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 Lary M. Dilsaver, "America's National Park System: The Critical Documents" English | ISBN: 1442256826 | 2016 | 506 pages | MOBI | 1418 KB Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; Park Service self-evaluations; and outside studies by a range of scientists, conservation organizations, private groups, and businesses. A new appendix includes summaries of pivotal court cases that have further interpreted the Park Service mission.  David Barton, "America's Godly Heritage" English | ISBN: 0925279293 | 1993 | 64 pages | MOBI | 2 MB America's Godly Heritage clearly sets forth the beliefs of many famous Founding Fathers concerning the proper role of Christian principles in education, government, and the public affairs of the nation. The beliefs of Founders such as Patrick Henry, John Quincy Adams, John Jay, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Mason, and many others are clearly presented. America's Godly Heritage also provides excerpts from court cases showing that for 160 years under the Constitution, Christian principles were officially and legally inseparable from American public life. The DVD by the same title graphically displays statistics showing what has happened to America since the courts have begun rejecting the Founders' beliefs. This book is an excellent primer for those who want to know more about what was intended for America by the Founders and what can be done to return America to its original guiding philosophy. It's ideal to share with home gatherings, church groups, and Sunday school classes, or to use as a history supplement for children or schools.  Robert David Johnson, "All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election" English | ISBN: 0521425956 | 2009 | 324 pages | PDF | 18 MB All the Way with LBJ mines an extraordinarily rich but underutilized source - the full range of LBJ tapes - to analyze the 1964 presidential campaign and the political culture of the mid-1960s. The president achieved a smashing victory over a divided Republican Party, which initially considered Henry Cabot Lodge II, then U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, before nominating Barry Goldwater, who used many of the themes that later worked for Republicans - a Southern strategy, portraying the Democrats as soft on defense, raising issues such as crime and personal ethics. Johnson countered with what he called a "frontlash" strategy, appealing to moderate and liberal GOP suburbanites, but he failed to create a new, permanent Democratic majority for the post-civil rights era. The work's themes - the impact of race on the political process, the question of politicians' personal and political ethics, and the tensions between politics and public policy - continue to resonate.  Simon Garfield, "All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia - From Ancient Greece to Wikipedia: Reveal" English | ISBN: 0063292270 | 2023 | 400 pages | AZW3 | 15 MB From the "deliriously clever" (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.  Peng Shepherd, "All This and More: A Novel" English | ISBN: 0063278979 | 2024 | 512 pages | MOBI | 1248 KB From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she's ever made... and how far she'll go to find her elusive "happily ever after." But there's a twist: the reader gets to decide what she does next to change her fate.  Haley Fox, "Alice's Tea Cup: Delectable Recipes for Scones, Cakes, Sandwiches, and More from New York's Most Whimsical Tea Spot" English | ISBN: 0061964921 | 2010 | 240 pages | MOBI | 5 MB Restaurateurs Haley Fox and Lauren Fox share more than 80 recipes for scones, cakes, sandwiches, and more from their charming and wildly popular Alice's Tea Cup restaurants in New York City. In Alice's Tea Cup, the Fox sisters tickle the taste buds with sweets, baked goods, and savories while divulging the unique tea-making and enjoying philosophy that has made their whimsical Manhattan tea spots favored destinations for locals and tourists alike.  Sam Milner, "Air Fryer Easy Everyday: 140 super-simple, delicious recipes " English | ISBN: 0711298149 | 2024 | 224 pages | AZW3 | 22 MB From the expert creators of Sunday Times Bestseller The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook, this is the ultimate solution to busy mealtimes, featuring 140 simple, straightforward air fryer recipes.  Stefan Berger, "Agonistic Memory and the Legacy of 20th Century Wars in Europe " English | ISBN: 303086054X | 2022 | 277 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB This book discusses the merits of the theory of agonistic memory in relation to the memory of war. After explaining the theory in detail it provides two case studies, one on war museums in contemporary Europe and one on mass graves exhumations, which both focus on analyzing to what extent these memory sites produce different regimes of memory. Furthermore, the book provides insights into the making of an agonistic exhibition at the Ruhr Museum in Essen, Germany. It also analyses audience reaction to a theatre play scripted and performed by the Spanish theatre company Micomicion that was supposed to put agonism on stage. There is also an analysis of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) designed and delivered on the theory of agonistic memory and its impact on the memory of war. Finally, the book provides a personal review of the history, problems and accomplishments of the theory of agonistic memory by the two editors of the volume.  Eduardo Araral, "Agency Theory in Public Administration: A Comparative Study of the US, China, and EU " English | ISBN: 1009704249 | 2026 | 75 pages | PDF | 3 MB This Element advances an agency-theoretic approach to public administration through comparative analysis of the United States, China, and EU. It examines how principals - such as legislatures, executives, or ruling parties - can align the actions of diverse agents, including civil servants, public agencies, street-level bureaucrats, and contractors, with the public interest. Drawing on an extensive review of 146 key studies and AI-assisted analysis of 8,400 articles from Public Administration Review, Part I outlines fundamental concepts: goal divergence, moral hazard, adverse selection, and information asymmetry and traces its history, debates, and criticisms. These concepts are then applied to key themes in public administration - performance management, federalism/decentralization, contracting, politics-administration, and institutional drift. Part II investigates how these problems manifest and tackled in the US, China, and Europe. Part III concludes with a synthesis of findings, debates, extensions, and future directions for theory and practice.  John Nichol, "After the Flood: What the Dambusters Did Next" English | ISBN: 0008100314 | 2015 | 384 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB After the famous dams raid, thousands of equally daring missions were flown in WWII by 617 Squadron. Find out about them here, from former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol. |
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