Robert Rollinger, "Commerce and Monetary Systems in the Ancient World: Means of Transmission and Cultural Interaction" English | 2004 | ISBN: 3515083790 | PDF | pages: 528 | 16.7 mb This volume forms the proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project held in Innsbruck in 2002. Twenty-nine specialist contributions focus on the economic aspects of the `diffusion and transformation of the cultural heritage of the ancient Near East'. Eight thematic sections discuss: Near Eastern economic theory; Mesopotamia in the third millenium BC; Mesopotamia and the Levant in the first half of the first millennium BC; Levant, Egypt and the Aegean world during the same time span; Greece and Achaemenids, Parthians, Sasanians and Rome; social aspects of this exchange, including its affects on religion, borders, education and cosmology. The scope of the papers is wide, with subjects including Babylonian twin towns and ethnic minorities, archaic Greek aristocrats, the Phoenicians and the birth of a Mediterranean society, slavery, Iron Age Cyprus, Seleucid coins, the `Silk Route', and Greek images of the Assyrian and Babylonian kingdoms. Sixteen papers in English, the rest in German.
Amy Shojai, "ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems in Your Multi-Cat Household (Volume 2)" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1944423230 | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.187 MB STOP THE HISSES! Clogs and Shawls : Mormons, Moorlands, and the Search for Zion by Ann Chamberlin English | 2019 | ISBN: 1607817365 | 396 Pages | ePUB | 5.86 MB China and Her Neighbours: Asian Diplomacy from Ancient History to the Present by Michael Tai 2019 | ISBN: 1786997762 | English | 216 pages | EPUB | 10 MB For centuries, China was confident in its role as the 'Middle Kingdom', the undisputed cultural, economic and political powerhouse of Asia. Today, with China once again a leading player on the world stage, countries across the continent are facing an uncertain future. Does China's rise threaten its neighbours? And what, ultimately, is its end goal? Nowhere are these questions more pressing than in the Pacific, where China's maritime neighbours find themselves directly in the path of the country's expanding territorial claims. Chess Strategy (Dover Chess) by Edward Lasker 1959 | ISBN: 0486205282 | English | 304 pages | EPUB | 18 MB One of a half-dozen great theoretical works in chess, shows principles of action above and beyond moves. Acclaimed by Capablanca, Keres, and other greats. Chess Games Collection: Second Edition by Tim Sawyer English | 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B088CVCL6R | 2793 pages | PDF | 4.89 Mb Chess Games Collection combines ten books written by Tim Sawyer with 1904 games and 1656 pages in an eBook format.
Caves and Karst of the Upper Midwest, USA: Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin by Greg A. Brick English | PDF | 2021 | 321 Pages | ISBN : 3030546322 | 41.65 MB This book discusses the karst and pseudokarst of the Upper Midwest, USA, consisting of the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois-the first regional synthesis in 40 years. Starting with an overview of the regional geology of what is largely glaciated fluviokarst and paleokarst developed on Paleozoic carbonates, but including other lithologies such as the St. Peter Sandstone and the Ft. Dodge Gypsum, the caves, springs, sinkholes, and karst hydrogeology of each state are described. Causation in Psychology by John Campbell English | ISBN: 0674967860 | 224 pages | EPUB | December 1, 2020 | 1.42 Mb A renowned philosopher argues that singular causation in the mind is not grounded in general patterns of causation, a claim on behalf of human distinctiveness, which has implications for the future of social robots. Robert Krieg, "Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany" English | 2004 | ISBN: 0826415768 | PDF | pages: 245 | 13.2 mb Catholic and Protestant bishops during the period of the Third Reich are often accused of being either sympathetic to the Nazi regime or at least generally tolerant of its anti-Jewish stance so long as the latter did not infringe on the functions of the church. With some notable exceptions that accusation is extended to many lesser figures, including seminary professors and pastors. Most notably the exceptions include such martyred heros as Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Max Metzger, religious activists and writers still of great influence.Among Catholic theologians the record is no less cloudy. Theology and Politics, while discussing a range of religious scholars, focuses on five major theologians who were born during the Kulturkampf, came to maturity and international recognition during the Hitler era, and had an influence on Catholicism in the English-speaking world. Three were in varying degrees and for varying lengths of time sympathetic to the professed goals of the Third Reich: Karl Adam, Karl Eschweiler, and Joseph Lortz. The other two, Romano Guardini and Engelbert Krebs, were publicly critical of the new regime.Interestingly, the two theologians who have had the greatest influence in the English-speaking world, Guardini and Adam, were initially on opposite sides of the Nazi divide.The interplay of theology and politics to which the title refers is evident in the fact that while all the theologians differed from the classic theology of the church as a "perfect society," and were "progressive" in their rejection of neo-scholastic methodology, they differed among themselves in envisaging the church either as the enemy of modernity or as its reli-gious dialogue partner. The first group, initially approving the Reich agenda, were Adam, Eschweiler (the most ardent supporter), and Lortz; the second included Guardini and Krebs (the most ardent opponent). Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6: Second Edition - Chess Opening Games by Tim Sawyer English | October 29, 2018 | ISBN: 1729415997 | 165 pages | PDF | 0.75 Mb Welcome to the Caro-Kann Defence chess opening. Win after 1.e4 c6. Author Tim Sawyer examines 170 games. This 2018 Second Edition includes experiences, opinions, commentary, and analysis, plus an Index of Names to Games. The author tells stories and explains the chess opening strategy and tactics. Win with the Caro-Kann Defence. Be active! Punish your opponent. Play an opening used by every world champion for the past 100 years from one side or the other. Grandmasters who played this as Black include Capablanca, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Bronstein, Petrosian, Karpov, Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen and Caruana.Most of the games in this book were played by the author. Many were against masters, experts, and club players. Tim Sawyer shows typical examples of play in this proven defense. This book covers all the main variations after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5. That includes the 3.Nc3 Classical, 3.exd5 Exchange and Panov, 3.e5 Advance and the 3.f3 Fantasy Variation. Also included is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit O'Kelly Variation. The Caro-Kann fits well with the Slav Defence and London 2.Bf4 chess openings. Play chess. Have fun. Enjoy this book! |