One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance By Christina Hoff Sommers, Dr. Sally Satel M.D.
2006 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0312304447 | EPUB | 1 MB
Americans have traditionally placed great value on self-reliance and fortitude. In recent decades, however, we have seen the rise of a therapeutic ethic that views Americans as emotionally underdeveloped, psychically frail, and requiring the ministrations of mental health professionals. Today---with a book for every ailment, a lawsuit for every grievance and a TV show for every conceivable problem---we are at risk of degrading our native ability to cope with life's challenges.Drawing on established science and common sense, Christina Sommers and Dr. Sally Satel reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives, with a host of troubling consequences, including:*The myth of stressed-out, homework-burdened, hyper-competitive, and depressed schoolchildren in need of therapy and medication*The loss of moral bearings in our approach to lying, crime, and addiction*The unasked-for "grief counselors" who descend on bereaved families, schools, and communities following a tragedyIntelligent, provocative, and wryly amusing, One Nation Under Therapy demonstrates that "talking about" problems is no substitute for confronting them.

John Allen Paulos, "Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories"
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0465051596, 0465051588 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2.4 MB
What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? Numbers are abstract, certain, and eternal, but to most of us somewhat dry and bloodless. Good stories are full of life: they engage our emotions and have subtlety and nuance, but they lack rigor and the truths they tell are elusive and subject to debate. As ways of understanding the world around us, numbers and stories seem almost completely incompatible. Once Upon a Number shows that stories and numbers aren't as different as you might imagine, and in fact they have surprising and fascinating connections. The concepts of logic and probability both grew out of intuitive ideas about how certain situations would play out. Now, logicians are inventing ways to deal with real world situations by mathematical means - by acknowledging, for instance, that items that are mathematically interchangeable may not be interchangeable in a story. And complexity theory looks at both number strings and narrative strings in remarkably similar terms. Throughout, renowned author John Paulos mixes numbers and narratives in his own delightful style. Along with lucid accounts of cutting-edge information theory we get hilarious anecdotes and jokes; instructions for running a truly impressive pyramid scam; a freewheeling conversation between Groucho Marx and Bertrand Russell (while they're stuck in an elevator together); explanations of why the statistical evidence against OJ Simpson was overwhelming beyond doubt and how the Unabomber's thinking shows signs of mathematical training; and dozens of other treats. This is another winner from America's favorite mathematician.

John Foster, "Oil and World Politics: The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more"
English | ISBN: 145941344X | 2018 | 280 pages | EPUB | 1253 KB
Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for its many uses. As the engine of modern economies and industries, governments everywhere want to assure steady supplies. Without it, their economies would grind to a standstill.Since petroleum is not evenly distributed around the world, powerful countries want to be sure they have access to supplies and markets, whatever the cost to the environment or to human life. Coveting the petroleum of another country is against the rules of international law - yet if accomplished surreptitiously, under the cover of some laudable action, it's a bonanza. This is the basis of "the petroleum game," where countries jockey for control of the world's oil and natural gas. It's an ongoing game of rivalry among global and regional countries, each pursuing its own interests and using whatever tools, allies and organizations offer possible advantage.John Foster has spent his working life as an oil economist. He understands the underlying role played by oil and gas in international affairs. He identifies the hidden issues behind many of the conflicts in the world today. He explores military interventions (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria), tensions around international waterways (Persian Gulf, South China Sea), and use of sanctions or political interference related to petroleum trade (Iran, Russia, Venezuela). He illuminates the petroleum-related reasons for government actions usually camouflaged and rarely discussed publicly by Western politicians or media.Petroleum geopolitics are complex. When clashes and conflicts occur, they are multi-dimensional. This book ferrets out pieces of the multi-faceted puzzle in the dark world of petroleum and fits them together.

Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Alan S. Blinder, Benjamin M. Friedman PhD, "Offshoring of American Jobs: What Response from U.S. Economic Policy?"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0262013320 | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.47 MB
Two leading economists discuss a range of issues relating to the "offshoring" of American jobs, from free trade to unemployment levels.

Norse Mythology: The Complete Guide (2 Books in 1): Discover Origins, Traditions, Myths and All the Values of Norse Paganism. Including Gods, Ragnarok Secrets and Vikings Battles by Johan Lindgren
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09T7PRFRF | 278 pages | EPUB | 4.13 Mb
Do you like Norse mythology? Do you want to know details of the most curious aspects of history, myths, Nordic traditions and more?

M. Selvamuthukumaran, "Non-Thermal Processing Technologies for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry"
English | ISBN: 1032080299 | 2022 | 270 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Fruits and vegetables rapidly spoil due to growth of microorganisms, which further render them unsafe for human consumption. The traditional methods of food preservation, which involves drying, canning, salting, curing, and chemical preservation, can significantly affect food quality by diminishing nutrients during heat processing. This can alter the texture of the products, leave chemical residues in the final processed products, which in turn has greater impact over consumers' safety and health concerns. To combat this problem, various current non-thermal food processing techniques can be employed in fruit and vegetable processing industries to enhance consumer satisfaction for delivering wholesome food products to the market, thus increasing demand.

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay by Julian Aguon
English | September 13, 2022 | ISBN: 1662601638 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 3.7 MB
Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon's No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate disaster; and a call for justice-for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples.

Scott Burdick, "Nihala"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0996555412 | 430 pages | EPUB | 0.58 MB
The evolution of an AI Goddess."This book was a surprisingly good read. I certainly found myself caught up in it. I do recommend this book."Sam Tomaino-Space and Time Magazine issue #126 (Fall 2016)An epic adventure novel focused on the larger philosophical issues of looming new technologies. Artificial intelligence, genetically engineered Gene Freaks, virtual reality, nano technology, and Neo Luddite terrorists using the tools of science to create the ultimate biological weapon. Nihala is a philosophical tour-de-force that makes you think at the same time as entertaining the Hell out of you (or possibly the God out of you). Definitely not for the feint of mind.

Leila Mottley, "Nightcrawling: A Novel"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593607872, 0593318935 | 400 pages | EPUB | 1.1 MB
BOOKER PRIZE LONG-LIST * NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK * A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice "bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole" (Tommy Orange, author of There There).

Night without End: The Fate of Jews in German-Occupied Poland by Jan Grabowski, Barbara Engelking
English | September 6th, 2022 | ISBN: 0253062861 | 546 pages | True EPUB | 62.90 MB
Three million Polish Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, wiping out nearly 98 percent of the Jewish population who had lived and thrived there for generations. Night Without End tells the stories of their resistance, suffering, and death in unflinching, horrific detail. Based on meticulous research from across Poland, it concludes that those who were responsible for so many deaths included a not insignificant number of Polish villagers and townspeople who aided the Germans in locating and slaughtering Jews.