The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India's Potential by Naushad Forbes
English | February 28, 2021 | ISBN: 9354893953 | 349 pages | PDF | 4.63 Mb
For the 21st century to be India's, we need to excel in many areas. The vision of a five trillion economy is at best a pipe dream if we look at the current situation. The Struggle and the Promise makes an interesting case for achieving this grand vision. We must start with moral leadership - drawing on our inherent strengths as a culture that is at its strongest when diverse, tolerant and inclusive. In this path-breaking book, Naushad Forbes analyses policy, industry, education, economy, technology, international trade and institutions. Backed by solid research and unprecedented data, it provides an actionable blueprint for every area to restore India's potential

Michael Bell, Ann Goetting, "The Strange Music of Social Life: A Dialogue on Dialogic Sociology"
English | 2011 | pages: 249 | ISBN: 1439907242, 1439907234 | PDF | 0,8 mb
How the music of human interaction can help us better understand the nature of social science research.

The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine: Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez by Ben Evans
English | May 11, 2021 | ISBN: 3030707768 | 302 pages | MOBI | 25 Mb
This book explains how the achievements of the Space Shuttle, the world's first reusable manned spacecraft, were built on the foundation of countless technical challenges. Through thick and thin, the Space Shuttle remained the centerpiece of the American human spaceflight program for three decades. In addition to deploying satellites, planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station and assembled and sustained the International Space Station. Yet the path to these incredible achievements was never an easy one, with some obstacles resulting in the loss of life and other major consequences that plagued the fleet throughout its operational career.

The Software Developer's Career Handbook (Second Early Release)
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781098116668 | 36 Pages | MOBI EPUB (True) | 2 MB
At some point in your career, you'll realize there's more to being a software engineer than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? Or join a startup? In this insightful and entertaining book, Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Symantec to help you make better, more mindful career decisions.

The Social Capitalist: Passion and Profits - An Entrepreneurial Journey By Josh Lannon; Lisa Lannon
2013 | 142 Pages | ISBN: 1937832430 | EPUB | 1 MB
Social Entrepreneur is a book about how two ordinary people turn a huge social problem into a solution, not only for themselves but for thousands of others. From Nightclub Owner (Josh) and Law Enforcement Officer (Lisa) to Social Entrepreneurs of Journey Healing Centers (accredited private drug and alcohol treatment centers). They turned their lives around and are building businesses that bring families back together again (by using the Rich Dad principles).Businesses are evolving to a higher purpose, the why we do what we do. Like the movements across the world and in our own backyards (occupy wall street) people want purpose in their lives. They want to be a positive contribution. We are in the next Mega Trend of a social movement.

Margaret Foster, "The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0520295005 | EPUB | pages: 232 | 1.2 mb
Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in archaic and classical colonial discourse. Margaret Foster exposes the ideological motivations behind this discrepancy and reveals how colonial discourse privileged the city's founder and his dependence on Delphi, the colonial oraclepar excellence, at the expense of the independent seer. Investigating a sequence of literary texts, Foster explores the tactics the Greeks devised both to leverage and suppress the extraordinary cultural capital of seers. The first cultural history of the seer, The Seer and the City illuminates the contests between religious and political powers in archaic and classical Greece.

Anne Coles, Leslie Gray, Janet Momsen, "The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0415829089, 036758185X | PDF | pages: 619 | 3.5 mb
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for gender and development policy making and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. Specifically, it provides critical reviews and appraisals of the current state of gender and development and considers future trends. It includes theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical studies. The international reach and scope of the Handbook and the contributors' experiences allow engagement with and reflection upon these bridging and linking themes, as well as the examining the politics and policy of how we think about and practice gender and development.

Janet Marstine, "The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0415566126, 0415566118 | PDF | pages: 496 | 6.1 mb
Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics is a theoretically informed reconceptualization of museum ethics discourse as a dynamic social practice central to the project of creating change in the museum. Through twenty-seven chapters by an international and interdisciplinary group of academics and practitioners it explores contemporary museum ethics as an opportunity for growth, rather than a burden of compliance. The volume represents diverse strands in museum activity from exhibitions to marketing, as ethics is embedded in all areas of the museum sector. What the contributions share is an understanding of the contingent nature of museum ethics in the twenty-first century―its relations with complex economic, social, political and technological forces and its fluid ever-shifting sensibility.

The Rising Sun by Robert Jackson
English | March 1, 2016 | ISBN: 0727854143 | 151 pages | EPUB | 0.25 Mb
December, 1941. In North Africa, the Germans have been halted for the time being. But now there is a new enemy. In the Far East, the Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor, Malaya and Burma.

The Rise of the New Second Generation By Min Zhou, Carl L. Bankston III
2016 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0745684688 | EPUB | 1 MB
In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book is about this new generation in the worldÂs largest host country of international migration  the United States.Recognizing that immigration is an intergenerational phenomenon  and one that is always evolving  the authors begin by asking "Do members of the new second generation follow the same pathways taken by the 'old' second generation?" They consider the relevance of assimilation approaches to understanding the lived experiences of the new second generation, and show that the demographic characteristics of today's immigrant groups and changing social, economic, and cultural contexts require new thinking and paradigms. Ultimately, the book offers a view of how American society is shaping the life chances of members of this new second generation and how today's second generation, in turn, is shaping a new America.Designed as a rich overview for general readers and students, and as a concise summary for scholars, this book will be an essential work for all interested in contemporary issues of race, ethnicity, and migration.