Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers (The Princeton-China) by Yan Xuetong
English | April 9th, 2019 | ISBN: 0691190089, 0691210225 | 280 pages | True EPUB | 1.98 MB
A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international order
Williams A. Kretzschmar, "Language and Complex Systems"
English | ISBN: 1107100453 | 2015 | 246 pages | PDF | 8 MB
An understanding of language as a complex system helps us to think differently about linguistics, and helps us to address the impact of linguistic interaction. This book demonstrates how the science of complex systems changes every area of linguistics: how to make a grammar, how to think about the history of language, how language works in the brain, and how it works in social settings. Kretzschmar argues that to construct the best grammars of languages it is necessary to understand the complex system of speech. Each chapter makes specific recommendations for how linguists should manage empirical data in order to form better generalizations about a language and its varieties. The book will be welcomed by students and scholars working in linguistics and English language, especially the study of language variation and the historical development of English.
Ilit Ferber, "Language Pangs: On Pain and the Origin of Language"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0190053860 | PDF | pages: 258 | 5.3 mb
We usually think about language and pain as opposites, the one being about expression and connection, the other destructive, "beyond words" so to speak, and isolating. Language Pangs challenges these familiar conceptions and offers a radical reconsideration of the relationship between pain and
Lee Reich, "Landscaping with Fruit: Strawberry Ground Covers, Blueberry Hedges, Grape Arbors, and 39 Other Luscious Fruits"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1603420916, 1603420967 | 192 pages | EPUB | 19.6 MB
Discover the joy of homegrown apples, fresh-picked cherries, and dozens of other fruits with this definitive guide to creating a more delicious backyard! Lee Reich shows you how to grow temperate-zone fruit at home, from site analysis and climate assessment through plant selection, pest control, pruning, and harvesting. A plant-by-plant guide recommends 39 palate-pleasing species that are especially well-suited to the home landscape. Add beauty to your outdoor space while bringing organic fruit to your table.
Thomas J. Patton, Dennis Lamont, Albert Doane, "Lake Shore Electric Railway"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0738561231, 1531639623 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 46.7 mb
The Lake Shore Electric Railway commenced operation in 1893 on the north coast of Ohio, providing transportation to Cleveland, Lorain, Sandusky, Toledo, and on to Detroit, Michigan. The Lake Shore Electric Railway connected with many other electric railroads to offer a comprehensive quilt of transportation. This allowed increased commerce, ease of transportation, and access for the industrial-era family to visit such recreation spots as Linwood, Crystal Beach, Avon Beach Park, Mitiwanga, Rye Beach, Ruggles Grove and Beach, and Cedar Point, among others. An unimaginable feat in the late 1800s, the Lake Shore Electric could travel from Lorain to Cleveland (approximately 30 miles) in under one hour, making the railway a huge success. Unfortunately this success only lasted about 40 years.
Jason Resnikoff, "Labor's End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work "
English | ISBN: 0252044258 | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Labor's End traces the discourse around automation from its origins in the factory to its wide-ranging implications in political and social life. As Jason Resnikoff shows, the term automation expressed the conviction that industrial progress meant the inevitable abolition of manual labor from industry. But the real substance of the term reflected industry's desire to hide an intensification of human work-and labor's loss of power and protection-behind magnificent machinery and a starry-eyed faith in technological revolution. The rhetorical power of the automation ideology revealed and perpetuated a belief that the idea of freedom was incompatible with the activity of work. From there, political actors ruled out the workplace as a site of politics while some of labor's staunchest allies dismissed sped-up tasks, expanded workloads, and incipient deindustrialization in the name of technological progress.
Keto Comfort Foods: Family Favorite Recipes Made Low-Carb and Healthy by Maria Emmerich
English | May 2nd, 2017 | ISBN: 1628602570, 1974816087 | 384 pages | True EPUB | 31.95 MB
The ketogenic diet is all about nourishing and healing your body with nutrient-dense whole foods, as international bestselling author Maria Emmerich has demonstrated in her previous books, including The Ketogenic Cookbook (with Jimmy Moore) and The 30-Day Ketogenic Cleanse. But food is more than just nourishment; food is tradition, food is love, and most importantly, food is a celebration.
Emily Benichou Gottreich, "Jewish Morocco: A History from Pre-Islamic to Postcolonial Times"
English | ISBN: 1780768494, 0755644360 | 2021 | 264 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The history of Morocco cannot effectively be told without the history of its Jewish inhabitants. Their presence in Northwest Africa pre-dates the rise of Islam and continues to the present day, combining elements of Berber (Amazigh), Arab, Sephardi and European culture. Emily Gottreich examines the history of Jews in Morocco from the pre-Islamic period to post-colonial times, drawing on newly acquired evidence from archival materials in Rabat. Providing an important reassessment of the impact of the French protectorate over Morocco, the author overturns widely accepted views on Jews' participation in Moroccan nationalism - an issue often marginalized by both Zionist and Arab nationalist narratives - and breaks new ground in her analysis of Jewish involvement in the istiqlal and its aftermath. Fitting into a growing body of scholarship that consciously strives to integrate Jewish and Middle Eastern studies, Emily Gottreich here provides an original perspective by placing pressing issues in contemporary Moroccan society into their historical, and in their Jewish, contexts.
Jamestown: The History and Legacy of England's First Permanent American Settlement by Charles River Editors
English | November 19, 2013 | ISBN: 1494216027 | 56 pages | EPUB | 1.40 Mb
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.
Rob Davies, "Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain"
English | 2022 | ISBN:1783352248 | 384 pages | MOBI | 0.8 MB
The history of British gambling is a history that stretches back nearly one thousand years, reaching into some of the nation's most fabled periods. It's now an industry worth billions of pounds.