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This new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan's international best seller continues the electrifying journey through space and time, linking worlds within and worlds billions of miles away and envisioning a future of science tempered with wisdom. Based on National Geographic's internationally-renowned television series, this groundbreaking and visually stunning book explores how science and civilization grew up together.

Completely off-the-wall, It's a Plot is a fascinating geographical and historical journey around Britain. The Tibetans have the Book of the Dead. This is Ann Treneman's Book of the Dead Interesting. The Times writer, best known for her hilarious parliamentary sketches, has branched out - to graveyards. In this riveting book - part travelogue, part biography, part social history - she takes you to the best graves in Britain.

Alexander (better known as “Sasha”) and Ann Shulgin’s PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story has become a foundational work in the genre and was the first book to fully impart the how-to chemistry, and convey the effects, of many of the entheogenic drugs that are currently being studied and used to heal trauma and deal with death.

World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits - self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics - are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals.

Where PiHKAL focuses on a class of compounds called phenethylamines, TiHKAL is written about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines with TiHKAL being an acronym for Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved”. Like its predecessor, this book is divided into two parts. The first part of the book begins with the story of Alice and Shura, a fictionalized autobiography, which picks up where the similar section of PiHKAL left off. The book opens with the story about the DEA raid that occurred a few years after the publication of their first book, PiHKAL.

Human Anatomy & Physiology - Part 2 is a college introductory-level text read in a conversational manner. Within each section key words and concepts are introduced and discussed. The audio format allows students to make the most of their time by giving them the freedom to study by listening.

Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends - and their amazing links to recent discoveries.

In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best scientific minds answer with elegant simplicity.

Building a balanced life with intimacy, passion and commitment.

Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children.

This unique self-help guide equips undergraduates, postgraduate students, and early career researchers within the sciences with transferable communication skills that they can adapt and refer back to as they progress through their careers. This book facilitates clear and concise communication in both academic scenarios and the workplace. It covers settings ranging from job interviews, through conference presentations, to explaining your research to the general public.

Zookeeper Iris Oakley is sent to a remote farm in Washington state to rescue animals found during a drug bust. While the marijuana-growing operation and the meth lab are the cops’ problem, the smuggling sideline is hers. Instead of pets, she finds exotic contraband: parrots and tortoises destined for sale to unscrupulous or unsuspecting collectors. The zoo’s facilities are full, and she ends up with two macaws shrieking in her basement.

The conservation of natural resources, like that of any other asset, involves trade-offs. Yet, in a world faced with the harsh realities of climate change, crafting the right environmental policies is an increasingly urgent task. In Conservation, Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig bring together new research in economics and biodiversity to investigate conservation decisions and the theory behind them.

Green Growth That Works is the first practical guide to bring together pragmatic finance and policy tools that can make investment in natural capital both attractive and commonplace. The authors present six mechanisms that demonstrate a range of approaches used around the globe to conserve and restore earth's myriad ecosystems, including: government subsidies; regulatory-driven mitigation; voluntary conservation; water funds; market-based transactions; and bilateral and multilateral payments.

Celestial Outlaw is where sarcasm meets the supernatural. Host Jennifer Ann dives into UFOs, cryptids, conspiracies, and cosmic chaos — questioning everything and trusting nothing. Each episode explores the strange and unexplained with a wink, a smirk, and a flashlight pointed straight into the unknown. 👁️‍🗨️ Curiosity is my crime. The truth? My favorite rumor.

From grid modernization and renewable energy to emerging contaminants, stormwater, climate adaptation, solid waste management, brownfields redevelopment… explore it all with the Energy Environment Economy podcast.Brought to you by the Environmental Business Council of New England, each episode features an interview with thought leaders in the energy and environmental industries. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss an episode every other Monday.

Humanity is entering a profound evolutionary shift — a transition from Homo Sapiens to Homo Luminous, from separation to unity, from survival consciousness to divine embodiment. This is not theory. This is lived reality. And it is happening now.On the Divine Design Podcast and Divine Letters, released every Sunday, Ann-Peggy Divine opens a sacred field where ancient memory and future human wisdom converge. These episodes are transmissions for the ones who already feel the pulse of the New Earth, the new children arriving, and the awakening of our luminous DNA.This is a space for those who ...

Cosmic Convergence invites you to expand your horizons and question your assumptions. For in the presence of walk-ins, starseeds, and hybrids, we may unlock the mysteries of the universe and find the seeds of our awakening.

Why should women silently endure the trials of menopause? Dr. Terri-Ann Samuels' podcast, The Menopod, seeks to break the taboo and empower women through shared experiences. With common symptoms like dry skin and hot flashes, the podcast provides a platform for women to connect and find solace. It’s a call for those who refuse to pause and instead choose to thrive in their next chapter.

Hosted by Jonathan Grinstein, PhD, The Leading Strand is a cutting-edge podcast series featuring candid conversations with pioneers of biotechnology. The Leading Strand ventures through this vast landscape of innovation, using the catalog of Mary Ann Liebert peer-reviewed journals (established in 1980) as a guide. Each episode features a biotech topic matching one of the over 100 Mary Ann Liebert journals -- from health and medicine, like Human Gene Therapy, to budding fields, like Astrobiology -- that will be explored with members of the biotech community and the editors in chief of these ...