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 Esq. Jay H. Turner III, "A Simple Will for Dying Well: How to Handwrite Your Own Will without Witnesses, Notaries, or Lawyers" English | ISBN: 1480857106 | 2018 | 156 pages | EPUB | 344 KB Despite the certainty of our own mortality, most people in America have not prepared a will. Upon their deaths, this leaves the distribution of their assets at the mercy of the laws of their state. The best way to prevent complications and headaches for those left behind to create a will-even if it seems intimidating to consider at first.  Deborah Cupples, "A Short & Happy Guide to Civics - with Quizzing " English | ISBN: 1647082153 | 2020 | 154 pages | EPUB | 206 KB A solid grasp of civics will benefit most people, among them law students and people who work in the legal profession, in government, or in businesses affected by law and government.  Adam Davidson, "A Semester in the Sandbox: A Marine Reservist's Iraq War Journal" English | ISBN: 1476665699 | 2016 | 200 pages | EPUB | 4 MB Dozens of books about the Iraq War have been written by politicians, generals, snipers and Special Forces operatives. This war journal of an enlisted U.S. Marine provides an un-glamorized narrative of a common reservist's deployment to Iraq, from notification of mobilization to final trip home. The visceral experiences of combat are all described in candid detail, along with hazards of homesickness, boredom and loss. In light of the rise of the Islamic State in the area described in the book, the author's story presents a timely account of the challenges of restoring peace in this restive area.  A Princely Pandect on Astronomy: Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʿīnīya Epistle and its Appendix English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030507602 | 524 Pages | PDF (True) | 48 MB This book presents an English-language translation of Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya, or the Muʿīnīya Epistle.Risālā-yi Muʿīnīyais one of the earliest known works of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201-1274), an intellectual luminary of the 13th century CE. The work is notable for the choice of Ṭūsī's native Persian as the language of the text. In addition, Ṭūsī organized his volume into a four-part structure, which went on to become a popular template for the Islamic astronomers who succeeded him.  Mehdi Hairi Yazdi, "A Philosophical Treatise on Muslim Politics: Wisdom and Governance " English | ISBN: 3030966577 | 2022 | 216 pages | PDF | 5 MB This is a translation of Mehdi Hairi Yazdi's حکمت و حکومت (Ḥikmat wa Ḥukūmat) which provides a philosophical critique of the theory of the guardianship of the jurist.  G. Stuart Smith, "A Life in Code: Pioneer Cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman" English | ISBN: 147666918X | 2017 | 240 pages | EPUB | 7 MB Protesters called it an act of war when the U.S. Coast Guard sank a Canadian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in 1929. It took a cool-headed codebreaker solving a "trunk-full" of smugglers' encrypted messages to get Uncle Sam out of the mess: Elizebeth Smith Friedman's groundbreaking work helped prove the boat was owned by American gangsters.  W. Phillip Keller, "A Layman Looks at the Lord's Prayer" English | ISBN: 0802415660 | 2017 | 160 pages | EPUB | 3 MB A fresh look at a famous prayer  Gerald Poyo, "A Latino Memoir: Exploring Identity, Family and the Common Good" English | ISBN: 1558858792 | 2019 | 352 pages | EPUB | 2 MB In a bumpy, anxiety-producing plane ride across the Straits of Florida to Cuba in 1979, graduate student Gerald Poyo knew his life would either end that day in the World War II-era prop airplane or change forever. He survived the trip, and his ten-day visit solidified his academic research and confirmed his career as a history professor.  A History of Economic Thought by William J. Barber English | June 15, 2021 | ISBN: 0819569380 | 270 pages | PDF | 1.29 Mb An invigorating study of the development of systematic economic ideas  A HISTORY OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 1939-1979: Industrial Relations in a Declining Economy By Chris Wrigley (editor) 1996 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1852788925 | PDF | 77 MB This authoritative history offers a major assessment of British industrial relations between the outbreak of the Second World War and the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government in 1979.Written by a group of leading specialists, this outstanding book examines the role of the government, the unions and employers, the influence of social welfare considerations on industrial relations policies and the patterns of strikes. Case studies focus on industrial relations in the docks, the motor manufacturing industry and road haulage between 1945 and 1979. A History of British Industrial Relations, 1939-1979 is both an up-to-date survey and a substantial addition to the literature which includes several chapters based upon new research. As well as revealing the complexities of British industrial relations in these four decades, the book also includes consideration of the extent to which, if at all, problems of industrial relations adversely affected the performance of the British economy. |
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