burnouthow to build bullet-proof pitches tailored to the four types of prospecthow to properly frame rejection so you don't lose steamFrom improvisational tips to take your pitches to the next level, to activating your &“prey drive&” to supercharge prospecting, Eat What You Kill is the synthesis of everything Sam Taggart has learned on his way to becoming the world&’s best salesman.
A Consuming Fire
by Laura E. Weymouth&“Achingly lovely and luminous…left me completely enthralled.&” —Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows Uprooted meets The Grace Year in this dark young adult fantasy of love and vengeance following a girl who vows to kill a god after her sister is unjustly slain by his hand &“that will appeal to readers of Leigh Bardugo and Holly Black&” (School Library Journal).Weatherell girls aren&’t supposed to die. Once every eighteen years, the isolated forest village of Weatherell is asked to send one girl to the god of the mountain to give a sacrifice before returning home. Twins Anya and Ilva Astraea are raised with this destiny in mind, and when their time comes, spirited Ilva volunteers to go. Her devoted sister Anya is left at home to pray for Ilva&’s safe return. But Anya&’s prayers are denied. With her sister dead, Anya volunteers to make a journey of her own to visit the god of the mountain. But unlike her sister, sacrifice is the furthest thing from Anya&’s mind. Anya has no intention of giving anything more to the god, or of letting any other girl do so ever again. Anya Astraea has not set out to placate a god. She&’s set out to kill one.
The Love Match
by Priyanka Taslim&“Jane Austen meets Bengali cinema&” (Publishers Weekly) in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their family&’s financial security—just as she&’s falling in love with someone else.Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn&’t pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey. While Zahra&’s plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing courses, Amma is convinced that all Zahra needs is a &“good match,&” Jane Austen style. Enter Harun Emon, who&’s wealthy, devastatingly handsome, and…aloof. As soon as Zahra meets him, she knows it&’s a bad match. It&’s nothing like the connection she has with Nayim Aktar, the new dishwasher at the tea shop, who just gets Zahra in a way no one has before. So, when Zahra finds out that Harun is just as uninterested in this match as she is, they decide to slowly sabotage their parents&’ plans. And for once in Zahra&’s life, she can have her rossomalai and eat it too: &“dating&” Harun and keeping Amma happy while catching real feelings for Nayim. But life—and boys—can be more complicated than Zahra realizes. With her feelings all mixed up, Zahra discovers that sometimes being a good Bengali kid can be a royal pain.