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 The Roman Republic of Letters: Scholarship, Philosophy, and Politics in the Age of Cicero and Caesar by Katharina Volk English | November 9, 2021 | ISBN: 0691193878 | True EPUB/PDF | 400 pages | 4.3/6.8 MB An intellectual history of the late Roman Republic―and the senators who fought both scholarly debates and a civil war
 Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, "The Role of Assistive Technology in Fostering Inclusive Education: Strategies and Tools to Support Change " English | ISBN: 1138370088 | 2020 | 150 pages | PDF | 4 MB The Role of Assistive Technology in Fostering Inclusive Education uses evidence-based research to explore issues related to implementation of ICT-based Assistive Technology (ICT-AT) in education. It focuses on programmes and activities that aim at the empowerment of the learners with disabilities, as well as the empowerment of the entire educational ecosystem.
 Margaret A. Oppenheimer, "The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: A Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1613733801 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 2.4 mb Born Betsy Bowen into grinding poverty, the woman who reinvented herself as Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Seizing opportunities and readjusting facts to achieve the security and status she so desperately craved, she obtained a fortune from her first husband, a French merchant, and nearly lost it to her second, the notorious vice president Aaron Burr. Divorcing Burr promptly amid lurid charges of adultery, she lived on triumphantly to the age of ninety, astutely managing her property and public persona.  The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life by The Reluctant Carer English | June 23, 2022 | ISBN: 152902935X, 1529029376 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 1.9 MB It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your even older mum is now at home alone. The answer? Simple. Drop everything, go back and help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you're a kid again, stranded in the overheated house you grew up in. Soon they need you 24/7. And you want to help, of course you do. But now your own life starts to unravel almost as quickly as their health. And then there is nowhere else to go.
 The Relationship between Regime "Type" and Civic Education: The Cases of Three Chinese Societies by Hui Li English | EPUB | 2021 | 154 Pages | ISBN : 9811652325 | 0.4 MB Using comparative qualitative methodology, this book examines three Chinese societies, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China, as specific cases of democratic, hybrid and authoritarian regimes, presenting the theoretical underpinnings of civic education in contexts other than liberal democracy. It highlights on the concept of 'good citizens' in these three regime contexts and explores how these concepts are reflected in civic education and perceived by students in the three societies. The book focuses on three levels of comparison to ensure that all relevant issues can be identified: Level 1: regime "type"; Level 2: curriculum and policy formulations; Level 3: students' personal experiences. These three levels are linked with each other and form a continuous process of civic education implementation in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.  The Rape of Nanking: A Historical Study by Zhang Sheng, translated by Evan Villarrubia English | November 8, 2021 | ISBN: 3110652331 | True EPUB/PDF | 671 pages | 2.4/3.5 MB The Massacre of Nanking took place in 1937, during the War of the Japanese Invasion of China. 75 years after the event, we are finally able to analyze and study what happened in Nanking on three levels: as an historical event, as a legal case, and as an object in the Chinese people's collective consciousness.  Teri Kwal Gamble, "The Public Speaking Playbook" English | ISBN: 1544332408 | 2020 | pages | EPUB | 47 MB The Public Speaking Playbook shows students how to prepare, practice, and present their public speeches with the highest level of confidence. With a focus on actively building skills, Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael W. Gamble coach students in the fundamentals of the public speaking process, using engaging learning modules that allow students to practice―and improve―their public speaking. The streamlined Third Edition of this best-selling text succinctly highlights the most important content and essential skills, and includes new annotated speeches to promote a deeper understanding of effective speech building. The text's inclusive and unique playbook analogy encourages students to think critically about what it means to "play fair" in public speaking, with a focus on diversity, ethics, and civic engagement.  The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet English | June 23, 2022 | ISBN: 1645021726 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 2.4 MB The world is in the grips of mass formation―a dangerous, collective type of hypnosis―as we bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss of privacy, and surrendered freedoms. It is all spurred by a singular, focused crisis narrative that forbids dissident views and relies on destructive groupthink.  Stephen Reysen, "The Psychology of Global Citizenship: A Review of Theory and Research" English | ISBN: 1498570291 | 2018 | 200 pages | PDF | 3 MB In The Psychology of Global Citizenship: A Review of Theory and Research, Stephen Reysen and  The Problem of Alzheimer's: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It by Jason Karlawish English | February 23, 2021 | ISBN: 125021873X | 368 pages | PDF | 2.16 Mb A definitive and compelling book on one of today's most prevalent illnesses. |
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