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Do you pull out your phone at every idle moment?
Do hours slip away as you mindlessly scroll?
Has your smartphone added a level of detachment between you and the outside world?
Sadly technology, which should be a wonderful boon to us has started to blight our lives. The average adult spends nearly ten hours a day looking at digital screens, leading to unprecedented levels of stress, isolation, procrastination and inertia. The fact is that digital...
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From His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt's cartoonist and award-winning author Patrick McDonnell comes a powerful and timely gem of a book on how to heal our relationship with the planet and each other.
At the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India, an unusual visitor has arrived. His Holiness interrupts his morning meditation to greet a troubled Giant Panda who has travelled many miles to see him. Welcoming him as a friend, His Holiness invites...
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Terry takes us on a whirlwind tour of what it means to give voice to our own authenticity. It requires deep listening and fertile silences. She encourages us to speak "Mother Tongue" - speaking from the belly rather than the mind.
She laments that in Western culture "the language of economics has power, the language of the law has power, the language of science has power. But an intelligence of the heart, an emotional intelligence, or a poetic sensibility,...
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An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers
With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom.
He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers - from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots...
5025) Find the Right Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Family Counseling
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Have you considered psychotherapy, but aren't sure if it's right for you? Even if you've already decided to give it a try, it can be hard to choose among the many types of therapeutic approaches. Luckily, celebrated professor and psychology expert Rebecca Shiner can help. In this insightful audio series, Professor Shiner provides an in-depth look at some of the most effective therapies available today.
This 15-lecture audio course gives you an insider's...
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Follow the author as he purchases a used film camera and applies basic photography skills to use it. This book highlights some basic terms that any beginner photographer can learn from. If you're interested in film photography and don't know where to start then this is the book for you!
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How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention - emails, cell phones, text messages - many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on.
5029) Speed and Scale
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Speed and Scale: The Smart Guide on Living Green. Discover Useful Tips on How to Live Green so You Can Help the Environment and Mother Earth.
Global warming poses one of the most serious threats to the global environment ever faced in human history. We hear and read about it everyday and how this impacts our planet. Climate change, pollution, animal extinction, are amongst many other issues that threaten our planet every second of every day. But...
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As voice technology (more properly referred to as voice-first technology) advances as the most important emerging technology of our time, This Week In Voice has chronicled it all. Amazon's Alexa, Google's Assistant, Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana, Samsung's Bixby, and many other voice assistants now crowd the landscape and have ushered in a new era of computing which uses the human voice as its preferred method of input.
The rise of voice-first...
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From MindBodyGreen's Senior Sustainability Editor and the co-author of The Spirit Almanac comes a definitive guide to reconnecting with the outdoors, rich with new research on how time in nature is essential to our wellbeing.
For centuries, humankind was connected to nature. Yet we've evolved to feel safer inside on our devices, in spite of the fact that most of us feel our most calm, creative, and captivated outdoors. Most of us have become disconnected...
5032) Marine Biology for Kids
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"Marine Biology for Kids: Discovering the Amazing World Under the Sea" is a captivating and informative journey into the depths of the ocean, tailored specifically for young readers with a thirst for adventure and a curiosity about the natural world. This beautifully illustrated book serves as a comprehensive primer to the wonders of marine life, offering a window into a world that is both mysterious and vital to our planet's health. Beginning with...
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Eco-minimalism is a hot-button issue right now, and for good reason: living a life with less can be the key to saving our precious planet.
We are exhausted. There's so much to do, and way too much to buy. Whether it's through late night TV ads, social media, or other sources of influence, we seem to be addicted to buying and then storing things. Sometimes we consume with no regret and other times we realize that we're doing more harm than good to...
5034) Saving Manatees
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What has the whiskers of a walrus, the eyes of a mole, the wrinkles of an elephant, the tail of a beaver, and the gentle nature of a sloth? A slow-moving, water-loving, plant-eating, gentle giant called a manatee. The manatee has been swimming the oceans for ages. But today this ancient animal faces an uncertain future. Stephen Swinburne takes young readers into the underwater world of manatees as he assists marine biologists who monitor the health...
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Mélissa de La Fontaine a amorcé un virage zéro déchet après avoir découvert ce mode de vie grâce à l'expérience de l'initiatrice du mouvement, la Franco-Américaine Béa Johnson. Dès lors, elle a décidé de revoir ses habitudes de consommation et de réduire au maximum son empreinte écologique. Son livre, Tendre vers le zéro déchet, est le fruit de cette démarche entreprise en 2013. Il retrace son parcours vers un mode de vie plus respectueux...
5036) Learn Python Programming for Beginners: Best Step-by-Step Guide for Coding with Python, Great for
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The Complete Python Masterclass Made Easy, Even if You've Never Coded in Your Life!
If you go on Google right at this second and open any statistics with the most in-demand programming languages for the past 5 years until today you will consistently see in the top 3 a language called 'Python'. More often than not, it is the number one programming language to learn year after year.
But why would so many people look for Python experts?
Two big reasons:
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5037) Toy Inventor
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Award-winning toy maker Tim Kehoe-creator of the world's first colored bubbles-pens a fun-filled tale about a brilliant young inventor. When Vincent Shadow moves from New York to Minnesota, he is forced to leave behind most of the toys he created in his lab. Worse yet, he no longer experiences the visions that have always given him ideas. Down in the dumps, Vincent catches a break when he meets toy creator Howard G. Whiz, who is sponsoring an invention...
5038) Transplant Breakthroughs
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With trusted expertise from Mayo Clinic, “The Edge of Medicine” series sets out to inspire and educate the next generation of young scientists by highlighting the medical breakthroughs of a diverse range of scientists and researchers. From the first immunosuppressant drugs to the first successful heart transplant, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in transplant medicine. Get to know the physicians,...
5039) Zoom For Dummies
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Stay connected despite the distance
Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to hold a videoconference or to share your screen with a colleague? We can put a man on the moon, but we can't seem to get videoconferencing right.
At least until now.
More than 300 million people have seen the light in the form of Zoom, the world's hottest communications tool. Zoom For Dummies shows you how to get the most out of Zoom. Discover how to hold group video...
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Imagine taking a computer algorithm's complex yet straightforward functions and applying them to your personal life. The results would lead to success, happiness, and confidence.
Through THE SECRET SUCCESS ALGORITHM, understand how small steps can make a big impact, but more importantly, uncover the powerful potential of your mind and changes you can make to be better.
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