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J. Cameron Monroe, "The Precolonial State in West Africa: Building Power in Dahomey"
English | ISBN: 1107040183 | 2014 | 279 pages | PDF | 30 MB
This volume incorporates historical, ethnographic, art historical, and archaeological sources to examine the relationship between the production of space and political order in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey during the tumultuous Atlantic Era. Dahomey, situated in the modern Republic of Bénin, emerged in this period as one of the principle agents in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and an exemplar of West African state formation. Drawing from eight years of ethnohistorical and archaeological fieldwork in the Republic of Bénin, the central thesis of this volume is that Dahomean kings used spatial tactics to project power and mitigate dissent across their territories. J. Cameron Monroe argues that these tactics enabled kings to economically exploit their subjects, and to promote a sense of the historical and natural inevitability of royal power.

The Port Chicago Disaster: The History of America's Deadliest Homeland Incident during World War II by Charles River Editors
English | April 8, 2015 | ISBN: 1511633611 | 55 pages | EPUB | 1.64 Mb
*Includes pictures

Laurel Elder, "The Politics of Parenthood: Causes and Consequences of the Politicization and Polarization of the American Family"
English | ISBN: 1438443951 | 2012 | 182 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Traces the rising emphasis on parenthood in contemporary American politics.

The Political Economy of Intra-BRICS Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030973964 | 385 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 8 MB
This book uses the idea of internal cohesion through intra-BRICS cooperation to make the argument that the next phase in the evolution of BRICS is to strengthen cooperation among BRICS countries in the implementation of decisions taken. There is a risk that what the BRICS promises and what it represents both in the eyes of its friends and foes might not materialise in the absence of central institutions. So, the book calls for the deepening intra-BRICS cooperation across all policy areas where there are already undertakings could help mitigate this risk.

Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, "The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0228006740, 0228006732 | 352 pages | EPUB | 2.6 MB
Over the past decade, cities have come into closer contact and conflict with new technologies. From reactive policymaking in response to platform economy firms to proactive policymaking in an effort to develop into smart cities, urban governance is transforming at an unprecedented speed and scale. Innovative technologies promise a brave new world of convenience and cost effectiveness - powered by cameras that monitor our movements, sensors that line our streets, and algorithms that determine our resource allocation - but at what cost? Exploring the relationship between technology and cities, this book brings together an outstanding group of authors in the field to provide a critical and necessary examination of the disruption that is under way. They look at how cities should understand and regulate novel technologies, what can be learned from proposed and failed smart city projects, and how innovative economies change the structure of cities themselves. Contributors dig deeply into these and similar subjects, contributing their voices to an important dialogue on the future of urban policy and governance. The first collection of its kind, this groundbreaking volume brings together social, economic, and cultural insights to enhance our understanding of the ongoing technological upheaval in cities around the world.

The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030969347 | 946 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 43 MB
Operations Research (OR) is a fast-evolving field, which is having a significant impact on its neighbouring disciplines of Business Analytics and Data Science, and on contemporary business and management practices. This handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting edge collection of studies in the area.

The Palgrave Handbook of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management By Gyöngyi Kovács, Karen Spens, Mohammad Moshtari
English | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 759 Pages | ISBN : 113759098X | 19.7 MB
Focusing on the specific challenges of research design and exploring the opportunities of conducting research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, this handbook is a significant contribution to future research.

The Off-Modern (International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics) by Svetlana Boym
English | June 15, 2017 | ISBN: 1501328980, 1501328972 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 12 MB
Svetlana Boym writes a new genealogy of modernity, moving beyond older debates between modernism and postmodernism to focus on the intersection of art, architecture, technology, and philosophy in the early twenty-first century. Drawing on theories of Georg Simmel, Henri Bergson, Aby Warburg, and Jacques Derrida, Boym presents the off-modern as an eccentric, self-questioning, anti-authoritarian perspective with roots in the Russian avant-garde, now developed in surprising ways by contemporary artists, architects, and curators around the world.

The Negroni : A Love Affair with a Classic Cocktail
by Matt Hranek
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1579659640 | 160 Pages | True PDF | 21.6 MB

The Met Louise Bourgeois: She Saw the World as a Textured Tapestry (What the Artist Saw) by Amy Guglielmo
English | June 28th, 2022 | ISBN: 0744054699 | 51 pages | True PDF | 12.09 MB
See the world through Louise Bourgeois' eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.