Amy Trask, Michael Freeman, "You Negotiate Like a Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1637272294, 1629371874 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 0.7 mb

S. Frederick Starr, "Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland"
English | 2004 | pages: 507 | ISBN: 0765613182 | PDF | 28,1 mb
Eastern Turkestan, now known as Xinjiang or the New Territory, makes up a sixth of China's land mass. Absorbed by the Qing in the 1880s and reconquered by Mao in 1949, this Turkic-Muslim region of China's remote northwest borders on formerly Soviet Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Mongolia, and Tibet, Will Xinjiang participate in twenty-first century ascendancy, or will nascent Islamic radicalism in Xinjiang expand the orbit of instability in a dangerous part of the world? This comprehensive survey of contemporary Xinjiang is the result of a major collaborative research project begun in 1998. The authors have combined their fieldwork experience, linguistic skills, and disciplinary expertise to assemble the first multifaceted introduction to Xinjiang. The volume surveys the region's geography; its history of military and political subjugation to China; economic, social, and commercial conditions; demography, public health, and ecology; and patterns of adaption, resistance, opposition, and evolving identities.

Robin Blaetz, "Women's Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks"
English | 2007 | pages: 433 | ISBN: 0822340232, 0822340445 | PDF | 2,0 mb
Women's Experimental Cinema provides lively introductions to the work of fifteen avant-garde women filmmakers, some of whom worked as early as the 1950s and many of whom are still working today. In each essay in this collection, a leading film scholar considers a single filmmaker, supplying biographical information, analyzing various influences on her work, examining the development of her corpus, and interpreting a significant number of individual films. The essays rescue the work of critically neglected but influential women filmmakers for teaching, further study, and, hopefully, restoration and preservation. Just as importantly, they enrich the understanding of feminism in cinema and expand the terrain of film history, particularly the history of the American avant-garde.

Ibn Warraq, "Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy"
English | ISBN: 1594035768 | 2011 | 286 pages | MOBI | 771 KB
We, in the West in general, and the United States in particular, have witnessed over the last twenty years a slow erosion of our civilizational self-confidence. Under the influence of intellectuals and academics in Western universities, intellectuals such as Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, Edward Said, and Noam Chomsky, and destructive intellectual fashions such as post-modernism, moral relativism, and mulitculturalism, the West has lost all self-confidence in its own values, and seems incapable and unwilling to defend those values. By contrast, resurgent Islam, in all its forms, is supremely confident, and is able to exploit the West's moral weakness and cultural confusion to demand ever more concessions from her. The growing political and demographic power of Muslim communities in the West, aided and abetted by Western apologists of Islam, not to mention a compliant, pro-Islamic US Administration, has resulted in an ever-increasing demand for the implementation of Islamic law-the Sharia- into the fabric of Western law, and Western constitutions. There is an urgent need to examine why the Sharia is totally incompatible with Human Rights and the US Constitution. This book , the first of its kind, proposes to examine the Sharia and its potential and actual threat to democratic principles.

Clem Brooks, Jeff Manza, "Whose Rights?: Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of American Public Opinion"
English | 2013 | pages: 202 | ISBN: 0871540584 | PDF | 2,6 mb
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government adopted a series of counterterrorism policies that radically altered the prevailing balance between civil liberties and security. These changes allowed for warrantless domestic surveillance, military commissions at Guantanamo Bay and even extralegal assassinations. Now, more than a decade after 9/11, these sharply contested measures appear poised to become lasting features of American government. What do Americans think about these policies? Where do they draw the line on what the government is allowed to do in the name of fighting terrorism? Drawing from a wealth of survey and experimental data, Whose Rights? explores the underlying sources of public attitudes toward the war on terror in a more detailed and comprehensive manner than has ever been attempted. In an analysis that deftly deploys the tools of political science and psychology, Whose Rights? addresses a vexing puzzle: Why does the counterterrorism agenda persist even as 9/11 recedes in time and the threat from Al Qaeda wanes? Authors Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza provocatively argue that American opinion, despite traditionally showing strong support for civil liberties, exhibits a "dark side" that tolerates illiberal policies in the face of a threat. Surveillance of American citizens, heightened airport security, the Patriot Act and targeted assassinations enjoy broad support among Americans, and these preferences have remained largely stable over the past decade. There are, however, important variations: Waterboarding and torture receive notably low levels of support, and counterterrorism activities sanctioned by formal legislation, as opposed to covert operations, tend to draw more favor. To better evaluate these trends, Whose Rights? examines the concept of "threat-priming" and finds that getting people to think about the specter of terrorism bolsters anew their willingness to support coercive measures. A series of experimental surveys also yields fascinating insight into the impact of national identity cues. When respondents are primed to think that American citizens would be targeted by harsh counterterrorism policies, support declines significantly. On the other hand, groups such as Muslims, foreigners, and people of Middle Eastern background elicit particularly negative attitudes and increase support for counterterrorism measures. Under the right conditions, Brooks and Manza show, American support for counterterrorism activities can be propelled upward by simple reminders of past terrorism Descriptions and communication about disliked external groups. Whose Rights? convincingly argues that mass opinion plays a central role in the politics of contemporary counterterrorism policy. With their clarity and compelling evidence, Brooks and Manza offer much-needed insight into the policy responses to the defining conflict of our age and the psychological impact of terrorism.

Andrew Leigh, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?: Existential Risk and Extreme Politics"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0262046075 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 0.36 MB
Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism is making them worse.

Troels Burchall Henningsen, "Western Intervention and Informal Politics: Simulated Statebuilding and Failed Reforms "
English | ISBN: 1032070072 | 2021 | 200 pages | EPUB | 502 KB
This book examines the political and military dynamic between threatened local regimes and Western powers, and it argues that the power of informal politics forces local regimes to simulate statebuilding.

Jack Watling, "War by Others' Means: Delivering Effective Partner Force Capacity Building "
English | ISBN: 036776640X | 2021 | 116 pages | EPUB | 584 KB
A new era of great power competition places a strategic premium on the efficiency with which states can pursue their aims. There is therefore likely to be an expanded scope for partnered operations. Partner force capacity building has a long history, with very mixed results, yet there is little historical memory in the institutions tasked with carrying it out. War by Others' Means uses archival research, interviews with practitioners, and observation of capacity building to understand why states undertake it, how they should select, train and equip their partners, and how they should manage the generation and withdrawal of trainers.

Caron, "Violent Alternatives to War: Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism "
English | ISBN: 3110731282 | 2021 | 121 pages | EPUB | 219 KB
When we take a look back at the way Western states have fought terrorist organizations in the last 20 years, it is difficult not to think that these alternatives to war might have been more ethical than the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and in 2003. These cases speak for themselves as they have both led to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, which is highly paradoxical in light of the logic that supported these interventions. There is a need to think of alternatives to war that will imply the legitimization of proactive sets of measures that would allow states to effectively prevent terrorist attacks through the use of kinetic force in a limited extent as a way to avoid the terrible and unpredictable effects of wars.

Peter Wolff, "Vietnam - The Incomplete Transformation "
English | ISBN: 1032152885 | 2021 | 146 pages | EPUB | 549 KB
This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process. The attempt to establish a post-reunification centrally planned economic system, a collectivised agriculture and a capital-intensive and inward-oriented industrial sector had largely failed, provoking the development of a parallel economy which turned out to be the nucleus of an emerging private sector. The book focuses on the reform of enterprises and the financial sector and gives an overall picture of the reform efforts in the areas of rural development, the social sectors and environmental policy, and assesses the further changes and reforms needed in the country.

James E. Crimmins, "Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic "
English | ISBN: 0367545268 | 2021 | 270 pages | EPUB | 862 KB
In Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic James E. Crimmins provides a fresh perspective on the history of antebellum American political thought.

Unlock Your Potential: The Ultimate Guide for Creating Your Dream Life in the Modern World by Jeff Lerner
English | August 2nd, 2022 | ISBN: 163774174X | 368 pages | True EPUB | 0.58 MB
We all know the world has changed dramatically in the 21st century. The opportunities that defined past generations and steered their course through life (aka "The American Dream") just aren't out there for us anymore.

Barry Gills, "Unity on the Global Left: Critical Reflections on Samir Amin's Call for a New International "
English | ISBN: 0367552221 | 2021 | 166 pages | EPUB | 960 KB
This book brings together a collection of essays by progressive global activists in response to Samir Amin's call for a new global organization of progressive workers and peoples. Amin's proposal is applauded, criticized and reformulated by these scholar-activists who are all proponents of ways forward toward a more egalitarian world society.

Lucy Whichelo, "Unelectable: Making Space for a Future with Female Leaders"
English | ISBN: 1636768636 | 2021 | 160 pages | EPUB | 290 KB
Unelectable takes a look at the ways in which we are seeing a greater willingness of society to have a more open, honest and vulnerable conversation about the struggles women face in US politics.

Gilda R. Daniels, "Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America"
English | ISBN: 1479862355 | 2020 | 272 pages | EPUB | 512 KB
An answer to the assault on voting rights―crucial reading in light of the 2020 presidential election

Stan Robbins, "U.S.A Fraudulent Education Exposed"
English | ISBN: 109806934X | 2021 | 74 pages | EPUB | 170 KB
The book you have in your hand is for the purpose of exposing the U.S.A. Fraudulent Education in our U.S.A. schools, colleges and country. It is also to expose the communist goals of taking over the U.S.A.

AysegГјl Kibaroglu, "Turkey's Water Diplomacy: Analysis of its Foundations, Challenges and Prospects "
English | ISBN: 1783088117 | 2021 | 184 pages | EPUB | 532 KB
'Turkey's Water Diplomacy' delineates the institutional and legal foundations of transboundary water policy-making in Turkey, paying special attention to the evolution of transboundary water politics in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin. The book also analyses how Turkey's harmonization with the European Union has impacted the transboundary water policy discourses and practices, and how these changes have been reflected in its relations with its Middle Eastern neighbours. Turkey was one of the three countries that rejected the UN Watercourses Convention in 1997. Yet, since the voting of the convention there have been changes in Turkey's stance vis-Г - vis international water law, which the book studies. Turkey's water diplomacy embodies complex water management problems, which can be best understood as a product of competition, feedback and interconnection among natural and societal variables in a political context. Hence, the book adopts the Water Diplomacy Framework with its key elements in making policy-relevant recommendations specifically for Turkey's water diplomacy.

Lucia Najslova, "Turkey and the European Union: The Politics of Belonging"
English | ISBN: 1838602666 | 2021 | 216 pages | EPUB | 408 KB
Since Turkey's European Union accession talks began in 2005 the relationship has inspired much analysis as an example of democratic political integration and as a process which offers an insight into the future of the European Union. Offering a unique analysis of this relationship, Lucia Najslova approaches the issue through an interdisciplinary ethnographic lens and in so doing moves the discussion away from the formal diplomatic developments and towards an understanding of the issues of belonging that underpin the relationship.

Troubleshooting and Root Cause Failure Analysis: Equipment Problem Solving by JR Paul Lanthier
English | January 18, 2021 | ISBN: 0831136650 | 135 pages | PDF | 4.40 Mb
In the field of maintenance, good problem-solving practices are among the most important elements to maximizing equipment uptime, and by resolving the root cause of the failure, in increasing equipment reliability. To be successful, an organization must be able to resolve the effects of a failure quickly so that it can go back to normal, and, in some cases, determine the cause of the failure so that a permanent solution can be identified and implemented. These are two distinct requirements (troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis), with distinctive requirements. Both are important, and one cannot exist without the other if we want to be efficient and effective in resolving asset failures.

Henry Raymont, "Troubled Neighbors: The Story of US-Latin American Relations from FDR to the Present"
English | ISBN: 0367096838 | 2019 | 351 pages | EPUB | 1057 KB
At one time the US and Latin America defined themselves in common as new and American, in contrast to the old, European order, and they enjoyed a period of friendship and cooperation based on that sustaining sense of commonality. With the advent of the Cold War, however, hemispheric solidarity and alliance faded fast, as the US became preoccupied with other regions of the world it deemed of deeper strategic significance. The United States and Latin America now largely define each other as negative reference points, instead of as neighbors and allies. In Troubled Neighbors, Henry Raymont-journalist for four decades, author, lecturer, teacher, and consultant-presents a journalist's observations on the pendulum swings in US-Latin American relations over the past half-century. The book is organized chronologically, with a chapter devoted to each of the administrations from FDR to Bill Clinton and an epilogue covering the first term of the George W. Bush administration. Straightforward organization: The book is chronologically organized, with a chapter devoted in turn to each administration from FDR to George W. Bush. Experienced author, an expert in the field.

Herbert C. Kelman, "Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Mutual Negation to Reconciliation "
English | ISBN: 1138047961 | 2018 | 248 pages | EPUB | 376 KB
This book is a collection of essential essays on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by eminent social psychologist Herbert C. Kelman.

Joel Smith, "Transcendental Philosophy and Naturalism"
English | ISBN: 0199608555 | 2011 | 224 pages | PDF | 1272 KB
Kant's introduction of a distinctive form of philosophical investigation and proof, known as transcendental, inaugurated a new philosophical tradition. Transcendental Philosophy and Naturalism assesses the present state and contemporary relevance of this tradition. The contributors aim to understand the theoretical structures involved in transcendental explanation, and to assess the contemporary relevance of the transcendental orientation, in particular with respect to contemporary philosophical naturalism. These issues are approached from both naturalistic and transcendental perspectives.

The Winning Link: A Proven Process to Define, Align, and Execute Strategy at Every Level by Billy Ray Taylor
English | August 19th, 2022 | ISBN: 1264268262 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 3.95 MB
Give ownership of business strategy to every employee at every level of your organization

Gemma Houldey, "The Vulnerable Humanitarian "
English | ISBN: 0367469790 | 2021 | 200 pages | EPUB | 922 KB
The Vulnerable Humanitarian challenges the prevalence of stress and burnout culture within the aid sector, laying bare the issues of power, agency, security and wellbeing that continue to trouble organisations and staff.

Spyros Katsoulas, "The United States and Greek-Turkish Relations: The Guardian's Dilemma "
English | ISBN: 1032123370 | 2021 | 218 pages | EPUB | 769 KB
This book examines the role of the United States in Greek-Turkish relations and fills an important gap in alliance theory regarding the guardian's dilemma.

John F. MacArthur, "The Truth About Forgiveness"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1400204151 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 0.8 mb
"The greatest measuring rod of love in the life of a Christian may be forgiveness, because God showed His love to us in terms of forgiveness." ?John MacArthur

Chris Scott, "The Street Riding Years: Despatching through 80s London"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0993046525 | ASIN: B00NDDE04S | EPUB | pages: 367 | 0.4 mb
Chris Scott is best known for his acclaimed travel bibles including the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook and Morocco Overland. It's less well known that by the end of the 1980s he'd had many more motorcycles than birthdays. Set in the late 70s and the following decade, this is the story of his start on bikes and subsequent years as an urban motorcycle mercenary. It was an era when badly behaved messengers capitalised on London's economic revival, squatting was easy, Thatcherism polarised the nation and rioting was a frequent response to it. Despatch riding on everything from classic Brit twins to thundering Italian street racers, demented dirt missiles and nitrox-injected dinosaurs, his story includes a brush with Class War and regular spells in hospital.

Sandra Shillington, "The Step-By-Step Guide to Copywriting: Online Learning and Course Design: Become An Authority, Make Money Online With a Well Written Course That ... or Teachable"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1973260395 | ASIN: B077935TLD | EPUB | pages: 73 | 0.2 mb
Do You Want To Make Money Online? Write An Online Course! This book walks you through every step of creating an effective online learning course using time-tested principles of instructional design and instructional writing. It's a multi-step guide that subject matter experts and copywriters can follow to go from idea to fully developed online course. Whether your course will be sold on a marketplace platform such as Udemy, self-hosted on your own website, or launched through sites such as Teachable, Thinkific, or Kajabi, this book will help you - even if you're not sure yet on what type of course you want to create. Turn your expertise into passive income. Take advantage of the surge in popularity E-learning has seen over the last few years.

Stanley Cavell, "The Senses of Walden: An Expanded Edition"
English | 1992 | ISBN: 0226098133 | 168 pages | PDF | 13.6 MB
Stanley Cavell, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, has written an invaluable companion volume to Walden, a seminal book in our cultural heritage. This expanded edition includes two essays on Emerson.