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The Ergonomic Casebook Real World Solutions


Free Download James P. Kohn, "The Ergonomic Casebook: Real World Solutions"
English | 1997 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 1566702690 | PDF | 16,6 mb
One of the greatest challenges in the occupational health and safety profession is the application of theory to actual workplace practice. The difference between how the workplace should be ideally designed and the limitations that occur in pre-existing facilities are often difficult to overcome. With examples from the service industry, heavy industry, agriculture, and the office, this text bridges these gaps between theory and practice by using case studies to illustrate sound ergonomic practices.

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Science in an Enchanted World Philosophy and Witchcraft in the Work of Joseph Glanvill


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English | ISBN: 1138609897 | 2018 | 282 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 10 MB
Best known as the Saducismus triumphatus (1681), Joseph Glanvill’s book on witchcraft is among the most frequently published from the seventeenth century, and its arguments for the reality of diabolic witchcraft elicited passionate responses from critics and supporters alike. Davies untangles the intricate development of this text and explores how Glanvill’s roles as theologian, philosopher and advocate for the Royal Society of London converge in its pages. Glanvill’s broader philosophical method and unique approach to the supernatural provide a case study that enables the exploration of the interaction between the rise of experimental science and changing attitudes to witchcraft.

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Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World c.1410-1800


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English | ISBN: 1138650633 | 2017 | 320 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World offers a new contribution to the ongoing reassessment of early modern international relations and diplomatic history. Divided into three parts, it provides an examination of diplomatic culture from the Renaissance into the eighteenth century and presents the development of diplomatic practices as more complex, multifarious and globally interconnected than the traditional state-focussed, national paradigm allows.

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Money and Marketing in the Art World


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English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032832975 | 165 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7.3 MB
How does the art market choose its winners, thereby also deciding what millions of visitors to galleries and museums will view, year after year? Whereas art historical writing and contemporary commentary tend to highlight the efforts of specific artists, this book illustrates how money and marketing, in combination with general trends, play decisive roles in shaping the art world and in propelling specific artists and artworks to positions of prominence.

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Junkers Ju-52 3m. World War II Combat Aircraft Photo Archive – the German World War II Frontline Veteran


Free Download Henry Hoppe, "Junkers Ju-52 / 3m. World War II Combat Aircraft Photo Archive – the German World War II Frontline Veteran"
English | 2006 | pages: 52 | ISBN: 3935687400, ASIN: B000TZ29MS | PDF | 51,7 mb
50 pages of exclusive archival photos and color profiles. Text in German and English. The German WW II Frontline Veteran.

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