Helena Rytövuori-Apunen, "Power and Conflict in Russia's Borderlands: The Post-Soviet Geopolitics of Dispute Resolution"
English | ISBN: 1788311434 | 2019 | 344 pages | EPUB | 1138 KB
As Cold War battle lines are seemingly re-drawn, Russia's various 'frozen' war zones (ongoing separatist conflicts) are often cited as particularly volatile and assumed by some Western commentators and policymakers to be 'next' on Putin's 'wish list'.

Power Grid Complexity by Shengwei Mei, Xuemin Zhang, Ming Cao
English | PDF | 2011 | 471 Pages | ISBN : 364216210X | 6.7 MB
"Power Grid Complexity" introduces the complex system theory known as self-organized criticality (SOC) theory and complex network theory, and their applications to power systems. It studies the network characteristics of power systems, such as their small-world properties, structural vulnerability, decomposition and coordination strategies, and simplification and equivalence methods. The book also establishes four blackout models based on SOC theory through which the SOC of power systems is studied at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels. Additionally, applications of complex system theory in power system planning and emergency management platforms are also discussed in depth. This book can serve as a useful reference for engineers and researchers working with power systems.

Ariella Azoulay, "Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1788735714, 1788735706 | 656 pages | MOBI | 4 MB
A passionately urgent call for all of us to unlearn imperialism and repair the violent world we share, from one of our most compelling political theorists

Ryan Salzman, "Pop-Up Civics in 21st Century America: Understanding the Political Potential of Placemaking "
English | ISBN: 0367690209 | 2022 | 180 pages | EPUB | 1132 KB
How people associate and engage in politics in the 21st century is notably different from similar behaviors in the 20th century. Ryan Salzman examines the political potential of placemaking, an increasingly popular set of behaviors that were unfamiliar to the American public until the last two decades. Placemaking exemplifies a shift that is occurring in the way Americans participate in their political system, and it appears that that participation is increasingly effective in the context of American democracy.

Benjamin Barton, "Political Trust and the Politics of Security Engagement: China and the European Union in Africa "
English | ISBN: 1138917389 | 2017 | 212 pages | EPUB | 1146 KB
The EU and China are often characterised as parties whose bilateral political differences still remain too large to bridge, so that they have failed to convert rhetorical promises into tangible results of cooperation, particularly with regards to the field of international security. Yet in terms of their bilateral interaction on security risk management in Africa; EU and Chinese naval officers jointly brought down the number of successful Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden and to a lesser extent were jointly involved in seeking a resolution to the lingering conflict in Darfur.

Joseph Luna, "Political Financing in Developing Countries: A Case from Ghana "
English | ISBN: 036742956X | 2019 | 114 pages | EPUB | 1155 KB
This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for office―and to whom they are indebted and expected to repay.

Plant Breeding in the Omics Era by Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos
English | PDF | 2015 | 250 Pages | ISBN : 3319205315 | 2.5 MB
This book provides analysis of plant breeding and its role for producing high-yielding cultivars that increase farming profitability and sustainability. This work analyzes the past and present of plant breeding, while providing research that investigates the future of crop improvement. Plant breeding today, as it was before, depends on crop biodiversity and its sustainable use, which can be further facilitated by advances in omics and bioinformatics. It starts with assessing plant genetic resources (wild species, landraces, obsolete cultivars, genetic stocks) variation aiming to enhance the cultigen pool. Research on genetics-aided by current omic tools- should lead to designing a knowledge-based plant breeding, which could bring further genetic gains in the breeding pools. Plant breeding, however, will increasingly require pursuing a holistic interdisciplinary approach based on integrated system-oriented thinking.

Gr Tsetskhladze, "Phrygia in Antiquity: From the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Period: Proceedings of an International Conference 'the Phrygian Lands Over Time: From ... 2nd-8th November, 2015"
English | 2019 | pages: 825 | ISBN: 9042937386 | PDF | 29,5 mb
This volume publishes 33 papers from the international conference 'The Phrygian Lands over Time: From Prehistory to the Middle of the First Millennium AD', held at Anadolu University in Eskisehir in November 2015. It is arranged in two parts - 'From Midas to Christianity' and 'From Region to Sites' - plus an Introduction. The first part is more general, opening with six papers that touch on various aspects of Midas, moving on through the Achaemenid to Byzantine periods, linguistics, onomastics and epigraphy, borders, pottery and architecture, etc. the second part focuses on individual regions and sites (such as Aizanoi, Bogazkoy, Kerkenes, Dorylaion, Midas City, Pessinus, etc.) from the Early Bronze Age to the Roman Period, including ethnic composition, the cult of Cybele and recent results. The Introduction examines recent scholarship on Phrygia and the problems we face.

Photography Technology Tutorial: No Light Is Spared by Kevn Todd
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B5RK847R | 290 pages | EPUB | 12 Mb
Photography is known as the art of light and shadow. The charm of photography lies in the language of light to express the richness of the image. This book aims to explain the beauty, wonder and charm of light to the reader.

Mary Savig, "Pen to Paper: Artists' Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1616894628 | PDF | pages: 210 | 107.5 mb
Even in this age of emails, texts, and tweets, there is an ongoing fascination with the simple act of putting pen to paper. Associations such as the International Association of Master Penmen and the Society for Italic Handwriting keep the traditions of calligraphy and penmanship alive, hand-writing typefaces continue to sell, and hand-drawn display type and packaging of all sorts enjoy a renaissance.