Ulrich Lohbauer, "Dental Ceramics: Fracture Mechanics and Engineering Design"
English | ISBN: 303094686X | 2022 | 135 pages | EPUB | 61 MB
This book is an evidence-based update on recent most significant advances in dental ceramics, specifically related to the relationships between composition, microstructure and mechanical behavior. Readers will find an introduction to the chemistry of dental ceramics as well as information about the technological progress and practical requirements restorative materials need to satisfy for long-lasting structural integrity. The book uses mechanistic approaches to address failure mechanisms from controlled experiments thus providing the tools for the application of sound research methodologies in the field. It is targeted for researcher and dentists interested in the field of dental ceramic materials and fracture mechanics.

Demystifying Emotions: A Typology of Theories in Psychology and Philosophy
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1107066344 | 401 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Demystifying Emotions provides a comprehensive typology of emotion theories in psychology (evolutionary, network, appraisal, goal-directed, psychological constructionist, and social) and philosophy (feeling, judgmental, quasi-judgmental, perceptual, embodied, and motivational) in a systematic manner with the help of tools from philosophy of science, allowing scholars in both fields to understand the commonalities and differences between these theories. Agnes Moors also proposes her own novel, skeptical theory of emotions, called the goal-directed theory, based on the central idea that all kinds of behaviors and feelings are grounded in goal-striving. Whereas most scholars of emotion do not call the notion of emotion itself into question, this review engages in a critical examination of its scientific legitimacy. This book will appeal to readers in psychology, philosophy, and related disciplines who want to gain a deeper understanding of the controversies at play in the emotion domain.

Caroline Kelly, "Democracy, Social Justice and the Role of Trade Unions: We the Working People "
English | ISBN: 1785277804 | 2021 | 234 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Trade unions worldwide face a powerful paradox at this critical juncture: collective organisations for workers are urgently needed and yet there are serious pressures undercutting the legitimate role of trade unions. The aim of this book is to examine how trade unions can effectively navigate this deeply contradictory challenge. It is underpinned by the conviction that trade unions are - and should be - vital institutions for democracy and social justice.

Delight in One Thousand Characters: The Classic Manual of East Asian Calligraphy edited by Susan O'Leary, translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi
English |
September 13, 2022 | ISBN: 1611808731 | True EPUB | 192 pages | 91.7 MB

Decorating Ideas for Neutral Rooms:How to Create a Dreamy Neutral Space: How to Decorate Neutral Rooms in a Dreamy Way. by Harold Bering
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BBZLL5F3 | 77 pages | EPUB | 7.02 Mb
Houses in neutral/beige colors aren't as "effortless" as they appear. In fact, they're an oxymoron in the sense that most individuals take this path because it's "simple"... After all, beige goes with beige, right? It isn't impossible, but it isn't as straightforward as buying everything in the same hue of off-white. There's a reason beige has a negative rep and is associated with drab or uninspired spaces. The letter B stands for beige...boring. The proper combination of texture, tones, and a sprinkle of je ne sais quoi (we're about to delve further into all of that, promise) are all characteristics of really effective neutral rooms. You imagine what it would be like to live in a home with such a light aesthetic. Let's get started.

Decolonisation in Universities: The politics of knowledge By Jonathan Jansen (editor) et al
2019 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1776143353 | PDF | 7 MB
Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in South Africa's struggle lexicon and many asked: What exactly is decolonisation? This book brings together some of the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address this important question. In the process, several critical questions are raised: Is decolonisation simply a slogan for addressing other pressing concerns on campuses and in society? What is the colonial legacy with respect to curricula and can it be undone? How is the project of curricula decolonisation similar to or different from the quest for post-colonial knowledge, indigenous knowledge or a critical theory of knowledge? What does decolonisation mean in a digital age where relationships between knowledge and power are shifting? Strong conceptual analyses are combined with case studies of attempts to 'do decolonisation' in settings as diverse as South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Mauritius. This comparative perspective enables reasonable judgments to be made about the prospects for institutional take-up within the curriculum of century-old universities. Decolonisation in Universities is essential reading for undergraduate teaching, postgraduate research and advanced scholarship in the field of curriculum studies.

Jesse Pollack, "Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey"
English | ISBN: 1540211088 | 2015 | 210 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its lowest in years. That mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the local woods, allegedly surrounded by strange objects. Some feared witchcraft was to blame, while others believed a serial killer was on the loose. Rumors of a police coverup ran rampant, and the case went unsolved along with the murders of several other young women. Now, four decades after Jeannette DePalma s tragic death, authors Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran present the definitive account of this shocking cold case.

James J. O'Hara, "Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's AENEID"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0691606579, 0691635285 | PDF | pages: 220 | 10.6 mb
Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods send promising messages to Aeneas and others to spur them on in their struggles, but these struggles often lead to untimely deaths or other disasters only darkly hinted at by the prophecies. O'Hara finds in these prophecies a persistent subtext that both stresses the human cost of Aeneas' mission and casts doubt on Jupiter's promise to Venus of an "endless empire" for the Romans. O'Hara considers the major prophecies that look confidently toward Augustus' Rome from the standpoint of Vergil's readers, who, like the characters within the poem, must struggle with the possibility that the optimism of the prophecies of Rome is undercut by darker material partially suppressed. The study shows that Vergil links the deception of his characters to the deceptiveness of Roman oratory, politics, and religion, and to the artifice of poetry itself. In response to recent debates about whether the Aeneid is optimistic or pessimistic, O'Hara argues that Vergil expresses both the Romans' hope for the peace of a Golden Age under Augustus and their fear that this hope might be illusory.

Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, Brendan Hemingway, Stephen Adams, "Dear Papa: The Letters of Patrick and Ernest Hemingway"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1982196866 | 336 pages | EPUB | 6.2 MB
An intimate and illuminating glimpse at Ernest Hemingway as a father, revealed through a selection of letters he and his son Patrick exchanged over the span of twenty years.

Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973 by Mary Elise Sarotte
English | April 16, 2001 | ISBN: 0807825999, 0807849154 | True EPUB/PDF | 328 pages | 3.6/5.3 MB
Using new archival sources-including previously secret documents of the East German secret police and Communist Party-M. E. Sarotte goes behind the scenes of Cold War Germany during the era of detente, as East and West tried negotiation instead of confrontation to settle their differences. In Dealing with the Devil, she explores the motives of the German Democratic Republic and its Soviet backers in responding to both the detente initiatives, or Ostpolitik, of West Germany and the foreign policy of the United States under President Nixon.