English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-0367490034 | 369 pages | True PDF | 9.17 MB
The Routledge Companion to Ethics and Research in Ethnomusicology is an in-depth survey of the moral challenges and imperatives of conducting research on people making music. It focuses on fundamental and compelling ethical questions that have challenged and shaped both the history of this discipline and its current practices. In 26 representative cases from across a broad spectrum of geographical, societal, and musical environments, authors collectively reflect on the impacts of ethnomusicological research, exploring the ways our work may instantiate privilege or risk bringing harm, as well as the means that are available to provide recognition, benefit, and reciprocation to the musicians and others who contribute to our studies. In a world where differing ethical values are often in conflict, and where music itself is meanwhile a powerful tool in projecting moral claims, we aim to uncover the conditions and consequences of the ethical choices we face as ethnomusicologists, thereby contributing to building a more engaged, restructured discipline and a more globally responsible music studies. The volume comprises four parts: (1) sound practices and philosophies of ethics; (2) fieldwork encounters; (3) environment, trauma, collaboration; and (4) research in public domains.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 1789197465 | 1048 pages | True EPUB | 160.67 MB
Practical travel guide to Italy featuring points-of-interest structured lists of all sights and off-the-beaten-track treasures, with detailed colour-coded maps, practical details about what to see and to do in Italy, how to get there and around, pre-departure information, as well as top time-saving tips, like a visual list of things not to miss in Italy, expert author picks and itineraries to help you plan your trip.
The Rough Guide to Italy covers:Rome and Lazio, Piemonte and Valle D'Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy and the Lakes, Trentino Alto Adige, Venice and the Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Le Marche, Abruzzo and Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia

English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-1527582361 | 216 pages | True PDF | 9.19 MB
3D printing came into existence in the early 1980s as additive manufacturing and, over the years, the technology has grown by leaps and bounds. It gained huge popularity in the 2000s, when its importance came into the limelight and its role was explored to help improve capability of humans. The additive technology is being employed in different fields and affecting different aspects of human lives. In the medical field, 3D-printing was seen as one of the biggest breakthroughs and it slowly became an integral part of mainstream medical practice. This book explores the growth and advancement in 3D printing technology in different areas of healthcare and how it is being employed to help in improving patient care with better quality, customized designs and lower costs thereby providing durability and patient comfort. It will provide insight to budding researchers and students to explore the field further.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 1639550631 | 326 pages | True EPUB | 8.93 MB
"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us."
—fromThe River You Touch

English | 2023 | ISBN: 0197639275 | 298 pages | True EPUB | 6.76 MB
A comprehensive plan from two leading experts on how to fix America's outdated retirement system
America's retirement system has serious problems. While it works well for some retirees, millions of others don't have the sound retirement they have worked decades to secure. Roughly 40 percent of today's $4 trillion federal budget is devoted to supporting retirees, which will grow to roughly half over the next decade--imperiling the sustainability of the whole system.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1643261495 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 5.69 MB
"Details profound examples of life's resilience and makes a convincing case that the natural world still has a lot worth fighting for." —Paul Greenberg,New York Timesbestselling author ofFour FishandThe Climate Diet
As climate change continues to intensify, the outlook for life on Earth often seems bleak. Yet hope for the future can be found in the "rescue effect," which is nature's innate ability to help organisms persist during hard times. Like a thermostat starting the air conditioning when a room gets too warm, the rescue effect automatically kicks in when organisms are stressed or declining.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1119896150 | 290 pages | True PDF | 10.99 MB
An eye-opening deep dive into the sources and consequences of how China has financed it's rise to global economic prominence
In The Red Dream: The Chinese Communist Party and the Financial Deterioration of China , veteran finance executive Carl Walter uses his unique experience in Chinese finance to deepen his exploration of how the Chinese Communist Party finances its obsession with GDP growth and social control. Overwhelmingly debt-fueled, the party's financial strategy has driven an unsustainable growth in banking and state enterprise assets. Inevitably the party's own financial health is being severely weakened and China's future over the next decades put in doubt. You'll also find:

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032060441 | 307 pages | True PDF | 7.21 MB
Sport and exercise psychology has grown exponentially as an academic discipline and profession in the past decade. The dominant approach to sport and exercise psychology practice is the cognitive-behavioural approach that stems from cognitive behavioural therapies (CBTs). CBTs are the most widely used counselling approaches in the world. Through this approach developed rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), a cognitive-based theory and therapy that incorporates many of the techniques that defines CBTs to this day (e.g., cognitive restructuring, rehearsal, imagery, self-talk).
The Rational Practitioner: The Sport and Performance Psychologist's Guide to Practicing Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy develops innovative concepts that are particular to the performance milieu, whilst sticking rigorously to core theory. This book is fundamental to applied practice and offers practitioners, scholars, and researchers of sport psychology and REBT, theoretical and detailed practical information from an experienced and qualified sport and exercise psychologist.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0374603308 | 352 pages | True EPUB | 5.82 MB
A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time.
"What Michael Lewis did for baseball inMoneyball, Dudley and Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and hackers. Cinematic, big in scope, and meticulously reported, this book is impossible to put down." —Doug Stanton,New York Timesbestselling author ofIn Harm's WayandHorse Soldiers

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1804610615 | 600 pages | True PDF | 69.87 MB
Gain proficiency, productivity, and power by working on projects and kick-starting your career in Python with this comprehensive, hands-on guide.
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