Match, Message, Meet: The Ultimate Guide to Online Dating for Women by Owen N. Hadley
English | February 23, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0851MGXNP | 82 pages | EPUB | 0.15 Mb
Supercharge your dating skills and get more matches with the help of this ultimate guide!

Marx on Campus: A Short History of the Marburg School (Historical Materialism Book) by Lothar Peter
2019 | ISBN: 9004349413 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 1 MB
Alongside the 'critical theory' of the Frankfurt School, West Germany was also home to another influential Marxist current known as the Marburg School. In this volume, Marburg disciple Lothar Peter traces the school's history and situates it in the political discourse and developments of its time. The renowned political scientist Wolfgang Abendroth plays a large role, but unlike most histories of the Marburg School Peter also takes the sociologists Werner Hofmann and Heinz Maus into account as well as their many students and successors. They were united by the conviction that teaching and scholarship must necessarily be tied to the practical goal of transforming society - an approach that met with considerable opposition in the harshly anti-Communist atmosphere of the period.

Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library) by AMACOM
English | May 7, 2014 | ISBN: 0814434193 | 112 pages | EPUB | 0.23 Mb
Do you want to become invaluable to your company? Of course you do. The unparalleled key to achieving that notoriety is to learn how to boost your managerial skills and bring out the best in your people. And if that sounds simple, that's because it is! Great managers are made, not born. And success expert Brian Tracy has written Management, a handy, easy-to-follow guide book to show how anyone can easily:

Making Furniture: Projects & Plans by Mark Ripley
English | 2008 | ISBN: 1861085605 | 192 pages | PDF | 52 MB
In this compilation of projects and plans from Furniture & Cabinetmaking magazine, veteran craftsman Mark Ripley puts 20 years' worth of practical tips, refreshing ideas, and innovative approaches on the page. The 24 fully-diagrammed and illustrated designs here offer something to furniture-makers of all abilities, from a simple dining-room table to the more complex breakfront bookcase. And these projects don't require a lavishly-equipped shop: each design requires little more than a bench, a small bandsaw, two or three portable power tools, and a basic kit of hand tools. Before diving into building plans, Ripley helps readers understand the basics of properly choosing materials and harmonizing the elements of furniture design.

Making Copies in European Art 1400-1600: Shifting Tastes, Modes of Transmission, and Changing Contexts (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History) by Maddalena Bellavitis
2018 | ISBN: 9004360891 | English | 544 pages | PDF | 33 MB
Making Copies in European Art 1400-1600 comprises sixteen essays that explore the form and function, manner and meaning of copies after Renaissance works of art. The authors construe copying as a method of exchange based in the theory and practice of imitation, and they investigate the artistic techniques that enabled and facilitated the production of copies. They also ask what patrons and collectors wanted from a copy, which characteristics of an artwork were considered copyable, and where and how copies were stored, studied, displayed, and circulated. Making Copies in European Art, in addition to studying many unfamiliar pictures, incorporates previously unpublished documentary materials.

Martin H. Trauth, "MATLAB® Recipes for Earth Sciences Ed 5"
English | ISBN: 3030384403 | 2021 | 517 pages | PDF | 11 MB
MATLAB® is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, e.g. for image processing in remote sensing, for creating and processing digital elevation models, and for analyzing time series. This book introduces readers to MATLAB-based data analysis methods used in the geosciences, including basic statistics for univariate, bivariate and multivariate datasets, time-series analysis, signal processing, the analysis of spatial and directional data, and image analysis. The revised and updated Fifth Edition includes seven new sections, and the majority of the chapters have been rewritten and significantly expanded. New sections include error analysis, the problem of classical linear regression of log-transformed data, aligning stratigraphic sequences, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Aitchison's log-ratio transformation, graphical representation of spherical data, and statistics of spherical data. The book also includes numerous examples demonstrating how MATLAB can be used on datasets from the earth sciences. The supplementary electronic material (available online through SpringerLink) contains recipes that include all the MATLAB commands featured in the book and the sample data.

Ellen McCabe, "Living the Stories We Create: Preparing Students for the Digital Age"
English | 2018 | pages: 132 | ISBN: 331995797X | PDF | 1,8 mb
This work explores the potential of digital media to rectify the disparity between formal learning contexts and contemporary perceptions and expectations of narrative. How can education systems respond to the changing technological landscape, thus preparing students to become active participants in society as well as to realise the extent of their own potential? This book explores such concepts in the classroom environment through direct engagement with students and teachers with the case of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Written in approximately 1606, Macbeth has its roots in a culture of orality and yet has sustained through centuries of print dominance. Indeed, as both text and performance the work itself embodies both the literary and the oral. Yet as a staple of many second level curricula increasingly Macbeth is perceived as an educational text. Macbeth reflects its cultural moment, an age of ambiguity where much like today notions of selfhood, privacy, societal structures, media and economy were being called into question. Thus Macbeth can be understood as a microcosm of the challenges existing in contemporary education in both content and form. This book examines Macbeth as a case-study in seeking to explore the implications of digital media for learning, as well as its possible potential to constructively facilitate in realigning formal learning contexts to contemporary experiences of narrative.

Living With Cancer: A Practical Guide By Dave Visel, Michael Fisch M.D.
2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 081353819X | PDF | 2 MB
This book represents something that I have long wished I could give not only to my patients and their families, but also to my own family, friends, and neighbors. It . . . provides a solid foundation upon which one can build an understanding of what might be needed to deal with cancer.вЂ"from the Foreword ''Every 22 seconds, 24/7, another American is found to have one of cancer’s more life-threatening forms. Ideally, each of those diagnoses should be accompanied by the distribution of a copy of Dave Visel’s Living with Cancer.''вЂ"Daniel J. Lieber, M.D., oncology and hematology, the Angeles Clinic and Research Center, and USC School of Medicine. ''The possibility that this book could be available for oncologists and radiologists to hand to patients at the time of diagnosis is very appealing. We could help save an enormous amount of pain and financial loss.''вЂ"Kenneth C. Anderson, M.D., Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Center ''Living with Cancer presents a road map that has been needed for years and should be required reading for those that seek an active role in their treatment for this dreaded disease.''вЂ" David C. Pulsifer, retired president, BD Healthcare Consulting (added October 26 вЂ" after catalog went to press) You’ve got cancer. Now what? It is one among the myriad of daunting questions that the more than 1.3 million Americans who are diagnosed with invasive cancer each year find themselves asking. There is, of course, no simple answer. Cancer does not come with a set of instructions and most people have no real idea of what lies ahead. There are, however, certain things that all individuals affected by the disease can do to help navigate their way though this life-altering ordeal. As treatment options continue to improve, cancer has ceased to be the definitive death-sentence that it once was. While it remains an extremely serious and potentially fatal disease, today more and more people are surviving their diagnosisвЂ"at last count, 10 million in the United States alone. With these staggering numbers, it has become all the more critical that patients and their loved ones learn not how to prepare for death, but rather how to live with the reality of cancer. In this essential, candidly-written guide, Dave Visel draws on expertise hard-won during his wife’s battle with lymphoma. He provides an overview of the varieties of cancer as well as patients’ perspectives on all the basic types of treatments available, from surgery and radiation to chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. Chapters dispel common myths and fears associated with these treatments as well as provide tips on nutrition and physical fitness. Living with Cancer, however, is not a medical text. Recognizing that the disease not only changes us physically, but has tentacles that affect nearly every aspect of our lives, Visel moves beyond the hospital to provide information and strategies to help with the emotional, practical, and financial effects of a diagnosis. Cancer patients and their partners and family will find the tools they need to make sensible, well-informed decisions on questions ranging from the right time to tell coworkers to whether to travel for treatment. Because medical bankruptcies affect nearly 2 million American each year, Visel devotes several chapters to financial issues, including needs forecasting, creating budgets, applying for grants or aid, and negotiating with insurance companies. Relationship issues, such as how to deal with a difficult parent or whether to reconcile with an estranged spouse, are also addressed. Breaking down the confusing variety of information and advice that cancer patients face from seemingly every direction, Living with Cancer provides an organized and comprehensive overview of the most useful corporate, government, and non-profit resources available. Anyone looking for help in understanding the full range of personal, professional, and legal issues associated with cancer will welcome this book. As inspiring as it is informative, it is a survival guide in the truest sense.

Karin Peters, "Living Together in Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhoods: The Meaning of Public Spaces for Issues of Social Integration"
English | 2011 | pages: 253 | ISBN: 9086861903 | PDF | 4,4 mb
In Western societies, such as the Netherlands, people with different ethnic backgrounds live together in urban areas. This book examines daily life in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods and the meaning of public spaces for social integration. Through observations and interviews in two Dutch cities (Nijmegen and Utrecht) insight is gained into the use and perception of public spaces. Positive experiences in public spaces contribute to feeling at home in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood. Not only intense and lasting contacts, but also fleeting interactions contribute to feeling at home.Experience with diversity contributes to a realistic view of multiculturalism, a view that is based on everyday experiences, with all its positive and negative implications. This, however, does not mean that residents do not use stereotypes or categorizations. However, there is a major difference between the public discourse - which focuses on differences and problems - and everyday encounters, which are perceived as a way to experience and enjoy diversity.Recommendations are that politicians should look at the everyday realities in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods when discussing issues related to multi-ethnic societies. Repeatedly stressing the dichotomy between native and non-native Dutch citizens and focusing on problems, has a negative effect on the everyday lives of people because it produces and reproduces stereotyped images. Integration is not only about non-native Dutch residents adapting themselves to Dutch society: it is also about the extent to which people from various backgrounds live together and feel at home in their neighbourhood.

Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-I Abru's "assembly of Chronicles" (Studies in Persian Cultural History) by Mohamad Reza Ghiasian
2018 | ISBN: 9004377212 | English | 360 pages | PDF | 14 MB
In Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru's "Assembly of Chronicles" Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses two extant copies of the Majmaʿ al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405-1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapı Palace and the second is widely dispersed. Codicological analysis of these manuscripts not only allows a better understanding of Hafiz-i Abru's contributions to rewriting earlier history, but has served to identify the existence of a previously unrecognised copy of the Jamiʿ al-tawarikh produced at Rashid al-Din's scriptorium. Through a meticulous close reading of both text and image, Mohamad Reza Ghiasian convincingly proves that numerous paintings of the dispersed manuscript were painted over the text before its dispersal in the early twentieth century.