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 Eva Bertram, "The Workfare State: Public Assistance Politics from the New Deal to the New Democrats " English | ISBN: 0812247078 | 2015 | 336 pages | PDF | 2 MB In the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the United States suffered the most sustained and extensive wave of job destruction since the Great Depression. When families in need sought help from the safety net, however, they found themselves trapped in a system that increasingly tied public assistance to private employment. In The Workfare State, Eva Bertram recounts the compelling history of the evolving social contract from the New Deal to the present to show how a need-based entitlement was replaced with a work-conditioned safety net, heightening the economic vulnerability of many poor families.  Isabel Rimanoczy, "The Sustainability Mindset Principles " English | ISBN: 0367559005 | 2020 | 254 pages | PDF | 10 MB As we increase our awareness of the planetary challenges and how they intersect with the discipline or profession we choose to focus on, we have put our attention on the external forces and impacts. What remains untouched however is the set of beliefs, values, assumptions, mental processes, and paradigms that we hold and share: our mindset. But how do we change a mindset?  Donald R. Prothero, "The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It" English | ISBN: 0231190360 | 2020 | 376 pages | PDF | 36 MB The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing scientific sleuthing.  The Sound of Memories: Recordings From The Oral History Centre, Singapore by Suk-wai Cheong English | March 12th, 2020 | ISBN: 9811206007, 9811206015 | 244 pages | True EPUB | 26.62 MB The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and bittersweet - but always heartwarming and unforgettable - stories, memories and anecdotes of Singaporeans from all walks of life. Distilled from almost 5,000 interviews that the National Archives of Singapore's Oral History Centre has collected since 1979, these recordings describe the experiences of everyman, from tycoons and tailors to chief executive officers and chief cooks.  The Safavid Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Persian Empire That Fought Against the Ottomans in the Ottoman-Safavid War by Captivating History English | November 21, 2018 | ISBN: 1647482879 | 60 pages | PDF | 0.79 Mb Explore the Captivating History of the Safavid Empire  Gary Chartier, "The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought " English | ISBN: 1138737585 | 2020 | 478 pages | PDF | 8 MB This Handbook offers an authoritative, up-to-date introduction to the rich scholarly conversation about anarchy―about the possibility, dynamics, and appeal of social order without the state. Drawing on resources from philosophy, economics, law, history, politics, and religious studies, it is designed to deepen understanding of anarchy and the development of anarchist ideas at a time when those ideas have attracted increasing attention.  The Recording Machine: Art and Fact during the Cold War by Joshua Shannon English | July 11, 2017 | ISBN: 0300187270 | EPUB | 240 pages | 17.4 MB A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact  The Politics of NGOs in Southeast Asia: Participation and Protest in the Philippines By Gerard Clarke 1998 | 333 Pages | ISBN: 0415171407 | PDF | 2 MB The Politics of NGOs in S.E. Asia traces the history of the emergence of NGOs in the Philippines and Southeast Asia and the political factors that encouraged it them.  Adam Cohen, "The Perfect Store: Inside Ebay" English | 2003 | ISBN: 0316164933 | 336 pages | EPUB / MOBI | 1.02 MB When Pierre Omidyar launched a clunky website from a spare bedroom over Labor Day weekend of 1995, he wanted to see if he could use the Internet to create a perfect market. He never guessed his old-computer parts and Beanie Baby exchange would revolutionize the world of commerce.  The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 2020 by Louise Glück English | December 15, 2020 | ISBN: 0374604363 | EPUB | 32 pages | 2.6 MB The complete acceptance speech of Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. |
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