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In this revelatory manifesto, anti-tech activist August Lamm gives you the courage and confidence to ditch your smartphone once and for all.When I owned a smartphone, my life was bad. I knew this. What I did not know was that I had a choice.August Lamm wasted her youth on the internet. In her late twenties, burnt out as a social media influencer, she sold her smartphone and switched to a dumb phone. Immediately, her mental health improved, her attention span increased, and her curiosity returned. Since then, she has made it her mission to help others do the same.Lamm started using a smartphone at age 14, so she knows how it feels to come of age glued to a screenand how hard it is to break free. Filled with moving stories and practical suggestions, You Dont Need a Smartphone proves that living without a computer in your pocket is not only possible but ideal. Offering guidance on selecting a new phone, navigating without GPS, meeting people offline, and overcoming obstacles like digital tickets and dual-factor authentication, You Dont Need a Smartphone is as urgent and radical as its title, and a new blueprint for a fulfilling life in the Information Age.

There is a secret world beyond the reaches of our human senses in which things behave entirely differently to the world we can see. In this quantum realm, particles tunnel through barriers and can exist in several places at once, rebelling against the laws of classical physics that govern our daily lives.In Wonders of the Quantum World, embark on a journey through scale from the familiar to the quantum. Travel past the cells that make you you to the atoms that make them. Discover the weird and wonderful behaviour of nature at its smallest dimensions.Despite the minute scale upon which they operate, these quantum traits have far-reaching and profound consequences on our Universe, life on Earth and future technology. This book will open your eyes to fascinating quantum wonders, such as how stars shine, migratory birds navigate and humanity will solve the unsolvable.With this book as your field guide, you will learn to spot quantum in the wild wherever you explore in the Universe.

What canwine become when we free ourselves from the belief that our current idea ofwinedominated by a monoculture and the product of colonial capitalismis the highest and best version that it can be?Over the last eighty years,wine has developed into a global monoculture, with just a few varieties of a single species of grape dominating a majority of the market. Millions of acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and a few others grow across every continent and many countries. While this trend is seen in other crops,wine has a unique history of legal enforcement and propaganda that created and propagated this dominance. When you think of wine, what you probably think of is actually a product of colonial capitalism founded on prejudice and sustained by pesticides. Yet few who fall in love with wine are aware of this. The dominant concept ofwine has been so successful that other ideas have mostly been marginalized into invisibility until recently. Since 2019, winemaker and popular podcaster Adam Huss has been seeking out, interviewing, and learning from an unorganized group ofwine producers who are pushingwine beyond the boundaries of the dominant cultures hegemony. The impetus for many of these folks originates in ecological appropriateness and the desire to build authentic localwine cultures, and the results are revolutionary. The influence of the ideas behind these unassuming rebels approach towine has begun to liberatewine from the damaging confines of the dominantwine culture, of which their wine is a living critique. Wine Liberated explores large questions about what wine isand can becomethrough the perspectives and ideas of a selection of these producers. The first section of the book discusses the producers who are freeing wine from the single-species focus onVitis vinifera, experimenting with other grape species that are ecologically appropriate in their geographical contexts.The second section looks at producers who push beyond the limits of the industrial production idea of a vineyard by thinking of ecosystems, polycultures, and living spaces for many lifeforms as systems that can growwine. The third section explores producers who allowwine the freedom to listen to the land and express whatever it does best, even if that isnt grapes. By the end of the book, Adam will present the reader with a definition and a vision forwine that is much more ecologically minded, diverse, and hopefully delicious than the current dominantwine culture.

It will radically change what you thought about wilderness. CAT JARMANA beautiful, deep and grounded book. ALICE ROBERTS When was Britain last truly wild? And what, if anything, remains? This is the unexpectedly human history of wild Britain. In Wilderlands, archaeologist Eloise Kane unearths 12,000 years of our changing relationship with and influence on the landscape. Through prehistory, Roman occupation, the Middle Ages and beyond, we see the unfamiliar beasts of our old wild make way for species such as brown hare and fallow deer, now romanticised as eternal symbols of the British countryside, but introduced much later than we might think.Places free from our influence havent existed for a very long time. But Eloise Kane invites us to rethink our definition of the wild - not as separate from us. Seen anew as the result of millions of human lives lived, Wilderlands demonstrates how we are integral to the ecology and biodiversity of our land - with the power to shape its future.

Award-winning journalist Jesse Winter takes us on a dangerous and often heroic journey to the frontlines of three Canadian wildfires, introducing readers to firefighters, volunteers and others who are facing the countrys most devastating infernos In Wild Fire, Jesse Winter takes readers on a dramatic and riveting journey to the frontlines of some of Canadas most devastating blazes. Weaving together incredible stories of everyday courage, danger and disaster, Winter offers a unique view into our current perilsharing invaluable insight from those whove faced down Canadas hungriest infernos. Across British Columbia, he encounters terrifying close calls and unbelievable bravery. In Jasper, he meets the tireless volunteer firefighters who answer the towns urgent call for help. And, in the Far North, he hears from residents who band together as the fires blaze closer and closer. At each site, he also confronts a system buckling under the pressure of previously unimaginable fire. Since 2020, wildfires have, on average, burned through five times more square kilometres than they did in the 1970sdestroying an area twice the size of Vancouver Island every summer.As Winter journeys to the countrys most fire-prone areas, he asks what were getting right and also examines what were getting perilously wrong. From there, he makes the compelling case that if Canada wants to survive its inevitably hot future, it needs to take the hard-won lessons of such local communities to heart. The end result is an account that feels immediate and intimate, urgent and hopeful.

Learn how to nurture green space in the city for you and your community through this radical, grass-roots approach to gardening and landscaping.With inspiring vignettes, case studies and practical how-to from the pioneering duo behind Wild City Studios, this is a much-needed call to action and source of inspiration.Wild City is not your usual gardening book.Wild City is a radical, much needed call to action for modern urban dwellers who care about nature in their towns and cities. Award-winning urban landscape designers, Steve Williams and Jon Davies (aka Wild City Studio) showcase their vision of modern urban regeneration through their own unique, disruptive design style cultivated by a love of city life, art, music and nature. With inspiring vignettes, case studies and practical how-to information from the pioneering duo, youll learn how to appreciate and nurture thriving, sustainable green spaces in any concrete jungle.Poetic passages on nature, art and timeless philosophy for radical inspiration, allowing you to weave your own creative passions into nature. How to pages give you the fundamentals to these pioneering urban regeneration approaches, which become the start of an exciting journey of experimentation. Learn how to establish an urban farm built on balance and the principles of food forestry, including naturalistic planting, embracing wildflowers and "weeds" and how to grow crops and mushrooms, inside and outside. Global case studies: learn what other communities around the world are doing and how they can be implemented in your own community spaces, as well as in gardens of any size or type. Wild City celebrates the grit and dynamism of the cities we love. Through collaboration and a passion for innovative and affordable landscape techniques we can spark real change for an optimistic future right now.

Capybaras are the worlds largest and trendiest rodent and beloved across the world (and the internet/social media)but theres so much more to know about them! Find out more in this latest title in Kevin McCloskeys Giggle and Learn series, graphic novels for kids ages 47 that blend science, art, and comedy.Did you know that capybaras can swim like seals? Or that they have fourteen toes? Young readers can learn more about these fascinating animals in this TOON Level 1 reader chock-full of interesting facts and illustrations.

In Why Dont You Understand Me? behavioral scientist and clinical psychologist Yael Schonbrun shows that misunderstanding is a problem of perception, not of communication. Solving it means looking in places most of us never think to look.In an increasingly connected world, misunderstanding is disconnecting us more than ever. Too often, we solve for the wrong problem. Understanding happens inside people, in how we filter, interpret, and make meaning of what we hear, not between people in the exchange of words.In Why Dont You Understand Me?, youll sit beside the Exalted Cyclops of Durhams Ku Klux Klan and the citys prominent Black civil rights leader as understanding transforms their lifelong hatred into friendship. Youll join a detective, sitting alone in a room with a serial killer, and watch generous understanding extract a confession. Youll visit a therapy room where two people who love each other cant understand why they remember the same fight so differently, then discover why theyre both right. And youll discover how understanding and being understood by an octopus reveals something unexpected about connection itself.Drawing on two decades in the therapy room and powerful relationship science, Dr. Schonbrun traces the hidden forces that distort what we perceive, how we interpret it, and why we defend our version of events even when were wrongthen shows what to do about it. Readers will come away with practical strategies for the moments that matter most, from the personal fight that keeps happening to the socio-political divides that feel unbridgeable. The glitches that cause misunderstanding reside in each of us. But so do the tools for understanding better and healing our most painful disconnections.

A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universeand our place within itin this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.This book explains the universe and then quietly explains you. Which is unfair, because I was just trying to read about space. . . . Smart, funny, and unexpectedly moving.Sarah Silverman, comedianThe universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells, minds and memories, purpose and pain. But it doesnt care about us. It follows its own rules. And now, according to Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, we finally understand enough about those rules to ask the big questions like we mean it: Why do we exist? Are we alone? How did we get here? What comes next? Andperhaps most urgentlyis there reason to hope?Heck yeah, there is!Dr. Oluseyi is no ordinary scientist. A former street kid turned world-renowned cosmologist, he realized something bold: The story of existence can be told as a passage through nine interwoven realmseach revealing a new layer of cosmic truth.Theres the Middle Realm, where we live; the Realm of Life, where organisms flourish across the vastness of space; the Cosmological Realm, where galaxies dance and collide; the Dark Realm, dominated by unseen energy and invisible forces; the Quantum Realm, where reality defies intuition; the Temporal Realm, where time begins, flows, and perhaps ends; the Multiverse Realm, where our universe may be one among many; the Realm Beyond Horizons, where observation breaks down; and the Realm of Imagination, where insight, curiosity, and creativity shape our understanding of it all.In Why Do We Exist?, Dr. Oluseyi cracks open these realms with clarity, humor, and radical honesty, bridging cutting-edge physics, personal narrative, and philosophy. The result is a blueprint for understanding reality itself and a surprising case for human potential in an indifferent cosmos.This isnt just a science book. Its a survival manual for the universally curious.

Cats once again prove to be the best medicine in the wonderful third book following the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel Well Prescribe You a Cat.When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find for you.Dr. Nikke and his clinic are always ready to offer their unconventional approach to healing. Although one never quite understands how they ended up there, each person who has walked through the door has left with a cat and a deeper understanding of themselves. Every time, the clinic reaffirms that the unbreakable bond between cats and people has the potential to heal and transform lives.With Dr. Nikke as the constant that weaves each of these stories together, we meet a woman anxious about an upcoming competition, an overwhelmed young father, an illustrator questioning her career, and a young woman burdened with guilt. Digging ever deeper into the complicated minds of humans - and the love of their feline companionsthis poignant story provides something richer and more challenging than mere comfort: compassion. Translated by E. Madison Shimoda with illustrations by @LevysFriends

The sobering political implications of a disasterthe Vajont landslide in Italy in 1963and how it speaks directly to our present environmental crisis.On October 9, 1963, 2,000 people perished in the Belluno mountains, not far from Venice, engulfed by a wave of water and mud unleashed by a massive landslide that crashed into the basin at the foot of Mount Toc. Science, power, and memory are entangled in the vortex of the Vajont Dam disastera stark reminder that these domains are inherently political, even when they are presented as natural.It might be tempting to interpret the Vajont disaster as a perfect metaphor for the Anthropocene, where humans act as a geological force capable of moving mountains. But in Vajont, Marco Armiero takes a different path to reveal the political implications of this disaster, which was anything but natural. Viewed from the cemetery where its 2,000 victims lie, the disasters true cause becomes evident: It was not humanity that was responsible, but a specific way of organizing and subordinating both human and nonhuman nature in the service of profit for the very few.In this book, the author argues that the Vajont disaster speaks directly to our current planetary predicamentas well as our deluded notion that we can solve it through technological fixes and neutral science.

What videogames can tell us when life itself is in crisis.The Anthropocene, the current geological epoch marked by human impact on the environment, is putting life itself at risk. In Unplayable, Paolo Ruffino argues that the effects of the Anthropocene reverberate in our media consumption practices, and that by paying attention to our media engagements, we can draw ethical and philosophical directions for our lives in the post-Anthropocene: a way of living in the age that separates us from extinction.The author focuses specifically on videogames, and in particular, videogames that relegate humans to the background of the interactive experience by recalibrating their agency, automating the creation of digital environments, and generating content that far exceeds the lifespan of our species.The book considers what videogame players and makers can teach us about our remaining time on this planetwhen both the real world and its simulations no longer function as expected.

From renowned photographer Andrew Zuckerman, a stunning collection of 250 full-color images exploring the intricate web that connects the natural world to the human world.In United Nature, award-winning photographer Andrew Zuckerman invites you on a visual journey that reawakens your relationship with the living world. Through striking photographs and thoughtful reflections, he challenges the idea that humans stand above nature and instead reveals the threads that connect animals, plants, and ecosystems alike.But this book isnt only about beautiful images; its an invitation to see yourself as part of a larger whole. Exploring themes of interdependence, perception, and wonder, United Nature blends art, philosophy, and science to ask: When did we stop seeing ourselves as part of natureand how might we return?Creating a sense of connection with our living world through surprising photographic pairings, Zuckerman encourages readers to rediscover awe for a planet far richer, stranger, and more intricate than we often recognize. Whether youre drawn to photography, to nature, or to deeper questions of belonging, this book offers a new way of seeing the worldand our place within it.

A human history of birdscharting how our lives have been intimately connected with these winged creatures since we first evolved out of the treesFrom the ancient Egyptian mummified ibises to Yankee Doodles famous feathered cap, to the more obscure Arm and Hammer Company bird cards tucked within boxes of baking soda, this book charts our ongoing fascination with birds for thousands of years. Pete Dunneone of the most celebrated and recognized birders in North Americadoesnt shy away from the ugly parts of this history, from the astonishing numbers of avian fatalities as they attempt to migrate through a host of dangerous manmade obstacles twice a year, to the section hes called the hall of shame which covers the species weve made extinct in North America, to Your Bird Neighbors where he inventories the birds currently declining or facing extinction.Throughout, Dunne reminds us that as we are the problem, we can and must be the solution to protecting our avian kin and continuing to celebrate them and partner with them as we have throughout human history. This book is for history lovers, as well as for birders who will enjoy coming across their favorite species in new and surprising places throughout our shared time on this planet.

Ultimate Guide to Small Space Kitchen Gardens, by Nina Koziol, shares a simple approach to building and designing a high yield kitchen garden in a small space featuring the favorite vegetables, herbs, and fruits that families love. Includes detailed growing profiles for easy-to-grow vegetables including asparagus, lettuce, spinach, peas, zucchini, broccoli, sweet corn, onions, peppers, beans and tomatoes. Expert gardener and author, Nina Koziol also includes sections on how to grow in warm and cool seasons, tools and safety, when to use cages or trellises, soil preparation, advice on preventing disease, composting, raised beds and more! And to help enjoy your harvest, Nina shares a few of her favorite recipes.

Tu perro no necesita más premios ni castigos.Necesita educación respetuosa y amor incondicional.Si tienes este libro en las manos, seguramente piensas que tu perro no te lo pone fácil: ladridos, tirones, conflictos con otros perros... Quiza ya lo sospechas, pero te lo confirmamos: hay otra forma de entenderlo y educarlo, y es bien sencilla.Cuando tu perro es tu prioridad, todo cambia.¿Te has preguntado alguna vez como se siente el? ¿Por que actua asi? ¿Cuales son sus necesidades mas alla de comer y correr? Y, sobre todo, ¿que puedes hacer tu para que el se sienta mejor? Nadie nos ha enseñado a cuestionarnos todo esto, pero la buena noticia es que si estas aqui es porque estas dispuesto a hacerlo.Preparate para aprenderlo todo sobre tu perro: su apasionante mundo interior, sus emociones y sus necesidades, los cuidados que requiere y todo lo que esta en tu mano para que vuestra convivencia sea mejor.En este libro encontraras muchos "por que" que te llevaran a los "como".El te quiere de forma incondicional.¿Que menos que aprender a hacerle feliz?Todo lo que aprenderas en este libro:* Ni castigos ni premios; comprension y acompañamiento. * El y sus necesidades son el punto central. * ¿Que necesita? Mucho mas que comida y paseos. * Sus necesidades varian en las diferentes etapas. * Cada perro refleja nuestra forma de vivir. * Sus acciones nos hablan: estate abierto a la comunicacion. * Tu tambien le hablas sin decir nada: manten la calma. * No todo es genetica o raza, el ambiente lo cambia todo. * Su olfato es tu vista: dejale oler. * Tu perro te pide compartir tiempo de calidad. * La socializacion canina requiere trabajo. * Como gestionar el estres, el miedo, la agresividad y la soledad. * Las mejores herramientas para un buen paseo. * Las mejores herramientas para gestionar las comidas. * Cuando peor se este portando, mas te estara necesitando. * Cada perro es un mundo, debes conocerlo para cuidarlo bien.

What is a folk tale, but a tangled woodland of words, where anything could happen? Ever since the last ice melted, trees have been our constant companions. Trees have transformed us, protected us, inspired us and created bridges for us. They will continue to shape our lives as we walk into an uncertain future.The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of folk tales, history, knowledge and song about trees. It is a living heritage, changing all the time through the circling year as oak and rowan are joined by spruce and plane, and as old stories are reworked and new ones created.Following the wheel of the year, storyteller and ecologist Lisa Schneidau brings our trees alive through their stories and songs, whether they are rooted in rural magic or modern myth. Take a fresh look at the tree-folk you share your life with, and discover their stories.