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 Cameron G. Thies, "The Politics of Resilience and Transatlantic Order: Enduring Crisis? " English | ISBN: 0367138476 | 2019 | 282 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This edited volume bridges the "analytical divide" between studies of transatlantic relations, democratic peace theory, and foreign policy analysis, and improves our theoretical understanding of the logic of crises prevention and resolution.  Peter F. Galderisi, "The Politics Of Realignment: Party Change In The Mountain West" English | ISBN: 0367295180 | 2019 | 235 pages | EPUB | 5 MB The landslide reelection of President Ronald Reagan in 1984 prompted political analysts to consider the possibility of a national realignment of the electorate toward the Republican party. The 1986 elections, however, proved any predictions of a national realignment to be premature. A major shift in voting patterns had not taken place―except in the Mountain West, where a realignment was already in place. Once second only to the southern states in Democratic attachments, these western states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) now compose the most Republican region in the nation. The contributors to this volume assert that this substantial change in electoral patterns, which has spanned nearly forty years, resulted not from a westward migration but from a widespread conversion among those who are born and remain in the region. In analyzing this realignment, these writers―some of the nation's best electoral scholars―provide historical and contemporary overviews and assess the important issues not only for voters but also for party organizations and members of Congress. Their focus in  John E. Endicott, "The Politics Of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea" English | ISBN: 0367295105 | 2020 | 338 pages | EPUB | 6 MB This is the first undergraduate text on the politics of East Asia to be published since 1970. Looking at both domestic and international politics, the authors discuss the political systems of China, Japan, and Korea within the context of environmental factors, culture, society, the economy, geography, language, historical and political traditions, etc. The People's Republic of China is presented as a country with strong traditions, committed to rapid development under frequently changing ideological auspices. Its two governmental apparatuses―the party and the bureaucracy―sometimes act in unison, sometimes are locked in fierce struggles, and often are motivated by differing ideologies and administrative dynamics. Japan is seen as a mature society and a developed economy with functioning democratic institutions and a strong party system, but, like the PRC, subject to powerful traditions and influenced by radical ideologies. Both North and South Korea are discussed, with a comparison and contrast of the authoritarian-democratic system in the South, where a basically democratic parliament finds itself in conflict with a quasi-dictatorial regime and an all-powerful president. The book is completely up to date. The section on China takes into account the major developments of the post-Mao period, including the accession of Hua Kuo-feng and the struggle against the Shanghai faction. The discussion of Japanese politics covers the 1976 elections, and the creation of the Shin Jiyu club in the developing thrust away from factional politics to an issue-oriented electorate.  The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet English | July 12th, 2022 | ISBN: 1101871016 | 212 pages | True EPUB | 1.43 MB "Brilliantly subversive and witty. If you want to be a vile, greedy capitalist, this how-to book will be a great help. And if you want to identify vile, greedy capitalists, it will show you how to recognize them. A landmark book." -Brian Eno  Dennis Webster, "The New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica: A History of Old Main" English | ISBN: 1467148423 | 2021 | 176 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Known as "Old Main," the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica opened in 1843 as the first institution of its kind to treat madness as a medical illness, not a curse. A series of groundbreaking administrators sought to save mentally ill New Yorkers from lives of confinement in sordid conditions and create a safe haven. A sense of normalcy was established for patients through Old Main's Asylum Band, the Opal monthly publication and other arts programs. The infamous Utica Crib was invented at the asylum, and visitors from around the world sought to tour the facility and its utopian structure. Though closed in 1978, Old Main was placed in the National Register of Historic Places, and its iconic columns still mesmerize the public today. Author Dennis Webster charts the history of the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica.  The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Deliver Better Results Faster, 5th Edition by George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, John A. Lawler English | July 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 1119884535 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 2.25 MB Maximize your remote and in-person leadership impact in your first 100 days  Kai Mikkonen, "The Narratology of Comic Art " English | ISBN: 1138221554 | 2017 | 312 pages | EPUB | 5 MB By placing comics in a lively dialogue with contemporary narrative theory, The Narratology of Comic Art builds a systematic theory of narrative comics, going beyond the typical focus on the Anglophone tradition. This involves not just the exploration of those properties in comics that can be meaningfully investigated with existing narrative theory, but an interpretive study of the potential in narratological concepts and analytical procedures that has hitherto been overlooked. This research monograph is, then, not an application of narratology in the medium and art of comics, but a revision of narratological concepts and approaches through the study of narrative comics. Thus, while narratology is brought to bear on comics, equally comics are brought to bear on narratology.  The Main Basis For Colored Pencils Guide by Cartune Publishing English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B61YCK7P | 470 pages | EPUB | 32 Mb *THE MAIN BASIS FOR COLORED PENCILS GUIDE*  James E. G. Zetzel, "The Lost Republic: Cicero's De oratore and De re publica" English | ISBN: 0197626092 | 2022 | EPUB/PDF | 384 pages | 2 MB/24 MB Cicero's dialogues De oratore (On the Orator) and De re publica (On the Commonwealth), composed between 55 and 51 BCE, examine two topics central to Roman public life: the role of the orator in society and the importance of honorable statesmanship for the preservation of republican government-which came to an end in Rome with the dictatorship of Julius Caesar only a few years later. The two dialogues are closely related to one another in Cicero's choice of Plato as a literary model, in the selection of Roman public figures of the two generations before Cicero as speakers, and in their intertwined arguments about the values of civic life and political engagement.  Ava Benny-Morrison, "The Lost Girls" English | 2020 | ISBN: 0733335950, 0733335969 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 21.0 mb The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter |
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