Shimon Peres: The Biography By Michael Bar-Zohar
2007 | 576 Pages | ISBN: 1400062926 | PDF | 24 MB
Twice Israel's prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bold leader in a war-torn region, Shimon Peres is one of the great statesmen of the modern world. Peres is also a fascinating, complex man-a brilliant intellectual who is entirely at home in the corridors of power; an individual revered by the world and yet highly controversial in his own country; at once a hero and a figure of tragedy. Now, in this definitive biography, Michael Bar-Zohar takes the full measure of a towering, enigmatic leader.Drawing on his decades-long association with Peres, as well as the full cooperation of the leader's family, friends, supporters, and political rivals, Bar-Zohar has crafted a vibrant, daring, richly textured portrait of a man whose life and career span the entire history of Israel. Born in Poland in 1923, Peres emigrated to the Holy Land at the age of twelve, already a fiercely idealistic Zionist. Peres joined a kibbutz and, while still in his teens, became the leader of a major youth movement. When the struggle for Israeli independence broke out, future prime minister David Ben-Gurion tapped him to join his inner circle. As director general of the Defense Ministry under Ben-Gurion, Peres spearheaded a far-reaching campaign to turn Israel into a major military power. He jump-started Israel's aircraft industry, forged a secret alliance with France, and successfully pursued his dream of making Israel a nuclear power. And yet Peres's real triumph came not as a man of war but as a peacemaker. Elected prime minister in 1984, Peres brought new hope by pulling Israeli troops out of the quagmire in Lebanon, defusing tensions with Jordan, and, at the risk of his own political future, making serious overtures to the Palestinians. Peres and his longtime rival Yitzhak Rabin together secured the top-secret Oslo Accords of 1993, which won them and Yasser Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize-only to see the hope of peace shattered in a resurgence of regional violence.In a half-century of leadership, Peres has worked beside-or fought against-such giants as Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon, and, tragically, Rabin, who was slain at the rally that marked his reconciliation with Peres. Still powerful in his eighties, Peres stands as a true hero, a visionary who embodies the history of his nation. In this stunning, courageously frank, and scrupulously factual biography, Michael Bar-Zohar gives an eminent man his due.

Diane Kiesel, "She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer"
English | ISBN: 1612345050 | 2015 | 408 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898-1980) lived by the motto YES, WE CAN. An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington DC, she was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised presidents on civil rights and assisted foreign governments on public health issues. Though articulate, visionary, talented, and skillful at managing her publicity, she was also tragically flawed.

Shattering Silence: Women, Nationalism, and Political Subjectivity in Northern Ireland By Begoña Aretxaga
1997 | 211 Pages | ISBN: 069103754X | PDF | 135 MB
Presents a feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, providing an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.

RJ Parker, "Serial Killers Case Files"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1490443517 | EPUB | pages: 297 | 0.7 mb
AN IN-DEPTH examination of serial murderers and their victims, that include the profiles of some of the most prominent murderers of our time. The author addresses various serial killer types: Organized and unorganized, men, women, doctors, and unsolved murder cases. BESTSELLING AUTHOR RJ Parker delves into the gritty, gruesome details of the most notorious serial killers to strike the United States, Canada and the UK, including the unidentified killers who may still be on the loose. TRUE CRIME GENRE is tremendously indebted to serial killers. A listing of books and movies that deal with serial killers would almost be a book in itself. Something about their twisted psychology and abhorrent acts have turned folks like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz, and Andrei Chikatilo, to name a few, into household names and media figures. In Serial Killer Case Files, true crime author RJ Parker offers several cases that deal with the names above and also shine a light on killers that are not as present in popular culture but whose bloody actions are worse than any horror movie out there. - John Douglas, FBI Profiler (Ret'd), bestseller author

Self Source-ery: Come to Your Senses. Trust Your Instincts. Remember Your Magic. by Lisa Lister
English | November 22nd, 2022 | ISBN: 1401967477 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 3.72 MB
An empowering guide to help readers connect to source, containing inspiring prompts, tools, and techniques to help them find self-trust, courage, and limitless confidence.

Search-Based Software Engineering : 14th International Symposium, SSBSE 2022, Singapore, November 17-18, 2022, Proceedings
by Mike Papadakis and Silvia Regina Vergilio
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031212509 | 130 Pages | True ePUB | 9.78 MB

Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit: What They Don't Tell You About the Climate Crisis by Assaad Razzouk
English | 1 Sept. 2022 | ISBN: 1838954627, 1838954651 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 0.9 MB
Have you heard that you should plant trees to save the planet? Or buy carbon offsets when you fly? Or recycle plastic? Go vegan? Or not have children? What if all these actions were a distraction, no matter how well-intentioned?

Jennifer Ring, "Saving Public Higher Education: Voices from the Wasteland"
English | ISBN: 3031056450 | 2022 | 392 pages | PDF | 6 MB
In this book, eleven recent college graduates describe in vivid detail their journeys from racially segregated, underfunded public schools to a state university, and the obstacles they encountered along the way. Chapters highlight personal accounts of poverty, violence, and bullying in childhood, the persistence of racism on the university campus and the inability of faculty and administrators to combat it. Overcoming all-too-common barriers, these eleven students persevered, earned their degrees and continued on to graduate school and professional careers. The authors conclude the book with policy proposals that not only address the issues raised by the students, but that would also restore public education to its original role as an engine of opportunity and driver of democracy.

Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God by Gary Thomas
English | September 8, 2020 | ISBN: 0310361176 | 288 pages | EPUB | 2.00 Mb
Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments-and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies-to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God.

SQL: 3 books 1 - The Ultimate Beginner, Intermediate & Expert Guides To Master SQL Programming Quickly with Practical Exercises by Mark Reed
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B6BFBTBY | 350 pages | EPUB | 4.97 Mb
Do you want to learn SQL Programming quickly and easily?