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Diane Cook
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"Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Bea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment...
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"A debut collection of stories which illuminates the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world. These stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man, and the dark humor and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive." -- Provided by publisher.
3) Wise trees
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Leading landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel present Wise Trees-a stunning photography book containing more than 50 historical trees with remarkable stories from around the world.
Supported by grants from the Expedition Council of the National Geographic Society, Cook and Jenshel spent two years traveling to fifty-nine sites across five continents to photograph some of the world's most historic and inspirational trees. Trees, they...
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Esiste un lembo di terra dove gli uomini sono banditi. Si chiama "Lo Stato delle Terre Vergini", e lì la natura non ha ancora incontrato la mano della civiltà. Nel resto del mondo, invece, la situazione ambientale peggiora di giorno in giorno; nelle metropoli, l'aria sta diventando irrespirabile. Per questo motivo, Bea decide che è arrivato il momento per lei e per sua figlia Agnes di lasciare la città. Con altre diciotto persone aderiscono a...
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Diane Cook's idyllic suburban life was shattered with one phone call. As she stood five feet away from her two young sons, her husband, Jed, delivered the news: He had just been arrested.
Her world suddenly in shambles, Diane could have fallen apart-but she knew that wasn't an option. She was a mom; her responsibility was to her boys. So she vowed to herself that she would keep herself-and her children-together. And then, just when it seemed things...
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Defines the notion of an activity model learned from sensor data and presents key algorithms that form the core of the field.
“Activity Learning: Discovering, Recognizing and Predicting Human Behavior from Sensor Data” provides an in-depth look at computational approaches to activity learning from sensor data. Each chapter is constructed to provide practical, step-by-step information on how to analyze and process sensor data. The book discusses...
7) Cameroon
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Introduces Cameroon, describing its history, politics, religion, economy, culture, and most important cities.
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Walking in God's presence was made real to Michell and Diane by Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrence's experience is described in the classic book The Practice of the Presence of God: the Best Rule of a Holy Life. If you follow the process of this book, it will transform your relationship with God. You will learn how to abide in Him through being aware of His presence in your everyday tasks. It will revolutionize your way of living. Your communion and...