Raymond Taras, "Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond"
English | ISBN: 0748699015 | 2015 | 224 pages | PDF | 1032 KB
This is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events. There has been much research into why the U.S. and U.K. militaries intervened in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflict zones. But what explains France's newfound international activism, which is taking its military to Libya, Mali and deeper into Africa? Why has Poland become deeply engaged in Ukraine's politics? Why is Sweden, which has not fought a war since 1814, concerned with the fierce internal wars in Iraq and Syria? Can these actions be explained as countries simply protecting their national interests, or could domestic xenophobia also be playing a part? In 'Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy', Raymond Taras explains the causal mechanisms propelling these three EU states to become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad.

Shelley Silas, "Falling"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 1840023287 | EPUB | pages: 113 | 2.2 mb
Falling is an intense comedy drama about mid life crisis, teenage angst, growing up and growing old - even at forty. It's about babies, sibling rivalry and learning when it's time to give up on the dreams and get on with life. Falling is a moving and funny investigation of the modern extended family.

FINANCIAL EDUCATION 2022: Learn the importance of financial education with practical strategies and tips by MARK TOMLINSON
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B87Q3YZS | 212 pages | EPUB | 0.15 Mb
Would you like to educate learn the proper financial education you need? Then Keep reading!

Maurizio Pompili, "Exploring the Phenomenon of Suicide "
English | ISBN: 1613249241 | 2011 | 487 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This text discusses research on the phenomenology of suicide, that is, to focus on suicide as a phenomenon affecting a unique individual with unique motives for the suicidal act. To explore this topic, the author looks at various contexts in order to understand in different perspectives.

Excess Returns: A comparative study of the world's greatest investors by Frederik Vanhaverbeke
English | June 28, 2014 | ISBN: 0857193511, 0857194321 | True EPUB | 376 pages | 3.2 MB
An analysis of the investment approach of the world's top investors, showing how to achieve market-beating returns

Everything to Learn Before Investing in Stocks: Self Development; An Introduction to Financial Literacy and Personal Success by Jonathan Lacey
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0924WYYKG | 130 pages | PDF | 0.72 Mb
"I've read it 4 times in the last 6 months."

Evaluation of Text Summaries Based on Linear Optimization of Content Metrics
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031072138 | 359 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 16 MB
This book provides a comprehensive discussion and new insights about linear optimization of content metrics to improve the automatic Evaluation of Text Summaries (ETS). The reader is first introduced to the background and fundamentals of the ETS. Afterward, state-of-the-art evaluation methods that require or do not require human references are described. Based on how linear optimization has improved other natural language processing tasks, we developed a new methodology based on genetic algorithms that optimize content metrics linearly. Under this optimization, we propose SECO-SEVA as an automatic evaluation metric available for research purposes. Finally, the text finishes with a consideration of directions in which automatic evaluation could be improved in the future. The information provided in this book is self-contained. Therefore, the reader does not require an exhaustive background in this area. Moreover, we consider this book the first one that deals with the ETS in depth.

Entrepreneurship and Change :Understanding Entrepreneurialism as a Driver of Transformation by Denis Hyams-Ssekasi, Fredrick Agboma
English | PDF | 2022 | 298 Pages | ISBN : 3031071387 | 6.8 MB
This book offers novel and contemporary thinking of entrepreneurship and change. It espouses the distinct but reciprocal nature of both concepts to unravel high levels of transformation, both in terms of social structures and social relations, inherent in new venture creation. It provides insights from a theoretical, educational, and industrial context with emphasis on holistic approaches to change. Each chapter illuminates distinct elements of the entrepreneurial landscape and the importance of learning, creativity and innovation as tools for practice and knowledge management. This book is an essential resource for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers because it provides new outlooks and dimensions on the transformational powers of entrepreneurship and change.

Enigma of the Emperors: Sacred Subservience in Japanese History By Ben-Ami Shillony
2003 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1901903346 | PDF | 3 MB
This important new and original study on the institution of the Japanese emperors, from their mythological beginnings to the present day, focuses on the enigma of the institution itself, namely, the extraordinary continuity of the Japanese dynasty, which is unknown anywhere else in the world, yet which is now at risk on account of more recent laws of succession. The prisms through which this remarkable achievement is examined are the notions of divinity, gender and subservience. The volume is divided into nine sections: Strange Survival; The Feminine Beginnings of the Japanese Monarchy; Empresses and Consorts; Subservience as Power; Rising Fortunes in an Era of Peace; Meiji: the National Father Figure; The Elusive Divinity of the Modern Emperors; Return to Sacred Subservience; Continuity in Danger. Based on earlier research first published in Japanese (Haha Naru Tenno), Enigma of the Emperors adds significantly to the existing corpus of work on this subject, addressing many traditional preconceptions and misconceptions along the way. Accordingly, it will undoubtedly be welcomed within scholarly circles, as well as being of particular interest to a wider readership, not least because of its relevance in the context of the major contemporary issues surrounding the future of the dynasty in the twenty-first century.

End of Christendom and the Future Christianity (Christian Mission & Modern Culture) By Douglas John Hall
1997 | 69 Pages | ISBN: 1563381931 | PDF | 2 MB
Book by Hall, Douglas John

Jy Din Shakya, Ming Zhen Shakya, "Empty Cloud: The Teachings Of Xu (Hsu) Yun"
English | 1996 | ASIN: N/A | 92 pages | PDF | 0.91 MB
This is about 20th century buddhism in China, personal memoirs, not a scholarly history.

Ali Vitali, "Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House . . . Yet"
English | ISBN: 0063058634 | 2022 | EPUB | 352 pages | 3 MB
A fearless deep dive into the 2020 election from former MSNBC "Road Warrior" and now NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali, who covered the campaign trail every step of the way-investigating the gendered double standards placed on women presidential candidates of that cycle and those who came before, and what it will take for a woman to finally break the glass ceiling and win the White House.

Effective Model-Based Systems Engineering by John M. Borky
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 (2019 Edition) | 788 Pages | ISBN : 331995668X | 101.59 MB
This textbook presents a proven, mature Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology that has delivered success in a wide range of system and enterprise programs. The authors introduce MBSE as the state of the practice in the vital Systems Engineering discipline that manages complexity and integrates technologies and design approaches to achieve effective, affordable, and balanced system solutions to the needs of a customer organization and its personnel.

Edge Cloud Operations: A Systems Approach
By Larry Peterson , Scott Baker
2022 | ASIN : B0B46CR2FC | English | 152 pages | EPUB | 4 MB

Economic Thought In Early Modern Japan (Monies, Markets, And Finance In East Asia, 1600 - 1900) By Bettina Gramlich-Oka; Gregory Smits
2010 | 298 Pages | ISBN: 9004183833 | PDF | 3 MB
This volume explores early-modern formations of economic thought and policy in a country widely regarded as having followed a unique, non-Western path to capitalism. In discussing such topics as money and the state, freedom and control, national interest ideology, shogunal politics and networks, case studies of the Saga Domain and Ryukyu Kingdom, Confucian banking, early Meiji entrepreneurship, and relationships between macroeconomic fluctuations and policy, the essays here deepen and revise our understanding of early-modern Japan. They also enlarge and refine the analytical vocabulary for describing early-modern economic thought and policy, thereby raising issues of interest to scholars of world history and economic thought outside of Japan or East Asia.

Easy Leeks Cookbook by Chef Maggie Chow
English | December 13, 2015 | ISBN: 1522735712 | 103 pages | EPUB | 0.34 Mb
A Meal with Leeks. Cannot be Beat! Discover these Easy Recipes for Cooking with Leeks...

Zainab Jagot Ahmed, "Easy Indian Super Meals: For Babies, Toddlers and the Family"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 178503345X | EPUB | pages: 208 | 164.4 mb
Easy Indian Super Meals takes flavor-inspiration from Indian home-cooking, combining ingredients naturally full of goodness-"Super Foods"-with ingredients naturally packed with flavor-"Super Spices"-to create simple, super-delicious recipes suitable for children from 7 months old. Adding toddler-friendly spices to your child's meals is a fantastic way to encourage them to love their food. Oregano and mint, nutmeg, cinnamon, turmeric and ground cumin, for example, add delicious flavor fast and offer natural health benefits too. Watch your child happily munch their way through Mint and Coriander Veggie Stew, Creamy Sweet Potato Dream or Saffron Date Kheer (creamy rice pudding), looking forward to every mealtime and each new food you share with them. There is no added salt, sugar or chillies. Includes dual measures.

Dungeons & Dragons: How to Be More D&D: Face Your Dragons, Be More Adventurous, and Live Your Best Geeky Life by Kat Kruger
English | August 23, 2022 | ISBN: 076247887X | True EPUB | 160 pages | 72.9 MB
Tackle life with advantage with this officially licensed guide to life inspired by the world of Dungeons & Dragons!

Distant Skies: An American Journey on Horseback by Melissa A. Priblo Chapman
English | October 20, 2020 | ISBN: 1570769605 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 4.8 MB
Part American road trip, part coming-of-age adventure, and part uncommon love story-a remarkable memoir that explores the evolution of the human-animal relationship, along with the raw beauty of a life lived outdoors.

M.D. Jeffrey, R. Brooke, "Diagnostic Imaging - Emergency Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1931884765 | 2013 | pages | PDF | 47 MB
Imaging plays a central role in the evaluation of the acutely ill patient. In the current age, it would be unthinkable not to have a state-of-the-art emergency room without a closely stationed multidetector CT scanner. Diagnostic Imaging: Emergency, 2nd edition is intended as a readable and approachable reference for all major traumatic and non-traumatic diagnoses that can be encountered in the acutely ill patient. The book evaluates multiple organ systems including the brain, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis and musculoskeletal system in both adults and pediatric patients. Furthermore, the organization was designed to provide the ideal model for a quick reference text. The book is divided into two large parts - Trauma and Non-Trauma - and within each of these parts, diagnoses within each individual organ system are thoughtfully divided to provide an organized approach. Each section has an Introduction that is designed to explain the appropriate work-up for the specific clinical scenario.

Jeffrey Stackert, "Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch "
English | ISBN: 0300167512 | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This indispensable monograph synthesizes current debates and offers a new historical and literary analysis of the book of Deuteronomy

Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment by Brad Snyder
English | August 23, 2022 | ISBN: 1324004878 | True EPUB | 992 pages | 43.9 MB
The definitive biography of Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court justice and champion of twentieth-century American liberal democracy.

Dee Lanier, "Demarginalizing Design: Elevating Equity for Real World Problem Solving"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0578286556 | ASIN: B09XQF8GB1 | EPUB | pages: 165 | 3.2 mb
This book supports educators as they solve challenges of educational inequity through the lens of design thinking.

Decoding Executives: Strategies to Effectively Work with Leadership
.MP4, AVC, 1280x720, 30 fps | English, AAC, 2 Ch | 36m | 686 MB
Instructor: Susan Kushnir

Ian M. Malcolm, "DANGEROUS VOYAGING: BRITISH MERCHANT SEAMEN AT WAR 1939-1945"
English | 2014 | ASIN: B00GDM3EWA | EPUB | pages: 120 | 0.3 mb
Dangerous Voyaging shows what it was like to be at sea during the Second World War: particularly in the early years when the u-boats had the upper hand and naval escorts were in such short supply that the merchant ships had little or no protection. And, if this weren't bad enough, a seaman's wages stopped when his ship was sunk; on the grounds that he had ceased working for his employer.

Ivan Evans, "Cultures of Violence: Lynching and Racial Killing in South Africa and the American South"
English | 2010 | pages: 321 | ISBN: 0719079047 | PDF | 1,9 mb
This book deals with the inherent violence of "race relations" in two important countries that remain iconic expressions of white supremacy in the twentieth century. Cultures of Violence does not just reconstruct the era of violence. Instead it convincingly contrasts the "lynch culture" of the American South to the "bureaucratic culture of violence" in South Africa. By contrasting mobs of rope-wielding white Southerners to the gun-toting policemen and administrators who formally defended white supremacy in South Africa, Cultures of Violence employs racial killing as an optic for examining the distinctive logic of the racial state in the two contexts. Combining the historian's eye for detail with the sociologist's search for overarching claims, the book explores the systemic connections among three substantive areas to explain why contrasting traditions of racial violence took such firm root in the American South and South Africa.

Cuba: Island of Dreams By Antoni Kapcia
2000 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 1859733263 | PDF | 14 MB
As spiritual home of Che Guevara and arch-enemy of the United States for more than forty years, Cuba exerts a powerful hold over people's imaginations. The Revolution and its leader, Fidel Castro, have survived invasion, repeated external and internal crisis, and most astonishingly, economic collapse and political isolation. What is at the root of the continuity and success of the 'Revolution' and in what sense can it be termed a 'revolution'? This book is the first in-depth study of Cuba to examine its history and revolutionary transformation through the evolution of ideology and myth. Music, political campaigns, street and media propaganda, literature, cinema, and drama have served to establish a cubanista tradition, supported by powerful myths such as Che Guevara and Jose Marti, the New Man, youth, and an Afro-Cuban identity. Challenging preconceptions and conventional wisdoms about Cuba and its leadership, this book presents a remarkable portrait of the distinctive history of the island's culture. The interplay of history, revolutionary action, and ideology through myth and collective experience make this book essential reading for Cuban scholars, Latin American and US historians, political analysts and those generally interested in the history and future of Cuban political culture.

Natalia A. Volosin, "Corruption in Argentina: Towards an Institutional Approach "
English | ISBN: 0367338718 | 2019 | 228 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The book provides an institutional, historical, and sectorial analysis of Argentina's structural corruption. Looking back over the last 200 years, the book demonstrates that Argentina has historically addressed corruption through ineffective debates between public-private biases or a cultural-criminal approach reinforced by modernization theory, neither of which have helped tackle the problem. Instead, Volosin proposes meaningful institutional reforms to reduce opportunities for corruption and to increase monitoring incentives and capabilities.

Copying The Master And Stealing His Secrets: Talent And Training In Japanese Painting By Victoria Louise Weston; Brenda G. Jordan
2003 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 0824826086 | PDF | 7 MB
Examines the transmission of painting traditions in Japan.

StГ©phanie Bertrand, "Contemporary Curating, Artistic Reference and Public Reception: Reconsidering Inclusion, Transparency and Mediation in E"
English | ISBN: 0367536358 | 2021 | 172 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Contemporary Curating, Artistic Reference and Public Reception undertakes a unique critical survey and analysis of prevailing group exhibition-making practices in Europe, the UK and North America.