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 Ecocriticism and the Anthropocene in Nineteenth-Century Art and Visual Culture (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies) by Maura Coughlin, Emily Gephart 2019 | ISBN: 0367180286 | English | 284 pages | EPUB | 78 MB In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture. They draw their theoretical inspiration from the vitality of emerging critical discourses, such as new materialism, ecofeminism, critical animal studies, food studies, object-oriented ontology and affect theory. This timely volume looks back at the early decades of the Anthropocene to query the agency of visual culture to critique, create and maintain more resilient and biologically diverse local and global ecologies.  Jeff Gaudette, "Easy Running Plans: Total-Body Training for Speed, Strength, and Endurance" English | ISBN: 1646112008 | 2020 | 172 pages | PDF | 12 MB Hit the ground running with this easy, total-body training guide.  Durkheim and After: The Durkheimian Tradition, 1893-2020 by Philip Smith English | April 17th, 2020 | ISBN: 1509518274, 1509518282 | 260 pages | EPUB | 1.01 MB Émile Durkheim's major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others.
 Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films: The Works of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini by Yehuda Moraly 2020 | ISBN: 1789760364, 1789760887 | English | 224 pages | EPUB | 6 MB Every artist has a "dream project" - an enterprise that he or she has continuously taken up but never completed. Via archived notes and drafts, a retrospective reconstitution of such projects can serve as a key for better understanding the author's artistic corpus. The present study reaches out to the authorship of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini. Claudel deferred and never completed the fourth segment of his Trilogie des Coufontaine. Like the unfinished fourth section that was to be added to the trilogy, the draft of the third version of Tete d'Or reveals a dialogue between the Old and New Testaments - a theme that appears to be central to Claudel's entire corpus. Genet labored over La Mort for many years. While the project never came to fruition, it nevertheless remains an important means through which to understand Genet's work. The aborted production of Fellini's Voyage de G. Mastorna has become a legend. Fellini would often revisit this project, but never completed it. This book also examines additional "dream projects" taken from different art forms: poetry (Mallarme's Le Livre); literature (Vigny's Daphne); painting (Monet's Nympheas); music (Schoenberg's Moses und Aron); and various films (Clouzot's L'Enfer, Visconti's La Recherche, Kubrick's Napoleon, etc.).  Benjamin W. Decker, "Daily Mindfulness: 365 Exercises to Deepen Your Practice and Find Peace" English | ISBN: 164739192X | 2020 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 2 MB A year of calming mindfulness exercises one day at a time  Cultures of Selling: Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700 (The History of Retailing and Consumption) by Laura Ugolini 2018 | ISBN: 1138262781, 0754650464 | English | 312 pages | EPUB | 1 MB The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in recent years. Hitherto however, relatively few detailed and full length works on this topic have been published. In what will become a seminal volume, this book examines retail selling in various historical contexts and locations, as both an activity at once 'mundane' and almost universal. The book introduces the reader to the existing literature relevant to the subject; and explores the widespread perceptions of moral ambiguity surrounding the practice of selling consumer goods - ranging from concerns about the adulteration of goods, to fears about sharp practice on the part of retailers - and places such concerns in the context of wider societal values and ideas. The ambivalence towards retail selling and sellers is also a central focus of the collection, focussing on the attempts by retailers to develop selling techniques and successful practices of salesmanship, and at the same time establish widely-shared understandings of 'good' retailing. The book also delves into the more dubious practices of retail selling, including practices on the margin of legality, the issue of credit and changing attitudes towards debt. Uniquely the book examines how sales techniques relate to the wider context of a whole shopping 'experience' or shopping environment. Taken as a whole, this volume will provide a first port of call for students, researchers and others interested in exploring consumer cultures, and the cultural norms and practices involved in the sale of consumer goods in various historical periods and geographical contexts.
 Creative Basket Weaving: Step-by-Step Instructions for Gathering and Drying, Braiding, Weaving, and Projects by Sylvie Begot English | December 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 0811739171 | 136 pages | EPUB | 25.39 MB So many interesting basketry designs can be made from plant leaves and bark you find in nature or purchase from suppliers. Projects are divided by the type of plant used: iris leaves, cattail leaves, willow stems, and bark. Learn where and how to harvest and prepare what you need, and the basic materials and weaving techniques. Then weave the 25 projects, ranging from traditional baskets to wall-hangings to a shoulder bag, pencil cup, Christmas decorations, and much more. The projects are both functional and modern in style and add a natural accent to your home.  Greg Ellifritz, "Choose Adventure: Safe Travel in Dangerous Places" English | 2020 | ASIN: B087BNB647 | 405 pages | AZW3 / MOBI / EPUB | 7.11 MB Do you get anxiety when you think about traveling to a foreign country? Do you want to see the world and have epic adventures while simultaneously avoiding the risk of death or dismemberment? If you want to do dangerous things in a safe manner, this book is for you.
 Chinese Medicine Psychology: A Clinical Guide to Mental and Emotional Wellness by Mary Garvey, Qu Lifang English | March 20th, 2020 | ISBN: 1787752763 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1.76 MB Both an introduction to Chinese medicine psychology and a clinical guide for Chinese medicine, this book facilitates and promotes the management of mind and emotion-related illnesses.  Ernesto Guevara, Mary-Alice Waters, "Che Guevara Talks to Young People" English | 2002 | ISBN: 087348911X, 0873489128 | 188 pages | EPUB / AZW3 / MOBI | 1.16 MB A Pathfinder upgraded edition. In eight talks from 1959 to 1964, the Argentine-born revolutionary challenges youth of Cuba and the world to study, to work, to become disciplined. To join the front lines of struggles, small and large. To politicize their organizations and themselves. To become a different kind of human being as they strive together with working people of all lands to transform the world. And, along this course, to revel in the spontaneity and joy of being young. |
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