David Fromkin, "The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0143116185, 1594201870 | 272 pages | EPUB | 1.3 MB
An intimate look at two extraordinary figures and their secret collaboration?one that turned the alliance structure of the political world upside down

The Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management, Third Edition By Paul Evans; Vladimir Pucik; Ingmar Björkman; Shad Morris
2016 | 532 Pages | ISBN: 0983332495 | PDF | 12 MB
Through its focus on human resource management and organization, The Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management, provides a broad guide on how to manage the process of internationalization, with a particular focus on the transnational firm. In this edition, authors Evans, Pucik and Bjorkman discuss the "people implications" of traditional strategies for internationalization and how such strategies get executed through human resource management (HRM). They discuss such important topics as: how to manage expatriates from the parent country; how to go about adapting management practices to circumstances abroad; how to localize management; how to recognize and ultimately avoid obstacles in joint ventures; how to expand across borders through acquisitions; how to respond to the contradictory pressures of the transnational firm, where HRM has a critical role to play in enabling managers to resolve these paradoxes in innovative ways; how global competition is changing the nature of management and organization, even for firms operating in domestic markets. The book draws on practical examples from companies that have experienced the real challenges of international HRM. The authors carefully balance these real business applications with a wide scope of academic research. The issues presented in the first edition of this book have been updated throughout with new information from research and practice.

The Erotic Life of Racism By Sharon Patricia Holland
2012 | 184 Pages | ISBN: 0822352060 | PDF | 1 MB
A major intervention in the fields of critical race theory, black feminism, and queer theory,The Erotic Life of Racismcontends that theoretical and political analyses of race have largely failed to understand and describe the profound ordinariness of racism and the ways that it operates as a quotidian practice. If racism has an everyday life, how does it remain so powerful and yet mask its very presence? To answer this question, Sharon Patricia Holland moves into the territory of the erotic, understanding racism's practice as constitutive to the practice of racial being and erotic choice.Reemphasizing the black/white binary, Holland reinvigorates critical engagement with race and racism. She argues that only by bringing critical race theory, queer theory, and black feminist thought into conversation with each other can we fully envision the relationship between racism and the personal and political dimensions of our desire.The Erotic Life of Racismprovocatively redirects our attention to a desire no longer independent of racism but rather embedded within it.

The Death of Sex and the Demise of Monogamy By Sam Vaknin; Lidija Rangelovska
2013 | 204 Pages | ISBN: 1521121206 | EPUB | 1 MB
Sex is dead as is monogamous marriage. What will replace them? read about alternative lifestyles (such as swinging), sexual preferences (such as bi- and homosexuality), sexual paraphilias (such as incest, fetishism, and pedophilia), and the role of malignant narcissism in the disintegration of all relationships between men and women.The ancient institution of monogamous marriage is ill-suited to the exigencies of modern Western civilization. People of both genders live and work longer (which renders monogamy impracticable); travel far and away frequently; and are exposed to tempting romantic alternatives via social networking and in various workplace and social settings.

The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, Part 2: To 1800 By Willard J. Peterson
2016 | 837 Pages | ISBN: 0521243351 | PDF | 6 MB
Volume 9, Part 2 of The Cambridge History of China is the second of two volumes which together explore the political, social and economic developments of the Ch'ing Empire during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries prior to the arrival of Western military power. Across fifteen chapters, a team of leading historians explore how the eighteenth century's greatest contiguous empire in terms of geographical size, population, wealth, cultural production, political order and military domination peaked and then began to unravel. The book sheds new light on the changing systems deployed under the Ch'ing dynasty to govern its large, multi-ethnic Empire and surveys the dynasty's complex relations with neighbouring states and Europe. In this compelling and authoritative account of a significant era of early modern Chinese history, the volume illustrates the ever-changing nature of the Ch'ing Empire, and provides context for the unforeseeable challenges that the nineteenth century would bring.

Chris Greenough, "The Bible and Sexual Violence Against Men "
English | ISBN: 0367465574 | 2020 | 106 pages | PDF | 1033 KB
At least 1 in 6 men have experienced some form of sexual violence. The Bible and Sexual Violence Against Men argues that the shame and stigma around male sexual abuse are interwoven with contemporary social and cultural concepts of masculinity, and are also found in the ancient world and biblical texts themselves.

Dana L. Church, "The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1338565559 |320 pages | AZW3 / PDF | 93.5 MB
Dive deep into the world of this everyday insect - and the science behind its uncertain future.

Tai Ho Woon, "Soul Of Ink: Lim Tze Peng At 100"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811237735, 9811237026 | 260 pages | EPUB | 25 MB
Soul of Ink: Lim Tze Peng at 100<\/i> pays tribute to the remarkable achievement of artistic renaissance at 100. It traces the lean beginnings of Lim Tze Peng\x27s early years, relives the times of controversy over the artist\x27s innovations in Chinese calligraphy, and celebrates his breakthroughs. Throughout the book, attention is paid to Lim Tze Peng the man, the foundation of everything that is admirable about Lim Tze Peng the artist. It looks at the man behind the art, and how art has given life to him and his family.

Lorenda A. Naylor, "Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights: Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights "
English | ISBN: 0815380305 | 2020 | 172 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Can a baker refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple? Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in 2015, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) citizens in the United States continue to be discriminated against in fundamental areas that others take for granted as a legal right. Using social equity theory and intersectionality but written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates some of the ways in which LGBTQ citizens have been marginalized for their identity and argues that the field of public administration has a unique responsibility to prioritize social equity. Categories utilized by the U.S. Census Bureau (male or female, heterosexual or homosexual), for example, must shift to a continuum to accurately capture demographic characteristics and citizen behavior. Evidenced-based outcomes and disparities between cisgender and heterosexual and LGBTQ populations are carefully delineated to provide a legal rationale for a compelling governmental interest, and policy recommendations are provided - including overdue federal legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

John F. McDonald, "Rethinking Macroeconomics: A History of Economic Thought Perspective Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0367762927 | 2021 | 258 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Macroeconomics has always played host to contesting schools of thought, but recent events have exacerbated those differences. To fully understand the subject, students need to be aware of these controversies. Rethinking Macroeconomics: A History of Economic Thought Perspective introduces students to the key schools of thought, equipping them with the knowledge needed for a true understanding of today's economy.