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  Ten Drugs - How Plants Powders...

  Thomas Hager

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  “The stories are skillfully told and entirely entertaining . . . An expert, mostly feel-good book about modern medicine” from the award-winning author (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). 
   
  Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.  
   
  Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book. 
   
  “[An] absorbing new book.” —The New York Times Book Review 
   
  “[A] well-written and engaging chronicle.” —The Wall Street Journal 
   
  “Lucidly informative and compulsively readable.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Entertaining [and] insightful.” —Booklist 
   
  “Well-written, well-researched and fascinating to read Ten Drugs provides an insightful look at how drugs have shaped modern medical practices.  Towards the end of the book Hager writes that he ‘came away surprised by some of the things he had learned.’  I had the very same reaction.” —Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of Napoleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

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  Platform - Get Noticed in a...

  Michael Hyatt

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  How do you turn your social media accounts into viable business opportunities? Michael Hyatt has the blueprint. 
  Michael Hyatt learned to use his social media platform as the foundation for his own successful writing, speaking, and business coaching practice. In this straightforward how-to, he offers down-to-earth guidance on crafting an effective and meaningful online platform. 
  In Platform, you will learn how to:Extend your influence, monetize it, and build a sustainable career. Get noticed and start earning money in an increasingly noisy world.  Learn to amplify, update, polish, and organize your content for success. 
  Platform goes behind the scenes into the world of social media success. You’ll discover what bestselling authors, public speakers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and other creatives are doing differently to gain contacts, connections, and followers and win customers in today’s crowded marketplace. 
  With proven strategies, easy-to-replicate formulas, and practical tips, this book makes it easier, less expensive, and more possible than ever to stand out from the crowd and launch a business.

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  Whispers of the Sea: Soothing...

  Baby Sleep

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  Drift into peaceful slumber with Whispers of the Sea: Soothing Ocean White Noise. 
  This audiobook features calming ocean white noise, bringing the gentle whispers of the sea into your sleep environment. The rhythmic sound of waves creates a serene atmosphere, perfect for soothing babies and adults alike into a deep, relaxing sleep. 
  Imagine the tranquility of sleeping by the shore, the soft sound of waves lulling you and your baby into a restful state. This calming ocean white noise drowns out unwanted background sounds, making it easier for both of you to unwind and enjoy uninterrupted sleep. 
  Invite the peaceful whispers of the sea into your nighttime routine. Download Whispers of the Sea: Soothing Ocean White Noise and let the ocean’s gentle rhythm carry you to a restful sleep.

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  Data Mining and Analytics -...

  Alex Campbell

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  Are you curious about data mining and analytics? Have you ever wondered how the world is filled with so much data and what is it used for? Do you wonder how companies use data to improve their revenue and steer themselves toward the path of success? Would you like to know why data is a new currency and companies invest so much to extract, store, and process data? Do you want to know how businesses leverage data to make millions of dollars in revenue? All of this can be achieved through data mining and analytics. If you are curious to know the answers to all these questions, this is the right book for you. 
  The tools and techniques described will teach you how data mining is used by organizations to steer themselves to success. This book will take you through: 
  ·      An overview of data mining and the need for data mining today 
  ·      Comparisons between data mining and data science 
  ·      The tasks and issues in data mining 
  ·      The terminologies used in data mining 
  ·      The data mining query language 
  ·      Classification, prediction, and cluster analysis in data mining 
  This book has been tailored for you to understand data mining and analytics. There are step-by-step guides with code syntaxes so that you can understand various data mining techniques. If you’re looking for the ultimate guide in mining, analytics and metrics, then grab your copy today!

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  Transcendence - The...

  R.U. Sirius, Jay Cornell

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  “A deceptively light treatment of mind-blowing technologies and their cultural, social and political impact. This book will put your mind on fire.”—Giulio Prisco, Hacked.com   Transhumanism is an international movement that advocates the use of science and technology to overcome the natural limitations experienced by humanity, through such developments as:   the Singularity—the creation of machine intelligences that exceed the capacities of our biological brainsthe ability to replicate individual minds and put them into solid-state bodies or virtual environmentsindividual control over mental and emotional states for enhancing functionalities and/or ecstasies   Some of this is happening now. Some it is still in the minds of dreamers.   In nearly ninety A-Z entries, Transcendence provides a multilayered look at the accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, genomics, information technology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, space exploration, synthetic biology, robotics, and virtual worlds that are making transhumanism a reality. Entries range from Cloning and Cyborg Feminism to Designer Babies and Memory-Editing Drugs. In addition, the book notes historical predecessors and personalities, both in mythology and history—ranging from Timothy Leary to Michael Jackson to Ray Kurzweil. It also introduces the culture around Transhumanism, covering all the geeky obsessions of the Transhumanist movement.   “A new book deciphering the surreal truths, questionable fictions, and high weirdness of the Singularity . . . Infotaining, irreverent, and frequent piss-taking paperback.”—Boing Boing “RU Sirius and Jay Cornell present us with their own psychedelic guide to the galaxy in this adventurous idea-rich book, bootstrapping on emerging technologies that beckon us to take control of our evolutionary destiny and lead humanity towards radical new landscapes of mind, of dream, of cosmos, of possibility.”—Jason SilvaTranshumanism is an international movement that advocates the use of science and technology to overcome the natural limitations experienced by humanity, through such developments as:the Singularitythe creation of machine intelligences that exceed the capacities of our biological brainsthe ability to replicate individual minds and put them into solid-state bodies or virtual environmentsindividual control over mental and emotional states for enhancing functionalities and/or ecstasiesSome of this is happening now. Some it is still in the minds of dreamers. In nearly ninety A-Z entries,Transcendenceprovides a multilayered look at the accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, genomics, information technology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, space exploration, synthetic biology, robotics, and virtual worlds that are making transhumanism a reality. Entries range from Cloning and Cyborg Feminism to Designer Babies and Memory-Editing Drugs. In addition, the book notes historical predecessors and personalities, both in mythology and historyranging from Timothy Leary to Michael Jackson to Ray Kurzweil. It also introduces the culture around Transhumanism, covering all the geeky obsessions of the Transhumanist movement.

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  COPOUT - How governments have...

  Nick Breeze

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  ‘Wry and passionate first-hand observations from the global climate negotiations – essential for capturing the spirit of this endlessly frustrating struggle’ – Bill McKibben 
  Most people tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change or, some would say more accurately, climate collapse. Nick Breeze tells the engaging, very human story of successive COP conferences over the past decade: it is a tale of imperfection, failure even, but not yet defeat. 
  So far, the UN process has achieved almost the exact opposite of what it first set out to achieve at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Nick shows clearly that it is not Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil nor any other climate protesters who are the extremists; the true extremists are the policymakers who consistently undermine faltering efforts to reduce emissions. Repeatedly claiming to be saving us whilst allowing carbon emissions to continue rising, governments have failed their people on climate. Nick shows us how, why and what we can do about it. 
  The public remains largely uninformed about climate change and, for the most part, those who seek to draw attention to the issue are seen as ‘crazy’. There remains a terrifying gap between scientific reality and political action. 
  Packed with his own experiences and insights from expert interviewees, Nick’s page-turning account is less about the intricacies of the science and more about the mainstream perception of how we are understanding and responding to the problem.

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