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 Patryk Babiracki, "Soviet Soft Power in Poland: Culture and the Making of Stalin's New Empire, 1943-1957 " English | ISBN: 1469620898 | 2015 | 368 pages | PDF | 8 MB Concentrating on the formative years of the Cold War from 1943 to 1957, Patryk Babiracki reveals little-known Soviet efforts to build a postwar East European empire through culture. Babiracki argues that the Soviets involved in foreign cultural outreach tried to use "soft power" in order to galvanize broad support for the postwar order in the emerging Soviet bloc. Populated with compelling characters ranging from artists, writers, journalists, and scientists to party and government functionaries, this work illuminates the behind-the-scenes schemes of the Stalinist international propaganda machine. Based on exhaustive research in Russian and Polish archives, Babiracki's study is the first in any language to examine the two-way interactions between Soviet and Polish propagandists and to evaluate their attempts at cultural cooperation. Babiracki shows that the Stalinist system ultimately undermined Soviet efforts to secure popular legitimacy abroad through persuasive propaganda. He also highlights the limitations and contradictions of Soviet international cultural outreach, which help explain why the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe crumbled so easily after less than a half-century of existence.  Socrates in the cave : on the philosopher's motive in Plato By Diduch, Paul J.; Harding, Michael P. 2019 | 347 Pages | ISBN: 331976831X | PDF | 3 MB This book addresses the problem of fully explaining Socrates? motives for philosophic interlocution in Plato?s dialogues. Why, for instance, does Socrates talk to many philosophically immature and seemingly incapable interlocutors? Are his motives in these cases moral, prudential, erotic, pedagogic, or intellectual? In any one case, can Socrates? reasons for engaging an unlikely interlocutor be explained fully on the grounds of intellectual self-interest (i.e., the promise of advancing his own wisdom)? Or does his activity, including his self-presentation and staging of his death, require additional motives for adequate explanation? Finally, how, if at all, does our conception of Socrates? motives help illuminate our understanding of the life of reason as Plato presents it? By inviting a multitude of authors to contribute their thoughts on these question - all of whom share a commitment to close reading, but by no means agree on the meaning of Plato?s dialogues - this book provides the reader with an excellent map of the terrain of these problems and aims to help the student of Plato clarify the tensions involved, showing especially how each major stance on Socrates entails problematic assumptions that prompt further critical reflection.  Ann C. Logue, "Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies" English | 2008 | ISBN: 0470394714 | 360 pages | True PDF | 3.5 MB Generate a good return as well as goodwill with this guide to ethical investments  Gygim, "Six Sigma Workbook For Dummies" English | 2006 | ISBN: 0470045191 | 308 pages | True PDF | 8.1 MB Improve your efficiency - and bring in big profits!  Mark Fathi Massoud, "Shari'a, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics " English | ISBN: 1108832784 | 2021 | 250 pages | PDF | 3 MB Western analysts have long denigrated Islamic states as antagonistic, even antithetical, to the rule of law. Mark Fathi Massoud tells a different story: for nearly 150 years, the Somali people have embraced shari'a, commonly translated as Islamic law, in the struggle for national identity and human rights. Lawyers, community leaders, and activists throughout the Horn of Africa have invoked God to oppose colonialism, resist dictators, expel warlords, and to fight for gender equality - all critical steps on the path to the rule of law. Shari'a, Inshallah traces the most dramatic moments of legal change, political collapse, and reconstruction in Somalia and Somaliland. Massoud upends the conventional account of secular legal progress and demonstrates instead how faith in a higher power guides people toward the rule of law.  Sexting for the Modern Man: How to Seduce Women through the Magical Power of Text Messaging by Jack Jones English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B01IQR540O | 80 pages | EPUB | 1.29 Mb The Only Way to Seduce Women Without Risking Rejection...  Sex Tips for Men - Satisfy Her Sexually: How to Satisfy a Woman Every Single Time by Jack Jones English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B01IRVKJ0E | 62 pages | EPUB | 0.10 Mb Sex advice for men who want to be the only man she ever fantasizes about.  Serial Killers at the Movies: My Intimate Talks with Mass Murderers who Became Stars of the Big Screen by Christopher Berry-Dee English | February 5, 2021 | ISBN: 1913543838 | 224 pages | EPUB | 0.29 Mb The depraved crimes of both real and imagined serial killers and mass murderers have long transfixed us in newspapers and books, but perhaps nowhere more so than on the big screen. Films such asSilence of the Lambs, Psycho,andHenry: Portrait of a Serial Killerhave not only reached huge audiences, but also allowed us into the minds of society's most disturbed individuals. Christopher Berry-Deetalks to the serial killers whose wicked stories have most thrilled and fascinated us at the movies and, through far-ranging and disturbing interviews, he tells the stories of the mass murderers who provided the inspiration for some of cinema's most shocking films.Serial Killers at the Moviestakes the reader on an uncomfortable and truly dark journey into a terrifying world of murder and deviancy.  Jason R. Rich, "Self-Publishing For Dummies" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0471799521 | 387 pages | True PDF | 4 MB Thinking about self-publishing your book? This no-nonsense guide walks you through the entire process of going it alone  Self-Determination, Statehood, and the Law of Negotiation: The Case of Palestine By Robert P. Barnidge, Jr. 2016 | 259 Pages | ISBN: 1509902414 | PDF | 6 MB [center] |
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