Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War, 1914-18 By Vincent P. O'Hara, Leonard R. Heinz
2017 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1682470083 | PDF | 23 MB
Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I. Much more than a catalog of combat facts, Clash of Fleets explores why battles occurred; how the different navies fought; and how combat advanced doctrine and affected the development and application of technology. The result is a holistic overview of the war at sea as it affected all nations and all theaters of war. A work of this scope is unprecedented.Organized into seven chapters, the authors first introduce the technology, weapons, ships, and the doctrine that governed naval warfare in 1914. The next five chapters explore each year of the war and are subdivided into sections corresponding to major geographic areas. This arrangement allows the massive sweep of action to be presented in a structured and easy to follow format that includes engagements fought by the Austro-Hungarian, British, French, German, Ottoman, and Russian Navies in the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Mediterranean, and North Seas as well as the Atlantic, India, and Pacific Oceans. The role of surface combat in the Great War is analyzed and these actions are compared to major naval wars before and after. In addition to providing detailed descriptions of actions in their historical perspectives, O'Hara and Heinz advance several themes, including the notion that World War I was a war of navies as much as a war of armies. They explain that surface combat had a major impact on all aspects of the naval war and on the course of the war in general. Finally, Clash of Fleets illustrates that systems developed in peace do not always work as expected in war, that some are not used as anticipated, and that others became unexpectedly important. There is much for today's naval professional to consider in the naval conflict that occurred a century ago.

Civil Engineering Construction Materials by S.K. Sharma
English | November 13, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BMB4VX7R | 398 pages | EPUB | 6.59 Mb
The main objective kept in mind in writing this book is to familiarize the readers with various types of construction materials their manufacture or production, classification, important physical and chemical properties, their uses advantages, disadvantages, testing etc. The book has been written in a very simple and lucid language, illustrated with neatly drawn diagrams and problems The book is designed keeping in mind syllabus of various universities, AIME,

Katie Walker Grimes, "Christ Divided: Antiblackness as Corporate Vice"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1506427995 | PDF | pages: 339 | 6.7 mb
Bringing the wisdom of generations of black Catholics into conversation with contemporary scholarly accounts of racism, Christ Divided diagnoses "antiblackness supremacy" as a corporate vice that inhabits the body of Christ. Antiblackness supremacy operates as a unique form of oppression: it arises from the enduring association of blackness with slave status and plays a foundational role in processes of racialization and racial hierarchy in the United States. In fact, since non-black people often amass power at the expense of black people, much of "white supremacy" is more accurately described as "antiblackness supremacy."

Drew Hastings, "Chasing Drew Hastings: A Memoir"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1735806625, 1735806617 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1.8 MB
When Drew Hastings was seven years old, his father, also named Drew Hastings, left the family, remarried, and had another son, named Drew Hastings. "Suddenly there were three Drew Hastings," Hastings writes, "me, the one who left me, and the one who replaced me." And so begins a life-long pursuit of a name, and one long, slow skid toward the realization that we're all just making it up as we go along.

Chair Yoga for Seniors: Guided Exercises for Elderly to Improve Balance, Flexibility and Increase Strength After 60 by Baz Thompson
English | September 5, 2022 | ISBN: 1990404294 | 123 pages | EPUB | 2.77 Mb
Improve Flexibility, Boost Mobility, and Promote Better Strength in Just a Few Steps - Easy and Simple Chair Yoga Exercises for Seniors Who Want to Stay Young!

D. Shyam Babu and R. S. Khare, "Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities"
English | 2010 | pages: 194 | ISBN: 8131754391 | PDF | 3,7 mb
Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities comprises real-life stories of caste-based social practices in India, capturing a complex social reality. The contributors write here about the role caste has played in their lives: Was it a source of comfort? An obstacle? Or an irritant? The reader will find the everyday reality of caste in its resilience and also the way it is changing with an India that is changing faster than anybody can capture the change.

Caribbean Shadows & Victorian Ghosts: Women's Writing and Decolonization By Kathleen J. Renk
1999 | 174 Pages | ISBN: 0813918367 | PDF | 108 MB
Renk demonstrates how contemporary Anglophone Caribbean women's writing radically subverts the myth of the family as it is constructed in 19th century British and colonial texts. These women writers reconfigure Caribbean identity, family, and nation according to cross-cultural, trans-national and transtemporal paradigms.

Fitzroy Baptiste and Rupert Lewis, "Caribbean Reasonings: George Padmore, Pan-African Revolutionary"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 9766373507 | PDF | pages: 119 | 32.1 mb
George Padmore is activist, writer, thinker, born leader and champion of the Pan-Africanism movement. In Caribbean Reasonings - George Padmore: A Pan-African Revolutionary, editors Fitzroy Baptiste and Rupert Lewis s selection of papers unveil a fitting portrait of the life and times of this legendary Trinidadian. The essays in this collection, explore Padmore s development from student activist to political figure under the auspices of C.L.R. James, and his role as journalist and organizer, creating the International African Services Bureau and subsequently organizing the historic 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress in England.

Duane Brown, "Career Information, Career Counseling, and Career Development: Pearson New International Edition"
English | 2013 | pages: 337 | ISBN: 1292042877 | PDF | 4,1 mb

Ellen Kossek, Brenda Lautsch, "CEO of Me: Creating a Life That Works in the Flexible Job Age"
English | 2007 | pages: 209 | ISBN: 0132480581, 013234999X | PDF | 1,0 mb
You are the CEO of your life: you, and nobody else. You can establish the new rules that will help you achieve true balance between work and the rest of your life. And if you don't do it, nobody else will. Now is the time to take control, and this is the book that will get you there. CEO of Me is like no other "work-life balance" book you've ever seen: there are no clichés here, and no one-size-fits all solutions. Instead, Drs. Ellen Kossek and Brenda Lautsch help you identify which of six worklife "patterns" you fit into and how to move towards a pattern that's more productive and comfortable for you, one step at a time. As leaders of North America's largest research projects on work/life balance, Kossek and Lautsch are singularly well-qualified to write this book. Drawing on their unparalleled research insights, they show how to identify the personal triggers that cause you the greatest stress...make the small changes that make the biggest difference...make technology work for you, not against you...redraw the lines between work and family as your life changes...master powerful strategies for managing yourself, your colleagues, and your supervisors...leverage emerging work options that are available to our generation for the first time. The authors' radical new approach will transform the way you view both your work and your life and help you make the practical changes that lead to true fulfillment.