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 Leroy Hood, "The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands" English | ISBN: 0674245946 | 2023 | 352 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB "If you want to understand how the latest advances in genomics and AI can completely transform your health, and to translate this promise into practical tools that you can apply today, read this book!"―Mark Hyman, author of Young Forever  The Age of Reform, 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe by Steven Ozment English | August 25, 2020 | ISBN: 0300203551, 9780300256185 | True EPUB | 480 pages | 18.8 MB Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of this seminal book, this new edition includes an illuminating foreword by Carlos Eire and Ronald K. Rittges  The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It by Alec Ryrie English | August 19, 2025 | ISBN: 1836390823, 9781836391241 | True EPUB | 160 pages | 0.4 MB Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis-and where it might take us.  The Age of Generative Web Development by Ajit Singh English | January 1, 2026 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0GDJ1M96P | 452 pages | EPUB | 1.58 Mb "The Age of Generative Web Development" is a comprehensive textbook designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and engineering. It serves as a definitive guide to the new paradigm of building web applications by leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence.  The Age of Firepower: Military Revolution 1600-1650 and Beyond by John Pike English | July 2, 2025 | ISBN: 1399080709 | 280 pages | MOBI | 11 Mb An immersive account of 17th-century warfare during the Thirty Years War.  Robin Hanson, "The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth" English | ISBN: 0198754620 | 2016 | 440 pages | MOBI | 1312 KB Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like?  The Afterlife of Armageddon: The Environmental and Human Legacy of Nuclear Disarmament (The Start Trilogy Start (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)) English | December 22, 2025 | ASIN: B0GCH6W63X | 384 pages | EPUB (True) | 449.43 KB BOOK DESCRIPTION The Afterlife of Armageddon: The Environmental and Human Legacy of Nuclear Disarmament Book 3 of The START Trilogy When the Cold War ended and the START treaties dismantled over 13,000 nuclear warheads, the world celebrated peace. But what happened to the weapons themselves? Where did the plutonium go? Who did the dangerous work of taking apart devices designed never to be touched again? And what price did they pay? The Afterlife of Armageddon ventures into the rarely examined aftermath of nuclear disarmament-the contaminated landscapes, the radiation-exposed workers, the communities struggling with economic collapse, and the generations inheriting consequences they never chose. This is the untold story of peace's hidden costs. From the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, where American nuclear weapons go to die, to Russia's closed nuclear cities grappling with post-Soviet decline, this narrative investigation follows the lifecycle of dismantled warheads. It reveals how approximately 140 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium in global military stockpiles became humanity's most dangerous inheritance, how the Hanford Site emerged as America's most contaminated place, and how "downwinders"-communities near weapons facilities-continue fighting for recognition and compensation decades after exposure. As the world contemplates deeper nuclear reductions and potentially even elimination, The Afterlife of Armageddon provides essential lessons. It demonstrates that dismantling weapons is exponentially harder than building them, that secrecy perpetuates injustice, that cleanup costs dwarf original production expenses, and that the radioactive legacy of our atomic age will outlast human civilization itself. This is Book 3 of the START Trilogy. Where Book 1 explored the technical machinery of verification and Book 2 analyzed the geopolitical collapse of arms control, Book 3 completes the narrative by documenting the environmental and human consequences. Together, these three volumes present the most comprehensive portrait ever assembled of nuclear arms control's past, present, and future-from the inspection protocols that made peace possible to the contaminated landscapes that remind us peace always has a price. Critical Acclaim for The START Trilogy: "An essential contribution to our understanding of nuclear arms control, combining rigorous scholarship with profound humanity. This is the definitive work on START's legacy." "Masterfully researched and deeply humane. These books should be required reading for anyone involved in arms control negotiations." "The START Trilogy does what few academic works achieve: it makes technical policy accessible while never losing sight of the human beings affected by these treaties." About the Series: The START Trilogy examines the rise, crisis, and legacy of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties between the United States and Russia: Book 1: The Architecture of Trust - How verification technology and inspection protocols made nuclear disarmament possible Book 2: Peril and Collapse - Why arms control is failing and what comes next in an age of new nuclear threats Book 3: The Afterlife of Armageddon - The environmental and human costs of dismantling 13,000+ nuclear warheads  Aidan McGarry, "The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication " English | ISBN: 1041187149 | 2025 | 298 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to create an alternative space for people to engage with politics that is more inclusive and participatory than traditional politics. This volume focuses on the role of visual culture in a highly mediated environment and draws on case studies from Europe, Thailand, South Africa, USA, Argentina, and the Middle East in order to demonstrate how protestors use aesthetics to communicate their demands and ideas. It examines how digital media is harnessed by protestors and argues that all protest aesthetics are performative and communicative.  The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR by Arthur P. Cracknell English | November 1, 2024 | ISBN: 1040293603 | PDF | 91 Mb Since the launch of the first of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRRs) in 1978, the data from these instruments has used for a wide range of non-meteorological applications. In this book, the author describes satellite system, AVHRRs, control of the spacecraft, and data- recovery arrangements. The book covers processing of the data to extract useful environmental information. The applications of the data to marine problems, based primarily on the study of sea-surface temperatures from the thermal-infrared channels of the instrument, are considered, as well as the study of vegetation and a whole variety of other land-based and hydrological applications.  The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture) edited by Lester J. Cappon English | September 30, 1988 | ISBN: 0807842303, 9780807838921 | True EPUB/PDF | 688 pages | 17.1/36.8 MB An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as delegates to the Continental Congress in 1775, they initiated correspondence in 1777, negotiated jointly as ministers in Europe in the 1780s, and served the early Republic - each, ultimately, in its highest office. At Jefferson's defeat of Adams for the presidency in 1800, they became estranged, and the correspondence lapses from 1801 to 1812, then is renewed until the death of both in 1826, fifty years to the day after the Declaration of Independence. |
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