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 Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol: An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha (Buddhism and Modernity) by Donald S. Lopez English | November 10, 2016 | ISBN: 0226493180, 022639123X | True EPUB | 288 pages | 2 MB We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the world today, but until the nineteenth century, Europeans often regarded him as a nefarious figure, an idol worshipped by the pagans of the Orient. Donald S. Lopez Jr. offers here a rich sourcebook of European fantasies about the Buddha drawn from the works of dozens of authors over fifteen hundred years, including Clement of Alexandria, Marco Polo, St. Francis Xavier, Voltaire, and Sir William Jones.  Loretta Breuning, "Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop" English | ISBN: 1538144190 | 2021 | 190 pages | AZW3 | 522 KB Rewire your brain to avoid the trap of comparison and status-seeking to achieve more contentment and satisfaction from life  Statistics for Business and Economics, Global 9th Edition English | 2020 | ISBN: 1292315032 | 799 Pages | PDF True | 21 MB Statistics for Business and Economics enables students to conduct serious analysis of applied problems rather than running simple "canned" applications. This text is also at a mathematically higher level than most business statistics texts and provides students with the knowledge they need to become stronger analysts for future managerial positions. In this regard, it emphasises an understanding of the assumptions that are necessary for professional analysis. In particular, it has greatly expanded the number of applications that utilise data from applied policy and research settings.  Splunk 9: Installation and Configuration .MP4, AVC, 1280x720, 30 fps | English, AAC, 2 Ch | 1h 26m | 205 MB Instructor: Thomas Henson  Sebastian Maisel, "Speed up your Arabic: Strategies to Avoid Common Errors" English | 2015 | pages: 225 | ISBN: 0415660556 | PDF | 7,3 mb Pronunciation, spelling, the concept of roots and patterns and idomatic phrases are just some of the areas that cause confusion for students of Arabic. Learning how to avoid the common errors that arise repeatedly in these areas is an essential step in successful language learning.  Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record edited by Warren D. Allmon, Margaret M. Yacobucci English | October 5, 2016 | ISBN: 022637744X | True EPUB | 384 pages | 5.3 MB Although the species is one of the fundamental units of biological classification, there is remarkably little consensus among biologists about what defines a species, even within distinct sub-disciplines. The literature of paleobiology, in particular, is littered with qualifiers and cautions about applying the term to the fossil record or equating such species with those recognized among living organisms. In Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record, experts in the field examine how they conceive of species of fossil animals and consider the implications these different approaches have for thinking about species in the context of macroevolution.  Spain and Portugal Travel Guide 2022: 2 Books in 1: Plan Your Best Trip! by Explore ToWin English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09Y26WJRW | 185 pages | EPUB | 3.68 Mb Finally Go On Your Dream Vacation to Spain & Portugal and Live Life as the Locals Do! - Find the Absolute MUST Visit Places! Plus, Get Free Spanish and Portuguese Phrasebooks to Guide You on Your Trip!  Software Technologies: 15th International Conference, ICSOFT 2020, Online Event, July 7-9, 2020, Revised Selected Papers by Marten van Sinderen, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Hans-Georg Fill English | PDF | 2021 | 274 Pages | ISBN : 3030830063 | 22.6 MB The 12 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers deal with the following topics: business process modelling; IT service management; interoperability and service-oriented architecture; project management software; scheduling and estimating; software metrics; requirements elicitation and specification; software and systems integration among others.  Sociological Life Course Research English | 2022 | ISBN: 3658374659 | 437 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB This introductory book provides an insight into sociological life course research and informs about its theoretical assumptions, analytical concepts and main results.  Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference: Rethinking Qualitative Research English | 2022 | ISBN: 1108421644 | 683 Pages | PDF | 7 MB Fairfield and Charman provide a modern, rigorous and intuitive methodology for case-study research to help social scientists and analysts make better inferences from qualitative evidence. The book develops concrete guidelines for conducting inference to best explanation given incomplete information; no previous exposure to Bayesian analysis or specialized mathematical skills are needed. Topics covered include constructing rival hypotheses that are neither too simple nor overly complex, assessing the inferential weight of evidence, counteracting cognitive biases, selecting cases, and iterating between theory development, data collection, and analysis. Extensive worked examples apply Bayesian guidelines, showcasing both exemplars of intuitive Bayesian reasoning and departures from Bayesian principles in published case studies drawn from process-tracing, comparative, and multimethod research. Beyond improving inference and analytic transparency, an overarching goal of this book is to revalue qualitative research and place it on more equal footing with respect to quantitative and experimental traditions by illustrating that Bayesianism provides a universally applicable inferential framework. |
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