Ole Bjerg, "Poker: The Parody of Capitalism"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0472051636 | PDF | pages: 268 | 0.8 mb
Poker is an extraordinary worldwide phenomenon with major social, cultural, and political implications, and Poker: The Parody of Capitalism investigates the game of poker as a cultural expression of significance not unlike art, literature, film, or music. Tracing the history of poker and comparing the evolution of the game to the development of capitalism, Ole Bjerg complicates prevalent notions of "casino capitalism" and correspondingly facile and simplistic comparisons of late capitalism and poker. By employing Slavoj Žižek's threefold distinction between imaginary-symbolic-real as a philosophical framework to analyze poker and to understand the basic strategies of the game, Bjerg explores the structural characteristics of poker in relation to other games, making a clear distinction between poker and other gambling games of pure chance such as roulette and craps. With its combination of social theory and empirical research, Poker offers an engaging exploration of a cultural trend.

Playing Advanced Piano: Playing solo music for All Occasions by Hanan Tabouhot
English | Nov 14, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08NHT2HM7 | 304 pages | PDF | 30 Mb
In this book I has compiled a complete collection of 77 great songs for all occasions, to be played by the advanced piano player. Titles include love and wedding favorites, Broadway standards, pop and country ballads, movie and TV hits, and many more. Two selections "Colors of the Wind" and "Star Wars" are included on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List.

Piano Music Theory: Swiftly Learn The Piano & Music Theory Essentials and Save Big on Months of Private Lessons! Chords, Intervals, Scales, Songwriting & More by Tommy Swindali
English | September 5, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08HG7TSLH | 49 pages | PDF | 0.58 Mb
If you want to learn the exact theory and techniques you need to play the piano without boring or complicated lessons then keep on reading.

Kochurani Abraham, "Persisting Patriarchy: Intersectionalities, Negotiations, Subversions "
English | ISBN: 3030214877 | 2019 | 256 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
This book examines the operational dynamics of patriarchy that is deeply woven into the Indian cultural fabric and its persistence in spite of women advancing in Human Development Indices. In studying the situation of women of the Catholic Syrian Christian community of Kerala, South India, as a case of analysis, Kochurani Abraham identifies caste consciousness and religious prescriptions of this community as the main factors that intersect with gendered identity construction and succeed in keeping women within its patriarchal confines. While women do engage in negotiating patriarchy through what can be termed simulative, tactical, and 'agensic' bargains, this remains a 'politics of survival' as it does not challenge the established gender order. In this context, making a shift from 'politics of survival' to a 'politics of subversion' is imperative for challenging persisting patriarchies.

Daniel R. Lynch, "Particles in the Coastal Ocean"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 110706175X | PDF | pages: 570 | 28.9 mb
The coastal ocean comprises the semi-enclosed seas on the continental shelf, including estuaries and extending to the shelf break. This region is the focus of many serious concerns, including coastal inundation by tides, storm surges, or sea level change; fisheries and aquaculture management; water quality; harmful algal blooms; planning of facilities (e.g., power stations); port development and maintenance; and oil spills. This book addresses modeling and simulation of the transport, evolution, and fate of particles (physical and biological) in the coastal ocean. It is the first to summarize the state of the art in this field and direct it toward diverse applications, for example in measuring and monitoring sediment motion, oil spills, and larval ecology. This is an invaluable textbook and reference work for advanced students and researchers in oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, marine and civil engineering, computational science, and environmental science.

Parenting Children with Diabetes: A Guide to Understanding and Managing the Issues by Eliot LeBow LCSW CDE
English | October 1, 2019 | ISBN: 153813120X | 224 pages | PDF | 1.33 Mb
Parenting Children with Diabetes addresses the absence of information needed for successful diabetes management including more advanced diabetes education, information on emotional trauma, relationships issues and problems inside and outside the home that are caused while growing up with diabetes.

OUP Oxford - Oxford Learner's Thesaurus: A dictionary of synonyms
2008 | NRG | ISBN: 9780194752008 | 460.9 MB
A synonyms dictionary written especially for learners. It groups words with similar meanings and explains the differences between them.

Simon Ferdinand, Irene Villaescusa-Illán, Esther Peeren, "Other Globes: Past and Peripheral Imaginations of Globalization"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 303014979X | PDF | pages: 311 | 15.3 mb
This volume challenges dominant imaginations of globalization by highlighting alternative visions of the globe, world, earth, or planet that abound in cultural, social, and political practice. In the contemporary context of intensive globalization, ruthless geopolitics, and unabated environmental exploitation, these "other globes" offer paths for thinking anew the relations between people, polities, and the planet. Derived from disparate historical and cultural contexts, which include the Holy Roman Empire; late medieval Brabant; the (post)colonial Philippines; early twentieth-century Britain; contemporary Puerto Rico; occupied Palestine; postcolonial Africa and Chile; and present-day California, the past and peripheral globes analyzed in this volume reveal the variety of ways in which the global has been―and might be―imagined. As such, the fourteen contributions underline that there is no neutral, natural, or universal way of inhabiting the global.

Leanne Grech, "Oscar Wilde's Aesthetic Education: The Oxford Classical Curriculum"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030143732 | PDF | pages: 282 | 3.1 mb
This book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde's aestheticism. It positions Wilde as a classically trained intellectual and outlines the path he took to gain recognition as a writer and promoter of the aesthetic movement. This narrative is conveyed through a broad range of literary sources, including Wilde's travel poetry, American lectures, and canonical works like 'The Critic as Artist', The Soul of Man, The Picture of Dorian Gray and De Profundis. This study proposes that Wilde approached aestheticism as a personalised, self-directed learning experience - a mode of self-culture - which could be used to maintain an intellectual life outside of the university. It also explores Wilde's thoughts on education and considers the significance of male friendship at Oxford, and in Wilde's life and literature.

OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Programmer II Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-816 and Exam 1Z0-817 by Scott Selikoff
English | July 21, 2020 | ISBN: 1119617626 | 768 pages | EPUB | 3.98 Mb
The completely-updated preparation guide for the new Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Programmer II exam―covers Exam 1Z0-816 and Exam 1Z0-817. Use with authors' other study for successfully passing Exam 1Z0-819.