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Author: Aaron Doyle
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780415668644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEyes Everywhere provides an accessible and international perspective on the development of camera surveillance.It scrutinizes the quiet but massive expansion of camera surveillance around the world in recent years, paying special attention to developments in Canada, the UK and the USA.
Author: James Streckfuss
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2016-05-19
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1612003680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe impact of the unsung heroes of WWI—“a must for any aviation enthusiast to further complement work on aerial reconnaissance in modern warfare” (Roads to the Great War), Beyond the heroic deeds of the fighter pilots and bombers of World War I, the real value of military aviation lay elsewhere; aerial reconnaissance, observation, and photography impacted the fighting in many ways, but little has been written about it. Balloons and airplanes regulated artillery fire, infantry liaison aircraft followed attacking troops and the retreats of defenders, aerial photographers aided operational planners and provided the data for perpetually updated maps, and naval airplanes, airships, and balloons acted as aerial sentinels in a complex anti-submarine warfare organization. Reconnaissance crews at the Battles of the Marne and Tannenberg averted disaster. Eyes All Over the Sky fully explores all the aspects of aerial reconnaissance and its previously under-appreciated significance. Also included are the individual experiences of British, American, and German airmen—true pioneers of aviation warfare. “With an interesting selection of photos, the book is not only an excellent reference—it is historically important.” —Classic Wings “This well-researched history belongs on the shelf of anyone with a serious interest in the air war or the ground war of 1914-1918.” —Steve Suddaby, former president of the World War One Historical Association
Author: Bert Bongers
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 0973783702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Celeste Ng
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-09-12
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0735224307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe #1 New York Times bestseller! “Witty, wise, and tender. It's a marvel.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Our Missing Hearts comes a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.
Author: Joseph Armstead
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2006-11
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0595419143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Vampires exist. They call themselves "the Moon-Chosen". The U.S. government and the United Nations governing council have kept the secret, desperately hiding it from the general population. The last thing they want is for the bloodsuckers to go war. Klaw Cavanaugh is a vampire and sometime assassin masquerading among human society. He owes an uneasy allegiance to Nero Serranova, a vampire prince with a bloody plan to unite the warring Gather-families of Gen Nocturna under one banner. Serranova's plan includes shredding the secret truce between humans and vampires, detailed in an unpublicized document known as "The Raptor Protocols". Dismayed, Cavanaugh enlists the aid of fellow vampire Lucraysha Radcleff, herself haunted by a past she is driven to atone for, and rogue intelligence agent Jordan Pride, an operative of the Urban Crimes Crisis Control Force's "Freak Show" unit, which covertly handles vampire crime. Josiah Kreed, a policeman within the rival Demonic community, has Klaw and associates under surveillance with orders to terminate them if their investigation threatens the power of the Demonics. Klaw knows Serranova's diabolical plot that can only end in disaster for his species. He rebels, recruiting the other adventurers. Reluctantly, they join forces to bring Serranova to justice."
Author: Branka Arsić
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010-04-15
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780674050730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArsić unpacks Ralph Waldo Emerson’s repeated assertion that our reality and our minds are in constant flux. Her readings of a broad range of Emerson’s writings are guided by a central question: what does it really mean to maintain that everything fluctuates, is relational, and so changes its identity?
Author: Berthold Hoeckner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 069122756X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgramming the Absolute discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. Beginning with Beethoven, Berthold Hoeckner traces the aesthetic problem of musical meaning in works by Schumann, Wagner, Liszt, Mahler, and Schoenberg, whose private messages and public predicaments are emblematic for the cultural legacy of this rich repertory. After Romanticism had elevated music as a language "beyond" language, the ineffable spurred an unprecedented proliferation of musical analysis and criticism. Taking his cue from Adorno, Hoeckner develops the idea of a "hermeneutics of a moment," which holds that musical meaning crystallizes only momentarily--in a particular passage, a progression, even a single note. And such moments can signify as little as a fleeting personal memory or as much as the whole of German music. Although absolute music emerged with a matrix of values--the integrity of the subject, the aesthetic autonomy of art, and the intrinsic worth of high culture--that are highly contested in musicology today, Hoeckner argues that we should not completely discard the ideal of a music that continues to offer moments of transcendence and liberation. Passionately and artfully written, Hoeckner's quest for an "essayistic musicology" displays an original intelligence willing to take interpretive risks. It is a provocative contribution to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music--and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced.
Author: T N Raghavendra
Publisher: T.N.Raghavendra
Published: 2022-07-10
Total Pages: 948
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVishnusahasranama is the essence of Vedas , Uanishads and Bhagavad Gita .
Author: Sunil Kristi Krishnadas
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2010-04-20
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1425180043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual handbook that can be of great assistance to all seekers of the truth. Proper practice of the methods mentioned therein can help one, in this very life to attain that which is known as Samadhi, Nirvana, Enlightenment or Liberation. There is no pre-requisite to either join or leave any particular religious denomination to practice these methods, as the Gita teaches spirituality rather than religiosity. Accommodating all types of persons, the various paths shown in the Bhagavad-Gita culminate in the unity underlying all existence. By any of these paths, all will surely attain God as they understand Him. The central theme of the Bhagavad-Gita is the unity, interdependence and subjectiveness of the cosmic manifestation. Such a concept is also now accepted in the field of quantum physics, which, from one perspective, may be perceived as a convergence of science and spirituality.
Author: T.N. SETHUMADHAVAN
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Published: 2015-03-26
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1482846098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSrimad Bhagavad Gita has been a source of inspiration and enlightenment for generations. The message of the Gita is not merely a general spiritual philosophy or ethical doctrine but it has a bearing upon the practical aspects in the application of such principles in our day-to-day lives. It is indeed A Users Manual for the Practice of the Art of Right Living. Th e radiance of such Bhagavad Gita is being presented by the author to the readers of the modern generation covering the subject in an informal style with transliterated Sanskrit Verses, their lucid translation and explanatory notes. At the end of each chapter its Outline View has also been provided for a quick recapitulation. The author has steered clear off all the scholastic debates and intellectual controversies with a view to reach out to the average modern educated young people who require the strength of the Gita to wade through the current day troubled waters.
