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A well respected urban writer who has focused on New York's transportation system for more than a decade, author Nicole Gelinas resumes the story where Robert Caro's landmark The Power Broker ended. Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car explores how, in the half-century leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York's re-embracement of its mass-transit system and a livable streetscape helped save the city.

In this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease—one of the great health challenges of our time Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability. The fastest growing of these...

The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a booming fossil fuel industry, rising seas, rising emission levels, and a rising temperature. With the stakes so high, why haven't we moved beyond peaceful protest? In this lyrical manifesto, noted climate scholar (and saboteur of SUV tires and coal mines) Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.

Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes listeners on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious.

Conversations with artists, musicians, and researchers.

The story of factory farmers, rescued farm animals, and rural communities standing up to big corporations and constructing their own new world that will change the way we eat In Transfarmation, president and CEO of Mercy For Animals Leah Garcés explains how food and farming policies have failed...

A major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New...

The future will be better than you think. Thriving shows how innovation can regenerate nature, society, and the economy by taking us from degradation to restoration of ecosystems, from depletion to renewal of resources, from disparity to responsibility in communities, from disease to revitalization of health, from disconnection to rewiring through technology, and from disruption to resilience of infrastructure and institutions.

In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased 40 acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms Cooperative (FFC). Life on the cooperative farm presented an alternative to the second wave of northern migration by African Americans - an opportunity to stay in the South, live off the land, and create a healthy community. Freedom Farmers expands the historical narrative of the Black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles, and contributions of Southern Black farmers and the organizations they formed.

Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance a wild agrarian dream in his native Ohio. The ideas he planted at his utopian experimental farm, Malabar, would inspire America's first generation of organic farmers and popularize the tenets of environmentalism years before Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

Almir Narayamoga Surui, the Amazonian tribal chieftain of the indigenous Surui people, is a leader in the fight to save the rainforest not only for the preservation of his land and people, but for the Earth's and humanity's survival as well. Joining forces with such high-tech corporations as Apple and Google Earth, Surui has become a guardian of his people and a global activist, despite death threats and million-dollar bounties on his head.

Ellen Keys The Woman Movement chronicles the evolution of the feminist movement as it seeks to empower women in the public sphere and challenge traditional gender roles. This influential Swedish feminists work, along with others, laid the groundwork for many significant feminist movements of the 20th century. (Summary by Ana Naumoska)

What does it really mean to live well? The Qi Movements Podcast goes beyond surface-level wellness to explore the deeper rhythms of health, healing, and human potential. Hosted by Brien Chamney, each episode features real conversations with physiotherapists, coaches, healers, and visionaries who are rewriting the rules of performance, recovery, and personal growth. From nervous system regulation to movement intelligence, shadow work to sleep science — this is where structure meets soul. It’s not just about working out or eating clean. It’s about living with intention, aligning your ...

What does it really mean to live well? The Qi Movements Podcast goes beyond surface-level wellness to explore the deeper rhythms of health, healing, and human potential. Hosted by Brien Chamney, each episode features real conversations with physiotherapists, coaches, healers, and visionaries who are rewriting the rules of performance, recovery, and personal growth. From nervous system regulation to movement intelligence, shadow work to sleep science — this is where structure meets soul. It’s not just about working out or eating clean. It’s about living with intention, aligning your ...

Nie war der Traum vom ewigen Leben so aktuell wie heute. Jung, aktiv, gesund und attraktiv wollen wir sein, und das auch im hohen Alter. Nun haben Wissenschaftler das große Rätsel unserer Vergänglichkeit entschlüsselt. Und sie haben erste Techniken entwickelt, die den Alterungsprozess kontrollieren. Der Wissenschaftsjournalist Ulrich Bahnsen nimmt uns mit auf eine spannende Reise zu den weltweit führenden Altersforscher:innen und entdeckt epigenetische Therapien, mit deren Hilfe wir unseren Körper um Jahrzehnte verjüngen können.

In a life filled with chaos and mystery, Outward Movement looks to find God in the mundane. Everything has meaning, it's just up to us to find it and share. To take in information, and send it outward.

Redefining Movement is a LYT podcast hosted by Lara Heimann, creator of the LYT Method of movement. Lara investigates all aspects of movement from her background as a Physical Therapist and neurodevelopmental treatment specialist. Blending scientific insights with a soulful perspective, Lara and her guests transform our understanding of how our bodies and minds interact. Whether she is dissecting neural pathways or untangling the emotional threads woven into our physical experience, Lara empowers us to rewrite the narratives we hold about our bodies and capabilities. Her mission is clear: to...

Hey, ich bin Jolly und studiere im Master Psychologie. Meine Vision ist es möglichst viele junge Menschen für sich selbst zu begeistern. Sei es für deine Träume, für die Auseinandersetzung mit dir selbst, den Glauben an dich und deinen eigenen Wert, deine Potentiale oder eine Vision der Welt in der du einen positiven Impact haben kannst. Jetzt ist die Zeit in der du dich wirklich kennenlernen darfst. Also let’s go!!! Instagram: @youth.empowerment.movement Website: www.youthempowermentmovement.de

Dive into the rich history of the international womens rights movement with this compelling work, originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909, with its English translation released in 1912. While much has been documented about womens suffrage in the United States and England, this book stands out by exploring the international efforts for womens rights across North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The author poignantly asserts that the struggle for equality has been a continual response to the historical subjugation of women. This volume emphasizes that a just and harmonious ...

A podcast discussing research in biomechanics and motor control.