Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling by David Wolman
English | October 7, 2008 | ISBN: 006136925X, 0061369268 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 0.6 MB
Righting the Mother Tongue tells the cockamamie story of English spelling. When did ghost acquire its silent 'h'? Will cyberspace kill the one in rhubarb? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check?

Rick Steves Snapshot Naples & the Amalfi Coast: with Pompeii, 7th Edition by Rick Steves
English | January 17th, 2023 | ISBN: 1641715219 | 216 pages | True EPUB | 9.95 MB
With Rick Steves, Naples and the Amalfi Coast are yours to discover!

Rick Steves Snapshot Milan & the Italian Lakes, 5th Edition by Rick Steves
English | January 17th, 2023 | ISBN: 1641715235 | 136 pages | True EPUB | 7.31 MB
With Rick Steves, Milan and the Italian lakes are yours to discover!

Rick Steves Snapshot Hill Towns of Central Italy: with Siena & Assisi, 7th Edition by Rick Steves
English | January 17th, 2023 | ISBN: 1641715251 | 248 pages | True EPUB | 11.87 MB
With Rick Steves, central Italy is yours to discover!

Return of the Junta: Why Myanmar's Military Must Go Back to the Barracks (Asian Arguments) by Oliver Slow
English | February 23rd, 2023 | ISBN: 1350289655, 1350289612 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 0.51 MB
On the first day of February 2021, Myanmar's military grabbed power in a coup d'etat, ending a decade of reforms that were supposed to break the shackles of military rule in Myanmar. Protests across the country were met with a brutal crackdown that shocked the world but were a familiar response from an institution that has ruled the country with violence and terror for decades.

Researchers Hooked on Teaching: Noted Scholars Discuss the Synergies of Teaching and Research (Foundations for Organizational Science) By Rae André (editor), Peter J. Frost (editor)
1996 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 0761906231 | PDF | 53 MB
Internationally respected contributors describe in this volume their experiences of balancing the tension between teaching and research. Among the themes that emerge are: teachers as models for each other and for their students; individualism versus collectivism in the institution and the classroom; integrating individual research interests into the classroom; and finding one′s voice. The book suggests that if scholars are to be teachers, their ability to integrate teaching and research is fundamental to their wellbeing over the course of their career, and is probably an indication of their classroom effectiveness as well.

Research Skills for Journalists By Vanessa Edwards
2015 | 260 Pages | ISBN: 0415734274 | PDF | 4 MB
Research Skills for Journalists is a comprehensive, engaging and highly practical guide to developing the varied skillset needed for producing well researched, quality journalism across a range of platforms. Illustrated with original interviews and case studies, the book guides readers through a clear understanding of sources of news, as well as illustrating the skills needed to undertake successful digital and non-digital research and to conduct interviews for a variety of media. It examines the skills needed for basic data journalism and presents an in-depth exploration of the different research skills specific to producing print and online text, as well as those for broadcast and multimedia journalism. Key research skills explored in the book include: Developing digital research skills, including researching through search engines, messages boards, discussion groups and web forums, social media, apps, and using user generated content Working with data, including sourcing, auditing and analysing data, data visualisation and understanding the importance of accuracy and context Essential non-digital research skills, including telephone technique, using libraries and working with librarians, understanding copyright, working with picture libraries and research services, and producing freedom of information requests Working directly with people to research stories, including the power of persuasion, tracking down great contributors, managing and protecting sources, planning and managing interviews, and interviewing vulnerable people Researching for multimedia production of stories, including researching a radio story, podcast or video story, and planning for outside broadcasts. Research Skills for Journalists also explores specialist research skills needed for working overseas and investigates new areas, which could be used for journalism research in the future. The book is illustrated with original contributions by journalists from a variety of backgrounds; including veteran investigative journalist John Pilger, pioneering data journalist Simon Rogers and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's award-winning reporter Abigail Fielding-Smith. It is an invaluable guide for students and practitioners of journalism to the skills needed for finding and developing original news stories today.

Relating With More-than-humans: Interbeing Rituality in a Living World
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031102932 | 254 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 11 MB
1. Relating with More-Than-Humans. Interbeing Rituality and Spiritual Practices in a Living World. An Introduction.- PART 1. LIVING WITH MORE-THAN-HUMANS: THE ROLE OF DAILY RITES.- 2. Inter-species interaction rituals in yak herding practices in Nepal.- 3. Urban Wixárika and more-than-human beings: The case of Tatéi Niwetsika ("Our Mother Corn") in Western Mexico.- 4. The peasant and the soil in Southwestern French Biodynamic Agriculture: a ritualistic creative relationship entangled in a holistic commitment.- PART II. MORE-THAN-HUMAN POLITICS: BELONGING, IDENTITY, INDIGENEITY AND THE RIGHTS OF NATURE.- 5. Human-resource connections as articulations of belonging in Buryatia.- 6. "Behind-the-curtain Work" Animal Ingredients, Divine Collaboration, and Ritual Substitution in West African Healthcare.- 7. Ritual Animism. Indigenous Performances, Interbeings Ceremonies and Alternative Spiritualities in the Global Rights of Nature Networks.- PART III. MORE-THAN-HUMAN SPIRITUALITIES: LIMINALITY, EMBODIMENT AND INTIMATE EXPERIENCES OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION.- 8. Escaping the Modern Predicament: Nature as Refuge and Community in Contemporary Health Practices in Wales, Sweden, and Finland.- 9. Crossing thresholds with nature spirits: ritual design, liminality, and transformation in Northwestern France.- 10. Crystals as Other-than-human Persons for New Spirituality Estonians: Phenomenological Relationality in Animist Materialism.- 11. Afterword: In Among the More-Than-Humans.

Regenerative Medicine: Emerging Techniques to Translation Approaches
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811960070 | 400 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 40 MB
This book focuses on the recent innovations and therapeutic potentials of regenerative medicine and discusses the applications of stem cells, biomaterials, and tissue engineering in regenerative medicine. The book covers essential aspects of regenerative medicine, including tissue microenvironment, immunological perspectives, stem, and non-stem cell-mediated approaches, imaging techniques, biomarkers, and 3D printing technology. It also reviews the applications of biosensing technologies in regenerative medicine, including biomanufacturing, organ-on-a-chip technologies, and as indicators of therapeutic efficacy. Further, it focuses on the regenerative medicine approaches for diseases of the central nervous system. It also provides the therapeutic potential of regenerative medicine to improve soft tissue and wound healing, cardiovascular, neural, bone, and orofacial regeneration.

Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music, 2nd Edition by Roger Hickman
English | April 28, 2017 | ISBN: 0393937666 | True PDF | 656 pages | 23.2 MB
The #1 film music text, now with more attention to international films.