Politics in a Changing World
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1285438078 | 578 Pages | PDF (True) | 13 MB
Providing a foundation for a comparative understanding of political life, POLITICS IN A CHANGING WORLD includes in-depth chapters on political science concepts (ideology, political culture, interest groups, governmental institutions, parties) followed by a series of brief country studies. The concepts and country studies help students acquire a better understanding of the actors and institutions that play a part in diverse political systems, how and why they act in relation to one another, and what their actions mean for the political system and its citizens. The Seventh Edition is thoroughly updated throughout, including coverage of the global economic crisis, the 2012 United States election, the Conservative Party-Liberal Democratic Party coalition and the victory of a new Conservative Prime Minister in Great Britain, and the democratic upheavals in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world.

Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood By Gary Cross
1999 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 067450335X | PDF | 34 MB
To sort out who's who and what's what in the enchanting, vexing world of Barbies® and Ninja Turtles®, Tinkertoys® and teddy bears, is to begin to see what's become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about our values, that Gary Cross explores in Kids' Stuff, a revealing look into the meaning of American toys through this century.Early in the 1900s toys reflected parents' ideas about children and their futures. Erector sets introduced boys to a realm of business and technology, while baby dolls anticipated motherhood and building blocks honed the fine motor skills of the youngest children. Kids' Stuff chronicles the transformation that occurred as the interests and intentions of parents, children, and the toy industry gradually diverged--starting in the 1930s when toymakers, marketing playthings inspired by popular favorites like Shirley Temple and Buck Rogers, began to appeal directly to the young. TV advertising, blockbuster films like Star Wars®, and Saturday morning cartoons exploited their youthful audience in new and audacious ways. Meanwhile, powerful social and economic forces were transforming the nature of play in American society. Cross offers a richly textured account of a culture in which erector sets and baby dolls are no longer alone in preparing children for the future, and in which the toys that now crowd the racks are as perplexing for parents as they are beguiling for little boys and girls. Whether we want our children to be high achievers in a competitive world or playful and free from the worries of adult life, the toy store confronts us with many choices.What does the endless array of action figures and fashion dolls mean? Are children--or parents--the dupes of the film, television, and toy industries, with their latest fads and fantasies? What does this say about our time, and what does it bode for our future? Tapping a vein of rich cultural history, Kids' Stuff exposes the serious business behind a century of playthings.

Wake Up!: The Powerful Guide to Changing Your Mind About What It Means to Really Live by Lindsay Teague Moreno
English | October 26, 2021 | ISBN: 0785224475 | 216 pages | PDF (Converted) | 11 Mb
What this world needs now more than ever are women who think differently. Our fears, excuses, and procrastination must change if we want to enact meaningful change. So, what is the secret to discovering lasting fulfillment in a culture that wants us sleeping?

Maha Yahya, "How Border Peripheries are Changing the Nature of Arab States"
English | ISBN: 3031091868 | 2023 | 232 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This book addresses the multiple dimensions of the limited reach, or breakdown, of central authority in border regions of Arab states, and their implications for state sovereignty and modes of governance. These include the emergence of illicit networks of exchange, the rise of new nonstate actors in border regions, including paramilitary or jihadi groups, and the transformation of border areas into areas of regional conflict. Collectively, the essays in this volume address such processes, which have been observable in conflict-stricken countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, and in fragile political or economic contexts, like the ones in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Algeria, as well as in relatively stable Emirates such as Kuwait. The contributions also shed light on how border peripheries in the Arab world have impacted the center of political and economic power in their states.

John W. Hill, Terry W. McCreary, "Chemistry For Changing Times"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0321972023 | PDF | pages: 820 | 52.2 mb
For non-majors introductory chemistry courses.

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1471196690 | 570 Pages | PDF/ EPUB (True) | 64 MB
A few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn't encountered before. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world's three major reserve currencies; big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political, and values disparities in more than 100 years; and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. The last time that this confluence occurred was between 1930 and 1945. This realization sent Dalio on a search for the repeating patterns and cause/effect relationships underlying all major changes in wealth and power over the last 500 years.

Cloud Transformation
by Roland Frank, Gregor Schumacher, Andreas Tamm
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3658388226 | 279 pages | True PDF EPUB | 24.6 MB

Workplace Learning for Changing Social and Economic Circumstances
English | 2023 | ISBN: 103213156X | 290 Pages | PDF (True) | 18 MB
At the heart of this book is the rapid pace of change, the need to invest in and create good jobs and support the learning that this entails. It brings together a range of socio-cultural perspectives to examine the hard issues in relation to digitalisation, identity, work design and affordances for learning, mediated by the ecosystems within which work, and the workplace is positioned.

Thomas S. Popkewitz, "Educational Knowledge: Changing Relationships between the State, Civil Society, and the Educational Community"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 079144404X, 0791444031 | PDF | pages: 352 | 2.1 mb
An examination of educational reform and change throughout the world, focusing on how issues of power and governance within states affect school practice and policy-making.

Jed Coppenger, "21 Days to Childlike Prayer: Changing Your World One Specific Prayer at a Time"
English | ISBN: 0736984127 | 2022 | 192 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
"21 Days to Childlike Prayer makes you want to pray."