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 International Monetary Fund, "Breaking The Oil Spell: The Gulf Falcons' Path To Diversification" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1513537865 | PDF | pages: 214 | 4.8 mb The 'Gulf Falcons' - the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council - have high living standards as a result of large income flows from oil. The decline of oil prices between summer 2014 and fall 2015 underscores the urgency for the Gulf Falcons to diversify away from their current heavy reliance on oil exports. This book discusses attempts at diversification in the Middle East and North Africa and the complex choices policymakers face. It brings together the views of academics and policymakers to offer practical advice for future efforts to increase productivity growth.  Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World By Ruy Castro 2003 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 1556524943 | PDF | 6 MB Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), "The Waters of March," and "Desafinado" are known around the world. Bossa Nova-a number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil as Chega de saudade-is a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends, Bossa Nova explains how a handful of Rio de Janeiro teenagers changed the face of popular culture around the world. Now, in this outstanding translation, the full flavor of Ruy Castro's wisecracking, chatty Portuguese comes through in a feast of detail. Along the way he introduces a cast of unforgettable characters who turned Gilberto's singular vision into the sound of a generation.  Born Well: Prenatal Genetics and the Future of Having Children By Megan A. Allyse, Marsha Michie 2021 | 154 Pages | ISBN: 3030825353 | PDF | 2 MB This book brings together an international collection of experts in reproductive ethics, law, disabilitystudies, and medicine to explore the challenging future of reproduction and children. From the medicalto the social and from the financial to the legal, the authors explore the expanding impact ofreproductive genetics on our society. New advances in genetic technologies are revolutionizing the practice of reproductive medicine. Wehave expanded our ability to detect genetic changes in embryos and fetuses in ways that potentiallyallow to identify, treat, or prevent a growing range of diseases. The development of gene-editingtechnologies raises questions about the possibility of removing disease-causing variants from embryosbefore pregnancy implantation. The growing sophistication of prenatal genomic sequencing offers usglimpses into the whole genome of the developing fetus. And, the increasingly sophisticated science of'gene matching' allows us greater and greater foreknowledge of how the genomes of two individualswill combine in a future child. This is an indispensable book on the newest developments in bioethicscaused by the sciences.Chapter 5is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.  Donna R. Gabaccia, "Borders, Conflict Zones, and Memory: Scholarly engagements with Luisa Passerini" English | ISBN: 1138732613 | 2017 | 130 pages | EPUB | 271 KB This volume pays tribute to Luisa Passerini, whose scholarship has had a major impact on feminist and other scholars around the world. First known internationally for developing new conceptual approaches to oral history and memory studies based on the recognition of the subjective nature of memory, Passerini has more recently written about autobiography, the history of emotions and concepts of belonging in Europe, and reimagining a more inclusive Europe.  J. de V. Loder, "Bolshevism in Perspective " English | ISBN: 1138070343 | 2019 | 264 pages | EPUB | 918 KB Originally published in 1931 this volume is a level-headed account of the Bolshevik Revolution and Bolshevist Russia which covers the whole ground of the Revolution, the early history of Bolshevism and the state of Russia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Based on two visits by the author to Russia, the book presents a picture in which real problems are set against an historical background, examining life under Bolshevism and examining it as a working system.  Blockchain Technology Applications in Businesses and Organizations (Advances in Data Mining and Database Management) By Pietro De Giovanni (editor) 2021 | 315 Pages | ISBN: 1799880141 | EPUB | 16 MB Blockchain technology has the ability to disrupt industries and transform business models since all intermediaries and stakeholders can now interact with little friction and at a fraction of the current transaction costs. Using blockchain technology, firms can undergo new applications and processes by pursuing transparency and control, low bureaucracy, trustless relationships, high standards of responsibility, and sustainability. As a result, business and organizations can successfully implement blockchain to grant transparency to consumers and end-users; remove challenges linked to pollution, frauds, human rights, abuse, and other inefficiencies; as well as guaranteed traceability of goods and services by univocally identifying the provenance inputs' quantity and quality along with their treatment and origin. Blockchain Technology Applications in Businesses and Organizations reveals the true advantages that blockchain entails for firms by creating transparent and digital transactions, resolves conflicts and exceptions, and provides incentive-based mechanisms and smart contracts. This book seeks to create a clear understanding of blockchain's applications such that business leaders can see and evaluate its real advantages. Blockchain is then analyzed not from the typical perspective of financial tools using cryptocurrencies and bitcoins but from the perspective of the business advantages for business and organizations. Specifically, the book highlights the advantages of blockchain across different segments and industries by analyzing specific aspects like procurement, manufacturing, contracts, inventory, logistics, operations, sustainability, technology, and innovation. It is an essential reference source for managers, executives, IT specialists, students, operations managers, supply chain managers, project managers, technology managers, academicians, and researchers.  Blockchain Basics Introduction Handbook: A Practical Non-technical Guide for the Blockchain Beginner by Michelle Simms English | September 29, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BGD7HBVR | 170 pages | EPUB | 0.75 Mb Blockchain Basics Introduction Handbook: A Practical Non-technical Guide for the Blockchain Beginner  Blazed Wax: Creating Sculptural Candles For Any Space by Ruby Kannava, Emma Cutri English | November 3rd, 2022 | ISBN: 1743798393 | 144 pages | True EPUB | 17.06 MB Blazed Wax is a comprehensive and colourful guide to contemporary candle making from friends and designers Ruby Kannava and Emma Cutri, with twenty-five projects for beautiful candles and candleholders that will light up your life.  Lesly Deschler Canossi, "Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing" English | ISBN: 9462702861 | 2023 | 320 pages | PDF | 15 MB Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation questions how the Black female body, specifically the Black maternal body, navigates interlocking structures that place a false narrative on her body and that of her maternal ancestors. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly inquiry and contemporary art, this book addresses these misconceptions and fills in the gaps that exist in the photographic representation of Black motherhood, mothering, and mutual care within Black communities.  Friedrich Darmstaedter, "Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich" English | ISBN: 1138519588 | 2017 | 452 pages | EPUB | 883 KB Chancellor Otto Bismarck's "greatness" lay in what he created, the German Reich of 1871. This Reich was the product of his genius, and in it his genius took complete shape. In less than a decade German chaos was brought to an end and in its place a homogeneous state began to arise. The structure of this state left no room for opposing political forces, but rather made ready a roof under which these forces might rally, support each other, and gain strength. Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich begins as a biography but continues as a description of his political life and the ideas that led to the birth of an authoritarian political culture.The community from which Bismarck formed his conception of the state was first the family and clan, then the landlord caste, and finally the people. These communities found their unifying force in the Kaiser, who as their patriarchal head enjoyed divine honors as ruler by the grace of God. The existence of the state was justified as the framework within which these communities existed, and it had thus a biological as well as a religious content. This idea of the state as the supreme moral command of religion was too powerful a driving force to be dropped in favor of the rational view of the state as a potential war machine. Bismarck reconciled the two concepts by use of the concept of a "people in arms," an idea which had originated in German history as a means of defense, but which was changed into one of aggression. In order to become a means of aggression it was changed into a moral precept commanded by religion, and indeed into the supreme precept.Through the unfolding of the political life of Bismarck, we find the roots of the Nazi Third Reich-the inability of the people to educate themselves about politics enough to effect any change or satisfy their own political needs. In this loss of control, the authoritarian regime grew stronger. Though Bismarck's work led to the creation and implementation of the Second Reich, "it is in the Third Reich that we find the devilish distortion that was its fruit." This volume is an essential tool for understanding twentieth-century German history. |
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