Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction By Fergus Kerr
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2009 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 0199556644 | PDF | 2 MB

Man and Myth Joseph Campbell Audio Collection (Campbell, Joseph, Joseph Campbell Audio Collection.) By Joseph Campbell
Publisher: Highbridge Audio (November 11, 2002) | ISBN: 1565117336 | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 | 377 MB
From the "Star Wars" saga to the lyrics of the Grateful Dead, Joseph Campbell has had a profound impact on our culture, our beliefs, and the way we view ourselves and the world. Whether you were captivated by "The Power of Myth" or you're just now discovering "the man with a thousand stories", these early lectures are a must...

Fairey Gannet (Warpaint Series No. 23) By Steve Hazell
Hall Park Books | 2000 | ASIN: B000VMK27S | English | 46 Pages | PDF | 71,6 MB

As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution (Pivotal Moments in American History) By Richard Archer
Publisher: Oxford University Press 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0195382471 | PDF | 3 MB

Hawker Hurricane część 1 (Polskie Skrzydła 4)
Stratus | 2005 | ISBN: 8389450372 | Polish | 50 Pages | PDF | 106,7 MB
Polish Wings No. 4 focuses on seven RAF (Polish) Squadrons that flew the Hawker Hurricane. These were 302 (WX), 303 (RF), 306 (UZ), 308 (ZF), 315 (PK), 316 (SZ) and 317 (JH) Squadrons.

Anca Pusca, "European Union: Challenges and Promises of a New Enlargement (Sourcebook on Contemporary Controversies Series)"
Publisher: International Debate Education Association | 2004 | ISBN 0972054154 | PDF | 422 pages | 10.8 MB

Asifa M. Hussain, William L. Miller, "Multicultural Nationalism: Islamaphobia, Anglophobia, and Devolution"
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 2006 | ISBN 0199280711 | PDF | 229 pages | 10.7 MB
When the focus is on black or Asian minorities, Britain is frequently described as a multi-cultural state. But when the focus is on Scotland, England and Wales, Britain is also described as a multi-national state. Yet debates about multiculturalism and nationalism have been held in parallel without sharing even a common vocabulary. This book is a pioneering study of how multiculturalism interacts with multinationalism, especially within post-devolution Scotland. It gives equal attention to Scotland's largest 'visible' and 'invisible' minorities: ethnic Pakistanis (almost all of them Muslim) and English immigrants. Rising Scottish self-consciousness could have posed a challenge both these minorities. But in practice, potential problems have proved themselves to be solutions, integrating rather than alienating. In the eyes of the minorities, devolution has made Scots at once more proud and less xenophobic. Even English immigrants feel devolution has defused tensions, calmed frustrations, and forced Scots to blame themselves rather than others for their problems. Pakistanis have suffered increasing harassment - but they attribute that to 9/11 not to devolution. And Muslims adopt Scottish identities, Scottish attitudes, even Scottish nationalism - consciously or unconsciously using these as tools of integration. The book is based in part on large-scale surveys: of Pakistani and English minorities within Scotland, and of the majority populations in Scotland and England. But it is also based on systematic analysis of transcripts of focus-group discussions with minorities revealing the variety of opinion within minorities as well as the contrasts between them. In particular, it presents a unique account of how Scottish Muslims express their feelings in a time of crisis.

Donald John Markwell, "John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace"
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 2006 | ISBN 0198292368 | PDF | 311 pages | 10.8 MB
Sixty years after his death, the life and thought of the economist, John Maynard Keynes, continues to be a subject of the greatest interest to scholars. Yet one of the most significant areas of Keynes' thinking has been strangely overlooked - international relations, a subject that was always of central importance to him. The purpose of this book is to explore comprehensively, for the first time, the evolution of Keynes' thinking on international relations , and to show how this is linked to the changing of his opinions on economic matters, in a way which deepens our understanding of both.

Wenzel Matiaske, Hauke Brunkhorst, Gerd Grozinger, Marcelo Neves, "European Union as a Model for the Development of Mercorsur?: Transnational Orders between Economical Efficiency and Political Legitimacy"
Publisher: Hampp, R | 2007 | ISBN 3866181124 | PDF | 208 pages | 10.3 MB
It is rarely questioned that the European Union can be considered a model for other world regions. Comparable initiatives elsewhere are much less integrated, and up until now less successful, even if like Mercosur they are based on the European model. Although elements of the democratic rule of law in the EU are more developed than in all comparable projects and organisations, the model character of the EU is highly questionable in terms of democratic theory, and we should ask what scholars concerned with the European Union can learn from similar experiments in other world regions. Perhaps experience from the Merco-sur countries with deliberative citizen democracy at the local level, the double perspective of the still ongoing transition from a 'nominalistic' to a 'normative' constitutional regime within nation states, and the simultaneous continental net-working of law, economics, and policy could also be instructive for the current EU with its new problems in the realm of democracy and rights. Transcontinen-tal social capital can only build-up if the learning processes are opened in both directions. The individual contributions to this volume move between the poles 'effectiveness' and 'democracy'. It is the result of an international workshop or-ganized by scholars from Flensburg University and from the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo. Englisch. Bookseller Inventory.

Thomas Banchoff, "Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism"
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 2007 | ISBN 0195307291 | PDF | 345 pages | 10.5 MB
Religious pluralism is everywhere in today's politics. Increased immigration flows, the collapse of communism, and the globalization of communications technologies have all fostered a wider variety of religious beliefs, practices, and organizations within and across democratic societies. This is true in both the United States and Europe, where growing and diverse minority communities are transforming the political landscape. As a result, controversies over such things as headscarves and depictions of Mohammed are unsettling a largely secular Europe, while a Christian majority in the US faces familiar questions about church-state relations amidst unprecedented religious diversity. Far from receding into the background, religious language pervades arguments around established issues such as abortion and capital punishment, and new ones such as stem cell research and same-sex marriage. In Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism, leading scholars from multiple disciplines explore these dynamics and theirimplications for democratic theory and practice. What are the contours of this new religious pluralism? What are its implications for the theory and practice of democracy? Does increasing religious pluralism erode the cultural and social foundations of democracy? To what extent do different religious communities embrace similar -- or at least compatible -- ethical and political commitments? By seeking answers to these questions and revealing religious pluralism as both a source of animosity and a potent force for peaceful engagement, this book offers a revealing look at the future of religion in democratic societies.

Zachary Shore, "Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe"
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2006 | ISBN 0801885051 | PDF | 240 pages | 10.6 MB
While American leaders wage war on extremists in the Middle East, they are dangerously detached from a potentially greater threat closer to home. In Breeding Bin Ladens, Zachary Shore asserts that the growing ambivalence of Europe's Muslims poses risks to national identities, international security, and the transatlantic alliance. Europe's failure to integrate its Muslim millions, combined with America's battered image in the Muslim world, have left too many Western Muslims easy prey for violent dogmas. Until America and Europe adopt new strategies, Shore argues, Europe will increasingly become the incubation ground for breeding new Bin Ladens. The United States continues to spend billions of dollars and lose thousands of its young men and women to combat Islamic extremists, a group estimated to be as small as fifty thousand. What Western leaders have not done, says Shore, is seek to understand the millions of moderate Muslims who live peacefully in the United States and Europe. Many in this extraordinarily diverse group are deeply ambivalent toward perceived Western values. Although they may admire America's economic or technological might, many are appalled by its crass consumerism, sexualization of women, lack of social justice, and foreign policies.

Sudhir Hazareesingh, "Intellectual Founders of the Republic: Five Studies in Nineteenth-Century French Republican Political Thought"
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 2005 | ISBN 0199279500 | PDF | 352 pages | 11.1 MB
In this innovative study of French political culture, the author re-examines the origins of modern republicanism through the writings and political practices of five key nineteenth-century intellectuals: Jules Barni, Charles Dupont-White, Emile Littre, Eugene Pelletan, and Etienne Vacherot. Drawing on a range of archival and published sources this study explores the transformation of republican ideology, and stresses the continuing influences of Saint-Simonism, socialism, doctrinaire liberalism, and neo-Kantianism on republican thinking during this period. The book sheds new light on French republican conceptions of good citizenship, the meaning of patriotism, the role of the state, the value of individual liberty, and the place of education and religion in public and private life. Offering challenging insights into modern French politics as well as the history of political thought, Intellectual Founders of the Republic opens up new perspectives on republican ideology and political practice.

Lisa Hajjar, "Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza"
Publisher: University of California Press | 2005 | ISBN 0520241932 | PDF | 337 pages | 10.7 MB
Israel's military court system, a centerpiece of Israel's apparatus of control in the West Bank and Gaza since 1967, has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. This authoritative book provides a rare look at an institution that lies both figuratively and literally at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lisa Hajjar has conducted in-depth interviews with dozens of Israelis and Palestinians--including judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers, defendants, and translators--about their experiences and practices to explain how this system functions, and how its functioning has affected the conflict. Her lucid, richly detailed, and theoretically sophisticated study highlights the array of problems and debates that characterize Israel's military courts as it asks how the law is deployed to protect and further the interests of the Israeli state and how it has been used to articulate and defend the rights of Palestinians living under occupation.

Tom Campbell, "Separation of Powers in Practice"
Publisher: Stanford Law and Politics | 2004 | ISBN 0804747369 | PDF | 249 pages | 11.4 MB
Each branch of American government possesses inherent advantages and disadvantages in structure. In this book, the author relies on a separation-of-powers analysis that emphasizes the advantage of the legislature to draft precise words to fit intended situations, the judiciary’s advantage of being able to do justice in an individual case, and the executive’s homogeneity and flexibility, which best suits it to decisions of an ad hoc nature. Identifying these structural abilities, the author analyzes major public policy issues, including gun control, flag burning, abortion, civil rights, war powers, suing the President, legislative veto, the exclusionary rule, and affirmative action. Each issue is examined not from the point of view of determining the right outcome, but with the intention of identifying the branch of government most appropriate for making the decision.

Christopher Wolfe, "Natural Law Liberalism"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | 2006 | ISBN 0521842786 | PDF | 280 pages | 10.8 MB
Liberal political philosophy and natural law theory are not contradictory, but - properly understood - mutually reinforcing. Contemporary liberalism (as represented by Rawls, Guttman and Thompson, Dworkin, Raz, and Macedo) rejects natural law and seeks to diminish its historical contribution to the liberal political tradition, but it is only one, defective variant of liberalism. A careful analysis of the history of liberalism, identifying its core principles, and a similar examination of classical natural law theory (as represented by Thomas Aquinas and his intellectual descendants), show that a natural law liberalism is possible and desirable. Natural law theory embraces the key principles of liberalism, and it also provides balance in resisting some of its problematic tendencies. Natural law liberalism is the soundest basis for American public philosophy, and it is a potentially more attractive and persuasive form of liberalism for nations that have tended to resist it.

Early Metallurgy of the Persian Gulf: Technology, Trade, and the Bronze Age World
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers | pages: 272 | 2004 | ISBN: 0391042130 | PDF | 23,1 mb
This volume examines the earliest production and exchange of copper and its alloys in the Persian Gulf, a major metal supply route for the Bronze Age societies of Western Asia. Weeks addresses the geological and technological background to copper production in southeastern Arabia and contextualizes evidence for major fluctuations in prehistoric copper production. The core of the volume contists of compositional and isotopic analyses. The relationship between specialized copper production, exchange, and the development of social complexity in early Arabia is examined, and the author addresses the broader archaeological issue of the Bronze Age tin trade, which linked vast areas of Western Asia, from the Indo-Iranian borderlands to the Aegean, in the third millennium BC.

Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV: An Illustrated History of Fortifications and Strategies
McFarland | 2005 | ISBN: 0786444010 | 300 pages | PDF | 16,6 MB
A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect Franc's national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. This book tells the complete story of Vauban's exceptional career, placing him within the framework of Louis XIV's reign and revealing his lasting influences in France and other nations. With the aid of numerous detailed drawings, 17th century bastioned fortification, artillery, and seige warfare are described in detail. Vauban's fortifications that are still standing today are particularly highlighted.

Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALs: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results By Joe Cannon
Publisher: American Media International 2003-10-25 | ISBN: 1932378006 | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 | 96 MB
Leadership and teamwork techniques of the military elite, where partnering is mandatory, and failure is never an option.

Secret societies their mysteries revealed by John Lawrence Reynolds
Publisher: Clipper Audio, 2008 | narrated by Paul Hecht Publisher Rearsby | Duration: 10 hr., 45 min. | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3 | 154 MB
Secret societies have flourished throughout history, capturing the public imagination and generating fear, suspicion and above all fascination. The author treats the reader to a behind-the-scenes look at the origins, initiations, secret signs and famous members of the most notorious secret societies of all time...