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  The Philadelphia State Hospital...

  J.P. Webster

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  This account of the infamous asylum is "an excellent record of greed and corruption, but it is also a powerful testimonial to compassion and kindness" (Hidden City). 
   
   
   
  The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crowded and patients lived in shocking conditions. The mentally ill were quartered with the dangerously criminal. By 1906, the city had purchased a vast acreage of farmland incorporated into the city, and the Philadelphia Hospital dubbed its new venture Byberry City Farms. From the start, its history was riddled with corruption and committees, investigations and inquests, appropriations and abuse. Yet it is also a story of reform and redemption, of heroes and human dignity—many dedicated staff members did their best to help patients whose mental illnesses were little understood and were stigmatized by society. 
   
   
   
  "Webster . . . wrote his book because of his fascination with an abandoned building he discovered in 2002. He wanted to tell the story of Byberry, one he believes many people do not fully understand." —Philadelphia Neighborhoods

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  Principles of Geology

  Charles Lyell

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  "Principles of Geology" [1830] is a groundbreaking classic of science. Mentioned glowingly in "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin, it was also revered by such contemporaries as Melville, Emerson, Tennyson and George Eliot. It's now available for a new generation interested in geology, Earth science and climate studies.

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  Swamplands - Tundra Beavers...

  Edward Struzik

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  In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these—collectively known as swamplands or peatlands—often go unnoticed for their ecological splendor. They are as globally significant as rainforests, and function as critical carbon sinks for addressing our climate crisis. Yet, because of their reputation as wastelands, they are being systematically drained and degraded to make way for oilsands, mines, farms, and electricity. 
   
   
    
  In Swamplands, journalist Edward Struzik celebrates these wild places, venturing into windswept bogs in Kauai and the last remnants of an ancient peatland in the Mojave Desert. The secrets of the swamp aren't for the faint of heart. 
   
   
   
  Swamplands highlights the unappreciated struggle being waged to save peatlands by scientists, conservationists, and landowners around the world. An ode to peaty landscapes in all their offbeat glory, the book is also a demand for awareness of the myriad threats they face. It urges us to see the beauty and importance in these least likely of places­. Our planet's survival might depend on it.

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  Java in Action - The Journey of...

  Elizabeth King

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  "Java in Action: The Journey of Java: From Core Concepts to Advanced Programming," is for beginners and intermediate programmers who want to master Java. Every chapter comes with exercises and code examples that can help in building and developing problem-solving skills. 
  Right from basic concepts that act as a foundation of Java to high-level programming methods, it takes the reader through the complete journey and prepares the reader with all that would be needed to start programming applications confidently in real life. 
  In the beginning sections, it talks about OOP and some core principles of Java that focus on variables, data types, and control structures. Readers are well-oriented and acquainted with Java basics via simple explanations and working examples. 
  The subjects the book involves become more sophisticated along with this: file handling, multi-threading, structures for data, and more detailed best practices about effective coding and scalability. 
  What is impressive besides analyzing the robust standard libraries and APIs of Java is that it even throws in some valuable insights into how this language can be used for database integration, concurrent programming, and web development. 
  "Java in Action" takes readers beyond syntax so they can understand what Java can do and where it's being applied within all types of industries, so it's the perfect book for any person looking to upgrade his or her programming skills. 
  This book will be a comprehensive and very readable guide to Java's rich programming ecosystem, whether the system you are designing is small or large.

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  Shakti Mantras - Tapping into...

  Thomas Ashley-Farrand

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  Tap into the Great Goddess Energy Within 
   
   
   
  ● Enhance your spiritual gifts 
   
   
   
  ● Lighten your karmic burden 
   
   
   
  ● Improve your health and increase prosperity 
   
   
   
  ● Live in harmony with the universe 
   
   
   
  Now, with Shakti Mantras, we can all benefit from this ancient practice. Thomas Ashley-Farrand, a Vedic priest, is an American expert in the intricacies of Sanskrit mantra. With nearly thirty years and thousands of hours of experience in chanting, he is well-equipped to write the first book that teaches women (and men) to tap into the dynamic feminine energy of love in all its manifestations. By sharing enchanting Hindu myths and astonishing true stories from his own practice, Ashley-Farrand helps us to understand the real power of this age-old art. Through dozens of actual mantras—each one presented with phonetic spelling for easy pronunciation and recommendations—he enables us to increase our "shakti" (power) to solve problems, ensure abundance, create health and well-being, summon protection, and invoke personal and universal peace. 
   
   
   
  Whether you're new to chanting or an old hand, Shakti Mantras will take you places you've never been before . . . and measurably enrich your life.

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  Free Speech and Turbulent...

  Michael J. Glennon

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  A vast censorship regime has smothered America's digital marketplace of ideas, squelching free speech on vital policy issues. Its supporters regard its benefits as morally and politically beyond question. They contend it's carried out by private social media platforms, not governmental authorities. 
   
   
   
  In Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom, Michael J. Glennon offers a timely and incisive response. The censors are short-sighted, he argues. Quibbling over outdated distinctions misses the real threat—which is the fusion of public and private power into a modern-day cartel able to overleap longstanding constitutional safeguards. American democracy, he argues, rests on a decentralized marketplace of ideas independent of the government. In crisp, trenchant terms, Glennon shows how concrete practical concerns justify protecting admittedly harmful online speech—even speech that advocates violence or embraces hatred or apparent falsehood. 
   
   
   
  To safely self-correct, democracy requires open channels of political communication. Glennon calls on the courts to unblock those channels—to measure such speech against enduring First Amendment precepts rather than pliable international norms—and to protect the speech interests not merely of the government and Big Tech, but of all participants in the marketplace of ideas.

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