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Free Download Farida Jalalzai, "Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties?"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1138782718, 113878270X | EPUB | pages: 240 | 1.2 mb
Women are gaining ground as presidents of Latin America. Women leaders in presidential systems (particularly women directly elected by the public) were generally limited to daughters and wives of male executives or opposition leaders. With the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile, these traditional patterns appeared to be shifting. This book asks: what conditions allowed for a broadening of routes, beyond family ties, for women in Latin America? Do women presidents of Latin America use their powers to enhance women's representation?

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Free Download Who HQ, John Hinderliter, "Where Is Mount Rushmore?"
English | 2015 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 0448483564, 0606365893 | EPUB | 46,2 mb
It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet Mount Rushmore now draws almost three million visitors to the Black Hills every year. This is an entertaining chronicle of one man's magnificent obsession, which even today sparks controversy.

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Free Download Arthur L. Stinchcombe, "When Formality Works: Authority and Abstraction in Law and Organizations"
English | 2001 | pages: 220 | ISBN: 0226774961, 0226774953 | PDF | 8,5 mb
In this innovative exploration of the concept of formality, or governing by abstraction, Arthur Stinchcombe breathes new life into an idea that scholars have all but ignored in recent years.

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Free Download Who HQ, Dede Putra, "What Were the Salem Witch Trials?"
English | 2015 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 0448479052, 0606367616 | EPUB | 32,6 mb
Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.

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Free Download Who HQ, John Mantha, "What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?"
English | 2013 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 0448462869, 0448465752 | EPUB | 110,5 mb
"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.

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Free Download Robin Koontz, John Hinderliter, "What Was Hurricane Katrina?"
English | 2015 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 0448486628, 0606367624 | EPUB | 66,7 mb
On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful storm from start to finish, from rescue efforts large and small to storm survivors' tales of triumph.

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Free Download Web Development with Blazor: A practical guide to start building interactive UIs with C# 11 and .NET 7, 2nd Edition by Jimmy Engstrom, Jeff Fritz
English | March 16, 2023 | ISBN: 1803241497 | 360 pages | MOBI | 2.70 Mb
Develop modern web UIs with Blazor Server and Blazor WebAssembly

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Free Download Azyumardi Azra, Van Kees Dijk, J. G. Nico Kaptein, "Varieties of Religious Authority: Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam"
English | 2010 | pages: 230 | ISBN: 9812309403 | PDF | 7,8 mb
The twentieth century was a fascinating period of profound political, social and economic changes in Indonesia. These changes contributed to the diversification of the religious landscape and as a result, religious authority was redistributed over an increasing number of actors. Although many Muslims in Indonesia continued to regard the ulama, the traditional religious scholars, as the principle source of religious guidance, religious authority has become more diffused and differentiated over time. The present book consists of contributions which all deal with the multi-facetted and multidimensional topic of religious authority and aim to complement each other. Most papers deal with Indonesia, but two dealing with other countries have been included in order to add a comparative dimension. Amongst the topics dealt with are the different and changing roles of the ulama, the rise and role of Muslim organizations, developments within Islamic education, like the madrasa, and the spread of Salafi ideas in contemporary Indonesia.

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Free Download Vagrant CookBook: A practical guide to Vagrant
English | 2017 | ISBN: n/a | 128 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 0.8 MB
How many times did you hear the sentence "it works on my machine"? With Vagrant, this excuse won't cut anymore. Your environments will be exactly the way you want them to be, targeting specific projects for different needs. Portable, disposable and reproducible. As easy as cloning a repository and running "vagrant up".

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Free Download Yap Kioe Sheng, Moe Thuzar, "Urbanization in Southeast Asia: Issues and Impacts"
English | 2012 | pages: 403 | ISBN: 9814380024 | PDF | 8,8 mb
Urbanization occurs in tandem with development. Countries in Southeast Asia need to build - individually and collectively - the capacity of their cities and towns to promote economic growth and development, to make urban development more sustainable, to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and to ensure that all groups in society share in the development. This book is a result of a series of regional discussions by experts and practitioners involved in the urban and planning of their countries. It highlights urbanization issues that have implications for regional - including ASEAN - cooperation, and provides practical recommendations for policymakers. It is a first step towards assisting governments in the region to take advantage of existing collaborative partnerships to address the urban transformation that Southeast Asia is experiencing today.

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