E-book Cities and Affordable Housing

The shortage of affordable housing in cities is one of the most significant global challenges. It affects 1.6 billion people ( one- third of urban population) and is a key priority for policy change identified by the United Nations in the New Urban Agenda ( Tsenkova, 2016). Globally, cities and central governments have championed housing strategies and action plans, with a strong…

E-book Annunciations : Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century

In Sacred Music in Secular Society, Jonathan Arnold highlights a strange phenomenon: ‘the seeming paradox that, in today’s so-called secular society, sacred choral music is as powerful, compelling and popular as it has ever been’.1 The explosion of new media through the internet and digital technology has created a new, broader audience for ‘the creative art of Renaissance polyphony …

E-book Pathways : Exploring the Routes of a Movement Heritage

Humans are a walking species. We tread on the surface of the Earth. Without this primary mobility we would not be here and even when other means of getting around have become accessible, we don’t cease to walk. Our walking leaves traces. This is inevitable. No culture or civilisation or society can escape from this primordial mark-making. Some of these traces cluster and congregate into patte…

E-book Making Sense of the Arab State

For scholars of the Arab world, the state remains an elusive, unsettled, and unsettling presence. Since mandatory and then independent states emerged in the Arab world in the aftermath of World War I, theorizing the Arab state has been a central preoccupation for generations of regional specialists. The gravitational pull of the state is not surprising. As a pr…

E-book Nordic Knitting Traditions: Knit 25 Scandinavian, Icelandic and Fair I…

Traditional Scandinavian and Icelandic designs are given new life in the projects found in Nordic Knitting Traditions. 25 projects feature original floral, star, feather and geometric motifs, all knit in fresh and modern colors. With a diverse collection of hats, tams, mittens, gloves, socks, knee-highs and legwarmers, you'll find plenty of jaw-dropping, colorful accessories to knit for yoursel…

E-book Creative Tourism in Smaller Communities : Place, Culture, and Local Re…

Issues arising from overtourism in many of the world’s major cities call into question the adage “bigger is better,” as do touristic desires for au-thentic, human-scale immersion in local life, culture, and knowledge. Overtourism accounts for many headlines, and some of these posit an alternate travel experience—for example, Elaine Glusac’s …

E-book Karl Popper, Science and Enightenment

Karl Popper is famous for having proposed that science advances by a process of conjecture and refutation. He is also famous for defending the open society against those he saw as its arch enemies – Plato and Marx.Popper’s contributions to thought are of profound importance, but they are not the last word on the subject. They need to be improved. My concern in this book …

E-book The News Media: What Everyone Needs to Know®

The business of journalism has an extensive, storied, and often romanticized history. Newspaper reporting has long shaped the way that we see the world, played key roles in exposing scandals, and has even been alleged to influence international policy. The past several years have seen the newspaper industry in a state of crisis, with Twitter and Facebook ushering in the rise of citizen journali…

E-book Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know®

The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the past date back at least to the mid-1300s BCE, during the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. Far more damage to the past has been inflicted by natural disasters, looters, and public works. Art hist…

E-book Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning : Bridging Disciplinary Gaps…

Disasters happen with appalling frequency in our world, resulting in death, injury, destruction, disruption and economic loss that can set back the development efforts of affected countries by decades. Disasters from natural hazards are growing at a rapid rate for several reasons. Population growth, migration and urbanisation are all leading to the poorest, most vulnerable, people …

E-book Archaeological Perspectives on Conflict and Warfare in Australia and t…

Archaeological investigation of places marked by violence such as Ruapekapeka Pa? in northern New Zealand, where both European and Maori combatants died during significant military operations, has contributed to a national day of remembrance (R? Maumahara) to acknowledge that while colonial settlement played a significant role in modern nation-building, so did intrusion…

E-book Languages: A Very Short Introduction

How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? The diversity of languages today is varied, but it is steadily declining. In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Anderson answers the above questions by looking at the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different l…

E-book Just Prospering? Plato and the Sophistic Debate about Justice

This book argues that Plato’s Republic must be understood as developing out of a 5th Century sophistic debate. In Part One the author presents a new analysis of the sophists and their extant texts addressing the important topics of justice and its value. This part shows that already in the 5th Century there was a robust debate about whether the just or unjust life was better for the self-inte…

E-book The Graphic Design : Idea Book

Albers advanced the idea that colour is continually deceptive, and that the exact same colour can evoke innumerable responses depending on how it is seen against other colours. He argued against ‘mechanically applying or merely implying laws and rules of colour harmony’, because of the subjective nature of perception – it is almost impossible to see a colour by itself and not interacting …

E-book Connecting Continents : Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean World

equently missing from this burgeoning discourse, however, are contributions by archaeologists, and historical archaeologists in par-ticular,6 as well as conscious attempts to study this region’s past from an interdisciplinary perspective. A recent special edition of the journal Slavery and Abolition demonstrates that some historians are increas-ingly aware …

E-book Butterflies : Taking Science to the Backyard

Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, and Nymphalidae. Close to 750 species inhabit the United States and Canada, most notably the Monarch and Regal Fritillary can be found in Nebraska. Approximately 3% of butterfly species are threatened with extinction. This decline in butterfly populations is attributed primarily to habitat loss due to urbanization and agriculture. As populations continue to d…

E-book Inspiration to Live Your Magic : 75 Inspiring Biographies

The most powerful story we tell is the story we tell to ourselves about our self. In my youth, my story was based on my experience. In gym class, I was always the last one picked for teams. “Who will take Larry?” the gym teacher would ask. Girls told me, “I just want to be friends,” but I wanted to be more than friends. My marks in school were not impressive. I passed, but that was abou…

E-Book From Scrolls to Scrolling: Sacred Texts, Materiality, and Dynamic Medi…

Using the digital turn as a starting point, the essays in this volume explore the materiality of sacred texts in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, along with transitions between various media cultures and material forms. The essays explore how material factors have shaped the production and transmission of sacred texts, as well as impacting the way in which people engage with, use, and perform …

E-Book Drawing Processes of Life: Molecules, Cells, Organisms

How the challenge of depicting biological systems can generate productive questions for artists and scientists. An artist drawing cell division faces a problem: what is the best way to visually represent a dynamic process? This anthology, edited by an artist and a philosopher of science, explores drawing as a way of inquiring into living processes at the molecular, cellular, and organismal scal…

E-book Everything Flows : Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology

his book is a venture in the metaphysics of science, the exploration of the most basicfeatures of the world implied or presupposed by science. One of its main aims is todemonstrate the fundamental importance of such an investigation. Getting this verygeneral picture right makes a real difference to whether we do the science well andunderstand properly what it tells us. The particular metaphysic…

E-book Evolutionary Genomics : Statistical and Computational Methods

The typical definition of the genome is often dualistic, referen-cing both structural features and its function to store and transmitbiological information [4]. For example, the US National Institutesof Health (NIH) uses the following definition: “A genome is anorganism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. Eachgenome contains all of the information needed to build and main-tai…

E-book Phonology in the Twentieth Century

This book is primarily concerned with the history of linguistics, but it is notsimplyaboutthe history of linguistics. For one thing, positions are taken belowon issues which (while they arise in a historical context) are discussed for theirown sake, such as the motivation for assuming a significant level of phoneticrepresentation in linguistics. Further, while the text traces the development of…

E-book Living Planet Report 2020

The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows anaverage 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical subregions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part of the world. Why does this matter? It matters because biodiversity is fundamental to human life on Earth, and…

E-book Waterlands : Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterb…

Waterlands: Prehistoric Life at Bar Pasture, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough recounts a decade-long archaeological investigation at Bar Pasture Farm, Pode Hole Quarry, Peterborough, and represents one of the most significant landscape excavations carried out in recent years. The 55-hectare archaeological dig was the scene of human activity on the fenland edge from the Mesolithic through to the L…

E-book Fundamentals of Aerodynamics

On August 8, 1588, the waters of the English Channel churned with the gyrations of hundreds of warships. The great Spanish Armada had arrived to carry out an invasion of Elizabethan England and was met head-on by the English fleet under the command of Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish ships were large and heavy; they were packed with soldiers and carried formidable cannons that fired 50 lb round …

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The three hundred and sixty ( 360 ) leader : Mengembangkan pengaruh anda dari…

Apa pertanyaan nomor satu yang di ajukan kepada para pakar kepemimpinan John C. Maxwell saat menyampaikan seminar kepemimpinannya? "Bagaimana saya dapat mengimplementasikan apa yang Anda ajarkan apabila saya bukan pemimpin puncak ?" Apakah mungkin untuk memimpin dengan baik jika Anda bukan pemimpin teratas? Bagaimana jika orang yang menjadi alasan anda adalah seorang pemimpin yang tidak caka…

Make today count : Buatlah hari ini bermakna

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The Maxwell daily reader : Bacaan inspirasional 365 hari untuk mengembangkan …

Bagi para pembaca di seluruh dunia, namanya identik dengan kepemimpinan. Di mata lebih dari 2 juga pemimpin organisasi,kebijaksanaan John C. Maxwell telah menyulut semangat mereka untuk belajar, bertumbuh, dan senantiasa melakukan perubahan. Kini, untuk pertama kalinya kebijaksanaan itu disarikan dalam buku yang sangat dahsyat. The Maxwell Daily Reader mengambil kekuatannya yang unik dari k…

Jumpstart your prioritie = 90 hari rencana pengembangan

Cara Anda memprioritaskan dan mcnghabiskan waktu tiap hari memengaruhi kemampuan Anda untuk sukses. Dalam buku panduan ringkas ini, penulis buku laris #1 versi New York Times menjabarkan rencana 90 hari untuk memaksimalkan kesuksesan Anda dengan menyesuaikan kegiatan harian Anda. Baik Anda berharap ingin mengcmbangkan strategi meraih kesuksesan di bidang baru atau sekadar meningkatkan produk…

How to influence people : Jadilah pemantik perubahan = How to influence people

Dalam How to Influence People, pakar kepemimpinan John C. Maxwell dan rekannya Jim Dornan mengupas tuntas cara menanamkan pengaruh yang positif dalam diri setiap orang, mulai dari keluarga, rekan kerja, hingga orang asing yang tidak Anda kenaL Hebatnya, Anda tidak perlu memegang jabatan pemimpin untuk melakukannya. Buku ringkas nan bernas ini akan memampukan Anda melakukannya, tanpa harus diduk…

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Equipping: 101 Hal-hal yang harus diketahui oleh para pemimpin

"Satu terlalu sedikit untuk mencapai kejay^an," ujar John C. Maxwell, pakar kepemimpinan sekaligus penulis buku laris versi New York Times. Dalam Equipping 101, Dr. Maxwell ingin menjabarkan konsep tersebut dalam membentuk dan memperlengkapi tim. Buku ini juga menawarkan wawasan berharga dan alat praktis dalam format ringkas. Pelajarilah lebih mendalam tentang topik tertentu, seperti: - …

Dua puluh lima (25) Ways to win with people : Buatlah orang lain merasa sanga…

25 Ways to win wiht people adalah pelengkap praktis karya terlaris John C.Maxwell,winning wiht people.karya hasil kolaborasi dengan pengarang terlaris Les Parrott,Ph.D.ini memberikan 25 keterampilan sederhana dan spesifik yang bisa membantu siapapun meningkatkan keahlian di bidang hubungan interpersonal. Anda akan mendapati cara: * Menggali sebanyak mungkin niata baik. * Memberi Orang Lain R…

Chicken soup for the soul: Kekuatan memaafkan = Chicken soup for the soul: Th…

Koleksi kisah di dalam buku ini akan menginspirasi kita untuk menggunakan kekuatan memaafkan demi bergerak maju dan melanjutkan hidup kita. Kita akan terbebas dari kemarahan kita dan memulai penyembuhan diri sendiri dengan melupakan kebencian dan memahami orang yang melukai kita. Justru dengan memaafkan seseoranglah hati kita akan menjadi lebih tenang dan bahagia. Kisah-kisahnya antara lain …

Attitude: 101 Hal-hal yang harus diketahui oleh para pemimpin

Sikap yang baik dalam sebuah tim tidak menjamin kesuksesan tim itu, tapi sikap yang buruk pasti membuat tim gagal. Itulah yang coba disampaikan pakar kepemimpinan, John C. Maxwell, dalam buku Attitude 101 ini. Siapa pun yang mencoba memimpin orang lain dengan sikap yang buruk pasti mengalami frustrasi. Dengan panduan ringkas nan praktis ini, kuasailah seni mengelola sikap. Pelajarilah bagaim…

DUA PULUH SATU (21) MENIT PALING BERMAKNA DALAM HARI-HARI PEMIMPIN SEJATI: Pu…

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KUDETA 1 OKTOBER 1965: Sebuah analisis awal

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BUATLAH HARI INI BERMAKNA: Rahasia Kesuksesan Anda Ditemukan oleh Jadwal Hari…

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