Pretsarist and Tsarist Central Asia: Communal Commitment and Political Order in Change (Central Asian Studies Series)
by: Paul Geor Geiss | Routledge Curzon | 2004 | Pages 240 | ISBN 0415311772 | PDF | 3 MB

Whereas in previous studies scholars have evaluated Central Asia politics from the perspective of their own political values, in this study, Central Asian political order is studied in its own terms by analyzing its perseverance and discontinuities with regard to its involvement with Central Asian community structures. This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organization before and after the tsarist conquest of the region.

It covers Turkman, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and other tribal societies, analyses the patrimonial state structures of the Emirate of Bukhara and the Khanates of Khiva and Khokland, and discusses the impacts of the established tsarist civil military administration on communal and political orientations of the Muslim population.

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Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting: A New Approach By Stacy B. Gordon
Publisher Routledge | ISBN: 0415949785 | edition 2004 | PDF | 224 pages | 1,14 Mb

It has become a fairly commonplace assumption that the voting and decision making behavior of elected representatives, at both the federal and the local level, are influenced by their campaign donors. Yet, empirical evidence compiled by political scientists has, thus far, failed to establish a quid pro quo link between the two.

This book argues that political scientists mistakenly conceive of contributions as legalized bribes whereby contributions by lobbyists and political action committees directly affect the way a legislator votes on a particular issue. By contrast, Gordon argues that contributions are better conceived of as gifts that foster a sense of obligation on behalf of recipients and create a climate favorable to influencing voting when votes of critical importance arise. Through an analysis of the effect of interest group contributions on the California legislature, Gordon sets out to show that all votes are not created equal and that, when we look at votes assumed to be decided by interest groups, contributions do have a real effect.
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Geopolitical Exotica: Tibet in Western Imagination (Borderlines)
by: Dibyesh Anand | Univ Of Minnesota Press | 2008 | ISBN 0816647658 | Pages 256 | PDF | 1.5 MB
Geopolitical Exotica examines exoticized Western representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land’s status with regard to China.

Concentrating on specific cultural images of the twentieth century—promulgated by novels, popular films, travelogues, and memoirs—Dibyesh Anand lays bare the strategies by which “Exotica Tibet” and “Tibetanness” have been constructed, and he investigates the impact these constructions have had on those who are being represented.

Although images of Tibet have excited the popular imagination in the West for many years, Geopolitical Exotica is the first book to explore representational practices within the study of international relations. Anand challenges the parochial practices of current mainstream international relations theory and practice, claiming that the discipline remains mostly Western in its orientation. His analysis of Tibet’s status with regard to China scrutinizes the vocabulary afforded by conventional international relations theory and considers issues that until now have been undertheorized in relation to Tibet, including imperialism, history, diaspora, representation, and identity.

In this masterfully synthetic work, Anand establishes that postcoloniality provides new insights into themes of representation and identity and demonstrates how IR as a discipline can meaningfully expand its focus beyond the West.

Dibyesh Anand is a reader in international relations at the University of Westminster, London.
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Andreas Eschbach - Ausgebrannt
Pages:752 | PDF | Lübbe; Auflage: 4., Aufl. (Februar 2007) | ISBN 3785722745 | 3.7 MB

“Stellen Sie sich vor, die Erdölreserven dieses Planeten gehen wesentlich rascher zur Neige, als man bisher gedacht hat: welche Verteilungskämpfe dann ausbrechen, welche Verteidigungsstrategien dann greifen, das sind die Themen dieses süffigen Romans. Eschbach hat einen deutschen Wissenschaftsthriller geschrieben, der glaubhaft von globalen Problemen erzählt: gute Unterhaltung.”

Ausgebrannt - das ist Andreas Eschbachs dramatisches Endzeit-Szenario, das uns in die Zeit der versiegenden Ölreserven katapultiert. Wir erleben ein düsteres Szenario, das uns drastisch und spannungsgeladen vor Augen führt, wohin der immer größere Hunger nach Öl führen könnte.

Als Markus Westermann in New York zum ersten Mal amerikanischen Boden betritt, ist das für ihn ein magischer Moment: Endlich ist er im “Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten”, wo er ganz groß rauskommen will. Sein amerikanischer Traum scheint jedoch ausgeträumt, bevor er richtig begonnen hat: Seine Firma will ihn entlassen. Zufällig lernt er den Österreicher Karl Block kennen. Der behauptet, mit einer einzigartigen Methode Erdöl finden zu können. Markus Westermann wittert seine Chance und tatsächlich: Die beiden überzeugen eine einflussreiche Risikokapitalgesellschaft und schwimmen bald im Geld. Westermann ist auf der Überholspur - bis nicht nur ihm, sondern auch den Saudis plötzlich das Öl ausgeht. Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, gerät aus den Fugen.

Andreas Eschbach, bekannt geworden vor allem durch seinen Thriller Das Jesus-Video, weiß, wie man eine spannende Geschichte schreibt. Auch in Ausgebrannt webt er ein Netz aus Personen, Handlungssträngen, Orten und Epochen, das den Leser - ob er will oder nicht - in seinen Bann schlägt. Die Geschichte von Markus Westermann wird dabei erst nach und nach klar - Eschbach arbeitet häufig mit Rückblenden und Zeitsprüngen, zum Teil zu Ereignissen, die weit vor der eigentlichen Erzählung liegen; ganz allmählich weitet sich so die Perspektive. Und indem der Autor viele gut recherchierte Details einarbeitet, stehen plötzlich historisch scheinbar so entfernte Episoden wie der Bau der Bagdad-Bahn und die Terrorflieger vom 11. September 2001 in einem Zusammenhang.

Denn neben den Ereignissen um Markus Westermann erzählt Eschbach auch eine andere Geschichte: die Geschichte der globalisierten Welt, die förmlich am Öltropf hängt, und in der gewiefte Marketingleute, Berater und Finanzexperten mit Milliarden jonglieren. Produktion, Mobilität, Konsum, ja, unser gesamter Lebensstil wären ohne das schwarze Gold schlicht nicht möglich. Was diese Abhängigkeit für uns alle im Ernstfall bedeuten könnte, macht sich aber wohl kaum jemand klar. In Ausgebrannt spielt Eschbach diese Frage bis zum Ende durch - und bietet mit seinem Szenario, das eine ungemütliche Zukunft verheißt, wichtige Denkanstöße.

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Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide
Publisher : The Institute of Plumbing and Heating | 2002 | Pages : 245 | ISBN 1871956404 | PDF | 50 MB
Hot and Cold water services Legionnaire’s disease Heating Piped gas services Sanitary plumbing drainage Pumps and pumping Resources efficient design Fire protection Steam and condensate Pipework expansion Mechanical ventilation Designing for the disabled Domestic swimming pools Electrical earthing and bonding Standards, codes and miscellaneous data

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Kagero Topshots MIG-21MF
Kagero | ISBN: 8389088622 | 2005 | DjVu | 35 pages | 3.85 Mb

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Paul Kasriel, Keith Schap, “Seven Indicators That Move Markets: Forecasting Future Market Movements for Profitable Investments”
McGraw-Hill | 2002-09-28 | ISBN: 0071370137 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
How to understandand profit fromreliable and easy-to-use indicators that are often overlooked by the popular press
Seven Indicators That Move Markets reveals easy-to-use indicators that have been shown to actually forecast where the financial markets are going next. These indicators, widely available in daily newspapers and on the Internet, provide continuously updated figures and data that describe what market users are thinking todayand where the markets could be headed tomorrow.

This timely book shows savvy investors where and when to look for these market indicators, how to use them to structure investment strategies, and which asset allocations work best for specific market conditions. It contains hands-on techniques for:
Filtering fact from rumor in the financial press
Understanding relationships between indicators and investment choices
Evaluating market data in relation to Fed policy

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Warbirds Illustrated No. 23 - Israeli Air Force, 1948 to the present
Arms & Armour | ISBN: 0853686203 | December 1984 | PDF | 72 pages | 127.72 Mb

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Wolfram Von Eschenbach - Parzival and Titurel (Oxford World’s Classics)
Pages:406 | PDF | Oxford Univ Pr (14. September 2006) | ISBN 0192806157 | 1 MB

Vast in its scope, incomparably dense in its imagery, Parzival ranks alongside Dante’s Divine Comedy as one of the foremost narrative works to emerge from medieval Europe. Written in the first decade of the thirteenth century, Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival’s growth from youthful folly to knighthood at the court of King Arthur, and of his quest for the Holy Grail. Full of incident and excitement, the story involves deeds of chivalry, tournaments and sieges, courtly love and other erotic adventures.

Parzival’s quest becomes a moral and spiritual journey of self-discovery, as he learns that he must repent of his past misdeeds if he is to succeed. Exuberant and Gothic in its telling, as well as profoundly moving, Parzival has inspired and influenced works as diverse as Wagner’s Parsifal and Lohengrin, Terry Gilliam’s film The Fisher King, and Umberto Eco’s Baudolino. Cyril Edwards’s fine translation also includes the fragments of Titurel, an elegiac offshoot of Parzival..

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Jacqueline Smith, “The Facts on File Dictionary of Weather And Climate”
Facts on File | 2006-06-30 | ISBN: 081606296X | 262 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
As weather and climate conditions continue to fluctuate throughout the world, there is an increasing need for a comprehensive resource that will offer a better understanding of relevant terms, people, and phenomena in an easily accessible format. This updated and expanded edition of “The Facts On File Dictionary of Weather and Climate, Revised Edition” from the “Science Dictionary” series meets that need.

With more than 2,000 cross-referenced entries, 150 of which are new, accompanied by 50 black-and-white illustrations that offer easy-to-understand information on a range of weather- and climate-related topics, this reference is a must-have for those students pursuing this area of study.
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Monogram Close-Up 1: Junkers Ju 287
Monogram Aviation Publications | ISBN: 0914144014 | 1974 | PDF | 32 pages | 7.05 Mb

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Structural Analysis of Polymeric Composite Materials
Publisher: CRC | Pages: 662 | 2003-11-07 | ISBN 0824747178 | PDF | 5 MB
Structural Analysis of Polymeric Composite Materials studies the mechanics of composite materials and structures and combines classical lamination theory with macromechanic failure principles for prediction and optimization of composite structural performance. This reference addresses topics such as high-strength fibers, commercially-available compounds, and the behavior of anisotropic, orthotropic, and transversely isotropic materials and structures subjected to complex loading.

It provides a wide variety of numerical analyses and examples throughout each chapter and details the use of easily-accessible computer programs for solutions to problems presented in the text.
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Albert Burger, Duncan Davidson, Richard Baldock, “Anatomy Ontologies for Bioinformatics: Principles and Practice”
Springer | 2007-12-06 | ISBN: 1846288843 | 356 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB
Bioinformatics as a discipline has come of age, and there are now numerous databases and tools that are widely used by researchers in the biomedical field. However, successful development of future bioinformatics applications will depend on an appropriately formalised representation of domain knowledge.
This book provides a timely and first-of-its-kind collection of contributed chapters on anatomy ontologies.

It is interdisciplinary in its approach, bringing together relevant expertise from computing and biomedical studies, and covering both theoretical and applied aspects, with an emphasis on newer work relevant to the emerging Semantic Web.
Topics and Features:
Provides a comprehensive discussion of the foundations of anatomical ontologies and the state of the art in existing computational tools and applications
Considers a number of fundamental modelling principles
Includes chapters about research on algorithms to systematically align anatomy ontologies and to mine data in the literature, using anatomy terms
Explains recent efforts to develop a common anatomy reference ontology
Discusses anatomy in the context of spatio-temporal biomedical atlases
Describes systems and tools for linking anatomy ontologies with each other and with other on-line resources, such as the biomedical literature
Highlights the challenges of dealing with anatomy-based information on the Semantic Web
Although primarily written for readers who will be involved in developing the next generation of IT applications in the areas of life sciences, biomedical sciences and health care, this unique volume will be of interest to anyone who will further develop anatomy ontologies, who will use them, and who will be involved in the actual development of relevant (semantic) web applications.

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Charles D. Amsler, “Algal Chemical Ecology”
Springer | 2007-11-08 | ISBN: 3540741801 | 314 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This is the first ever book devoted entirely to the chemical ecology of algae. Algae from both marine and freshwater habitats are covered, as are macroalgae (seaweeds) and microalgae (including phytoplankton). While its main emphasis is on the ecological rather than chemical aspects of the field, the book also includes a unique introductory chapter intended as a primer on algal natural products chemistry for ecologists.

It elucidates the roles of chemical defenses in various regions and habitats, of DMSP, oxidative burst responses, and herbivore offense. Topics such as algal sensory chemical ecology and defenses against ultraviolet radiation are also treated, and an introduction to the chemical ecology of phytoplankton is provided.
Focusing on recent advances and also on topics particularly useful for undergraduate and graduate level courses, Algal Chemical Ecology is designed for research biologists working in the field as well as marine ecologists and algal biologists seeking an introductory guide.

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