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 Jan MacKell Collins, "Good Time Girls of Arizona and New Mexico: A Red-Light History of the American Southwest" English | ISBN: 1493038117 | 2019 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB As settlements and civilization moved West to follow the lure of mineral wealth and the trade of the Santa Fe Trail, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Southwest. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today.  Carl Deuker, "Golden Arm" English | ISBN: 0358012422 | 2020 | 368 pages | EPUB | 9 MB In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty-one strike at a time. By "a premier author of provocative YA sports novels" (The Bulletin).  Allen Gregory Sens, "Global politics: Origins, currents, directions" English | 2002 | pages: 452 | ISBN: 0176169105 | PDF | 27,6 mb  Global Trends Compendium: An Essential Guide to Socio-Economic and Environmental Change English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811991626 | 288 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 10 MB This Compendium was conceived as a "pocket compass", a practical guide that may help readers to orientate themselves while they explore global affairs and attempt to make sense of the highly interconnected, multidimensional challenges of contemporary human development. The book is intended to be an accessible, concise, yet comprehensive reference for anyone who hopes to better understand today's world and its dramatic complexity. The aim is to highlight a relevant selection of the demographic, socio-economic, geo-political, and environmental macro-dynamics that define our time, and to explore in a practical way the indicators that can be used to monitor their evolution over time. In general, this project stems from the need to apply "systemic thinking" to the study of the world and to develop a holistic perspective that can bridge the gap that for too long has existed across academic disciplines and their respective focuses. The macro-trends featured in the book shed light, in particular, on the change that has been occurring over time in the vast Global South - a portion of the globe that accounts for over 80% of the world's total population. The book's ultimate - although not exclusive - target audience is undoubtedly composed of undergraduate students of subjects such as political science, international affairs, international development, human geography and the like. In addition, the Compendium may benefit professionals in both public and private organisations as well as members of the general public seeking to acquire "global development literacy" in manners that are academically sound, but also accessible and concise.  Global Plantations in the Modern World: Sovereignties, Ecologies, Afterlives English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031085361 | 520 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 32 MB Taking a multidisciplinary and global approach, this edited book examines the dynamic role of plantations as productive, socio-political and ecological forms throughout imperial and post-colonial worlds spanning multiple and broad temporalities. Showcasing an expansive range of case studies across different geographies, the collection sheds light on the heterogeneity of plantations and offers insights into the afterlives, spectres and remnants of systems that have been analysed as schemes of production, extraction and authority. Focusing on the expansion of plantation systems throughout various political-economic and ecological projects, and across the modern (and post-modern) period, allows the authors to move beyond analyses that often deal with individual empires through human-centered lenses. The contributors explore resistance to the mechanisms of extraction and control that plantations and their afterlives demanded, shedding light on their excesses, contradictions, failures and deviations. Offering a comprehensive treatment of global plantations, this book provides valuable reading for researchers with an interest in the socio-political and environmental effects of colonialism and imperialism in their various guises.  Abigail Johnson, "Girl on the Run " English | ISBN: 0593179811 | 2020 | 272 pages | EPUB | 3 MB A fast-paced original paperback thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be who she says she is . . . and now someone is hunting them both.  Harold Bloom, "George Orwell's Animal Farm" English | 2006 | ISBN: 079108583X | PDF | pages: 105 | 0.4 mb An overview of the work features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the Description, and critical and analytical views of the work.
 Jason Winders, "George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion, 1870-1908 " English | ISBN: 1682261786 | 2021 | 290 pages | EPUB | 8 MB Winner, 2022 NASSH Book Award (Monograph)  Donald O. Doehring, "Geomorphology in Arid Regions: Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 8 " English | ISBN: 0367280205 | 2020 | 274 pages | EPUB | 5 MB This book, first published in 1980, collects together thirteen articles on 'Geomorphology in Arid Regions'. It uses the term 'arid' loosely to include studies from climes which might otherwise be considered semi-arid, in order to provide a diversity of papers dealing with important problems of interest to geomorphologists today.  Geographic Information Systems in Urban Planning and Management English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811978549 | 403 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 54 MB Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a pivotal role in the field of urban planning and management and provide better solutions for numerous urban problems. With GIS, one has the ability to better understand existing requirements of a city and its design to fulfill those needs. |
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