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 Peter Singer, "Writings on an Ethical Life" English | 2001 | ISBN: 0060007443, 0060198389 | 384 pages | EPUB | 1.5 MB For the past twenty years, Australian philosopher and professor of bioethics Peter Singer has pushed the hot buttons of our collective conscience. In addition to writing the book that sparked the modern animal rights movement, Singer has challenged our most closely held beliefs on the sanctity of human life, the moral obligation's of citizens of affluent nations toward those living in the poorest countries of the world, and much more, with arguments that intrigue as often and as powerfully as they incite.  Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, 2nd Edition by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English English | July 1st, 2010 | ISBN: 1558616616 | 112 pages | True EPUB | 1.62 MB As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work.
 Why Cope When You Can Heal?: How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD by Mark Goulston, Diana Hendel English | December 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 078524462X | 128 pages | True EPUB | 1.40 MB COVID-19 has traumatized the world-and no group has been more impacted than frontline healthcare workers. They've worked without adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), witnessed mass death, and been forced to make choices that haunt them. Many have fallen ill, while others have worried endlessly about their own health and that of their loved ones.  Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze English | September 3rd, 2020 | ISBN: 0008375003, 1635577667 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 0.80 MB Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 'A literary rendering of theTop Boy generation... I cannot conjure another work which captures this culture in such depth - or with such brutal honesty - as only lived experience can tell ' Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team 'An astonishingly powerful book' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love This life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming towards the bottom. Some people touch the bottom with one foot, or even both, and then push themselves off it to get back up to the top, where you can breathe.  Weather: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Storm Dunlop English | April 1, 2017 | ISBN: 0199571317 | PDF/EPUB | 144 pages | 37.3/8.2 MB From deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Although new techniques allow us to forecast the weather with increasing accuracy, most people do not realize the vast global movements and forces which result in their day-to-day weather.
 Nicki Steinberger PhD, "Wave Goodbye to Type 2 Diabetes: 16 Holistic Lifestyle Practices to Prevent & Reverse Diabetes & Reclaim Joy, Vitality, " English | ISBN: 0578419297 | 2019 | 142 pages | AZW | 266 KB Has diabetes or wild blood sugar swings taken you prisoner? Discover how to break free from being sick, tired, and symptomatic.  Water Pollution Biology By P.D. Abel 1996 | 297 Pages | ISBN: 0748406611 | PDF | 4 MB This updated edition provides a lucid account of the sources and effects of water pollution, and a broad overview of how it is monitored and controlled. Includes case studies and a description of biological monitoring techniques.  Arthur Meier Schlesinger, "War and the American Presidency" English | 2005 | ISBN: 0393327698, 0393060020 | 210 pages | EPUB | 0.56 MB In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," Schlesinger nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. He writes powerfully about George W. Bush's expansion of presidential power, reminding us nevertheless of our country's distinguished legacy of patriotism through dissent in wartime. And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush's faith-based presidency.  War and revolution in Vietnam, 1930-75 By Kevin Ruane 1998 | 143 Pages | ISBN: 1857283236 | PDF | 2 MB Written for undergradaute courses on postwar American foreign policy, Southeast Asian history, the Cold War, the Vietnam war, international relations, decolonization, and third world communism, this introduction uses the wealth of recent research to place the Vietnam war within the contexts of European colonization, American Cold War strategy and Vietnam's own political history  War and Technology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Alex Roland English | October 3, 2016 | ISBN: 0190605383 | PDF | 152 pages | 11.3 MB The war instinct is part of human nature, but the means to fight war depend on technology. Alex Roland traces the co-evolution of technology and warfare from the Stone Age to the age of cyberwar, describing the inventions that changed the direction of warfare throughout history: from fortified walls, the chariot, battleships, and the gunpowder revolution to bombers, rockets, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and nuclear weapons. |
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