Karel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Pérez-Agote, "The Intimate: Polity and the Catholic Church―Laws about Life, Death and the Family in So-called Catholic Countries"
English | 2015 | pages: 225 | ISBN: 9462700273 | PDF | 2,3 mb
For centuries the Catholic Church was able to impose its ethical rules in matters related to the intimate, that is, questions concerning life (from its beginning until its end) and the family, in the so-called Catholic countries in Western Europe. When the polity started to introduce legislation in opposition to the Catholic ethic, the ecclesiastical authorities and part of the population reacted. The media reported massive demonstrations in France against same-sex marriages and in Spain against the legalization of abortion. In Italy the Episcopal conference entered the political field in opposition to medically assisted procreation. In Portugal the Church made a "pact" so that the law on same-sex marriages did not include the possibility of adoption. And in Belgium the Episcopal conference expressed its opposition to such laws with religious, legal, and anthropological arguments, which all other Episcopal conferences did also.

Gordon S. Wood, "The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States"
English | ISBN: 1594202907 | 2011 | 400 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 441 KB + 711 KB
The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.

The Handbook of Creativity & Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Toolkit of Theory and Practice for Developing Creative Thinking Skills by Rouxelle de Villiers
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 458 Pages | ISBN : 9811921792 | 38.4 MB
This book enables readers to develop their own creative thinking and their teams' creative problem-solving skills to generate novel, useful and surprising ideas. The vast majority of companies believe that a culture of innovation and renewal impacts performance and ultimately business results. In contrast, many managers feel ill-equipped to promote a culture of creative endeavour for this type of work-environment and lack the know-how to put it into practice.

Steven A. Benko, "The Good Place and Philosophy "
English | ISBN: 0812694767 | 2019 | 256 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
The Good Place is a fantasy-comedy TV show about the afterlife. Eleanor dies and finds herself in the Good Place, which she understands must be mistake, since she has been anything but good. In the surprise twist ending to Season One, it is revealed that this is really the Bad Place, but the demon who planned it was frustrated, because the characters didn't torture each other mentally as planned, but managed to learn how to live together.

The Future we hoped for:: Joe Biden and the Battle for America's Children. by JOANNA MARTINS
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B13998Q6 | 51 pages | EPUB | 0.14 Mb
The leadership of Joe Biden is abundantly clear.

The End of World War II in the Pacific: The History of the Final Campaigns that Led to Imperial Japan's Surrender by Charles River Editors
English | June 25, 2015 | ISBN: 1514693291 | 200 pages | EPUB | 7.22 Mb
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Philippines, the firebombing of Tokyo, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the use of the atomic bombs, and more. *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents By the spring of 1943, American military planners had begun to create a plan to dislodge Japan from east and southeast Asia. To do so, parts of the Philippines were considered main strategic points in the potential Allied attack in the Pacific. The end goal of the Allied plan was an invasion of the Japanese home islands, in which heavy aerial bombardment would precede a ground assault. In order for this to occur, Allied forces would have to occupy areas surrounding Japan, with China adding to Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines) and Formosa (a large island off the coast of China) to create a triangle from which they could launch their bombers. When Admiral Chester Nimitz was directed to capture an island in the Bonin group, Iwo Jima stood out for its importance in making progress against the mainland, with three airfields that would allow American air forces to attack the Japanese mainland. But the Japanese were also well aware of how important Iwo Jima was, and they fought desperately in bunkers and tunnels that required the Americans to carefully clear them out gradually. Less than 5% of the Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima were taken alive, and American casualties were estimated at 26,000, with 6,800 killed or captured. A month later at Okinawa, which lasted from April-June, the Americans suffered an estimated 62,000 casualties, with 12,000 Americans killed or captured. These deadly campaigns came after widely-held predictions that taking these islands would amount to no more than a brief footnote in the overall theater. However, the national character of the Empire was equally misunderstood. Following the month of Iwo Jima, "commentator after commentator in the Anglo-American camp agreed that the Japanese were more despised than the Germans...uncommonly treacherous and savage...alluding to their remarkable tenacity...refused to give up any territory and incurred thousands of losses daily without any possibility of surrender." Near the end of 1944, as Allied forces were pushing across the Pacific and edging ever closer to Japan, plans were drawn up to invade the Ryuku islands, the most prominent of them being Okinawa. Military planners anticipated that an amphibious campaign would last a week, but instead of facing 60,000 Japanese defenders as estimated, there were closer to 120,000 on the island at the beginning of the campaign in April 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific theater, and it would last nearly 3 months and wind up being the fiercest in the Pacific theater during the war, with nearly 60,000 American casualties and over 100,000 Japanese soldiers killed. In addition, the battle resulted in an estimated 40,000-150,000 Japanese civilian casualties. Given the horrific nature of the combat, and the fact that it was incessant for several weeks, it's no surprise that Okinawa had a profound psychological effect on the men who fought, but it also greatly influenced the thinking of military leaders who were planning subsequent campaigns, including a potential invasion of the Japanese mainland. The casualty tolls at Okinawa ultimately helped compel President Truman to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an effort to end the war before having to attempt such an invasion. The End of World War II in the Pacific: The History of the Final Campaigns that Led to Imperial Japan's Surrender chronicles the background leading up to the final fighting of World War II. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the end of World War II in the Pacific like never before.

Masaaki Higashijima, "The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box: Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocraci"
English | ISBN: 0472075314 | 2022 | 366 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Contrary to our stereotypical views, dictators often introduce elections in which they refrain from employing blatant electoral fraud. Why do electoral reforms happen in autocracies? Do these elections destabilize autocratic rule? The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box argues that strong autocrats who can garner popular support become less dependent on coercive electioneering strategies. When autocrats fail to design elections properly, elections backfire in the form of coups, protests, and the opposition's stunning election victories. The book's theoretical implications are tested on a battery of cross-national analyses with newly collected data on autocratic elections and in-depth comparative case studies of the two Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Gene Kim, "The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations"
English | ISBN: 1950508404 | 2021 | 528 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB
This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!

Hermann Von Bering, "The Corona Lie - unmasked: Evidence, facts, backgrounds"
English | ISBN: 3347280857 | 2021 | 346 pages | AZW3 | 661 KB
This book is the first to examine the Corona phenomenon in its entirety and uncovers plenty of contradictions. A wealth of information is substantiated with hundreds of sources and raises doubts about the official account of the virus, the disease and the sense of the measures. The political background responsible for the economic decline is revealed. The book answers important questions such as: Can the PCR test detect infections at all? Why do the statistics show far too high case numbers? How dangerous is the virus really? What did the alledged "corona" dead die of? What are the problems of wearing masks? Why lockdowns and spacing rules cannot stop the virus? Why are the new vaccinations hazardous? Who planned and profits from the global crisis? What is the objective? What is happening to the freedom of speech and democracy? Why the fundamental rights are being abolished? The book reveals the secret agenda behind the corona crisis. From thousands of documents, the author has researched the evidence that is hidden by the media. It presents the facts in a way that is easy to understand for everybody. Despite scientific explanations, the book reads easily because the author knows how to lighten up the complex topic with ironic comments.

The Book of Kubernetes: A Complete Guide to Container Orchestration
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1718502648 | 391 pages | True EPUB, MOBI | 17.9 MB
This hands-on guidebook to the inner workings of containers peels back the layers to provide a deep understanding of what a container is, how containerization changes the way programs run, and how Kubernetes provides computing, networking, and storage.