Download The Clock in the Sun by Pierre Sokolsky (.ePUB)

The Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star by Pierre Sokolsky
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Overview: On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them as omens of things to come. In Western Europe, by contrast, where a cosmology originating with Aristotle prevailed, the Sun was regarded as part of the unchanging celestial realm, and it took observations through telescopes by Galileo and others to establish the reality of solar imperfections. In the nineteenth century, amateur astronomers discovered that sunspots ebb and flow about every eleven years—spurring speculation about their influence on the weather and even the stock market.

Exploring these and many other crucial developments, Pierre Sokolsky provides a history of knowledge of the Sun through the lens of sunspots and the solar cycle. He ranges widely across cultures and throughout history, from the earliest recorded observations of sunspots in Chinese annals to satellites orbiting the Sun today, and from worship of the Sun as a deity in ancient times to present-day scientific understandings of stars and their magnetic fields. Considering how various thinkers sought to solve the puzzle of sunspots, Sokolsky sheds new light on key discoveries and the people who made them, as well as their historical and cultural contexts. Fast-paced, comprehensive, and learned, The Clock in the Sun shows readers our closest star from many new angles.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Download Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia, Upd. Ed. by Kelly Knox (.ePUB)

Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia, Updated Edition by Kelly Knox
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Overview: Who’s your favorite character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Whether you like Superheroes or villains, the movies or TV series, learn all about them in this updated edition!

Now including more than 200 characters, from Black Panther and Ms. Marvel to Iron Man and Shang-Chi, the Marvel Studios Character Encyclopedia Updated Edition is any young fan’s go-to guide to find out all about the heroes, villains, spies, school kids, scientists, aliens, inventors, and others in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Discover their strengths, super-powers, friends, allies, weapons, epic battles, and much more.

Dive in to the action with 80 new pages covering characters from recent and upcoming movies and Disney+ series, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Widow, Thor: Love and Thunder, Ms. Marvel, WandaVision, Loki, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, Ironheart, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, and Secret Invasion.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Download Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife by Sharon Blackie (.ePUB)

Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond by Sharon Blackie, Angharad Wynne
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Overview: Unparalleled inspiration from fierce grandmothers, misunderstood witches, glamorous fairy godmothers, and hairy-chinned hags

From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths and fairy tales. The heroines, though, tend to be young princesses or fair maidens, and the evildoers older women: wicked witches or unforgiving matriarchs. Yet a wealth of lesser-known European stories feature mature wise women with personality and power. Compiling many years of research, Sharon Blackie has reclaimed these tales, presenting them in evocative prose that will resonate with women of all ages.

This dazzling array of not-to-be-messed-with older characters provides compelling role models for today’s readers, who seek to redefine their relationship with aging. These women outwit monsters, test and mentor younger heroines, embody the cycles of the Earth, weave the world into being — and almost always have the last laugh. Each story is accompanied by background commentary that highlights important themes and reveals its insights into how we might live meaningfully and authentically in the second half of life.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Download Gaming Democracy by Adrienne L. Massanari (.ePUB)

Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right by Adrienne L. Massanari
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Overview: How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.

From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the far right and “alt-right” movements as they increasingly take up oxygen in American and global society. In this pathbreaking contribution to the fields of internet studies, game studies, and gender studies, Massanari argues that Silicon Valley’s emphasis on meritocracy and free speech absolutism has driven this rightward slide. These ideologies have been coded into social media spaces that implicitly silence marginalized communities and subject them to rampant abuse by groups that have learned to “game” the ecology of platforms, algorithms, and attention economies.

While populist movements are not new, phenomena such as QAnon, parental rights activism, and COVID denialism are uniquely “of the internet,” with supporters demonstrating both technical acumen and an ability to use memes and play as a way of both building community and fomenting dissent. Massanari explores the ways that the far right uses memetic humor and geek masculinity as tools both to create a sense of community within these leaderless groups and to obfuscate their intentions. Using the lens of play and game studies as well as the concept of “metagaming,” Gaming Democracy is a novel contribution to our understanding of online platforms and far right political activism.
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Download Where Research Begins by Thomas S. Mullaney, Christopher Rea (.ePUB)

Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World) by Thomas S. Mullaney, Christopher Rea
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Overview: Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters.

The hardest part of research isn’t answering a question. It’s knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate—one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so that the results will matter to anyone else?

This book will help you start your new research project the right way for you with a series of simple yet ingenious exercises. Written in a conversational style and packed with real-world examples, this easy-to-follow workbook offers an engaging guide to finding research inspiration within yourself, and in the broader world of ideas.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Read this book if you (or your students):
• have difficulty choosing a research topic
• know your topic, but are unsure how to turn it into a research project
• feel intimidated by or unqualified to do research
• worry that you’re asking the wrong questions about your research topic
• have plenty of good ideas, but aren’t sure which one to commit to
• feel like your research topic was imposed by someone else
• want to learn new ways to think about how to do research.

Under the expert guidance of award-winning researchers Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea, you will find yourself on the path to a compelling and meaningful research project, one that matters to you—and the world.

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