The Myth of the Litigious Society: Why We Don't Sue By David M. Engel
2016 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 022630504X | PDF | 1 MB
Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of coffee, many more Americans suffer injuries but make no claims against those responsible or their insurance companies. The question is not why Americans sue but why we don't sue more often, and the answer can be found in how we think about injury and personal responsibility. With this book, David M. Engel demolishes the myth that America is a litigious society. The sobering reality is that the vast majority of injury victims-more than nine out of ten-rely on their own resources, family and friends, and government programs to cover their losses. When real people experience serious injuries, they don't respond as rational actors. Trauma and pain disrupt their thoughts, and potential claims are discouraged by negative stereotypes that pervade American television and popular culture. (Think Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad, who keeps a box of neck braces in his office to help clients exaggerate their injuries.) Cultural norms make preventable injuries appear inevitable-or the victim's fault. We're taught to accept setbacks stoically and not blame someone else. But this tendency to "lump it" doesn't just hurt the victims; it hurts us all. As politicians continue to push reforms that miss the real problem, we risk losing these claims as a way to quickly identify unsafe products and practices. Because injuries disproportionately fall on people with fewer resources, the existing framework creates a social underclass whose needs must be met by government programs all citizens shoulder while shielding those who cause the harm. It's time for America to have a more responsible, blame-free discussion about injuries and the law. With The Myth of the Litigious Society, Engel takes readers clearly and powerfully through what we really know about injury victims and concludes with recommendations for how we might improve the situation.

Chase Joynt, "Boys Don't Cry "
English | ISBN: 0228010829 | 2022 | 128 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Hailed as groundbreaking upon its original release, the Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry offered the first mainstream access to transmasculine embodiment in North America, one that many simultaneously celebrated and rejected. More than two decades after its original release, the film has become a lightning rod for contemporary debates about the representation of trans lives and deaths on screen. Representational possibilities for trans people have changed dramatically since 1999. Morgan Page and Chase Joynt approach the accumulated tension with a spirit of curiosity about the limits of these historical returns. They argue that new visibilities of transness on screen require us to re-engage earlier portrayals: Boys Don't Cry is central to conversations about casting, violence against gender non-conforming people, and the borders between butch and trans identities. Acknowledging a younger generation of queer and trans people who are straining against the images foisted upon them, including this film's egregious violence, and an older cohort for whom it remains a formative, if complicated, touchstone, Joynt and Page revisit the original contexts of production and distribution to unsettle the overdetermined ways the work has been understood and interpreted. Boys Don't Cry ultimately relocates the film in a way that attends to the story's violence and values, both on and off screen.

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Album: Don't Get Too Close
Artist: VA
Genre: Electro
Date/Year: 2023

Size: 124.2 MB | Total Duration: 52:42 | Total Tracks: 16
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Album: Love Sick
Artist: Don Toliver
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
Date/Year: 2023

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Album: Endangered Species Protocol
Artist: Agallah Don Bishop, Dinco D, Big Ox
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
Date/Year: 2023

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Album: Don't Get Too Close
Artist: Skrillex
Genre: Électronique, Dance
Date/Year: 2023

Don't Spill the Beans (Soup)!: A Quick Guide to Making Hearty & Protein-Packed Soups by Nancy Silverman
English | April 27, 2019 | ISBN: 1096089971 | 81 pages | EPUB | 2.45 Mb
Soups are always the best dishes to make whenever you are short on time or need something simple to put together. Soups in general are easy to prepare, feed the entire family, and can be customized to fit your personal tastes and preferences.

Matt Weinstein, Luke Barber, "Dogs Don't Bite When a Growl Will Do: What Your Dog Can Teach You About Living a Happy Life"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0399530487, 0399529160 | 284 pages | EPUB | 3.5 MB
Complemented by charming photographs, a collection of canine wisdom demonstrates how human can benefit from a dog's approach to life in our relationships with others, explaining how such canine traits as sincerity, loyalty, a devotion to fun, and an open display of love can serve as examples.

Dr. Parveen Prasad, "Stop Don't Go There: Mistakes Made by Top Leaders"
English | ISBN: 9386826879 | 2018 | 186 pages | EPUB | 407 KB
Stop! Don't Go There! Mistakes Made by Top Leaders, provides a framework that should permeate strategies to balance the imperatives of the present with the high pressure demands of the future. The case in point is to focus on the organisation's core competencies rather than merely toeing the line of competitors. It, thus, offers a rich collection of hindsight vision from an elite and diverse group of leaders, juxtaposed with how that translates into actions in the current scenario.

I Don't Want to Talk About Home: A migrant's search for belonging by Suad Aldarra
English | July 14, 2022 | ISBN: 1781620628 | True EPUB | 311 pages | 1.8 MB
THE BESTSELLING MEMOIR - SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR