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The Next 100 Years

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The Next 100 Years Publisher: Georg e Friedman | ISBN: 9780385522946 | edition 2009 | PDF | 273 pages | 10,2 mb Imagine that you were alive in the summer of 1900, living in London, then the capital of the world. Europe ruled the Eastern Hemisphere. There was hardly a place that, if not ruled directly, was not indirectly controlled from a European capital. Europe was at peace and enjoying unprecedented prosperity. Indeed, European interdependence due to trade and investment was so great that serious people were claiming that war had become impossible—and if not impossible, would end within weeks of beginning—because global financial markets couldn’t withstand the strain.The future seemed fixed: a peaceful, prosperous Europe would rule the world.

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Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement

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Nuno F. Bicho, “Trekking the Shore: Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)” Publisher: S***ger | 2011 | ISBN: 1441982183 | PDF | 526 pages | 12.4 MB

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Stärkung der Lernkultur in Unternehmen: Entdeckung von Potenzialen des PMBOK

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Alexander V. Steckelberg, “Stärkung der Lernkultur in Unternehmen: Entdeckung von Potenzialen des PMBOK” Publisher: Gabler | ISBN 10: 3834927341 | 2011 | PDF | 158 pages | 3 MB

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Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction {Repost}

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Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction Publisher: Wiley-Interscience | ISBN: 0470025972 | edition 2008 | PDF | 648 pages | 11,9 mb Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, Second Edition provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this evolving and multidisciplinary area of research. Building on the success of the First Edition, this edition has been completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field. Written in an accessible style, Medicinal Chemistry: An Introduction, Second Edition carefully explains fundamental principles, assuming little in the way of prior knowledge.

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Julia Barrett – Beauty and the Feast

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Julia Barrett – Beauty and the Feast Publisher: Resplendence Publishing, LLC (April 13, 2011) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 1607352567 | EPUB + MOBI | 332 pages | 0.3 mb + 0.4 mb Eva Raines is an uncomplicated country girl who’s all about food. Eva moves to the Napa Valley where her culinary skills come to the attention of the owners of a start-up, All Things to All People, and Eva finds her niche as a personal chef. Now all she needs is a man as perfect as her cooking, but she has serious doubts that such a creature exists. When wealthy entrepreneur, winery owner, and noted lothario, Gabriel Abbott, makes plans to seduce his flavor of the month, his assistant hires All Things to All People to cater a gourmet dinner. Eva expects to use her way with food to showcase the startup. What she unexpectedly discovers is that her culinary skills showcase far more.

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White Middle Class Identities and Urban Schooling (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)

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Diane Reay, “White Middle Class Identities and Urban Schooling (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)” Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | 2011 | ISBN: 0230224016 | PDF | 224 pages | 1 MB

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Mark Anderson, James Fox, Christian Bolton, "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs" (repost)

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Mark Anderson, James Fox, Christian Bolton, “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs” Publisher: McGraw-Hill | ISBN: 0071700641 | edition 2011 | PDF | 571 pages | 19.4 mb Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs shows you how to use your experience as an Oracle DBA to get up to speed quickly on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Authors with real-world expertise in both Oracle and SQL Server introduce you to fundamental concepts, such as SQL Server architecture and core administration, before guiding you through advanced techniques, including performance optimization, high availability and disaster recovery.

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Julia Alvarez – In the Time of the Butterflies

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Julia Alvarez – In the Time of the Butterflies Publisher: Algonquin Books; Reprint edition (January 12, 2010) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 1565129768 | EPUB + MOBI | 0.6 mb + 0.7 mb During the last days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, three young women, members of a conservative, pious Catholic family, who had become committed to the revolutionary overthrow of the regime, were ambushed and assassinated as they drove back from visiting their jailed husbands. Thus martyred, the Mirabal sisters have become mythical figures in their country, where they are known as las mariposas (the butterflies), from their underground code names. Herself a native of the Dominican Republic, Alvarez ( How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents ) has fictionalized their story in a narrative that starts slowly but builds to a gripping intensity.

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Relating Rape and Murder: Narratives of Sex, Death and Gender

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Jane Monckton-Smith, “Relating Rape and Murder: Narratives of Sex, Death and Gender” Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | 2010 | ISBN: 0230242022 | PDF | 224 pages | 1.5 MB

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Physics and Technology for Future Presidents: An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to Know

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Richard A. Muller, “Physics and Technology for Future Presidents: An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to Know” Publisher: Princeton University Press | ISBN 10: 0691135045 | 2010 | PDF | 532 pages | 19.7 MB

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