| |
|
|
 Free Download Pocket Guide to The Fountainhead By Walter Donway, David Kelley 2023 | 67 Pages | ISBN: 1734960582 | PDF | 1 MB The Fountainhead is the story of Howard Roark, a brilliant architect who stands alone against the hostility of conventional architects and a society that prizes conformity over innovation. The theme, in Ayn Rand's words, is "individualism versus collectivism, not in politics, but in man's soul." The theme is embodied in Roark's conflicts with a socialist who schemes to destroy him; a media magnate whose trashy newspaper plays to the masses but, despite himself, becomes Roark's closest friend; and a beautiful woman who loves Roark but works to undermine him. In the course of the novel, Roark's interactions with these and other characters bring out the true nature of independence and of man's creative potential.The Pocket Guide to The Fountainhead, by The Atlas Society, is a thorough, quick, and easy-to-use readers' tool for fans and first-time readers alike. It includes a complete Description synopsis of the novel and an alphabetical guide to the novel's cast of characters. Whether you are reading the novel for the first time or the fifteenth, this Pocket Guide will help you stay abreast of all the twists and turns in Rand's epic portrayal of creators on strike.  Free Download Pocket Guide to Advanced Endoscopy in Gastroenterology by Adrian Săftoiu English | EPUB (True) | 2024 | 467 Pages | ISBN : 3031420756 | 110.2 MB The book offers a comprehensive and didactic overview of both advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy imaging techniques, with a clinical impact correspondent in major gastroenterology, hepatology, and pancreatology diseases. It includes state-of-the art techniques like endoscopic ultrasound and confocal laser endomicroscopy, as well as endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography.  Free Download Plunder?: How Museums Got Their Treasures by Justin M. Jacobs English | October 10, 2024 | ISBN: 1789149487 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 5.6 MB A provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft.  Free Download Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Integration Techniques by Sumedha Rajakaruna, Farhad Shahnia, Arindam Ghosh English | PDF (True) | 2015 | 355 Pages | ISBN : 9812872981 | 19.2 MB This book focuses on the state of the art in worldwide research on applying optimization approaches to intelligently control charging and discharging of batteries of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in smart grids. Network constraints, cost considerations, the number and penetration level of PEVs, utilization of PEVs by their owners, ancillary services, load forecasting, risk analysis, etc. are all different criteria considered by the researchers in developing mathematical based equations which represent the presence of PEVs in electric networks. Different objective functions can be defined and different optimization methods can be utilized to coordinate the performance of PEVs in smart grids. This book will be an excellent resource for anyone interested in grasping the current state of applying different optimization techniques and approaches that can manage the presence of PEVs in smart grids.  Free Download Plug In Electric Vehicles in Smart Grids: Charging Strategies by Sumedha Rajakaruna, Farhad Shahnia, Arindam Ghosh English | PDF (True) | 2015 | 329 Pages | ISBN : 9812873163 | 13.2 MB This book covers the recent research advancements in the area of charging strategies that can be employed to accommodate the anticipated high deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in smart grids. Recent literature has focused on various potential issues of uncoordinated charging of PEVs and methods of overcoming such challenges. After an introduction to charging coordination paradigms of PEVs, this book will present various ways the coordinated control can be accomplished. These innovative approaches include hierarchical coordinated control, model predictive control, optimal control strategies to minimize load variance, smart PEV load management based on load forecasting, integrating renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic arrays to supplement grid power, using wireless communication networks to coordinate the charging load of a smart grid and using market price of electricity and customers payment to coordinate the charging load. Hence, this book proposes many new strategies proposed recently by the researchers around the world to address the issues related to coordination of charging load of PEVs in a future smart grid.  Free Download Playing Hard: A Life and Death in Games, Sports, and Play by Peter Unwin English | February 15, 2025 | ISBN: 1770867775 | True EPUB | 198 pages | 4.5 MB Playing Hard is a tribute to the power of play in all its forms ― a searching personal account of how play, games, and sports sanctify life and give it meaning. In this moving and wide-ranging examination, Peter Unwin reflects on life and relationships through countless acts of play and the many unexpected places it is found.  Free Download Serenella Besio, "Play Development in Children With Disabilties" English | ISBN: 311052211X | 2017 | 240 pages | PDF | 1049 KB This book is the result of the first two-year work of Working Group 1 of the network "LUDI - Play for children with disabilities". LUDI is an Action (2014-2018) financed by COST; it is a multidisciplinary network of more than 30 countries and almost 100 researchers and practitioners belonging to the humanistic and technological fields to study the topic of play for children with disabilities within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (WHO, 2001).The principal objective of this book is to bring the LUDI contribution to the important topic of play in children with disabilities, because today an international consensus on the definition of play and disabilities is still lacking. The process of ensuring equity in the exercise of the right to play for children with disabilites requests three actions: to approach this topic through a "common language", at least all over Europe; to put play at the centre of the multidisciplinary research and intervention regarding the children with disabilities; to grant this topic the status of a scientific and social theme of full visibility and recognized authority. Children with disabilities face several limitations in play, due to several reasons: impairments; playgrounds, toys and other play tools that are not accessible and usable; environments and contexts that are not accessible nor inclusive; lack of educational awareness and intentionality; lack of specific psycho-pedagogical and rehabilitative competence; lack of effective intervention methodologies. Moreover, disabled children's lives are dominated by medical and rehabilitative practices in which play is always an activity aiming to reach an objective or to provoke an improvement; play for the sake of play is considered a waste of time. The concept of play for the sake of play strongly refers to the distinction between play activities and play-like activities. Play activities are initiated and carried out by the player (alone, with peers, with adults, etc.) for the only purpose of play itself (fun and joy, interest and challenge, love of race and competition, ilinx and dizziness, etc.). They have of course consequences on growth and development, but these consequences are not intentionally pursued. Play-like activities are initiated and conducted by an adult (with one or more children), in educational, clinical, social contexts; they are playful and pleasant, but their main objective is other than play: e.g., cognitive learning, social learning, functional rehabilitation, child's observation and assessment, psychological support, psychotherapy, etc. This book, then, contributes to a clear distinction between play and play-like activities that, hopefully, will bring to new developments in play studies.  Free Download Mauro Bonazzi, "Platonism: A Concise History from the Early Academy to Late Antiquity " English | ISBN: 1009253425 | 2023 | 216 pages | PDF | 2 MB The task of philosophy, the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once wrote, is to 'overturn Platonism'. This might be true, if only we could define what Platonism is. In this clear and accessible book Mauro Bonazzi provides the first comprehensive introduction to ancient Platonism. He begins his story with Plato's Academy before moving on to the sceptical turn which occurred during the Hellenistic centuries. He then explains the theologically oriented interpretation of Plato typical of Middle Platonists and concludes with the metaphysical systems of the Neoplatonists. Platonism has often been regarded as no more than a trivial repetition of the same doctrines. This book, however, demonstrates how the attempts of Platonists over the centuries to engage with Plato's thought constitute one of the most philosophically challenging moments in the history of ancient philosophy.  Free Download Mauro Bonazzi, "Platonism: A Concise History from the Early Academy to Late Antiquity " English | ISBN: 1009253425 | 2023 | 216 pages | EPUB | 4 MB The task of philosophy, the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once wrote, is to 'overturn Platonism'. This might be true, if only we could define what Platonism is. In this clear and accessible book Mauro Bonazzi provides the first comprehensive introduction to ancient Platonism. He begins his story with Plato's Academy before moving on to the sceptical turn which occurred during the Hellenistic centuries. He then explains the theologically oriented interpretation of Plato typical of Middle Platonists and concludes with the metaphysical systems of the Neoplatonists. Platonism has often been regarded as no more than a trivial repetition of the same doctrines. This book, however, demonstrates how the attempts of Platonists over the centuries to engage with Plato's thought constitute one of the most philosophically challenging moments in the history of ancient philosophy.  Free Download Plato's Theaetetus: Part I of The Being of the Beautiful by Plato, translated by Seth Benardete English | January 1, 1986 | ISBN: 0226670317 | True EPUB | 216 pages | 1.2 MB Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful, these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy. Each includes an introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive commentary that examines the trilogy's motifs and relationships. |
:
