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An excellent, well-explained, beautifully illustrated compilation in a set of ten audiobooks that provide answers to interesting questions posed by curious children regarding the 'hows' of a wide range of diverse subjects related to the world around them. The simplicity of language adds to the appeal of each audiobook of the set.

Despite the flames of record-breaking temperatures licking at our feet, most people fail to fully grasp the gravity of environmental overheating. What acquired habits and conveniences allow us to turn a blind eye with an air of detachment? Using examples from the hottest places on earth, Heat, a History shows how scientific methods of accounting for heat and modern forms of acclimatization have desensitized us to climate change.

One Drum draws from the foundational teachings of Ojibway tradition, the Grandfather Teachings. Focusing specifically on the lessons of humility, respect, and courage, the volume contains simple ceremonies that anyone anywhere can do, alone or in a group, to foster harmony and connection. Wagamese believed that there is a shaman in each of us, that we are all teachers, and in the world of the spirit, there is no right way or wrong way.

Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of the planet? Ian Tattersall, curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us deep into the fossil record to uncover what made humans so special.

Inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla believed in life on other planets. One night in his laboratory in the Colorado mountains, he began noting electronic signals that he deduced came from an intelligent life form on another planet. While over 100 years later we have still failed to prove the existence of alien life, Tesla’s short article provides a fascinating look at the possibility of interplanetary communication. To the visionary who invented wireless communication, sending a message to Mars was merely the logical next step.

In Killing the Planet: How A Financial Cartel Doomed Mankind, best-selling authors Rodney Howard-Browne and Paul L. Williams investigate the true motives and consequences of the Pilgrim Society. Early members of the Society included J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Paul Warburg, Mortimer I. Schiff, Otto Kahn, and John D. Rockefeller.

Snack size doses of Good News from Planet Earth. Real stories from around the world - the most heartwarming, unexpected, and downright delightful nuggets!

Elles et ils ont entre 14 et 16 ans. Pendant deux ans, elles et ils se sont retrouvé·es pour partager des spectacles, des ateliers, des rencontres, des discussions – et peu à peu, elles et ils ont construit un espace à eux. Un cercle où l’on peut dire ses doutes, ses enthousiasmes, ses colères et ses rêves. De cette aventure collective initiée par la Biennale de la danse naît un podcast : trois épisodes comme trois éclats de vie, pour garder trace de ce moment fragile et puissant qu’est l’adolescence. On y entend des voix encore en train de se chercher, qui osent pourtant se...

As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco to Mongolia. But how did this tasty hand-held food - and Mexican food more broadly - become so ubiquitous? In Planet Taco, Jeffrey Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's national cuisine, explores its incarnation as a Mexican American fast-food, shows how surfers became global pioneers of Mexican food, and how Corona beer conquered the world.

Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food system, the meat problem is not merely a problem of production. It is intrinsically social and political.

A fascinating piece of historical scientific writing, written in 1913 by E. Walter Maunder (F.R.A.S.), the superintendent of the Solar Dept. at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The book is a snapshot in time showing the evolution of thinking on the solar system and cosmology. The author considers, in fine detail, the plausibility of life on other planets within our solar system, the requirements for such life, and the barriers that life faces.

This Podcast tells about horror stories, haunted places that exist in this world. Founder By Justine Sun

BUSINESS, MENTALITY, SOCIETY...Even after the COVID crisis, and regardless of the global antagonistic feelings that may have been triggered, China remains the new business frontier. It is also shaping tomorrow's world in many regards.However, understanding the complex realities of China and succeeding in this market is far from easy.At a time when power dynamics are changing, gain unique insights from a Westerner with over 20 years of living and doing business in the Middle Kingdom.PLANET CHINA! helps you understand Chinese society and business mentality, giving you the advantage you need to ...

🪐🌎🌑”UNDISCOVERED PLANET”🌑🌎🪐 Each week join Damo Simms & Nick Stoppani to discuss experiences of the unknown ranging from Ghosts to UFO encounters, from conspiracy theories to quantum theories. JFK to Loch Ness, from Project Blue-beam to Shadow people...open your mind!

This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for ill. Carl Nightingale takes listeners on a sweeping six-continent, six-millennium tour of the world’s cities, culminating in the last 250 years, when we vastly accelerated our planetary realms of action, habitat, and impact, courting dangerous new consequences and opening prospects for new hope.

La crise sanitaire de la COVID-19 n’est qu’une des plus récentes illustrations du fait que l’humanité ne se porte pas bien. Que la planète elle-même ne va pas bien. Et malgré le grave trauma planétaire que la pandémie a causé, à l’heure actuelle, l’humanité ne possède pas les outils pour ne pas que cela se reproduise. Forcément donc, cela se reproduira. La COVID-19, tout comme les crises climatiques, de la bio-diversité, de l’eau, de la résistance aux antimicrobiens, des océans, de la génétique, de la pollution ou encore de la menace nucléaire nous démontrent, ...

Welcome to Your Planet - a new podcast series from AFP brought to you in association with The Conversation.Our planet is facing unprecedented challenges from the climate crisis, but don’t despair because we’re here to inspire and inform you. From the global south to the global north…We’ll delve into the solutions, examine their potential and analyse how they aim to lead us into a more sustainable future. For this first season we will also keep a close eye on how they relate to those crucial nine environmental planetary boundaries that scientists say must not be crossed.Whether you’...

Sentient Planet showcases the animals with whom we share the Earth and the humans dedicated to their urgent defense and preservation. Join host-creator Susan Woodward to explore species and examine the concept of sentience and what it means for our collective future. Guest interviews and long-form stories from the field are included every season. And we always provide campaign actions you can contribute towards a more just and harmonious planet for all living beings in this time of climate crisis and mass consumption. Brought to you from the traditional land of the Nisqually Tribe in the ...

在辽阔的世界里，重新创作生活的样子。Reimagine life for those living in between worlds, one tipsy chat at a time.

This is the fascinating story of Dantro, The Planet Man, troubleshooter for the League of Planets organization, the law enforcement body for peace and justice in the celestial world -- whose headquarters and center of operations are situated on the capital of all planets, Planteria Rex. From Mercury to Pluto, where ever danger threatens the universe, you will find Dantro the Planet Man fighting for fair play. The Planet Man was a juvenile science ficton series of the 1950's transcribed and syndicated by Palladium Radio Productions. The stories are campy and predictable, but silly fun none ...