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 Kevin D. Williamson, "The Dependency Agenda" English | 2012 | pages: 49 | ISBN: 1594036632 | PDF | 0,2 mb Each year, the United States spends $65,000 per poor family to "fight poverty" - in a country in which the average family income is just under $50,000. Meanwhile, most of that money goes to middle-class and upper-middle-class families, and the current U.S. poverty rate is higher than it was before the government began spending trillions of dollars on anti-poverty programs.  Virgil Zeigler-Hill, David K. Marcus, "The Dark Side of Personality: Science and Practice in Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology" English | 2016 | pages: 384 | ISBN: 1433821877 | PDF | 3,5 mb Dark personality traits are connected to a host of behavioral and interpersonal problems. To better understand and address these problems, this book unites personality psychology and clinical psychology to provide an interdisciplinary taxonomy of dark personality traits.  The Creators of Batman: Bob, Bill and The Dark Knight English | 2021 | ISBN: 1526777614 | 186 Pages | PDF (True) | 7 MB In the early days 20th century the emerging medium of comics was beginning to grab the attention of children and adults alike. Then, in the 1930s, superheroes revolutionised the entire industry and culture as we know it. Gotham\x27s caped crusader, The Batman, swung into this pantheon of demi\-gods in 1939 and secured his place as one of the world\x27s most beloved characters. But do know who created The Dark Knight? Do you know how artist Bob Kane, placed himself at the secret origins of Batman while his co\-creator Bill Finger was forced into the shadows? Do you know how comic creators, journalists, and family members fought to have Finger credited for his work? The first prose book to focus both on Finger and Kane, as well as cast of supporting characters from one of the most exciting times in comic book history, The Creators of Batman: Bob, Bill and The Dark Knight gathers everything we know about these two monumental figures and lays their stories side by side. Bringing together the story of these two creators against the exciting background of the American comic\x27s boom and Batman\x27s Golden Age. It looks at how Finger and Kane constructed the world of Gotham and its denizens, and grapples with the legacy the creators left behind.  Joslyn Barnhart, "The Consequences of Humiliation: Anger and Status in World Politics" English | ISBN: 1501748041 | 2020 | 270 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The Consequences of Humiliation explores the nature of national humiliation and its impact on foreign policy. Joslyn Barnhart demonstrates that Germany's catastrophic reaction to humiliation at the end of World War I is part of a broader pattern: states that experience humiliating events are more likely to engage in international aggression aimed at restoring the state's image in its own eyes and in the eyes of others.  The Complete Guide To Candlestick Chart Pattern by Umer Farooq English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B2MXYZFK | 62 pages | EPUB | 0.73 Mb Candlestick charting is one of the most powerful techniques in technical analysis. It allows traders to see supply and demand zones and is used to confirm price trends. This book teaches candlestick charting in language that is easy to understand. Each candlestick pattern is explained with an illustration and a clear description. This book is a must-have for investors and traders who want to use the power of candlestick charting to improve their trading.  The Complete Chord and Arpeggio Bible: Using The CAGED System (For Guitar) by James Ashbury English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B084B27716 | 158 pages | PDF | 142 Mb Take your playing to a higher level with chords and arpeggios!  Joshua M. Bernstein, "The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes" English | 2013 | ISBN: 1402797672 | EPUB | pages: 320 | 56.7 mb It's a great time to be a beer drinker, but also the most confusing, thanks to the dizzying array of available draft beers. Expert Joshua M. Bernstein comes to the rescue with The Complete Beer Course, demystifying brews and breaking down the elements that make beer's flavor spin into distinctively different and delicious directions. Structured around a series of easy-to-follow classes, his course hops from lagers and pilsners to hazy wheat beers, Belgian-style abbey and Trappist ales, aromatic pale ales and bitter IPAs, roasty stouts, barrel-aged brews, belly-warming barley wines, and mouth-puckering sour ales. There is even a class on international beer styles and another on pairing beer with food and starting your own beer cellar. Through suggested, targeted tastings, you'll learn when to drink down-and when to dump those beers down a drain.  Ian Aitken, "The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia" English | ISBN: 147440720X | 2016 | 256 pages | PDF | 7 MB Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official and colonial documentary films in the South and South-East Asian regions. Drawing together a range of international scholars, the book sheds new light on historical, theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to the documentary film, in order to better comprehend the significant transformations of the form in the colonial, late colonial and immediate post-colonial period. Covering diverse geographical and colonial contexts in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, and focusing on under-researched or little-known films, it demonstrate the complex set of relations between the colonisers and the colonised throughout the region.  The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way: With the Tabular Hills Walk By Paddy Dillon 2005 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1852844477 | EPUB | 13 MB The Cleveland Way National Trail offers a fine walk around the North York Moors National Park, enjoying scenery that includes the open heather moorlands, gentle dales, interesting towns and villages, and dramatic cliff coastline. The Link through the Tabular Hills Walk is a Regional Trail that allows walkers to close the loop of the Cleveland Way and transform it into an enormous circular walk. The Yorkshire Wolds Way, one of the quietest of Britain's National Trails, wanders through gentle, cultivated and sparsely populated countryside. It links end-to-end with the Cleveland Way on the coast, so that walkers who wander from trail to trail can cover over 400km (250 miles) of easy and enjoyable walking in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.  Arthur Bernon Tourtellot, "The Charles" English | ISBN: 048649294X | 2014 | 368 pages | EPUB | 11 MB "Thou hast been a generous giver," wrote Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "To the River Charles," a poetic celebration of the eastern Massachusetts watercourse. Rich in intriguing and amusing anecdotes, this illustrated history traces the Charles's path to the sea through rocky gorges and vast meadows, along with the river's contributions to America's cultural development. Profiles of those who dwelt along the banks range from colonial settlers in the Boston, Charlestown, and Cambridge areas to more recent residents - Captain John Smith, Governor Winthrop, and John Harvard as well as Longfellow, Robert Lowell, and many others. |
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