Ava Benny-Morrison, "The Lost Girls"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0733335950, 0733335969 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 21.0 mb
The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter
The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II breakthrough to Rome By Mark Zuehlke
2004 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 1553650131 | EPUB | 5 MB
For the allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944, Rome was the prize that could only be won through one of the greatest offensives of the war. Following upon his book about the battle of Ortona, Mark Zuehlke returns to the Mediterranean theatre of World War II with this gripping tribute to the valiant Canadians who opened the way for the Allies to take Rome.The Liri Valley is testament to the bravery of these Canadians, like the badly wounded Captain Pierre Potvin, who survived more than thirty hours alone in the hell of no man's land. This book, like the battle it records, will live long in readers' memories.
Randy Allen Harris, "The Linguistics Wars: Chomsky, Lakoff, and the Battle over Deep Structure, 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 019974033X | 2021 | EPUB | 568 pages | 3 MB
An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current day The Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portrays the extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated to cover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era.
Jarret Ruminski, "The Limits of Loyalty: Ordinary People in Civil War Mississippi"
English | ISBN: 1496813960 | 2017 | 306 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Jarret Ruminski examines ordinary lives in Confederate-controlled Mississippi to show how military occupation and the ravages of war tested the meaning of loyalty during America's greatest rift. The extent of southern loyalty to the Confederate States of America has remained a subject of historical contention that has resulted in two conflicting conclusions: one, southern patriotism was either strong enough to carry the Confederacy to the brink of victory, or two, it was so weak that the Confederacy was doomed to crumble from internal discord. Mississippi, the home state of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, should have been a hotbed of Confederate patriotism. The reality was much more complicated.
I. Ishaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
English | ISBN: 0196360331 | 2002 | 860 pages | PDF | 26 MB
Alfred Guillaume's authoritative translation of the Sira of Ibn Ishaq presents in English the complete history of the life of Prophet Muhammad. No book can compare in comprehensiveness, arrangement, or systematic treatment with Ibn Ishaq's work.
Minori Takahashi, "The Influence of Sub-state Actors on National Security: Using Military Bases to Forge Autonomy"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030016765, 3030016781 | 153 pages | True PDF | 1.8 MB
This book sheds light on the process in which the sub-state actor of Greenland has expanded its autonomy and strengthened its de jure participation in the national security of Denmark. By focusing on the case of the US Thule Air Base in Greenland, the largest military base in the Arctic, the authors endeavor to show that in the relationship between great powers, small countries and local actors within them, it is possible for local actors (sub-national entities) to have an influence on higher-level actors in the field of diplomacy on the national security level. For that purpose, the book examines political trends involving Greenland, Denmark, the US and Russia by using the multilateral multi-archive approach. The authors also take up the cases of Okinawa (Japan) and Olongapo (the Philippines) as reference points that provide additional insight into the interaction between the US policy regarding overseas military bases and the host countries' polities.
The Home Edit Guide: Organizing Tricks Learned from The Home Edit by Jose Salazar
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09YV5NK6N | 63 pages | EPUB | 4.91 Mb
The only thing more satisfying than an ultra-tidy closet, pantry, or laundry room is seeing what it looked like before it was super organized. And it does't need to be spring for us to get overly excited about a good clean-up and organization project. If you need a little inspiration to start your own, these transformations are the perfect motivation to tidy up.. This book includes: How to Organize Your Living Room, Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom and Play Room.
The Gothic Line : Canada's month of hell in World War II Italy By Mark Zuehlke
2005 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 1553650239 | EPUB | 5 MB
Like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army's major offensive, intended to rip through it.The 1st Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions advanced into a killing ground covered by thousands of machine-gun, antitank gun positions, and pillboxes expertly sited behind minefields and dense thickets of barbed wire. Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks.For 28 days, the battle raged as the Allied troops slugged an ever deeper hole into the German defences. The Metauro River, the Foglia River, Point 204, Tomba Di Pesaro, Coriano Ridge, San Martino, and San Fortunato became place names seared into the memories of those who fought there.They fought in a dust-choked land under a searing sun which by battle's end was reduced to a guagmire by rain. But they prevailed and on September 22 won the ground overlooking the Po River Valley, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance.
Charles Euchner, "The Golden Rule of Writing: The Simple Trick That Cracks the Writing Code in All Fields"
English | 2013 | ASIN: B008N1NV86 | EPUB | pages: 64 | 0.5 mb
Do you struggle to start and organize your writing projects? Do you sometimes go off the track, writing sentences and paragraphs that confuse even you? Are you looking for a simple "hack" that can improve your writing-right away?
Richard Morgan, "The Global Child Poverty Challenge: In search of solutions"
English | ISBN: 1853399663 | 2016 | 192 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Children are the most vulnerable people in the world - but rarely has the impact of poverty on children been addressed as an urgent issue in its own right. The harm that deprivation does to girls and boys as individuals, and the lasting cost of poverty, have received too limited attention. Policies and programmes have not made best use of the growing evidence of 'what works' for the poorest children to support the efforts of families and children themselves to forge more prosperous futures. In a major effort to counter the invisibility of children in thinking on poverty reduction, The Global Child Poverty Challenge takes stock of a wide range of evidence on how children can be put at the centre of policies and programmes, in ways that recognize their capacities and centrality to future prosperity. The contributors look at experience with key interventions for investing in children - including social protection, basic services, skills development for future livelihoods, responsible microfinance and opportunities for decent work. 'Child sensitive' approaches based on child rights principles are seen as central to making these interventions work for the poorest children. Bringing together findings from a variety of settings, this book calls for the recognition of children as holders of rights and agents in their own development. It points to the experience of children living in poverty - and draws attention to their many roles: as learners, seekers of opportunity, as migrants, users of financial services and entrants to the world of work. This book is essential reading for all those working on social protection and poverty reduction programmes in developing countries, including researchers, policy makers, and those working for development agencies.