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 Slam dunk to glory: the amazing story of the 1966 NCAA season and the championship game that changed America By David "Big Daddy D" Lattin 2006 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1593791178 | PDF | 9 MB Great things can happen when you dare to seize your dream! It was the college basketball game that changed everything. When five young black athletes from Texas Western took the court and defeated an all-white squad from Kentucky for the 1966 NCAA championship, the doors of opportunity were immediately knocked down allowing greater racial equality in college sports to become the norm. David Big Daddy D Lattin was one of the driving forces in that game from the opening tip right down to his earth-shattering, establishment-shaking dunks. Slam Dunk to Glory is Lattin s personal account of the magical season that was recently portrayed in the major motion picture Glory Road. With an honest and transparent writing style, Lattin takes sports fans back in time to an era of civil unrest and societal turmoil. While some of the country s darker moments are exposed, Slam Dunk to Glory is ultimately about achieving greatness despite overwhelming odds. This engaging autobiography also includes a 31-page center section of photos from the 1966 season and other key parts of Lattin s life. For sports fans and history buffs alike, Slam Dunk to Glory offers a challenging yet inspirational look at the evolution of race in the United States. Destined to become an instant classic, this title will likely earn its way into the essential sports library.  Simple Guide to Digital Electronics English | 2020 | ISBN: 9788173811517 | 119 Pages | PDF | 5 MB This book is written for the students who are studying B.E. (Electronics) and (Electrical) Diploma (Electronics and Electrical). AMIE ITI Technician Course and B.E. Computer Science.  Shareholder Cities: Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India (The City in the Twenty-First Century) by Sai Balakrishnan English | Nov 1, 2019 | ISBN: 0812251466 | 256 pages | PDF | 26 MB Economic corridors-ambitious infrastructural development projects that newly liberalizing countries in Asia and Africa are undertaking-are dramatically redefining the shape of urbanization. Spanning multiple cities and croplands, these corridors connect metropolises via high-speed superhighways in an effort to make certain strategic regions attractive destinations for private investment. As policy makers search for decentralized and market-oriented means for the transfer of land from agrarian constituencies to infrastructural promoters and urban developers, the reallocation of property control is erupting into volatile land-based social conflicts.  G. Orwell, "Seeing Things As They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1846558999, 0141984236 | 496 pages | EPUB | 2.1 MB The best of Orwell's journalism, published in one volume for the first time, selected by leading expert Peter Davison.  Don R. Campbell, Kieran Trass, Greg Head, Christine Ruptash, "Secrets of the Canadian Real Estate Cycle: An Investor's Guide" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0470964715 | 304 pages | EPUB | 5.62 MB Canadian real estate investors often hear about real estate cycles, yet very few people can describe what they are and how to actually use them to one's advantage. The Canadian Investor's Guide to Secrets of the Real Estate Cycle will show Canadian investors the ins and outs of the various phases of the real estate cycle, such as boom, slump and recovery, in order to equip them with the knowledge to make practical and informed decisions about their portfolios.  David Kay, "Schaum's Outline of Tensor Calculus" English | 1988 | ISBN: 0070334846 | 224 pages | PDF | 7.68 MB Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures?  Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War By Penny M. Von Eschen 2004 | 342 Pages | ISBN: 0674015010 | PDF | 3 MB Penny Von Eschen ends Satchmo Blows up the World with, "For more than two decades, all over the globe, America was associated with jazz, civil rights, African American culture, and egalitarianism - not because the jazz ambassadors claimed to represent a free country, but because they identified so deeply with global struggles for freedom" (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 252). The quote exemplifies the ideological rivalry of the Cold War. As a response to the ideological antagonism, the U.S. State Department let loose a most unorthodox weapon vis-à-vis Communism: jazz (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 1-26). Starting from 1956 and continuing until the end of the 1970s, America sent out its best jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, in an effort "to win the hearts and minds" of the Third World and , ironically, to counter world opinions about an American form of racism (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 58-91). Von Eschen tours us across the world with jazz luminaries like Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, as they spread their music (and their ideas) further than the State Department could ever imagine (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 1, 58, 121, and 250). Finally, while historian Thomas Borstelmann crafts his story from the perspective of presidents and policymakers, Von Eschen writes her story from the point of view of the African Americans who drew motivation from the independence movements in Africa.Through the stories of gigs and tours, Von Eschen articulates the amazing interconnection between the agendas of the State Department and the progressive ideas of the artists themselves (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 126-128). Von Eschen shows us the artist's efforts to redefine the boundaries and realign the contours in an effort to redefine America on the world stage. The artists engaged their audiences both in concert and after hours, through official political statements and/or romantic liaisons (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 121-147). The musicians broke through official government limits and allowed their audiences an unorthodox and unmatched view of the black American experience (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 43-47). Though initially planned as a color-blind foisting of democracy, this one of a kind Cold War strategy unintentionally showed the essential role of African Americans, as stated previously, in U.S. national culture. The new collaborations developed between Americans and the formerly colonized peoples of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East instead fostered a sense of solidarity and pride (Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows up the World 71-72 and 75-76).  LaDonna Gundersen, "Salmon, Desserts & Friends" English | ISBN: 157833523X | 2011 | 134 pages | PDF | 19 MB A collection of salmon and dessert recipies from Alaska cook LaDonna Gundersen, photographs provided by Ole Gundersen. Your complete guide to understanding, selecting and enjoying the wild pacific salmon! With over 52 fabulous quick-and-easy recipes, you can whip up great salmon dishes in your own kitchen anytime. Move over, grilled chicken - tonight it's summertime salmon bruschetta, hazelnut-encrusted salmon and baked Alaska for dessert!  SMD Databook, Electronic Devices for Makers and Designers by Daniele Danieli English | 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07P578ZXK | 689 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 2.54 Mb This eBook collects the characteristics of the industrial standard Surface Mount Device (SMD) semiconductors, made available by different manufacturers and therefore more used in electronic boards. The characteristic data of the main Transistors, Unijuntions, FET, DMOS, Zener diodes, Transient suppressor diodes, Switching diodes are supplied. In each chapter a guide allows the comparison between the parameters of the components within a specific group for an immediate search in terms of performance and equivalents. The pages of the individual components then report the maximum ratings, static and dynamic parameters, package design and terminal assignment.  Romantics at War: Glory and Guilt in the Age of Terrorism By George P. Fletcher 2002 | 270 Pages | ISBN: 0691006512 | PDF | 2 MB America is at war with terrorism. Terrorists must be brought to justice. We hear these phrases together so often that we rarely pause to reflect on the dramatic differences between the demands of war and the demands of justice, differences so deep that the pursuit of one often comes at the expense of the other. In this book, one of the country's most important legal thinkers brings much-needed clarity to the still unfolding debates about how to pursue war and justice in the age of terrorism. George Fletcher also draws on his rare ability to combine insights from history, philosophy, literature, and law to place these debates in a rich cultural context. He seeks to explain why Americans--for so many years cynical about war--have recently found war so appealing. He finds the answer in a revival of Romanticism, a growing desire in the post-Vietnam era to identify with grand causes and to put nations at the center of ideas about glory and guilt. Fletcher opens with unsettling questions about the nature of terrorism, war, and justice, showing how dangerously slippery the concepts can be. He argues that those sympathetic to war are heirs to the ideals of Byron, Fichte, and other Romantics in their belief that nations--not just individuals--must uphold honor and be held accountable for crimes. Fletcher writes that ideas about collective glory and guilt are far more plausible and widespread than liberal individualists typically recognize. But as he traces the implications of the Romantic mindset for debates about war crimes, treason, military tribunals, and genocide, he also shows that losing oneself in a grand cause can all too easily lead to moral catastrophe. A work of extraordinary intellectual power and relevance, the book will change how we think not only about world events, but about the conflicting individualist and collective impulses that tear at all of us. |
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