Michel Balard, "La Papauté et les croisades / The Papacy and the Crusades"
English | 2016 | pages: 316 | ISBN: 1138251593, 1409430073 | PDF | 3,7 mb
This volume brings together a selection of the papers on the theme of the Papacy and the Crusades, delivered at the 7th Congress of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East. After the introduction by Michel Balard, the first papers examine aspects of crusader terminology. The next section deals with events and perceptions in the West, including papers on the crusades against the Albigensians and Frederick II, and on the situation in the Iberian peninsula. There follow studies on relations between crusaders and the local populations in the Byzantine world after 1204 and Frankish Greece, and in Cilician Armenia, while a final pair looks at papal interventions in Poland and Scandinavia.

Tong King Lee, "Kongish "
English | ISBN: 1009281135 | 2022 | 92 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This Element introduces Kongish as a translingual and multimodal urban dialect emerging in Hong Kong in recent years and still in the making. Through the lens of translanguaging and linguistic commodification, and using the popular Facebook page Kongish Daily as a case in point, the study outlines the semiotic profile of Kongish. It examines how Kongish communications draw on a full range of performative resources, thriving on social media affordances and a creative-critical ethos. The study then turns to look at how Kongish is commoditized in a marketing context in the form of playful epithets emplaced on locally designed products, demonstrating how the urban dialect is not merely a niche medium of communication on social media, but has become integral to commercial, profit-driven practices. The Element concludes by challenging the proposition that Kongish must be considered a 'variety' of English, arguing instead that it is an innominate term embodying translanguaging-in-action.

Knowledge Representation: Logical, Philosophical, and Computational Foundations By John F. Sowa
1999 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 0534949657 | PDF | 61 MB
John Sowa integrates logic, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science into this study of knowledge and its various models and implementations. His definitive new book shows how techniques of artificial intelligence, database design, and object-oriented programming help make knowledge explicit in a form that computer systems can use. The first three chapters are devoted to logic, ontology, and computable models of reality. Remaining chapters apply theories to the analysis of problems stated in ordinary language, and their translation to computable form. The text is self-contained, with each new idea defined when first mentioned; all formalism is developed in the body of the text or summarized in an appendix. Knowledge Representation is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, as well as philosophy and linguistics students with some background in artificial intelligence or programming.

Malcolm Scott, "Killing a Kiwi in Thailand: The Pattaya Puppy Dog Murder"
English | ISBN: 1718101252 | 2018 | 241 pages | EPUB | 252 KB
Killing a Kiwi in Thailand is the true story of three Western expats who decided to swap living in Bali for residing in resort city of Pattaya, Thailand. Tragedy then struck when one of the expats became involved in an argument with a murderous couple in a roadside bar. The true story originates in Bali where the expats meet at an illegal card game held by a fugitive from the law and a struggling writer trying to survive living in a foreign country. Then along with another Australian, they help a naive but extroverted Kiwi escape from an abusive marriage to an overbearing Balinese wife. The expats then travel from Bali to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, and eventually to Bangkok and the seaside resort town of Pattaya. They plan to live, work and party in the city, and to travel to other parts of South East Asia. One night, Kiwi Robert Hollick goes out for a walk in Pattaya with his six month old Shar-pei puppy dog on a lead. He then becomes involved in a random argument with a Swedish man and his Thai girlfriend. Then after walking away from the confrontation, he is ambushed and murdered in a Pattaya street. Malcolm Scott is woken in his Jontiem apartment by a phone call warning him that his friend has been beaten up. He races to Pattaya City with a small group of friends to find him, and in horrific circumstances, the small group discover he is already dead. The group are then summoned to a meet and greet with the accused murderer on the same night their friend has been stabbed to death. They watch on horrified as the caged and blood soaked killer is paraded in front of them like some type of macabre trophy. The man charged with the crime then pleads guilty to manslaughter in order to have the charges against his Thai wife dropped. He then posts bail, and he requests permission of a judge to fly back to Sweden for family reasons. Malcolm Scott and his friends try to stop the killer escaping from Thailand using intelligence supplied to them by an English lawyer with contacts in the judiciary. However, the information they supply to the New Zealand Embassy is largely ignored and generally dismissed as gossip. The accused skips bail, but after a request by Thai Interpol he is arrested in Sweden and sent to trial. Unfortunately the witnesses are unable to attend, and he receives an eighteen month sentence for the savage, unprovoked, and random killing of a Kiwi in Thailand. Killing a Kiwi in Thailand is the true story of author Malcolm Scott's best friend's murder and how the couple accused of the crime managed to escape justice.

Justice in a Non-Ideal World: Bridging the Gap Between Political Theory and Real-World Politics By Alexandre Gajevic Sayegh
2019 | 236 Pages | ISBN: 1786608766 | PDF | 2 MB
The realisation of justice in the real world requires political theory and political action. This book offers a road map for these two notions to connect. It explains how action-guiding principles are formulated by seeking cross-disciplinary input. Also, it casts light on the concepts that occupy the space between political theory and real-world politics, which are often used as reasons to obstruct the progression of social justice, e.g. feasibility, fact-sensitivity, compliance and path-dependence. This book argues for a re-appropriation of these concepts in the name of justice. Many examples will be provided. In particular, the book focuses on the case of climate change. It offers two case studies on the realisation of climate justice.

Justice for Animals
by Martha C. Nussbaum
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1982102500 | 382 pages | True EPUB | 8.51 MB

Kathy Calvert, "June Mickle: One Woman's Life in the Foothills and Mountains of Western Canada"
English | ISBN: 1771601485 | 2015 | 320 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Born in 1920, June Mickle grew up among the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her mother and her stepfather, Tip Johnson, a renowned cowboy and horse trainer. As the only child of a single mother, June's early years were marked by loneliness but also by remarkable family ties and an uncanny ability to live in harmony with both ranching and mountain environments. She grew into a strongly determined woman capable of meeting the challenges of being an artist, guide, outfitter, businesswoman, wife and parent, and one of the more important, even legendary figures in the development of backcountry adventure in the Rockies.

Mark L. Strauss, "Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee"
English | ISBN: 0830824669 | 2015 | 223 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus was

Japanese Superfoods: Learn the Secrets of Healthy Eating and Longevity: the Japanese Way! by Yumi Komatsudaira
English | January 3rd, 2023 | ISBN: 480531642X | 244 pages | True PDF | 45.88 MB
Discover the secrets of Japanese superfoods and learn how you can incorporate them in your daily meals!

It's All About Cheese Balls Cookbook: It's Cheesy, It's Round, And You Cannot Say No - 50 Cheese Ball Recipes Any Day by Layla Tacy
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09L4XJHHY | 111 pages | EPUB | 5.34 Mb
Do you know that the national cheese ball day is April 17th? Cheese balls are referred to any snack or food with a crispy, crunchy exterior and a soft gooey interior because of the cheese. Cheese is a versatile ingredient, and so is cooking with one. With over 1800 cheeses in the world, you are bound to enjoy something salt, sweet, sour, umami, and delicate with cheese. This cheese balls recipe book shows you have to deliciously manipulate cheese into more than just a block of cheese.