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 Jeffrey Herf, "Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949" English | ISBN: 1316517969 | 2022 | 450 pages | PDF | 6 MB Israel's Moment is a major new account of how a Jewish state came to be forged in the shadow of World War Two and the Holocaust and the onset of the Cold War. Drawing on new research in government, public and private archives, Jeffrey Herf exposes the political realities that underpinned support for and opposition to Zionist aspirations in Palestine. In an unprecedented international account, he explores the role of the United States, the Arab States, the Palestine Arabs, the Zionists, and key European governments from Britain and France to the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Poland. His findings reveal a spectrum of support and opposition that stood in sharp contrast to the political coordinates that emerged during the Cold War, shedding new light on how and why the state of Israel was established in 1948 and challenging conventional associations of left and right, imperialism and anti-imperialism, and racism and anti-racism.  Harrison Mooney, "Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery " English | ISBN: 1586423460 | 2022 | 336 pages | EPUB | 2 MB An unforgettable coming-of-age memoir about a Black boy adopted into a white, Christian fundamentalist family  Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics by Robert M. Hanson, Susan Green English | 2008 | ISBN: 1891389491 | 296 Pages | PDF | 27.6 MB This book takes readers on an adventure into the inner workings of the molecular world, following a logical step-by-step progression of ideas and examples from the field.  Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights by Pollicino, Oreste;De Gregorio, Giovanni;Bassini, Marco; English | 2022 | ISBN: 8831322702 | 486 pages | True EPUB | 5.68 MB
 Interdisciplinarity in the Making: Models and Methods in Frontier Science (The MIT Press) by Nancy J. Nersessian English | November 22nd, 2022 | ISBN: 0262544660 | 392 pages | True EPUB | 13.70 MB A cognitive ethnography of how bioengineering scientists create innovative modeling methods.  Integrating the Individual and the Organization By Chris Argyris (editor) 2009 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0887388035 | PDF | 18 MB The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate life of recent years-including job redesign, autonomous groups, high performance work systems, and the redesign of control systems-owes a great deal to the pioneering work of Chris Argyris.This book examines how individuals in organizations can become more effective, in turn making organizations more effective. It explores the conventional pyramidal structure of organizations, in which there is top-down control by managers over workers, and examines their negative consequences. These include organizational injustice and eventually irrational decision-making. Argyris also discusses the characteristic learning system of the modern organization, which he describes as "single-loop" in character. This system, he argues, is only adequeate enough to permit the organization to implement existing policies. It does not permit the more difficult and comprehensive task of questioning underlying goals and assumptions, which he terms "doubt loop" learning. In this kind of learning, the organization is able to confront the more difficult problems that affect organizations in a time of transition.In his new introduction, Argyris reviews the strengths and limitations of the argument advanced in Integrating the Individual and the Organization. He describes why the pyramidal structure endures, and why creating a self-learning organization is an even more challenging task than he has imagined. The book will be of interest to professionals with a long-standing interest in organizational development as well as those just entering the field, managers confronting the challenge of organization change, and researchers in organizational behavior and theory.
 Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS 2020) ICT: Applications and Social Interfaces by Amit Joshi English | EPUB | 2022 | 1128 Pages | ISBN : 9811607389 | 185.5 MB This book contains the best selected research papers presented at ICTCS 2020: Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies. The conference was held at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, during 11-12 December 2020. The book covers state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to ICT and effective strategies for its implementation for engineering and managerial applications. This book contains papers mainly focused on ICT for computation, algorithms and data analytics, and IT security.  André Louf, "In the School of Contemplation (Monastic Wisdom Series) " English | ISBN: 0879071478 | 2015 | 208 pages | EPUB | 376 KB Dom André Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997. This book brings together talks given to a variety of audiences in which he shared his spiritual experience from both his life of prayer and his life in community.  Waldemar Heckel, "In the Path of Conquest: Resistance to Alexander the Great" English | 2020 | pages: 368 | ISBN: 0190076682, 0197671551 | EPUB | 5,6 mb This book offers a fresh insight into the conquests of Alexander the Great by attempting to view the events of 336-323 BCE from the vantage point of the defeated. The extent and form of the resistance of the populations he confronted varied according to their previous relationships with either the Macedonian invaders or their own Achaemenid rulers. The internal political situations of many states-particularly the Greek cities of Asia Minor-were also a factor. In the vast Persian Empire that stretched from the Aegean to the Indus, some states surrendered voluntarily and others offered fierce resistance. Not all regions were subdued through military actions. Indeed, as the author argues, the excessive use of force on Alexander's part was often ineffective and counterproductive.  In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify by Pippa Norris English | September 9, 2022 | ISBN: 0197530109, 0197530117 | 318 pages | PDF | 13 MB A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits-by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon conspiracy theories triggered insurrection. Disasters flow from gullible beliefs in fake Covid-19 cures, Madoff pyramid schemes, Russian claims of Ukrainian Nazis, and the Big Lie denying President Biden's legitimate election. |
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