Songs of the Women Migrants: Performance and Identity in South Africa By Deborah James
1999 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 0748613048 | PDF | 8 MB
This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical style of kiba. In so doing, they build an identity as autonomous breadwinners whose aspirations and values are nonetheless rooted in 'tradition'.

Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0136886094 | 456 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
Three renowned software architects cover the entire lifecycle, presenting practical guidance, expert methods, and tested models for use in any project, no matter how complex. You'll learn how to use architecture to address accelerating growth in requirements, system size, and abstraction, and to manage emergent quality attributes as systems are dynamically combined in new ways.

Sociological Trespasses: Interrogating Sin and Flesh By James Aho
2011 | 174 Pages | ISBN: 0739164627 | PDF | 2 MB
Racism, collective violence, sickness, environmental catastrophe, body obsession, greed, and accelerated life concern everyone. They are also the subject matter of this book. Here, however, they are not viewed as social problems to be solved by technical experts. Instead, they are viewed as products of the joint transference of aspects of ourselves onto objects independent of ourselves. More specifically, they emerge from conviction there is something "out there"-say, a nation, an enemy, time, money, the environment, a medical cure, a bodily orifice (the mouth or genitals), a significant individual, or an anonymous public, etc.-the advancement of, accumulation of, defeat of, management of, or obeisance to can complete us, secure us, fill us, stabilize us, or in some other way enable us to escape from or deny our "lack": our existential precariousness or death. Sociological Trespasses attempts to disillusion readers of this conviction. This is not done for itself, but to create space for imagining new horizons of lived-possibility, such as tolerance of human difference, simplicity, slowness, care, and wakefulness.

Angela Campbell, "Sister Wives, Surrogates and Sex Workers: Outlaws by Choice?"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138247235, 1409435210 | PDF | pages: 259 | 1.8 mb
Did she choose that?' Or, more normatively, 'Why would she choose that?' This book critiques and offers an alternative to these questions, which have traditionally framed law and policy discussions circulating around controversial genderized practices. It examines the simplicity and incompleteness of choice-based rhetoric and of presumptions that women's conduct is shaped, in an absolute way, either by choice or by coercion. This book develops an analytical framework that aims to discern the meaning and value that women may ascribe to morally ambiguous practices. An analysis of law's approach to polygamy, surrogacy and sex work, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, provides a basis for evaluating the choice-coercion binary and for contemplating alternate modes for assessing, from a law and policy standpoint, the palatability of social practices that appear pernicious to women. Weaving together interdisciplinary research, an innovative analytical framework for assessing choices ostensibly harmful to women, and a critique of the legal rules governing such choices, this book bears relevance for students, scholars, practicing jurists and policymakers seeking a richer understanding of conduct that moves women to the margins of law and society.

Simple Sashiko: 8 Sashiko Sewing Projects for the Modern Home by Susan Briscoe
English | February 1, 2016 | ISBN: 1446306321 | 96 pages | PDF | 4.52 Mb
Traditional Japanese embroidery technique, sashiko, is currently a major sewing trend in craft, interior design and fashion. The big stitches are used to create stunning, geometric patterns and texture to make home wares with a stylish, Japanese minimalist look.

Simone de Beauvoir - A Humanist Thinker By Tove Pettersen, Annlaug Bjørsnøs, Margaret A. Simons
2015 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 9004294406 | PDF | 3 MB
This book is a novel contribution to contemporary research on Simone de Beauvoir, and a defense of the importance of the humanities. It reveals previously unexplored dimensions of Beauvoir's work by exposing her as a significant and inspiring humanist thinker. These essays argue that her works and influence testify to the transformative potential of humanistic research.

Shelby American 60 Years of High Performance
by Comer, Colin;Kopec, Richard J.;Farley, James D., Jr.;
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0760376190 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 29.66 MB

She's In CTRL: How women can take back tech by Anne-Marie Imafidon
English | September 8th, 2022 | ISBN: 1787635023 | 340 pages | True EPUB | 1.22 MB
'A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women's lives for the better'

Eva Wong, "Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1590301765 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 2.2 mb
History and legend are interwoven in this folk novel that both entertains and instructs. Written by an unknown author, Seven Taoist Masters is the story of six men and one woman who overcome tremendous hardships on the journey to self-mastery. These characters and their teacher, Wang Ch'ung-yang, are all historical figures who lived in the Southern Sung (1127-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties. Wang is regarded as the greatest patriarch of the Complete Reality school, a highly purified branch of Taoism having a strong affinity with Zen Buddhism. The novel brings to life the essentials of Taoist philosophy and practice, both through the instructions offered by Wang-on topics such as the cultivation of mind and body, meditation techniques, and overcoming the obstacles to enlightenment-and through the experiences of the characters.

D.J. House, "Seamanship Techniques: Shipboard and Marine Operations"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 113867611X, 1138676101 | PDF | pages: 922 | 109.1 mb
Ideal for Merchant Navy Officers from Cadet rank to Master Mariner, the fifth edition of this highly respected book is in full colour, and has been updated to include more information on topics as diverse as electronic navigation and AIS technology whilst still including essential information on subjects such as safety at sea, rescue operations, watchkeeping duties and pollution control. It covers international standards and works well on courses throughout the world.