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 Everything to Learn Before Investing in Stocks: Self Development; An Introduction to Financial Literacy and Personal Success by Jonathan Lacey English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0924WYYKG | 130 pages | PDF | 0.72 Mb "I've read it 4 times in the last 6 months."  Everyday Representations of War in Late Modernity English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031071344 | 284 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 10 MB This book analyses photographic and cinematographic representations of war and its memorialization rituals in the period of late modernity from the perspectives of cultural sociology, philosophy, art theory and film studies. It reveals how the experience of war trauma takes root in everydayness and shows how artists try to question the 'normality' of the everyday, to actualise the memory of war trauma, to rethink the contrasting experiences of the time of war and everydayness, and to oppose the imposed historical narratives. The new representations are analysed by developing theories of war as a 'magic spectacle,' and by using such concepts as spectres, triumph and trauma, collective social catastrophes, forensic architecture and others.  Evaluation of Text Summaries Based on Linear Optimization of Content Metrics English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031072138 | 359 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 16 MB This book provides a comprehensive discussion and new insights about linear optimization of content metrics to improve the automatic Evaluation of Text Summaries (ETS). The reader is first introduced to the background and fundamentals of the ETS. Afterward, state-of-the-art evaluation methods that require or do not require human references are described. Based on how linear optimization has improved other natural language processing tasks, we developed a new methodology based on genetic algorithms that optimize content metrics linearly. Under this optimization, we propose SECO-SEVA as an automatic evaluation metric available for research purposes. Finally, the text finishes with a consideration of directions in which automatic evaluation could be improved in the future. The information provided in this book is self-contained. Therefore, the reader does not require an exhaustive background in this area. Moreover, we consider this book the first one that deals with the ETS in depth.  Mirosława Buchholtz, "Ernest Hemingway in Interview and Translation " English | ISBN: 3031072294 | 2022 | 161 pages | PDF | 2 MB The book offers an innovative approach to the study of Ernest Hemingway's fiction and biography. It juxtaposes two perspectives that have been underrepresented in Hemingway studies so far: translation and interview. The book is divided into three sections which mirror the key words in the title: interview and translation. Section One explores the "last" interviews with Hemingway in their historical context of the Cold War. Section Two focuses on the achievement of Bronisław Zieliński, Hemingway's Polish translator and friend, who is hardly known outside Poland. The section gives a detailed account of their correspondence in the years 1958-1961. Section Three is an account of experiments in translating Hemingway's famous story "Cat in the Rain" (1925) by groups of Polish university students. Its aim is to illustrate the extent to which literary translation may influence the construction of the text's meaning.  Equilibrium Thermodynamics by Mário J. Oliveira English | PDF | 2013 | 391 Pages | ISBN : 3642430821 | 4.5 MB This textbook provides an exposition of equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to several areas of physics with particular attention to phase transitions and critical phenomena. The applications include several areas of condensed matter physics and include also a chapter on thermochemistry. Phase transitions and critical phenomena are treated according to the modern development of the field, based on the ideas of universality and on the Widom scaling theory. For each topic, a mean-field or Landau theory is presented to describe qualitatively the phase transitions.  Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Kyriaki Papageorgiou and Olga Kokshagina English | 2022 | ISBN: 3110697599 | 221 Pages | True PDF | 146 MB  Entrepreneurship and Change :Understanding Entrepreneurialism as a Driver of Transformation by Denis Hyams-Ssekasi, Fredrick Agboma English | PDF | 2022 | 298 Pages | ISBN : 3031071387 | 6.8 MB This book offers novel and contemporary thinking of entrepreneurship and change. It espouses the distinct but reciprocal nature of both concepts to unravel high levels of transformation, both in terms of social structures and social relations, inherent in new venture creation. It provides insights from a theoretical, educational, and industrial context with emphasis on holistic approaches to change. Each chapter illuminates distinct elements of the entrepreneurial landscape and the importance of learning, creativity and innovation as tools for practice and knowledge management. This book is an essential resource for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers because it provides new outlooks and dimensions on the transformational powers of entrepreneurship and change.  Entanglements of Two: A Series of Duets By Karen Christopher (editor), Mary Paterson (editor) 2021 | 168 Pages | ISBN: 1789385040 | PDF | 35 MB An investigation of the complex relationship of form and practice through the lens of the smallest multiple units of collaboration: the pair. Drawing out the particularities of collaborative work, Entanglements of Two: A Series of Duets considers the duo as a microcosm of humankind. Focusing on a ten-year period in the work of collaborative performance maker Karen Christopher, the book explores the practical, philosophical, and aesthetic implications of working in pairs and offers wider reflections on the duet as a concept in artistic and social life. The twenty-five pieces in the collection-from an international group of collaborators, artists, and performance scholars, alongside writing from related disciplines, including linguistics, physics, poetry, and theology-offer critical reflections on artistic collaboration and entanglement and contemplate their significance on an interpersonal and global level. A foreword by writer and artist Season Butler rounds out this essential volume.  Enigma of the Emperors: Sacred Subservience in Japanese History By Ben-Ami Shillony 2003 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1901903346 | PDF | 3 MB This important new and original study on the institution of the Japanese emperors, from their mythological beginnings to the present day, focuses on the enigma of the institution itself, namely, the extraordinary continuity of the Japanese dynasty, which is unknown anywhere else in the world, yet which is now at risk on account of more recent laws of succession. The prisms through which this remarkable achievement is examined are the notions of divinity, gender and subservience. The volume is divided into nine sections: Strange Survival; The Feminine Beginnings of the Japanese Monarchy; Empresses and Consorts; Subservience as Power; Rising Fortunes in an Era of Peace; Meiji: the National Father Figure; The Elusive Divinity of the Modern Emperors; Return to Sacred Subservience; Continuity in Danger. Based on earlier research first published in Japanese (Haha Naru Tenno), Enigma of the Emperors adds significantly to the existing corpus of work on this subject, addressing many traditional preconceptions and misconceptions along the way. Accordingly, it will undoubtedly be welcomed within scholarly circles, as well as being of particular interest to a wider readership, not least because of its relevance in the context of the major contemporary issues surrounding the future of the dynasty in the twenty-first century.  Dr. Matthew A. Clarke, "Energy!: A concise introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and regulation of energy" English | 2015 | ASIN: B014K7EBQM | EPUB | pages: 171 | 0.2 mb As you sit in your chair, reading this manuscript, have you ever stopped for a moment to ponder the route that energy takes in getting to your home? Have you ever wondered how the power sources that are connected to your home have changed in the last 20, 50 or 500 years? If you're like most people, these questions may have briefly arisen in your mind but you do not yet have all of the answers. You have yet to become energy literate! |
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