Courts of Babylon: Tales of Greed and Glory in The Harsh New World of Professional Tennis By Peter Bodo
1995 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 0684812967 | PDF | 21 MB
An expose+a7 of professional tennis and the celebrity cult surrounding it provides an insider's look--including overzealous parents, pampered athletes, sex, politics, commercialism, constant travel, and world-weariness--at those who have it all too fast and too young. 15,000 first printing.

Corporate Financialization: An Economic Sociology Perspective
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032313951 | 241 Pages | PDF (True) | 3 MB
The economic process of financialization is defined by many as the development of the dependence and subordination of the productive sector to the financial sector. Leading to an emphasis on maximizing shareholder value above all else, the financialization of the economy and production has an enormous impact on the everyday life of ordinary people including the erosion of employment right, the rise of precarious work, and rising inequalities.

Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach By David Adger
2003 | 440 Pages | ISBN: 0199243700 | PDF | 34 MB
This is an introduction to the structure of sentences in human languages. It assumes no prior knowledge of linguistic theory and little of elementary grammar. It will suit students coming to syntactic theory for the first time either as graduates or undergraduates. It will also be useful forthose in fields such as computational science, artificial intelligence, or cognitive psychology who need a sound knowledge of current syntactic theory.

Cooking with Cheese: Family-Friendly Delicious Cheesy Recipes from Breakfast to Desserts (Specific-Ingredient Cookbooks) by Louise Davidson
English | August 4, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B8TJ2M37 | 226 pages | EPUB | 1.63 Mb
It's a truth universally acknowledged that adding cheese to almost any dish makes it infinitely more delicious. Whether it's cheddar, parmesan, mozzarella, swiss, or cream cheese, there are several dishes you can make out of a cup of grated cheese. In this new cookbook by Louise Davidson, you'll soon discover just how many dishes you can whip up, especially when cheese is the star ingredient of the dish.

Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table by Toya Boudy
English | February 7th, 2023 | ISBN: 1682687457 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 121.41 MB
An intimate celebration of New Orleans food and its Black culture from a born-and-raised local chef.

Content Delivery Networks by Rajkumar Buyya, Mukaddim Pathan, Athena Vakali
English | 2008 | ISBN: 3540778861 | 417 Pages | PDF | 11.7 MB
"Content Delivery Networks" enables the readers to understand the basics, to identify the underlying technology, to summarize their knowledge on concepts, ideas, principles and various paradigms which span on broad CDNs areas. Therefore, aspects of CDNs in terms of basics, design process, practice, techniques, performances, platforms, applications, and experimental results have been presented in a proper order. Fundamental methods, initiatives, significant research results, as well as references for further study have also been provided. Comparison of different design and development approaches are described at the appropriate places so that new researchers as well as advanced practitioners can use the CDNs evaluation as a research roadmap. All the contributions have been reviewed, edited, processed, and placed in the appropriate order to maintain consistency so that any reader irrespective of their level of knowledge and technological skills in CDNs would get the most out of it. The book is organized into three parts, namely, Part I: CDN Fundamentals; Part II: CDN Modeling and Performance; and Part III: Advanced CDN Platforms and Applications. The organization ensures the smooth flow of material as successive chapters build on prior ones.

Chandran Nair, "Consumptionomics: Asia's Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet"
English | 2011 | pages: 125 | ISBN: 8173142440, 0470828579 | EPUB | 1,4 mb
Some twenty years ago, I found myself speaking more and more at a range of business and other forums on what I loosely called environmental issues. A recurring theme was the links between these issues and a range of social, economic and political challenges. Over time, I became increasingly preoccupied by what would happen if Asia continued to develop along Western lines - in particular, if countries across this huge and disparate region were to adopt consumption-driven capitalism as both their goal and their means of reaching that goal.

John Hilton III, "Considering the Cross: How Calvary Connects Us With Christ"
English | ISBN: 1629728713 | 2021 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1318 KB
"This study of the cross in the restored gospel is a must-read!"

Conquering The Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery by Andrés Reséndez
English | September 14, 2021 | ISBN: 1328515974 | 282 pages | PDF (Converted) | 22 Mb
The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery-and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history

Conflict Management in the Workplace: Understand, Navigate, Prevent by Thomas Jordan
English | April 10th, 2020 | ISBN: 9781393317319 | 187 pages | True EPUB | 10.24 MB
This book on conflict management offers its readers the practical tools they need to understand conflicts and engage them skillfully. When you know what to look for and what questions to ask, you will feel confident to address emerging conflicts proactively. You might even start finding that conflicts are really interesting rather than uncomfortable. The vocabulary, techniques and strategies presented in this book will equip the readers to handle difficult conversations, develop strategies to navigate protracted conflict, support those who lack skills in conflict management and build robust collaboration cultures in their organizations.