Adrian O'Sullivan, "The Baghdad Set: Iraq through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941-45"
English | ISBN: 3030151824 | 2019 | 364 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 4 MB
This book provides the first ever intelligence history of Iraq from 1941 to 1945, and is the third and final volume of a trilogy on regional intelligence and counterintelligence operations that includes Nazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2014), and Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2015). This account of covert operations in Iraq during the Second World War is based on archival documents, diaries, and memoirs, interspersed with descriptions of all kinds of clandestine activity, and contextualized with analysis showing the significance of what happened regionally in terms of the greater war. After outlining the circumstances of the rise and fall of the fascist Gaylani regime, Adrian O'Sullivan examines the activities of the Allied secret services (CICI, SOE, SIS, and OSS) in Iraq, and the Axis initiatives planned or mounted against them. O'Sullivan emphasizes the social nature of human intelligence work and introduces the reader to a number of interesting, talented personalities who performed secret roles in Iraq, including the distinguished author Dame Freya Stark.
Thomas Taro LENNERFORS, "Tetsugaku Companion to Japanese Ethics and Technology: 1 "
English | ISBN: 3319590251 | 2019 | 256 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7 MB + 5 MB
This book explores the relevance of Japanese ethics for the field of ethics of technology. It covers the theories of Japanese ethicists such as Nishida Kitarō, Watsuji Tetsurō, Imamichi Tomonobu, Yuasa Yasuo, as well as more contemporary ethicists, and explores their relevance for the analysis of energy technologies, ICT, robots, and geoengineering. It features contributions from Japanese scholars, and international scholars who have applied Japanese ethics to problems in the global condition.
Surrogate Warfare: The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First Century by Andreas Krieg, Jean-Marc Rickli
2019 | ISBN: 1626166781, 1626166773 | English | 244 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Surrogate Warfare explores the emerging phenomenon of "surrogate warfare" in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to shift the burdens of war to surrogates. Surrogate warfare describes a patron's outsourcing of the strategic, operational, or tactical burdens of warfare, in whole or in part, to human and/or technological substitutes in order to minimize the costs of war. This phenomenon ranges from arming rebel groups, to the use of armed drones, to cyber propaganda. Krieg and Rickli bring old, related practices such as war by mercenary or proxy under this new overarching concept. Apart from analyzing the underlying sociopolitical drivers that trigger patrons to substitute or supplement military action, this book looks at the intrinsic trade-offs between substitutions and control that shapes the relationship between patron and surrogate. Surrogate Warfare will be essential reading for anyone studying contemporary conflict.
Religion Around John Donne by Joshua Eckhardt
2019 | ISBN: 0271083379 | English | 208 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
In this volume, Joshua Eckhardt examines the religious texts and books that surrounded the poems, sermons, and inscriptions of the early modern poet and preacher John Donne. Focusing on the material realities legible in manuscripts and Sammelbände, bookshops and private libraries, Eckhardt uncovers the myriad ways in which Donne's writings were received and presented, first by his contemporaries, and later by subsequent readers of his work.
C. J. Freezer, "PSL Book of Model Railway Track Plans"
English | 1988 | ISBN: 0850599059 | 112 pages | Scanned PDF | 12.56 MB
The 70 track plans in this handbook give ample scope for beginners and experienced modellers alike. Layouts are grouped by theme, ranging from very simple to more complex and are drawn to a single scale throughout. The author also suggests how to make the best use of scenic settings and accessories to enhance the basic layout and create a satisfying model.
Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by Philip Michael Forness
2019 | ISBN: 0198826451 | English | 352 pages | True PDF | 3 MB
Preaching formed one of the primary, regular avenues of communication between ecclesiastical elites and a wide range of society. Clergy used homilies to spread knowledge of complex theological debates prevalent in late antique Christian discourse. Some sermons even offer glimpses into the locations in which communities gathered to hear orators preach. Although homilies survive in greater number than most other types of literature, most do not specify the setting of their initial delivery, dating, and authorship. Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East addresses how we can best contextualize sermons devoid of such information. The first chapter develops a methodology for approaching homilies that draws on a broader understanding of audience as both the physical audience and the readership of sermons. The remaining chapters offer a case study on the renowned Syriac preacher Jacob of Serugh (c. 451-521) whose metrical homilies form one of the largest sermon collections in any language from late antiquity. His letters connect him to a previously little-known Christological debate over the language of the miracles and sufferings of Christ through his correspondence with a monastery, a Roman military officer, and a Christian community in South Arabia. He uses this language in homilies on the Council of Chalcedon, on Christian doctrine, and on biblical exegesis. An analysis of these sermons demonstrates that he communicated miaphysite Christology to both elite reading communities as well as ordinary audiences. Philip Michael Forness provides a new methodology for working with late antique sermons and discloses the range of society that received complex theological teachings through preaching.
One Hundred Patents That Shaped the Modern World by David Segal
2019 | ISBN: 0198834314 | English | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB
What would our world today be like without inventions like tarmac, aspirin, liquid crystals, and barbed wire? This guide shows how patents and the inventions they describe have shaped the 21st century. It gives us insights into the inventions, big and small, that have had huge impacts, many unexpected, on multiple spheres of our lives, from popular culture and entertainment, to global health, to transportation, to the waging of war. It features patent documents that date from the mid-19th century to the present. Patent documents describe inventions and represent an accurate and rich source of information about the history and current state of modern technology, as patents are examined and their accuracy can be challenged.
On the Trail of the Serpent: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville, Julie Clarke
English | December 3rd, 2020 | ISBN: 1529112435, 0224017764 | 368 pages | EPUB | 15.46 MB
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Manoj K. Ghoda, "Neonatal and Pediatric Liver and Metabolic Diseases: Clinical Casebook"
English | ISBN: 9811592306 | 2021 | 266 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This book is written to simplify complex topics of neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases which are encountered by clinicians on a day to day basis. Neonatal and early pediatric liver diseases are very much different from adult liver diseases. Most of them are either structural diseases or genetically modulated metabolic disorders affecting liver. They all look same; however the underlying etiology could be quite different. This book thoroughly covers various neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases through a unique clinical case based approach via a vast clinical experience of the author. The book presents more than 50 unique cases and presents real life learning scenario with various examples facilitating better understanding of the disease and the ways to analyze it. The book uses a simple language and presents line diagrams and algorithms facilitating learning. This book shall be a valuable resource for practicing general pediatricians, pediatric residents and gastroenterologists with involvement in pediatric liver and liver related metabolic diseases.
Modernizing Solitude: The Networked Individual in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Yoshiaki Furui
2019 | ISBN: 0817320067 | English | 256 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
An innovative and timely examination of the concept of solitude in nineteenth-century American literature