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![]() Ian Goldin, "The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do about It" English | ISBN: 0691154708 | 2014 | 320 pages | MOBI | 7 MB How to better manage systemic risks―from cyber attacks and pandemics to financial crises and climate change―in a globalized world ![]() Thomas Nathan Patton, "The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism" English | ISBN: 0231187602 | 2018 | 240 pages | MOBI | 60 MB Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era. ![]() Ludvig Beckman, "The Boundaries of Democracy" English | ISBN: 1032418109 | 2023 | 166 pages | AZW3 | 0,4 MB This book provides a general theory of democratic inclusion for the present world. It presents an original contribution to our understanding of the democratic ideal by explaining how democratic inclusion can apply to individuals in a variety of contexts: the workplace, social clubs, religious institutions, the family, and, of course, the state. The book explores the problem of democratic inclusion, what it means to be subject to de facto authority, how this conception translates into legal systems, and the relationship between territorial claims by the state, and law's claim to legitimate authority. ![]() The Book of 555 Timer Projects: Over 45 Builds for the Legendary 555 Chip English | 2024 | ISBN: 3895766243 | 454 pages | True PDF | 27.54 MB The 555 timer IC, originally introduced by the Signetics Corporation around 1971, is sure to rank high among the most popular analog integrated circuits ever produced. Originally called the IC Time Machine, this chip has been used in many timer-related projects by countless people over decades. This book is all about designing projects based on the 555 timer IC. Over 45 fully tested and documented projects are presented. All projects have been fully tested by the author by constructing them individually on a breadboard. You are not expected to have any programming experiences for constructing or using the projects given in the book. However, it's definitely useful to have some knowledge of basic electronics and the use of a breadboard for constructing and testing electronic circuits. Some of the projects in the book are ![]() Erin Mainord, "The Blood That Binds US" English | ASIN : B0BTRP5SWF | 2023 | 402 pages | MOBI | 655 KB She is the wielder of blood magic, ![]() The Bitter Fight to Free Italy by Dennis Neil, John Neil English | 2025 | ISBN: 9781036128623 | 279 pages | True epub | 5 MB ![]() McMeekin, "The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power" English | ISBN: 0674064321 | 2012 | 480 pages | MOBI | 3 MB The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War, but few know the full story of how war actually came to the region. As Sean McMeekin reveals in this startling reinterpretation of the war, it was neither the British nor the French but rather a small clique of Germans and Turks who thrust the Islamic world into the conflict for their own political, economic, and military ends. ![]() The Berlin Tunnel: Listening to the Cold War Espionage, Engineering, and the Echoes of Division (Most Interesting History - Outside the Text Book) by Old Europe Press English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GJDJ32WH | 54 pages | pdf | 35 MB ![]() The Battle of the Arctic : The Epic Maritime Campaign and Naval Military History of World War II by Christopher Howard English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GKQTTS21 | 122 Pages | PDF | 86 MB ![]() The Battle of Kohima: The Brutal World War II Turning Point on the Road to Burma (Forgotten Battles) by Jack Whitaker English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GKPQSV8W | 140 Pages | PDF | 93 MB |