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An awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth, from the author of international bestseller The Eight MountainsPaolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebook, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of The Snow Leopard. Written in 1978, Matthiessen's classic was also turning forty, and Cognetti set out to walk in the footsteps of the great adventurer.Without Ever Reaching the Summit combines travel journal, secular pilgrimage, literary homage and sublime mountain writing in a short book for readers of Macfarlane, Rebanks and Cognetti's own bestseller, The Eight Mountains. An investigation into the author's physical limits, an ancient mountain culture, and the magnificence of nature, it is an awestruck love letter to one of the most spectacular places on earth.
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Just how good is your world knowledge? Challenge friends and family with this interactive quiz book and discover who is the ultimate armchair explorer.Do you know your continents from your countries, your landmarks from your latitudes, your mountain ranges from your rivers? Put your geographical and political knowledge to the test and discover your geography IQ with bestselling geopolitical author Tim Marshall.Covering every area of the globe, Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book tests your trivia with a variety of questions, puzzles, word games and maps, designed to challenge you whilst expanding your world knowledge.
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From one of the world's great science writers, a book that explores the deepest principles of evolutionary history.In this groundbreaking new approach to the evolution of all life, Richard Dawkins shows how the body, behaviour, and genes of every living creature can be read as a book – an archive of the worlds of its ancestors. A perfectly camouflaged desert lizard has a desiccated landscape of sand and stones 'painted' on its back. Its skin can be read as a description of ancient deserts in which its ancestors survived – and, before that, of the worlds of its more remote ancestors: a genetic book of the dead.But such descriptions are more than skin-deep. The fine chisels of Darwinian natural selection carve their way through the very warp and woof of the body, into every biochemical nook and corner, into every cell of every living creature. A zoologist of the future, presented with a hitherto-unknown animal, will be able to reconstruct the worlds that shaped its ancestors, to read its unique 'book of the dead'.The book is filled with fascinating examples of the power of Darwinian natural selection to build exquisite perfection, paradoxically accompanied by what look like gross blunders. Along the way, Dawkins dismantles influential criticisms of the 'gene's-eye-view' of life. And, to end with a provocative sting in the tail, the author asks there is a sense in which all our 'own' genes can be seen as a gigantic colony of cooperating viruses?From the author of The Selfish Gene and The Ancestor's Tale comes a revolutionary, richly illustrated book that unlocks the door to an ancient past, seen through wholly new eyes.
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‘Sharing food is one of the purest human acts'Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci’s life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.Now, in What I Ate in One Year Tucci records twelve months of eating, in restaurants, kitchens, film sets, press junkets, at home and abroad, with friends, with family, with strangers, and occasionally just by himself.Ranging from the mouth-wateringly memorable, to the comfortingly domestic, to the infuriatingly inedible, the meals memorialized in this diary are a prism through which he reflects on the ways his life, and his family, are constantly evolving. Through food he marks – and mourns – the passing of time, the loss of loved ones, and prepares himself for what is to come.Whether it’s duck à l’orange eaten with fellow actors and cooked by singing Carmelite nuns, steaks barbecued at a gathering with friends, or meatballs made by his mother and son and shared at the table with three generations of his family, these meals give shape and richness to his days.
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This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.None of us are prepared.Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind? How do we maintain control over these technologies? And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future? In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.Be prepared. Read The Coming Wave.
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Este libro nace con la voluntad de compartir 100 aprendizajes empresariales esenciales basados en la experiencia de Prats, una empresa centenaria de éxito en el sector de la industria óptica.Cada paso adelante de Prats ha constituido la base para superar con acierto y crecimiento constante cien años de vida, generando un futuro con las mejores perspectivas posibles.Entre estas páginas se encontrarán casos concretos y anécdotas ilustrativas e inspiradoras, tanto de la empresa centenaria Prats como de algunas corporaciones referentes a nivel mundial.
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Freshman Logico arrives at the prestigious Deduction College with a keen interest in logic and a mission to graduate at the top of his class . . . when a series of mysterious killings occur in this fourth instalment of Murdle: The School of Mystery.Join Logico as he investigates tricky campus alliances, cut-throat student elections and trials for the varsity chessboxing team. Along the way, he'll glimpse robed figures in hidden tunnels and hear whispers of a secret society, all overshadowed by the unsolved death of Lord Graystone, founder of the school. Logico must determine whodunnit, how, where and why, before the final bell. And who better to help him than fellow student, the enigmatic Irratino?Examine the clues, interview the witnesses and complete the deduction grids to catch the culprits - and complete them all to unfold an even greater mystery before it's too late. Packed with illustrations, codes and maps, this is the seminal detective casebook to get those little grey cells firing!Not only the good die young! You'll need to be sharper than Sherlock if you dare to Murdle!
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Violeta, saúco, caléndula, malva, diente de león... aprende todo lo que las plantas medicinales pueden hacer por tu salud. En un paseo por los bosques y campos más cercanos, hallarás los secretos para cuidar tu salud. Este manual bellamente ilustrado te acompaña a recoger las plantas con las que prepararás con tus propias manos jarabes, macerados, aceites y muchas otras preparaciones beneficiosas para ti y para toda tu familia. Aprenderás por qué es tan especial cada planta, su historia y sus propiedades. Malva, violeta, saúco... las flores más sencillas se abrirán en el camino para ofrecerte todas sus bondades. Un manual ilustrado imprescindible para conocer las plantas silvestres que cuidan de ti.
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An insightful exploration of Chat GPT and other advanced AI systems--how we got here, where we're headed, and what it all means for how we interact with the world.In ChatGPT and the Future of AI, the sequel to The Deep Learning Revolution, Terrence Sejnowski offers a nuanced exploration of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and what their future holds. How should we go about understanding LLMs? Do these language models truly understand what they are saying? Or is it possible that what appears to be intelligence in LLMs may be a mirror that merely reflects the intelligence of the interviewer? In this book, Sejnowski, a pioneer in computational approaches to understanding brain function, answers all our urgent questions about this astonishing new technology.Sejnowski begins by describing the debates surrounding LLMs' comprehension of language and exploring the notions of ''thinking'' and ''intelligence.'' He then takes a deep dive into the historical evolution of language models, focusing on the role of transformers, the correlation between computing power and model size, and the intricate mathematics shaping LLMs. Sejnowski also provides insight into the historical roots of LLMs and discusses the potential future of AI, focusing on next-generation LLMs inspired by nature and the importance of developing energy-efficient technologies.Grounded in Sejnowski's dual expertise in AI and neuroscience, ChatGPT and the Future of AI is the definitive guide to understanding the intersection of AI and human intelligence.
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Este es el libro de cocina más divertido y sorprendente que vas a leer en mucho tiempo. Tres amigos, un cocinero y dos escritores de gastronomía, a cada cual más insensato, se enfrascan en la comprobación de una teoría loca: puedes cocinar simplemente mezclando ingredientes del mismo color y, si el plato resultante mantiene ese color original (rojo, amarillo), estará rico indiscutiblemente.Químicamente, la teoría es imposible, pero al hacer las pruebas… ¡funciona! ¿Por qué? Pues porque detrás de la cocina, del color y del sabor se encuentran sucesivas mentiras, que estos tres aventureros van desvelando conforme avanzan en su exploración cromática y también en su amistad. Porque, al final, cocinar se reduce a compartir el alimento y, con él, lo mejor de la vida: la risa. Bienvenido a La cocina de los colores, que, seguro, cambiará tu concepción de la comida.Un cocinero, un periodista gastronómico y un ingeniero informático podría ser el comienzo de un chiste de Eugenio, pero no, son los autores de este librazo que tienes entre las manos. Cada uno desde su faceta trabaja por dignificar y dar a conocer la cocina, sobre todo, la asturiana.El cocinero Borja Alcázar, desde su restaurante Abrelatas, lleva años enseñando el camino exacto entre innovación y tradición, siendo uno de los referentes de la gastronomía asturiana.David Remartínez vino para reescribir la gastronomía y alejarla de postureos. A través de una prosa que da de bruces con la realidad, y también de la sátira y de la riqueza lingüística, revolucionó el mundillo con La puta gastronomía, aunque ya venía de hacerlo con la política al publicar El Gabinismo contado a nuestros hijos, o el capitalismo con Culo veo, culo quiero.David Castañón creó hace 18 años Les Fartures, un portal gastronómico que da a conocer la gastronomía asturiana desde mucho antes de que el mundo se llenara de colaboraciones pagadas con influencers. Publicó Les Fartures, onde comer bien n’Asturies, en versión en asturianu y castellano, la primera guía gastronómica en lengua asturiana. Y Les Farturrutes, caleyar y comer n’Asturies.
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A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountabilityThrough his vaunted philanthropy, Bill Gates transformed himself from a tech villain into one of the most admired people on the planet. Even as divorce proceedings and allegations of misconduct have recently tarnished his public image, the beneficence of the Gates Foundation, celebrated for spending billions to save lives around the globe, is taken as a given. But as Tim Schwab shows in this fearless investigation, Gates is still exactly who he was at a bully and monopolist, convinced of his own righteousness and intent on imposing his ideas, his solutions, and his leadership on everyone else. At the core, he is not a selfless philanthropist but a power broker, a clever engineer who has innovated a way to turn extreme wealth into immense political influence—and who has made us believe we should applaud his acquisition of power, not challenge it.Piercing the blinding halo that has for too long shielded the world’s most powerful (and most secretive) charitable organization from public scrutiny, The Bill Gates Problem shows how Gates’s billions have purchased a stunning level of control over public policy, private markets, scientific research, and the news media. Whether he is pushing new educational standards in America, health reforms in India, global vaccine policy during the pandemic, or Western industrialized agriculture throughout Africa, Gates’s heady social experimentation has shown itself to be not only undemocratic, but also ineffective. In many places, Bill Gates is hurting the very people he intends to help.No less than dark-money campaign contributions or big-business political lobbying, Bill Gates’s philanthropic empire needs to be seen as a problem of money in politics. It is a dangerous model of unconstrained power that threatens democracy and demands our attention.
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A practical companion to the international bestseller Dopamine Nation, for individuals, families, counsellors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will reset reward pathways for a more flourishing life.In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Lembke introduced readers to her ground-breaking research that demonstrates how abundance itself is a stressor, contributing to rising rates of addiction, depression, and anxiety. Now, she's written the workbook that we've all been waiting for.Full of specific exercises, fill-in tables, and inspiring examples, readers will be able to more clearly identify the substances and behaviors they struggle to moderate. With the warm, authoritative voice we know and love, Dr. Lembke will share her valuable advice on how to undertake your own dopamine fast, reset your own pathways, and live a happier and more fulfilling life.
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'Guy Standing's books have, over the years, pieced together a necessary political and intellectual agenda ... His Politics of Time is a splendid and timely addition to this body of important work' Yanis VaroufakisTime has always been political. Throughout history, how we use our time has been defined and controlled by the powerful, and today is no exception. But we can reclaim control, and in this book, the pioneering economist Guy Standing shows us how.The ancient Greeks organised time into five categories: work, labour, recreation, leisure and contemplation. Labour was onerous, whereas leisure was schole, and included participation in public life and lifelong education. Since the industrial revolution, our time has been shaped by capitalism, our jobs are supposed to provide all meaning in life, our time outside labour is considered simply 'time off', and politicians prioritise jobs above all other aspects of a good life.Today, we are experiencing the age of chronic uncertainty. Mental illness is on the rise, some people are experiencing more time freedom while many others are having more and more of their time stolen from them, particularly the vulnerable and those in the precariat.But there is a way forward. We can create a new politics of time, one that liberates us and helps save the planet, through strengthening real leisure and working together through commoning. We can retake control of our time, but we must do it together.
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Brimming with fascinating culture and world-renowned art and architecture, Barcelona is on many travelers’ must lists, and National Geographic Traveler: Barcelona is the perfect guidebook to help plan your trip to this cosmopolitan city. Whether your ideal trip includes architectural gems like the Sagrada Familia church and the UNESCO World Heritage site Park Güell or the lively beaches of the La Barceloneta neighbourhood and the Picasso museum, the capital of Catalonia is the ideal destination for your next great escape.
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Seguint l’abecedari japonès (de la a a la n), Mercè Torra, professora catalana establerta fa més de 20 anys al Japó, ens regala El llibre de les curiositats.Tant si vols viatjar al Japó com si vols conèixer un munt de singularitats de la vida i els costums japonesos, aquest llibre és el teu bagul dels tresors.Tradició i modernitat, usos i costums, festes, gastronomia, modes, pensament i maneres de relacionar-se impregnen de color la personalitat peculiar i unívoca del poble japonès.
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Vivimos en un entorno narrativo basado en algoritmos en el que el storytelling es una herramienta esencial para sobresalir. La irrupción de la Inteligencia Artificial puede hacer más difícil que tu mensaje produzca un impacto en esta nueva era digital y te haga preguntarte:¿Qué sentido tiene contar historias si pueden hacerlo las máquinas?¿Podemos diferenciarnos de ellas y ser más relevantes?En este libro, Víctor Gay Zaragoza, experto en comunicación, narrativas de marca y storytelling, desvela cómo la emergencia de la IA representa retos, pero también grandes oportunidades para mejorar tu comunicación que te permitirán:Potenciar lo mejor de tu estilo para llegar donde la IA no puede.Utilizar tu experiencia como base para generar narrativas efectivas e inspiradoras.Aprender a entrenar a la IA para tus propósitos narrativos.¡REVOLUCIONA EL ALGORITMO Y SÉ DUEÑO DE TU PROPIA NARRATIVA!
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Cabo Verde is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Explore the spectacular island of Santo Antão, climb Pico do Fogo or lay on a beach on Boa Vista, all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Cabo Verde and make the most of your trip!
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Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Tenerife - and discover twice the place in half the time!Discover Tenerife's most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises with our handy-sized Pocket travel guide. From visiting the famed Observatorio del Teide on a stargazing excursion, to wine-tasting your way around the DO Valle de la Orotava, and losing yourself in the wonder of the Parque Nacional del Teide.
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*An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book of the Year*Shortlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the YearThis is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind.Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. In a world of quantum computers, robot assistants and abundant energy, they will organise your life, operate your business, and run government services.None of us are prepared.Mustafa Suleyman has been at the centre of this revolution. The next decade, he explains, will be defined by a wave of powerful, fast-proliferating new technologies. These will create immense prosperity but also present risks.How do we ensure the flourishing of humankind? How do we maintain control over these technologies? And how do we find the narrow path to a successful future? In this groundbreaking book we learn how to think about the essential challenge of our age.Be prepared. Read The Coming Wave.
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A collection of the year’s top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it. An ode to the American grilled cheese spurs the desire to find beauty in the smallest daily activities. An obsessive odyssey for the perfect Chinese food blossoms into a heart-wrenching search for a lost childhood. Bold and insightful, joyful and moving, this collection celebrates the experiences that connect us all.
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A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Netflix’s breakout series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
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With its compelling history, legendary architecture and incredible arts scene, Barcelona is a cultural heavyweight - and the perfect city break. Make the most of your trip to this bewitching city with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Barcelona has to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable, the perfect companion while out and about.Inside DK Eyewitness Top 10 Barcelona you will - Up-to-date information with insider tips and advice for staying safe.- Top 10 lists of Barcelona's must-sees, including the Sagrada Família, La Rambla, Museu Picasso and Museu Nacional d'Arte de Catalunya.- Barcelona's most interesting areas, with the best places for sightseeing, food and drink, and shopping.- Themed lists, including the best museums, Modernista buildings, performing arts venue, tapas bars and much more.- Easy-to-follow itineraries, perfect for a day trip, a weekend, or a week.- A laminated pull-out map of Barcelona plus 7 full-colour area maps.Looking for more on Barcelona culture, history and attractions? Try our DK Eyewitness Barcelona and Catalonia.
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Descobrir Catalunya mai no ha estat tan divertit! Coneix el teu país endinsant-te en les comarques i descobrint-hi els secrets que amaguen. Saps on pots tastar l'arròs amb xocolata, lliscar per tobogans gegants o trobar follets? Un llibre divertit ple de curiositats sobre la cultura, la història, la gent, la natura, la gastronomia i el saber fer de cada racó català. Cada doble pàgina està dedicada a una comarca, on hi trobaràs: - Un mapa il·lustrat i un mapa de situació.- Idees d'activitats superdivertides.- Una proposta per fer amb els adults.- Un rècord que la fa especial davant la resta.- El parlar més autèntic de cada indret.- Una curiositat que et sorprendrà. Amb activitats perquè els nens i nens puguin dur els seus pares a descobrir Catalunya! *** - Un atles de gran format totalment il·lustrat per conèixer Catalunya de la manera més divertida, amb una doble pàgina per a cada comarca. - Amb tota mena de curiositats, consells de gastronomia i festes populars de cada comarca, amb un humor que encantarà als més petits i als més grans. - Amb activitats perquè els nens i nenes ''puguin dur'' els seus pares a descobrir Catalunya.A qui va dirigit el llibre La Catalunya més divertida comarca a comarca?Perfecte per a famílies i nens interessats a descobrir les curiositats i belleses de Catalunya a través d'un enfocament lúdic.Opinions i valoracions del llibre La Catalunya més divertida comarca a comarcaÉs un llibre molt apreciat pel seu enfocament didàctic i entretingut sobre les regions de Catalunya, ideal per gaudir en família.
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Estructurada siguiendo una sistemática frecuente en los manuales y programas docentes de Derecho Constitucional, el libro agrupa los diferentes textos legales en torno a cinco grandes apartados: -Fuentes del Derecho. -Derechos fundamentales (tratados y convenios internacionales y leyes de desarrollo). -Participación política. -Poderes del Estado (Corona, Poder Legislativo, Poder Ejecutivo y Administración Pública, Poder Judicial y Tribunal Constitucional). -Organización territorial del Estado (Administración Local, leyes estatales de contenido autonómico y relación de normas institucionales de Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas). Se incluye un exhaustivo índice de materias que facilita la consulta del articulado. Actualización online en la web tecnos.es del texto principal del volumen durante la vigencia de la presente edición.
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¡Incluye planificador de comidas semanal!Mejora todos los aspectos de tu salud, desde el peso, el sueño, los antojos, el estado de ánimo, la energía, la piel? e incluso retrasa el envejecimiento con trucos fáciles de implementar y basados en la ciencia que te ayudan a controlar tus niveles de azúcar en sangre mientras sigues comiendo los alimentos que te encantan. La glucosa, o azúcar en la sangre, es una molécula diminuta que tiene un gran impacto en nuestra salud. Entra en nuestro torrente sanguíneo a través de los alimentos ricos en almidón o dulces que comemos. El noventa por ciento de las personas sufren de demasiada glucosa en su sistema, y la mayoría no lo saben. ¿Los síntomas? Antojos, fatiga, infertilidad, problemas hormonales, acné, arrugas? Y con el tiempo, el desarrollo de enfermedades como la Diabetes tipo 2, Síndrome de Ovario Poliquístico, cáncer, demencia y enfermedades del corazón. Basándose en ciencia de vanguardia y en su propia investigación pionera, la bioquímica Jessie Inchauspé ofrece diez trucos simples y sorprendentes para ayudarnos a equilibrar nuestros niveles de glucosa y revertir sus síntomas, sin ponernos a dieta y sin renunciar a los alimentos que amamos. Por ejemplo: Comer los alimentos en el orden correcto te hará perder peso sin esfuerzo. ¿Qué ingrediente secreto te permitirá comer postre y aun así entrar en el modo quemagrasa?¿Qué pequeño cambio en tu desayuno desbloqueará energía y reducirá tus antojos? Entretenido, informativo y repleto de los datos científicos más recientes, este libro presenta una nueva forma de pensar para mejorar tu salud. La revolución de la glucosa está repleto de consejos que pueden mejorar tu vida de manera drástica e inmediata, independientemente de cuáles sean tus preferencias dietéticas.
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In May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster turned entire neighbourhoods into firebombs and drove 90,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the story of this apocalyptic conflagration, John Vaillant explores the past and the future of our ever-hotter, more flammable world.
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From the brilliant Arabic scholars of the ninth-century House of Wisdom, and the pioneering African American mathematicians of the twentieth century, to the 'lady computers' around the world who revolutionised our knowledge of the night sky, we meet these fascinating trailblazers and see how they contributed to our global knowledge today.
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Descubre la vibrante ciudad de Barcelona con la guía «BARCELONA (con mapa extraíble)» de GUÍAS TRAVELER DE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. Esta guía práctica se enriquece con un mapa detallado extraíble, perfecto para planificar tu itinerario y orientarte entre las calles históricas de la ciudad. La marca GUÍA TRAVELER DE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC es sinónimo de confiabilidad y conocimiento profundo, resultado de años de experiencia en el campo de los viajes y la exploración.
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Conocer cómo negocian las personas, ejecutivos y empresas de otros países ayuda de forma significativa a obtener mejores resultados en cualquier actividad internacional.Ofrece información clara, concisa y útil para negociar en 60 países que representan en su conjunto más del 95% de la economía mundial. El libro se presenta como una guía de fichas de países por orden alfabético, de Alemania a Vietnam, con cuatro apartados: Datos básicos, Entorno empresarial, Estrategias de negociación y Normas de protocolo, y Páginas web imprescindibles.
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DO YOU EVER THINK YOUR CAT IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING?Cat lovers know all too well how mysterious their feline friends can be.Descended from shy, solitary North African wild cats, domestic cats set up home with devoted owners across the world. But how did those wildcats of old creep into our homes and our hearts, convincing us to keep them warm, fed, and pampered?Quite simply, they learned to talk to us.Each chapter dives into a different form of communication, including:- Vocalisation- Tail signals- Scents- RubbingRenowned cat behaviour scientist Dr. Sarah Brown reveals the previously unexplored secrets of cat communication, translating every meow and every blank stare. Her book will be perfect for any cat lover who wants to learn more about their companion.
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Facebook had a problem. Along with its sister platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, it was a daily destination for billions of users around the world, extolling its products for connecting people. But as a succession of scandals rocked Facebook from 2016, some began to question whether the company could control, or even understood, its own platforms.As Facebook employees searched for answers, what they uncovered was worse than they could've imagined. The problems ran far deeper than politics. Facebook was peddling and amplifying anger, looking the other way at human trafficking, enabling drug cartels and authoritarians and allowing VIP users to break the platform's supposedly inviolable rules.It turned out to be eminently possible to isolate many of Facebook's worst problems, but whenever employees offered solutions their work was consistently delayed, watered down or stifled by a company that valued user engagement above all else. The only option left was to blow the whistle.In Broken Code, award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz tells the riveting inside story of these employees and their explosive discoveries, uncovering the shocking cost of Facebook's blind ambition in the process.
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Does terroir really matter? What are the origins of wine and food pairings? Has professional wine tasting led to a uniformity of taste? Are we killing vines by the way we cultivate them? Is it paradoxical to talk about natural wines? How do economics influence wine styles?One Thousand Vines isn't an encyclopedia or atlas but it answers all the important questions about wine and offers the reader keys to understand the links between the bottle and the producers, terroirs and vineyards which give birth to it. With a refreshingly unique approach, star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier offers those curious about wine not only the answers but also the tools to understand it by oneself.The book contains three parts - Reading the Vines, Reading the Landscapes and Reading the Wines - each broken down into chapters and shorter sub-chapters. The reader is invited to dive in as they by reading from start to finish, or by picking out topics of interest, creating their own paths, connecting dots and discovering new perspectives.In imparting the most up-to-date knowledge in the fields of botany, geography, history, sensory analysis, anthropology and gastronomy, One Thousand Vines challenges preconceived ideas about the vine and its wine. It explains where we are now, how we got here, and shows us a way forward - in how grapes will be grown, made into wine and sold and in how to taste and enjoy wine.
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Un viaje por el espacio impulsado por la curiosidad Al levantar la vista hacia la bóveda del cielo nocturno, no solo vemos estrellas titilando en constelaciones y planetas atrapados en plena órbita, sino también nuestro árbol genealógico cósmico. Estamos aquí, en la Tierra, porque hace miles de millones de años el Big Bang originó átomos que, a lo largo de un período de tiempo inimaginable, formó las estrellas y las galaxias. Generaciones de estrellas que se han quemado, estallado o chocado mucho antes de que nuestro planeta se formara crearon el carbono de nuestro cuerpo y el hierro de nuestra sangre. En Los enigmas del universo, la doctora en astrofísica Jillian Scudder guía al lector en un viaje por el espacio impulsado por la curiosidad, retrocediendo en el tiempo desde la Tierra actual hasta las explosiones cósmicas del Big Bang, y pasando por estrellas y galaxias. Scudder aborda pregunta tras pregunta, de este rompecabezas astronómico, respondiéndolas y explicando interrogantes como: «¿De qué color es el universo?», «¿Todos los planetas giran de la misma manera?» y «¿Cuántas galaxias existen?» De paso plantea una serie de conjeturas, por ejemplo: «¿Qué pasaría si partiésemos el Sol por la mitad?» y «¿Qué ocurre con la dilatación del tiempo a la velocidad de la luz?». Comenta detalles sobre los meteoros, la aurora y la Luna (la compañera cósmica de la Tierra), las rayas de Júpiter y las montañas de Plutón, las enanas rojas, las enanas marrones y las enanas blancas, la muerte de las estrellas y la abundancia de las galaxias, y muchas cosas más. Una colección de imágenes de colores vivos ilustran estas maravillas astrofísicas.
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A renowned Columbia Business School professor and cultural psychologist explains the deep roots of tribalism--and how great leaders harness our tribal psychology to move people and change cultures for the better.We've all heard pundits bemoan the rise of tribalism, but few have offered answers about how to manage our tribal psychology to create positive change. Now pioneering cultural psychologist and acclaimed Columbia Business School professor Michael Morris decodes tribalism in this erudite but accessible and hopeful book.Ours is the only species that lives in tribes, groups glued together by their distinctive cultures that can grow to a scale far beyond kith and kin. Morris argues that our psychology is wired by evolution in three distinctive ways to enable this. First, the peer instinct to mesh with those around us, to conform to what most people do. Second, the hero instinct to give to the group, to emulate those who are most respected. Third, the ancestor instinct to maintain tradition, to follow the ways of prior generations. These tribal instincts enable us to form shared goals and work as a team, to acquire specialized skills and innovate to improve them, and to transmit the accumulated pool of cultural knowledge onward to the next generation.Countries, churches, political parties, and companies are tribes, and tribal instincts explain our loyalties to them and the hidden ways that they affect our thoughts, our actions, and our identities. Rather than deriding tribal impulses for their irrationality, great leaders tap into them. For example, Lee Kuan Yew used government officials' peer instinct to cleanse the Singaporean port of corruption. Sallie Krawcheck leveraged hero instincts to fix the strained merger between patrician Merrill Lynch and plebian Bank of America. Coaches of dynastic sports teams like the NBA's Golden State Warriors and New Zealand rugby's All Blacks rouse ancestor instincts to lead their teams to glory.The most powerful way to move people is through their ties to tribes. Policymakers across the world have tapped into these instincts to reduce unhealthy habits of consumption, promote environmental conservation, and tackle many other problems that had resisted previously attempted remedies. And managers, teachers, and activists have channeled them to transform organizations.By weaving together deep research, current and historical events, and stories from business and politics, Morris offers a counterintuitive twist to how we think about tribalism, giving us the tools to address our own tribes in a new light.
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Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year.A collection of the best science and nature articles published in 2023, selected by guest editor Bill McKibben and series editor Jaime Green.
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Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Tokyo - and discover twice the city in half the time!Discover Tokyo's most popular experiences, must-see attractions, and unexpected surprises - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - with our handy-sized Pocket travel guide. From exploring the gourmet food halls tucked away in the lower levels of department stores, to strolling along the Meguro River framed by cherry trees, and seeing classical works of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese art at the Nezu Museum.
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