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 Zoran Živković, "First Contact and Time Travel: Selected Essays and Short Stories" English | ISBN: 3319905503 | 2018 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 888 KB This volume collects both essays and fictional material around two core topics in the long career of the Serbian writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. The first topic - first contact - is chiefly represented by his comprehensive essay on "The Theme of First Contact in the SF Works of Arthur C. Clarke" and reflected on the literary level with his short stories "The Bookshop" and "The Puzzle". Two shorter essays on the second topic - time travel in SF literature - introduce, amongst others, the well-known and fascinating mosaic novel Time Gifts, which skillfully explores the more literary side of the notions of past, present and future. In the annotations the author provides insights into his take on the subjects presented.  Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster by Jacob Soboroff English | January 6th, 2026 | ISBN: 0063467968 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 7.26 MB "Gripping, unshakeable firsthand account. . . . Riveting." -San Francisco Chronicle  Fire for Effect by John F. Calder English | 2025 | ISBN: 9781636245997 | 304 pages | True epub | 8 MB  Khameel Bayo Mustapha, "Finite Element Computations in Mechanics with R: A Problem-Centered Programming Approach" English | ISBN: 113850162X | 2018 | 368 pages | MOBI | 5 MB Finite Element Computations in Mechanics with R: A Problem-Centred Programming Approach provides introductory coverage of the finite element method (FEM) with the R programming language, emphasizing links between theory and implementation of FEM for problems in engineering mechanics. Useful for students, practicing engineers, and researchers, the text presents the R programming as a convenient easy-to-learn tool for analyzing models of mechanical systems, with finite element routines for structural, thermal, and dynamic analyses of mechanical systems. Full-color graphics are used throughout the text.  Darrel Bristow-Bovey, "Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End" English | ISBN: 1915563003 | 2024 | 272 pages | AZW3 | 575 KB 'Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvelous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.' MICK HERRON, author, Slow Horses  Financial Data Engineering with Python: Market, Accounting, and Forecasting Pipeline Design by James Preston English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GM28Z3P4 | 402 Pages | PDF | 216 MB  Madeleine Fairbairn, "Fields of Gold: Financing the Global Land Rush " English | ISBN: 1501750089 | 2020 | 234 pages | MOBI | 2 MB Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice.  Madeleine Fairbairn, "Fields of Gold: Financing the Global Land Rush " English | ISBN: 1501750089 | 2020 | 234 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice.  Desmond McNeill, "Fetishism and the Theory of Value: Reassessing Marx in the 21st Century " English | ISBN: 3030561224 | 2021 | 341 pages | AZW3 | 805 KB This book demonstrates the continuing relevance of Marx's critique of the capitalist system, in which value is simply equated with market price. It includes chapters specifically on the environment and financialisation, and presents Marx's qualitative theory of value and the associated concept of fetishism in a clear and comprehensive manner. Section I demonstrates how fetishism developed in Marx's writing from a journalistic metaphor to an analytical device central to his critique. In Section II, commodity fetishism is distinguished from other forms: of money, capital and interest-bearing capital. There follows an analysis of Marx's complex attempt to distinguish his argument from that of Ricardo, and Samuel Bailey. The section ends with a discussion of the ontological status of value: as a social rather than a natural phenomenon. Section III considers the merits of understanding value by analogy with language, and critically assesses the merits of structural Marxism. Section IV challenges Marx's emphasis solely on production, and considers also exchange and consumption as social relations. Section V critically assesses recent Marx-inspired literature relating to the two key crises of our time, finance and the environment, and identifies strong similarities between the key analytical questions that have been debated in each case.  Ferns: Lessons in Survival From Earth's Most Adaptable Plants by Fay-Wei Li, Jacob S. Suissa English | January 30th, 2026 | ISBN: 1958417858 | 192 pages | True EPUB | 34.40 MB Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, and their science is both complex and beautiful. Among our most ancient plants, they have a unique way of reproducing, and their story reveals much about our planet's evolution. Ferns tells a remarkable science story by tracing their origins to over 350 million years ago. It explores how ferns migrated from seat to land, how they sought light and interacted within ecosystems, how they survived mass extinctions, and what their ability to adapt can tell us about our warming Earth. |
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