The Right to Pain Relief and Other Deep Roots of the Opioid Epidemic
by Sullivan, Mark;Ballantyne, Jane;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0197615724 | 300 pages | True EPUB | 7.43 MB
Nadine de Courtenay, "The Reform of the International System of Units (SI): Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Issues "
English | ISBN: 1138483850 | 2019 | 212 pages | EPUB | 1334 KB
Systems of units still fail to attract the philosophical attention they deserve, but this could change with the current reform of the International System of Units (SI). Most of the SI base units will henceforth be based on certain laws of nature and a choice of fundamental constants whose values will be frozen. The theoretical, experimental and institutional work required to implement the reform highlights the entanglement of scientific, technological and social features in scientific enterprise, while it also invites a philosophical inquiry that promises to overcome the tensions that have long obstructed science studies.
Shaul Shay, "The Red Sea Region between War and Reconciliation"
English | ISBN: 1845199960 | 2019 | 224 pages | EPUB | 609 KB
The Red Sea is one of the world's most important trade routes, a theater of power struggle among local, regional and global powers. Military and political developments continue to impact on the geostrategic landscape of the region in the context of its trade thoroughfare for Europe, China, Japan and India; freedom of navigation is a strategic interest for Egypt, and essential for Israel's economic ties with Asia. Superpower confrontation is inevitable. China, the US, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia have military bases in Djibouti. US strategy seeks to curb Chinese economic influence and Russian political interference in the region through diplomacy and investment. And at the centre of US alliances is the "war on terror" still prevalent in the Middle East and East Africa: Islamic terror groups Al Shabaab in Somalia and Kenya; Al Qaeda of the Arab Peninsula in Yemen; and the Islamic State in Egypt. The civil war in Yemen has become the arena for Iran and Saudi Arabia's struggle for regional hegemony. Saudi Arabia's Sunni Arab coalition have been fighting Iranian-backed Shiite Houthi rebels to a stalemate (December 2018). In 2016 Egypt ceded Saudi Arabia the Tiran and Sanafir Islands, the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas, giving control of the entire length of the Red Sea. This, and other perceived positive geostrategic developments, have to be offset by the "nuclearization" of the Red Sea basin (directed in part by Russian foreign policy) and the dangers of multiple country military deployments in the hubs of radical Islam and terrorism potential. A stable future for the region cannot be taken for granted. And as alliances shift and change, so will Israel's foreign policy and strategic partnerships have to adjust.
Kimberley Kinder, "The Radical Bookstore: Counterspace for Social Movements"
English | ISBN: 151790918X | 2021 | 348 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Examines how radical bookstores and similar spaces serve as launching pads for social movements
Madiha M. Saeed MD, "The Qur'anic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health"
English | ISBN: 1847741614 | 2022 | 374 pages | PDF | 19 MB
What are the hidden Qur'anic gems that lead to optimal faith, success, taqwa and overall health?
A. J. Droge, "The Qur'an: Translated with a New Introduction"
English | ISBN: 1800500963 | 2022 | 460 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Among the many challenges of translating the Qur'an are its unpredictable complexity, evocative associativity, and polysemy. For these reasons, as well as more demanding theological ones, most translations cut, compress, paraphrase, and invent freely.
The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty
by John D Grainger;
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1399090224 | 322 pages | True PDF EPUB | 17.45 MB
Ronald C. Egan, "The Problem of Beauty: Aesthetic Thought and Pursuits in Northern Song Dynasty China"
English | 2006 | pages: 432 | ISBN: 0674022645 | PDF | 20,4 mb
During the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), new ground was broken in aesthetic thought, particularly in the fields of art collecting, poetry criticism, connoisseurship of flowers, and the song lyric. Collectively these activities constitute much of what was distinctive about Northern Song culture. Yet the subjects treated here were unprecedented when they appeared; consequently, bold exploration was coupled with anxiety about the worth of these interests, especially given the Confucian biases against these pursuits.
Joseph C. Miller, "The Princeton Companion to Atlantic History"
English | ISBN: 0691148538 | 2015 | EPUB/PDF | 568 pages | 7 MB/70 MB
The first encyclopedic reference to Atlantic history
The Power of Organizations
by Haveman, Heather A.;
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0691238049 | 337 pages | True PDF EPUB | 32.79 MB