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  Building a European Digital...

  Alexander Baratsits

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  The disruptive transformation of the "public" through digitization has led to monopolizing structures on the Internet that make Europe dependent – both at an infrastructural level and politically – on non-European private and state players. At the same time, these structures undermine our democratic order. This book shows how the current crisis could boost our chances of breaking new ground by establishing an independent European Digital Public Space. The contributors are academics, actors from public and non-commercial media, and long-time activists in the field of the Commons.

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  The Listening Life - Embracing...

  Adam S. McHugh

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  Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award
  
  Logos Association Bookstore Award
  
  Bookwi.se's Favorite Books of the Year
  Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
  "Be quick to listen, slow to speak." —James 1:19
  How would our lives change if we approached every experience with the intention of listening first?
  In this noisy, distracting world, it is difficult to truly hear. People talk past each other, eager to be heard but somehow deaf to what is being said. Listening is an essential skill for healthy relationships, both with God and with other people. But it is more than that: listening is a way of life.
  Adam McHugh places listening at the heart of our spirituality, our relationships and our mission in the world. God himself is the God who hears, and we too can learn to hear what God may be saying through creation, through Scripture, through people. By cultivating a posture of listening, we become more attentive and engaged with those around us. Listening shapes us and equips us to be more attuned to people in pain and more able to minister to those in distress.
  Our lives are qualitatively different—indeed, better—when we become listeners. Heed the call to the listening life, and hear what God is doing in you and the world.

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  Barrel of a Gun - A War...

  Al J. Venter

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  A colorful, wide-ranging memoir of danger and adventure in wars around the world. 
   
  Anybody who says that the pen is mightier than the sword hasn’t spent time in Somalia . . . 
   
  So begins this memoir of a career spent examining warfare—on the ground and as the bullets are flying. While many are intrigued by these violent conflicts, Al Venter feels compelled to see them in person, preferably at the center of the action. 
   
  Born in South Africa, Venter has found no shortage of horrific battles on his own continent, from Rhodesia to Biafra and Angola to Somalia. He has ridden with the legendary mercenary group Executive Outcomes; jumped into combat with South Africa’s crack Parachute Regiment, the Parabats; and traipsed through jungles with both guerrillas and national troops. During Sierra Leone’s civil war, he flew in the government’s lone Mi-24 helicopter gunship as it blasted apart rebel villages and convoys, complaining that the Soviet-made craft leaked when it rained. 
   
  In the Mideast, he went into Lebanon with the Israeli army as it encountered resistance from multiple militant groups, including the newly formed Hezbollah. Curious about the other side of the hill, he joined up with General Aoun’s Christian militias while that conflict was at its height. Touching down in Croatia during the Balkan wars, and in Congo during their perpetual one, as well as the Uganda of Idi Amin, Venter never lost his lust for action, even as he sometimes had to put down his camera or notebook to pick up an AK-47. 
   
  In his journeys, Venter associated with an array of similarly daring soldiers and journalists, from “Mad Mike” Hoare to Danny Pearl, as well as elite soldiers from around the world, many of whom, he sadly relates, never emerged from the war zones they entered. A renowned journalist and documentarian who has worked with the BBC, PBS, Jane’s, and other outlets, Al Venter here offers the reader his own personal experiences with combat.

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  New national park celebrates...

  PBS NewsHour

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  After Harriet Tubman, famed conductor of the Underground Railroad, rescued dozens of people from slavery and served in the Civil War, she settled down in the small city of Auburn in upstate New York and continued a life of service. The National Park Service recently made her property a national park, celebrating the later chapters of her life. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports.

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  Hidden History of Memphis

  G. Wayne Dowdy

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  A tour of the Tennessee city filled with famous faces, fascinating trivia, and forgotten lore—plus a former mayor’s previously unpublished private papers.   Step inside the fascinating annals of the Bluff City's history and discover the Memphis that only few know. G. Wayne Dowdy, longtime archivist for the Memphis Public Library, examines the history and culture of the Mid-South during its most important decades. Well-known faces like Clarence Saunders, Elvis Presley, and W.C. Handy are joined by some of the more obscure characters from the past, like the Memphis gangster who inspired one of William Faulkner's most famous novels; the local Boy Scout who captured German spies during World War I; the Memphis radio station that pioneered wireless broadcasting; and so many more. Also included are the previously unpublished private papers and correspondence of former mayor E.H. Crump, giving us new insight and a front-row seat to the machine that shaped Tennessee politics in the twentieth century.  Includes photos

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  How to Analyze People - How to...

  Jon Bauer

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  Develop The Skill Of Reading People 
  Analyze people before they even create an initial impression. Would you ever like to read someone and find out what their intentions are? Learning how to use this method efficiently can enhance many fields of your career, relationships, and self-development as well. The suggested tips and methods can assist the reader in creating a precise way to learn how to evaluate individuals accurately. 
  What if I told you that using secret techniques you never have to be in the dark again about a person's mood, inner feelings, and emotions? 
  In How To Analyze People that's exactly what you'll get 
  You may be surprised to learn that many individuals believe through the mouth is the most common way to communicate with others. But what they did not know is that real verbal communication accounts are only about 10 percent (or even less) of the general meaning of a message being transmitted. 
  Moreover, what they say alone can never determine people's truthfulness or honesty. In reality, often verbally transmitted words do not represent what individuals believe or feel. Only by reading and analyzing their body language can you determine their real internal emotions and ideas. 
  Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn.Understanding yourself and othersFirst ImpressionPersonality TypesNonverbal CommunicationPersonality TestsGood Listening SkillsArt of Effective QuestioningTheories on PersonalityBody LanguageTechniques for analyzing people 
  Much, much more!

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