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Peter B. E. Hill, "The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State"
English | 2006 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 0199291616 | PDF | 1,0 mb
The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had an extensive influence on Japanese society over the past fifty years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and academics, this is the first academic analysis in English of Japan's criminal syndicates.

Peter Hill argues that the essential characteristic of Japan's criminal syndicates is their provision of protection to consumers in Japan's under- and upper-worlds. In this respect they are analogous to the Sicilian Mafia, and the mafias of Russia, Hong Kong and the United States. Although the yakuza's protective mafia role has existed at least since the end of the Second World War, and arguably longer, their sources of income have not remained constant. The yakuza have undergone considerable change in their business activities over the last half-century. The two key factors driving this evolution have been the changes in the legal, and law-enforcement environment within which these groups must operate, and the economic opportunities available to them. This first factor demonstrates that the complex and ambiguous relationship between the yakuza and the state has always been more than purely symbiotic. With the introduction of the boryokudan (yakuza) countermeasures law in 1992, the relationship between the yakuza and the state has become more unambiguously antagonistic. Assessing the impact of this law is, however, problematic; the contemporaneous bursting of Japan's economic bubble at the beginning of the 1990s also profoundly and adversely influenced yakuza sources of income. It is impossible to completely disentangle the effects of these two events.
By the end of the twentieth century, the outlook for the yakuza was bleak and offered no short-term prospect of amelioration. More profoundly, state-expropriation of protection markets formerly dominated by the yakuza suggests that the longer-term prospects for these groups are bleaker still: no longer, therefore, need the yakuza be seen as an inevitable and necessary evil.

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The Locales Framework: Understanding and Designing for Wicked Problems By Geraldine Fitzpatrick (auth.)
2003 | 242 Pages | ISBN: 904816253X | PDF | 7 MB
So much technology works, not by good design or by being a good fit to purpose, but because people make it work because they have to for some reason. We humans are incredibly creative and resourceful when it comes to getting something done. There are numerous stories we could all tell of the ingenious work-arounds we've developed to make something do what we want it to; or the enormous amount of time we've spent trying to find out how to make some technology work as we want, e.g., trying to find out how to turn off auto-editing commands in a word processing package when all we want is for it to 'do what we tell it'. A good example of this principle was what motivated me to switch from neural networks to the area of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) for my PhD research. I had undertaken a case study looking at the deployment of a multi-million dollar health information system throughout a hospital network.

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The Lord's battle: Preaching, print and royalism during the English Revolution
by William White
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1526164701 | 270 Pages | PDF | 24 MB

This book explores the preaching and printing of sermons by royalists during the English Revolution. While scholars have long recognised the central role played by preachers in driving forward the parliamentarian war-effort, the use of the pulpit by the king's supporters has rarely been considered. The Lord's battle, however, argues that the pulpit offered an especially vital platform for clergymen who opposed the dramatic changes in Church and state that England experienced in the mid-seventeenth century. It shows that royalists after 1640 were moved to rethink earlier attitudes to preaching and print, as the unique potential for sermons to influence both popular and elite audiences became clear. As well as contributing to our understanding of preaching during the Civil Wars therefore, this book engages with recent debates about the nature of royalism in seventeenth-century England.

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George Coedes, "The Making of South East Asia"
English | 2015 | pages: 305 | ISBN: 1138901377 | PDF | 7,4 mb
From the time of its original publication in France, this cultural history (first published in English in 1966) by an international authority has stood apart from other histories of South East Asia. Most such accounts describe events before 1500 in summary fashion, and concentrate on later developments. This book, on the contrary, deals mainly with the earlier, formative epochs that marked the flowering in the region of the Great Traditions of Hinduism and of Buddhism. Following a succinct sketch of the prehistoric period, the book moves on to a chronological account of the developments from the Chinese conquest of Annam in the third century to the period of European conquest in the nineteenth. It reflects the author's thoughtful views concerning the evolution of political institutions, religions, literatures, and arts that distinguished the region. In geographical scope it embraces Thailand, Burma, and the area formerly known as French Indochina, and is an indispensable guide to the making of the region.

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Brian McGinty, "The Oatman Massacre: A Tale of Desert Captivity and Survival"
English | 2005 | pages: 273 | ISBN: 0806136677 | PDF | 2,6 mb
The Oatman massacre is among the most famous and dramatic captivity stories in the history of the Southwest. In this riveting account, Brian McGinty explores the background, development, and aftermath of the tragedy.

Roys Oatman, a dissident Mormon, led his family of nine and a few other families from their homes in Illinois on a journey west, believing a prophecy that they would find the fertile "Land of Bashan" at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. On February 18, 1851, a band of southwestern Indians attacked the family on a cliff overlooking the Gila River in present-day Arizona. All but three members of the family were killed. The attackers took thirteen-year-old Olive and eight-year-old Mary Ann captive and left their wounded fourteen-year-old brother Lorenzo for dead.
Although Mary Ann did not survive, Olive lived to be rescued and reunited with her brother at Fort Yuma.
On Olive's return to white society in 1857, Royal B. Stratton published a book that sensationalized the story, and Olive herself went on lecture tours, telling of her experiences and thrilling audiences with her Mohave chin tattoos.
Ridding the legendary tale of its anti-Indian bias and questioning the historic notion that the Oatmans' attackers were Apaches, McGinty explores the extent to which Mary Ann and Olive may have adapted to life among the Mohaves and charts Olive's eight years of touring and talking about her ordeal.

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The People's Struggle: The History of the Labour Party and the Socialist Movement by Prof. Stephen W. Bradeley BSc (Hons)
English | July 14, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CBXXCVY2 | 144 pages | EPUB | 0.28 Mb
The Importance of Understanding the History of the Labour Party and the Socialist Movement!

Delving into the history of the Labour Party and the socialist movement is crucial for grasping the political landscape and struggles that have shaped modern society. From its humble beginnings to its current status as a major political force, understanding the chronicles of the Labour Party provides valuable insights into social justice, workers' rights, and economic equality. This conversation seeks to shed light on the historical context and background of this important movement, revealing its significance in shaping the world we live in today.
Historical Context and Background!
The origins of the Labour Party can be traced back to the late 19th century when concerns about poor working conditions and labour exploitation began to gain momentum. In response, various socialist groups and trade unions started forming across Britain with a shared goal - to build a better future for workers through political action. The Labour Representation Committee (LRC), established in 1900, was an instrumental first step towards creating a unified political voice for these groups.

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Charles R. Embry, "The Philosopher and the Storyteller: Eric Voegelin and Twentieth-Century Literature"
English | 2008 | pages: 209 | ISBN: 0826217907 | PDF | 1,0 mb
Throughout his philosophical career, Eric Voegelin had much to say about literature in both his published work and his private letters. Many of his most trenchant comments regarding the analysis of literature appear in his correspondence with critic Robert Heilman, and, through his familiarity with that exchange, Charles Embry has gained extraordinary insight into Voegelin's literary views.

The Philosopher and the Storyteller is the first book-length study of the literary dimensions of Voegelin's philosophy-and the first to use his philosophy to read specific novels. Bringing to bear a thorough familiarity with both Voegelin and great literature, Embry shows that novels-like myths, philosophy, and religious texts-participate in the human search for the truth of existence, and that reading literature within a Voegelinian framework exposes the existential and philosophical dimensions of those works.
Embry focuses on two key elements of Voegelin's philosophy as important for reading literature: metaxy, the in-between of human consciousness, and metalepsis, human participation in the community of being. He shows how Voegelin's philosophy in general is rooted in literary-symbolic interpretation and, therefore, provides a foundation for the interpretation of literature. And finally he explores Voegelin's insistence that the soundness of literary criticism lies in the consciousness of the reader.
Embry then offers Voegelinian readings that vividly illustrate the principles of this approach. First he considers Graham Swift's Waterland as an example of the human search for meaning in the modern world, then he explores the deformation and recovery of reality in Heimito von Doderer's long and complex novel The Demons, and finally he examines how Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away mythically expresses the flux of divine presence in what Voegelin calls the Time of the Tale.
The Philosopher and the Storyteller unites fiction and philosophy in the common quest to understand our nature, our world, and our cosmos. A groundbreaking exploration of the connection between Voegelin and twentieth-century literature, this book opens a new window on the philosopher's thought and will motivate readers to study other novels in light of this approach.

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Katy Cook, "The Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry"
English | ISBN: 3030273636 | 2020 | 322 pages | AZW3 | 617 KB
Misinformation. Job displacement. Information overload. Economic inequality. Digital addiction. The breakdown of democracy, civility, and truth itself.

This open access book explores the conscious and unconscious norms, values, and characteristics that drive behaviors within the high-tech capital of the world, Silicon Valley, and the sector it represents. In an era where the reach and influence of a single industry has the potential to define the future of our world, it has become apparent just how little we know about the organizations driving these changes. The Psychology of Silicon Valley offers a revealing look inside the mind of world's most influential industry and how the identity, culture, myths, and motivations of Big Tech are harming society.
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Greg S. Reid, "The Rise"
English | ISBN: 0982985096 | 2012 | 165 pages | EPUB | 557 KB
A story of simple re-discovery and finding answers to the hard questions sitting in the back of our minds. Somehow journalist, Jim MacDonald, missed the mark. In settling for balancing responsibilities and keeping up the low-key bachelor life, he buried his purpose and all the dreams that went with them. An unexpected urge to open up his storage locker prompts him towards a box sealed long ago. his itch to go down memory lane reveals footage of a time when Jim was in touch with what he was supposed to be doing with his life. Daunted by the challenge of taking a leap, he reaches out to his old buddy, Taz. With Taz' support, Jim takes a step forward the only way he knows how: filming. Reel by reel, Jim collects snippets of characters armed with insight and experience, all nudging him closer to the things that matter most: a sense of purpose and the answer to why he is here. Featuring Commentary and Co-Authorship from the following experts: Aaron Young, Clarissa Burt, Deborah Ives Lillywhite, Flor Mazeda, Forrest May, Greg Ausley, Jake Ducey, Jonny Carter, Joshua Phair, Kathleen Nguyen, Kent Clothier, Lori Taylor, Luba Rusyn, Margaret Ziedin, Maria Gamb, Miranda Larson, Misha Elias, Natalie Ledwell, Richard Barrier, Richard Muscio, Rick Gresh, Sandi Gugliotti, Savannah Ross, Scott Carson, Sonja Sbitani, Tara Henson, Terri Simpson and Yvan Gosselin

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Frances Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, "The Road of Hope: A Gospel from Prison "
English | ISBN: 163582270X | 2022 | 272 pages | EPUB | 427 KB
Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is one of the most inspiring voices of the twentieth century, a true modern-day hero. During a time of political unrest in Vietnam, he was arrested for his faith and spent the next thirteen years in prison. There he endured harsh treatment and deplorable conditions. Nine of those thirteen years he spent in solitary confinement.


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Lesley-Ann Jones, "The Search for John Lennon: The Life, Loves, and Death of a Rock Star"
English | 2020 | pages: 352 | ISBN: 1643136720, 1639366075 | EPUB | 19,5 mb
Pulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon's life, Lesley-Ann Jones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in self-imposed exile in New York-where he was shot dead outside his apartment on that fateful autumn day forty years ago.

Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for millions, as news broke that the world's most beloved musician had been gunned down in cold blood in New York City. The most iconic Beatle left behind an unrivaled body of music and legions of faithful disciples-yet his profound legacy has brought with it as many questions and contradictions as his music has provided truths and certainties.
In this compelling exploration, acclaimed music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones unravels the enigma that was John Lennon to present a complete portrait of the man, his life, his loves, his music, his untimely death, and, ultimately, his legacy.
Using fresh first-hand research, unseen material and exclusive interviews with the people who knew Lennon best, Jones's search for answers offers a spellbinding, 360-degree view of one of the world's most iconic music legends. The Search for John Lennon delves deep into psyche of the world's most storied musician-the good, the bad and the genius-forty years on from his tragic death.

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Amanda Slavin, "The Seventh Level: Transform Your Business Through Meaningful Engagement with Your Customers and Employees"
English | ISBN: 1544505817 | 2019 | 252 pages | EPUB | 1515 KB
While instant communication is now easier than ever, people's attention is spread thin, time has never been more valuable, and disengagement in both customers and employees is at an all-time high. This means most brands never reach their full potential. But what would it look like if your customers were no longer disenchanted from being chased across the internet and hounded for likes, shares, opt-ins, and purchases?

There's a way to break this cycle that doesn't include using meaningless jargon or flashy but confusing digital marketing tools. To truly connect with your customers and employees, you need a straightforward plan that will amplify your message and propel you to a degree of engagement that you never realized existed.
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The Sourcing of Application Software Services: Empirical Evidence of Cultural, Industry and Functional Differences By Dr. Jens Dibbern (auth.)
2004 | 332 Pages | ISBN: 3790802174 | PDF | 11 MB
The field of Information Systems (IS) outsourcing has drawn considerable attention among scientists and practitioners for the past fifteen years. The present book analyses why organizations insource or outsource IS functions - - specifically the development and maintenance of software applications. Concepts from transaction cost theory, resource-based theory, incomplete contracts theory, the theory of planned behaviour, and cross-cultural research are integrated into a coherent framework that recognizes the economic, strategic, and social dimension of the IS sourcing decision. This framework is specified in a research model and empirically tested across countries (Germany versus USA), industries (Machinery versus Finance) and IS functions (Application Software Development versus Maintenance) using the partial least squares (PLS) approach of structural equation modelling. The book thereby provides theoretically and empirically grounded insights into the reasons and implications of the IS sourcing decision.

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The Value of Others: Understanding the Economic Model of Relationships to Get (and Keep) More of What You Want in the Sexual Marketplace by Orion Taraban
English | July 10th, 2024 | ISBN: 9798990069510 | 432 pages | True EPUB | 1.18 MB
If everyone is looking to secure a relationship with their perceived best option, then the perception of value must be at the heart of human coupling. In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Orion Taraban sets forth his economic model of relationships and exposes the often uncomfortable laws that govern the sexual marketplace. After reading The Value of Others, you'll never look at relationships the same way again.

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Brett McKay, "The Warrior Monk Philosophy of Trainer Cus D'Amato: The 5 Strategies That Turned Mike Tyson Into a World Champion"
English | ASIN : B07VC9HX7X | 2019 | 47 pages | EPUB | 164 KB
Just about everyone knows who Mike Tyson is. Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Prodigious, powerful boxer who won 50 of his 58 fights - 44 by knockout.

Lesser known is how Tyson became one of the fiercest fighters of all time.
The absolutely improbable tale began when a troubled young kid met a cantankerous old trainer at a small boxing gym in the sleepy town of Catskill, New York.
Cus D'Amato would change the whole trajectory of Tyson's life, teaching him everything he knew about success in and out of the ring, before dying just a year before his protege became the youngest heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 20.
How did this hard-boiled trainer turn a kid who'd been abandoned by his parents, mercilessly bullied, and imprisoned for dozens of crimes, into a pedigree pugilist? How did he take an unfocused, insecure, lost young man and turn him into a champion who lived to train, fought with an unconquerable spirit, and positively lusted after victory?
Cus did it by teaching Tyson the way of the warrior monk - the art of focus and ferocity. In this short and punchy book, we uncover the five universally-applicable strategic principles of Cus' philosophy. Included are details on:
The contents of Cus's library, and the books he gave Tyson to read
Tyson's training routine
The mental affirmations and tactics Cus shared with Tyson to strengthen his mind
Cus's approach to making fear your friend instead of your foe
No matter what kind of fight you're in, the savage wisdom of one of boxing's greatest minds will help you come out the victor.
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