The Lost Art of Being Happy: Spirituality for Sceptics

Tony Wilkinson, "The Lost Art of Being Happy: Spirituality for Sceptics"
Findhorn Press | 2007-12-01 | ISBN: 1844091163 | 302 pages | PDF | 5,9 MB

Arguing that spirituality is not about religion but about living happily, this guidebook offers advice on the skills of the inner life - the mind and emotions - that are needed for a life of gladness. This examination discusses the requirements for happiness, explores their nature and shows that mastering a set of five of them leads to bliss. The exercises in this resource are offered to spiritual seekers as a path towards happiness and emphasise that personal elation is not caused by external events, but by mastering the skills of the inner life. This book shows how spirituality should be a vital human concern regardless of beliefs about the supernatural. Starting from the simple idea that everyone wants to live happily, it offers a powerful theory that supports many spiritual and self-development practices. In the five skills, it offers a pragmatic and flexible way to live spiritually allowing each person to develop a practice that suits their own needs. The book focuses on the idea of generating skills of the inner life rather than virtues or merit. This is a profound shift of paradigm, which removes moral anxiety and grounds both spirituality and ethical living in a fundamental choice to live happily.



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A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China

"A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China" by Patrick Tyler
PublicAffairs | 512 pages | English | 2000 | ISBN: 1586480057 | PDF | 77,0 MB

The "riveting and endlessly fascinating story" (The Boston Globe) of the complex and often tormented relationship between the U.S. and China--a finalist for the Helen now in paperback.

Hailed as "absorbing" by the New York Times and "suspense-filled" by Foreign Affairs, Patrick Tyler's A Great Wall became an instant classic; a must-read for anyone concerned with the complicated and combative relationship between the world's biggest and the world's most powerful nations.

And no one could tell this story better than Patrick Tyler, veteran journalist and former Beijing bureau chief of the New York Times. Using brilliant original reporting from his years in China; interviews with presidents, secretaries of state, Chinese officials, and other key leaders; and 15,000 pages of newly declassified documents, Tyler illuminates a relationship usually shrouded in secrecy, miscommunication, rivalry, fascination, and fear. A Great Wall is essential reading for anyone interested in China and anyone concerned with the shifting dynamics of post-Cold War geopolitics.


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Quality of care. A process of for making strategic choices in health systems

Bengoa R.; Kawar R.; Key P.; Leatherman S.; Massoud R.; Saturno P., "Quality of care. A process of for making strategic choices in health systems"
Publisher: World Health Organization | 2006 | ISBN 9241563249 | PDF | 50 pages | 1.2 MB

This guide pres decision-makers and managers at country level with a systematic process which will allow them to design and implement effective interventions to promote quality in health systems. It focuses particular attention on people who have a strategic responsibility for quality so that they can create an enabling environment for all the quality improvement initiatives being undertaken at the medical care level and reinforce their chances of success and sustainability. It has been designed to assist self-assessment and serve as a discussion guide so that decision-makers and interested parties in the quality arena can work together on finding answers for their own setting.


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Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter)

Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter) By Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp
Publisher: New Riders Press 2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0321687299 | PDF | 6 MB

Suddenly, everyone’s talking about HTML5, and ready or not, you need to get acquainted with this powerful new development in web and application design. Some of its new features are already being implemented by existing browsers, and much more is around the corner.

Written by developers who have been using the new language for the past year in their work, this book shows you how to start adapting the language now to realize its benefits on today’s browsers. Rather than being just an academic investigation, it concentrates on the practical—the problems HTML5 can solve for you right away. By following the book’s hands-on HTML5 code examples you’ll learn:

new semantics and structures to help your site become richer and more accessible

how to apply the most important JavaScript APIs that are already implemented

the uses of native multimedia for video and audio
techniques for drawing lines, fills, gradients, images and text with canvas

how to build more intelligent web forms
implementation of new storage options and web databases
how geolocation works with HTML5 in both web and mobile applications

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Powerboater's Guide to Electrical Systems

"Powerboater's Guide to Electrical Systems" by Edwin Sherman
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press | 224 pages | English | 2007 | ISBN: 0071485503 | PDF | 8,1 MB

Understand, troubleshoot, repair, and upgrade your boat’s electrical systems. Frustrated by the high cost of basic electrical work but nervous about tackling such projects yourself? Get sound advice and guidance from author Ed Sherman, who wrote and teaches the American Boat & Yacht Council’s certification program for electrical technicians. In Powerboater’s Guide to Electrical Systems, he combines basic theory with step-by-step directions for troubleshooting problems, making repairs, and installing new equipment. Learn to

* Draw up a wiring diagram for your boat
* Locate and identify wiring and circuit components
* Select and use a multimeter
* Choose and maintain battery and marine ignition systems
* Troubleshoot starting, charging, and instrument problems
* Install DC and AC marine accessories, equipment, and electronics


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English Language Learners

"English Language Learners" by Tamara Roleff
Greenhaven | 144 pages | English | 2009 | ISBN: 0737743476 | PDF | 4,5 MB

Assimilation is perhaps the most divisive issue concerning English language learners in the United States. Many Americans assert that immigrants cannot be assimilated into American culture unless they speak English. And yet many immigrants say they do not want to lose their culture, identity, or language by assimilating into the American melting pot. The articles in this anthology explore many of the issues involved with English language learners, bilingual education, and the English-only/ official English movement, with the hope that the reader will come to understand the issues involved.


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Design of Concrete Structures

Design of Concrete Structures
McGraw-Hill | August 8, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0072483059 | 800 pages | PDF | 51.34 MB

The 13th edition of the classic text, Design of Concrete Structures, is completely revised using the newly released 2002 ACI Code. The text covers the behavior and design aspects of concrete and provides thoroughly updated examples and homework problems throughout.
The 13th edition features a new chapter, Chapter 10, covering strut-and-tie models, although the two-pronged objectives of (1) establishing a firm understanding of the behavior of reinforced concrete, and (2) developing proficiency in the methods used in current design practice are retained.


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