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Название: Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna and the Future of Our Oceans
Автор: Karen Pinchin
Издательство: Dutton
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 20 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma. In 2004, an enigmatic charter captain named Al Anderson caught and marked one Atlantic bluefin tuna off New England's coast with a plastic fish tag. Fourteen years later that fish - dubbed Amelia for her ocean-spanning journeys - died in a Mediterranean fish trap, sparking Karen Pinchin's riveting investigation into the marvels, struggles, and prehistoric legacy of this remarkable species. Over his fishing career Al marked more than sixty thousand fish with plastic tags, an obsession that made him nearly as many enemies as it did friends. His quest landed him in the crossfire of an ongoing fight between a booming bluefin tuna industry and desperate conservation efforts, a conflict that is once again heating up as overfishing and climate change threaten the fish's fate.

Название: Foods & Flavors from Nepal
Автор: Jyoti Pathak
Издательство: Hippocrene Books
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 125 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Birthplace of Buddha and home to stunning Himalayan peaks, Nepal is also known for its unique cuisine and rich cultural traditions. Nepal is a landlocked country that had little contact with the outside world for centuries, resulting in a unique culinary culture that was not influenced by other cuisines. After opening borders in the 1950s, however, Nepal’s cuisine evolved to take on influences from neighboring India, China and Tibet. Those influences, combined with Nepal’s vast cultural and geographic diversity, result in a singular cuisine characterized by the simplicity of fresh local ingredients that are artfully paired with herbs and spices. A Nepali staple is Daal-Bhaat-Tarkaari (lentil-rice-vegetable), found in many variations and flavors. It includes boiled rice accompanied by daal made from dried beans, lentils, or peas. A variety of fresh vegetables and leafy greens round out the meal. The use of spices is mild and subtle, but meals are often served with a side of spicy pickles. Meat, poultry, and fish are served only occasionally, mostly during celebrations.

Название: Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
Автор: Greg Skomal, Ret Talbot
Издательство: William Morrow
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 14 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true nature of these mysterious apex predators, as well as the fascinating story behind their history and startling resurgence. With its quaint villages, local restaurants serving up lobster rolls, and miles and miles of warm, sandy beaches, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is famous for being America’s carefree seaside getaway. But in August 2012, the first confirmed white shark attack in almost eighty years occurred in the region. As shark sightings quickly began to increase on Cape Cod and elsewhere, and large beachside billboards warning about the growing shark population became a common sight, a boogie boarder died after being attacked by a great white shark in Cape Cod’s shallow waters. What had changed to cause news of human-shark interactions to go from being a rarity to being the new normal? As some citizens called for shark culls, nets, drone surveillance, and other extreme solutions, interactions between local residents and scientists, politicians, and those responsible for public safety became tense and frantic.

Название: Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It
Автор: Tobias Rose-Stockwell
Издательство: Legacy Lit
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Amazon's Best History Book of the Month for July 2023
An invaluable guide to understanding the underlying machinery and technology that grabs our attention—and keeps us coming back by filling us with rage. The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features were quietly launched at social media companies with little fanfare. Together, they triggered a cascading set of dramatic changes to how media, politics, and society itself operate—inadvertently creating an Outrage Machine we cannot ignore.

Название: Серия "Русская биографическая серия" в 22 книгах
Автор(ы): разные
Издательство: Институт Русской Цивилизации
Год: 2014-2022
Страниц: 1000+
Формат: pdf, fb2
Размер: 151 Мб
Язык: русский

Жизнеописания, воспоминания и дневники выдающихся русских людей – святых и подвижников, царей и правителей, воинов и героев, мыслителей, писателей, деятелей культуры и искусства, создавших Великую Россию.

Название: Tunisian Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 150 Essential Stitches with Actual-Size Swatches, Charts, and Step-by-Step Photos
Автор: Anna Nikipirowicz
Издательство: Landauer
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 74 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The ultimate all-in-one Tunisian crochet stitch guide! Learn how to make projects that look like knitting but are worked like crochet! Tunisian crochet produces a fabric that is similar to a knit but is worked on a hook. It combines the best of knitting and crochet, creating a dense, durable fabric. Tunisian Crochet Stitch Dictionary is a must-have crochet book that's an essential resource for anyone in the crochet and knitting community! Featuring 150 of the most popular and most used Tunisian crochet stitches, this reference book is filled with step-by-step instructions and coordinating photographs to help you achieve stitch after stitch, from beginner to intermediate to advanced. From basic stitches, fans, shells, and cables to lace, waves, chevron, and cross stitches, plus embellishments, edgings, and more, a detailed section on essential crochet skills, techniques, and other fundamentals are also included.

Название: Shieldbugs (Collins New Naturalist Library)
Автор: Richard Jones
Издательство: William Collins
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 106 Мб
Язык: английский / English

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series. The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in shape, form, size, life history, ecology, physiology and behaviour. But they are not commonly known, outside of specialist circles. Richard Jones’ groundbreaking New Naturalist volume on shieldbugs encourages those enthusiasts who would otherwise be put off by the, to date, rather technical literature that has dominated the field, providing a comprehensive natural history of this fascinating and beautiful group of insects.

Название: There's Always Room for Cheese: A Guide to Cheesemaking at Home
Автор: Colin Wood
Издательство: Hardie Grant
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 84 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Learn how to make cheese at home from scratch and create your own delicious sweet and savory cheese-based recipes with There’s Always Room for Cheese. There’s Always Room for Cheese is the debut cheese cookbook by expert cheesemaker Colin Wood. Colin has worked in some of the world’s best restaurants as the self-proclaimed ‘casual cheese guy’, and now he wants to teach everyone from amateur cooks to experienced chefs the skills he has learned, including how to make, store and eat cheese. In this book, Colin will take you back to the basics to create your favorite types of cheese, from the equipment and ingredients you’ll need right through to concocting the perfect cheeseboard to impress your guests.

Название: Natural Light: The Art of Adam Elsheimer and the Dawn of Modern Science
Автор: Julian Bell
Издательство: Thames & Hudson
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 83 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic. Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and debates over what was real and what constituted "nature," currents that would soon gather force to form modern science. Natural Light deliberates on the era's uncertainties, as distilled in the work of long underappreciated artist Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), a native of Frankfurt who settled in Rome and whose diminutive and mysterious narrative compositions related figures to landscape in new ways, projecting unfamiliar visions of space at a time when Caravaggio was polarizing audiences with his radical altarpieces and early modern scientists were starting to turn to the new "world system" of Galileo. His visual inventions influenced many famous artists—including Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Lorrain, and Nicolas Poussin.

Название: Magnificent Meals in a Bowl Cookbook: Healthy, Fast, Easy Recipes with Vegan-and-Keto-Friendly Choices
Автор: Gabrielle Garcia
Издательство: Fox Chapel Publishing
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 52 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Create delicious, nutritious, budget-friendly meals fast! Feeding and pleasing everyone's palates and diets with nutrition, taste, versatility, and style — and within a budget — can be a challenge, but this collection of recipes kicks that kitchen conundrum to the curb! Whether you're feeding a crowd with different preferences or looking for make-ahead meals, Magnificent Meals in a Bowl Cookbook features more than 150 delicious and healthy recipes that will save you time, boost your energy, and please the whole family. From loaded salads to jam-packed bowls, these flavorful recipes combine leafy greens, fruits and vegetables, grains and pastas, and proteins, plus delicious dressings, sauces, and sides.