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Pacific Northwest Line Drawing: How to Draw Flowers, Trees, Mushrooms, Birds, Animals, Landmarks, and More by Peggy Dean English | April 1st, 2025 | ISBN: 1632175606 | 192 pages | True EPUB | 27.55 MB This book of simple step-by-step line drawings from beloved art teacher Peggy Dean of The Pigeon Letters will deepen your appreciation for the wonders of the Pacific Northwest. Learn to draw 150 Pacific Northwest natural wonders (plus iconic landmarks) in just a few simple steps each! Rooted in love for the PNW, this no-skills-necessary how-to-draw book will encourage users to stop and notice the beauty that surrounds them. Here you'll learn the basics of line drawing as well as facts about the ecology, plants, wildlife, and landmarks of this amazing region. Inside you'll find: * Native plants like salmonberries, sword ferns, and Pacific rhododendron * Majestic trees like the Western red cedar and Douglas fir * Mysterious mushrooms like the chanterelle and morel * Iconic animals like otters and orcas * Bucket-list birds like the Northern spotted owl and tufted puffin * Popular landmarks like the Space Needle, Mount Rainier, and Crater Lake Line drawing is a meditative, easy-to-master art form featuring illustrative, doodle-like designs. Peggy, who has deep roots in the Pacific Northwest, teaches you how to start with the simplest doodles, building into more elaborate, delicate illustrations. These simple line drawings will allow you to branch out and have fun with your own personal style, as well as inspire you to add flourishes to other projects. Drawings are ordered from simple to advanced, and by category (flora, fauna, landmarks). If you enjoyed Ed Emberley as a child, you'll love this book of simple step-by-step line drawings with space to practice! RapidGator https://rg.to/file/cef4e612c86e04ff8bad6637407e29f6/hjovu.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/c214di372u2s/hjovu.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/PGDs8atW6C/hjovu.7z.html

William N. Hess - P-47 Thunderbolt at War Ian Allan | 1976 | ISBN: 0711007055 | English | 172 pages | PDF | 162.14 MB Certainly the biggest and heaviest single engined fighter to be produced in World War Two, also one of the greatest. In this book well-known American aviation writer William Hess sets out in the text and the photographs to record an evocation of what it was like to be with the Thunderbolt at war in all its roles and in the many theatres in which it operated. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/90a7781984b5c2fc079ca7422cd55cb9/g8gby.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/p34662ah64m8/g8gby.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ZQEwxWjWrl/g8gby.7z.html

Overcoming Laziness: A Practical Path to Boost Productivity and Achieve Real Success by Coraline Ramune Hata English | 2025 | ASIN: B0F4L1GRLW | 40 Pages | ePUB | 0.11 MB Do you often feel stuck, drained, or unable to follow through with your goals? You're not alone. In Overcoming Laziness, you'll discover a practical and science-backed guide designed to help you break free from procrastination, boost your focus, and build unstoppable momentum. This book isn't about toxic productivity or unrealistic expectations. It's about transforming your habits from the inside out, using proven techniques that work for real people with real lives. Whether you're working on a passion project, trying to level up your career, or simply want to stop wasting your precious time, this guide is for you. Inside you'll learn how to: Identify and eliminate the root causes of laziness and self-sabotage Create lasting routines that fit your energy, not fight against it Develop laser-sharp focus even in distracting environments Set achievable goals and follow through without burning out Unlock daily systems that keep you consistent-even when motivation fades Through relatable insights and easy-to-apply strategies, Overcoming Laziness will help you gain clarity, direction, and the energy to make things happen. If you're ready to stop surviving and start thriving, this book will guide your first powerful steps. Don't wait to feel "ready." Start now, and build the momentum that leads to a life of purpose and progress. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/84de9360bf5c63f23eee6d519c0c1a80/3o8oz.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/5lctdul6uoiz/3o8oz.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/V3Fowm742k/3o8oz.7z.html

Laura Forehand, Keith Giles, "Out Into the Desert: Thriving Outside Organized Religion" English | 2022 | ISBN: 1957007230 | EPUB | pages: 226 | 0.6 mb Sometimes, when we begin to question our faith or have doubts about our tradition it can feel like we are wandering out into the desert. When we take a step back and honestly evaluate organized religion in the 21st century, many times it doesn't make any sense. The more we cling to it and try to save it, the worse it becomes. In addition, widespread abuse, cover ups and victim-shaming causes some of us to question whether it will ever be right again. Out Into the Desert is an honest survey of Western Christianity, along with Karl and Laura's personal story as they journeyed through 20-plus years of ministry. Let the Forehands be your guide as they examine these questions and more ... - Is it okay to take some time off from religion and do this assessment? - Are there things we can't see because we're too close? - Where else can we find community? - Is it possible to thrive outside of organized religion? - If Jesus were physically here, would he go to church? RapidGator https://rg.to/file/924637ce598f01c69d562e7c2eef2425/2m03y.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/xzusqyz50rlg/2m03y.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/xGOfs1qJ8J/2m03y.7z.html

Alex Newman, "Our Third Eye" English | 2021 | ISBN: 1098388755 | EPUB | pages: 106 | 0.3 mb Who are we? A simple enough question that shakes us to our core. Our choices have led us to the person that we have become today. Some wonder whether they made the right decisions or not and this is what makes us reflect back on the lives we have lived. Come take a journey with me as I regale you with my soul searching stories that sometimes gave me more than I expected and other times, when they were too wild to handle. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/a5cbbe343ff8ca3dbbe9dcd3d35b90b4/742lz.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/oieyyovwdgpi/742lz.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/13ncxYeLje/742lz.7z.html

Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead by Kenneth Rogoff English | 2025 | ISBN: 0300275315 | 348 Pages | PDF | 6.3 MB A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured "The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem-that the greenback's pre-eminence was never guaranteed and might plausibly be overturned-could hardly be more timely."-The Economist Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America's currency might not have reached today's lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar-how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro-and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc. Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last indefinitely, not only because many countries are deeply frustrated with the system, but also because overconfidence and arrogance can lead to unforced errors. Rogoff shows how America's outsized power and exorbitant privilege can spur financial instability-not just abroad but also at home. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/22761943553808006573bdd78e088f84/e9az1.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/z62pr4xlrl6b/e9az1.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/jGPjRDa6Hx/e9az1.7z.html

Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures) by Kenneth Rogoff English | May 6th, 2025 | ISBN: 0300275315 | 360 pages | True EPUB | 3.54 MB A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problemargues that America's currency might not have reached today's lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar-how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro-and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc. Americans cannot take for granted that the Pax Dollar era will last indefinitely, not only because many countries are deeply frustrated with the system, but also because overconfidence and arrogance can lead to unforced errors. Rogoff shows how America's outsized power and exorbitant privilege can spur financial instability-not just abroad but also at home. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/bebf88e913c70a3632738dc0ec75f7d0/5ce4e.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/pbuhb5b7pms3/5ce4e.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/teGr19l84I/5ce4e.7z.html

Monique Joiner Siedlak, "Orishas of Trinidad" English | 2020 | ISBN: 1950378284 | EPUB | pages: 124 | 0.3 mb Trinidad Orisha: Spirit, Color, and Drums Orisha is a colorful and misunderstood religion practiced in Trinidad and Tobago with ties to the Yorba culture of Nigeria. A spiritual tradition with celebrations of food, drums, dance, and prayer, Orisha has millions of followers in the world. Orishas of Trinidad, by Monique Joiner Siedlak, explores this African-routed tradition starting with a look at the roots of this vibrant and colorful tradition and how it evolved to where it is today. This fascinating book covers topics such as the past persecution of Orisha followers, the religion's deities, practices, ceremonies, and ties to aspects of the Catholic Church. Monique brings light to the fact that there are those who, in their ignorance, still demonize this religion. The truth is, there is nothing demonic about Orisha. While it is a non-Christian religion, it shares the ideas of baptism and one supreme God - Oludumare. Readers will love reading about the Orisha spirits, equated with Christian saints, and seen as messengers between man and Oludumare's divine Kingdom. For example, Osain, the Yoruba god of herbal medicine, healing, and prophecy associated with St Francis, and Shakpana, a healer of children's diseases related to St Jerome. Then there is Ogun, the warrior god of iron and steel, associated with St Michael. Order your copy of Orishas of Trinidad by Monique Joiner Siedlak today, and introduce yourself to a rich and fascinating African-rooted tradition called Orisha. You will enjoy reading about this extraordinary tradition. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/245bb7cf02a71e42e41145e41a9e2853/5o5b9.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/qj1ke853aj3v/5o5b9.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/9YvQOxJXeN/5o5b9.7z.html

Belinda Webster, Joe Fullman, "Origami Make-Believe (First Steps in Origami)" English | 2019 | ISBN: 1725314940, 1725314924 | EPUB | pages: 24 | 6.0 mb Readers can make paper creations that are out of this world with this how-to guide to origami. Easy instructions show readers how to fold paper step-by-step into interesting and fun shapes. All the projects are based on fictional themes: a flying saucer, monster claws, a ghost, and a vampire. Readers will learn about different geometric shapes and symmetry. This book makes it easy to learn the Japanese art of origami while celebrating all things make-believe. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/70c2300cc8c788575481a9df3541ce8f/k092y.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/jii3w1y471hg/k092y.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ZluvnEnwWo/k092y.7z.html

Orient: Two Walks at the Edge of the Human by David Hinton English | 2025 | ISBN: 1645472752 | 112 Pages | True ePUB | 41 MB Join renowned author David Hinton on two walks into the wild beauty and archaeological ruins of the desert Southwest, where he maps the edges of consciousness and our place in the Cosmos. Walks in the desert and journeys through Ch'an (Zen) enlightenment. Meditations on the nature of perception and on the nature of ruins. Topographies of mind and of space-time. Poetry and prose. This talismanic book is all of these and more. In this poetic odyssey of nature writing that blurs the line between observer and landscape, Hinton's project is nothing less than to map our place in the cosmos and awaken to our interconnectedness with the wild spontaneity of the natural world. It is the culmination of Hinton's philosophical adventure, deeply informed by his nearly forty years of translating and contemplating China's ancient poets, Taoist sages, and Ch'an masters. Like Henry David Thoreau and other great literary walkers, Hinton joins philosophical meditations with a keen eye for the slightest of nature's details. In following these walks, we journey into wondrous and even ecstatic clarities about the nature of mind and existence itself. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/96f09b55eb7b4cf9e424452d8892c119/bvg1i.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/3638pq6zgibl/bvg1i.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/nm1hZ0AZ4h/bvg1i.7z.html

Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by Artem Chapeye English | 2025 | ISBN: 1644214598 | 128 Pages | True ePUB | 1.32 MB A reporter and novelist who is also a soldier in the Ukrainian army reconsiders his pacifism and the choices one makes when war is waged against you. "Chapeye represents a modern-day Ukrainian counterpart to classic American writers like Mark Twain or O. Henry, capturing the dignity and respect his characters might not get but nonetheless long for and deserve." -Kate Tsurkan, Los Angeles Review of Books In Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns, Artem Chapeye reveals his war, intimate and senseless, withholding nothing about his motivations, his nightmares, his new relationship with the world. Here one man, a pacifist turned fighter, a story writer turned soldier, a father and husband, considers the reasons for and reactions to war on a very personal level. An avowed pacifist until 2022, Chapeye joined the Ukrainian army in the first days of the Russian invasion. He tries to understand the large-scale decision-making that has a defining impact on both individual citizens and society-at-large: many of his fellow soldiers never considered enlisting before finding themselves at war; others flee the country. He wonders from the front lines what his young children at home are doing and what they're feeling. The book is written in three parts, offering historical analogies and literary references throughout. "It's Necessary to Cultivate Your Garden" details the experience of the everyday people of Ukraine, workers and peasants, who look forward to returning to simpler lives. The last section, "People Aren't Divided into Brands," critiques the elitism of those who consider themselves above those who "simply" fight. Deeply thought-provoking, intelligent, and heartbreaking, this is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the ways that war can change everything. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/3f351a928dc8d9f759a2a365e269aa4f/rdi56.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ljpq07f2j4i0/rdi56.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/7Up2FpnGac/rdi56.7z.html

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism by Christina Jerne English | 2025 | ISBN: 1517916054 | 248 Pages | True ePUB | 1.6 MB Defying the mafia with everyday acts of resistance For more than 150 years, Italy has been home to a resilient and evolving resistance against the pervasive influence of mafias. While these criminal organizations are renowned for their vast international business enterprises, the collective actions taken to oppose them are less known. In Opposition by Imitation, Christina Jerne explores anti-mafia activism, revealing how ordinary people resist, counter, and prevent criminal economies from proliferating. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among anti-mafia alliances in Campania, Sicily, and other parts of Italy, Jerne details a particular aspect of mafia activities: providing cash relief and other forms of patronage to individuals and groups. Her research shows how activism has evolved to imitate this sustaining role. Activists are increasingly challenging mafia control both by creating alternative economies-from producing food that interrupts mafia labor practices to organizing tourism that supports anti-mafia hospitality-and by subversively adopting business tactics similar to the mafia's to compete with their social influence and legitimacy. Exposing the political implications of this mimetic opposition, Jerne points to its potential impact on crime prevention and criminalization, both in Italy and globally. Opposition by Imitation shows how these modern-day Robin Hoods are redefining collective action, taking what was controlled by the mafias and returning it to the collective. This contentious economic turn, against the backdrop of broader social movements, reveals significant political possibilities afforded by imitative opposition. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/e36fd464331a818c1c81f3aa2a327ec3/ogtgu.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/pdmmvzyid31x/ogtgu.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/jmQsZC6Sa2/ogtgu.7z.html

Opening to Channel: How to Connect With Your Guide by Sanaya Roman, Duane Packer English | January 27th, 2012 | ISBN: 1583193758 | 252 pages | True EPUB | 5.34 MB Note: The revised eBook edition has the addition of several color illustrations and has been updated, however the processes and information in both the printed and eBook editions are essentially the same. Opening to Channel is a book with a startling message for the millions of curious Americans who are eager to learn more about this fascinating experience. The authors, Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer, with their guides Orin and DaBen, have demonstrated that anyone can become a channel, connect at will with a spirit guide or their higher self, and achieve remarkable and life-changing results. This book takes the reader step-by-step into the experience of channeling. The book provides a frame of reference by weaving in the story of how the authors became channels and then taught other people how to channel. This has become a bestselling classic, and a national and international best-seller. Sanaya and Duane's books have been translated into over 24 languages, in over 2,000,000 books worldwide. This book is a definitive, inspirational, and easy-to-use guide to the art of channeling. You can use these methods to open to channel a guide or your higher self. Opening to Channel includes practical hands-on instruction in how to know if you are ready; how to attract a high-level guide, go into a channeling state, channel for friends or yourself, use channeling to expand your consciousness, and open to the higher dimensions. Orin and DaBen, two wise and gentle spirit guides, prepare you for channeling and let you know what to expect. You will learn how to recognize and attract a high-level guide, as well as how to recognize and reject entities that are less evolved. You will discover more about how guides communicate with you and your role as a receiver. You will be guided through your first meeting with a guide, explore how to verbally channel a guide, and be given questions to ask your guide as well as information on what to expect when you first start verbally channeling. Instructions are provided for giving yourself a reading as well giving readings to others. You will learn more about how to look into your future with your guide. As you read you will learn how to develop and strengthen your channeling. Guidance is provided on how often to channel, how to receive specific information, and other ways guides can work through you such as through art or music. Various questions people frequently ask are addressed, such as; can you channel the same guide as others, lose your channeling ability, or channel when you are sick? You will also discover how to deal with doubts that your channeling is real. Opening to Channel is a breakthrough book. Channeling your guide could be the key to accelerating your spiritual growth and opening the doorway to enlightenment. The benefits from channeling are unlimited, such as: * A greater awareness of spiritual worlds and the beings of light * Connecting with high beings from higher realms of light * Access to knowledge that was not previously available * Heightened creativity * Having more confidence in yourself and the choices you make * Experiencing greater wisdom * Understanding reasons for apparent obstacles encountered in daily life * Learning about opportunities for your life regarding relationships, abundance, or career * Substantial acceleration of your spiritual growth and unfoldment * Feeling that you are living a purposeful life * Clarifying your life purpose * Developing your innate talents and gifts * Finding your path of world work RapidGator https://rg.to/file/88ffccef8e1d36664cebbae57d413040/e6saj.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/caapikdto745/e6saj.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/GfLuc0XTCd/e6saj.7z.html

Asif Siddiqi, "One-Track Mind (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)" English | 2022 | ISBN: 0367553732, 0367553724 | PDF | pages: 309 | 30.2 mb The song remains the most basic unit of modern pop music. Shaped into being by historical forces―cultural, aesthetic, and technical―the song provides both performer and audience with a world marked off by a short, discrete, and temporally demarcated experience. One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song brings together 16 writers to weigh in on 16 iconic tracks from the history of modern popular music. Arranged chronologically in order of release of the tracks, and spanning nearly five decades, these essays zigzag across the cultural landscape to present one possible history of pop music. There are detours through psychedelic rock, Afro-pop, Latin pop, glam rock, heavy metal, punk, postpunk, adult contemporary rock, techno, hip-hop, and electro-pop here. More than just deep histories of individual songs, these essays all expand far beyond the track itself to offer exciting and often counterintuitive histories of transformative moments in popular culture. Collectively, they show the undiminished power of the individual pop song, both as distillations of important flashpoints and, in their afterlives, as ghostly echoes that persist undiminished but transform for succeeding generations. Capitalism and its principal good, capital, help us frame these stories, a fact that should surprise no one given the inextricable relationship between art and capitalism established in the twentieth century. At the root, readers will find here a history of pop with unexpected Description twists, colorful protagonists, and fitting denouements. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/dc94d76c4c726c3c2c5d35a2f9d350da/dcg03.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/3f9zw6f0jat0/dcg03.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/TfpTibC4l4/dcg03.7z.html

Gary Keating, "One Lasting Tribute: Celebrating A Father's Life, Son Who Will Never Give Up" English | 2022 | ISBN: 1956096914 | EPUB | pages: 516 | 2.1 mb Born in Fanwood. New Jersey; now resides in Gainesville Florida. Following his own playing days, Gary Keating joined his father on the bench as a basketball coach. After his Graduation from St. John's University, Gary became an assistant men's college basketball coach, at the age of 23. He would step away his coaching to help his father who has Parkinson's disease. Later, at the age of 38, Gary himself would be diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's. He now has dedicated himself to helping people in a new way. Those who have the same disease, especially other young onset, to believe that life is not over. Has participated in several research studies to better assess the disease. Find better ways to diagnosed, treat, and maybe lead to that ultimate goal. As it was during the days of playing and coaching. Every day with Parkinson's it is "Game On". Now adapting additional phrase, "Never Giving Up". RapidGator https://rg.to/file/cfdc97f25bc87924ecbb6651fa3a1a2d/12xrr.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/p5r4575qs55d/12xrr.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/07nJwjVejX/12xrr.7z.html

One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor's Lost Identity by Amy Fish English | April 1st, 2025 | ISBN: 1773104241 | 216 pages | True EPUB | 2.24 MB Maria was eight months old in 1942 when a childless couple found her, wrapped in a blanket, at the side of a road near Krosno, Poland. A note pinned to the blanket stated only her first name and her date of birth. The couple picked up Maria and raised her, but she grew up longing for identity and connection. Who was she, and what had happened to her family? Years later, Maria's story came to the attention of Stanley Diamond. Diamond was the founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, one of the largest databases of Jewish vital records and a crucial tool in researching the stories of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. In this engrossing story, Amy Fish shows how Diamond and an intrepid band of international volunteers compared photographs with genealogical records and smuggled DNA tests to provide Maria with family ties that she thought were lost to her forever. A tale of unexpected coincidences, astonishing revelations, and more than a little luck, One in Six Million is an amazing story of lost - and found - identity. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c5a8560e60e60864ae513835f7bd2ea8/6nwwj.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/j4sgw1xz3rad/6nwwj.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/r80naGGVcs/6nwwj.7z.html

Nikki Rowe, "Once a Girl, Now a Woman" English | 2013 | ISBN: 1452510407 | EPUB | pages: 72 | 0.5 mb Have you ever travelled down a road that has been little explored? Have you been driven to tears by feelings of isolation, by the feeling that you are somehow different? Do you hunger for truth? You are not alone. It is no coincidence that you've found this book, that you've picked it up, or that you're reading it now. You are here at the exact moment you were always meant to be. It is time you came to understand the beat of your own heart, the music in your soul, the peace in your mind, and the healing abilities of your precious body temple. In her deeply inspirational work, Once a Girl, Now a Woman, author Nicolle Rowe taps into the deepest recesses of her soul and brings forth the truth and the wisdom you've been craving. By sharing some of her most intimate moments of growth on her journey to an eternal self, Nikki has found the entrance of a path leading past the ego and to the soul that only you may tread. You can experience a conscious awakening and gain an understanding of yourself that only you can discover. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/67c6a5eaac3d6226759f3c8d6650771e/f7idd.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/bg2o70gal9sb/f7idd.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/siWR4jcS8A/f7idd.7z.html

On Oil (Field Notes) by Don Gillmor English | April 22nd, 2025 | ISBN: 177196667X | 144 pages | True EPUB | 1.15 MB A journalist, and former roughneck, considers our long, complex, tortured relationship with oil. Oil has dominated our lives for the last century. It has given us warmth, progress, and life-threatening pollution. It has been a gift and is now a threat. It has started wars, ended wars, and infiltrated governments-in some cases, effectively become the government. And now oil's enduring mythology is facing a messy, complicated twilight. In On Oil, Don Gillmor, who worked as a roughneck on oil rigs during the seventies oil boom in Alberta, looks at how the industry has changed over the decades and illustrates the ways our dependence on oil has led to regulatory capture, in Canada and elsewhere, and contributed to armed conflict and war across the world. Gillmor documents the myriad ways that oil companies have misdirected environmental action and misinformed the public about climate concerns and illuminates where we went wrong-and how we might yet change course. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/e194548f3bd363f156f2d7075c6ab478/pxh62.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/m36zcif1h9yh/pxh62.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/l5P51Ill7a/pxh62.7z.html

On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic by Dana Simmons English | 2025 | ISBN: 0520412982 | 234 Pages | True PDF | 6.5 MB In this book, Dana Simmons explores the enduring production of hunger in US history. Hunger, in the modern United States, became a technology-a weapon, a scientific method, and a policy instrument. During the nineteenth century, state agents and private citizens colluded in large-scale campaigns of ethnic cleansing using hunger and food deprivation. In the twentieth century, officials enacted policies and rules that made incarcerated people, welfare recipients, and beneficiaries of foreign food aid hungry by design, in order to modify their behavior. With the advent of ultraprocessed foods, food manufacturers designed products to stimulate cravings and consumption at the expense of public health. Taking us inside the labs of researchers devoted to understanding hunger as a biological and social phenomenon, On Hunger examines the continuing struggle to produce, suppress, or control hunger in America. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/326a679e57580d23712beef8d7e9a63b/qqzmm.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/jjla75nuvxlu/qqzmm.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/Hf6zNC1Wa7/qqzmm.7z.html

On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic by Dana Simmons English | 2025 | ISBN: 0520412982 | 234 Pages | True ePUB | 4.6 MB In this book, Dana Simmons explores the enduring production of hunger in US history. Hunger, in the modern United States, became a technology-a weapon, a scientific method, and a policy instrument. During the nineteenth century, state agents and private citizens colluded in large-scale campaigns of ethnic cleansing using hunger and food deprivation. In the twentieth century, officials enacted policies and rules that made incarcerated people, welfare recipients, and beneficiaries of foreign food aid hungry by design, in order to modify their behavior. With the advent of ultraprocessed foods, food manufacturers designed products to stimulate cravings and consumption at the expense of public health. Taking us inside the labs of researchers devoted to understanding hunger as a biological and social phenomenon, On Hunger examines the continuing struggle to produce, suppress, or control hunger in America. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/813eb35c97ab38a11344f275d971fbeb/vagqp.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/hk14vpvjc3r6/vagqp.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/uruTQSLaxr/vagqp.7z.html

On Character: Choices That Define a Life by General Stanley McChrystal English | May 13th, 2025 | ISBN: 0593852958 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 0.88 MB From the bestselling author of Team of Teams and My Share of the Task, reflections on character, and who we choose to be. "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." -Thomas Paine How to measure a life? After a career of service, retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal had much to contemplate. He pondered his successes and failures, his beliefs and aspirations, and asked himself, Who am I, really? And more importantly, who have I become? When I die, how will I be measured? In the end, McChrystal came to a conclusion as simple as it was profound: the reality of who we are cannot be recorded in dates or accomplishments. It is found in our character-the most accurate, and last full measure, of who we choose to be. On Character offers McChrystal's blueprint for living with purpose and integrity, challenging us to examine not just our deeds but who we become through them. Drawing from a lifetime of experience, he distills profound insights on setting and meeting standards, aligning actions with beliefs, and offers practical advice on overcoming obstacles and pursuing self-improvement. According to McChrystal, character is not a trait inherited at birth, nor does it automatically come from education, position, or experience. Character, instead, comes down to a succession of choices, most mundane, several momentous, that reveal the deep truth of our capacity for virtue. In an era where understanding and upholding our ideals is more crucial than ever, On Character offers an inspiring roadmap for personal growth and integrity-a call to become our best selves, both as individuals and as Americans. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/557855af5dc3bb4857426f808dc35750/xitbi.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/nlk3xyjrysb1/xitbi.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/5Co9obzxFE/xitbi.7z.html

I. Proudfoot, "Old Muslim Calendars of Southeast Asia" English | 2006 | ISBN: 9004154140 | PDF | pages: 147 | 65.2 mb Director of the Malay Concordance Project, Proudfoot explains the peculiar form of the Muslim calendar that was widely used in Southeast Asia but is not so well known elsewhere in the Islamic world. They operated on an eight-year cycle, had been replaced by more orthodox versions of the Islamic calendar everywhere but in Java by the 20th century. Though his explanation may help correct errors in dating old texts, his main concern is to cast light on aspects of older Malay science and culture. The disk contains tools for converting Malay and Javanese dates to a range of variant calendars. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) RapidGator https://rg.to/file/b52e0eb471dcaea2f9b7ab443185f06e/k9xsl.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ab8vnnnmdm5l/k9xsl.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/G2StONfJ5x/k9xsl.7z.html

Old English Studies and its Scandinavian Practitioners: Nationalism, Aesthetics, and Spirituality in the Nordic Countries, 1733-2023 by Robert E Bjork English | 2024 | ISBN: 1843847264 | 355 Pages | PDF | 38 MB An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. The discipline of Old English Studies began in Scandinavia, not England, pioneered by the work of the great Danish scholar, N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) and continues to flourish in the languages of the region (including Finland). This book offers a history of Scandinavian scholarship, in Neo-Latin, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, as well as Finnish and Sámi, from 1733 to the present day. It surveys the major events and texts in the discipline, and evaluates translations of Beowulf and other Old English prose and verse texts. It argues that nationalism, aesthetics, and spirituality are the chief motivators for Old English studies in the Nordic countries; although Romantic nationalism was a first mover for Old English studies, the qualities Scandinavians now seek in Old English literature-that we all seek-are transnational, existential, spiritual, and human. The study concludes with complete bibliographies of contributions in the Scandinavian languages to Old English studies and of translations of Old English literature into the Scandinavian languages. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4237c014035a72536804c6054a3e8d68/gxcrt.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/dvz85lq2rp31/gxcrt.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/xXlOPial8C/gxcrt.7z.html

Old English Studies and its Scandinavian Practitioners: Nationalism, Aesthetics, and Spirituality in the Nordic Countries, 1733-2023 by Robert E Bjork English | 2024 | ISBN: 1843847264 | 355 Pages | True ePUB | 16.3 MB An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. The discipline of Old English Studies began in Scandinavia, not England, pioneered by the work of the great Danish scholar, N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) and continues to flourish in the languages of the region (including Finland). This book offers a history of Scandinavian scholarship, in Neo-Latin, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, as well as Finnish and Sámi, from 1733 to the present day. It surveys the major events and texts in the discipline, and evaluates translations of Beowulf and other Old English prose and verse texts. It argues that nationalism, aesthetics, and spirituality are the chief motivators for Old English studies in the Nordic countries; although Romantic nationalism was a first mover for Old English studies, the qualities Scandinavians now seek in Old English literature-that we all seek-are transnational, existential, spiritual, and human. The study concludes with complete bibliographies of contributions in the Scandinavian languages to Old English studies and of translations of Old English literature into the Scandinavian languages. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c49350dfde55174af690d14f16a6a4f2/ynn6d.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/rxrn0frf07gq/ynn6d.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/fnzicLhnlG/ynn6d.7z.html

Occupant-Oriented Demand Response with Model Predictive Heating Control in a Multi-Zone Residential Building Moritz Frahm English | 2025 | ISBN: 9783731513858 | 130 Pages | True PDF | 1.56 MB This book introduces a framework for occupant-oriented demand response in residential buildings with distributed energy sources. Using model predictive control, it optimizes heat pump operation while integrating PV, batteries, and occupants' thermal satisfaction. Results show over 20% cost savings and enhanced thermal satisfaction. PV integration further reduces costs by over 50%. The framework provides a practical, data-driven approach for versatile, energy-efficient building solutions. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/f94fce6f853e91a7086010581e35b905/sorft.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/e0fqmitou5fw/sorft.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/hmunNNVGnv/sorft.7z.html