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![]() Social Policies in Samoa (6) (Social Policies in Small States) By Desmond U Amosa 2012 | 50 Pages | ISBN: 1849290822 | PDF | 1 MB SOCIAL POLICIES IN SMALL STATES SERIES The country case studies and thematic papers in this series examine social policy issues facing small states and the implications for economic development. They show how, despite their inherent vulnerability, some small states have been successful in improving their social indicators because of the complementary social and economic policies they have implemented. CASE STUDY - SAMOA Samoa is widely known as a role model in the Pacific region for its economic and social achievements since gaining independence in 1962. This in-depth study traces the history of government policy and examines the fundamentals underpinning the country's social development progress: the welfare state; social cohesion; participative democracy and the power of jurisdiction. It also examines how the fa'a Samoa, the Samoan culture, and securing external assistance enabled the country to build resilience in the face of a number of crises in the 1990s - including two cyclones and a taro blight. ![]() Shut Up and Keep Talking by Bob Pisani English | 2022 | ISBN: 0857199218 | 465 pages | True EPUB | 7.2 MB ![]() Lee B. Kennett, "Sherman: A Soldier's Life" English | ISBN: 0060930748 | 2002 | 464 pages | EPUB | 1045 KB In Sherman, Lee Kennett offers a brilliant new interpretation of the general's life and career, one that probes his erratic, contradictory nature. Here we see the making of a true soldier, beginning with the frontier society and the extraordinary family from which he came, his formative years at West Point, and the critical period leading up to the Civil War. Throughout the spirited battles at Bull Run and Shiloh, the siege of Vicksburg, and ultimately, the Great March, Sherman displayed a blend of drive, determination, and mastery of detail unique in the annals of war. ![]() Louis B. Wright, "Shakespeare's England" English | ISBN: 1640193286 | 2018 | 126 pages | EPUB | 12 MB When William Shakespeare was about twenty, his life changed forever. He left Stratford and walked to London, where he became the world's greatest playwright. Here is his little-told story of Shakespeare, presented against the colorful tapestry of his England, the kingdom under Elizabeth I and James I. In the reigns of those monarchs, the nation was emerging from centuries of medieval turmoil. The small island that had changed so little since the Norman Conquest of 1066 suddenly became a center of international adventure, political experimentation, and artistic development. Young Shakespeare was fortunate to be in England, and in London, when he was. The first professional theatre opened in the capital in 1576; he arrived, stage-struck and in search of a job, around 1587. He retired to Stratford as a wealthy gentleman in 1611, only a generation before the theatres of England were closed by the Puritans. During Shakespeare's London years, England seethed with Descriptions and intrigue and throbbed with pageantry; everywhere a writer looked there was a scene to fire his imagination. Like Sir Walter Raleigh and other daring contemporaries, William Shakespeare was, indeed, an Elizabethan who took advantage of his time. ![]() Sexuality in Medieval Europe; Doing Unto Others by Ruth Mazo Karras English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367647273 | 275 pages | True PDF | 19.02 MB ![]() Rosalind Boone Williams, "Serving Time Too: A Memoir of My Son's Prison Years" English | ISBN: 0761871470 | 2019 | 188 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Serving Time Too: A Memoir of My Son's Prison Years is the universally accessible story of a mother and son: what she knew about him; what she will never understand; how she helped him, and when she needed to let him go. But Rosalind Williams' memoir is unique because her unconditional love for Marell persisted after his conviction for murder. During his sixteen years in prison and for two-and-a-half years after his release, every aspect of Rosalind's life was affected by her fidelity to him and by the failures of a penal system tinged with racial and class inequities. ![]() Susan Moore and Doreen Rosenthal, "Second Child: Essential information and wisdom to help you decide, plan and enjoy." English | ISBN: 036934278X | 2022 | 206 pages | EPUB | 216 KB ![]() Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion By Ed Offley 2008 | 496 Pages | ISBN: 0465051863 | PDF | 52 MB One Navy admiral called it "one of the greatest unsolved sea mysteries of our era." The U.S. Navy officially describes it an inexplicable accident. For decades, the real story of the disaster eluded journalists, historians, and the family members of the lost crew. But a small handful of Navy and government officials knew the truth: The sinking of the U.S.S. Scorpion on May 22, 1968, was an act of war. In Scorpion Down, military reporter Ed Offley reveals that the true cause of the Scorpion's sinking was buried by the U.S. government in an attempt to keep the Cold War from turning hot. For five months, the families of the Scorpion crew waited while the Navy searched feverishly for the missing submarine. For the first time, Offley reveals that entire search was cover-up, devised to conceal that fact that the Scorpion had been torpedoed by the Soviets. In this gripping and controversial book, Offley takes the reader inside the shadowy world of the Cold War military, where rival superpowers fought secret battles far below the surface of the sea. ![]() Scaling Machine Learning with Spark (5th Release) English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781098106812 | 335 Pages | EPUB | 6 MB Get up to speed on Apache Spark, the popular engine for large-scale data processing, including machine learning and analytics. If you're looking to expand your skill set or advance your career in scalable machine learning with MLlib, distributed PyTorch, and distributed TensorFlow, this practical guide is for you. Using Spark as your main data processing platform, you'll discover several open source technologies designed and built for enriching Spark's ML capabilities. ![]() James Taylor, "Rover SDI: The Full Story 1976-1986" English | ISBN: 1785009265 | 2021 | 208 pages | EPUB | 44 MB David Bache's superbly styled hatchback gave Rover a highly distinctive large executive-class car in the 1970s and 1980s, and a successful motorsport programme in the first half of the 1980s only added to its desirability. The original carburetted V8 and 6-cylinder petrol models were supplemented by injected V8s and by 4-cylinder petrol and diesel types to widen the range's appeal - and yet sales |