Turkey: The Quest for Identity By Feroz Ahmad
2003 | 241 Pages | ISBN: 1851682414 | PDF | 2 MB
This insightful history of Turkey tells the story of a country caught between the ideologies of East and West.

Treatment of Advanced Heart Disease By Kenneth L. Baughman, William A. Baumgartner
2006 | 725 Pages | ISBN: 0849338263 | PDF | 9 MB
Treatment of Advanced Heart Disease is an expansive and up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in children and adults. Written by leading specialists, this source guides the clinician through the possible causes of heart disease and emphasizes potentially reversible etiologies, in addition to reviewing currently available therapies including drugs, devices, surgery, and research sure to impact the field for years to come. Leads the reader through crucial treatment practices and strategies to sustain the lives of patients with severe heart disease.

The reader's guide to the Talmud By Jacob Neusner
2001 | 403 Pages | ISBN: 9004121870 | PDF | 2 MB
This systematic introduction to the Talmud of Babylonia (Bavli) seeks to answer basic questions of form: how is this a coherent document? How do we make sense of the several languages in which it is written? What are the principal parts of the complex writing? Turning to questions of modes of thought, the account proceeds to address the intellectual character of the Bavli and in particular the character and uses of its dialectics. Finally, questions of substance come to the fore: how does the Talmud relate to the Torah? and how does tradition enter in? These basic questions of rhetoric, topic, and logic that anyone approaching the text will raise are dealt with clearly and authoritatively.

The ergonomics kit for general industry By Dan MacLeod
2006 | 367 Pages | ISBN: 0849370299 | PDF | 5 MB
Written by Dan MacLeod, one of the most experienced practitioners in the field, The Ergonomics Kit for General Industry, Second Edition contains everything you need to set up or improve your workplace ergonomics process. MacLeod describes the financial benefits of workplace ergonomics and ways to think about these tools that make good business sense. He uses case studies that illustrate positive bottom-line results and the actions that led to these results. Down to earth and practical, the information in this book is rooted in what has actually succeeded on the workplace floor. See what's new in the Second Edition: Additional material on the actual process of solving problems Success stories illustrate how the process works under various circumstances and organizational cultures to improve workplace conditions and maximize employee well being and productivity Emphasizes simple, low tech, and low cost approaches Guidance on how to create change and implement new processes Electronic copies of forms and worksheets, PowerPoint presentation, and guide for conducting basic training sessions available on the Internet The book provides practical guidance on the process of identifying good, low cost improvements. It describes best practices from major corporations on setting up committees, establishing priorities, and developing written plans and also covers controversial issues such as job rotation and back belts. The kit includes a multitude of forms: worksheets, checklists, planning guides, employee feedback forms, and a program audit, as well as training handouts, train-the-trainer background, and basic PowerPoint presentations. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, the author delineates how to set up an effective and successful ergonomics program.

Victor Oyaro Gekara, "The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry: 9 "
English | ISBN: 3030498247 | 2021 | 198 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 4 MB
This open access book constitutes an ethnographic mosaic which depicts the contextual complexities of the life and work of seafarers who are employed in the international merchant cargo fleet. The collection is based upon the observations and interviews of researchers in multiple disciplines. It is woven together to offer a richly detailed insight into the ways in which a complex global industry operates internationally. The book covers issues to do with career decisions and recruitment, gender, life and work on board multinational vessels, health and safety issues, the regulation of the industry, shipboard roles and role conflict, and the representation of workers. It will be of considerable interest to all students globally who are studying for professional seafaring qualifications, to graduate students studying for masters courses in ship and port management, and to welfare professionals and policy makers. It is of special interest to those connected to the shipping industry who specialize in issues relating to `the human element` and will serve as a paradigm defining text in this area.

The Words and Music of Paul Simon By James Bennighof
2007 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0275991636 | PDF | 1 MB
Paul Simon is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the pop-rock era. His work has flourished in the context of Simon and Garfunkel as well as in his own solo career. Starting with the folk-rock style that marked his earliest significant success, he has drawn on a wide variety of influences, including many American traditions and, later, many international ones as well. He has won multiple Grammy awards in both the duo and the solo phases of his career. His songwriting has also provided the impetus for brief forays into film and musical theatre. After providing a brief biographical overview, this work examines Simon's songwriting work in depth, providing a critical discussion of each song as a fusion of text and music so as to help the reader to identify elements that enhance appreciation.A particularly valuable contribution in this context is the discussion of the wide variety of musical elements that contribute significantly to the value of Simon's work. These include such easily-understandable issues as verse-chorus structure, melodic variation, selection of particular instruments and even performers, variation of musical style within a song, general harmonic characteristics, relationships among keys, rhythm and pacing of text, etc. While the book proceeds chronologically through Simon's recorded output, specific threads are developed throughout, and the discussion of individual songs takes place in the context of these threads, both drawing on them and developing them further. The diversity of Paul Simon's work reflects his very American background, and no discussion of American music is complete without accounting for his influence.

The Women's Health Book: An Introduction by Random House Australia
English | April 1, 2014 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00J7ALE86 | 88 pages | EPUB | 0.60 Mb
The Women's Health Book: An Introduction

The Unsettling of Europe: The Great Migration, 1945 to the present by Allen Lane
English | May 30, 2019 | ISBN: 0241290457 | 400 pages | MOBI | 8.40 Mb
Migrants have stood at the heart of modern Europe's experience, whether trying to escape danger, to find a better life or as a result of deliberate policy, whether moving from the countryside to the city, or between countries, or from outside the continent altogether. Peter Gatrell's powerful new book is the first to bring these stories together into one place. He creates a compelling narrative bracketed by two nightmarish periods: the great convulsions following the fall of the Third Reich and the mass attempts in the 2010s by migrants to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. The Unsettling of Europe is a new history of the continent, charting the ever-changing arguments about the desirability or otherwise of migrants and their central role in Europe's post-1945 prosperity. Gatrell is as fascinating on the giant movements of millions (such as the epic waves of German migration) to that of much smaller groups, such as the Karelians, Armenians, Moluccans or Ugandan Asians. Above all he has written a book that makes the reader deeply aware of the many extraordinary journeys taken by countless individuals in pursuit of work, safety and dignity, all the time. This is a landmark book on a subject that, decade by decade, will always haunt Europe.

The Third World in the Global 1960s
By Samantha Christiansen , Zachary Scarlett
English | 2012 | ISBN : 0857455737 | 242 pages | PDF | 7.15 MB