Alin Olteanu, "Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication: A Semiotic Perspective"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 303017882X | PDF | pages: 155 | 1.7 mb
This highly readable book develops a numanistic, and specifically semiotic approach to multiculturalism. It reveals how semiotics provides fresh and valuable insights into multiculturalism: in contrast to the binary logic of dualistic philosophy, semiotic logic does not understand the value of truth in rigid terms of 'true' or 'false', 'right' or 'wrong' only. The value of truth resides in meaning, which is a dynamic, evolutionary phenomenon, rooted, nevertheless, in factuality.

Babak Naderi, "Motivation of Workers on Microtask Crowdsourcing Platforms"
English | 2018 | pages: 125 | ISBN: 3319726994 | PDF | 3,4 mb
This book studies the motivation of crowdworkers to find out how to attract more people and reach a higher quality of outcomes. The book first proposes a taxonomy for studying the motivation of crowdworkers including the potential influencing factors, different types of motivation, and possible consequences and outcomes related to the motivation. Next, the CWMS questionnaire, an instrument for measuring the underlying motivation of crowdworkers is developed. It considers different dimensions of motivation suggested by the Self-Determination Theory of motivation which is a well-established and empirically validated psychological theory used in various domains. This instrument can be used to study the effect of platform and user characteristics on the general motivation of crowdworkers. Later, the task-specific motivation of crowdworkers is studied in detail: Influencing factors are investigated, subjective methods for measuring them are evaluated, a model for predicting worker's decision on taking a task is proposed, the relative importance of different factors for two populations of crowdworkers is studied, and finally, a model for predicting the expected workload (as one of the major influencing factors) given the task design is proposed.

More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film by Stefan Hammond, Mike Wilkins
English | July 11th, 2020 | ISBN: 1909394645 | 344 pages | True EPUB | 55.83 MB
How and why did films from Hong Kong ― a former British Crown Colony and map-speck ― become so popular? Post-WWII, creative freedom was scarce in Asia, but Hong Kong was a safe space for filmmakers seeking to profit from overseas Chinese markets and Chinatowns worldwide. Both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest set up massive operations in Hong Kong and let the celluloid slip.

Steven Pierce, "Moral Economies of Corruption: State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria"
English | ISBN: 0822360918 | 2016 | 304 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Nigeria is famous for "419" e-mails asking recipients for bank account information and for scandals involving the disappearance of billions of dollars from government coffers. Corruption permeates even minor official interactions, from traffic control to university admissions. In Moral Economies of Corruption Steven Pierce provides a cultural history of the last 150 years of corruption in Nigeria as a case study for considering how corruption plays an important role in the processes of political change in all states. He suggests that corruption is best understood in Nigeria, as well as in all other nations, as a culturally contingent set of political discourses and historically embedded practices. The best solution to combatting Nigerian government corruption, Pierce contends, is not through attempts to prevent officials from diverting public revenue to self-interested ends, but to ask how public ends can be served by accommodating Nigeria's history of patronage as a fundamental political principle.

MongoDB Fundamentals: A hands-on guide to using MongoDB and Atlas in the real world
by Amit Phaltankar
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1839210648 | 748 Pages | EPUB | 34 MB

Peter S. Rose, Milton H. Marquis, "Money and Capital Markets"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0073405167, 025615239X | PDF | pages: 840 | 9.4 mb
"Money and Capital Markets, 10th Edition" by Peter Rose and Milton Marquis provides a thorough and comprehensive view of the whole financial system. All the major types of financial institutions and financial instruments present today are discussed, along with how and why the system of money and capital markets is changing. "Money and Capital Markets" also provides a descriptive explanation of how interest rates and security values are determined. It discusses the current and future trends of the globalization of financial markets, the ongoing consolidation of the financial institutions' sector, and recent efforts to protect consumer privacy in the financial services field.

Hanif, "Modern Accountancy Vol II"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 9353162254 | PDF | pages: 1376 | 12.7 mb
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Éric Renault, Selma Boumerdassi, Cherkaoui Leghris, "Mobile, Secure, and Programmable Networking"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030228843 | PDF | pages: 288 | 25.6 mb
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Mobile, Secure and Programmable Networking, held in Mohammedia, Morocco, in April 2019.

Mission Accomplished: SOE and Italy 1943-1945
by David Stafford
English | 2020 | ASIN: B08R7LLCWL | 483 Pages | EPUB | 2 MB

Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football by Penguin Press
English | May 14, 2019 | ISBN: 0735224862 | 256 pages | PDF | 2.63 Mb
[b]A New York Timesbestseller