Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time by Rory Groves
2020 | ISBN: 1725274140, 1725274159 | English | 318 pages | PDF | 12 MB
With over thirty thousand occupations currently in existence, workers today face a bewildering array of careers from which to choose, and upon which to center their lives. But there is more at stake than just a paycheck.

Drought, Flood, Fire - How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1108839878 | 335 Pages | PDF | 17 MB
Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: NOW. This book describes how and why climate change is already fomenting dire consequences, and will certainly make climate disasters worse in the near future. Chris C. Funk combines the latest science with compelling stories, providing a timely, accessible, and beautifully-written synopsis of this critical topic. The book describes our unique and fragile Earth system, and the negative impacts humans are having on our support systems. It then examines recent disasters, including heat waves, extreme precipitation, hurricanes, fires, El Niños and La Niñas, and their human consequences. By clearly describing the dangerous impacts that are already occurring, Funk provides a clarion call for social change, yet also conveys the beauty and wonder of our planet, and hope for our collective future.

Drifting through Samsara: Tacit Conversion and Disengagement in Goenka's Vipassana Movement by Masoumeh Rahmani
English | December 21, 2021 | ISBN: 0197579965 | 264 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In Drifting Through Samsara, Masoumeh Rahmani provides a fieldwork-based study of Goenka's Vipassana meditation movement in New Zealand. This group is distinguished by its refusal to identify as Buddhist and by a rich rhetorical repertoire for repackaging Theravada Buddhist teachings in

Dr. Cole Cash Will See You Now: Cole and the Next Gen by Matt Reiner
English | March 1, 2022 | ISBN: 1956470271 | 90 pages | EPUB | 0.56 Mb
Cole Cash, Ph.D., advisor to financial advisors, is back, with another collection of wise, witty, and action-oriented client sessions. This time around, Ol' Cole's focused on the Next Gen - how do you work with the young'uns in your own firm and keep them motivated and happy, and how do you keep

Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film By Mia Mask
2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0252076192 | PDF | 4 MB
This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry. Interpreting each woman's celebrity as predicated on a brand of charismatic authority, Mia Mask shows how these female stars have ultimately complicated the conventional discursive practices through which blackness and womanhood have been represented in commercial cinema, independent film, and network television.Mask examines the function of these stars in seminal yet underanalyzed films. She considers Dandridge's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango, revealing the contradictory discourses regarding race and sexuality in segregation-era American culture. Grier's feminist-camp performances in sexploitation pictures Women in Cages and The Big Doll House and her subsequent blaxploitation vehicles Coffy and Foxy Brown highlight a similar tension between representing African American women as both objectified stereotypes and powerful, self-defining icons. Mask reads Goldberg's transforming habits in Sister Act and The Associate as representative of her unruly comedic routines, while Winfrey's daily television performance as self-made, self-help guru echoes Horatio Alger narratives of success. Finally, Mask analyzes Berry's meteoric success by acknowledging the ways in which Dandridge's career made Berry's possible.

Discourses of Globalisation, Ideology, and Human Rights
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030905896 | 233 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book examines dominant discourses in human rights education globally. Using diverse paradigms, ranging from critical theory to discourse analysis, the book examines major human rights education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, with a focus on the ambivalent and problematic relationship between human rights education discourses, ideology and the state. The book discusses democracy, ideology and human rights, which are among the most critical and significant factors defining and contextualising the processes surrounding human rights education globally. The book critiques current human rights education practices and policy reforms, illustrating the shifts in the relationship between the state, ideology, and human rights education policy.

William Merrin, "Digital War: A Critical Introduction"
English | ISBN: 1138899879 | 2018 | 328 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Digital War offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of digital technologies upon the military, the media, the global public and the concept of 'warfare' itself.

Digital Brand Romance: How to Create Lasting Relationships in a Digital World
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1637422237 | 221 Pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Whether you are selling shoes, software or spaceship parts, the romance begins and evolves in a digital world. While over 80% of businesses think they provide excellent customer experiences - only 8% of customers agree. The reality is that the state of modern, digital brand relationships is quite dysfunctional: an average conversion rate of 3% means that 97% of engagements with your brand fail. Not only does this inefficiency chew up marketing budget, but it also taints future engagements with your brand.

Diamond Electrodes: Fundamentals and Applications
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811678332 | 250 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
This book introduces the recent development in Japan of diamond electrodes, which has attracted much attention in the world. For example, electrochemical sensors using diamond electrodes are now being utilized commercially. Newly developing applications such as electrochemical organic synthesis including CO2 reduction are also expected to form an important future technology. Those emerging applications to various fields which are receiving increasing attention are described in detail here.

Diabetic Recipes: 50 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Diabetics by Julia Chiles
English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08C2CRXZK | 118 pages | EPUB | 4.82 Mb
Ready for some recipes for the diabetic? Diabetic Recipes: 50 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Diabetics is the answer to your cookbook prayers!