Instructors: David Adan | 3 Lessons | Duration: 3h 31m
Video: MP4 1280x720 44 KHz | English | Intermediate to Advanced | Size: 4.1 GB
Tools used: Houdini, Houdini 18
Prerequisites: basic knowledge of houdini, the first 3 volumes in the series will help

Geoffrey Kabaservice, "Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party "
English | ISBN: 0199768404 | 2012 | 482 pages | MOBI | 1057 KB
The chaotic events leading up to Mitt Romney's defeat in the 2012 election indicated how far the Republican Party had rocketed rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threatened to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mounted primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appeared to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise were dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seemed, had suddenly become a party of ideological purity.

Harbinger of Destruction A LitRPG Adventure by Robert S Keene | 1.21 MB
English | 462 Pages

Title: Harbinger of Destruction: A LitRPG Adventure
Author: Robert S. Keene
Year: 2022

Tyler Cowen, "Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures"
Engilsh | 2009 | ISBN: 0691090165, 0691117837 | 193 pages | EPUB | 1.3 MB
A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as the theme song for his fifty-fourth birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? In this strikingly original treatment of a fiercely debated issue, Tyler Cowen makes a bold new case for a more sympathetic understanding of cross-cultural trade. Creative Destruction brings not stale suppositions but an economist's eye to bear on an age-old question: Are market exchange and aesthetic quality friends or foes? On the whole, argues Cowen in clear and vigorous prose, they are friends. Cultural "destruction" breeds not artistic demise but diversity.

Gay Hawkins, Stephen Muecke professor of creative writing Flinders University, John Frow, "Culture and Waste: The Creation and Destruction of Value"
English | 2002 | pages: 164 | ISBN: 0742519813, 0742519821 | PDF | 6,5 mb
Waste is a key category for understanding cultural value. It is not just the 'bad stuff' we dispose of; it is material we constantly struggle to redeem. Cultures seem to spend as much energy reclassifying negativity as they do on establishing the negative itself. The huge tertiary sector devoted to waste management converts garbage into money, while ecological movements continue to stress human values and 'the natural.' But the problems waste poses are never simply economic or environmental. The international contributors to this collection ask us to pause and consider the complex ways in which value is created and destroyed. Their diverse approaches of ethics, philosophy, cultural studies, and politics are at the forefront of a new field of 'ecohumanites.'

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0192847139 | 177 pages | True PDF EPUB | 7.15 MB
When a crisis like a pandemic sweeps through societies, it upends critical structures in health, economics, socioeconomics, institutional cultures, communities, and everyday life. This book examines how a world already stressed by rampant change reacts to a global crisis. It draws on experts that foresee a growing economic inequality as the tech-savvy pull further ahead of those with less access to digital tools, training, or aptitude. Some anticipate big technology
firms that will exploit their market advantages and weaponize tools that erode the privacy and autonomy of their users. Some predict that changes exacerbated by the pandemic will result in significant portions of the population benefiting from reforms aimed at racial justice and social equity as

Chernobyl: The Devastation, Destruction and Consequences of the World's Worst Radiation Accident by Ian Fitzgerald
English | August 1st, 2022 | ISBN: 1398814962 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 3.85 MB
In the early hours of the morning of 26 April 1986, the nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded, unleashing a storm of radioactive material into the atmosphere and contaminating most of Europe with its fallout. It was a disaster on an unprecedented scale.

After the Destruction of Giant Buddha Statues in Bamiyan (Afghanistan) in 2001: A UNESCO's Emergency Activity for the Recovering and Rehabilitation of Cliff and Niches By Claudio Margottini (auth.), Claudio Margottini (eds.)
2014 | 293 Pages | ISBN: 3642300502 | PDF | 33 MB
This work reports on a real adventure in earth science and conservation, dealing with the UNESCO's emergency activities implemented in Bamiyan (Central Afghanistan) for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches after the destruction of the two famous Giant Statues in 2001.Since 2002 an international effort has been made to understand the geological characteristics of the area, the mechanical properties of local materials, petro-geophysical and sedimentological details as well as the historical and geological evolution of the Statues and cliff. Taken together, this information serves as a basis for the recovery and rehabilitation of the cliff and niches and is presented in detail.

Weapons of Mass Psychological Destruction and the People Who Use Them (Practical and Applied Psychology) edited by Larry C. James, Terry L. Oroszi
English | December 1, 2015 | ISBN: 1440837546 | True EPUB | 231 pages | 7.8 MB
Created by a team of experts in military science and psychology, this timely study is the first comprehensive treatment of the tactical and psychological use of weapons of mass destruction. The book introduces the term "weapons of mass psychological destruction" (WMPD) and draws from examples and case histories to examine the minds of the terrorists who choose these weapons, not for maximum killing, but for maximum psychological harm to the greatest number of people.

The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon's Temple to the Muslim Conquest By Jodi Magness
2012 | 386 Pages | ISBN: 0521195357 | PDF | 56 MB
This book provides an introduction to the archaeology and history of ancient Palestine - modern Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories - from the destruction of Solomon's temple in 586 BCE to the Muslim conquest in 640 CE. Special attention is paid to the archaeology of Jerusalem and the Second Temple period, in the time of Herod the Great and Jesus. For each period, the book offers a historical background for the Mediterranean world and the ancient Near East, as well as the events in Palestine. Major sites such as Masada, Caesarea Maritima, and Petra are examined in archaeological and historical detail, along with the material culture - coins, pottery, glass, and stone vessels - of each period. This book provides a thorough overview of the archaeology of this historically vibrant part of the world.