Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual: Practical Training for the Ambitious Chessplayer by Mark Dvoretsky Language: English | 2008 | ISBN: 188869047X | 400 pages | PDF | 24,4 MB This book is aimed first of all at helping strong players complete themselves. This ensures that it will overflow with exceptionally complex analyses and exercises, which will be difficult for even the leading grandmasters to handle. But even amateur players will find something of interest in it. How can it not be interesting to peek - perhaps not as an owner, but at least as a guest - into the world of high-level chess, to see with one's own eyes what sort of problems chess "pros" have to wrestle with (successfully or not), and how far from being complete even their play is? Driving the Saudis: A Chauffeur's Tale of the World's Richest Princesses by Jayne Amelia Larson Language: English | 2012 | ISBN: 1451640013 | 224 pages | EPUB + MOBI | 3,1 MB The true-to-life account of a female chauffeur hired to drive the Saudi royal family in Los Angeles. Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text by Neal Robinson Language: English | 2010 | ISBN: 0334029511 | 350 pages | PDF | 8,5 MB Neal Robinson's Discovering the Qur'an has now become a standard text-book, since it is an excellent resource for those who require a clear and accessible introductory text. It offers a clear interpretation of many aspects of the Qur'an, and is in three parts. The first explores how the book is experienced by Muslims in the context of faith; the second considers chronology, and dates of composition; and the third discusses the structure and coherence of the Qur'an. This new impression includes a new preface by the author. A crucial resource for all students of Islam. 'If anyone asked me to recommend a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nature and role of the Qur'an, I would look no further ... ' Profeessor Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky in Expository Times ' ... an intelligent, sophisticated and provocative book on a perplexing subject.' Dr Martin Forward, Wesley House, Cambridge in The Epworth Review Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism by Geoff Mann Language: English | 2013 | ISBN: 1849351260 | 160 pages | PDF + EPUB | (1,2 + 0,5) MB "The book's argument does not rely on ideologies, scapegoats, or heroes. more than anything, Disassembly Required is about a kind of common sense that's become hard to escape-a common sense of privatization, austerity, and financialization that has invaded virtually every aspect of our lives and communities. 2008 gave many of us a remarkable window toward something different, Mann says, but we don't need to wait for another market crash to find a way out of capitalism."-Sam Ross-Brown, Utne Dirty Little Secrets: Breaking the Silence on Teenage Girls and Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen Language: English | 2011 | ISBN: 1402260695 | 256 pages | EPUB | 0,9 MB They have sex too early and for the wrong reasons.
Dirty Fingernails: A One-of-a-Kind Collection of Graphics Uniquely Designed by Hand by John Foster Language: English | 2009 | ISBN: 1592535526 | 208 pages | PDF | 73,5 MB The artists featured in Dirty Fingernails, make a concerted effort to do projects that require them to step away from the computer to create one-of-a-kind designs for clients and themselves. They demonstrate that good design doesn't have to be clean-in fact, the messier the better. From silkscreen prints to collages created from photocopies, to hand-drawn lettering, each designer explains their process and why they've chosen to work in their chosen medium. It's an inspirational collection that will make even the most computer-savvy designer drool. Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB for Students and Researchers by John W. Leis Language: English | 2011 | ISBN: 0470880910 | 396 pages | PDF | 15,4 MB Quickly Engages in Applying Algorithmic Techniques to Solve Practical Signal Processing Problems Digital Satellite Navigation and Geophysics by Ivan G. Petrovski Language: English | 2012 | ISBN: 0521760542 | 338 pages | DJVU | 6,2 MB Bridge the gap between theoretical education and practical work experience with this hands-on guide to GNSS, which features: * A clear, practical presentation of GNSS theory, with emphasis on GPS and GLONASS * All the essential theory behind software receivers and signal simulators * Key applications in navigation and geophysics, including INS aiding, scintillation monitoring, earthquake studies and more * Physical explanations of various important phenomena, including the similarity of code delay and phase advance of GNSS signals, and negative cross-correlation between scintillation intensity and phase variations. Whether you are a practising engineer, a researcher or a student, you will gain a wealth of insights from the authors' 25 years of experience. You can explore numerous practical examples and case studies and get hands-on user experience with a bundled real-time software receiver, signal simulator and a set of signal data, enabling you to create your own GNSS lab for research or study. Die Kunst des klugen Handelns: 52 Irrwege, die Sie besser anderen überlassen by Rolf Dobelli Language: German | 2012 | ISBN: 3446432051 | 248 pages | EPUB | 5,6 MB Unzahlige Leser begeistern sich fur Rolf Dobellis gescheite Texte uber unsere haufigsten Denkfehler.
Dictionary of Chilean Slang: Your Key to Chilean Language and Culture (Spanish Edition) by Emilio Rivano Fischer Language: Spanish | 2010 | ISBN: 1452081158 | 656 pages | PDF | 43,1 MB This Chilean Spanish slang dictionary, which covers thousands of words and slang expressions and places them in typical situations and real speech contexts, makes for instructive, clarifying, entertaining and outrageous reading. It offers myriad conversations, fast exchanges, recurring local experiences and coined reactions. It is full of Chilean customs and characters, satire, wit, jokes, sayings, aphorisms, proverbs, maxims, one-liners, traditional and native terminology, modern popular lingo, intimate language, naughty speech, local phrases, vulgarities, offenses, pranks and more. Above all else, it provides a superb introduction to the Chilean way of thinking and living. |