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 Invisible Wounds: Help, Hope, and Healing for Women in Abusive Relationships, or Recovery By Kay Douglas 2021 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0473600978 | EPUB | 1 MB "Kay Douglas's book is the most supportive, realistic, and practical guide for abused women that I have encountered. A woman with this book in her hands is on the path to a new life. The author really 'gets it' about what it takes to deal with a destructive partner and takes the reader step-by-step from the beginnings of grasping what is happening to her all the way to healing once the relationship has ended. Outstanding!"- Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?"Invisible Wounds is a powerful and engaging book for emotionally abused women. As a survivor and professional, Kay Douglas comes across as warm, knowledgeable, and compassionate. Her positively and encouragement can be found on every page as she walks readers through the process of acknowledging and ending a damaging relationship. This book will be of great value to women who are questioning their partner's behavior and to those seeking freedom from abuse."- Lynn Fairweather, author of Stop Signs: Recognizing, Avoiding and Escaping Abusive Relationships. Does your partner put you down, control what you do, or have distressing angry outbursts? Do you find yourself walking on eggshells and trying to keep the peace?Are you sometimes afraid of what he will do?Invisible Wounds is a compassionate and compelling guide that offers the clarity, information, and support that is needed. Containing the moving, inspiring stories of 50 women who have experienced an abusive relationship, Invisible Wounds will help you to rebuild your strength, increase your personal power, and recover from the hurts that have been done."Kay Douglas has written an extraordinary book about a terrifyingly 'ordinary' phenomenon: emotional abuse of women by men. Invisible Wounds is the strong, wise companion every woman needs who doubts her right to a life free from emotional abuse, and the shame and self-blame that so often accompany it."- Dr. Stephanie Dowrick, author of Intimacy and Solitude, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, Everyday Kindness, and Choosing Happiness."This is a must read for any woman feeling unhappy in her relationship. Using the voices of women she has interviewed, Kay Douglas carefully describes the various forms of abuse they experienced. She articulates the dilemmas women face when confronted with these experiences and in her gentle and sensitive style opens up opportunities for change. I have no hesitation in recommending this book."- Dr. Alison Towns, registered clinical psychologist, specialist interest in the prevention of men's domestic violence against women.From her own personal and professional journey, and from interviews with women who have lived in emotionally, physically, or sexually abusive relationships with abusive and controlling men, Kay Douglas has written an outstanding and moving resource for women. Invisible Wounds powerfully and compassionately describes the devastating physical, emotional, and spiritual toll these relationships take on women, and outlines practical, healing, and liberating steps for women."- Sue Lauber-Fleming and Patrick Fleming, authors of Shattered Soul? Five Pathways to Healing the Spirit after Abuse and Trauma"Kay Douglas's book, Invisible Wounds, provides a powerful and intimate look at the experiences of fifty women who have lived with intimate partner violence.I found the book riveting to read. I would recommend Invisible Wounds to anyone trying to understand intimate partner violence. A great tool for those who have a friend or family member they are worried about or for someone who is trying to leave an abusive relationship."- Professor Angela J. Hattery, author of The Social Dynamics of Family Violence & Intimate Partner Violence.  Tomás Restrepo Rodríguez, "Investment Treaty Law and Climate Change" English | ISBN: 3031186540 | 2022 | 357 pages | PDF | 6 MB The book deals with the question whether the investment treaty law system could be harmonized with the climate change international legal framework and the climate interest that lies beyond. The answer to this research question is divided into three parts. The first examines the relevance of the climate change international legal framework in investment treaty disputes as a natural pre(logical)interpretative stage. The second focuses on the BIT's content-interpretation, which is the orthodox approach to solve the fragmentation between the system of investment treaty law and the system of international climate change law. Finally, the third part tackles this fragmentation through a heterodox approach that is grounded in the direct application of climate change principles through law ascertainment. Apart from concluding that harmonization between investment treaty law and international climate change law is possible through the orthodox approach to the expropriation and the FET standards, as well as through the direct application of the climate change precautionary principle and the CBDRRC principle - heterodox approach, the book suggests that tribunals are expected soon to openly address climate change disputes in their rulings.
 Introduction to Chat GPT: A Comprehensive Guide to Generative Pre-trained Transformers (Artificial Intelligence Uses and Applications) by A.C. Hamilton English | December 24, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BR26Q78P | 55 pages | EPUB | 0.28 Mb Are you interested in learning about Chat GPT, or generative pre-trained transformers? Or, do you have no idea what it even is? Well, this short book will inform you of the awesome capabilities of this technology!  Thomas K. Holcomb, "Introduction to American Deaf Culture" English | 2012 | ISBN: 0199777543 | PDF | pages: 260 | 2.6 mb Introduction to American Deaf Culture is the only comprehensive textbook that provides a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of how Deaf people are best understood from a cultural perspective, with coverage of topics such as how culture is defined, how the concept of culture can be applied to the Deaf experience, and how Deaf culture has evolved over the years. Among the issues included are an analysis of various segments of the Deaf community, Deaf cultural norms, the tension between the Deaf and disabled communities, Deaf art and literature (both written English and ASL forms), the solutions being offered by the Deaf community for effective living as Deaf individuals, and an analysis of the universality of the Deaf experience, including the enculturation process that many Deaf people undergo as they develop healthy identities.  Mark L. Knapp, Anita L. Vangelisti, John P. Caughlin, "Interpersonal Communication & Human Relationships" English | 2013 | ISBN: 0205006086 | PDF | pages: 465 | 3.7 mb Illustrates communication's role in human relationships
 Aurora González-Vidal, "Internet of Things: 5th The Global IoT Summit, GIoTS 2022, Dublin, Ireland, June 20-23, 2022, Revised Selected Papers " English | ISBN: 3031209354 | 2022 | 437 pages | PDF | 50 MB This book constitutes revised selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 5th The Global IoT Summit, GIoTS 2022, which took place in Dublin, Ireland, in June 20-23, 2022.
 , "Internet of Things - ICIOT 2022: 7th International Conference, Held as Part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2" English | ISBN: 3031235819 | 2023 | 148 pages | PDF | 12 MB This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Internet of Things, ICIOT 2022, held in Honolulu, USA, as part of SCF 2022, during December 10-14, 2022.  Emeka Duruigbo, "International Law and Development in the Global South" English | ISBN: 303113740X | 2023 | 444 pages | PDF | 7 MB This book provides contributions in international law, development, and international relations from a cross section of jurists and scholars including a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The project, conceived as a festschrift in honor of Professor Christian Okeke, aims to amplify the voices and perspectives that are not often accorded the limelight in international legal discourse. Additionally, the contributors discuss such relevant issues as frozen conflicts in Eastern Europe, counter-terrorism and cyber-security in Central Asia, and judicial contrivance in African countries. Bridging the gap between political science and legal scholarship, the book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of an international rule of law and development. It also provides much needed empirical research on the implications of multi-level governance and global legal pluralism for the rule of law beyond the nation state. This book will be highly relevant to scholars, academics, researchers, and students in the fields of international relations, law, and development.  Insurgency Trap: Labor Politics in Postsocialist China By Eli Friedman 2014 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0801452694 | PDF | 3 MB During the first decade of the twenty-first century, worker resistance in China increased rapidly despite the fact that certain segments of the state began moving in a pro-labor direction. In explaining this, Eli Friedman argues that the Chinese state has become hemmed in by an "insurgency trap" of its own devising and is thus unable to tame expansive worker unrest. Labor conflict in the process of capitalist industrialization is certainly not unique to China and indeed has appeared in a wide array of countries around the world. What is distinct in China, however, is the combination of postsocialist politics with rapid capitalist development. Other countries undergoing capitalist industrialization have incorporated relatively independent unions to tame labor conflict and channel insurgent workers into legal and rationalized modes of contention. In contrast, the Chinese state only allows for one union federation, the All China Federation of Trade Unions, over which it maintains tight control. Official unions have been unable to win recognition from workers, and wildcat strikes and other forms of disruption continue to be the most effective means for addressing workplace grievances. In support of this argument, Friedman offers evidence from Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, where unions are experimenting with new initiatives, leadership models, and organizational forms.
 Reingard Spannring, "Institutions and Organizations as Learning Environments for Participation and Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges, Obst" English | ISBN: 303117948X | 2022 | 304 pages | PDF | 7 MB This book discusses opportunities and limitations to democratic participation in institutions and organizations across the life course. It demonstrates that democratic participation is not something that is learned once and for all and applied in formal political settings, but something that is lived every day throughout life in various contexts. Institutions and organizations frame human lives and strongly determine the ability to participate and co-determine their communities. They are places for learning, deliberation and the development of the common good. The book conceptually and empirically analyses the potential of democratic participation within various institutions. The contributions range from early childhood institutions, schools, youth programs, workplaces, and vocational education to cultural organizations and nursing homes for the elderly. The book thereby provides a cross-sectional and interdisciplinary knowledge base to inspire future research and practical efforts to promote democratic participation within and across institutions around the world. |
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