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 Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema By Alexander Sergeant 2021 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1438484593 | PDF | 3 MB The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.  Sara Bondesson, "Empowerment and Social Justice in the Wake of Disasters " English | ISBN: 0367437198 | 2022 | 118 pages | PDF | 4 MB This book taps into discussions about social vulnerability, empowerment, and resistance in relation to disaster relief and recovery. It disentangles tensions and dilemmas within post-disaster empowerment, through a rich ethnographic narrative of the work of Occupy Sandy in Rockaway, New York City, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It details both a remarkable collaborative relief phase, in which marginalized communities were empowered to take active part, as well as a phase of conflict and resistance that came about as relief turned to long-term recovery.  Employee-Centric IT: Advancing the Digital Era Through Extraordinary IT Experience English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781484291863 | 120 pages | PDF | 5.99 MB Global surveys from McKinsey, BCG, Gartner, and others show that less than 30% of digital transformation programs succeed in their missions to improve a company's performance and employee productivity. This is due to the fact that IT efforts within the company do not center around the employee. This book will provide concrete steps to allow both IT professionals and business leaders to transform the way they deliver IT to employees - with the employee (the human) centered in their transformation.  Emotions in the Ottoman Empire by Tekgül, Nil; English | 2023 | ISBN: 1350180548 | 185 pages | True PDF EPUB | 26.31 MB  Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue and Treason by Helene Harrison 2023 | ISBN: 1399081993 | English | 256 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Elizabeth I. Tudor, Queen, Protestant.  Electro Swing: Resurrection, Recontextualisation, and Remix English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032184299 | 223 Pages | PDF (True) | 14 MB Electro swing is a relatively recent musical style and scene which combines the music of the swing era with that of the age of electronic dance music. Chris Inglis considers key questions about electro swing's place in contemporary society, including what it may mean for a contemporary genre to be so reliant upon the influences of the past; the different ways in which jazz may be presented to a modern audience; how one may go about defining jazz in todays postmodern world; and how this emergent genre may be analysed in terms of the wider issues of race and class consumption.  Dr. Munir H. Nayfeh, "Electricity and Magnetism" English | ISBN: 0486789713 | 2015 | 640 pages | PDF | 216 MB This outstanding text for a two-semester course is geared toward physics undergraduates who have completed a basic first-year physics course. The coherent treatment offers several notable features, including 300 detailed examples at various levels of difficulty, a self-contained chapter on vector algebra, and a single chapter devoted to radiation that cites interrelationships between various analysis methods.  Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America by Peter O. Koch English | June 21, 2021 | ISBN: 1476684871 | 254 pages | PDF (Converted) | 8.98 Mb This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many conquistadors convinced themselves that another native empire awaited their conquest. These quests for fortune and glory would lead to an encounter with fierce female warriors who were believed to be the Amazons of ancient Greek lore, and the discovery of the mighty river later named for the legendary Amazon tribe. The first half of this book details the lesser-known accounts of German interest in locating the wealth of a golden kingdom called Xerira and an elusive passage at Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo which supposedly led to the Pacific Ocean. The second section focuses on the various Spanish efforts to discover El Dorado, each of which was eventually doomed to despair, disappointment, and death.  Howard Bloom, "Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll" English | ISBN: 1493051679 | 2020 | 440 pages | EPUB | 578 KB Howard Bloom-called "the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known" by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull-is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock-and-roll legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Queen, Kiss, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run DMC, ZZ Top, Joan Jett, Chaka Khan, and one hundred more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me. Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me is Bloom's story-the strange tale of a scientific expedition into the dark underbelly of science and fame where new myths and movements are made.  Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich English | 2021 | ISBN: 1631498274 | 283 pages | PDF | 12 Mb The best-selling author of Hitler: Ascent and Hitler: Downfall reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany. |
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