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Title: Plan of Attack
Author(s): Bob Woodward
Language: English
Published: 21 April 2004
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743262873
Extension: EPUB
Size: 480 KB
Subjects: General, History, United States, Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, Political Freedom & Security, International Relations, Political Science, Terrorism, Military, Government, Middle East, 21st Century, Iraq War (2003-), Legislative Branch
Categories: Politics, Nonfiction
Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam.
Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, Plan of Attack is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details and the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; and part a harrowing spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq six months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6,000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization.
What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: President Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room and the Oval Office, and in private conversation; Dick Cheney, the focused and driven vice president; Colin Powell, the conflicted and cautious secretary of state; Donald Rumsfeld, the controlling war technocrat; George Tenet, the activist CIA director; Tommy Franks, the profane and demanding general; Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present referee and national security adviser; Karl Rove, the hands-on political strategist; other key members of the White House staff and congressional leadership; and foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin.
Plan of Attack provides new details on the intelligence assessments of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the planning for the war's aftermath.
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Title: The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
Author(s): Piers Brendon
Language: English
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780307268297
Extension: EPUB
Size: 974 KB
Subjects: History, General, European History, Political Science, Europe, Great Britain, World, Great Britain - Colonies - History, Commonwealth countries - History, Commonwealth (Organization) - History, Commonwealth countries, Ireland, Imperialism - History, Great Britain - Civilization, Imperialism
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Starred Review The title, taken from Gibbon's immortal work on imperial Rome, was chosen since British imperialists consciously compared their empire to the Roman imperium. Despite the title, this is no dreary tale of imperial decay and collapse. Instead, Brendon, a fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, has written a colorful and often brilliant examination of the imperial experience from the American Revolution to the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. He combines the genres of narrative history, travelogue, and biographical sketch to capture the richness, majesty, squalor, and injustice that created and maintained a vast edifice that has left an indelible imprint on the contemporary world. The narrative ranges across imperial settings in a successful effort to illustrate how both ordinary and extraordinary people lived, thrived, and often suffered under the British flag. Of course, decline and ultimate fall is part of the story. As a liberal empire based (in spirit if not always in practice) on the ideals of political liberty and even equality, it was an empire that contained the seeds of its own destruction, as citizens from America to India took those ideals to heart. The breadth, diversity, greatness, and failures of the British Empire have rarely been portrayed as well. --Jay Freeman
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"Splendid . . . Graphically narrated . . . [Brendon's] book is history with the nasty bits left in . . . Provides a cautionary text for a new administration that will inherit autocratic allies, penal colonies, reliance on coercive power, and pervasive cynicism about America's declared global arms."
-Karl E. Meyer, _Washington Post Book World
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"Complex . . . Lucid . . . Every page is consistently readable and stimulating."
-Geoffrey Wheatcroft, _The New York Times Book Review
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"The author is such a lively writer that I'd be hard pressed to find dull patches in this whooper of a book . . . Brendon's narrative is wonderfully stocked with generals, politicians, rugged adventurers, consuls, eccentrics, administrators, and famous imperial hands."
-Matthew Price, Boston Globe
"A richly detailed, lucid account of how the British Empire grew and grew-and then, not quite inexorably, fell apart."
--_Kirkus
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"A book of enormous range and complexity and leavened with a splendid sense of wit and irony. It takes courage to emulate the great Gibbon, but Brendon succeeds magnificently. And while there may be many books on the British Empire, this is undoubtedly the most entertaining and the best."
--Dominic Sandbrook, _The Evening Standard
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"A masterpiece of a historical narrative. No review can hope to do justice to the depth of Brendon's research, the balance and originality of his conclusions, or the quality and humor of his prose. Our imperial story has been crying out for a top-flight historian who can write. Now it has one."
--Saul David, Literary Review
"Brilliant . . . An enthralling mini-series of colonial adventure . . . [Brendon's] book is stuffed with a myriad spectacular examples of human vanity, folly, depravity and greed--and is all the better for it."
--Robert McCrum, The Observer
"[A] sumptuous chronicle of the British empire. . . . A compelling and spectacularly detailed retelling of imperial "rise" as well as fall . . . A glittering panoply of decadence, folly, farce and devastation."
--Maya Jasanoff, Saturday Guardian
"A narrative masterpiece. The settings are exotic, the cast of thousands full of the most eccentric, egotistical, paranoid, swashbuckling players you are likely to meet in any history.... An endlessly engrossing and disturbing stream of anecdotes and vignettes that Brendon tells with extraordinary flair and sympathy, warts and all." --Richard Overy, Sunday Telegraph
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Title: Pill Head
Author(s): Joshua Lyon
Language: English
Published: 07 July 2009
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781401322984
Extension: EPUB
Size: 327 KB
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Self-Improvement, Nonfiction
Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Self-Improvement, Nonfiction
This compelling, honest book investigates the growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse among today's Generation Rx.
Through gripping profiles and heartbreaking confessions, this memoir dares to uncover the reality - the addiction, the withdrawal, and the recovery - of this newest generation of pill poppers.
Joshua Lyon was no stranger to substance abuse. By the time he was seventeen, he had already found sanctuary in pot, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms - just to name a few. Ten years later, on assignment for Jane magazine, he found himself with a two-inch-thick bottle of Vicodin in his hands and only one decision to make: dispose of the bottle or give in to his curiosity. He chose the latter. In a matter of weeks he'd found his perfect drug.
In the early half of this decade, purchasing painkillers without a doctor was as easy as going online and checking the spam filter in your inbox. The accessibility of these drugs - paired with a false perception of their safety - contributed to their epidemic-like spread throughout America's twenty-something youth, a group dubbed Generation Rx. Pill Head is Joshua Lyon's harrowing and bold account of this generation, and it's also a memoir about his own struggle to recover from his addiction to painkillers. The story of so many who have shared this experience-from discovery to addiction to rehabilitation - Pill Head follows the lives of several young people much like Joshua and dares to blow open the cultural phenomena of America's newest pill-popping generation.
Marrying the journalist's eye with the addict's mind, Joshua takes readers through the shocking and often painful profiles of recreational users and suffering addicts as they fight to recover. Pill Head is not only a memoir of descent, but of endurance and of determination. Ultimately, it is a story of encouragement for anyone who is wrestling to overcome addiction, and anyone who is looking for the strength to heal.
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Title: Pinched
Author(s): Don Peck
Language: English
Published: 09 August 2011
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307886538
Extension: EPUB
Size: 2 MB
Subjects: Business, Politics, Sociology, Nonfiction
Categories: Business, Politics, Sociology, Nonfiction
The Great Recession is not done with us yet. While the most acute part of the economic crisis is past, the recession's most significant impact on American life still lies in the future. The personal, social, and cultural changes that result from severe economic shocks build and manifest themselves only slowly. But history shows us that, ultimately, shocks this severe profoundly alter the character of society.
Don Peck's Pinched, a fascinating and harrowing exploration of our dramatic economic climate, keenly observes how the recession has changed the places we live, the work we do, and even who we are-and details the transformations that are yet to come. Every class and every generation will be affected: newly minted college graduates, blue-collar men, affluent professionals, exurban families, elite financiers, inner city youth, middle-class retirees.
This was not an ordinary recession, and ordinary responses will not fully end it. The crash has shifted the course of the economy. In its aftermath, the middle class is shrinking faster, wealth is becoming more concentrated, twenty-somethings are sinking, and working-class families and communities are changing in unsavory ways.
We sit today between two eras, buffeted, anxious, and uncertain of the future. Through vivid reporting and lucid argument, Peck helps us make sense of how our society has changed, and why so many people are still struggling.
The answers to these questions reveal a new way forward for America. The country has endured periods like this one before, and has emerged all the stronger from them; adaptation and reinvention have been perhaps the nation's best and most enduring traits. The time is ripe for another such reinvention. Pinched lays out the principles and public actions that can help us pull it off.
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Title: Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama
Author(s): Bill O'Reilly
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061950711
Extension: EPUB
Size: 1 MB
Subjects: General, United States, Essays, Biography & Autobiography, Politics and government, Presidents & Heads of State, Current Events, Political Ideologies - General, Political Ideologies, International Relations, Political Science, Politics, Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism, Conservatism & Liberalism, Cultural Heritage, U.S. - Contemporary Politics, Obama, Conservatism, Barack, Obama; Barack, 2009-, United States - Politics and government - 2009
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When Bill O'Reilly interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential elections, the two had a lively debate about the nation's future.
Since that time, America has changed rapidly-some would even say seismically. And many believe these shifts are doing more than just rocking the political and social climate; they're rocking the American core.
What are these changes? Who, in addition to President Obama, have been the biggest forces behind them? What exactly do they mean for you, the everyday American citizen? How are they affecting your money, health, safety, freedom, and standing in this nation? Which are Pinheaded moves and which are truly Patriotic? In his latest spirited book, O'Reilly prompts further debate with the President and the American people on the current state of the union.
After five consecutive, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is megabestsellers, you can count on Bill to offer blunt and constructive political commentary. And as he did in his popular memoir, he offers some introspection too, looking back at his own actions and those of past Pinheads and Patriots who have inspired a code of conduct for such taxing times.
As always, O'Reilly is fair, balanced, and uncompromisingly tough when guarding the American way. Only Pinheads would fail to fight for what they love most about this country or to embrace some measure of change to make it better. The rest of us Patriots will read this book to discover the difference between the two.
About the Author
For more than thirteen years, Bill O'Reilly has presided over The O'Reilly Factor on the FOX News Channel, the highest-rated cable news program, frequently topping those offered by broadcast networks. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner as well as the recipient of a Governor's Award from the Boston/New England chapter of the prestigious National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Before becoming executive producer and anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, he served as a national correspondent for ABC News and as an anchor of the nationally syndicated news magazine program Inside Edition. He is the author of numerous megabestsellers, including A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, a deeply personal memoir that has sold more than one million copies and appeared high on the New York Times bestseller list for more than fifty-two weeks, as well as four previous nonfiction works, all of which went to number one on that same list. In addition, The O'Reilly Factor for Kids outsold all other children's nonfiction titles in 2005. All in all, more than five million copies of O'Reilly's books are in circulation. He holds master's degrees from Harvard's Kennedy college of Government and from Boston University.
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Title: Piracy: the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates
Author(s): Adrian Johns
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226401188
Extension: EPUB
Size: 5 MB
Subjects: History, General, United States, Language Arts & Disciplines, Europe, Piracy (Copyright), Publishing, Copyright, Intellectual property infringement - History, Civil Law, Piracy (Copyright) - History, Graphic Arts, Printing - History, Law, Intellectual History, Intellectual Property, Typography, Software piracy, Legal History, Printing, Software piracy - History, Copyright infringement, Business & Financial, Intellectual property infringement, Design, Copyright infringement - History
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The recording industry's panic over illegal downloads is nothing new; a century ago, London publishers faced a similar crisis when pirate editions of sheet music were widely available at significantly less cost. Similarly, the debate over pharmaceutical patents echoes an 18th-century dispute over the origins of Epsom salt. These are just two of the historical examples that Johns (_The Nature of the Book_) draws upon as he traces the tensions between authorized and unauthorized producers and distributors of books, music, and other intellectual property in British and American culture from the 17th century to the present. Johns's history is liveliest when it is rooted in the personal-the 19th-century renegade bibliographer Samuel Egerton Brydges, for example, or the jazz and opera lovers who created a thriving network of bootleg recordings in the 1950s-but the shifting theoretical arguments about copyright and authorial property are presented in a cogent and accessible manner. Johns's research stands as an important reminder that today's intellectual property crises are not unprecedented, and offers a survey of potential approaches to a solution. 40 b&w illus. (Feb.)
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"In his invaluable book Piracy, Adrian Johns argues that the tendency of intellectual property battles to undermine privacy is not new. On the contrary, Johns . . . argues that ever since the medieval and Enlightenment eras, corporations have tried to defend their economic interests by searching for intellectual piracy in the private sphere of people''s homes. He says that all of our current debates about intellectual piracy-from Google''s efforts to create a universal digital library to the fight over how vigorous patents should be-have antecedents in the copyright wars of earlier eras."-Jeffrey Rosen, Washington Post
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"It's easy to assume, amid all the brouhaha about intellectual property, illegal downloading, and the internet in general, that the question of piracy was born with the web browser. But as long as there have been ideas, people have been accused of stealing them. In this detail-packed biography of fakery, science historian Adrian Johns describes one of the earliest attempts to protect authors' rights-a vellum-bound book registry in the Stationer's Hall in 17th century London-and examines everything from the Victorian crusade against the patent, to the radio pirates of the 1920s, to the telephone phreakers of the 1970s and the computer hackers of today. Piracy is not new, he concludes, but we are due for a revolution in intellectual property, and science may be its ideal breeding ground."-_Seed_
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"While the rise of the Internet has given it new dimensions, the concept of intellectual piracy has existed for centuries, and the disputes of previous eras have much in common with those of our own time. In a new book, _Piracy, Adrian Johns details the long history of the term and its battles, arguing that those who would shape the future of intellectual property should first understand its past."-Inside Higher Education_
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"Johns makes a bold claim: disputes over intellectual piracy have touched on so many crucial issues of creativity and commerce, identity and invention, science and society, that tracing them amounts to 'a history of modernity from askance.' . . . More generally, Piracy shows us how the very notion of intellectual property-and its sharp division into the fields of patent and copyright-was created in response to specific pressures and so could be modified dramatically or even abolished. . . . 'We are constantly trying to shoehorn problems into an intellectual framework designed 150 years ago in a different world.'"-Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education
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"Adrian Johns argues that piracy is a cultural force that has driven the development of intellectual-property law, politics, and practices. As copying technologies have advanced, from the invention of printing in the sixteenth century to the present, acts of piracy have shaped endeavours from scientific publishing to pharmaceuticals and software. . . . Johns suggests, counter-intuitively, that piracy can promote the development of technology. The resulting competition forces legitimate innovators to manoeuvre for advantage-by moving quickly, using technical countermeasures or banding together and promoting reputation as an indicator of quality, such as through trademarks. . . . The exclusive rights granted by intellectual-property laws are always being reshaped by public opinion, and accused pirates have lobbied against these laws for centuries."-Michael Gollin, Nature
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Title: Pirates of Barbary
Author(s): Adrian Tinniswood
Language: English
Published: 11 November 2010
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
ISBN: 9781594487743
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Subjects: History, Nonfiction
Categories: History, Nonfiction
The stirring story of the seventeenth-century pirates of the Mediterranean-the forerunners of today's bandits of the seas-and how their conquests shaped the clash between Christianity and .,.
It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone-if not for today's frightening headlines of robbery and kidnapping on the high seas. Pirates have existed since the invention of commerce itself, but they reached the zenith of their power during the 1600s, when the Mediterranean was the crossroads of the world and pirates were the scourge of Europe and the glory of .,. They attacked ships, enslaved crews, plundered cargoes, enraged governments, and swayed empires, wreaking havoc from Gibraltar to the Holy Land and beyond.
Historian and author Adrian Tinniswood brings alive this dynamic chapter in history, where clashes between pirates of the East-Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli-and governments of the West-England, France, Spain, and Venice-grew increasingly intense and dangerous. In vivid detail, Tinniswood recounts the brutal struggles, glorious triumphs, and enduring personalities of the pirates of the Barbary Coast, and how their maneuverings between the '. empires and Christian Europe shed light on the religious and moral battles that still rage today.
As Tinniswood notes in Pirates of Barbary, "Pirates are history." In this fascinating and entertaining book, he reveals that the history of piracy is also the history that shaped our modern world.
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Title: Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Author(s): Michio Kaku
Language: English
Published: 05 May 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780141044248
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Subjects: Science, Technology, Nonfiction
Categories: Science, Technology, Nonfiction
The international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible gives us a stunning and provocative vision of the future
Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world's top scientists, who are already inventing the future in their labs, Kaku-in a lucid and engaging fashion-presents the revolutionary developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel that will forever change our way of life and alter the course of civilization itself.
His astonishing revelations include:
The Internet will be in your contact lens. It will recognize people's faces, display their biographies, and even translate their words into subtitles.
You will control computers and appliances via tiny sensors that pick up your brain scans. You will be able to rearrange the shape of objects.
Sensors in your clothing, bathroom, and appliances will monitor your vitals, and nanobots will scan your DNA and cells for signs of danger, allowing life expectancy to increase dramatically.
Radically new spaceships, using laser propulsion, may replace the expensive chemical rockets of today. You may be able to take an elevator hundreds of miles into space by simply pushing the "up" button.
Like Physics of the Impossible and Visions before it, Physics of the Future is an exhilarating, wondrous ride through the next one hundred years of breathtaking scientific revolution.
Internationally acclaimed physicist Dr Michio Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York. He is also an international bestselling author, his books including Hyperspace and Parallel Worlds, and a distinguished writer, having featured in Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times and the New Scientist to name but a few. Dr Kaku also hosts his own radio show, 'Science Fantastic', and recently presented the BBC's popular series 'Time'.
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Title: Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Author(s): Michio Kaku
Language: English
Published: 25 March 2008
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780385520690
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One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE , the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.
From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals-and the limits-of the laws of physics as we know them today. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains: How the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers "downstream;" How ramjet rockets, laser sails, antimatter engines, and nanorockets may one day take us to the nearby stars; How telepathy and psychokinesis, once considered pseudoscience, may one day be possible using advances in MRI, computers, superconductivity, and nanotechnology; Why a time machine is apparently consistent with the known laws of quantum physics, although it would take an unbelievably advanced civilization to actually build one.
Kaku uses his discussion of each technology as a jumping-off point to explain the science behind it. An extraordinary scientific adventure, PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE takes listeners on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains.
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Title: The Physiology of Taste
Author(s): Anthelme Jean Brillat-Savarin
Language: English
Published: 06 October 2009
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN: 978-0-307-59383-2
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Subjects: Cooking & Food, Essays, History, Nonfiction
Categories: Cooking & Food, Essays, History, Nonfiction
A culinary classic on the joys of the table-written by the gourmand who so famously stated, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are"-in a handsome new edition of M. F. K. Fisher's distinguished translation and with a new introduction by Bill Buford.
First published in France in 1825 and continuously in print ever since, The Physiology of Taste is a historical, philosophical, and ultimately Epicurean collection of recipes, reflections, and anecdotes on everything and anything gastronomical. Brillat-Savarin, who spent his days eating through the famed food capital of Dijon, lent a shrewd, exuberant, and comically witty voice to culinary matters that still resonate today: the rise of the destination restaurant, diet and weight, digestion, and taste and sensibility.
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Title: THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
Author(s): Bobbitt, Philip
Language: English
Publisher: ePenguin
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Title: Philosophy: a very short introduction
Author(s): Edward Craig
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, c2002.
ISBN: 9780192854216
Extension: EPUB
Size: 1 MB
Subjects: Philosophy, History & Surveys, General, Modern, Reference
Categories: Philosophy, Nonfiction
This book is an introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime thinkers such as Plato, Buddhist writers, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Hegel, Mill and de Beauvoir were responding to real needs and events - much of their work shapes our lives today and many of their concerns are still ours
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Title: Philosophy of law a very short introduction
Author(s): Raymond Wacks
Language: English
Published: 27 February 2014
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
ISBN: 9780192806918
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Size: 817 KB
Subjects: Philosophy, History & Surveys, General, Law, Jurisprudence, Law - Philosophy
Categories: Law, Nonfiction
The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and its relation to the universal questions of justice, rights, and morality. In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers, and judges. Wacks reveals the intriguing and challenging nature of legal philosophy with clarity and enthusiasm, providing an enlightening guide to the central questions of legal theory. In this revised edition Wacks makes a number of updates including new material on legal realism, changes to the approach to the analysis of law and legal theory, and updates to historical and anthropological jurisprudence. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Title: Philosophy: Who Needs It
Author(s): Ayn Rand
Language: English
Published: 01 January 2006
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451138934
Extension: EPUB
Size: 282 KB
Subjects: General, Philosophy, Modern, History & Surveys, History & Surveys - Modern, Objectivism (Philosophy)
Categories: Fiction, Literature
Who needs philosophy? Ayn Rand's answer: Everyone.
This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. Written with all the clarity and eloquence that have placed Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy in the mainstream of American thought, these essays range over such basic issues as education, morality, censorship, and inflation to prove that philosophy is the fundamental force in all our lives.
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Title: Proust's Overcoat
Author(s): Lorenza Foschini
Language: English
Published: 18 July 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061965678
Extension: EPUB
Size: 2 MB
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, History, Reference, Nonfiction
Categories: Biography & Autobiography, History, Reference, Nonfiction
"A rare and wonderfully written book of literary detection that is heartbreaking as well as thrilling."
-Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient
In the tradition of Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman comes Proust's Overcoat by Lorenza Foschini-the charming, endlessly intriguing story of a collector's obsessive search for the personal effects of legendary author Marcel Proust. This fascinating true story introduces readers to a truly delightful character-Jacques Guérin, owner of a perfume company in France-and enthralls them with his relentless lifelong pursuit of all things Proustian, even the author's most mundane possessions.
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Title: Prometheus Rising
Author(s): Aaron Johnson
Language: English
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Title: Professional Idiot: A Memoir
Author(s): Stephen "steve-o" Glover, David Peisner
Language: English
Published: 07 June 2011
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781401324339
Extension: EPUB
Size: 19 MB
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Nonfiction
Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Nonfiction
From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the Jackass movies, there was little that Stephen "Steve-O" Glover wouldn't do.
Whether it was stapling his nutsack to his leg or diving into a pool full of elephant crap, almost nothing was out of bounds. As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an obsession with his own celebrity that proved nearly as dangerous. Only an intervention and a visit to a psychiatric ward saved his life. Today he has been clean and sober for more than three years.
Professional Idiot recounts the lunacy, the debauchery, the stunts, the drug addiction, and the path to recovery with bravado, humor, and heart.
"It's mind-blowing to me how utterly far gone Steve-O was, and how he looks back on it in this book with such intelligence, humor, and searing honesty. What a truly unbelievable life."- Johnny Knoxville
"A great book to read before you get on the roller coaster to hell, if you plan on surviving to tell about it like Steve-O did."-Nikki Sixx, author of The Heroin Diaries
"This is the perfect book for people who hate reading."-Tommy Lee, author of Tommyland The feedback I've gotten on Facebook and Twitter from those of you who've read this book has been fascinating, heartwarming, and hilarious. I'm happy to keep answering your questions on there, and I encourage more of you to join in the discussion. Hope to hear from you soon, and thank you all so much. Love, Steve-O
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Title: Project.Management-A.Systems.Approach.to.Planning,Scheduling,&.Controlling
Author(s): Unknown
Language: English
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Title: Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling
Author(s): Harold Kerzner Ph.D.
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780470278703
Extension: EPUB
Size: 21 MB
Subjects: General, Case studies, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Project Management, Industrial Engineering
Product Description
The landmark project management reference, now in a new edition
Now in a Tenth Edition, this industry-leading project management "bible" aligns its streamlined approach to the latest release of the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI's PMBOK® Guide), the new mandatory source of training for the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certificat-ion Exam. This outstanding edition gives students and professionals a profound understanding of project management with insights from one of the best-known and respected authorities on the subject.
From the intricate framework of organizational behavior and structure that can determine project success to the planning, scheduling, and controlling processes vital to effective project management, the new edition thoroughly covers every key component of the subject. This Tenth Edition features: - New sections on scope changes, exiting a project, collective belief, and managing virtual teams
- More than twenty-five case studies, including a new case on the Iridium Project covering all aspects of project management
- 400 discussion questions
- More than 125 multiple-choice questions
About the Author
Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., is Senior Executive Director for Project, Program and Portfolio Management at International Institute of Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company that conducts training for leading corporations throughout the world.
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Title: Private Practices
Author(s): Stephen White
Language: English
Published: 23 October 2013
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451404312
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Size: 401 KB
Subjects: Psychologists, Mystery & Detective, Medical, Fiction, Psychological, Suspense, Boulder (Colo.), General
Categories: Sociology, Nonfiction
First Published in 1994. The study of literacy no longer focuses solely on psychological processes. In the past ten years, literacy has been reconceptualized as a social practice, or rather as social practices that make up the fabric of daily life. Using an anthropological perspective, Private Practices examines the broad fictional reading of middle-class pre-teen girls, and offers fresh insights into the place of literacy, both at home and at college, in the construction of gender. The author provides a wealth of evidence to support the central assumption of the book: Gender is a cultural and social construction, not a biological given. Gender is something that people create while interacting with each other in all the practices of their daily lives, including their literacy practices. The book also provides critical analysis and commentary concerning the role that reading fiction plays in cultural reproduction. In the hope that deeper knowledge of literacy as a social practice will support social transformation and eventually social justice, the author suggests compelling reasons for the fact that girls read more fiction and different fiction than do boys.
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