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 S. I. Strong, "Transforming Religious Liberties: A New Theory of Religious Rights for National and International Legal Systems" English | ISBN: 1107179335 | 2017 | 374 pages | PDF | 3 MB Religious liberties are at the centre of many debates on how liberal democratic societies can accommodate diversity. This book considers the interaction between law and religion from a broad international, comparative and jurisprudential perspective and proposes a new theoretical approach to religious liberty that both transcends and transforms current approaches to religious rights. Not only does the discussion draw on the work of a range of legal and political philosophers including John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin and John Finnis, it also tests the validity of the various proposals against actual 'hard cases' derived from multiple jurisdictions. In so doing, the analysis overcomes longstanding challenges to existing religious rights regimes and identifies a new theoretical paradigm that specifically addresses the challenges associated with religiously pluralist societies. Through this type of interdisciplinary analysis, the book identifies a religio-legal system that both religious and non-religious people can support.  Joerg Ruetschi, "Transforming Financial Institutions: Value Creation through Technology Innovation and Operational Change " English | ISBN: 1119858836 | 2022 | 304 pages | MOBI | 5 MB Transform your financial organisation's formula for value creation with this insightful and strategic approach  Thich Nhat Hanh, "Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness" English | ISBN: 1888375620 | 2002 | 152 pages | MOBI | 236 KB The teachings contained in this The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness are fundamental to the practice of meditation, and constitute the foundation of all mindfulness practice.  Erik Seedhouse, "Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide " English | ISBN: 3319050370 | 2014 | 305 pages | EPUB | 6 MB Forget Hawaii or the Mediterranean. Soon - very soon - you'll be able to add a much more exotic stamp to your passport: space. How will you get there, what will the trip be like and how much training will you need? All you need to know is right here in this guide. Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide supplies all the advice and information you need to make your spaceflight the most rewarding experience of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from training, equipment, safety and in-flight procedures to techniques for avoiding space motion sickness and bone demineralization. You'll also find: * Advice on choosing your training agency * Techniques for minimizing the risk of space motion sickness * Information you need to prepare for your medical examination, training and flight * Tips on activities near your training location and much more.  Edward Kionka, "Torts in a Nutshell" English | ISBN: 1684673267 | 2020 | 635 pages | EPUB | 414 KB A clear, concise, current, and authoritative explanation of all of the most important U.S. tort law doctrines, including those covered in first-year torts courses in law schools. Coverage includes tort law origins and objectives; causation; strict liability; negligence liability and defenses; intentional tort liability and defenses; special liability rules (premises liability, products liability, employers, etc.); damages; tort and contract; immunities; wrongful death and survival; defamation; privacy; misrepresentation.  Timo Miettinen, "Time of Democracy: History, Memory, and the Politics of the Future" English | ISBN: 1041228481 | 2026 | 216 pages | PDF | 2 MB In Time of Democracy, Timo Miettinen takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of democratic ideas, showing how our political systems are deeply shaped by the way we understand the past, imagine the future, and live in the present.  Ethan Mills, "Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa " English | ISBN: 1498555691 | 2018 | 254 pages | AZW3 | 1055 KB Beginning with the earliest strata of Indian philosophy, this book uncovers a distinct tradition of skepticism in Indian philosophy through a study of the "three pillars" of Indian skepticism near the beginning, middle, and end of the classical era: Nagarjuna (c. 150-200 CE), Jayarasi (c. 770-830 CE), and Sri Har?a (c. 1125-1180 CE). Moving beyond the traditional school model of understanding the history of Indian philosophy, this book argues that the philosophical history of India contains a tradition of skepticism about philosophy represented most clearly by three figures coming from different schools but utilizing similar methods: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Har?a. This book argues that there is a category of skepticism often overlooked by philosophers today: skepticism about philosophy, varieties of which are found not only in classical India but also in the Western tradition in Pyrrhonian skepticism. Skepticism about philosophy consists of intellectual therapies for those afflicted by the quest for dogmatic beliefs. The book begins with the roots of this type of skepticism in ancient India in the ?g Veda, Upani?ads, and early Buddhist texts. Then there are two chapters on each of the three major figures: one chapter giving each philosopher's overall aims and methods and a second demonstrating how each philosopher applies these methods to specific philosophical issues. The conclusion shows how the history of Indian skepticism might help to answer philosophy's detractors today: while skeptics demonstrate that we should be modest about philosophy's ability to produce firm answers, philosophy nonetheless has other uses such as cultivating critical thinking skills and lessening dogmatism. This book is situated within a larger project of expanding the history of philosophy. Just as the history of Western philosophy ought to inform contemporary philosophy, so should expanding the history of philosophy to include classical India illuminate understandings of philosophy today: its value, limits, and what it can do for us in the 21st century.  Michael Pastore, "Thoreau Bound: A Utopian Romance in the Isles of Greece" English | ISBN: 0927379686 | 2011 | 544 pages | EPUB | 725 KB Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Brave New World (1932) depicts a futuristic society where politicians utilize technology to deceive their citizens so that they "love their servitude". In a Foreword to a reprint of the novel (written in 1951) Huxley claims that the biggest flaw in his story is that a protagonist ("the Savage") is given only two alternatives. Huxley writes: "If I were now to rewrite the book, I would offer the Savage a third alternative ... in a community of exiles and refugees from the Brave New World."The comic novel Thoreau Bound might be the third alternative - between the technological utopians and the computer-smashing neo-Luddites - that Huxley had in mind.O. Thoreau has more problems than Casanova. Like his ancestor Henry David, he is pummeled by the mass-culture that substitutes an artificial life for a real one, and deadens his creative genius. To find his authentic self he needs solitude - yet everywhere he wanders women flutter and fall around him like October leaves. With 50 books in his backpack and 100 bucks in his pocket, the wanderlusting Thoreau saunters through the heart of modern Greece. Here he encounters a dozen extraordinary women and men, each one who has left the beaten path to search for a more glorious existence. In the middle of his exotic journey, Thoreau discovers a hilarious Utopia, a community of liberated women - women wise, wonderful and wild. In this endangered paradise, healthy sexuality is celebrated, the natural world is treasured, work is play, creativity is nurtured, and the hearts of every individual flourish with laughter and genuine Love.Thoreau Bound explores the problems and themes of love, eros, Utopia, and the search for an authentic and meaningful life. The era of Don Juans and the exploitation of women is ending; a new model of human relationships is about to dawn. In the utopias of the future, women and men will relate as equal partners, nourishing each other with the utmost passion, compassion, and sincerity.  Aliza Kelly, "This Is Your Destiny: Using Astrology to Manifest Your Best Life" English | ISBN: 1250763142 | 2021 | 272 pages | MOBI | 5 MB Your best life is written in the stars  Allan J. Lichtman, "Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy after Trump" English | ISBN: 1538156512 | 2021 | 224 pages | MOBI | 403 KB For a clear-eyed look at the state of US democracy, read the book by Allan Lichtman that Foreword says "takes a welcome nonpartisan, straightforward approach" |
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