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 M Cherif Bassiouni, William A Schabas, "The Legislative History of the International Criminal Court (2 Vols.): Second Revised and Expanded Edition" English | 2016 | pages: 1623 | ISBN: 9004321934 | PDF | 4,7 mb This unique work is an article-by-article drafting history of the ICC Statute containing all versions of every article in the Statute as it evolved from 1994 to 1998. It also integrates in the Statute's provisions the "Elements of the Crimes" and the "Rules of Procedure and Evidence" adopted by the Preparatory Commission (1998-2000) and the Regulations of the Court adopted by the plenary of judges. A description of the ICC mechanisms and institutions precedes this article-by-article legislative history. Other relevant documents are also included, such as those concerning the privileges and immunities and financial regulations of the Court, as well as its relationship with the United Nations. This new edition contains the amendments adopted at the Kampala Conference, amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence and the Regulations of the Court, and references to  The Left Hand of Capital: Neoliberalism and the Left in Chile By Fernando Ignacio Leiva 2021 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 1438483619 | PDF | 4 MB Original and comprehensive examination of Chilean political and economic development since the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990.In The Left Hand of Capital, Fernando Ignacio Leiva provides a theoretically grounded analysis of the last thirty years of socioeconomic policies in Chile, beginning at the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990. He skillfully probes how innovative center-left politico-economic initiatives transformed the state's relationships with the country's urban poor, indigenous peoples, workers, students, and business elites, thereby contributing to institutionalize, legitimize, and renew Chile's neoliberal system of domination. Leiva documents how such politics, progressive in appearance, were pivotal in forging new arts of domestication, "participatory" social control mechanisms, and commodified subjectivities. This landmark book guides us into a deeper awareness about the limitations of center-left politics, not only in Chile, but elsewhere in the Americas and Western Europe as well. At a time when far-right movements seem to be growing in the Global South, Europe, and the United States, this book offers valuable insights into the predicament of social democracy and how, as in Chile and in the context of global neoliberalism, it can become the "left hand of capital."  Jeffrey G. Karam, "The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution" English | ISBN: 0755644433 | 2022 | 360 pages | PDF | 27 MB In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the "thawra." These were the largest mass protests seen in the country's modern history.
 The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law By Olivier Corten 2021 | 592 Pages | ISBN: 1509948996 | PDF | 3 MB Praise for previous edition:"...a comprehensive, meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law governing the use of armed force in international relations...' Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law Review, Volume 12(2)When this first English language edition of The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating the use of force. Now a decade on the much anticipated new edition brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice. Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised, notably the question of consensual intervention and the very definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense, reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition and interpretation.  The Latina/o Midwest Reader By Omar Valerio-Jimenez (editor), Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez (editor), Claire F. Fox (editor) 2017 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0252041216 | EPUB | 5 MB From 2000 to 2010, the Latino population increased by more than 73 percent across eight midwestern states. These interdisciplinary essays explore issues of history, education, literature, art, and politics defining today's Latina/o Midwest. Some contributors delve into the Latina/o revitalization of rural areas, where communities have launched bold experiments in dual-language immersion education while seeing integrated neighborhoods, churches, and sports teams become the norm. Others reveal metro areas as laboratories for emerging Latino subjectivities, places where for some, the term Latina/o itself corresponds to a new type of lived identity as different Latina/o groups interact in shared neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. Eye-opening and provocative, The Latina/o Midwest Reader rewrites the conventional wisdom on today's Latina/o community and how it faces challenges-and thrives-in the heartland. Contributors: Aidé Acosta, Frances R. Aparicio, Jay Arduser, Jane Blocker, Carolyn Colvin, María Eugenia Cotera, Theresa Delgadillo, Lilia Fernández, Claire F. Fox, Felipe Hinojosa, Michael D. Innis-Jiménez, José E. Limón, Marta María Maldonado, Louis G. Mendoza, Amelia María de la Luz Montes, Kim Potowski, Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, Rebecca M. Schreiber, Omar Valerio-Jiménez, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Janet Weaver, and Elizabeth Willmore
 Elizabeth Sandifer, "The Last War in Albion Volume 1: The Early Work of Alan Moore and Grant Morrison" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1699270961 | 788 pages | AZW3 / EPUB / MOBI | 2.7 MB In the late twentieth century, beneath the surface of Britain's green and pleasant land, raged a war that spanned the heights of mystical transcendence and the most obscure gutters of popular culture. The stakes were unfathomably vast: the fate of the twenty-first century, the shape of an entire artistic medium, and whether or not several people would make their rent. On one side was Alan Moore, the acclaimed literary genius who would transform comics forever. On the other was Grant Morrison, the upstart punk who never met an idol he didn't want to knock off its perch.  Freddy Derwahl, "The Last Monk of Tibhirine: A True Story of Martyrdom, Faith, and Survival" English | ISBN: 1612613748 | 2013 | 224 pages | EPUB | 5 MB The Last Monk of Tibhirine is the story of the Cistercian monk Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last surviving member of a monastic community which was kidnapped and killed in Algeria in 1996.  The Language of Flowers by Cray, Sarah; English | 2023 | ISBN: 1423661583 | 112 pages | True EPUB | 5.76 MB  The Language of AI: Exploring the Power of ChatGPT English | 2023 | ASIN: B0BW52VVZR | 25 Pages | EPUB | 0.3 MB The development of ChatGPT started with a research paper published in 2018 by OpenAI, a leading research lab in the field of artificial intelligence. In the paper, the researchers introduced a new model called GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) that could generate coherent and human-like text using unsupervised learning. The initial GPT model had 117 million parameters and was pre-trained on a large corpus of text data from the internet.  The LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor Activity Book: A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming LEGO Robots English | 2021 | ISBN: 1718501811 | 250 Pages | MOBI EPUB (True) | 141 MB |
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