Cold Case: The Tombstone Mysteries: Investigating History's Mysteries by W.C. Jameson
English | April 30, 2021 | ISBN: 1493045865 | 193 pages | PDF | 2.89 Mb
From the late 1870s to mid-1880s, Tombstone, Arizona, enjoyed impressive growth and prosperity as a result of the discovery of major silver deposits nearby. As in many boomtowns in the American West, its sudden prosperity attracted businessmen, outlaws, grifters, gamblers, prostitutes, and preachers. It wasn't long before there was a desperate need for lawmen and law enforcement. Outlaws like Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, Buckskin Frank Leslie, Burt Alvord, and a handful of other lesser known criminals, all faced off with the legendary lawmen, including the Earp brothers-Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, and Warren-who to one degree or another represented law enforcement in this wild, no-holds-barred town. In addition to Tombstone's reputation as a setting for colorful outlaw-lawman confrontations, it is also associated with a number of compelling and baffling mysteries. Ghosts are reported to roam the old taverns, hotels, opera houses, and other buildings. Eerie and unexplainable sounds and sights have been associated with Boot Hill, the famous cemetery, as well as the New City Cemetery.

Paul Zarembka, "Class History and Class Practices in the Periphery of Capitalism (Research in Political Economy) "
English | ISBN: 1789735920 | 2019 | 256 pages | EPUB | 1457 KB
Only after World War II did scholars move to theorize the distinction between the core countries at the center of capitalism and peripheral countries, often with an added distinction to include the semi-peripheral. Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems approach has been particularly important and led the term periphery into common scholarly parlance. Not surprisingly, much work remains to be done to untangle the extreme diversity and complexity of the political economies and resistances against the multidimensional cruelties perpetrated in the world's many, very different peripheral contexts.

Orlando J. Pérez, "Civil-Military Relations in Post-Conflict Societies: Transforming the Role of the Military in Central America "
English | ISBN: 0415741688 | 2015 | 158 pages | EPUB | 1461 KB
Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras are four Spanish speaking countries in Central America that possess uniformed military institutions. These four countries represent different approaches to reforms of civil-military relations, and embody varying degrees of success in both institutional democratization and the managing of security forces.

Circuit Analysis for Power Engineering Handbook by Arieh L. Shenkman
English | PDF | 1998 | 740 Pages | ISBN : 0412831805 | 40.1 MB
The study of circuits is the foundation on which most other courses in the electrical engineering curriculum are based. For this reason the first course in circuit analysis must be appropriate to the succeeding specializations, which may be classified into two groups. One is a specialization in electro nics, microelectronics, communications, computers etc. , or so-called low current, low-voltage engineering. The other is in power electronics, power systems, energy conversion devices etc. , or so-called high-current, high voltage engineering.

Steven C.Y. Kuo, "Chinese Peace in Africa: From Peacekeeper to Peacemaker "
English | ISBN: 0367024438 | 2019 | 150 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
China's emergence in Africa is the most significant development for the continent since at least the end of the Cold War. Of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China is also the largest contributor in terms of troop numbers to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO). While China's potential to be a force for change in Africa is undeniable, there are wildly varied and sometimes unrealistic expectations in both the West and Africa of China's role in Africa. A more detailed and nuanced understanding of Chinese motivations in its African engagement is necessary, in order to work effectively with China for African peace, security and development.

David B. H. Denoon, "China, The United States, and the Future of Southeast Asia: U.S.-China Relations, Volume II "
English | ISBN: 147986630X | 2017 | 512 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Distinguished experts explain the economic trends and varied political goals at work in Southeast Asia.

Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, "China's Strategic Interests in the South China Sea: Power and Resources"
English | ISBN: 1857437098 | 2013 | 178 pages | EPUB | 1460 KB
This title will explore China's strategic interests in the South China Sea, with a specific emphasis on power projection and resource security. China's regional actions and reactions are reshaping the power dynamics in East and South-East Asia, while economic and geopolitical futures depend on the variegated outcomes of these complex relationships with neighbours and the West. An introductory section will be complemented by four case studies (Japan, Vietnam, the USA and the Philippines) and the concluding chapter will discuss the importance of the South China Sea to China as its new leadership deals with growing economic and military might.

Ann Marie F. Murnaghan, "Children, Nature, Cities"
English | ISBN: 1472453174 | 2016 | 224 pages | EPUB | 1466 KB
Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter? This volume explores how dichotomies between nature/culture, rural/urban, and child/adult have structured our understandings about the place of children and nature in the city. By placing children and youth at the center of re-theorising the city as a socio-natural space, the book illustrates how children and youth's relations to and with nature can change adultist perspectives and help create more ecologically and socially just cities. As a key contribution to children's studies, the book engages and enlivens debates in urban political ecology and urban theory, which have not yet treated age as an important axis of difference. With examples from ten localities, the chapters in this volume ask how we can subvert both romanticized and modernist conceptualizations of nature and childhood that conflate innocence and purity with children and nature; the volume asks what happens when we re-invent urban natures with children's needs and perspectives in mind.

Dali L. Yang, "Child and Youth Well-being in China "
English | ISBN: 0367086131 | 2018 | 156 pages | EPUB | 1403 KB
The true measure of any society is how it treats its children, who are in turn that society's future. Making use of data from the longitudinal Chinese Family Panel Studies survey, the authors of this timely study provide a multi-faceted description and analysis of China's younger generations. They assess the economic, physical, and social-emotional well-being as well as the cognitive performance and educational attainment of China's children and youth. They pay special attention to the significance of family and community contexts, including the impact of parental absence on millions of left-behind children.

Tom Tresser, "Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1365109771 | 2016 | 95 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The mayor says Chicago is broke. So do the think tanks, newspapers and academia. But, what if we were NOT broke? This book contains short articles by noted Chicago civic experts and activists outlining ways to save and generate major, sustainable, progressive revenues to make Chicago work for everyone. We seek to move our civic narrative from one of scarcity and "There's nothing for you"; to one of abundance and civic possibility. We give you a general introduction to the Chicago budget then lay out three large buckets of civic funds: (1) Money that is stolen from us - money we should NOT have spent, nor continue TO spend, (2) Money that is hidden from us. We KNOW they are collecting the funds - we just can't FIND them, and (3) Money we SHOULD be collecting but are not. We conclude with a provocative chapter on "What next?"; - how to act together to get the city we all deserve. Don't live in Chicago - this book is STILL for you as the ideas we outline here can be applied to any city.