Will Randall, "Solomon Time : Adventures in the South Pacific"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0349115028 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 0.3 mb
Echoing the experiences of Robert Louis Stevenson - who spent several years in the South Pacific - here is the story of a contemporary writer who lived in and came to love the Solomon Islands. Most unexpectedly, Will Randall, once a happy schoolteacher, found himself dispatched to a small village on a not very large island, far out in the vastness of the South Pacific. His mission (although he had hardly chosen to accept it): - to fulfil the dying wishes of the 'Commander' and help the local people set up a money-making community project. The Solomon Islands, islands lost in time - Solomon Time; these little gems of land scattered across the ocean, must be the last sanctuary on our shrivelled planet not yet overshadowed by the Golden Arches or encapsulated in a Coca-Cola bubble. Everyone has dreamed at some time of living on a desert island. Here is the unvarnished truth. Sharks, turtles, a band of unruly chickens, a cast of extraordinary characters, and a bird called the Spangled Drongo, accompany Will Randall through some of the most fascinating and certainly funniest scenes to be found in travel writing since Gerald Durrell.

Wendy Ashcroft, "Social Skills Games & Activities for Kids With Autism"
English | ISBN: 1618210289 | 2013 | 216 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism provides complete instructions for using fun, engaging games and activities to teach social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. The games include directions for assessing skills such as asking for toys, getting the attention of others, reading nonverbal gestures, understanding perspectives, and cooperating to solve problems. Using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, the book takes teachers through motivating, prompting, shaping, modeling, and reinforcing social skills while playing the games and helping students learn to participate in other activities such as demonstrating the social skill in role plays and the natural environment. Perfect for teachers struggling to help their students with autism learn to interact socially with their peers, these games are sure to become a much-loved part of students' daily routines.

Fanbin Zeng, "Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China "
English | ISBN: 1032450339 | 2023 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores the relationship between social mentality, public opinion, media, and other factors through mixed methods in China, especially since the 21st century.

Small Business Success:: The Proven Strategies for Growing Your Small Business by Joshua C. Boyer
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BQ5JX6YN | 175 pages | EPUB | 0.23 Mb
As a small business owner, you know the thrill of entrepreneurship and the challenges that come with it.

Stephen Kershnar, "Sex, Discrimination, and Violence: Surprising and Unpopular Results in Applied Ethics"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0761847995 | PDF | pages: 180 | 10.8 mb
Sex, Discrimination, and Violence is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Stephen Kershnar investigates three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. In his discussion of sex, he concludes that adult-child sex is not always wrong and that it is not clear that watching rape pornography is bad for the viewer. When discussing discrimination, Kershnar argues for the following startling conclusions: persons of different races on average differ in their value, professional schools may and probably should discriminate against women, and equal opportunity is not worth pursuing. In his discussion of violence, he contends that in some cases governments are morally permitted to use torture in order to interrogate suspected terrorists and may assassinate foreign leaders. These controversial conclusions will no doubt spur animated and thoughtful discussion amongst readers.

Selected Papers on Low-Energy Quantum Gravity - Amazing Science Books (New Version) by Brandon Dornbusch
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BQDCLNVD | 206 pages | EPUB | 0.78 Mb
A collection of author's papers on low-energy quantum gravity is presented in the book. These papers were written in the last decade. In the papers, main results of author's work in a non-geometrical approach to quantum gravity are described, among them: the quantum mechanism of classical gravity giving a possibility to compute the Newton constant; asymptotic freedom at short distances; an interaction of photons with the graviton background leading to the important cosmological consequences; the time delay of photons due to interactions with gravitons. A quantum mechanism of classical gravity based on an existence of this sea of gravitons is described for the Newtonian limit. This mechanism needs graviton pairing and "an atomic structure" of matter for working it. If the considered quantum mechanism of classical gravity is realized in the nature, then an existence of black holes contradicts to Einstein's equivalence principle. It is shown that in this approach the two fundamental constants - Hubble's and Newton's ones - should be connected between themselves. The theoretical values of the constants are computed. In this approach, every massive body would be decelerated due to collisions with gravitons that may be connected with the Pioneer anomaly and the problem of dark matter. It is shown that the predicted and observed values of deceleration of NASA probes are in good agreement. It is also shown by the author that if gravitons are super-strong interacting particles and the low-temperature graviton background exists, the basic present-day cosmological conjecture about the nature of redshifts may be false. In this case, a full magnitude of cosmological redshift would be caused by interactions of photons with gravitons. Non-forehead collisions with gravitons will lead to a very specific additional relaxation of any photonic flux. It gives a possibility of another interpretation of supernovae 1a data - without any kinematics and introduction of dark energy. A few possibilities to verify model's predictions are considered: the specialized ground-based laser experiment; a deceleration of massive bodies and the Pioneer anomaly; a non-universal character of the Hubble diagram for soft and hard radiations; galaxy/quasar number counts.

Eldon Jay Epp, Robert Jewett, "Romans: A Commentary"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 0800660846 | PDF | pages: 1229 | 5.4 mb
Deeply conversant in the full range of questions and interpretations of the letter, Jewett's commentary explores the crucial and controverted passages that have always animated studies of Romans. Jewett also incorporates the exciting new insights from archaeology of the city of Rome, social history of early Christianity, social-scientific work on early Christianity, and the interpretation and reception of Paul's letter through the ages.

Jordan R. Young, "Roman Polanski: Behind the Scenes of His Classic Early Films"
English | ISBN: 1493067923 | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Between his 1962 debut A Knife in the Water and the 1968 blockbuster Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski directed three movies-Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac, and Dance of the Vampires (a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers)-that remain a crucial but too often overlooked piece of his filmography. In this remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the director's early output, Jordan Young gives us a revealing look at Polanski at work in the years before his rise to global renown. Drawing on new research and interviews with principals on both sides of the camera-including direct access to the director-Young shares eye-opening, freshly unearthed details. We witness Polanski making movies under some of the worst possible conditions, contending with financing nightmares (both Repulsion and Cul-de-Sac were underwritten by exploitation-film peddlers), poisonous enmities amongst cast and crew, and collaborators who, in the director's words, "did their best to make me feel like a monster." Polanski the provocateur is in full view here, placing actors in physical peril and deploying such unusual methods as slaughtering chickens to provide real blood for a death scene. While never shying away from unflattering or shocking details, Young still provides a nuanced and measured portrait of his subject-a rare look at a controversial artist in the act of creation.

Relational Conversations on Meeting and Becoming: The Birth of a True Other
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032351411 | 227 Pages | PDF (True) | 5 MB
Demonstrating a relational, dialogic way of thinking and writing, this book offers an innovative perspective on the human potential for intersubjective engagement and on the nature of true encounter.

Sheila Robinson EdD, "Redefining Your Life D.I.E.T.: Transform How You Look, Feel, and Perform"
English | ISBN: 1735943533 | 2021 | 160 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
As CEO of Diversity Woman Media, Sheila Robinson, Ed.D., was a successful entrepreneur and leader. While she knew she was overweight, Sheila considered herself otherwise healthy-until a cardiologist told her that continuing to carry her excess weight could shorten her life.