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 Mark Van de Velde, Koen Bostoen, Derek Nurse, "The Bantu Languages" English | 2019 | pages: 806 | ISBN: 1032401664, 113879967X | EPUB | 61,9 mb Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification.
 The Audience Commodity in a Digital Age: Revisiting a Critical Theory of Commercial Media By Vincent Manzerolle (editor), Lee McGuigan (editor) 2014 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 1433123606 | PDF | 13 MB This edited collection comprises foundational texts and new contributions that revisit the theory of the «audience commodity» as first articulated by Dallas Smythe. Contributors focus on the historical and theoretical importance of this theory to critical studies of media/communication, culture, society, economics, and technology - a theory that has underpinned critical media studies for more than three decades, but has yet to be compiled in a single edited collection. The primary objective is to appraise its relevance in relation to changes in media and communication since the time of Smythe's writing, principally addressing the rise of digital, online, and mobile media. In addition to updating this perspective, contributors confront the topic critically in order to test its limits. Contextualizing theories of the audience commodity within an intellectual history, they consider their enduring relationship to the field of media/communication studies as well as the important legacy of Dallas Smythe.
 The Art of Manifesting: Tap into the power of the universe to live your best life by Carolyn Boyes English | February 14th, 2023 | ISBN: 0008523061 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 27.50 MB The book that will change the way you think about life...  Alan Weir, "The Arrangement of the Class I Pictish Stones North of the River Tay" English | ISBN: 1528950550 | 2021 | 190 pages | EPUB | 4 MB The 50 or so mysterious Pictish symbols and the stones displaying them have become central to all discussion of the Picts. Generations of scholars have sought to interpret the symbols with little agreement. This book takes an indirect approach to the situation. The present layout of Class I stones hints at an arrangement in chains in which adjacent stones in a chain are linked by a common symbol. This is investigated and the chains identified. Between the River Tay and the Dornoch Firth, virtually all stones belong to a chain and the chains seem to be practically complete. The chains appear to have superseded stones created and positioned independently. The stone pattern is more complicated than isolated chains of stones and special junction stones are used to register the crossing of two or more chains. Auxiliary stones are also identified, which give information about a chain or chains. The identification of the chains and the conventions used in junction and auxiliary stones permit the meaning of more than 20 symbols to be understood as they are used in the chains. These are not suggested to be the original meanings of the symbols but they provide hints to assist in assessing what the original meaning of some symbols might be. This particularly applies to significant symbols called crescent and V rod, Pictish beast, and Z rod. The purpose of the chains can only be hinted at here but Pictish scholarship will soon clarify this.  The American Nonvoter By Lyn Ragsdale, Jerrold G. Rusk 2017 | 330 Pages | ISBN: 0190670703 | PDF | 25 MB A diverse body of research exists to explain why eligible voters don't go to the polls on election day. Theories span from the psychological (nonvoters have limited emotional engagement with politics and therefore lack motivation), to the social (politics is inherently social and nonvotershave limited networks), and the personal (nonvoters tend to be young, less educated, poor, and highly mobile). Other scholars suggest that people don't vote because campaigns are uninspiring. This book poses a new theory: uncertainty about the national context at the time of the election. Duringtimes of national crisis, when uncertainty is high, citizens are motivated to sort through information about each candidate to figure out which would best mitigate their uncertainty. When external uncertainty is low, however, citizens spend less time learning about candidates and are equallyunmotivated to vote.The American Nonvoter examines how uncertainty regarding changing economic conditions, dramatic national events, and U.S. international interventions influences people's decisions whether to vote or not. Using rigorous statistical tools and rich historical stories, Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusktest this theory on aggregate nonvoting patterns in the United States across presidential and midterm elections from 1920 to 2012. The authors also challenge the stereotype of nonvoters as poor, uneducated and apathetic. Instead, the book shows that nonvoters are, by and large, as politicallyknowledgeable as voters, but see no difference between candidates or view them negatively.  John Creedon, "That Place We Call Home: A journey through the place names of Ireland" English | ISBN: 0717192024 | 2021 | pages | EPUB | 4 MB John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from growing up in Cork City as a young boy to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he peels back the layers of meaning of familiar place names to reveal stories about the land of Éireann and the people who walked it before us.  Talking to Strangers: 3-in-1 Guide to Master Personal Networking, Conversation Starters & How to Talk to Anyone by Lawrence Finnegan English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BMW7PZST | 125 pages | EPUB | 0.24 Mb Talking to Strangers - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: Small Talk, Conversation Skills and Social Skills.  Talking About Sexual Assault: Society's Response to Survivors By Sarah E. Ullman PhD 2010 | 209 Pages | ISBN: 1433807416 | PDF | 2 MB This book provides a comprehensive look at women's rape disclosure, addressing such issues as why, how often, and to whom women disclose their sexual assault; how people respond to disclosures; what factors influence how they respond to disclosures; and how these responses affect survivors.  Cindy Milstein, "Taking Sides: Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1849352321 | PDF | pages: 113 | 2.0 mb "Taking Sidesis more than a book; it's a politic aimed at the heart of every radical struggling against a racist state." -Luis A. Fernandez, author of Policing Dissent  Take Amazing Digital Photographs: Mastering Exposure by Damien Storm English | February 3, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B084H2TGBF | 31 pages | PDF | 2.18 Mb Take Amazing Digital Photographs: Mastering Exposure is a great no-nonsense resource for any novice photographer who wants to understand how to achieve perfect exposure with their digital SLR camera. The book looks at shutter speed, aperture and ISO and shows how they work together to produce a good well-lit photograph. Through practical examples and time-tested strategies, Take Amazing Digital Photographs: Mastering Exposure will expand your horizons by giving you the skills you need to make the most out your digital camera. |
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