Artur Galkowski, Monika Weronika Kopytowska, "Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Signs, Signification, and Communication, Volume 1"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 3631744307 | PDF | pages: 264 | 3.6 mb
This unique book, inspired by the work of Umberto Eco - one of the greatest semioticians of all times - provides a compelling overview of current developments in semiotic research, bringing together various academic voices and critical reflections on the nature and function of signs, signification, and communication. Contributors, including Eco himself, discuss the status quo of the discipline, its scope, theoretical orientations, and methodological approaches, shedding light on the cognitive and philosophical complexity of the meaning-making process and form-meaning interfaces. The book is an outcome of the SIVO Signum-Idea-Verbum-Opus project initiated by Umberto Eco's keynote address during his visit at the University of Łódź in 2015. More theoretical insights and further explorations into contemporary semiosphere can be found in Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Texts, Genres, and Representations, published simultaneously by Peter Lang.

Cultures of Silence: The Power of Untold Narratives
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032071702 | 230 Pages | PDF (True) | 4.2 MB
This book investigates the notion of silence as both an oppressing instrument and a powerful tool of resistance under the lenses and practices of cultural production.

Melissa Adler, "Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0823276368, 082327635X | PDF | pages: 249 | 5.6 mb
Cruising the Library offers a highly innovative analysis of the history of sexuality and categories of sexual perversion through a critical examination of the Library of Congress and its cataloging practices. Taking the publication of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Epistemologies of the Closet as emblematic of the Library's inability to account for sexual difference, Melissa Adler embarks upon a detailed critique of how cataloging systems have delimited and proscribed expressions of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and race in a manner that mirrors psychiatric and sociological attempts to pathologize non-normative sexual practices and civil subjects.

Ann Gadzikowski, "Creating a Beautiful Mess: Ten Essential Play Experiences for a Joyous Childhood"
English | ISBN: 1605543861 | 2015 | 184 pages | EPUB | 955 KB
2015 GOLD WINNER in the National Parenting Publications Awards

Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt6 (PyQt6 Edition): The hands-on guide to making apps with Python
English | 2022 | ASIN: B0B21WDNR8 | 797 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 28 MB
Building desktop applications doesn't have to be difficult. Using Python & Qt6 you can create fully functional desktop apps in minutes. Starting from the very basics, this modern PyQt6 book takes you on a tour of the key features of PyQt6 you can use to build real-life applications.

Joseph M. Marshall III, "Crazy Horse Weeps: The Challenge of Being Lakota in White America"
English | ISBN: 1682750256 | 2019 | 120 pages | EPUB | 1062 KB
For Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people, historical trauma, chronically underfunded federal programs, and broken promises on the part of the US government have resulted in gaping health, educational, and economic disparities compared to the general population. Crazy Horse Weeps, offers a thorough historical overview of how South Dakota reservations have wound up in these tragic circumstances, showing how discrimination, a disorganized tribal government, and a devastating dissolution of Lakota culture by the US government have transformed the landscape of Native life. Yet these extraordinary challenges, Marshall argues, can be overcome. Focusing on issues of identity and authenticity, he uses his extensive experience in traditional Lakota wisdom to propose a return to traditional tribal values and to outline a plan for a hopeful future.

Mariana K. Falconier, Ashley K. Randall, Guy Bodenmann, "Couples Coping with Stress: A Cross-Cultural Perspective"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138906654, 1138906638 | PDF | pages: 351 | 8.4 mb
This is the first book that reviews both empirical and clinical applications of how couples jointly cope with stress - dyadic coping - around the globe. The Systemic-Transactional Stress Model (STM), developed by co-editor Guy Bodenmann, is used as a consistent framework so readers can better appreciate the contrasts and similarities across the fourteen cultures represented in the book. Written by scholars from the particular culture, each chapter provides a conceptual review of the dyadic coping research conducted in their specific cultures, and also provides empirical and clinical recommendations. Additional contributions include how to measure dyadic coping, so others can apply the STM model in other contexts. The latest treatment approaches for therapy and prevention are also highlighted, making this book ideal for professionals interested in expanding their cultural competence when working with couples from various backgrounds.

Luke Munn, "Countering the Cloud "
English | ISBN: 1032374152 | 2022 | 98 pages | PDF | 9 MB
How do cables and data centers think? This book investigates how information infrastructures enact particular forms of knowledge. It juxtaposes the pervasive logics of speed, efficiency, and resilience with more communal and ecological ways of thinking and being, turning technical "solutions" back into open questions about what society wants and what infrastructures should do.

Nikos Papastergiadis, "Cosmopolitanism and Culture"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0745653839, 0745653820 | PDF | pages: 242 | 0.9 mb
Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers.

Copper Jewelry Collection: Versatile Projects to Expand Your Skills compiled by Karin Van Voohees
English | November 11, 2014 | ISBN: 1627000488 | True PDF | 96 pages | 32.7 MB
Inexpensive and readily available, copper is soaring in popularity as a jewelry-making material! This book is a unique collection of copper jewelry techniques and projects from Art Jewelry magazine.