Karlyn Forner, "Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma"
English | ISBN: 0822370050 | 2017 | 376 pages | PDF | 6 MB
In Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma Karlyn Forner rewrites the heralded story of Selma to explain why gaining the right to vote did not bring about economic justice for African Americans in the Alabama Black Belt. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Forner illustrates how voting rights failed to offset decades of systematic disfranchisement and unequal investment in African American communities. Forner contextualizes Selma as a place, not a moment within the civil rights movement -a place where black citizens' fight for full citizenship unfolded alongside an agricultural shift from cotton farming to cattle raising, the implementation of federal divestment policies, and economic globalization. At the end of the twentieth century, Selma's celebrated political legacy looked worlds apart from the dismal economic realities of the region. Forner demonstrates that voting rights are only part of the story in the black freedom struggle and that economic justice is central to achieving full citizenship.
Ezra Klein, "Why We're Polarized"
English | ISBN: 147670032X | 2020 | 336 pages | MOBI | 2 MB
This New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that America's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed. In this "superbly researched" (The Washington Post) and timely book, journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing us-and how we are polarizing it-with disastrous results.
Why It's Great to Be a Girl: 50 Awesome Reasons Why We Rule! By Jacqueline Shannon
2007 | 163 Pages | ISBN: 0061172146 | PDF | 1 MB
Why It's Great to Be a Girl is a must-have for every girl from six to sixteen! Chock-full of fascinating facts, enlightening girl-knowledge, and important historical milestonesвЂ"even a list of great books written by womenвЂ"here is a guaranteed self-esteem booster for young females everywhere . . . and it's lots of fun too! After all, what girl wouldn't feel great about herself knowing that: girls hear better than boys girls drive better than boys girls' bodies are stronger than boys' in every way, except for muscles girls are less susceptible to major diseases and, according to many anthropologists and archaeologists, girls actually ''civilized'' humankind! So get ready for an eye-opening journey through the awesomeness of girldomвЂ"with the ultimate guide to why being a girl is the ultimate in cool!
Vikram Patel, "Where There Is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual"
English | 2003 | pages: 289 | ISBN: 1901242757 | PDF | 4,7 mb
Even though mental illnesses are common and cause great suffering in every part of the world, many health workers have a limited understanding about mental health and are less comfortable dealing with mental illness. This book is a practical manual for mental health care for the community health worker, the primary care nurse, the social worker and the primary care doctor, particularly in developing countries. After giving the reader a basic understanding of mental illness, the book goes on to describe more than 30 clinical problems associated with mental illness and uses a problem-solving approach to guide the reader through their assessment and management. Mental health issues as they arise in specific health care contexts are described, for example in a refugee camp, a school health programme or with people suffering from AIDS, as well as in mental health promotion. The final section combines quick reference information for common problems and it also includes chapters for the reader to personalise the manual for a particular location, for example, by entering local information on voluntary agencies, the names and costs of medicines and words in the local language for emotional symptoms.
When You're Feeling Rejected: Affirmations by Destiny S. Harris
English | November 17, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08NS9HZ99 | 97 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 0.35 Mb
Tackle your feelings of rejection with this handy book that will give you the tools needed for the self-acceptance, self-love, and self-validation that have been missing from your life. When you're feeling rejected, read this book.
Athman Bouguettaya, Quan Z. Sheng, Florian Daniel, "Web Services Foundations"
English | 2013 | pages: 740 | ISBN: 1461475171 | PDF | 15,1 mb
Web services and Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) have become thriving areas of academic research, joint university/industry research projects, and novel IT products on the market. SOC is the computing paradigm that uses Web services as building blocks for the engineering of composite, distributed applications out of the reusable application logic encapsulated by Web services. Web services could be considered the best-known and most standardized technology in use today for distributed computing over the Internet.
Weapons of the Viking Warrior by Gareth Williams
English | January 22, 2019 | ISBN: 1472818350 | 80 pages | EPUB | 17 Mb
Drawing upon contemporary literary and historical accounts from the North Atlantic to the Arab world, surviving examples of weapons and armor, and practical experimentation and reconstructions by modern weapon-smiths and re-enactors, Weapons of the Viking Warrior casts new light on how Viking weapons were made and used in battle.
Wealthfulness: Simple Steps to Financial Health and Happiness by Lance Alston
English | May 21st, 2020 | ISBN: 1612548695 | 168 pages | True EPUB | 1.85 MB
Experienced financial planner and consultant Lance Alston introduces his effective approach to discovering your combined emotional and financial needs.
We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs By Nasrin Alavi
2005 | 370 Pages | ISBN: 1933368055 | PDF | 31 MB
In September 2001, a young Iranian journalist, Hossein Derakhshan, created one of the first weblogs in Farsi. When he also devised a simple how-to-blog guide for Iranians, it unleashed a torrent of hitherto unheard opinions. There are now 64,000 blogs in Farsi, and Nasrin Alavi has painstakingly reviewed them all, weaving the most powerful and provocative into a striking picture of the flowering of dissent in Iran. From one blogger’s blasting of the Supreme Leader as a ''pimp'' to another’s mourning for an identity crushed by the stifling protection of her male relatives, this collection functions not only as an archive of Iranians’ thoughts on their country, culture, religion, and the rest of the world, but also as an alternative recent history of Iran. Government crackdowns may soon still these voices вЂ" in February 2005, one blogger was sentenced to 14 years in jail вЂ" and We Are Iran may serve as the only serious record of their existence.
War of the Maps by Paul McAuley
English | March 19, 2020 | ISBN: 1473217342 | EPUB | 432 pages | 2 MB
On a giant artificial world surrounding an artificial sun, one man - a lucidor, a keeper of the peace, a policeman - is on the hunt. His target was responsible for an atrocity, but is too valuable to the government to be truly punished. Instead he has been sent to the frontlines of the war, to use his unique talents on the enemy. So the lucidor has ignored orders, deserted from his job, left his home and thrown his life away, in order to finally claim justice.