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Free Download Barry Bergdoll, "European Architecture, 1750-1890"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0192842226 | PDF | pages: 340 | 31.3 mb
This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecture been tested so thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.

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English | December 24, 2016 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B018J00IFO | 116 pages | EPUB | 2.47 Mb
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Free Download Joachim Schliesingee, "Ethnic Groups of Laos, Vol. 3: Profile of Austro-Thai-Speaking Peoples"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 9744800372 | PDF | pages: 168 | 13.7 mb

Free Download Joachim Schliesinger, "Ethnic Groups of Laos: Introduction and Overview"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 9744800321 | PDF | pages: 181 | 9.6 mb
This contains reports of early French encounters with ethnic groups as well as more recent studies by professional anthropologists and linguists. The development of national classifications of ethnic groups by the Lao government is presented up to the latest census of 1995. All major ethnic groups are listed according to their languages. Finally, a short introduction to the history of the region as well as an overview of the environment, the agricultural economy, customs and practices of the diverse ethnic composition is outlined. Traditions and customs are portrayed by 169 color illustrations.

Free Download Joachim Schliesinger, "Ethnic Groups of Cambodia, Volume 3: Profile of the Austro-Thai-and Sinitic-Speaking Peoples"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 9744801794 | PDF | pages: 197 | 5.8 mb
Ethnic Groups of Cambodia-Profile of Austro-Thai and Sinitic-Speaking Peoples is the final volume of a comprehensive three-volume work that provides a detailed account of the ethnic groups of Cambodia. All three volumes are lavishly illustrated in color and contain relevant references. This volume presents each of the three Austronesian- and 10 Tai speaking groups as well as the Chinese people. For each group there is an outline history and descriptions of costumes, crafts, housing, agriculture, society, economy and beliefs. The daily life of these people is revealed in 97 color illustrations. Further, this volume provides a comprehensive bibliography on ethnic matters that is relevant to all three volumes.

Free Download Eternal Vigilance?: 50 years of the CIA By Christopher Andrew (editor), Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (editor)
1997 | 254 Pages | ISBN: 0714643602 | PDF | 5 MB
Eternal Vigilance? seeks to offer reinterpretations of some of the major established themes in CIA history such as its origins, foundations, its treatment of the Soviet threat, the Iranian revolution and the accountability of the agency. The book also opens new areas of research such as foreign liaison, relations with the scientific community, use of scientific and technical research and economic intelligence. The articles are both by well-known scholars in the field and young researchers at the beginning of their academic careers. Contributors come almost equally from both sides of the Atlantic. All draw, to varying degrees, on recently declassified documents and newly-available archives and, as the final chapter seeks to show, all point the way to future research.

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3662667347 | 869 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 48 MB
The 2nd edition of the successful book also summarises the factual knowledge of visceral surgery in a condensed, keyword-like form. It is suitable for preparation for the specialist examination as well as for quick reference in everyday clinical practice.

Free Download Poonam Bala, "Epidemic Encounters, Communities, and Practices in the Colonial World"
English | ISBN: 1793651221 | 2023 | 380 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The essays in this volume examine the nature and extent of disease on indigenous communities and local populations located within the vast regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans as a result of colonial sea power and colonial conquest. While this established a long-term impact of disease on populations, the essays also offer insights into the dynamics of these populations in resisting colonial intrusions and introduction of disease to newly-acquired territories.

Free Download Environmental Protection and Disaster Risks: Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Protection and Disaster Risks and 10th Annual CMDR COE Conference on Crisis Management and Disaster Response by Nina Dobrinkova, Orlin Nikolov
English | PDF | 2023 | 376 Pages | ISBN : 3031267532 | 114.28 MB
This book presents topics that are challenging fields that scientific world is trying to address as much as it can. Earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts, blizzards, dust storms, natural releases of toxic gases and liquids, diseases, and other environmental variations affect hundreds of millions of people each year. Many disaster events are triggered by human activities. Dealing with these problems will require systems thinking and integrating multidisciplinary science. Actions in these directions are taken more and more in the recent years by political bodies, NGOs, and scientific groups trying to find sustainable solutions for the future generations. Every point of view matters when it comes to our global home-The Planet Earth.

Free Download Entangled World: The Fascination of Quantum Information and Computation by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Audretsch
English | PDF | 2004 | 308 Pages | ISBN : 3527404708 | 24.2 MB
In the quantum world, a particle can behave like a wave and accordingly seems to be in two places at the same time. This of course is contradictory to our daily experiences with classical particles. How then should this be understood? What happens in the transitional area between the classical world and quantum mechanics? The present book answers exciting questions like these in a way that is easy to follow and to understand and is shows that the link between these two worlds will have concrete and applied effects on our daily life in the near future. It will, for example, improve and change the conventional methods of information processing. With the help of quantum cryptography, it will be possible to communicate tap-proof. Using quantum computers we will be able to solve highly complicated problems in a very short time.