Traces of Common Xylophagous Insects in Wood: Atlas of Identification - Western Europe
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030663906 | 230 Pages | PDF | 29 MB
This atlas presents a concrete tool to identify xylophagous activity by the remains they left in wooded areas in Western Europe. Xylophagous insects are among the largest predators of woody tissues. They leave discriminating traces, different for each species according to their bioecology, and so it is necessary to know how to recognize and characterize them. The book is a practical tool to help identify and interpret them through a standardized presentation of the most ubiquitous families and a key to their determination. It presents descriptions of the galleries and of morphometry of the faecal pellets based on macroscopic features for xylophagous identification, and includes information about the origin and distribution of the xylophagous biological cycles, bioclimatic conditions and bioecology, and the type of woods that are attacked. The book will be a useful guide for forest managers, heritage conservationists, environmental engineers, bioarchaeologists, entomologists, loggers, and wood anatomists.

TikTok Boom: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media by Chris Stokel-Walker
English | July 22nd, 2021 | ISBN: 1912454793 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 0.41 MB
'A careful, detailed teardown of the people, culture and technology behind the world's most dynamic social network, TikTok. It is rare for a business analysis to read like a thriller - this one does.'Azeem Azhar, Founder, Exponential View

Theatre Translation: A Practice as Research Model
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030702014 | 257 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book examines the effects of translation on theatrical performance. The author adapts and applies Kershaw et al.'s Practice as Research model to an empirical investigation analysing the effects of translation on the rhythm and gesture of a playtext in performance, using the contemporary plays Convincing Ground and The Gully by Australian playwright David Mence which have been translated into Italian. The book is divided into two parts: a theoretical exegesis encompassing Translation Studies, Performance Studies and Gesture Studies, and a practical investigation comprising of a workshop where excerpts of the plays are explored by two groups of actors. The chapters are accompanied by short clips of the performance workshop hosted on SpringerLink. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Translation Studies (and Theatre Translation more specifically), Theatre and Performance, and Gesture Studies.

Stephen P. Halbrook, "The Swiss & the Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich"
English | ISBN: 1932033424 | 2006 | 353 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
While surrounded by the Axis powers in World War II, Switzerland remained democratic and, unlike most of Europe, never succumbed to the siren songs and threats of the Nazi goliath.

Lee Roy Beach, "The Structure of Conscious Experience"
English | ISBN: 1527537560 | 2019 | 135 pages | PDF | 610 KB
There must exist a point at which the molecular and electro-chemical processes that comprise brain function are transformed into rich, orderly conscious experience which seamlessly blends the present moment, what led up to it, and what will follow it. This is the stuff of our everyday lives, and it raises questions about its organization and how that organization facilitates engagement with the world at large. In short, what is the structure of conscious experience and what is gained by it being structured that way? This book argues that the structure is what is familiarly known as narrative form and that the gain is the ability to communicate about ones experience with oneself and others, as well as to make informed predictions about what will happen in the fundamentally unknowable and potentially dangerous future. In the latter case, because the essence of narrative form is time and causality, structuring events from memory (the past) and from perception (the present) in narrative form causally implies future events (expectations). The potential threat (the bad or the absence of good) of these expected future events can be assessed, and, if required, action can be taken to prevent their occurrence or to diminish their impact. The implications about thinking and action, and about who we are as individuals, are also discussed here.

Leo Townsend, "The Social Institution of Discursive Norms: Historical, Naturalistic, and Pragmatic Perspectives "
English | ISBN: 0367492083 | 2021 | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The essays in this collection explore the idea that discursive norms―the norms governing our thought and talk―are profoundly social. Not only do these norms govern and structure our social interactions, but they are sustained by a variety of social and institutional structures.

The Royal Air Force in American Skies: The Seven British Flight Schools in the United States during World War II By Tom Killebrew
2015 | 464 Pages | ISBN: 1574416154 | PDF | 4 MB
By early 1941, Great Britain stood alone against the aerial might of Nazi Germany and was sorely in need of pilots. The Lend-Lease Act allowed for the training of British pilots in the United States and the formation of British Flying Training Schools. These unique schools were owned by American operators, staffed with American civilian instructors, supervised by British Royal Air Force officers, utilized aircraft supplied by the US Army Air Corps, and used the RAF training syllabus.Tom Killebrew provides the first comprehensive history of all seven British Flying Training Schools located in Terrell, Texas; Lancaster, California; Miami, Oklahoma; Mesa, Arizona; Clewiston, Florida; Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Sweetwater, Texas.The British students attended classes and mastered the elements of flight day and night. Some students flushed out, while others were killed during training mishaps and are buried in local cemeteries. Those who finished the course became Royal Air Force pilots. These young British students would also forge a strong and long-lasting bond of friendship with the Americans.

The Revenge of Conscience By J. Budziszewski
2010 | 162 Pages | ISBN: 1608997529 | EPUB | 1 MB
A depraved conscience is the most destructive force in political life. Though modern ideologies deny the existence of original sin, it is the source of our great social evils. Blinded to this truth, we suppress our conscience until it is corrupted and, taking its revenge, leads us to cultural calamity. The revenge of conscience is horrifically manifest today in abortion, euthanasia, and suicide, evils brought about by the pollution of good intentions.-- Why do we kill the weak?-- How does our conscience take revenge?-- Why is moral neutrality an illusion?

The Ra Contact: Teaching the Law of One: Volume 1 & 2 By Don Elkins; Carla L Rueckert; James Allen McCarty
2018 | 1074 Pages | ISBN: 0945007949 | EPUB + PDF | 18 MB

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Paul Marcus, "The Psychoanalysis of Overcoming Suffering: Flourishing Despite Pain"
English | ISBN: 1138482161 | 2018 | 282 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The Psychoanalysis of Overcoming Suffering: Flourishing Despite Pain offers a guide to understanding and working with a range of everyday causes of suffering from a psychoanalytic perspective.