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Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of terror, awe and affection - yet we know hardly anything about them. Whales tend to enter our awareness only when they die, struck by a ship or stranded in the surf. They evolved from land-roaming, doglike creatures into animals that move like fish and breathe like us and can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and roam entire ocean basins. Yet despite centuries of observing whales, we know little about their evolutionary past.

Inside the Chinese Wine Industry takes you on a thrilling adventure through the past, present, and future of wine in China. The wine business is one of the world’s most compelling industries, and China is considered the rising star. A hidden secret, the Chinese wine production continues to grow at an amazing pace. It is poised to soon enter the top five producing nations, supplanting long-established countries such as Australia.

Being Black in America is not an easy task. Black people in America are faced with the task of surviving in a system predicated on the notion that Black people were less than human, policed and enforced by a system that is rooted in slavery and racism. All while trying to succeed in a capitalist society where we are discriminated against.

Renowned professor Michael B. McElroy leads a comprehensive examination of energy, including its history, use in the world today, and environmental consequences. Whether discussing the "oil shocks" of the 1970s, the current reliance on imported oil, or the growing buildup of carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere, it is clear that energy represents one of the world's most daunting challenges.

Society tells us, if you follow the plan, you can have everything: a terrific job, a great family, a perfect life. Unfortunately, too many women feel trapped and unfulfilled when they find out too late that the"plan" is just an unattainable ideal. You need to discover who you are and what you really want while you're still young, without chasing some arbitrary, one-size-fits-all, impossible dream.

Dive into the digital depths with "Interview with AI: An AI's Insights on America's Past, Present, and Financial Future." This book presents a captivating journey through critical moments and themes in U.S. history, engaging discussions on the fabric of democracy, and the revolutionary sphere of cryptocurrency, all through the lens of an Artificial Intelligence. With conversations that traverse the establishment of the United States, the principles of the Constitution, the tumultuous events of January 6th, and the burgeoning world of digital currency, readers are offered a unique ...

Time is a phenomenon that people have struggled with throughout the ages. There are those who believe that time is like a river. It only flows in one direction and anyone in that river can only occupy a particular area of water once. Which means you cannot travel in time. Then there are those who believe the river of time concept is an illusion, that time is a blocked structure where there is no distinct direction of flow. This perception is that every event that has happened or will happen, is in a block already defined and they all already exist. There is no past or future as everything ...

Thinking Machines: Exploring AI's Present and Future is an essential guide to understanding artificial intelligence, from its foundational principles to its transformative impact on society. Written by experts Dr. Altaf Siddiqui and Greg Jameson, this book provides a structured and insightful look at how AI is shaping the world around us. The book begins with Part 1: Understanding AI Foundations, establishing a solid framework for readers. It explains what AI and machine learning are, tracing their historical evolution and highlighting key milestones. The distinction between Narrow AI and ...

In On the Evolution of Intimacy, psychiatrist and futurist Charles Johnston addresses how our times are making possible a critical "growing up" in how we think about intimacy and gender. With intimacy, the changes he describes are as significant as those which brought us Romeo and Juliet-style romantic love. With gender, they take us beyond both the polarizing assumptions of traditional gender roles and the simplistic conclusions of a postmodern unisex ideal.

In the modern age, “the Age of Anxiety,” as W.H. Auden famously called it, people have pain in their past, fear in the present, and nothing but uncertainty in the future. The YOU Not Me Mindset offers you everything that you need to heal your past, live with hope in the present, and find a guiding light for the future.

In this young readers' edition of Thank You for Voting, debut author and journalist Erin Geiger Smith presents a fascinating look into America’s voting history and inspires young people to get involved! Voting is a privilege and a right, but it hasn’t always been for many people. From the founding fathers to Jim Crow to women's suffrage to gerrymandering - and everything in between - listeners will get a look at the complex history of voting and become empowered to ask big questions.

This book will provide you with the 100 verbs you have to learn first to get around when traveling or interacting with German-speaking people. The phrases are presented in a very simple fashion: past, present, and future. No complications with the many different conjugations and their weird names. Straight and simple.

"How to Write a Short Time-Travel Story: A Comprehensive Guide to Past, Present, and Future Travel" is your indispensable guidebook to crafting compelling Time-Travel stories. This comprehensive book will walk you through every step of writing a short Time-Travel story, from conceptualizing your Time-Travel mechanics to creating authentic time-displaced characters. Learn how to balance historical accuracy with speculative imagination, deal with paradoxes, and structure narratives seamlessly blending the past, present, and future. The book also discusses editing, receiving feedback, and ...

Enfoque su aprendizaje del inglés en los verbos utilizados con mayor frecuencia. Aprenda primero los 100 verbos que necesitará cada día para hablar sobre el pasado, el presente y el futuro. Uno de los errores más frecuentes al aprender un idioma extranjero consiste en la falta de prioridades. Todos los verbos desconocidos reciben la misma atención. En realidad, para comunicarse en la vida cotidiana usted sólo necesita 100 verbos en cualquier idioma. Estos verbos utilizados con mayor frecuencia pueden ser definidos utilizando un algoritmo que provee el ranking.

Twelve Trees introduces us to a dozen species of trees that epitomize the challenges facing the planet, and the ways that scientists and others are working with a growing sense of urgency to save them. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are studying trees and their workings, using a host of new tools, to learn how trees function individually and collectively, and why they do what they do.

On August 12, 1995, James Abernathy, 15-year-old son of Larry and Diane Abernathy, was playing Marco Polo in a neighbor's swimming pool late one night when he dove into the shallow end, breaking his neck and becoming permanently paralyzed from the shoulders down.

Focus your English learning on the most frequently used verbs. Learn just the 100 verbs you need for everyday life to talk about the past, the present, and the future. One of the usual mistakes when learning a foreign language is that the student has no priorities. All the unknown verbs get the same attention. Actually, to communicate, you only need 100 verbs in any language. These verbs are the most frequently used and can be defined using an algorithm that provides the ranking. In this book, you'll find the list.

The electric vehicle (EV) industry is changing quickly, but because of this, there is a lot of misinformation out there. Test your knowledge of what really is happening with EVs.

In Laughing at the Days to Come, Tessa Thompson shares a poignant story of physical suffering and her journey to not only understand God's hand at work in it, but to face the future with laughter. This book is gospel centered and hope-filled. Chapter after chapter, the author directs our focus to Christ and his work for us. We all face suffering in this fallen world, but we are not without hope. In Laughing at the Days to Come, listeners are equipped to face their own stories of suffering with joy because of our present and future hope in Christ.

Discover the incredible potential of AI language models with this comprehensive guide to understanding, using, and shaping the future of AI communication technologies. Dive into the captivating world of ChatGPT and learn how it's revolutionizing the way we interact with machines and each other.