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 Digging Up Armageddon : The Search for the Lost City of Solomon by Eric H. Cline English | 2020 | ISBN: 0691166323 | 425 Pages | PDF | 28 MB  Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned edited by Steven Heller English | October 28, 2008 | ISBN: 1581156529 | EPUB | 240 pages | 4.2 MB The thrill of victory...the agony of defeat. We're not talking about just any failure. Design failure. So public. So humiliating. How do designers who are really, really good (we swear!) turn a disaster into a triumph? Read this book and find out, as dozens of top names reveal the heartbreaking-and sometimes hilarious-mistakes they have made and talk about how they were able to grow from the experiences. Self-delusion, overcommitment, procrastination...they're all here. Poor communication, missed deadlines, enraged clients...yes, they're here too. Read Design Disasters and weep? No! Read Design Disasters and be inspired to find the silver lining in even the cloudiest situation.
 Design Culture: An Anthology of Writing from the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design edited by Steven Heller, Marie Finamore English | September 1, 1997 | ISBN: 1880559714 | EPUB | 320 pages | 1.4 MB Presenting a significant selection of seventy-eight essays, interviews, and symposia from the pioneering AIGA Journal of Graphic Design, Design Culture examines the coming of age of graphic design as a profession and its role in shaping our culture. A diverse group of leading designers, editors, academics, and professionals both within and outside the field offer stimulating views on the impact of graphic design on everyday life.  Debates in Primary Education (Debates in Subject Teaching) by Virginia Bower 2020 | ISBN: 0367548860, 0367548844 | English | 316 pages | PDF | 5 MB This powerful text encourages both pre-service and established teachers, as well as teacher educators, to engage with contemporary debates in primary education. Promoting a critical approach, the chapters explore a wide range of key themes including the importance of values in primary education and the imperative for a curriculum which embraces the whole range of available subjects. At the same time, the chapters are underpinned by a belief that children should be at the heart of all the decisions we make and that primary education should inspire a love of learning, for life.  DADDY'S SWEET GIRL - 80 Rough Taboo Adults Short Sex Stories Cuckolding, Ménage, Ganging, BDSM, MMF, Interracial, and More by Maria Lane English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08W43W7HB | 3330 pages | EPUB | 2.34 Mb Advisory:This +80 Books of Erotica Taboo Short Sex Stories contain Explicit Sexuality, and Adult Content that may be deemed by some to be offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, so please read at your own discretion.  Karen Manarin, "Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement " English | ISBN: 0253018838 | 2015 | 178 pages | PDF | 3 MB Faculty often worry that students can't or won't read critically, a foundational skill for success in academic and professional endeavors. "Critical reading" refers both to reading for academic purposes and reading for social engagement. This volume is based on collaborative, multidisciplinary research into how students read in first-year courses in subjects ranging from scientific literacy through composition. The authors discovered the good (students can read), the bad (students are not reading for social engagement), and the ugly (class assignments may be setting students up for failure) and they offer strategies that can better engage students and provide more meaningful reading experiences.
 Crafting Trade and Investment Accords for Sustainable Development: Athena's Treaties by Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger 2021 | ISBN: 019883134X | English | 480 pages | PDF | 5 MB International economic law guides and shapes globalization and the future of the world economy, our human societies, and the Earth. The rules which facilitate trade and investment could defend the interests of Hermes, Greek god of commerce and thieves, or learn to draw inspiration from Athena, goddess of justice, wisdom, and crafts. This volume explores how trade and investment agreements could promote more sustainable development, rather than increasing the negative social and environmental impacts of economic growth. States and other actors are attempting to integrate social and environmental considerations into trade and investment policies, towards more sustainable development. Analysing their efforts, this volume offers insights into the ways that commitments to sustainability are being operationalized in the texts of economic treaties themselves.  Ron Scruggs, "Contracting for Cloud Services" English | ISBN: 1937246671 | 2011 | 246 pages | PDF | 1370 KB The federal government is expected to spend $75 billion this year on IT projects, with a significant part of that money earmarked for migrating services and programs to cloud computing. Therefore, the publication of this book on cloud computing contracting for government could not be timelier. This comprehensive, expert book uses an easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow six-step process that guides you through the complete contract lifecycle. It steers you through all the cloud service and deployment models available, highlighting the benefits and downsides of each. Discussed in detail are critical issues, such as security, vendor lock-in, and legal and regulatory obligations. The book discusses how to identify and determine your needs in order to develop a business use case. It defines all the potential procurement vehicles and processes and how to assess them. There is guidance on setting up an acquisition team, developing performance-based work statements and how to measure and manage performance. Included in this book is a 137 element checklist of contract terms that should be considered for your cloud contract solution. This 10-page check list is a treasure trove of critical information for any cloud program manager and/or contracting manager. All of this vital information has to be gathered, understood and analyzed before the contract can be agreed. upon. How to build and finalize the right contract constitutes a large part of this book, with insight on all the clauses used by vendors - all the things you should know but they are unlikely to tell you! There are also samples to show how potentially harmful vendor clauses can be rephrased to your advantage. The final step discusses managing the contract - how to ensure compliance, conduct audits and what to do in the event of data breaches or worse. Each step is accompanied by case studies, mistakes made and lessons learned, best practices and checklists to ensure you stay on the right path. While the book itself is comprehensive, there is also a dedicated website for people purchasing the book, which has much more reference information available and which will be kept updated. Cloud computing brings a host of new challenges to those implementing it. It is no longer just the task of the IT manager to write the contract. Many other departments need to be involved from HR and security, to legal and financial and, as a result, many decisions taken to the highest level. Because of the complexities and diverse issues that cloud contracting encompasses, this is a must-have handbook for all those who need to succeed with cloud contracting. For more information, visitwww.GTIBookstore.com.  Constitutions and Religion (Research Handbooks in Comparative Constitutional Law series) by Susanna Mancini 2020 | ISBN: 178643928X | English | 464 pages | PDF | 3 MB Constitutions and Religion is the first major reference work in the emerging field of comparative constitutional law and religion. It offers a nuanced array of perspectives on various models for the treatment of religion in domestic and supranational legal orders.  Conquering Jerusalem: The AD 66-73 Roman Campaign to Crush the Jewish Revolt by Stephen Dando-Collins 2021 | ISBN: 1684425484, 1684425476 | English | 250 pages | EPUB | 3 MB AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT |
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