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 Divine Lola: A True Story of Scandal and Celebrity by Cristina Morató, translated by Andrea Rosenberg English | September 1, 2021 | ISBN: 1542025095, 1542025117 | EPUB | 448 pages | 2 MB An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.  Discourses of Globalisation, Ideology, Education and Policy Reforms by Joseph Zajda English | EPUB | 2022 | 205 Pages | ISBN : 3030715825 | 3.4 MB This book presents a global overview of discourses of globalization, current research in education and education policy reforms. It first examines globalisation, education and policy research and reforms in education, including coverage of main trends in education and policy reforms globally, as well as specific policy issues such as equity, inclusive schooling and quality education for all.  Disadvantaged Minorities in Business English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030970787 | 240 Pages | PDF True | 4 MB This book features contributions by international scholars who have worked to establish a theory- and empirics-based discussion on disadvantaged minorities and long-term economic development. Depending on their socio-demographic characteristics, minorities have long lived under the shadow of the groups, categories, or communities they presumably belong to. Despite the obstacles they have to face, they manage to demonstrate that, above all, they are entrepreneurs capable to start, run, and successfully complete their venture. Their motivations are often assimilated by the research community into "necessity entrepreneurship." In addition to the external barriers they face, they have to overcome endogenous cognitive factors that hinder their entrepreneurial intention: anxiety before the future, the anguish of death, generativity, health condition as perceived by others, subjective age, and the cultural gap as viewed by natives, among others.  Albert Cutie, "Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle with Faith and Love" English | ISBN: 0451232011 | 2011 | 336 pages | PDF | 1479 KB He was a Roman Catholic priest whose love affair became headline news. Now, he shares his explosive story-in his own words...  Digital Games in Language Learning: Case Studies and Applications English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032145978 | 203 Pages | PDF (True) | 8 MB As the use of digital games in foreign language education continues to expand, there is a need for publications that provide a window into recent innovations in this increasingly influential area of language education. This volume is wide ranging in scope incorporating both theory and practice and includes contributions from authorities in the field. Areas covered include research reviews and a range of case studies conducted in a variety of international contexts.  Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis: Greece and Beyond English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030974421 | 449 Pages | PDF (True) | 7 MB How does a severe economic crisis impact on diaspora-homeland relations? The present volume addresses this question by exploring diaspora engagement in Greece during the protracted post-2009 eurozone crisis. In so doing, it looks at the crisis as a critical juncture in Greece's relations with its nationals abroad. The contributors in this book explore aspects of diaspora engagement, including transnational mobilisation, homeland reform, the role of diasporic institutions, crisis driven migration, as well as, comparisons with other countries in Europe. This book provides a compelling and original interdisciplinary study of contemporary diaspora issues, through the lens of an advanced economy and democracy facing a prolonged crisis, and, as such, it is a significant addition to the literature on European diasporas.  "Devil Dog" Dan Daly: America's Fightin'est Marine by Charley Roberts English | October 21, 2021 | ISBN: 1476686769 | True EPUB/PDF | 242 pages | 5.8/4.6 MB More than 40 million Americans have served in the U.S. military during wartime. Only 3500 have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Of these, three have received the medal twice. One was recommended for it a third time.  Determined to Succeed?: Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment By Michelle Jackson 2013 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 0804783020 | PDF | 4 MB In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct?Determined to Succeed? is the first book to offer a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists with chapters discussing more general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate to what extent inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and to what extent they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education.  Chris Turner, "Designing and Building a Miniature Aero-Engine " English | ISBN: 1847977766 | 2015 | 112 pages | EPUB | 11 MB Aimed at home metalworkers, engineers, hobbyists aero-engine builders, and airplane enthusiasts, this guide offers instructions on how to build a miniature aero-engine  Designing Human Practices: An Experiment with Synthetic Biology By Paul Rabinow, Gaymon Bennett 2012 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0226703134 | PDF | 2 MB In 2006 anthropologists Paul Rabinow and Gaymon Bennett set out to rethink the role that human sciences play in biological research, creating the Human Practices division of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center-a facility established to create design standards for the engineering of new enzymes, genetic circuits, cells, and other biological entities-to formulate a new approach to the ethical, security, and philosophical considerations of controversial biological work. They sought not simply to act as watchdogs but to integrate the biosciences with their own discipline in a more fundamentally interdependent way, inventing a new, dynamic, and experimental anthropology that they could bring to bear on the center's biological research.Designing Human Practicesis a detailed account of this anthropological experiment and, ultimately, its rejection. It provides new insights into the possibilities and limitations of collaboration, and diagnoses the micro-politics which effectively constrained the potential for mutual scientific flourishing. Synthesizing multiple disciplines, including biology, genetics, anthropology, and philosophy, alongside a thorough examination of funding entities such as the National Science Foundation,Designing Human Practicespushes the social study of science into new and provocative territory, utilizing a real-world experience as a springboard for timely reflections on how the human and life sciences can and should transform each other. |
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