Steven B. Bowman, "Sepher Yosippon: A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel "
English | ISBN: 0814349439 | 2022 | 552 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend from Adam to the destruction of the Second Temple, this is the first known text since the canonical histories written by Flavius Josephus in Greek and later translated by Christian scholars into Latin.

Eric Reed, "Selling the Yellow Jersey: The Tour de France in the Global Era"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 022620653X | PDF | pages: 284 | 1.5 mb
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America in early 2013 when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong with suspicion, had already moved on. The bellwether events of the year were Chris Froome's victory in the Tour and the ousting of Pat McQuaid as director of theUnion Cycliste Internationale. Even without Armstrong, the Tour will roll on- its gigantic entourage includes more than 200 racers, 450 journalists, 260 cameramen, 2,400 support vehicles carrying 4,500 people, and a seven-mile-long publicity caravan. It remains one of the most-watched annual sporting events on television and a global commercial juggernaut.

Self-Defense for Women: Fight Back By Loren W. Christensen, Lisa Christensen
2016 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 159439492X | EPUB | 57 MB
Somewhere in America right now are four or five women who will be killed tomorrow. They are going about their day, and I know if they were prepared to counter attack in the ways Loren Christensen and Lisa Place teach, they'd have a far better chance of prevailing tomorrow." ―Gavin de Becker (from his Foreword), best-selling author of The Gift of Fear Some "experts" say you should be submissive when attacked at home or by a stranger. You won't find that advice here, although you might use it as a ruse before you claw your assailant's eyes and smash his groin. Your ultimate goal is to get away, but you don't achieve that by being meek and docile. You get away by drawing on that hardwired survival instinct to attack him like an enraged lioness protecting her babies. In Self-Defense for Women:Fight Back, martial arts experts Loren W. Christensen and Lisa Place teach you to use your hands, forearms, elbows, teeth, knees, and feet to survive the attacks unsuspecting women become the victims of every day. And you will learn that you're surrounded by a limitless cache of weapons you can use to your advantage against a larger assailant. How to recognize and assess a threat How to de-escalate a bad situation 7 basic defensive techniques any woman can use effectively Advanced skills for when you want to know more How to identify and use everyday objects as defensive weapons What to practice to prepare for a potential confrontation How to practice at home, alone, and with a partner Why you need to be physically fit and how to make a fitness plan How to use fear as a weapon The power of your mind and how to harness it for self-defense If you're ready to learn to fight back, Loren and Lisa know exactly what you need to survive an attack in your home or on the street.

Gian Paolo Cimellaro, "Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures: 17th World Conference on Seismic Isola"
English | ISBN: 3031211863 | 2023 | 1090 pages | PDF | 212 MB
This volume gathers the proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (17WCSI), held in Turin, Italy on September 11-15, 2022. Endorsed by ASSISi Association (Anti-Seismic Systems International Society), the conference discussed state-of-the-art information as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to seismic isolation, energy dissipation and active vibration control of structures, resilience and sustainability. The volume covers highly diverse topics, including earthquake-resistant construction, protection from natural and man-made impacts, safety of structures, vulnerability, international standards on structures with seismic isolation, seismic isolation in existing structures and cultural heritage, seismic isolation in high rise buildings, seismic protection of non-structural elements, equipment and statues. The contributions, which are published after a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Security as Code
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1098127463 | 139 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
DevOps engineers, developers, and security engineers have ever-changing roles to play in today's cloud native world. In order to build secure and resilient applications, you have to be equipped with security knowledge. Enter security as code.

Secrets of Lasting Love : Understanding What True Love is, how to Heal and Avoid Betrayal, Restore Trust and Build Healthy Relationship with your Spouse. by Larissa Velasco
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BRHDRRSQ | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.18 Mb
Looking ways to strengthen your relationship and resolve trust issues?

Second Language Writing 2nd Edition
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1108470718 | 281 Pages | EPUB (True) | 7 MB
Authoritative and accessible, this book introduces the theory and practice of teaching writing to students of EFL/ESL learners. While assuming no specialist knowledge, Ken Hyland systematically sets out the key issues of course design, lesson planning, texts and materials, tasks, feedback and assessment and how current research can inform classroom practice. This second edition is completely revised to include up-to-date work on automated feedback, plagiarism, social media, Virtual Learning Environments and teacher workload issues. It takes the clear stance that student writers not only need realistic strategies for drafting and revising, but also a clear understanding of genre to structure their writing experiences according to the expectations of particular communities of readers and the constraints of particular contexts. Review exercises, reflection questions, plentiful examples and a new extensive glossary make the book invaluable to both prospective and practicing teachers alike.

Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev, R. E. F. Smith, "Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0521108799, 0521322146 | PDF | pages: 393 (Scan) | 93.5 mb
The so called 'Kingdom of Prester John' was a Christian power thought to exist in Central Asia at the time of the twelfth-century crusades. At a deeper level, for the steppe peoples it constitutes a distant dynamic which led to the world-shattering rise of Mongol power under Chinggis (Genghis) Khan. The book ranges widely in subject matter, space and time. Christian history and ecological, demographic, social and economic history are all interwoven with the politics, religions and literature of the vast and varied area between European Russia and China from c800 to 1300. The author's views are distinctive and stimulating and are not always accepted by western specialists. But his bold synthesis fills in many of the missing links between histories of Europe and medieval China and makes it possible to think of these vast areas as, in some senses, parts of a greater whole.

Kenneth W. Merrell, Ruth A. Ervin, Gretchen Gimpel Peacock, "School Psychology for the 21st Century, Second Edition: Foundations and Practices"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1609187520 | PDF | pages: 388 | 4.7 mb
This book has been replaced by School Psychology for the 21st Century, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4953-5.

Claudia Ross, "Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0071377646 | PDF | pages: 292 | 13.5 mb
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