A Temporary Affair: Talks on Awakening and Zen by David Radin
English | August 2nd, 2022 | ISBN: 1948626675 | 144 pages | True EPUB | 1.85 MB
A Temporary Affair is a collection of talks given at Sunday morning sittings at the Ithaca Zen Center by Yoshin David Radin, abbot and founder of the Ithaca Zen Center for the past 40 years. The talks contained here were given at a time when Yoshin's health was severely compromised by end stage renal failure. In February 2019, he received a kidney transplant from a member of Ithaca Zen Center, to whom the publication is dedicated.

A Psychotherapist Paints: Insights from the Border of Art and Psychotherapy
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032140771 | 226 Pages | PDF (True) | 107 MB
This book describes a body of painting that was responsive to a major existential challenge, the COVID-19 pandemic, but which also comes from deeply personal experience; the paintings are a mirror of life through the decades. These paintings, fifty of which are included here in full colour, were mainly presented online to groups both small and large, who were invited to participate in a dialogue that became a vital part of the developing project. The value of this dialogue is reflected in the author's concept of the "artist's matrix", describing the social context in which an artist produces and presents their work. The paintings, together with the autobiographical narrative and the groups' generativity, combine to produce a moving testament to our times.

A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War by Keith Fisher
English | August 4, 2022 | ISBN: 0241558220 | True PDF | 754 pages | 10.55 MB
Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in-depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to large-scale production in the mid-nineteenth century and the development of a dominant, fully-fledged oil industry by the early twentieth century.

Dava Sobel, "A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos"
English | ISBN: 0802717934 | 2011 | 288 pages | PDF | 7 MB
By 1514, the reclusive cleric Nicolaus Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory-in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to place the sun, not the earth, at the center of our universe, and set the earth spinning among the other planets. Over the next two decades, Copernicus expanded his theory through hundreds of observations, while compiling in secret a book-length manuscript that tantalized mathematicians and scientists throughout Europe. For fear of ridicule, he refused to publish.

A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021 by Alan S. Blinder
English | October 11, 2022 | ISBN: 0691238383 | True EPUB/PDF | 440 pages | 5.2/5.3 MB
From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to COVID―filled with lessons for today

A Loom of One's Own: Crafts for Book Lovers by Virginia Wool
English | August 4th, 2022 | ISBN: 0008529248 | 128 pages | True EPUB | 14.95 MB
The perfect gift for fans of classic novels, crafting and puns. 'There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my glue gun.' This crafting celebration of literary classics will transport you and your scissors far from your kitchen table: allow your Mod Podge to smooth your way into the Gilded Age with 'The Decoupage of Innocence', or your craft knife to help you conceal an illicit eBook with 'Lady Chatterley's Kindle Cover'. Or simply create the perfect picnic accessory, to be enjoyed alongside some ginger beer with 'Five Go to Smuggler's Cake Topper'. From a shelf made of books to paper flowers, Christmas wreaths to table decorations,A Loom of One's Ownis a pun-filled celebration of crafting and writing that will appeal to book lovers or anyone who owns a glue gun.

Harlan Lane, "A Journey Into the Deaf-World Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0915035634 | | 560 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In this comprehensive and engrossing study, three distinguished scholars of Deaf culture-one hearing, one deaf, and one coda (child of deaf adults)-offer clear, penetrating insights into the existence and makeup of the deaf world, the community whose natural language-American Sign Language in the United States-is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into sharp focus, the authors take us on a fascinating journey to discover what deaf culture is; the benefits of signed language and deaf culture for deaf children and hearing people; how deaf children are now educated and how they could be; how deaf people integrate into the larger society; the nature of American Sign Language; how technology helps (and hurts) deaf people; what can be learned from deaf societies in other lands; the future of the deaf world. Combining thought-provoking intellectual perspectives with enlightening first-hand accounts of life in the deaf world, this landmark volume is vital for professionals working in fields involving deaf people and for those with an interest in deaf studies.

A Game Maker's Life: A Hall of Fame Game Inventor and Executive Tells the Inside Story of the Toy Industry by Jeffrey Breslow, Cynthia Beebe
English | August 30th, 2022 | ISBN: 1637584377 | 232 pages | True EPUB | 2.05 MB
How do you spark genius? How do you earn a profit from fun? And how do you overcome unthinkable challenges? The developer of Simon, Fashion Polly Pocket, UNO Attack!, My Size Barbie, and Operation explains it all in this fascinating story of toys, transformation, and murder.

A First Course in Noncommutative Rings By T.Y. Lam
2012 | 397 Pages | ISBN: 1468404083 | PDF | 35 MB
One of my favorite graduate courses at Berkeley is Math 251, a one-semester course in ring theory offered to second-year level graduate students. I taught this course in the Fall of 1983, and more recently in the Spring of 1990, both times focusing on the theory of noncommutative rings. This book is an outgrowth of my lectures in these two courses, and is intended for use by instructors and graduate students in a similar one-semester course in basic ring theory. Ring theory is a subject of central importance in algebra. Historically, some of the major discoveries in ring theory have helped shape the course of development of modern abstract algebra. Today, ring theory is a fer tile meeting ground for group theory (group rings), representation theory (modules), functional analysis (operator algebras), Lie theory (enveloping algebras), algebraic geometry (finitely generated algebras, differential op erators, invariant theory), arithmetic (orders, Brauer groups), universal algebra (varieties of rings), and homological algebra (cohomology of rings, projective modules, Grothendieck and higher K-groups). In view of these basic connections between ring theory and other branches of mathemat ics, it is perhaps no exaggeration to say that a course in ring theory is an indispensable part of the education for any fledgling algebraist. The purpose of my lectures was to give a general introduction to the theory of rings, building on what the students have learned from a stan dard first-year graduate course in abstract algebra.

A Dish for All Seasons: 125+ Recipe Variations for Delicious Meals All Year Round by Kathryn Pauline
English | August 23rd, 2022 | ISBN: 1797207717 | 292 pages | True PDF | 52.66 MB
A creative approach to seasonal cooking, A DISH FOR ALL SEASONS presents 26 adaptable recipes, each with four seasonal variations, for a total of more than 100 accessible recipes for creative weeknight cooking.