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Self-Expression

Mitchell S. Green “Self-Expression"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2008-01-10 | ISBN: 0199283788 | 256 pages | PDF | 1,4 Mb

Mitchell S. Green presents a systematic philosophical study of self-expression - a pervasive phenomenon of the everyday life of humans and other species, which has received scant attention in its own right. He explores the ways in which self-expression reveals our states of thought, feeling,
and experience, and he defends striking new theses concerning a wide range of fascinating topics: our ability to perceive emotion in others, artistic expression, empathy, expressive language, meaning, facial expression, and speech acts. He draws on insights from evolutionary game theory, ethology,
the philosophy of language, social psychology, pragmatics, aesthetics, and neuroscience to present a stimulating and accessible interdisciplinary work.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:03 | Comments (0)

Squid: The Definitive Guide

By Duane Wessels Squid is the most popular Web caching software in use today and it works on a variety of platforms including Linux FreeBSD and Windows. Squid improves network performance by reducing the amount of bandwidth used when surfing the Web. It Read more...

Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:05 | Comments (0)

A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes

Witold Gombrowicz “A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes"
Yale University Press | 2004-09-10 | ISBN: 030010409X | 128 pages | PDF | 1,2 Mb

Witold Gombrowicz (1904-1969), novelist, essayist, and playwright, was one of the most important Polish writers of the twentieth century. A candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, he was described by Milan Kundera as “one of the great novelists of our century” and by John Updike as “one of the profoundest of the late moderns.”
Gombrowicz’s works were considered scandalous and subversive by the ruling powers in Poland and were banned for nearly forty years. He spent his last years in France teaching philosophy; this book is a series of reflections based on his lectures.
Gombrowicz discusses Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger in six “one-hour” essays and addresses Marxism in a shorter “fifteen-minute” piece. The text—a small literary gem full of sardonic wit, brilliant insights, and provocative criticism—constructs the philosophical lineage of his work.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:06 | Comments (1)

Physical Illness and Schizophrenia: A Review of the Evidence

Stefan Leucht, Tonja Burkard, John H. Henderson, Mario Maj, Norman Sartorius “Physical Illness and Schizophrenia: A Review of the Evidence"
Cambridge University Press | 2007-12-10 | ISBN: 0521882648 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,2 Mb

It is well established that people suffering from schizophrenia have a higher prevalence of serious physical illness and a higher mortality than the general population. This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of current research evidence on the prevalence of physical diseases in people with schizophrenia, a disorder afflicting approximately 1% of the global population, and a group with mortality rates twice as high as the general population. The epidemiological data described in this book will provide the basis for improved awareness of these problems and better treatment for patients. This is the first in a series of books addressing an issue emerging as a priority in the mental health field: the timely and proper recognition of physical health problems in people with mental disorders. They should be read by policy makers, service managers, mental health professionals and general practitioners.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:07 | Comments (0)

The Sites of Rome: Time, Space, Memory

David H. J. Larmour, Diana Spencer “The Sites of Rome: Time, Space, Memory"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2007-12-20 | ISBN: 0199217491 | 450 pages | PDF | 5,9 Mb

Rome was a building site for much of its history, a city continually reshaped and reconstituted in line with political and cultural change. In later times, the conjunction of ruins and rebuilding lent the cityscape a particularly fascinating character, much exploited by artists and writers.

This layering and changing of vistas also finds expression in the literary tradition, from classical times right up to the twenty-first-century. This collection of essays offers glimpses, sideways glances and unexpected angles that open up Rome in its widest possible sense, and explores how the visible components of Rome - the hills, the Tiber, the temples, the Forums, the Colosseum, the statues and monuments - operate as, or become, the sites/sights of Rome.The analyses are informed by contemporary critical thinking and draw on ancient historical narrative, Roman poetry, Renaissance literature and cartography, art of the Grand Tour era, Russian and Soviet interpretations, and twentieth-century cinema.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:08 | Comments (0)

The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book

Charles W. Kreidler “The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book"
Wiley-Blackwell | 2004-02-02 | ISBN: 1405113367 | 328 pages | PDF | 1,9 Mb

This revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and involves the reader at every step, with over 80 exercises leading students to discover facts, to formulate general statements, and to apply concepts.

Discusses the nature of speech and phonetic description, the principles of phonological analysis, the consonants and vowels of English and their possible sequences.

Provides extensive treatment of rhythm, stress, and intonation and the role of these prosodic elements in discourse.
Includes more than 80 exercises with feedback and glossary of technical terms.
Incorporates developments in phonology since the first edition appeared.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:09 | Comments (0)

Evolution in Health and Disease

Stephen C. Stearns, Jacob C. Koella “Evolution in Health and Disease"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2008-01-10 | ISBN: 0199207461 | 368 pages | PDF | 4,1 Mb

In this fully revised and updated edition, the editors have integrated a completely new set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field to describe the latest research in evolutionary medicine, providing a fresh summary of this rapidly expanding field 10 years after its
predecessor was first compiled. It continues to adopt a broad approach to the subject, drawing on medically relevant research from evolutionary genetics, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary microbiology (especially experimental evolution of virulence and resistance), the evolution of aging and
degenerative disease, and other aspects of biology or medicine where evolutionary approaches make important contributions.

Evolution in Health and Disease describes how evolutionary thinking gives valuable insights and fresh perspectives into human health and disease, establishing evolutionary biology as an essential complementary science for medicine. Integrating evolutionary thought into medical research and practice
helps to explain the origins of many medical conditions, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, asthma, allergies, other autoimmune diseases, and aging. It also provides life-saving insights into the evolutionary responses of pathogens to antibiotics, vaccinations, and other human
interventions. Why do we grow old? How can we stay healthy as we age? The book discusses these and many other fascinating questions, as well as suggesting exciting possibilities for future treatment and research.

This research level text is suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine, evolutionary biology, anthropology, developmental biology and genetics. It will also be of relevance and use to medical researchers and doctors.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:10 | Comments (0)

How to Lie With Statistics

Darrell Huff “How to Lie With Statistics"
W. W. Norton & Company | 1993-09 | ISBN 0393310728 | 142 pages | 1,7 Mb

"There is terror in numbers," writes Darrell Huff in How to Lie with Statistics. And nowhere does this terror translate to blind acceptance of authority more than in the slippery world of averages, correlations, graphs, and trends. Huff sought to break through "the daze that follows the collision of statistics with the human mind" with this slim volume, first published in 1954. The book remains relevant as a wake-up call for people unaccustomed to examining the endless flow of numbers pouring from Wall Street, Madison Avenue, and everywhere else someone has an axe to grind, a point to prove, or a product to sell. "The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify," warns Huff.

Although many of the examples used in the book are charmingly dated, the cautions are timeless. Statistics are rife with opportunities for misuse, from "gee-whiz graphs" that add nonexistent drama to trends, to "results" detached from their method and meaning, to statistics' ultimate bugaboo--faulty cause-and-effect reasoning. Huff's tone is tolerant and amused, but no-nonsense. Like a lecturing father, he expects you to learn something useful from the book, and start applying it every day. Never be a sucker again, he cries!

Even if you can't find a source of demonstrable bias, allow yourself some degree of skepticism about the results as long as there is a possibility of bias somewhere. There always is.

Read How to Lie with Statistics. Whether you encounter statistics at work, at school, or in advertising, you'll remember its simple lessons. Don't be terrorized by numbers, Huff implores. "The fact is that, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science." --Therese Littleton

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:11 | Comments (0)

Mechanical Properties of Metals: Atomistic and Fractal Continuum Approaches

C. W. Lung, Norman H. March “Mechanical Properties of Metals: Atomistic and Fractal Continuum Approaches"
World Scientific Pub Co Inc | 1999-07 | ISBN: 9810226225 | 416 pages | PDF | 2,4 Mb

Reader's review:
In this book the basics of elasticity theory, electronic structure and the fractal description of fractures as a topic of technological importance, are linked to summarize a very well done and elegant way of representing the fundamentals of the mechanical behavior of materials, which is not always apparent from conventional descriptions. An useful source to study and consult for mechanical engineers, materials scientists, physicists, etc.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:12 | Comments (0)

Goebbels. Mastermind of the Third Reich

Goebbels. Mastermind of the Third Reich
Parforce (UK) Ltd. | 1996 | ISBN 1872197132 | English | 939 pages | PDF | 2.6 MB

This latest work by Irving (Goring: A Biography, LJ 3/1/89) depends heavily on Goebbels's diaries and related papers. Unfortunately, the diaries are boring. Goebbels devoted much of his journal to describing his emotions (banal), love life (promiscuous), and marriage (dysfunctional).

At its best, this aspect of the book is keyhole history. Far more troubling is Irving's general approach to the history of the Third Reich. He takes pains to insist periodically upon his distaste for Goebbels's Nazi extremism, but to describe Hitler as "less radical on the Jewish question" in 1942 than was Goebbels is to deny reality. Paradigmatic as well is Irving's insistence that Goebbels's vicious attacks on Jews in the 1930s were in response to the "hysteria" generated by the foreign press, the Comintern, and such dangerous "Jewish" organizations as the World League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism.
In contrast, Irving offers no new evidence establishing Goebbels as the Reich's "mastermind." He neglects such important subjects as the sources of Goebbels's anti-Semitism, his development of the theories and techniques of mass propaganda, and his role as wartime Gauleiter of Berlin. Ralf Reuth's Goebbels (Harcourt, 1993) offers readers a more balanced approach.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:13 | Comments (0)

Hostile Waters - The Death of the Soviet Sub K219

The cold war was nearly over by 1986, yet under the sea the deadly game of hide-and-seek played by Soviet and American submarines continued unabated. Off the east coast of America, an aging Soviet ballistic missile sub, a "boomer," suffered a crippling accident, coming within moments of a nuclear meltdown. Had her reactors exploded, the radioactivity released into the Gulf Stream would have dwarfed the Chernobyl disaster.

This is the gripping, true story of the young Soviet sailors who fought to save their submarine, risking fire, smoke, poison gas, and intense radioactivity. Their secret struggle and sacrifice saved the American coast from nuclear catastrophe. Told in the words of the survivors, it is a story never before revealed outside the submarine community.
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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:14 | Comments (0)

Deepak Chopra - Everyday Immortality

Deepak Chopra - Everyday Immortality
English | ISBN: 0609604848 | 15MB | Audio Tape Rip @64kb Vbr

Everyday Immortality contains a series of insights, known in eastern wisdom traditions as sutras, or koans. Like a string of pearls, each insight follows the next. You will ponder the meaning of each statement--some very obvious, others more challenging. Through this process, the reader's thought patterns are literally transformed, causing a permanent shift in perception. These exercises are a modern version of Gyana Yoga, India's ancient Yoga of Knowledge, long considered the most direct path to attaining enlightenment and immortality.

As a result of the process, your awareness and your experience of yourself and of the world will begin to change, and you will begin to slowly experience a state of joyful carefreeness and love that will stay with you more and more.

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:15 | Comments (0)

How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk

Gail Stein “How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk"
McGraw-Hil | 2008-02-27 | ISBN: 0071548424 | 336 pages | PDF | 1,4 Mb

AVOID THE JERKS AND FIND “THE ONE” WHO'S RIGHT FOR YOU

"Eye-opening and practical, How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk is for anyone who's tired of dating and wants to finally find 'the one.'"
--John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

"An insightful and creative contribution to managing the complexity of choosing a life partner. I heartily recommend it."
--Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author of Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find

"Don't be part of the 'where-was-this-book-when-I-needed-it?' crowd. It's not too late--read it now!"
--Pat Love, Ed.D., author of The Truth About Love and Hot Monogamy

Based on years of research on marital and premarital happiness, How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk (previously published in hardcover as How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk) will help you break destructive dating patterns that have kept you from finding the love you deserve:
Ask the right questions to inspire meaningful, revealing conversations with your partner
Judge character based on compatibility, relationships skills, friends, and patterns from family and previous relationships
Resolve your own emotional baggage so you're ready for a healthy relationship

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Posted in books by bahalaka on Apr. 27, 2008 // 08:16 | Comments (0)

Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business

Scott W. Cooper, Fritz P. Grutzner, Birk P. Cooper “Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business"
McGraw-Hill | 2008-02-21 | ISBN: 0071494898 | 256 pages | PDF | 1,6 Mb

Win new customers—and keep them coming back

Whether you run a billion-dollar company or a mom-and-pop small business, you have to know your customers and know what they want. Written by three marketing experts, Tips & Traps for Marketing Your Business is filled with marketing best practices that show you how to win over new customers and make existing customers more profitable. You’ll also find practical and proven marketing tips and traps to help you grow your business, lessons learned from realworld experience, and tangible examples from the leading companies in business today.
Connect with your target market
Unlock hidden streams of profit and increase sales
Develop and deliver a compelling story for your brand
Effectively and profitably manage customer relationships
Determine how much media weight is enough and how to avoid spending too much
Attract customers to your Web site

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