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]]> <![CDATA[Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation]]> 823761 224 Deborah Madison 1933392592 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.06 1999 Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
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]]> <![CDATA[Canning and Preserving Food for Beginners: Essential Cookbook on How to Can and Preserve Everything in Jars with Homemade Recipes for Pressure Canning]]> 50863893 Berries, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, peaches, apples, carrots everywhere! It is time to get canning when blessed with too much of a worthy, ripe, juicy thing. Here is how to can like a pro.

Home Food Preservation and Canning are gaining in popularity, and there is no better way to keep summer flavors throughout the year. Learn how to get started with canning and preserving

For me, preserving means preserving summer. Each canned jar with treats is like a time capsule. When I open it, in a few months (and maybe only a few weeks), I feel the taste of terroir and the aroma of long-faded sunshine in this.

We are going to the problem of preparing and careful handling the jars so that we end up with something delicious. This is really another way of cooking to bring out the taste of the products. I want to create something new, whether it is Fresh-Tasting Ketchup or Pickled Brussel Sprouts. To me, the art of pickling is as much a creation as it is preservation.

If you love eating in season, meals can get certainly boring in late winter. Wouldn’t it be nice to climb into your pantry and pull out a jar of summer-perfect Apricot Jam and Strawberry Jam on a cloudy day? This is possible with canning!

Dig in this Canning and Preserving Beginner’s Guide and find out:

All the tips you need to grasp about canning and preserving delightful sweet and pickled treats Step by Step Guide on Home Food Preservation and Canning in Jars with Over 50 foolproof Recipes for Quick Seasonal Canning Learn to preserve fresh vegetables and fruit in homemade jams, jellies, pickles, chutneys, and more Calories and macros ―Every recipe lists serving quantity, prep time, cook time, easy to follow ingredients, preparation instructions, images and nutritional information to keep you on track


***Please note: Book is available in 2 Paperback formats - Black and White and Full color. Choose the best for you ***

full-color edition - Simply press “See all formats and versions� above the price. Press left from the “paperback� button black and white version - is the default first

Click “Buy Now� and start canning today !

]]> 78 Kaitlyn Donnelly Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.25 Canning and Preserving Food for Beginners: Essential Cookbook on How to Can and Preserve Everything in Jars with Homemade Recipes for Pressure Canning
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]]> <![CDATA[Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen]]> 13195714
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Discover how to preserve your favorite foods in every season with the easy techniques and recipes in Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen . Learn the process of fermentation from start to finish, and stock your pantry and refrigerator with delicious fruits, vegetables, dairy, and more.

Fermenting is an art and a science, and Alex Lewin expertly takes you through every step, including an overview of food preserving and the fermentation process . Get to know the health benefits of fermented foods , and learn the best tools, supplies, and ingredients to use.

Then start making wholesome preserved foods and beverages with step-by-step recipes for sauerkraut, kombucha, kefir, yogurt, preserved lemons, chutney,kimchi,and more, getting the best out of every season’s bounty. The book is filled with beautiful photos and clear instructions help you build your skills with confidence. It’s no wonder people are fascinated with fermenting—the process is user friendly, and the rewards are huge.

Inside you’ll find: With this book as your guide, you’ll feel in control of your food and your health. See why so many people are discovering the joys of fermenting!]]> 176 Alex Lewin 1592537847 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.11 2012 Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen
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]]> Salt: A World History 2715 484 Mark Kurlansky 0142001619 Unojoe2 5 3.75 2002 Salt: A World History
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]]> <![CDATA[Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy]]> 41619 496 Bill Gates 0446675962 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.82 1999 Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality]]> 35817231 The Quantum Revelation is mind-blowing." - Sting

To say that quantum physics is the greatest scientific discovery of all time is not an exaggeration. In their discovery of the quantum realm, the physics community stumbled upon a genuine multifaceted revelation which can be likened to a profound spiritual treasure - a heretofore undreamed of creative power - hidden within our own mind. Quantum physics unequivocally points out that the study of the universe and the study of consciousness are inseparably linked, which is to say that ultimate progress in the one will be impossible without progress in the other. Einstein declared that what it reveals is so immensely important that "it should be everyone's concern." Yet few of us in the general public truly understand how the game-changing discoveries of the past century not only relate to our day-to-day lives, but also give us insights into the nature of reality and our place within it.

Written for readers with no physics background, Paul Levy's latest book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality is for those who have heard that quantum physics is a fascinating subject but don't quite understand how or why. Levy contemplates the deeper philosophical underpinnings of quantum physics, exploring the fundamental questions it provokes: What does it mean that quantum theory has discovered that there is no such thing as "objective reality?" How are we participating - via our consciousness - in creating our experience of a reality that quantum theory itself describes as "dreamlike?" What are the implications for us in our day-to-day lives that - as quantum theory reveals - what we call reality is more like a dream than we had previously imagined?

The Quantum Revelation is unique in how it synthesizes science and spirituality so as to reveal and explore the dreamlike nature of reality. It is a book not just for people interested in quantum theory, but for anyone who is interested in waking up and dreaming lucidly, be it in our night dreams or our waking life.]]> 400 Paul Levy 1590794486 Unojoe2 0 3.87 Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
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Met the author, enjoyed the gathering space he hosted, and then had the opportunity to read the book. Very interesting and insightful perspective on the developing state of quantum research and spiritual enlightenment potentially converging to advance the experience of being.
]]> <![CDATA[Cross Currents: The Promise of Electromedicine, the Perils of Electropollution]]> 705404 352 Robert O. Becker 0874776090 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.32 1989 Cross Currents: The Promise of Electromedicine, the Perils of Electropollution
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]]> <![CDATA[Class: A Guide Through the American Status System]]> 60044
Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives.]]> 208 Paul Fussell 0671792253 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.90 1983 Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
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]]> <![CDATA[The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found]]> 41794213 After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissance--an exciting debut history.


The foundations of modern knowledge--philosophy, math, astronomy, geography--were laid by the Greeks, whose ideas were written on scrolls and stored in libraries across the Mediterranean and beyond. But as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called pagan thought, books were burned, and the library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of classical knowledge, was destroyed.
Yet some texts did survive and The Map of Knowledge explores the role played by seven cities around the Mediterranean--rare centers of knowledge in a dark world, where scholars supported by enlightened heads of state collected, translated and shared manuscripts. In 8th century Baghdad, Arab discoveries augmented Greek learning. Exchange within the thriving Muslim world brought that knowledge to Cordoba, Spain. Toledo became a famous center of translation from Arabic into Latin, a portal through which Greek and Arab ideas reached Western Europe. Salerno, on the Italian coast, was the great center of medical studies, and Sicily, ancient colony of the Greeks, was one of the few places in the West to retain contact with Greek culture and language. Scholars in these cities helped classical ideas make their way to Venice in the 15th century, where printers thrived and the Renaissance took root.
The Map of Knowledge follows three key texts--Euclid's Elements, Ptolemy's The Almagest, and Galen's writings on medicine--on a perilous journey driven by insatiable curiosity about the world.]]> 336 Violet Moller 0385541767 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.88 2019 The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
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]]> <![CDATA[Nomad Capitalist: How to Reclaim Your Freedom with Offshore Bank Accounts, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Companies, and Overseas Investments]]> 39800235 The world has changed forever.

Governments have expanded their reach over their citizens� lives,
Power is being consolidated by an elite few, and
The world economy has become more volatile and unpredictable.

Meanwhile, the internet, a globalizing world economy, and the emergence of the developing world present opportunities to anyone willing to make simple changes to their life.

Geography is no longer a limitation for those willing to follow Andrew Henderson’s ‘Five Magic Words� and “Go where you’re treated best.”�

As the world’s most sought-after expert on offshore tax planning, second passports, and global citizenship - cited by the BBC, Bloomberg, Elite Daily and more - Andrew has condensed his last ten years of investigative world travel into an unprecedented book to help entrepreneurs and investors keep more of their own money, live where they want, become citizens of the world, and improve their lives and the planet.

Direct. Honest. Experienced. Unapologetic. Practical. Transparent. Even funny. The Nomad Capitalist will show you how to take his “E-K-G� formula to:

ENHANCE your personal lifestyle,
KEEP more of your money, and
GROW your money by living, investing, banking, and doing business overseas.

From foreign companies to offshore accounts and from overseas investments to dual citizenship, you’ll find everything you need to know to begin a life of international proportions, storing gold in super-secret vaults, finding love in exotic locations, and improving everything from your health to your tax bill by simply “going where you’re treated best.”�

It is no longer enough to be a digital nomad. Those who want complete freedom from the world’s broken systems must become Nomad Capitalists, learning to navigate the world system to reclaim their freedom and rediscover the possibilities of capitalism’s greatest promises.

Get the book to see how.

]]> 286 Andrew Henderson Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.82 Nomad Capitalist: How to Reclaim Your Freedom with Offshore Bank Accounts, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Companies, and Overseas Investments
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]]> <![CDATA[Peers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism]]> 23214256
When the best of people power is combined with the best of corporate power to form "Peers Inc" organizations, a potent creative force is released. The "Inc" in these collaborations delivers the industrial strengths of significant scale and resources, and the "Peers" bring together the individual strengths of localization, specialization, and customization, unlocking the power of the collaborative economy. When excess capacity is harnessed by the platform and diverse peers participate, a completely new dynamic is unleashed.

In Peers Inc , Robin Chase brings her provocative insights to work, business, the economy, and the environment,
How focusing on excess capacity transforms the economics of what's possible and delivers abundance to all
How the new collaboration between the Inc and the Peers enables companies to grow more quickly, learn faster, and deliver smarter products and services
How leveraging the Peers Inc model can address climate change with the necessary speed and scale
How the Peers Inc model can help legacy companies overcome their shortening life cycle by inviting innovation and evolution
Why power parity between the Peers and the Inc is a prerequisite for long-term success
How platforms can be built within the existing financial system or outside of it
What government can do to enhance economic possibility and protect people working in this new decentralized world

Chase casts a wide net, illuminating the potential of the Peers Inc model to address broader issues such as climate change and income inequality, and proves the impact that this innovative economic force can have on the most pressing issues of our time.]]> 304 Robin Chase 1610395549 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.78 2015 Peers Inc: How People and Platforms Are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism
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]]> <![CDATA[Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy―and How to Make Them Work for You]]> 25622861
These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionizing the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models. Whether platforms are connecting sellers and buyers, hosts and visitors, or drivers with people who need a ride, Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary reveal the what, how, and why of this revolution and provide the first “owner’s manual� for creating a successful platform business.

Platform Revolution teaches newcomers how to start and run a successful platform business, explaining ways to identify prime markets and monetize networks. Addressing current business leaders, the authors reveal strategies behind some of today’s up-and-coming platforms, such as Tinder and SkillShare, and explain how traditional companies can adapt in a changing marketplace. The authors also cover essential issues concerning security, regulation, and consumer trust, while examining markets that may be ripe for a platform revolution, including healthcare, education, and energy.

As digital networks increase in ubiquity, businesses that do a better job of harnessing the power of the platform will win. An indispensable guide, Platform Revolution charts out the brilliant future of platforms and reveals how they will irrevocably alter the lives and careers of millions.]]> 352 Geoffrey G. Parker 0393249131 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.01 2016 Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy―and How to Make Them Work for You
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]]> <![CDATA[Building the New Economy: Data as Capital]]> 56702085
Data is now central to the economy, government, and health systems—so why are data and the AI systems that interpret the data in the hands of so few people? Building the New Economy calls for us to reinvent the ways that data and artificial intelligence are used in civic and government systems. Arguing that we need to think about data as a new type of capital, the authors show that the use of data trusts and distributed ledgers can empower people and communities with user-centric data ownership, transparent and accountable algorithms, machine learning fairness principles and methodologies, and secure digital transaction systems.

It’s well known that social media generate disinformation and that mobile phone tracking apps threaten privacy. But these same technologies may also enable the creation of more agile systems in which power and decision-making are distributed among stakeholders rather than concentrated in a few hands. Offering both big ideas and detailed blueprints, the authors describe such key building blocks as data cooperatives, tokenized funding mechanisms, and tradecoin architecture. They also discuss technical issues, including how to build an ecosystem of trusted data, the implementation of digital currencies, and interoperability, and consider the evolution of computational law systems.]]> 474 Alex Pentland 026254315X Unojoe2 4 3.67 Building the New Economy: Data as Capital
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This book seems to be ideologically aligned with the "Data as capitol" perspective of building toward a new economic model around data ownership, utilization, actionability, and other value-oriented capabilities, capitalizing on user data by gathering large amounts of data in formalized organizations, processing and offering value-feedback propositions around process-value yields from modeling the data on platforms, with the aid of improved data-processing methods and approaches. (it's been a couple months since reading it, so it's not super fresh in my memory.)
]]> Python for Data Analysis 14744694 400 Wes McKinney 1449319793 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.17 2011 Python for Data Analysis
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]]> <![CDATA[Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2: Building Enterprise Blockchain Applications]]> 57183692 315 Matt Zand 1492086126 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.80 Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2: Building Enterprise Blockchain Applications
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]]> <![CDATA[Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and algorithms for analyzing images]]> 13435765 260 Jan Erik Solem 1449316549 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.96 2012 Programming Computer Vision with Python: Tools and algorithms for analyzing images
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]]> <![CDATA[Blockchain Development with Hyperledger: Build decentralized applications with Hyperledger Fabric and Composer]]> 44758255 Learn quick and effective techniques for developing blockchain-based distributed ledgers with ease

Key FeaturesDiscover why blockchain is a game changer in the technology landscapeSet up blockchain networks using Hyperledger FabricWrite smart contracts at speed with Hyperledger ComposerBook DescriptionBlockchain and Hyperledger are open source technologies that power the development of decentralized applications. This Learning Path is your helpful reference for exploring and building blockchain networks using Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Hyperledger Composer.

Blockchain Development with Hyperledger will start off by giving you an overview of blockchain and demonstrating how you can set up an Ethereum development environment for developing, packaging, building, and testing campaign-decentralized applications. You'll then explore the de facto language Solidity, which you can use to develop decentralized applications in Ethereum. Following this, you'll be able to configure Hyperledger Fabric and use it to build private blockchain networks and applications that connect to them. Toward the later chapters, you'll learn how to design and launch a network, and even implement smart contracts in chain code. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be able to build and deploy your own decentralized applications by addressing the key pain points encountered in the blockchain life cycle.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt

Blockchain Quick Start Guide by Xun (Brian) Wu and Weimin SunHands-On Blockchain with Hyperledger by Nitin Gaur et al.What you will learnUnderstand why decentralized applications are necessaryDevelop and test a decentralized application with Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperledger ComposerWrite and test a smart contract using SolidityDesign transaction models and chain code with GolangDeploy the Composer REpresentational State Transfer (REST) Gateway to access Composer transactionsMaintain, monitor, and manage your blockchain solutionsWho this book is forThis Learning Path is designed for blockchain developers who want to build decentralized applications and smart contracts from scratch using Hyperledger. Basic familiarity with or exposure to any programming language will be useful to get started with this course.

Table of ContentsBlockchain - Enterprise and Industry PerspectiveExploring Hyperledger FabricSetting the Stage with a Business ScenarioDesigning a Data and Transaction Model with GolangExposing Network Assets and TransactionsBusiness NetworksA Business Network ExampleAgility in a Blockchain NetworkLife in a Blockchain NetworkGovernance, Necessary Evil of Regulated IndustriesHyperledger Fabric SecurityIntroduction to Blockchain TechnologyEthereum FundamentalsOverview of Solidity ProgrammingBuilding an Ethereum Blockchain ApplicationExploring an Enterprise Blockchain Application Using Hyperledger FabricImplementing Business Networks Using Hyperledger ComposerBlockchain Use Cases]]> 638 Salman A. Baset 1838642552 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.75 Blockchain Development with Hyperledger: Build decentralized applications with Hyperledger Fabric and Composer
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]]> <![CDATA[The NFT Handbook: How to Create, Sell and Buy Non-Fungible Tokens]]> 57872451 The NFT Handbook is a detailed guide on how to create, sell and buy non-fungible tokens without the need for a technical background. Learn exactly what NFTs are, how they evolved, and why they have value.
We'll delve into the different types and aspects of NFTs and discuss the different NFT marketplaces and the pros and cons of each.


Create Your Own NFTs Step by step instructions on all aspects of NFT creation, including what types of content to use, where to source content, adding artistic design, writing the NFT's description, adding optional unlockable content and setting an optional ongoing royalty.
Mint Your NFTs You'll learn the process of how to get your NFTs on the blockchain.
Sell Your NFTs We'll go through the whole process including creating a collection, and the different options such as setting a price or starting an auction.
Buy NFTs What you'll need to bid on and purchase NFTs, and how to avoid getting scammed. You'll also get a primer on blockchain, particularly the Ethereum cryptocurrency and "gas" fees. You'll also be shown step by step how to create, secure and fund your own cryptocurrency wallet, where you'll store your NFTs and cryptocurrency. Whether you're experienced with the blockchain and crypto or a complete noob (beginner), The NFT Handbook will guide you in the process of creating, minting, selling and buying NFTs.]]> 288 Matt Fortnow 111983838X Unojoe2 4 3.74 The NFT Handbook: How to Create, Sell and Buy Non-Fungible Tokens
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This is a good overview and sample of the many NFT projects being developed, and growing, from the capabilities offered by Smart Contracts on a few of the blockchain technology platforms. It dives into some of the people and projects searching for utility and value in the vast landscape of a very new set of technology offerings.
]]> <![CDATA[Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt]]> 24724602 #1 New York Times Bestseller � With a new Afterword

In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.]]> 304 Michael Lewis 0393351599 Unojoe2 0 4.15 2014 Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
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Great storyline about how automated trading, Dark Pools and other stock market developments found their way into the high speed and high stakes of trade algorithms and the relationships between regulation, technologies, and the companies and people that flow between supporting roles... all to make trades faster, cheaper, or more profitable.
]]> <![CDATA[Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life]]> 51720411 Named a "must read" by Susan Cain, "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink, and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant.

A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and strategies that will empower you to turn the seemingly impossible into the possible.

Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to imagine the unimaginable and solve the unsolvable. It's the same thought process that enabled Neil Armstrong to take his giant leap for mankind, that allows spacecraft to travel millions of miles through outer space and land on a precise spot, and that brings us closer to colonizing other planets.

Fortunately, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think like one.

In this accessible and practical book, Ozan Varol reveals nine simple strategies from rocket science that you can use to make your own giant leaps in work and life -- whether it's landing your dream job, accelerating your business, learning a new skill, or creating the next breakthrough product. Today, thinking like a rocket scientist is a necessity. We all encounter complex and unfamiliar problems in our lives. Those who can tackle these problems -- without clear guidelines and with the clock ticking -- enjoy an extraordinary advantage.

Think Like a Rocket Scientist will inspire you to take your own moonshot and enable you to achieve liftoff.]]> 368 Ozan Varol 1541762592 Unojoe2 0 4.16 2020 Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
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My son loves rockets, and engineering. This book was a great introduction to the many approaches, perspectives, and flexible thinking about ways to support creative problem solving.
]]> <![CDATA[Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World]]> 55051662 —Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker

Recipient of starred reviews in both Kirkus and Library Journal

THE UNTOLD TECH STORY OF OUR TIME

What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create?

With deep and exclusive reporting, across hundreds of interviews, New York Times Silicon Valley journalist Cade Metz brings you into the rooms where these questions are being answered. Where an extraordinarily powerful new artificial intelligence has been built into our biggest companies, our social discourse, and our daily lives, with few of us even noticing.

Long dismissed as a technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence was a project consigned to the fringes of the scientific community. Then two researchers changed everything. One was a sixty-four-year-old computer science professor who didn’t drive and didn’t fly because he could no longer sit down—but still made his way across North America for the moment that would define a new age of technology. The other was a thirty-six-year-old neuroscientist and chess prodigy who laid claim to being the greatest game player of all time before vowing to build a machine that could do anything the human brain could do.

They took two very different paths to that lofty goal, and they disagreed on how quickly it would arrive. But both were soon drawn into the heart of the tech industry. Their ideas drove a new kind of arms race, spanning Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and OpenAI, a new lab founded by Silicon Valley kingpin Elon Musk. But some believed that China would beat them all to the finish line.

Genius Makers dramatically presents the fierce conflict among national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital

How far will we let it go?]]> 384 Cade Metz 1524742678 Unojoe2 0 4.24 2021 Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World
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This was an informative and well written set of accounts in the ongoing developments in Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and the many companies and personalities involved in developing the data utilization industries.
]]> <![CDATA[Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out]]> 60691583 What will you learn from this book?

Many people who use Git rely on recipes--copying and pasting commands they find on the internet without really understanding how Git actually works. But what do you do if you find yourself in a tight spot? You can't simply wing it. With this unique hands-on guide, you'll learn the ways of Git and have fun while doing it. Raju Gandhi peels back the layers to reveal the simple yet powerful engine that powers Git, so you'll understand not just the how but the why. You'll master branches, merges, commit messages, search, utilities, and more; learn best practices for collaborative work; and unlock the full potential of Git.

What's so special about this book?

If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect--a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. If you haven't, you're in for a treat. With this book, you'll learn Git through a multisensory experience that engages your mind rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.]]> 967 Raju Gandhi 1492092479 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.67 Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out
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]]> <![CDATA[Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems]]> 34601024 Through a series of recent breakthroughs, deep learning has boosted the entire field of machine learning. Now, even programmers who know close to nothing about this technology can use simple, efficient tools to implement programs capable of learning from data. This practical book shows you how.

By using concrete examples, minimal theory, and two production-ready Python frameworks—scikit-learn and TensorFlow—author Aurélien Géron helps you gain an intuitive understanding of the concepts and tools for building intelligent systems. You’ll learn a range of techniques, starting with simple linear regression and progressing to deep neural networks. With exercises in each chapter to help you apply what you’ve learned, all you need is programming experience to get started.

Explore the machine learning landscape, particularly neural nets Use scikit-learn to track an example machine-learning project end-to-end Explore several training models, including support vector machines, decision trees, random forests, and ensemble methods Use the TensorFlow library to build and train neural nets Dive into neural net architectures, including convolutional nets, recurrent nets, and deep reinforcement learning Learn techniques for training and scaling deep neural nets Apply practical code examples without acquiring excessive machine learning theory or algorithm details ]]> 921 Aurélien Géron 1491962259 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.46 2017 Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Oxford American Dictionary]]> 18715598 0 Oxford University Press Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.83 1962 The New Oxford American Dictionary
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]]> <![CDATA[Programming Crystal: Create High-Performance, Safe, Concurrent Apps]]> 45042548
Crystal is elegant to read and easy to program like Ruby, allowing full object-oriented development. Its compiler is powerful enough to nearly always infer the type of your variables. So you get the benefits of a statically typed more robust code, safety and execution speed, while still reaching high productivity in development. Null pointer exceptions as in JavaScript, Java or C#, are a thing of the Crystal annihilates them, just like Rust.

Explore the building blocks and design of the language, and how you can use the Crystal tool-chain to build and manage powerful applications. Harness the power of the macro system, as well as how to work with fibers and channels, making concurrency as easy as possible. Learn how to use the Kemal web framework and access databases, and how to tap the potential of existing Crystal libraries. Find the spot that Crystal fills in today's software world with real-world examples.

With Crystal, you can combine the best of both the high-level coding of dynamic languages, and the safety and blazing performance of a natively compiled language.

What You

To develop in Crystal, you only need Crystal v 0.26 the latest version, a common text editor and a browser.]]> 414 Ivo Balbaert 1680506625 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.00 Programming Crystal: Create High-Performance, Safe, Concurrent Apps
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)]]> 22823462 This #1New York Times best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy� (and which don’t), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo’s newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 226 Marie Kondō 1607747316 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.00 2010 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)]]> 23437559
The important stuff you need to

Pull back the curtain on JavaScript. Learn how to build a basic program with this language.Get up to speed on jQuery. Quickly assemble JavaScript programs that work well on multiple web browsers.Transform your user interface. Learn jQuery UI, the JavaScript library for interface features like design themes and controls.Make your pages interactive. Create JavaScript events that react to visitor actions.Use animations and effects. Build drop-down navigation menus, pop-ups, automated slideshows, and more.Collect data with web forms. Create easy-to-use forms that ensure more accurate visitor responses.Practice with living examples. Get step-by-step tutorials for web projects you can build yourself.]]> 1062 David Sawyer McFarland 1491948590 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 4.30 2008 JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)
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]]> <![CDATA[Learning AngularJS: A Guide to AngularJS Development]]> 25229507
Along with a conceptual understanding of the framework, you ll also gain direct experience with AngularJS by building a sample application throughout the book. If you re familiar with JavaScript, web development, and software design concepts and patterns, this book is the perfect way to get started.Understand how AngularJS differs from other MVC frameworksLearn about AngularJS controllers, views, and models by diving into the book s sample projectConnect your working application to public REST servicesBuild the application s security layer with non-REST AngularJS servicesExplore the basics of building and testing AngularJS directivesUse AngularJS as part of the MEAN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js)Discover how search engine optimization relates to AngularJS applications and sites"]]> 311 Ken Williamson 1491916710 Unojoe2 0 currently-reading 3.00 2015 Learning AngularJS: A Guide to AngularJS Development
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]]> <![CDATA["Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a Curious Character]]> 927748 Er hat die Quantenphysik revolutioniert und war einer der ersten Popstars der Physik. Seine Autobiografie zeigt Richard P. Feynman als talentierten Geschichtenerzähler mit Sinn für Witz und Tiefgang.


Theoretische Physik ist staubig? Ein Professor denkt nur an den Nobelpreis und seine Forschung? Nicht so Richard P. Feynman! In zahlreichen Schriften und Büchern hat der Magier der Quantenelektrodynamik schon Mitte des vergangenen Jahrhunderts bewiesen, dass Wissenschaft spannend, lustig und auch ein Abenteuer für Laien ist.


»Sie belieben wohl zu scherzen, Mr. Feynman!« versammelt autobiografische Anekdoten aus dem Leben des Vordenkers zu einem witzigen Einblick in den Aufstieg und die Karriere des nonchalanten Wissenschaftlers.


Feynman-Fans und -Einsteiger lernen einen Menschen kennen, der von Anfang an der Überzeugung gewesen ist, dass Wissenschaft nicht zum Selbstzweck existiert und es keinen Grund gibt, nicht über sich selbst zu lachen.


»Ich würde nicht zwei Mal sterben wollen. Es ist so langweilig.« � Richard P. Feynman


Einen Nobelpreisträger für Physik erlebt man selten als derart mitreißenden Geschichtenerzähler. »Sie belieben wohl zu scherzen, Mr. Feynman!« begeistert Leser authentischer Biografien genauso wie Neugierige und aufstrebende Wissenschaftler.]]> 322 Richard P. Feynman 0553346687 Unojoe2 5 4.26 1985 "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Adventures of a Curious Character
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This is Awesome! He's a natural writer with some great stories. Real person related stories... he's a bored "genius" who doesn't really consider that title to be who he is, but more of a 'working title' for his projects and work (kind of like 'manager' or 'grunt'). One of my favorite aspects of this book, and what it focuses on for a major part of the book, is about his tinkering with, breaking int, and cracking locks aka 'safe cracking'. Fun read about role-play as a genius :)
]]> <![CDATA[Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication]]> 2479630 640 Richard Campbell 0312432046 Unojoe2 5 4.00 1997 Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication
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Great way to learn how media has influenced culture and how culture has influenced media, with the ongoing cycle.
]]> <![CDATA[Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes]]> 274826 --Los Angeles Times

"The theme of Propaganda is quite simply...that when our new technology encompasses any culture or society, the result is propaganda... Ellul has made many splendid contributions in this book."
--Book Week

"An exhaustive catalog of horrors. It shows how modern, committed man, surrounded and seized by propaganda, more often than not surrenders himself to it only too willingly, especially in democracies--because he is educated for his rule as dupe. 'The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him,' Ellul writes, 'is when he is alone in the mass; it is at this point that propaganda can be most effective. This is the situation of the 'lonely crowd,' or of isolation in the mass, which is a natural product of modern-day society, which is both used and deepened by the mass media.' "
--Los Angeles Free Press]]> 352 Jacques Ellul 0394718747 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.27 1962 Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes
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]]> <![CDATA[The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade]]> 152038 The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia. CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade: Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia]]> 709 Alfred W. McCoy 1556524838 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.38 1972 The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
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]]> <![CDATA[Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile]]> 13008497 326 Eden Medina 0262016494 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.26 2011 Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines]]> 1161830
Matthew Wood is one of the United States� most renowned herbalists and the author of Seven Plants as Healers , a watershed book in teaching herbal healing as a part of total wellness. With The Book of Herbal Wisdom , he continues and expands this study, creating a must-read guide for anyone who works in the natural health field or is interested in self-healing with herbs.

Wood creates a vast and sweeping history of herbalism, drawing on Western botanical knowledge, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese medicine, and Native American shamanic botany. Detailing the history and use of more than forty plants, he shows how each tradition views a plant, as well as its use in cases drawn from his own herbal and homeopathic practice. An initial section describes signatures, similar, and patterns in these traditions, and elements, temperaments, and constitutions. Wood has two to demonstrate how herbal medicines are agents of healing and wisdom, and to give the reader a useful catalog of plants for medicinal uses. His clinical observations of his patients bear the wry wisdom of the country doctor; his love of plants is evident in lush botanical descriptions, which show the connection between remedies—whether homeopathic, Chinese, or Native American—and the plants from which they are derived.

An introduction to centuries of lore about healing from indigenous traditions, The Book of Herbal Wisdom integrates and describes North American Indian medicine, homeopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western herbalism like no other contemporary botanical compendium.]]> 580 Matthew Wood 1556432321 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.53 1997 The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines
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]]> The Book of the Courtier 314582 470 Baldassare Castiglione 0486427021 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.66 1528 The Book of the Courtier
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]]> <![CDATA[On Law, Morality and Politics, 2nd Edition (Hackett Classics)]]> 25714 On Law, Morality, and Politics retains the selection of texts presented in the first edition but offers them in new translations by Richard J. Regan--including that of his Aquinas, Treatise on Law (Hackett, 2000). A revised Introduction and glossary, an updated select bibliography, and the inclusion of summarizing headnotes for each of the units--Conscience, Law, Justice, Property, War and Killing, Obedience and Rebellion, and Practical Wisdom and Statecraft—further enhance its usefulness.]]> 256 Thomas Aquinas 0872206637 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.76 1274 On Law, Morality and Politics, 2nd Edition (Hackett Classics)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Social Contract and Discourses]]> 1413510 Inspired by ancient Greek city states, Rousseau searched for a way which states of his day could be equally representative

Holding men in wretched subservience, feudalism–alongside religion–was a powerful force in the eighteenth century. Self-serving monarchic social systems, which collectively reduced common people to servitude, were now attacked by Enlightenment philosophers, of whom Rouseau was a leading light.

His masterpiece, The Social Contract, profoundly influenced the subsequent development of society and remains provocative in a modern age of continuing widespread vested interest.

This is the most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, index and chronology of Rousseau's life and times. ]]> 362 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 0460873571 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.92 1762 The Social Contract and Discourses
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]]> <![CDATA[An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]]> 25698 The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's Introduction both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics."



Introduction by Robert Reich - Commentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner - Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide]]> 1076 Adam Smith 0226763749 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.87 1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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]]> On Liberty 385228 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077

Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill's passionate advocacy of spontaneity, individuality, and diversity, along with his contempt for compulsory uniformity and the despotism of popular opinion, has attracted both admiration and condemnation.]]> 187 John Stuart Mill Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.95 1859 On Liberty
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]]> Democracy in America 16619 Democracy in America has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy & the social, political & economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 & 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes & portraits, Democracy in America is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races & the threats posed to democracies by consumerism & corruption. So uncanny is Tocqueville’s insight & so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.]]> 983 Alexis de Tocqueville 0140447601 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.03 1835 Democracy in America
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]]> <![CDATA[Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100]]> 8492907 Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.

In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy production, and astronautics.

In all likelihood, by 2100 we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like magicians, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, cars will drive themselves using GPS, and if room-temperature superconductors are discovered, vehicles will effortlessly fly on a cushion of air, coasting on powerful magnetic fields and ushering in the age of magnetism.

Using molecular medicine, scientists will be able to grow almost every organ of the body and cure genetic diseases. Millions of tiny DNA sensors and nanoparticles patrolling our blood cells will silently scan our bodies for the first sign of illness, while rapid advances in genetic research will enable us to slow down or maybe even reverse the aging process, allowing human life spans to increase dramatically.

In space, radically new ships—needle-sized vessels using laser propulsion—could replace the expensive chemical rockets of today and perhaps visit nearby stars. Advances in nanotechnology may lead to the fabled space elevator, which would propel humans hundreds of miles above the earth's atmosphere at the push of a button.

But these astonishing revelations are only the tip of the iceberg. Kaku also discusses emotional robots, antimatter rockets, X-ray vision, and the ability to create new life-forms, and he considers the development of the world economy. He addresses the key questions: Who are the winner and losers of the future? Who will have jobs, and which nations will prosper?

All the while, Kaku illuminates the rigorous scientific principles, examining the rate at which certain technologies are likely to mature, how far they can advance, and what their ultimate limitations and hazards are. Synthesizing a vast amount of information to construct an exciting look at the years leading up to 2100, Physics of the Future is a thrilling, wondrous ride through the next 100 years of breathtaking scientific revolution. (From the Hardcover Edition)

(Duration: 15:39:15)]]> 416 Michio Kaku 0385530803 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.01 2011 Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
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]]> <![CDATA[Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking]]> 2711447 592 R. Buckminster Fuller 0025418807 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.44 Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking
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]]> Walden & Civil Disobedience 116020 Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings—as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.]]> 320 Henry David Thoreau 0451529456 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.96 1849 Walden & Civil Disobedience
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]]> <![CDATA[Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation]]> 6833728 352 Rupert Sheldrake 1594773173 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.13 2009 Morphic Resonance: The Nature of Formative Causation
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]]> <![CDATA[The Evolutionary Mind: Conversations on Science, Imagination and Spirit]]> 369075 224 Rupert Sheldrake 0974935972 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.21 1998 The Evolutionary Mind: Conversations on Science, Imagination and Spirit
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: A New Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West]]> 294192 464 Sogyal Rinpoche 0062507931 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.24 1992 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: A New Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dynamics of Persuasion: Communication and Attitudes in the 21st Century]]> 9875928 444 Richard M. Perloff 0203870328 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.82 1993 The Dynamics of Persuasion: Communication and Attitudes in the 21st Century
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]]> <![CDATA[The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television]]> 13699030 175 Tricia Jenkins 0292728611 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.63 2012 The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
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]]> <![CDATA[Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception]]> 13167156
Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting your significant other about suspected infidelity, or even dating someone new, having the ability to unmask a lie can have far-reaching and even life-altering consequences.

As former CIA officers, Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, and Susan Carnicero are among the world’s best at recognizing deceptive behavior. Spy the Lie chronicles the captivating story of how they used a methodology Houston developed to detect deception in the counterterrorism and criminal investigation realms, and shows how these techniques can be applied in our daily lives.
Through fascinating anecdotes from their intelligence careers, the authors teach listeners how to recognize deceptive behaviors, both verbal and nonverbal, that we all tend to display when we respond to questions untruthfully. For the first time, they share with the general public their methodology and their secrets to the art of asking questions that elicit the truth.

Spy the Lie is a game-changer. You may never experience another book that has a more dramatic impact on your career, your relationships, or your future.

©2012 Philip Houston, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant, Michael Floyd (P)2012 Macmillan]]> 272 Philip Houston 125000585X Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.86 2012 Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception
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]]> Spies Against Armageddon 15756654 455 Dan Raviv Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.06 1992 Spies Against Armageddon
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]]> <![CDATA[The Secret War For The Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War]]> 1230918 760 Edwin C. Fishel 0395901367 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.73 1996 The Secret War For The Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War
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]]> <![CDATA[MODERN COURSE IN THE QUANTUM THEORY OF SOLIDS, A]]> 16193131 701 Fuxiang Han 9814417149 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.25 2012 MODERN COURSE IN THE QUANTUM THEORY OF SOLIDS, A
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]]> The Modern Theory of Solids 4049733 736 Frederick Seitz 0486654826 Unojoe2 0 to-read 0.0 1987 The Modern Theory of Solids
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]]> Matter and Energy 14383055 252 Frederick Soddy 1444636715 Unojoe2 0 to-read 0.0 2009 Matter and Energy
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]]> <![CDATA[Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt: The Solution of the Economic Paradox]]> 5973390 0 Frederick Soddy 0317532189 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.17 Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt: The Solution of the Economic Paradox
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion]]> 455652
Winner of the 1999 PEN/Oakland Censorship Award

Winner of the 1999 Firecracker Alternative Bookseller (FAB) Award, Politics category

Finalist for the 1999 Bay Area Book Reviewers Awards

Dark Alliance is a book that should be fiction, whose characters seem to come straight out of central the international drug lord, Norwin Meneses; the Contra cocaine broker with an MBA in marketing, Danilo Blandon; and the illiterate teenager from the inner city who rises to become the king of crack, "Freeway" Ricky Ross. But unfortunately, these characters are real and their stories are true.

In August 1996, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News reporting the results of his year-long investigation into the roots of the crack cocaine epidemic in America, specifically in Los Angeles. The series, titled "Dark Alliance," revealed that for the better part of a decade, a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to Los Angeles street gangs and funneled millions in drug profits to the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras.

Gary Webb pushed his investigation even further in his book, Dark The CIA, The Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion . Drawing from then newly declassified documents, undercover DEA audio and videotapes that had never been publicly released, federal court testimony, and interviews, Webb demonstrates how our government knowingly allowed massive amounts of drugs and money to change hands at the expense of our communities.

Webb's original article spurred an immediate outcry. Within days of publication, both of California's senators made formal requests for investigations of the U.S. government's relationship with the cocaine ring. As a result, public demonstrations erupted in L.A., Washington D.C., and New York. Then-chief of the CIA, John Deutsch, made an unprecedented attempt at crisis control by going to South Central L.A. to hold a public forum. Representative Maxine Waters later said in George magazine, "I was shocked by the level of corruption and deceit and the way the intelligence agencies have knowledge of big-time drug dealing."
The allegations in Webb's story blazed over the Internet and the Mercury News' website on the series was deluged with hits—over a million in one day. A Columbia Journalism Review cover story called it "the most talked-about piece of journalism in 1996 and arguably the most famous—some would say infamous—set of articles of the decade."

Webb's own stranger-than-fiction experience is also woven into the book. His excoriation by the media—not because of any wrongdoing on his part, but by an insidious process of innuendo and suggestion that in effect blamed Webb for the implications of the story—had been all but predicted. Webb was warned off doing a CIA expose by a former Associated Press journalist who lost his job when, years before, he had stumbled onto the germ of the "Dark Alliance" story. And though Internal investigations by both the CIA and the Justice Department eventually vindicated Webb, he had by then been pushed out of the Mercury News and gone to work for the California State Legislature Task Force on Government Oversight. He died in 2004.

The updated paperback edition of Dark Alliance features revelations in just-released reports from the Department of Justice, internal CIA investigations, and a new cache of recently declassified secret FBI, DEA, and INS files—much of which was not known to Webb when writing the first edition of this book. Webb further explains the close working relationship that major drug traffickers had with U.S. Government agencies—particularly the DEA—and recounts the news of the past year regarding this breaking story.

After more than two years of career-damning allegations leveled at Webb, joined in the past year by glowing reviews of the hardcover edition of Dark Alliance from shore to shore, the core findings of this courageous investigative reporter's work—once fiercely denied—are becoming matters of public record. The updated paperback edition of Dark Alliance adds yet another layer of evidence exposing the illegality of a major CIA covert operation.]]> 592 Gary Webb 1888363932 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.26 1998 Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Cocaine Explosion
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]]> <![CDATA[Liquid Crystal Devices: Physics and Applications (Artech House Optoelectronics Library)]]> 1973375 366 Vladimir G. Chigrinov 0890068984 Unojoe2 0 to-read 0.0 1999 Liquid Crystal Devices: Physics and Applications (Artech House Optoelectronics Library)
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]]> <![CDATA[Physics of Crystal Growth (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)]]> 2542107 400 Alberto Pimpinelli 0521558557 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.40 1998 Physics of Crystal Growth (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory]]> 111201 In this classic, based on lectures delivered at the University of Chicago, Heisenberg presents a complete physical picture of quantum theory. He covers not only his own contributions, but also those of Bohr, Dirac, Bose, de Broglie, Fermi, Einstein, Pauli, Schrodinger, Somerfield, Rupp, ·Wilson, Germer, and others in a text written for the physical scientist who is not a specialist in quantum theory or in modern mathematics.
Partial contents: introduction (theory and experiment, fundamental concepts); critique of physical concepts of the corpuscular theory (uncertainty relations and their illustration); critique of the physical concepts of the wave theory (uncertainty relations for waves, discussion of an actual measurement of the electromagnetic field); statistical interpretation of quantum theory (mathematical considerations, interference of probabilities, Bohr's complementarity); discussion of important experiments (C. T. R. Wilson, diffraction , Einstein-Rupp, emission, absorption and dispersion of radiation, interference and conservation laws, Compton effect, radiation fluctuation phenomena, relativistic formulation of the quantum theory).
An 80-page appendix on the mathematical apparatus of the quantum theory is provided for the specialist.]]> 208 Werner Heisenberg 0486601137 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.09 1930 The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory
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]]> <![CDATA[Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations]]> 167666
The subtitle is "Encounters and Conversations", and the core of the book takes the form of discussions between himself and other scientists. Heisenberg said: "I wanted to show that science is done by people, and the most wonderful ideas come from dialog".

The book provides a first-hand account about how science is done and how quantum physics, especially the Copenhagen interpretation, emerged. "Nobody can reproduce these conversations verbatim, but I believe that the spirit of what the people said, and how they did, is conserved," Heisenberg said in the preface.]]> 272 Werner Heisenberg 0049250205 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.32 1969 Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
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]]> <![CDATA[The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals; An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry.]]> 1012201 664 Linus Pauling 0801403332 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.26 1940 The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals; An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry.
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]]> <![CDATA[Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry (Dover Books on Physics)]]> 224144 496 Linus Pauling 0486648710 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.13 1935 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry (Dover Books on Physics)
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]]> Uncommon Sense 3813589 J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leading physicist in the Manhattan Project, recognized that scientific inquiry and discovery could no longer be separated from their effect on political decision-making, social responsibility, and human endeavor in general. He openly addressed issues of common concern and as a scientist accepted the responsibility brought about by nuclear physics.

This collection of essays and speeches, only a few of which have been previously published, presents an extraordinary thinker and scientist as well as a compassionate human being. No issue is too small or too large if it is in some way connected to the emergence of a weapon as terrible and powerful as the atom bomb. Oppenheimer discusses the shift in scientific awareness and its impact on education, the question of openness in a society forced to keep secrets, the conflict between individual concerns and public and political necessity, the future of science and its effects on future politics---in short, the common and uncommon sense we find in our modern day reality.

Uncommon Sense presents a responsible scientist and a concerned man who foresaw the problems the discovery of fission would create. And we should no neglect to read between the lines: The peak of Oppenheimera (TM)s career coincided with the McCarthy era, the repercussions of which strongly affected his personal and professional life. The themes of openness and freedom becomes, therefore, recurring concerns in this collection of essays and speeches.

]]> 196 J. Robert Oppenheimer 0817631658 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.28 1984 Uncommon Sense
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]]> <![CDATA[Science and the Common Understanding]]> 1980777 120 J. Robert Oppenheimer Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.79 1953 Science and the Common Understanding
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]]> Walden or, Life in the Woods 16902 352 Henry David Thoreau Unojoe2 0 3.77 1854 Walden or, Life in the Woods
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Really liked this book. My favorite aspect was the tempo and perspectives presented by Thoreau when looking at the natural world around him.
]]> <![CDATA[Education Automation: Freeing the scholar to return to his studies]]> 1321410 96 R. Buckminster Fuller 0809301377 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.48 1962 Education Automation: Freeing the scholar to return to his studies
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]]> <![CDATA[No More Secondhand God: And Other Writings]]> 316361 Book by R Buckminster Fuller 176 R. Buckminster Fuller 0809302470 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.11 1963 No More Secondhand God: And Other Writings
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]]> Nine Chains to the Moon 285351 384 R. Buckminster Fuller 0809300885 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.83 1963 Nine Chains to the Moon
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]]> <![CDATA[BUCKMINSTER FULLER TO CHILDREN OF EARTH]]> 1321398 0 0385029799 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.14 1972 BUCKMINSTER FULLER TO CHILDREN OF EARTH
author: Cam (photographer); 36 b/w Photographs Smith
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]]> <![CDATA[Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller]]> 574916
With numerous illustrations, many published here for the first time, as well as texts by Fuller and the editors.

The publication presents Buckminster Fuller's creations as a dazzling expression of this unconditionally optimistic technocrat whose vision of driverless Spaceship Earth led him to examine the principles of maximizing effects in the most diverse sectors of design and construction.]]> 528 R. Buckminster Fuller 3907044886 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.38 1999 Your Private Sky: R. Buckminster Fuller
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]]> Grunch of Giants 285349 128 R. Buckminster Fuller 0974060518 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.87 1983 Grunch of Giants
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]]> <![CDATA[Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking]]> 285356 876 R. Buckminster Fuller 0020653204 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.32 1975 Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking
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]]> Critical Path 190038
Critical Path is Fuller's master work--the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern--as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation--at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises.

The crowning achievement of an extraordinary career, Critical Path offers the reader the excitement of understanding the essential dilemmas of our time and how responsible citizens can rise to meet this ultimate challenge to our future.]]> 471 R. Buckminster Fuller 0312174918 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.23 1981 Critical Path
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]]> <![CDATA[Dancing Naked in the Mind Field]]> 48497
Mullis writes with passion and humor about a wide range of from global warming to the O. J. Simpson trial, from poisonous spiders to HIV, from scientific method to astrology. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field challenges us to question the authority of scientific dogma even as it reveals the workings of an uncannily original scientific mind.]]> 240 Kary Mullis 0679774009 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.75 1998 Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Unojoe2 0 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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]]> Rich Dad, Poor Dad 69571 195 Robert T. Kiyosaki 0751532711 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.10 1997 Rich Dad, Poor Dad
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]]> <![CDATA[The Feynman Lectures on Physics]]> 5546 Tips on Physics—the four previously unpublished lectures that Feynman gave to students preparing for exams at the end of his course. Thus, this 4-volume set is the complete and definitive edition of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Packaged in a specially designed slipcase, this 4-volume set provides the ultimate legacy of Feynman's extraordinary contribution to students, teachers, researches, and lay readers around the world.]]> 1552 Richard P. Feynman 0805390456 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.61 1964 The Feynman Lectures on Physics
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]]> <![CDATA[Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements]]> 944856 Penned by award-winning science writer John Emsley, Nature's Building Blocks explains the what, why and wherefore of the chemical elements. Arranged alphabetically, from Actinium to Zirconium, it is a complete guide to all 115 of those that are currently known, with more extensive coverage of
those elements we encounter in our everyday life. The entry on each element reveals where it came from, what role it may have in the human body, and the foods that contain it. There are also sections on its discovery, its part in human health or illness, the uses and misuses to which it is put,
and its environmental role. Readers discover that the Earth consists of around 90 elements, some of which are abundant, such as the silicon and oxygen of rocks and soils, while some are so rare that they make gold seem cheap. Our own bodies contain about 30 elements, some in abundance, some in trace
amounts; some vital to our health, and some that are positively harmful. A list of the main scientific data, and outline properties, are given for every element and each section ends with an "Element of Surprise," which highlights some unexpected way in which each element influences our everyday
life.
Both a reliable reference source and a high browsable account of the elements, Nature's Building Blocks offers a pleasurable tour of the very essence of our material world.]]> 560 John Emsley 0198503407 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.23 2001 Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements
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]]> <![CDATA[Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution]]> 979694 304 Lynn Margulis 0520210646 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.22 1986 Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
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]]> <![CDATA[The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner]]> 6348143 —Robert Heller, former president and CEO of VISA U.S.A., and former governor, Federal Reserve Board "Information, used correctly and creatively, can be a source of tremendous customer value, competitive advantage, and company profitability. The Deciding Factor will help you understand if you have this opportunity, and how you might seize it."
—Nigel Morris, co-founder, Capital One Financial Services "There has never been a more important time in business history to truly understand both the technical strengths and conceptual weaknesses of decision analytics. If you're prepared to be serious, The Deciding Factor offers the insider's insights that matter when managing innovation risk."
—Michael Schrage, author, Serious Play, and research associate, MIT Sloan School of Management]]> 272 Larry E. Rosenberger 0470398191 Unojoe2 4 currently-reading 3.21 2009 The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner
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Interesting. Written in cooperation with one of the leading analytics developers for the software that determines your credit score. Addresses questions of what is taken into consideration in evaluating the credit score.
]]> Public Relations 493213 374 Edward L. Bernays 1419173383 Unojoe2 4 3.96 1952 Public Relations
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So far, Very information dense but in a readable flow.
]]> Crystallizing Public Opinion 1196248 218 Edward L. Bernays 1417915080 Unojoe2 3 3.76 1923 Crystallizing Public Opinion
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]]> <![CDATA[Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (6th Edition)]]> 2734898 384 Virginia Peck Richmond 020548669X Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.92 1987 Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (6th Edition)
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]]> Electric Circuits 2251984 1030 James W. Nilsson 0130321206 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.68 1983 Electric Circuits
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]]> <![CDATA[Digital Designs: Principles And Practice]]> 1758813 895 John F. Wakerly 0131733494 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.89 1990 Digital Designs: Principles And Practice
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]]> Propaganda 493212 168 Edward L. Bernays 0970312598 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.75 1928 Propaganda
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]]> END OF OIL 119724
Brilliantly reported from around the globe, The End of Oil brings the world situation into fresh and dramatic focus for business and general readers alike. Roberts talks to both oil optimists and oil pessimists, delves deep into the economics and politics of oil, considers the promises and pitfalls of alternatives, and shows that, although the world energy system has begun its epoch-defining transition, disruption and violent dislocation are almost assured if we do not take a more proactive stance. With the topicality and readability of Fast Food Nation and the scope and trenchant analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel , this is a vitally important book for the new century.]]> 412 Paul Roberts 0618562117 Unojoe2 3 3.76 2004 END OF OIL
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century]]> 117019
Thomas Barnett has the answers. A senior military analyst with the U.S. Naval War College, he has given a constant stream of briefings over the past few years, and particularly since 9/11, to the highest of high-level civilian and military policymakers-and now he gives it to you. The Pentagon's New Map is a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to do no less than predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century.

Building on the works of Friedman, Huntington, and Fukuyama, and then taking a leap beyond, Barnett crystallizes recent American military history and strategy, sets the parameters for where our forces will likely be headed in the future, outlines the unique role that America can and will play in establishing international stability-and provides much-needed hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in world history.

For anyone seeking to understand the Iraqs, Afghanistans, and Liberias of the present and future, the intimate new links between foreign policy and national security, and the operational realities of the world as it exists today, The Pentagon's New Map is a template, a Rosetta stone. Agree with it, disagree with it, argue with it-there is no book more essential for 2004 and beyond.]]> 448 Thomas P.M. Barnett 0425202399 Unojoe2 4 3.78 2004 The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century
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]]> The Story of Mathematics 3571715 356 Lloyd Motz 0380724588 Unojoe2 2 currently-reading 3.80 1993 The Story of Mathematics
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]]> Uncle Tungsten 64664 337 Oliver Sacks 0330390287 Unojoe2 4 3.99 2001 Uncle Tungsten
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A Very brief history of lighting, followed by some interesting insights in the development of filaments.
]]> <![CDATA[Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity]]> 1321401 378 R. Buckminster Fuller 087951003X Unojoe2 3 4.21 1969 Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality]]> 22435 The fabric of the cosmos 569 Brian Greene 0965900584 Unojoe2 2 currently-reading 4.12 2004 The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
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]]> <![CDATA[Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology]]> 2025991 666 Michael Quirk 0130815209 Unojoe2 4 4.21 2000 Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
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]]> <![CDATA[Aristotle on Political Enmity and Disease: An Inquiry into Stasis (Ancient Greek Philosophy)]]> 2849144 252 Kostas Kalimtzis 0791446824 Unojoe2 0 to-read 3.00 2000 Aristotle on Political Enmity and Disease: An Inquiry into Stasis (Ancient Greek Philosophy)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology]]> 3291142
The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one that still may be in effect today. Now for the first time, a reporter with an unprecedented access to key sources in the intelligence and military communities reveals suppressed evidence that tells the story of a quest for a discovery that could prove as powerful as the A-bomb.

The Hunt for Zero Point explores the scientific speculation that a "zero point" of gravity exists in the universe and can be replicated here on Earth. The pressure to be the first nation to harness gravity is immense, as it means having the ability to build military planes of unlimited speed and range, along with the most deadly weaponry the world has ever seen. The ideal shape for a gravity-defying vehicle happens to be a perfect disk, making antigravity tests a possible explanation for the numerous UFO sightings of the past 50 years.

Chronicling the origins of antigravity research in the world's most advanced research facility, which was operated by the Third Reich during World War II, The Hunt for Zero Point traces U.S. involvement in the project, beginning with the recruitment of former Nazi scientists after the war. Drawn from interviews with those involved with the research and who visited labs in Europe and the United States, The Hunt for Zero Point journeys to the heart of the twentieth century's most puzzling unexplained phenomena.]]> 304 Nick Cook 0767906276 Unojoe2 4 4.27 2001 The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
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]]> <![CDATA[General Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)]]> 1081360
In this extensively revised and updated third edition, the Nobel prizewinning author maintains an excellent balance between theoretical and descriptive material, although the amount of descriptive chemistry has been decreased somewhat, and the presentation of the subject, especially in relation to the nonmetals, has been revised in such a way as to permit greater correlation with the electronic structure of atoms, especially electronegativity.

The principles of quantum mechanics are discussed on the basis of the de Broglie wavelength of the electron. The quantized energy levels of a particle in a box are derived by means of a simple assumption about the relation of the de Broglie waves to the walls of the box. No attempt is made to solve the Schrödinger wave equation for other systems, but the wave functions of hydrogen-like electrons are presented and discussed in some detail, and the quantum states for other systems are also covered. Statistical mechanics is introduced before thermodynamics, and the discussion of thermodynamics is based on it. This arrangement reflects the author's belief that beginning students can understand statistical mechanics better than chemical thermodynamics.

Aimed at first-year college students who plan to major in chemistry or closely related fields, the book is written in a logical, clear and understandable style. In addition, many excellent figures are included, along with numerous problems and 75 pages of appendixes covering such topics as symmetry of molecules and crystals, hybrid bond orbitals, and magnetic properties of substances.
]]> 959 Linus Pauling 0486656225 Unojoe2 4 currently-reading 4.16 1970 General Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry)
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]]> The Prince 28862
1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.
2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.
3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose.
4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory.
5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression.
6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope.
7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters,
8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure.
9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice
10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.]]> 144 Niccolò Machiavelli 0937832383 Unojoe2 4 to-read 3.85 1513 The Prince
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]]> <![CDATA[Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual]]> 816745 This book is our previous publication adopted widely in the industry and for solar electric training in years past. There is still a lot of useful information in this book especially on battery-based solar PV systems, but if you are interested in our updated publication and most recent industry standards and information please check out our newerSolar Electric Photovoltaic Fundamentals and Applications - Textbook / eBook Bundle.]]> 320 Solar Energy International 0865715203 Unojoe2 5 4.16 2004 Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual
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A fantastic amount of information for anyone interested in the factors involved in Solar Energy Installation. Geared toward the many aspects to consider when sizing a PV system for the home or larger installation. Straight forward approach with many considerations addressed.
]]> <![CDATA[The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature]]> 378207
� Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution

� Contains leading-edge information on the heart as an organ of perception

All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings--the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart’s ability as an organ of perception is developed.
Author Stephen Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the work of numerous remarkable people, from Luther Burbank, who cultivated the majority of food plants we now take for granted, to the great German poet and scientist Goethe and his studies of the metamorphosis of plants. Buhner explores the commonalities among these individuals in their approach to learning from the plant world and outlines the specific steps involved. Readers will gain the tools necessary to gather information directly from the heart of Nature, to directly learn the medicinal uses of plants, to engage in diagnosis of disease, and to understand the soul-making process that such deep connection with the world engenders.]]> 315 Stephen Harrod Buhner 1591430356 Unojoe2 0 to-read 4.27 2004 The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature
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