Civil and Political Rights in Japan: A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley by Saul J. Takahashi
English | February 5, 2019 | ISBN: 0815385846, 0367661985 | 202 pages | PDF | 1 MB
The human rights issues in Japan are multifaceted. Over decades, domestic and international human rights organisations have raised concerns, but government obstinacy has meant there has been little progress. Recommendations of UN human rights bodies are routinely ignored, and statements by the government in the Japanese parliament regarding these recommendations have been dismissive. At the review of Japan's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2014, Professor Nigel Rodley, then chair of the UN Human Rights Committee, lamented the lack of true engagement by Japan and the country's unwillingness to take any action on the conclusions of UN human rights bodies. Equally worrying is the clear trend over recent years of popular publications bashing neighbouring countries and their nationals living in Japan as well as UN human rights bodies. This book explores the issues surrounding human rights in Japan, and what the future might hold for the country.

C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid By Daniel Wallace, Josh Ling
1999 | 131 Pages | ISBN: 0811824861 | PDF | 66 MB
Following the sensational success of Anakin Skywalker: The Story of Darth Vader, the ?C-3PO Masterpiece Edition showcases everyone's favorite golden droid. Alternately ?smug, stoic, compassionate, and terrified, "Threepio" has won over movie audiences ?since 1977. At last, Threepio gets the tribute he deserves in this exclusive, limited edition ?illustrated hardcover book and exclusive large collector figure. The fully articulated 12-?inch Threepio features a realistic silver leg and blaster residue, and comes complete with ?detachable limbs-recalling his close call in The Empire Strikes Back-and a replica of ?the net Chewbacca used to collect his scattered parts. In the companion book, Daniel ?Wallace and Josh Ling go behind the scenes to gather reflections ?by the creative team behind Threepio's conception, and present a pictorial overview of ?C-3PO collectibles drawn from Star Wars aficionado Steve Sansweet's extensive ?collection. Brought to life by an array of never-before-seen photographs, conceptual ?sketches, production stills, and storyboards, this boxed set will be a prize addition to ?any Star Wars collection. ?To the Official Star Wars Web Site??Check out other Star Wars titles published by Chronicle Books!

English | 2021 | ASIN : B09BK2GQSS | 181 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 9.58 MB
This Books Absolutely For Beginners: You can learn primary skills of C# AND KOTLIN Coding fast and easily. The book includes practical examples for beginners.
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Battle: The Story of the Bulge By John Toland
1999 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0803294379 | EPUB | 4 MB
"The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the creative talent of John Toland [paint] the epic struggle on an immense canvas. . . . Toland writes with the authority of a man who was there. . . . He tastes the bitterness of defeat of those who surrendered and writes as if he had the benefit of the eyes and ears of soldiers and generals on the other side of the line. . . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book."-Chicago Sunday Tribune John Toland has written numerous books on World War II, including Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath. Carlo D'Este is the author of Patton: A Genius for War and other works.

Autumn Willows By Tao Xue; Ye Li; Xuanji Yu; Thomas Cleary; Bannie Chow
2012 | 110 Pages | ISBN: 1586540254 | EPUB | 1 MB
Poetry anthology of three greatest poetesses of the Tang dynasty, China's golden age. This book is a unique collection of verse by Li Ye, Xue Tao and Yu Xuanji; they are legendary figures known through Chinese history for their talent and beauty. These great poetesses were the intellectual and artistic peers of other poets of the time such as Du Fu and Li Bo. One of them was a slave and courtesan, the other two were Taoist sisters; their poems reflected the many faces of love and longing, joy and sorrow, tranquility, rage and pain. This translation of poetry by Li Ye, Xue Tao and Yu Xuanji is the first work in English devoted exclusively to their verse.

Frank Joseph, "Atlantis and the Coming Ice Age: The Lost Civilization-A Mirror of Our World, 2nd Edition"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1591432049 | 296 pages | EPUB | 2.6 MB
* Reveals the Atlantean and Mayan prophecy of an eternal cycle of global creation, destruction, and renewal and how we are headed into a destructive phase

Art of Alice: Madness Returns By American McGee
2011 | 162 Pages | ISBN: 1595826971 | PDF | 90 MB
Legendary game designer American McGee created one of the most visually arresting games of all time in Alice. Eleven years later, McGee returns with a sequel just as groundbreaking as his critically acclaimed classic-Alice: Madness Returns! Dark Horse and Spicy Horse studio invite Alice fans to take a journey through the wonderland of American McGee's imagination for an unprecedented look at the creation of this magnificent and disturbing world. With an introduction by McGee, The Art of Alice offers an intimate look into the stunning and terrifying artwork behind this blockbuster reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll's enduring masterpiece! American McGee's Alice received a 94 percent rating from ign.com! The original Alice game has sold 1.5 million copies!

English | 2021 | ASIN : B09BLFV8Q7 | 233 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 2.52 MB
Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world and Kotlin has been declared by Google as a first-class programming language to build Android apps. With the imminent arrival of the most anticipated Android update, Android 10 (Q), this book gets you started building apps compatible with the latest version of Android.
It adopts a project-style approach, where we focus on teaching the fundamentals of Android app development and the essentials of Kotlin by building three real-world apps and more than a dozen mini-apps. The book begins by giving you a strong grasp of how Kotlin and Android work together before gradually moving onto exploring the various Android APIs for building stunning apps for Android with ease. You will learn to make your apps more presentable using different layouts. You will dive deep into Kotlin programming concepts such as variables, functions, data structures, Object-Oriented code, and how to connect your Kotlin code to the UI. You will learn to add multilingual text so that your app is accessible to millions of more potential users. You will learn how animation, graphics, and sound effects work and are implemented in your Android app.

English | 2021 | ASIN : B09BLG3X2W | 235 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 2.75 MB
The Nobel Prize is the pinnacle of achievement for the greatest minds that have lived over the past century or so. If you work in science or aspire to work in the field of science and technology, the Nobel Prize is the Holy Grail that proves that you have made it to the top of the mountain.
Talented scientists see the world we live in, and use their genius brains to figure out how it all works, and create quantum leaps in human knowledge and achievement to take the human race forward and beyond what we thought was possible.

Massimo Pigliucci, "A Short Guide to the Inner Citadel: On Pierre Hadot's Classic Analysis of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations"
English | 2021 | ASIN: N/A | EPUB | 1 MB

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