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    Beat Stress at Work

    How to Balance Your Ambition with Your Anxiety

    by Mark Simmonds ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 28 min

    For some, there is a high price to pay for ambition and success. The toll it can take on our mental health can be significant, particularly if we are born with the 'Worry' gene.In Beat Stress at Work, management trainer Mark Simmonds helps you understand the effects stress and anxiety can have on your mental health and provides tools and advice to find your way through work-induced struggles ... Read more

    $14.28 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Evolution and Revolution

    by Steven Astorino, Mark Simmonds, Dr. Jean-François Puget ...
    Throughout history, machines have been introduced to society to help automate tasks, improve productivity, and reduce costs. And, in just a few years, computers have evolved from centralized, number-crunching monoliths to separate, miniaturized systems that can be found in billions of interconnected items such as cellphones, wearable devices, automobiles, home appliances, and more. From humble ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Animal Welfare in a Changing World

    by Dr Andrew Butterworth, Rebecca Aldworth, Shelley M. Alexander, Regina Asmutis-Silvia, Panayiotis (Panos) Azmanis, Prof Daniel Berckmans, Lotta Berg, Harry Blokhuis, Xavier Boivin, Prof. Victoria Braithwaite0, Stijn Bruers1, Henry Buller2, Joyce D’Silva3, Sarah Dolman4, Chris Draper5, Dr Charles Foster6, Taryn Glass7, Temple Grandin8, Adam Hart9, Dr Sophia Hepple0, Kristof Hermans1, Elly Hiby2, Dr Miel Hostens3, Mark Jones4, Michael J Kuba5, Philip Lymbery6, Miriam Martin7, Tomas Norton8, Geert Opsomer9, Maria Panagiotopoulou0, Paul C. Paquet1, Conor Ryan2, Mark Simmonds3, Kalliopi Stara4, Rigas Tsiakiris5, Dr Bonny Van Ranst6, Paul Whittington7, John Bradshaw8, David Fennell9, Dr James W Yeates0 ...
    Contemporary and challenging, this thought-provoking book outlines a number of the key dilemmas in animal welfare for today's, and tomorrow's, world. The issues discussed range from the welfare of hunted animals, to debates around intensive farming versus sustainability, and the effects of climate and environmental change. The book explores the effects of fences on wild animals and human impacts ... Read more

    $62.29 USD

  • Whales and Dolphins

    Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perceptions

    Edited by Philippa Brakes, Mark Peter Simmonds ...
    Series series Earthscan Oceans
    Whales and dolphins are icons for the conservation movement. They are the most conspicuous ambassadors for entire marine ecosystems and possibly even for the biosphere as a whole. Concurrent with our realisation of impending threats to their environment is a growing scientific understanding of the social and cognitive complexity of many of these species.This book brings together experts in the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Evolution Of Global Intelligence

    by George B. Dyson ...
    As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries -- from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann -- who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ireland

    A Smithsonian Natural History

    by Michael Viney ...
    Ireland conjures up images of nature's majesty: sweeping coastlines, rolling green hills, and secluded peat bogs and marshlands. A place of legendary beauty, it is also a land with a rich natural history. Michael Viney invites us to discover the geologic forces that created the island, peer into the famous bone caves that hold unique clues about animals from long ago, and experience the dramatic ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Diversity: Your Workplace Challenge

    by Shan S. Simpson, Mohammadali Saleh ...
    Authors Shan Simpson & Mohammadali Saleh walk us through topics related to workplace issues such as diversity, the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and safety. This book includes two exclusive articles by Journey to Diversity Workplaces blogger Shan Simpson. ... Read more

    $3.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biocultural Diversity Conservation

    A Global Sourcebook

    by Luisa Maffi, Ellen Woodley ...
    The field of biocultural diversity is emerging as a dynamic, integrative approach to understanding the links between nature and culture and the interrelationships between humans and the environment at scales from the global to the local. Its multifaceted contributions have ranged from theoretical elaborations, to mappings of the overlapping distributions of biological and cultural diversity, to ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • What's So Good About Biodiversity?

    A Call for Better Reasoning About Nature's Value

    by Donald S. Maier ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    There has been a deluge of material on biodiversity, starting from a trickle back in the mid-1980's. However, this book is entirely unique in its treatment of the topic. It is unique in its meticulously crafted, scientifically informed, philosophical examination of the norms and values that are at the heart of discussions about biodiversity. And it is unique in its point of view, which is the ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets

    Edited by Naveen Kumar Arora ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Plants form mutualistic association with various microorganisms, particularly in the rhizosphere region. The association benefits both the partners in a number of ways. A single plant can support the growth of diverse microbes and in reciprocation these microbes help the plant in several ways. A great deal of knowledge is now available on the mechanisms of action of plant growth promoting microbes ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Landslide Ecology

    by Lawrence R. Walker, Aaron B. Shiels ...
    Series series Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
    Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration and contributing to the progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • The Balance of Nature and Human Impact

    Edited by Klaus Rohde ...
    It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It ... Read more

    $76.29 USD