Subway Art

Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, "Subway Art"
Holt Paperbacks| English | 1988-09-15 | ISBN: 978-0805006780 | 104 pages | PDF | 89 MB

"While thousands of kids are writing their names on every available surface in New York City, masterpieces such as appear on these pages are relatively..."
"The book you need to understand and appreciate the graffiti art and culture!..."

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Layers Magazine 2009 (issue 1)

Layers Magazine 2009 (issue 1)
magazine | PDF | English | 124 pages | 60 MB

Layers keeps you on top of the latest design trends taking place within the world of the Adobe® Creative Suite® programs. Each issue unlocks new possibilities, new ideas, and new methods that help you accomplish more!

Playboy Magazine 1st Issue - 1953

Playboy Magazine 1st Issue - 1953
PDF | 44 pages | English | 9.71 MB

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Modern Design №8

Modern Design №8 — February 2008
100 pages | PDF | 15 mb

The BIBLE CODE

Michael Drosnin "The BIBLE CODE"
272 Pages | PDF | 1 MB

For three thousand years a code in the Bible has remained hidden. Now it has been unlocked by computer -- and it may reveal our future.

The code was broken by an Israeli mathematician, who presented the proof in a major science journal, and it has been confirmed by famous mathematicians around the world.

This book is the first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story.

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Race, Racism, and Science

John Jackson, Nadine Weidman, "Race, Racism, and Science"
PDF | 350 pages | 1.5 MB

Since the eighteenth century when natural historians created the idea of distinct racial categories, scientific findings on race have been a double-edged sword. For some antiracists, science holds the promise of one day providing indisputable evidence to help eradicate racism. On the other hand, science has been enlisted to promote racist beliefs ranging from a justification of slavery in the eighteenth century to the infamous twentieth-century book, The Bell Curve, whose authors argued that racial differences in intelligence resulted in lower test scores for African Americans.

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Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Culture, History, and Politics by Claude Faure
509 pages | PDF | 8 Mb

A very impressive compilation of about 1,500 articles relating to the overall Israeli-Palestinian conflict. English-language edition was originally issued in French in 2002. By "revised" I mean that its "Yasir Arafat" article even mentions his death in November 2004, and printed in December, just before the start of the early 2005 Sharon-Abbas rapprochement.
Some articles contain only two sentences of commentary; others are two pages long. It details not only dozens of political parties throughout the Middle East, but it also provides short biographies of even obscure politicians involved in the Palestine controversy throughout the world - past and present. It provides the names and dates of various Israeli military operations throughout Palestine. It lists the relevant UN resolutions. It details the main issues at the annual Arab League summits between 1964-2004. Obscure Islamic terrorist (err, "liberation") groups are noted in separate articles. It has that "European" writing style: each sentence is written tightly, void of wordiness and each most informative. It is written in an unbiased, neutral manner. Islamic militants will be disappointed that it doesn't editorialize in condemning everything regarding Israel (err, "the Occupied Zionist Territory"). If there is a shortcoming to this dictionary, it fails to allow the strident "intensity of belief" flavor of the militant Palestinian perspective to come through. But then this is a dictionary, not a passionate political tract.

This is a dictionary, not an encyclopedia. There are few photographs. Fortunately it does not provide much "ancient" Biblical history to the Palestinian conflict; concentrating instead on events developing since the start of the 1880s Zionist movement to settle Jews in Palestine, and primarily since the 1940s - but strong even in the 2000-2004 Intifada era. It concentrates on the "political" disputes and personalities, rather than on any lengthy analysis of the religious chasm between the peoples.

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The Lucent Library of Science and Technology - Energy Alternatives

Gabriel Cruden, "The Lucent Library of Science and Technology - Energy Alternatives"
112 pages | PDF | 8,9 MB

Energy drives all life and is a key component to how humanity works, lives, and sustains itself. Due to the depletion of existing energy sources and the damage being done to the earth's ecosystems, renewable, non-polluting energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, are being developed and implemented.

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A Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese

A Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese
PDF | 5.87 MB

A standard of Brazilian Portuguese language instruction.

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Before And After

Before And After
.PDF | 55 issue | RAR packed |140 MB

Before & After magazine has been sharing its practical approach to graphic design since 1990. Because our modern world has made designers of us all (ready or not), Before & After is dedicated to making graphic design understandable, useful and even fun for everyone.

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Political Virtue and Shopping: Individuals, Consumerism, and Collective Action

Michele Micheletti "Political Virtue and Shopping: Individuals, Consumerism, and Collective Action"
264 pages | PDF | 1 MB

Shoppers can express their values as they search for value. Political consumerism is turning the market into a site for politics and ethics, as consumer choices reflect personal attitudes and purchases are informed by ethical or political assessment of business and government practice. In such forms as boycotts, when consumers refuse to buy, or buycotts, where consumers shift their purchases, the ostensibly apolitical marketplace is a site of contestation at the intersection of globalization and individualization. This book opens readers' eyes to a new way of viewing everyday consumer choices and the role of the market in our lives, illuminating the broader theoretical and historical context of concerns about sweatshops, responsible coffee, and ethical and free trade.

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The Economist

The Economist (January 24th - January 30th 2009) and Special report on the future of finance
182 Pages | English | PDF 3 MB
Inside the banks

Blank cheques, bankruptcy, nationalisation: the options are dire, but governments must choose between them:

This crisis is so huge that seeing beyond it is hard. Yet even now policymakers need to plan for the future of finance—partly to convince voters that today’s rescue is preparing for a better system; partly because finance’s shortcomings and the taxpayers’ guarantees make an overhaul of regulation necessary; and partly because sensible reforms are hard to devise.

Having seen finance wreak havoc, the temptation will be to bind it in a regulatory straitjacket. Some tighter regulation is in order, especially if it is aimed at making the system more transparent. But this crisis was born of economic excess as well as financial folly; given the torrent of capital flowing into America, Britain, Spain and so on, almost any financial system would have gone wrong. Financial re-regulation is not the only reform—it may not even be the most important. Yet finance makes the rest of the economy work. Mr Obama’s prize for remaking finance will be measured in prosperity and jobs. The work should begin now.

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MAD Magazine #498

MAD Magazine #498
English | CBR | January 2009 | 32 MB

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IEEE Communications - January 2009

IEEE Communications - January 2009
PDF | English | 6.99 MB | 172 pages

IEEE Communications Magazine was the number three most-cited journal in telecommunications and the number fifteen cited journal in electrical and electronics engineering in 2003, according to the annual Journal Citation Report (2003 edition) published by the Institute for Scientific Information. This magazine covers all areas of communications such as lightwave telecommunications, high-speed data communications, personal communications systems (PCS), ISDN, and more. Includes special feature technical articles and monthly departments: book reviews, conferences, short courses, standards, governmental regulations and legislation, new products, and Society news such as administration and elections.

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Space News - January 19 2009

Space News - January 19 2009
PDF | English | 2.55 MB | 24 pages

Space News
Space News is the first publication that space professionals throughout the world turn to for the news that affects their jobs.

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Television: The Life Story of a Technology

Television: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Technographies)
PDF | 232 pages | 6 Mb

For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a television set; many have more than one. Transmitting images and sounds electronically is a relatively recent invention, one that required passionate inventors, determined businessmen, government regulators, and willing consumers. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers the history of television from 19th-century European conceptions of transmitting moving images electrically to the death of TV as a discrete system in a digital age. Magoun also discusses the changing face of television in the displays that people watch around the globe. Television: The Life Story of a Technology discusses significant developments in the technological and social lives of people during the history of the television. It appeals to students and lay readers alike by highlighting key events and people: BLthe American engineers and entrepreneurs such as Vladimir Zworykin and David Sarnoff who ignited the television industry; BLthe bloom of programming choices in tandem with the Baby Boom generation; BLthe developmetn of cable and satellite TV; BLthe Asians who innovated American inventions in videorecording and flat-panel displays; BLthe use of TV in wartime; BLand the new worlds of digital and high-definition television. Based on the latest research, this crisply written, sometimes provocative survey includes a glossary, timeline, and bibliography for further information. Vladimir Zworykin -- whose work ignited the entire television industry BLHow the television industry and commercial programming bloomed in tandem with the Baby Boom generation


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New Scientist Magazine

New Scientist Magazine - 3rd, January 2009
PDF | English | 5 MB

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Digital Arts - USA (02/2009)

Digital Arts - USA (02/2009)
Pages: 84 | Scan & PDF: Antfer | PDF | 18.2 mb

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Scrapture Magazine

Scrapture Magazine
January 2009 | PDF | English | 56 MB

SCRAPTURE is... Scrap + Culture = SCRAPTURE

Its a fashion magazine from Japan. The magazine is about Street Fashion and Culture.

This magazine is full of pictures. Photos are taken on streets of people who are not models.

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Five to Nine Magazine

Five to Nine Magazine
Issue Nine | English | PDF | 4 MB
Issue Theme : Nostalgia

Five to Nine is a magazine that explores what people create in their freetime. In its two year run, the magazine has published works from nearly one hundred different designers and artists, and have welcomed Karl Frankowski & Damien Correll as guest curators.

Ninth issue is currated & designed by the ultra talented Karl Frankowski. In this issue he takes a different appraoch to the concept of a magazine, offereing up a 24"x36" poster, and gazing fondly on the theme of nostalgia.

Featured designers/artists: Giorgia Roversi, Emily Ryan, Alessandro Avondo, Naomi Vona, Katherine Hengel, Francesce Perani, Peter Skwiot Smith, Travis Stearns, Nathan Strandberg.

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