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Free Download Mary Jane Minkin M.D., "What Every Woman Needs to Know about Menopause: The Years Before, During, and After"
English | ISBN: 0300072619 | | 368 pages | PDF | 27 MB
This helpful and user-friendly book provides a practical guide to the physical and emotional well-being during the premenopausal, menopausal and postmenopausal years. Based on the experience of a woman gynecologist who has been in practice for 20 years, the book presents thorough, unbiased answers to the questions women ask about this crucial time in their lives.

Free Download Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools By Brian P. Gill, Michael Timpane, Karen E. Ross, Dominic J. Brewer, Kevin Booker
2001 | 316 Pages | ISBN: 0833027654 | PDF | 4 MB
Vouchers and charter schools aim to improve education by providing families with more choice in their children’s schooling children and by decentralizing provision of educational services. This book reviews the theoretical foundations for vouchers and charter schools and presents new evidence of their effectiveness in academic achievement. It also examines outcomes in family choice, equitable access, racial/ethnic integration, and civic socialization. Recommendations are made for designing voucher and charter policies.

Free Download Ole Jakob Filtvedt, "Know Yourself: Echoes of the Delphic Maxim in Ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Philosophy "
English | ISBN: 3111083543 | 2023 | 650 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The book explores ancient interpretations and usages of the famous Delphic maxim "know yourself". The primary emphasis is on Jewish, Christian and Greco-Roman sources from the first four centuries CE. The individual contributions examine both direct quotations of the maxim as well as more distant echoes. Most of the sources included in the book have never previously been studied in any detail with a view to their use and interpretation of the Delphic maxim. Thus, the book contributes significantly to the origin and different interpretations of the maxim in antiquity as well as to its reception history in ancient philosophical and theological discourses. The chapters of the book are linked to each other by numerous cross-references which makes it possible to compare the different views of the maxim with each other. It also helps readers to notice relationships and trajectories within the material. The explorations of the relevant sources are also set in the context of ongoing debates about the shape and nature of ancient conceptions of self and self-knowledge. The book thus demonstrates the wide variety of philosophical and theological approaches in that the injunction to know oneself could be viewed and how these interpretations provide windows into ancient discourses about self and self-knowledge.

Free Download Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking By Eugene S. Robinson
2007 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0061189227 | EPUB | 22 MB
Crushing your enemies, driving them before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women? It doesn’t get any better than this." -Eugene Robinson, ripping off John Milius That’s the sentiment that surges just below the surface of Eugene Robinson’s Fight – an engrossing, intimate look into the all-absorbing world of fighting. Robinson – a former body-builder, one-time bouncer, and lifelong fight connoisseur – takes readers on a no-holds-barred plunge into what fighting is all about, and what fighters live for. If George Plimpton had muscles and had been choked out one too many times–this is the book he could have written. When Robinson and his fellow fighters mix it up, they live completely for the moment: absorbed in the feel of muscles slippery with sweat; the metallic tang of blood mingling with saliva in the mouth; the sweet, firm thud of taped knuckles impacting flesh. They fight because it feels good. They fight because they want to win. And even if they get their asses kicked, they fight because they love fighting. Fight is part encyclopedia, part panegyric to fighting in all its forms and glory. Robinson’s narrative – told in his trademark tough-guy, stream-of-consciousness noir voice – punctuates this explanatory compendium of the fighting world. From wrestling, jiu-jitsu, boxing and muay thai to bar fighting, hand-to-hand combat, prison fighting and hockey fights, from the greatest movie fight scenes to how to throw the perfect left hook, Fight is a scene-by-scene tour of the bloody but beautiful underworld that is the art of fighting. With his aficionado’s enthusiasm and fast-paced, addictive voice, Robinson’s Fight combines compelling text with beautiful photographs to create an illustrated book as edgy and interesting as it is gorgeous.

Free Download Anton Treuer, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask"
English | 2012 | pages: 184 | ISBN: 0873518616 | EPUB | 5,5 mb
"I had a profoundly well-educated Princetonian ask me, ‘Where is your tomahawk?’ I had a beautiful woman approach me in the college gymnasium and exclaim, ‘You have the most beautiful red skin.’ I took a friend to see Dances with Wolves and was told, ‘Your people have a beautiful culture.’ . . . I made many lifelong friends at college, and they supported but also challenged me with questions like, ‘Why should Indians have reservations?’"

Free Download Etsy-preneurship: Everything You Need to Know to Turn Your Handmade Hobby into a Thriving Business By Jason Malinak
2012 | 206 Pages | ISBN: 1118378385 | EPUB | 5 MB
Turn your handmade hobby into a thriving businessMost Etsy sellers are confident in their crafting and artistic capabilities. However, many need guidance on the business-related intricacies of starting and maintaining a successful Etsy business. Etsy-preneurship helps existing and potential Etsy sellers understand the business fundamentals needed to become a small business owner on Etsy, including taxes, bookkeeping, marketing, finances, administrative tasks, daily operations, legal requirements, business plans, and improving your business skills. This book will help you make the jump from enjoying your handmade/craft/art hobby to running a profitable business.Etsy-preneurship offers step-by-step advice on what it takes to bring in extra income or even one day run a full-time business on EtsyOutlines the basic business skills and knowledge you need to run a business on Etsy Explains how Etsy makes entrepreneurship attainable for everyoneEach chapter even includes a downloadable business spreadsheet tool to help you put the steps into action. This book empowers Etsy sellers to turn their handmade hobby into a thriving business by employing foundational business concepts.

Free Download Crazy for Crab: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Fabulous Crab at Home By Fred Thompson
2004 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 1558322655 | EPUB | 12 MB
In Crazy for Crab Fred Thompson begins with a comprehensive chapter on the basics of crab varieties and how to cook them, then launches into chapters of delectable recipes. His chapter devoted to the glorious variety of crab cakes includes Fred’s Pretty Darn Close to Perfect Crab Cakes, with scallions and bell pepper, as well as the more adventurous Thai Crab Cakes with Chili-Garlic Sauce. The chapter on soft-shell crab includes such preparations as Pan-Fried Soft-Shell Crabs with Warm Tomato and Bacon Vinaigrette, while the chapter on hard-shells features multiple versions of crab boils. There are also chapters on salads, soups, appetizers, brunches and light meals, and casseroles, with recipes including Crab Salad with Asparagus and Lime, Spicy Red Crab Soup, and Crab and Artichoke Dip. All are accompanied by mouthwatering photos of finished dishes, pictures of famous crab restaurants from plain to fancy, decorative illustrations, and stories of watermen and crabbers from around the country.

Free Download 101 Things You Didn’t Know About the Mafia: The Lowdown on Dons, Wiseguys, Squealers and Backstabbers By James Mannion
2005 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1593372671 | PDF | 10 MB
Although the Mafia may take it omerta (code of silence) seriously, 101 Things You Didnt Know About the Mafia spills the beans. From what it really means to become a "made man," to why an unfortunate fellow could find himself saddled with cement shoes, this entertaining book dishes out the dirt! Readers learn about Dutch Schultz’s spiritual streak, Al Capone’s crime fighting brother, Frank Sinatra’s bid to star in The Godfather, and more.

Free Download Thomas Turner, "101 Things You Didn’t Know About The Civil War: Places, Battles, Generals-Essential Facts About the War That Divided America"
English | 2007 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1598693204 | EPUB | 2,8 mb
The Lowdown on America’s Bloodiest War!

Free Download Nick Hall, Ph.D – I KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO WHY DON’T I DO IT?
The New Science of Self-Discipline You might think laziness, lack of willpower, and/or low motivation are to blame for the fact that you aren’t achieving your goals. But fascinating research in the field of psychoneuroimmunology has revealed another, far more likely possibility. One with the potential to transform your life in a dramatic way.