Motivation Unlock Powerful Self Motivation: Maximise Self Motivation And Achieve Your Goals. Motivate Yourself And Kill Off Procrastination by Sobia Publication
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09ZQWV6K8 | 160 pages | MOBI | 0.24 Mb
Motivation: Unlock powerful self motivation. Maximise self-motivation and achieve your goals. Motivate yourself and kill off procrastination.

Monet & Renoir: The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Impressionist Artists by Charles River Editors
English | August 6, 2015 | ISBN: 1515378888 | 110 pages | EPUB | 4.86 Mb
*Includes pictures *Includes the artists' quotes about their lives and art *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents To get a sense of the kind of prestige that Claude Monet enjoys within the art world, one need only learn that his Le Bassin Aux NympheГЎs (1919) - from his series of paintings featuring water lilies - sold for the equivalent of more than $70 million. This is an incredibly staggering price, especially considering that early in his life, Monet had been so poor and debt-ridden that some of his paintings were taken from him by creditors. How, exactly, did Monet progress from being an impoverished young Impressionist artist working at the vanguard of European art to the legendary Master whose works command prices near the very pinnacle of the art world? Naturally, Monet's commercial success soared exponentially in the decades following his death in 1926, at a time in which the prices commanded by the great Masters of Western art began rising in price at exponential rates. Yet even during his own lifetime, Monet enjoyed a sharp rise to fame and was canonized as one of the greatest painters in France. Following sharply in the footsteps of Edouard Manet, Claude Monet was one of the first painters identified within the Impressionist circle (indeed, it was Monet himself who coined the label of Impressionist after using it in the title of one of his paintings). Where some artists reach the peak of their acclaim early in life, Monet's star continued to rise even throughout his old age; although some would argue that the last decade or so of his life were anticlimactic, at least from an artistic standpoint, his landmark water lilies were made during his elderly years. And even though Monet would continue to paint well after the canonical period of Impressionism had ended, his name was and remains synonymous with Impressionism, along with cherished acquaintances of his, including such luminaries as Pierre-August Renoir, Camille Pissarro, and Edouard Manet. Simply put, Monet is a monumental figure when it comes to examining Western art during the second half of the 19th century. Pierre-Auguste Renoir stands alongside Claude Monet at the very peak of Impressionist painting, and though neither of them can be credited with founding the movement (that honor likely goes to Edouard Manet or Edgar Degas), Renoir and Monet remain inextricably tied to the key characteristics of Impressionism: loose brushwork; outdoor painting; an emphasis on capturing natural light and shadow; and a focus on remaining in Paris and the surrounding countryside. Yet if Monet and Renoir are each remembered for their affiliation with these descriptors, differences nevertheless distinguish them, especially the fact that Renoir concentrated less on nature than did Monet, attending instead to scenes depicting Parisian leisure activity. This thematic concern for depicting scenes of idyllic Parisian enjoyment, such as rowing in boats or grand luncheons, imbues Renoir with a greater sense of joie-de-vivre than Monet or perhaps any of the other members of the Impressionist cohort. Even though Renoir's art shares much in common with his Impressionist colleagues, both his handling of paint and even his subject matter contain significant differences that render him truly unique as a painter. That Renoir captured scenes of leisure better than any of his contemporaries was surprising and unlikely considering the background in which he was raised. Denied the opportunity for a proper education, Renoir's painting, which started at a young age, was borne more out of a need to work than in pursuit of a lifelong passion. Renoir certainly loved to paint, but like Monet, painting always remained his profession, and he treated it as such. Monet & Renoir looks at the personal background that led to the two becoming artists and the cultural climate in which they rose to fame.

Dave Anderson, Joel Maturi, "Minnesota-Wisconsin College Football Rivalry"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1467114987, 1531671853 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 15.8 mb
There are many great rivalries in Division I college football, but only one can say it has been played the longest: Minnesota and Wisconsin. Since 1890, the Golden Gophers and Badgers have faced each other in the annual game known as the Border Battle. Early teams competed for the coveted "Slab of Bacon" trophy until 1948, when the winning team would take home Paul Bunyan's Axe, a tradition that continues to this day. Images of Sports: Minnesota-Wisconsin College Football Rivalry features magnificent games through the years, plus stories and images of remarkable players and coaches. Included are the historic national championships, Rose Bowls, All-Americans, and even fantasy teams, plus the involvement of presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy in this enduring football rivalry.

Jim Crume, "Metashape Pro: Step by Step Guide"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1097108988 | ASIN: B07RJP92H5 | EPUB | pages: 81 | 5.2 mb
This book explains in detail how to use drone imagery to create rectified orthomosaic, contours, volumes using Metashape Professional Edition software by Agisoft. Each step is clearly shown with and explanations of the process.

Melissa Joan Hart, "Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1250054982, 1250032830 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 7.3 mb
Melissa Joan Hart explained it all―from dating to bullies―in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions more as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, Melissa tells the frank and funny behind-the-scenes stories from her extraordinary television past and her refreshingly normal present.

Mediating Specialized Knowledge and L2 Abilities: New Research in Spanish/English Bilingual Models and Beyond By Linda Escobar (editor), Ana IbГЎГ±ez Moreno (editor)
2022 | 385 Pages | ISBN: 3030874753 | PDF | 4 MB
This edited book presents a selection of new empirical studies in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP), showcasing the best practices of educators in their particular contexts. The chapters cover settings grouped into three main categories: L2 abilities and English as a medium of instruction in English/Spanish bilingual contexts; ESP in international contexts; and EAP and academic writing. The authors examine topics and contexts that have been under-explored in the literature to date, contributing to wider discussions of English-language mediation in educational settings and also touching on areas such as international mobility, migration, and social integration in multicultural environments. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in an interdisciplinary range of fields, including applied linguistics, language education policy, multilingualism, migration policy, and positive psychology and motivation.

George J. Hademenos, "McGraw-Hill Education MCAT: Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems 2016, Cross-Platform Edition"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1259588378 | PDF | pages: 432 | 34.5 mb
Expert Preparation for the Revised MCAT-in Print, Online, and Mobile

Imran Bashir, "Mastering Blockchain: Distributed ledger technology, decentralization, and smart contracts explained, 2nd Edition"
English | 2018 | pages: 656 | ISBN: 1788839048 | EPUB | 24,6 mb
Publisher's Note: This edition from 2018 is outdated and does not cover the latest insights on consensus algorithms, Ethereum 2.0, tokenization, and enterprise blockchains. A new and updated edition of this book that includes all the newest developments and improvements in Blockchain including the above topics is now available.

Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras: New Perspectives on the Opening Battle of the Waterloo Campaign By Paul L. Dawson
2017 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1526700719 | EPUB | 6 MB
Fought on 16 June 1815, two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Quatre Bras has been described as a tactical Anglo-allied victory, but a French strategic victory. The French Marshal Ney was given command of the left wing of Napoleon's army and ordered to seize the vital crossroads at Quatre Bras, as the prelude to an advance on Brussels. The crossroads was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move southeastward along the Nivelles-Namur road.Yet the normally bold and dynamic Ney was uncharacteristically cautious. As a result, by the time he mounted a full-scale attack upon the Allied troops holding Quatre Bras, the Duke of Wellington had been able to concentrate enough strength to hold the crossroads.Ney's failure at Quatre Bras had disastrous consequences for Napoleon, whose divided army was not able to reunite in time to face Wellington at Waterloo. This revelatory study of the Waterloo campaign draws primarily on French archival sources, and previously unpublished French accounts, to present a balanced view of a battle normally seen only from the British or Anglo-Allied perspective.

V K Shrivastava, "Manthan: Multifaceted Reflections on the Indian Armed Forces"
English | ISBN: 9390439043 | 2021 | 196 pages | EPUB | 897 KB
This book establishes the relevance of war as an instrument of state policy, and the necessity of armed forces to protect and promote national interests. It then traces India's warring traditions and the enviable professionalism of the Indian armed forces. Reflecting on their post-independence military ventures it analyses why, despite five wars, India's vexed territorial and border disputes have remained unresolved.

Edward D. Berkowitz, "Making Social Welfare Policy in America: Three Case Studies since 1950"
English | ISBN: 022669223X | 2020 | 353 pages | EPUB | 696 KB
American social welfare policy has produced a health system with skyrocketing costs, a disability insurance program that consigns many otherwise productive people to lives of inactivity, and a welfare program that attracts wide criticism. Making Social Welfare Policy in America explains how this happened by examining the historical development of three key programs-Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and Temporary Aid to Needy Families. Edward D. Berkowitz traces the developments that led to each program's creation. Policy makers often find it difficult to dislodge a program's administrative structure, even as political, economic, and cultural circumstances change. Faced with this situation, they therefore solve contemporary problems with outdated programs and must improvise politically acceptable solutions. The results vary according to the political popularity of the program and the changes in the conventional wisdom. Some programs, such as Social Security Disability Insurance, remain in place over time. Policy makers have added new parts to Medicare to reflect modern developments. Congress has abolished Aid to Families of Dependent Children and replaced with a new program intended to encourage work among adult welfare recipients raising young children.

Morton A. Kaplan, "Macropolitics: Essays on the Philosophy and Science of Politics"
English | ISBN: 1138527408 | 2017 | 256 pages | EPUB | 942 KB
A selection of essays by a pioneer in the application of systems theory to political analysis, Macropolitics develops the author's concern with the philosophical foundations of political science, and with the extension of philosophical principles into the realm of empirical analysis. For this volume, Kaplan has written a long essay on the philosophical foundations of his work, which constitutes one of his most important statements. He develops and explains within a philosophical context his contention that values can be treated in an empirically meaningful fashion. Organized to expand or illustrate the major points raised in this introduction, the essays that follow deal with such topics as the nature and utility of systems theory, empirical treatment of historical explanations, the systemic and psychological foundations of values, and empirical applications of systems theory in analyzing international political systems. Enlarging the dialogue between conflicting viewpoints, Kaplan exposes the common roots of Western scientific thought and Marxist philosophy, emphasizing that both status quo and revolutionary philosophies are one-sided. In his new introduction, Ira Sharkansky sees this as a truly groundbreaking work: "thanks in considerable part to the contributions of Professor Kaplan, international relations theory is a major component of political sciencei?1/2a milestone on our quest for understanding i?1/2 a distinguished part of the ongoing record." When the book first appeared, William Welch in the

Aditya Sharma, Vishwesh Ravi Shrimali, Michael Beyeler, "Machine Learning for OpenCV 4: Intelligent algorithms for building image processing apps using OpenCV 4, Python, and scikit-learn, 2nd Edition"
English | 2019 | pages: 405 | ISBN: 1789536308 | PDF | 20,9 mb
A practical guide to understanding the core machine learning and deep learning algorithms, and implementing them to create intelligent image processing systems using OpenCV 4

Lonely Planet Laos (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet
English | June 1, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B089PXF79H | 735 pages | EPUB | 8.82 Mb
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher

Rick Harmes, "Localism and the Design of Political Systems "
English | ISBN: 0367406012 | 2020 | 192 pages | EPUB | 1001 KB
This book examines localism as a political idea and policy approach and explains what localism is about, why it is growing in importance and how it relates to other themes in politics.

Johanna Söderström, "Living politics after war: Ex-combatants and returning veterans "
English | ISBN: 1526144891 | 2020 | 224 pages | EPUB | 949 KB
Life after war is intrinsically political for former combatants. As wars end, societies and former combatants face a period of transition. This book explores the experience of coming home for former combatants, capturing the challenges and opportunities for political mobilization among former combatants as they return from three very different wars: South West Africa People's Organization combatants who participated in the Namibian War of Independence (1966-90); guerrillas from Movimiento 19 de Abril who joined the ongoing guerilla warfare conducted against the Colombian state (1974-90), and combatants from the United States who participated in the Vietnam War (1955-75).

Danielle Badra, "Like We Still Speak"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 168226176X | 84 pages | EPUB | 0.56 MB
Winner of the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize

Life Extension Foundation: Disease Prevention and Treatment 3rd Edition - Scientific Protocols that Integrate Mainstream and Alternative Medicine By Life Extension Foundation, William Faloon, Saul Kent
2000 | 946 Pages | ISBN: 0965877744 | PDF | 88 MB
Disease Prevention and Treatment, 3rd edition is a 968-page medical reference book containing "inside" information about therapies that innovative physicians are using to prevent and treat the degenerative diseases of aging. Disease Prevention and Treatment is the only book available that makes specific recommendations about combining traditional medical therapies with nutrients, hormones, and unique medications to provide patients with their best chance of preventing or gaining control over serious medical disorders. Written for the lay reader and physician alike, this innovative reference book provides guidelines for integrating FDA-approved drugs with alternative therapies for safe and effective treatment of age-related degenerative diseases. The new Disease Prevention and Treatment, 3rd edition contains innovative solutions for over 118 difficult to treat medical conditions. The book is arranged alphabetically with convenient thumb tabs and a 31-page index to quickly locate the information you need. Here are some examples of the life-saving information you will find in this book: * The missing link in depression therapy overlooked by psychiatrists * A European drug shown to reduce breast cancer mortality by 75% over a 3-year time period * A safe drug that can knock out some flu viruses in 24 to 48 hours * How to avoid liver damage when taking acetaminophen pain relievers * A cholesterol-lowering drug that stops cancer cells from dividing * A new finding that 24-hour blood pressure drugs quit before the day is over * Two controllable heart attack factors neglected by cardiologists * Why conventional hepatitis C therapies fail 80% of the time * How to use hormone-blockade therapy in the long-term control of prostate cancer * What Europeans are doing to stave off age-associated cognitive impairment * An FDA-approved drug to treat arthritis that interferes with prostate and colon cancer cell propagation * Nutrients that reduce the risk of surgical complications * Alternatives to expensive arthritis drugs * A lethal misconception among vitamin users about cardiovascular disease * Drugs that reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease * Nutrients that boost the cancer-killing effects of chemotherapy drugs * Safe estrogen replacement drug and nutrient therapies * A French drug that lowers infections associated with chronic bronchitis by 60% * A Japanese vitamin drug to treat osteoporosis * A prescription hormone that can reverse premature aging in men * Precautions one should take when supplementing with the hormone DHEA * A five-drug prostate cancer treatment regimen * The most effective treatment for fibromyalgia * A German therapy to treat liver cirrhosis

Life Extension Foundation : Disease Prevention & Treatment 5th Edition ( The Life Extension Foundation's disease prevention and treatment : scientific protocols that integrate mainstream and alternative medicine ) By Life Extension Foundation, William Faloon, Saul Kent
2022 | 1408 Pages | ISBN: 0965877787 | PDF | 150 MB
At any given time, hundreds of different health books are offered to the American public. Most of these books provide some useful information, but none adequately address the archaic state of medical practice that patients with serious disease are confronted with. The mission of this fifth edition of Disease Prevention and Treatment is to break down the barriers of ignorance that result in unnecessary suffering and death. While intriguing discoveries are now published in prestigious medical journals on a regular basis, little of this information is utilized to actually save human lives. It's as if a brick wall separates newly discovered scientific solutions from those in critical need of this knowledge. The goal of Disease Prevention and Treatment is to tear down the walls of ignorance and apathy that have become the underlying reasons why human beings needlessly succumb to preventable diseases today.

Learn Intermediate Spanish for Adults Workbook: Go from Spanish Beginner to Intermediate in 30 Days! (Learn Spanish For Adults) by Explore ToWin
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B6G7VN6Y | 170 pages | EPUB | 0.30 Mb
Are you already familiarized with the Spanish basics but want to take your knowledge to the next level? Do you feel like Spanish courses aren't made for you? Do you need a book that makes Spanish grammar simple and practical?

Frank Tortorella, "Leading Ancillary and Support Departments to Higher Performance: The New Service Imperative for Patient Care"
English | ISBN: 1640552405 | 2021 | 364 pages | PDF | 7 MB
When we think about who provides patient care at hospitals and health systems, physicians and nurses are often the first people who come to mind. But what about the myriad ancillary and support staff who assist-directly and indirectly-with patient care? These departments play an essential role in ensuring patient safety and shaping the patient experience.

Lackland's Vintage Aircraft: A Tribute to Joint Base Lackland by John Spencer
English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07H54DQGV | 320 pages | EPUB | 28 Mb
For many years they've come through the gates of Lackland. Most enlisted personnel remember it as Lackland Air Force Base. Recent entries know it as Joint Base Lackland. But for all enlisted airmen, it's the place they started their Air Force career.

Luxan, "LGBTQI+ in the Basque Country "
English | ISBN: 1949805255 | 2020 | 172 pages | EPUB | 579 KB
This collaboration between the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Master's in Feminist and Gender Studies of the University of the Basque Country is the first English monograph on LGBTQI+ issues in relation to the Basque case. It addresses the existing void surrounding historical, legal, and political issues concerning this important topic, but it also tackles social and cultural aspects as well as problems and challenges of the LGBTQI+ collective in the Basque Country today. This book explores legislative issues, the mission of social movements and of their followers, and a historical perspective on lesbianism and homosexuality in the European context. Additionally, an attempt to understand bodies beyond binary categories has been made, and an examination of the cultural expressions through literary analysis. It is a snapshot, combining the perspectives of the academic researchers and the actual activists. It is, in essence, an invitation to continue to discuss, research, and write about matters concerning LGBTQI+.

Patton Edgar, "Kidney Diet Cookbook for Beginners: Step-by-step nutritional guidelines for kidney patients with over 250 varied recipes low in sodium, potassium and phosphorus"
English | 2022 | ASIN: B0B754GKB6, B0B7JSB13S | EPUB | pages: 473 | 2.9 mb
Have you been diagnosed with kidney disease?

Karl Barth's Moral Thought By Gerald McKenny
2021 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0192845527 | PDF | 2 MB
Does theological ethics articulate moral norms with the assistance of moral philosophy? Or does it leave that task to moral philosophy alone while it describes a distinctively Christian way of acting or form of life? These questions lie at the very heart of theological ethics as a discipline.Karl Barth's theological ethics makes a strong case for the first alternative. Karl Barth's Moral Thought follows Barth's efforts to present God's grace as a moral norm in his treatments of divine commands, moral reasoning, responsibility, and agency. It shows how Barth's conviction that grace isthe norm of human action generates problems for his ethics at nearly every turn, as it involves a moral good that confronts human beings from outside rather than perfecting them as the kind of creature they are. Yet it defends Barth's insistence on the right of theology to articulate moral norms,and it shows how Barth may lead theological ethics to exercise that right in a more compelling way than he did.

Eric E. Smith, "Just War Theory and Non-State Actors: Using an Historical Body of Knowledge in Modern Circumstances "
English | ISBN: 1472473973 | 2020 | 218 pages | EPUB | 849 KB
This book uses an historical body of knowledge, Just War Theory, as the basis for analyzing modern conflicts involving Armed Non-State Actors who employ force against states.

Victor Teo, "Japan's Island Troubles with China and Korea: Prospects and Challenges for Resolution "
English | ISBN: 1138085235 | 2018 | 149 pages | EPUB | 571 KB
This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute between Japan and China and the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute between Japan and Korea, in order to offer new perspectives on the possible approaches towards amelioration and resolution of these conflicts.

Chad C. Serena, "It Takes More than a Network: The Iraqi Insurgency and Organizational Adaptation"
English | ISBN: 0804789037 | 2014 | 240 pages | EPUB | 401 KB
It Takes More than a Network presents a structured investigation of the Iraqi insurgency's capacity for and conduct of organizational adaptation. In particular, it answers the question of why the Iraqi insurgency was seemingly so successful between 2003 and late 2006 and yet nearly totally collapsed by 2008. The book's main argument is that the Iraqi insurgency failed to achieve longer-term organizational goals because many of its organizational strengths were also its organizational weaknesses: these characteristics abetted and then corrupted the Iraqi insurgency's ability to adapt. The book further compares the organizational adaptation of the Iraqi insurgency with the organizational adaptation of the Afghan insurgency. This is done to refine the findings of the Iraq case and to present a more robust analysis of the adaptive cycles of two large and diverse covert networked insurgencies. The book finds that the Afghan insurgency, although still ongoing, has adapted more successfully than the Iraqi insurgency because it has been better able to leverage the strengths and counter the weaknesses of its chosen organizational form.

Raphael D. Marcus, "Israel's Long War with Hezbollah: Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire"
English | ISBN: 1626166102 | 2018 | 320 pages | EPUB | 762 KB
The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation of Hezbollah during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the early 1980s. He critically evaluates events including Israel's long counterguerrilla campaign throughout the 1990s, the Israeli withdrawal in 2000, the 2006 summer war, and concludes with an assessment of current tensions on the border between Israel and Lebanon related to the Syrian civil war.

Daniel Peterson, "Islam, Blasphemy, and Human Rights in Indonesia: The Trial of Ahok "
English | ISBN: 0367435330 | 2020 | 224 pages | EPUB | 582 KB
Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia's liberal democratic human rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist majoritarian sentiment.