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We can all be smarter - target your learning with iMinds Specialist Series. Have a particular interest? Recognize gaps in your knowledge? iMinds Specialist works across each of our 12 categories, bringing you targeted information to broaden your mind. Science & Nature, Volume 1 looks at meteorites, the beautiful aurora borealis, the theory of evolution, putting a man on the Moon, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the science of wind power.

Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlights Shulgin’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin’s teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory.

Packed with everything you need to know to raise and care for your dog the pack leader’s way, this audiobook is based on the revolutionary teachings of the Mexican-American “Leader of the Pack” Cesar Millan and the Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz, also known as “The Father of Pack Leadership”, contained in the first three volumes of The Pack Leader Training Series by Al Parr.

A hilarious, heartwarming, and heartbreaking memoir by the chief wildlife ranger in the number one most popular family vacation destination in the USA, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For over 30 years, Kim DeLozier acted as a referee in the wild, trying to protect millions of park visitors from one of the densest populations of wild black bears in America - and the bears from tourists who get too close.

Everybody gets the sniffles sometime. Not only that but there is the occasional cough, flu, headache, and stomachache. These are just some of the common ailments everybody gets once in a while. A lot of people automatically reach for pharmaceutical remedies. Painkillers, cough medications, and cold tablets are often standard items in a home medicine cabinet. Some people even get into the habit of bringing these little pills along wherever they go.

Volume one of the 12-book Visit the Zoo series opens the world of animals you see in your nearest zoo. Vivid descriptions describe the lifestyles of these fascinating animals - what they eat, how they survive, how they thrive, where they come from, and how they live their day-to-day lives. One hundred and twenty animals are described in the entire Visit the Zoo series, and if you love nature, wildlife, and the animal world, these books provide a primer on each animal described in these 12 books.

Connu du monde entier, Hubert Reeves est autant apprécié par ses pairs que par le grand public pour son engagement et ses qualités de transmetteur de savoirs. A la suite de ses nombreuses conférences de vulgarisation, Hubert Reeves a voulu, avec son fils Benoît, réaliser un enregistrement pédagogique des questions qui lui sont le plus souvent posées. Il offre en réponse un propos compréhensible par tous sur une science qui, pour l'appréhender, nécessite ordinairement une formation poussée.