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  Beasts in My Belfry

  Gerald Durrell

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  Beasts in My Belfry is the wonderfully funny memoir about Gerald Durrell’s time at Whipsnade Zoo and his experiences as a young zookeeper. Following the Second World War, Durrell joined Whipsnade Zoo as a junior keeper – an opportunity that fulfilled a lifelong dream. Thanks to Rupert Degas’s brilliant voicing, which captures all of Durrell’s charm and wit, the listener can enjoy being taken behind the scenes of one of the world’s very first zoos. This is a delightful portrait of the animals who lived there and those who looked after them.

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  Data Security and Privacy for...

  Saimon Carrie

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  "Data Security and Privacy for Beginners: Essential Strategies and Practices for Safeguarding Your Digital Assets" is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals navigate the complex landscape of data security and privacy in the digital age. In today's interconnected world, protecting personal and sensitive information has become more critical than ever before. This book provides clear explanations of fundamental concepts, practical tips, and actionable strategies to empower readers to safeguard their data and preserve their privacy online. 
  From understanding the basics of data security and privacy principles to implementing robust security measures, this book covers everything beginners need to know to protect themselves and their digital assets. Readers will learn about encryption techniques, access controls, secure communication protocols, and best practices for securing devices and networks. The book also addresses common threats and risks, such as malware, phishing, and identity theft, and provides guidance on how to mitigate these risks effectively. 
  With "Data Security and Privacy for Beginners," you'll gain the knowledge and skills needed to safeguard your data and protect your privacy in today's digital landscape. 
   

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  Someone Was Here - Profiles in...

  George Whitmore

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  Three powerful profiles of men and women whose lives were changed forever by the AIDS epidemic“Some of my reasons for wanting to write about AIDS were altruistic, others selfish. AIDS was decimating the community around me; there was a need to bear witness. AIDS had turned me and others like me into walking time bombs; there was a need to strike back, not just wait to die. What I didn't fully appreciate then, however, was the extent to which I was trying to bargain with AIDS: If I wrote about it, maybe I wouldn't get it. My article ran in May 1985. But AIDS didn't keep its part of the bargain.” —George Whitmore, The New York Times MagazinePublished at the height of the AIDS epidemic, Someone Was Here brings together three stories, reported between 1985 and 1987, about the human cost of the disease.Whitmore writes of Jim Sharp, a man in New York infected with AIDS, and Edward Dunn, one of the many people in Jim’s support network, who volunteers with the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization in the city. Whitmore also profiles a mother, Nellie, who drives to San Francisco to bring her troubled son, Mike, home to Colorado where he will succumb to AIDS. Finally, Whitmore tells of the doctors and nurses working on the AIDS team in a South Bronx hospital, struggling to treat patients afflicted with an illness they don’t yet fully understand.Expanded from reporting that originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Someone Was Here is a tragic and deeply felt look at a generation traumatized by AIDS, published just one year before George Whitmore’s own death from the disease.

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  A Brief History of Earth - Four...

  Andrew H. Knoll

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  How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard’s acclaimed geologist. 
  “A sublime chronicle of our planet."" –Booklist, STARRED review 
  Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above.  
  The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we’ve been and where we’re going. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Grain by Grain - A Quest to...

  Liz Carlisle, Bob Quinn

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  When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry and returning to his family's farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. In the beginning, his concern wasn't health or the environment; he just wanted to make a decent living and some chance encounters led him to organics. 
   
   
   
  But as demand for organics grew, so too did Bob's experiments. He discovered that through time-tested practices like cover cropping and crop rotation, he could produce successful yields—without pesticides. Regenerative organic farming allowed him to grow fruits and vegetables in cold, dry Montana, providing a source of local produce to families in his hometown. He even started producing his own renewable energy. And he learned that the grain he first tasted at the fair was actually a type of ancient wheat, one that was proven to lower inflammation rather than worsening it, as modern wheat does. 
   
   
   
  Ultimately, Bob's forays with organics turned into a multimillion dollar heirloom grain company, Kamut International.

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  Horticultural Appropriation -...

  Claire Ratinon, Sam Ayre

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  Horticultural Appropriation is a conversation between an organic food grower and an artist about the possibility and necessity of bringing a decolonial lens to the practice of horticulture. Taking place within West Dean Art College and Gardens, the exchange explores how attempts to decolonise collections and spaces currently happening in arts and cultural institutions might inform the interrogation of the colonial history at the heart of Britain's gardens and gardening.

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