We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler
English | March 19, 2019 | ISBN: 1631495445 | 496 pages | EPUB | 53 Mb
National Book Award for Nonfiction Finalist

Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61 (Working Class in American History) By Colin J. Davis
2003 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0252028783 | PDF | 93 MB
During the decade that followed World War II, American and British dockworkers undertook a series of militant revolts against their employers, their governments, and even their union leaderships. In this in-depth comparative study, Colin Davis explores the upheavals on both sides of the Atlantic.Davis examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage along the two pivotal waterfronts, showing how issues of race, organized crime, union affiliation, working conditions, and Cold War politics shaped waterfront uprisings and the state's response to them. He explores other key differences between American and British labor, such as the cultural forces that led to the emergence of rank-and-file dockworkers' movements, degree of governmental oversight, methods of obtaining work, and specifics of ethnic and racial identification.An eye-opening look at dockworker influence in postwar industry,Waterfront Revoltsreveals how workers and trade unions directly influenced Cold War politics, the economy, and culture across national borders.

Wars, Proxy - Wars and Terrorism: Post Independent India by Dr. Peter Wilson Prabhakar
English | October 13, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BJ7MVVNS | 304 pages | MOBI | 0.56 Mb
The objective of writing this book is to highlight India's relations with Her neighboring Countries such as Pakistan, China and Bangladesh and to show how through different Wars India Survives as a strong Nation and to demonstrate how competently the Country's leadership had been handling the various challenges in the Last quarter of the 20th Century and continues to do so in the first decade of the 21st Century. India's Independence in 1947, unfortunately, did not mean the end of all the troubles. Since 1947, the Indian People have been forced to bear the brunt of Pakistan- Piloted Wars. The present problems like Proxy War, Cross- border Terrorism and Pakistan- inspired Terrorist activities in Kashmir have been troubling the leadership and the people of India without end. China and Bangladesh, two other neighbors, have time and again troubled India. Events like the Kargil War and the Terrorist attack on India's Parliament had to be faced by the Indians with valour determination. Moreover, events like the Terrorist attack in America on Sept 11, 2001 and the Afgan War too have had many repercussions resulting in additional complication for India.

Vulnerable Witness: The Politics of Grief in the Field By Kathryn Gillespie (editor), Patricia J. Lopez (editor)
2019 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0520297849 | PDF | 15 MB
Scholars and practitioners who witness violence and loss in human, animal, and ecological contexts are expected to have no emotional connection to the subjects they study. Yet is this possible? Following feminist traditions,Vulnerable Witnesscenters the researcher and challenges readers to reflect on how grieving is part of the research process and, by extension, is a political act. Through thirteen reflective essays the book theorizes the role of grief in the doing of research-from methodological choices, fieldwork and analysis, engagement with individuals, and places of study to the manner in which scholars write and talk about their subjects. Combining personal stories from early career scholars, advocates, and senior faculty, the book shares a breadth of emotional engagement at various career stages and explores the transformative possibilities that emerge from being enmeshed with one's own research.

Virgil, R.H. Jordan, "Virgil: Aeneid II"
English | 1999 | ISBN: 1853995428 | PDF | pages: 121 | 6.1 mb
In Book II of the "Aeneid", Aeneas relates to Dido his own account of Troy's destruction and his escape, including the episode of the Wooden Horse. It is some of the best Latin poetry ever written, and thus makes an ideal introduction to the "Aeneid". This completely new edition aims to provide students with help in translation, encourage them to consider the sound of the poetry, and appreciate the emotional impact of the story as Virgil portrays it. The text also includes a general introduction, a select bibliography, notes and a full vocabulary; appendices deal with meter and scansion.

Vic Lee's London: A City of Amazing Streets and Tall Tales by Vic Lee
English | November 15th, 2022 | ISBN: 9780711279759 | 256 pages | True PDF | 91.94 MB
A lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee - artist, storyteller and self-confessed 'ragamuffin from south-east London'.

Vibration Behavior in Ceramic-Matrix Composites
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811978379 | 134 Pages | PDF (True) | 4 MB
This book focuses on the vibration behavior of ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs), including (1) vibration natural frequency of intact and damaged CMCs; (2) vibration damping of CMCs considering fibers debonding and fracture; (3) temperature-dependent vibration damping of CMCs; (4) time-dependent vibration damping of CMCs; and (5) cyclic-dependent vibration damping of CMCs. Ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) possess low material density (i.e., only 1/4 or 1/3 of high-temperature alloy) and high-temperature resistance, which can reduce cooling air and improve structure efficiency. Understanding the failure mechanisms and internal damage evolution represents an important step to ensure reliability and safety of CMCs. Relationships between microstructure, damage mechanisms, vibration natural frequency, and vibration damping of CMCs are established. This book helps the material scientists and engineering designers to understand and master the vibration behavior of CMCs at room and elevated temperatures.

Variational Calculus with Elementary Convexity by John L. Troutman
English | PDF | 1983 | 373 Pages | ISBN : 1468401602 | 25.1 MB
The calculus of variations, whose origins can be traced to the works of Aristotle and Zenodoros, is now Ii vast repository supplying fundamental tools of exploration not only to the mathematician, but-as evidenced by current literature-also to those in most branches of science in which mathematics is applied. (Indeed, the macroscopic statements afforded by variational principles may provide the only valid mathematical formulation of many physical laws. ) As such, it retains the spirit of natural philosophy common to most mathematical investigations prior to this century.

Urinary Tract Infections, Calculi and Tubular Disorders by John Walls
English | PDF | 1981 | 105 Pages | ISBN : 9400980779 | 7.4 MB
This book in the Topic Pack series covers some of the commoner and some of the rarer nephrological diseases. Owing to their diverse nature a 'traditional' approach, i.e. one considering pathogenesis, symptoms, signs and treatment, has been used. This inevitably leads to some repetition but the reader should be con stantly reminded that apparently trivial symptoms such as fre quency, dysuria, etc. may be the clues to more fascinating pathol ogy. In addition, where relevant, attempts have been made to remind the reader of some basic renal physiology in order to understand the results of pathological changes, those changes being illustrated by renal histology, specimens and radiographs. John Walls, Leicester General Hospital, 1.

Urban Logistics in a Digital World: Smart Cities and Innovation
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031128907 | 236 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 19 MB
A smart city is a city that collates data via various technological methods, and uses insights gleaned from this data to manage assets, resources, services and operations more efficiently. Though the concept of 'smart cities' is fairly new, there is a vast amount of interest in the topic, exploring how technological advances can be used to better manage the integration of business and operations within a city, as well as how sustainable choices can be written into the fabric of an urban space.