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 Thomas Keneally, "Australians: Origins to Eureka" English | ISBN: 1741750695 | 2010 | 628 pages | MOBI | 5 MB The outstanding first volume of acclaimed author Thomas Keneally's major new three-volume history of Australia brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed Australia's national story Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekersit is from their lives and their stories that Tom Keneally has woven a vibrant history to do full justice to the rich and colorful nature of Australia's unique national character. The story begins by looking at European occupation through Aboriginal eyes, moving between the city slums and rural hovels of 18th-century Britain and the shores of Port Jackson. Readers spend time on the low-roofed convict decks of transports and see the bewilderment of the Eora people as they see the first ships of turaga, or "ghost people." They follow the daily round of Bennelong and his wife Barangaroo and the tribulations of warrior Windradyne. Convicts like Solomon Wiseman and John Wilson find their feet and even fortune, while Henry Parkes' arrival as a penniless immigrant gives few clues to the national statesman he was to become. Chinese diggers trek to the goldfields, and revolutionaries like Italian Raffaello Carboni and black American John Joseph bring readers the drama of the Eureka uprising. Tom Keneally has brought to life the high and the low, the convict and the free of early Australian society. This is truly a new history of Australia, by an author of outstanding literary skill and experience, whose own humanity permeates every page.  Miklos Nyiszli, "Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account" English | ISBN: 161145011X | 2011 | 240 pages | MOBI | 360 KB A New York Times bestseller. The memoir of a Jewish doctor forced to assist Josef Mengele. Shocking and important.  Lex Bayer, "Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart: Rewriting the Ten Commandments for the Twenty-first Century" English | ISBN: 1442236795 | 2014 | 188 pages | MOBI | 688 KB Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart asks an essential question for the 45 million Americans who self-identify as nonreligious: "So, you don't believe in God; now what?" This question is increasingly important, as one-third of young adults under the age of thirty consider themselves nonreligious. With a scientific eye and an empathetic heart, the authors turn conventional perceptions about atheism on their head. They show that atheism need not be reactionary (against religion and God), but rather that it can offer a clear set of constructive principles to live by, which establish atheism as a positive worldview. Following a philosophical approach grounded in logic and evidence, Bayer and Figdor take readers on an inspiring journey to discover how to live a reasonable, ethical, and happy life without God. The readers are engaged at every step, encouraged to self-reflect and ultimately uncover their own set of personal beliefs.  Casey Nelson Blake, "At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century" English | ISBN: 1442226757 | 2019 | 358 pages | AZW3 | 5 MB At a time when American political and cultural leaders asserted that the nation stood at "the center of world awareness," thinkers and artists sought to understand and secure principles that lay at the center of things. From the onset of the Cold War in 1948 through 1963, they asked: What defined the essential character of "American culture"? Could permanent moral standards guide human conduct amid the flux and horrors of history? In what ways did a stable self emerge through the life cycle? Could scientific method rescue truth from error, illusion, and myth? Are there key elements to democracy, to the integrity of a society, to order in the world? Answers to such questions promised intellectual and moral stability in an age haunted by the memory of world war and the possibility of future devastation on an even greater scale. Yet other key figures rejected the search for a center, asserting that freedom lay in the dispersion of cultural energies and the plurality of American experiences. In probing the centering impulse of the era, At the Center offers a unique perspective on the United States at the pinnacle of its power.  Andrew Davison, "Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine " English | ISBN: 1009303163 | 2024 | 422 pages | PDF | 4 MB In recent decades, powerful telescopes have enabled astrophysicists to uncover startling new worlds and solar systems. An epochal moment came in 1995, when a planet - 51 Pegasi b - was located orbiting a star other than our own sun. Since then, thousands of new planets have followed, and the question of life beyond earth has become one of the principal topics in discussions between science and religion. Attention to this topic has a long history in Christian theology, but has rarely been pursued at any depth. Writing with both passion and precision, Andrew Davison brings his extensive knowledge of Christian thought to bear, drawing particularly on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, as well as his training as a scientist. No book to date better prepares the Christian community for responding to evidence of other life, if it is found. And yet, we do not need to wait for that to have happened before this book shows its worth. In thinking about planets, creatures, and ecosystems beyond our planet, Davison already reinvigorates our theology for the earth.  Scott Meredith, "Astral Advice Animal: The Insider's Reincarnation Playbook" English | ISBN: 1499574371 | 2014 | 120 pages | PDF | 2 MB WHO YOU GONNA CALL?  Helen Jacobs, "Asking for a Friend: Answers from the Universe to Life's Big Questions" English | ISBN: 191166820X | 2021 | 280 pages | AZW3 | 537 KB Guidance of the highest calibre for every burning question you ever had. I loved this book!' - Jordanna Levin, internationally bestselling author of Make It Happen  Helen Jacobs, "Asking for a Friend: Answers from the Universe to Life's Big Questions" English | ISBN: 191166820X | 2021 | 280 pages | MOBI | 354 KB Guidance of the highest calibre for every burning question you ever had. I loved this book!' - Jordanna Levin, internationally bestselling author of Make It Happen  Patricia Tanumihardja, "Asian Pickles at Home: 75 Easy Recipes for Quick, Fermented, and Canned Pickles" English | ISBN: 1647390745 | 2020 | 174 pages | MOBI | 12 MB Easy recipes for making pickles and fermented foods from all over Asia  Jeff Heaton, "Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 2: Nature-Inspired Algorithms" English | ISBN: 1499720572 | 2014 | 242 pages | MOBI | 4 MB Nature can be a great source of inspiration for artificial intelligence algorithms because its technology is considerably more advanced than our own. Among its wonders are strong AI, nanotechnology, and advanced robotics. Nature can therefore serve as a guide for real-life problem solving. In this book, you will encounter algorithms influenced by ants, bees, genomes, birds, and cells that provide practical methods for many types of AI situations. Although nature is the muse behind the methods, we are not duplicating its exact processes. The complex behaviors in nature merely provide inspiration in our quest to gain new insights about data. Artificial Intelligence for Humans is a book series meant to teach AI to those readers who lack an extensive mathematical background. The reader only needs knowledge of basic college algebra and computer programming. Additional topics are thoroughly explained. Every chapter also includes a programming example. Examples are currently provided in Java, C#, and Python. Other languages are planned. No knowledge of biology is needed to read this book. With a forward by Dave Snell. |
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