Systems Science

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

Permaculture makes the most use of what nature provides for us by using specific design strategies to maximize nature’s gifts, such as food, energy, and shelter. A counter to heavy industrial farming, permaculture is all about conscious planning that caters to the human needs while also respecting and healing the natural environment. At its core, it involves drawing inspiration from nature to build an ecosystem that thrives just like any other. If you want to start practicing permaculture and reap all its benefits, then you need to listen to this audiobook today!

Gary doesn’t have all that much going for him. He’s a teenage boy who lives in a Tier-3 town that’s barely hanging on, and his family’s just a rung above dirt poor. Which is why he’s taken the very dangerous step of becoming an errand boy for the savage Underdogs gang. He doesn’t like what they do, but if he tries to get out, he’s pretty sure he’ll get very dead.

In the future: A united Earth, to deal with the problem of population control, divides its population into classes of citizen and non-gratis. To be born a non-gratis means a life of little freedoms and the constant possibility of being assigned to work on a colony. Lacking citizenship, every aspect of their life is controlled from where they live down to marriage and childbearing regulations. The only possible escape from life as a non-gratis is to qualify for one of the limited slots available for entrance into the military.

What if humanity’s next stage of evolution wasn’t discovered…But engineered? Elliot Voss spent decades pursuing a singular vision. Until he found a way to rewrite the rules of life itself.

To stop an S-ranked invasion, the Omega must be forged. Two Singularities remain: the Metaphysical, trapped in the Underworld, and the Spectral, corrupted by Chaos at Terminus' lunar base. Terry leads a desperate raid to the moon to find a way to purge the Spectral. Instead, he is engaged in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as corrupted beings hunt him through vacuum and steel. He may not be the hero Earth asked for, but he might be the one it needs.

Since she arrived in the alternate dimension of Luliv, Alice Verianna's scientific exploration of its magical properties has yielded fascinating results. She has uncovered many secrets behind the mysterious construct—known as the System—that connects all of Luliv, and her own abilities to harness this magic have flourished in unexpected ways. But the System is failing. And as Alice desperately races to get to the bottom of why, she's finding more questions than answers while its people go mad and monster attacks become more frequent and deadlier than ever.

Yoon Jian finds himself in a cultivation world where strength is decided at birth and he has none. No spiritual root. No talent. No future. Taken in by the beautiful yet notoriously lazy elder Su Lian, he becomes nothing more than a convenient excuse for her to claim discipleship resources… without ever intending to teach him a thing. To everyone else, he’s a joke. A mortal playing at cultivation. But Yoon Jian brought something with him from Earth. A system. Moksha—an all-knowing intelligence containing the sum of human knowledge and a mind trained to question everything. Where ...

In The Evolving Science of Reading, Anthony Fitzpatrick, Ed.D., challenges the fragmented approach to literacy that limits student potential. Too often, the Science of Reading is reduced to a K-2 phonics initiative, creating a "Third Grade Cliff" where students struggle to bridge the gap between early decoding and the complex comprehension required in secondary school. This book offers a corrective blueprint: a seamless K-12 developmental continuum that unites foundational skills, linguistic knowledge, and advanced reasoning into a single system of learning. Fitzpatrick argues that true ...

Quinn can barely handle her own life. When the Library of Everywhere discovers her compatible magical signature, suddenly, she is the sole existing potential librarian. Now, it's not only the weight of her world on her shoulders—Quinn must connect with the library system before the universe itself disintegrates. Once she's settled, it should be quiet, peaceful work—just as soon as she battles a few engorged bookworms, repairs hundreds of years of damage, and figures out why there's been no librarian for the last several centuries.

Every investigator knows the golden rule of a crime scene. Physical evidence never lies. Yet history is full of tragic missteps where the truth was buried beneath tunnel vision, forced confessions, and ignored details. This collection dives deep into the most complex investigations of the modern era. It explores the dark intersection where human error meets the undeniable reality of biology. You will follow the painstaking journey of real detectives, geneticists, and innocence organizations as they strip away decades of deception to reveal what actually happened. From tragic disappearances ...

Ominous obelisks land on Earth with a single message: Join the games to give humanity a fighting chance to survive... Or roll over and die. Too bad for them, Warren isn't the rolling-over type. Cancer may be kicking Warren's a$$, but he's not about to let aliens destroy his home and everything he loves (which is mostly just his dog, Buck). Besides, what does he have to lose? Better to die with sword in hand, bleeding out from a head wound than in some hospital bed...

When Brad Mendoza comes face to face with crack mercenary Billy Firebrand, his supposedly fictional boyhood hero, the results are nearly disastrous. Add in a duplictous princess, a case of blackmail, a kidnapped president, and yet another suicide mission, and it just isn't Brad's day. But hey, at least the ship has a hot tub!

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A CALM NEW YEAR! Stop letting stress hijack your body. Discover the science-backed switch to turn off anxiety and turn on healing—in just minutes a day. Have you tried everything to calm your racing mind, fix your digestion, or boost your energy, only to feel more frustrated? You’ve downloaded the meditation apps, bought the expensive supplements, and tried the trendy routines, yet you still wake up feeling on edge, bloated, or exhausted. It is easy to feel like your body is fighting against you, or worse, that these symptoms are "all in your head." But you aren’t...

To continue his path toward immortality, Su Fang must return to the Western Wastes, the brutal frontier where his path first began. The Su Clan should be his home, but corruption festers in its halls, smothering every spark of talent that doesn't serve the powerful. But beneath the decay lie talents worth nurturing and futures worth protecting.

Systems Thinking and Complexity Explained: How Feedback Loops, Emergence, and Nonlinear Dynamics Shape the Modern World is a clear, in depth guide to understanding why the world behaves the way it does when simple cause and effect explanations fall short. From global challenges like climate change and economic instability to everyday issues in organizations, technology, and personal decision making, this book shows how complex systems generate surprising outcomes through interaction, feedback, and adaptation. Written for curious readers with no technical background required, it offers a ...

Jeb Trapper tried to kill himself. The gun jammed. Two months later, the vet is now participating in underground trials of ecstasy to treat his PTSD. Everything seems to be going great until Jeb is teleported into a tutorial, along with everyone else on Earth. Now, he has to choose the level of difficulty. There's just one problem: He's high as a kite, and nothing seems impossible.

Jay Luckrun has many interests: street dancing, anime, action movies, comedy, and dashing across rooftops to the point where his bullies nicknamed him Rooftop Weirdo. After struggling to confront his untouchable high school crush at her seventeenth birthday party, Jay adds another interest to his list—Dungeon Crawling in the face of the apocalypse. Jay meets a divine creature who chooses him to become a Champion. Someone with a leveling System, stats, skills, access to other dimensions containing dungeons filled with supernatural loot, and magical powers that’ll alter reality as they know it.

Come enjoy this action-packed roller-coaster ride in Jina S. Bazzar’s Shadow Walker series, now compiled into a single volume. From a shattered world ruled by mage Houses to a deadly game of survival, follow Melaina as she fights against impossible odds. Faced with blackmail, hunted by ruthless adversaries, and torn between loyalties, she must navigate a treacherous path to protect her loved ones. For fans of Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare, Jennifer Estep, K. M. Shea, Lindsay Buroker, and many more!

Feeling puffy, tired, or inflamed — even when you eat well and sleep enough? Your lymphatic system may be the missing piece. Most people never learn how the lymphatic system works, even though it influences energy, digestion, sleep, skin health, and inflammation. When lymph flow slows down, waste builds up, puffiness increases, and daily fatigue becomes the norm. This book teaches you how to reboot your lymphatic system in just 24 hours using simple, science-based habits. The 24-Hour Lymphatic Reset takes you through a clear, step-by-step method that supports natural drainage from morning...