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 C. J. Freezer, "PSL Book of Model Railway Track Plans" English | 1988 | ISBN: 0850599059 | 112 pages | Scanned PDF | 12.56 MB The 70 track plans in this handbook give ample scope for beginners and experienced modellers alike. Layouts are grouped by theme, ranging from very simple to more complex and are drawn to a single scale throughout. The author also suggests how to make the best use of scenic settings and accessories to enhance the basic layout and create a satisfying model.  Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh (Oxford Early Christian Studies) by Philip Michael Forness 2019 | ISBN: 0198826451 | English | 352 pages | True PDF | 3 MB Preaching formed one of the primary, regular avenues of communication between ecclesiastical elites and a wide range of society. Clergy used homilies to spread knowledge of complex theological debates prevalent in late antique Christian discourse. Some sermons even offer glimpses into the locations in which communities gathered to hear orators preach. Although homilies survive in greater number than most other types of literature, most do not specify the setting of their initial delivery, dating, and authorship. Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East addresses how we can best contextualize sermons devoid of such information. The first chapter develops a methodology for approaching homilies that draws on a broader understanding of audience as both the physical audience and the readership of sermons. The remaining chapters offer a case study on the renowned Syriac preacher Jacob of Serugh (c. 451-521) whose metrical homilies form one of the largest sermon collections in any language from late antiquity. His letters connect him to a previously little-known Christological debate over the language of the miracles and sufferings of Christ through his correspondence with a monastery, a Roman military officer, and a Christian community in South Arabia. He uses this language in homilies on the Council of Chalcedon, on Christian doctrine, and on biblical exegesis. An analysis of these sermons demonstrates that he communicated miaphysite Christology to both elite reading communities as well as ordinary audiences. Philip Michael Forness provides a new methodology for working with late antique sermons and discloses the range of society that received complex theological teachings through preaching.  One Hundred Patents That Shaped the Modern World by David Segal 2019 | ISBN: 0198834314 | English | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB What would our world today be like without inventions like tarmac, aspirin, liquid crystals, and barbed wire? This guide shows how patents and the inventions they describe have shaped the 21st century. It gives us insights into the inventions, big and small, that have had huge impacts, many unexpected, on multiple spheres of our lives, from popular culture and entertainment, to global health, to transportation, to the waging of war. It features patent documents that date from the mid-19th century to the present. Patent documents describe inventions and represent an accurate and rich source of information about the history and current state of modern technology, as patents are examined and their accuracy can be challenged.  On the Trail of the Serpent: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Richard Neville, Julie Clarke English | December 3rd, 2020 | ISBN: 1529112435, 0224017764 | 368 pages | EPUB | 15.46 MB SOON TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR TV SERIES
 Modernizing Solitude: The Networked Individual in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Yoshiaki Furui 2019 | ISBN: 0817320067 | English | 256 pages | EPUB | 2 MB An innovative and timely examination of the concept of solitude in nineteenth-century American literature  Logical Fictions in Medieval Literature and Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by Virginie Greene 2014 | ISBN: 1107068746, 1107660173 | English | 322 pages | EPUB | 1 MB In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, new ways of storytelling and inventing fictions appeared in the French-speaking areas of Europe. This new art still influences our global culture of fiction. Virginie Greene explores the relationship between fiction and the development of neo-Aristotelian logic during this period through a close examination of seminal literary and philosophical texts by major medieval authors, such as Anselm of Canterbury, Abélard, and Chrétien de Troyes. This study of Old French logical fictions encourages a broader theoretical reflection about fiction as a universal human trait and a defining element of the history of Western philosophy and literature. Additional close readings of classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and modern analytic philosophy including the work of Bertrand Russell and Rudolf Carnap, demonstrate peculiar traits of Western rationalism and expose its ambivalent relationship to fiction.
 In the Garden of the Gods: Models of Kingship from the Sumerians to the Seleucids by Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides 2016 | ISBN: 1472428684, 0367879433 | English | 274 pages | PDF | 4 MB Examining the evolution of kingship in the Ancient Near East from the time of the Sumerians to the rise of the Seleucids in Babylon, this book argues that the Sumerian emphasis on the divine favour that the fertility goddess and the Sun god bestowed upon the king should be understood metaphorically from the start and that these metaphors survived in later historical periods, through popular literature including the Epic of Gilgameš and the Enuma Eliš. The author's research shows that from the earliest times Near Eastern kings and their scribes adapted these metaphors to promote royal legitimacy in accordance with legendary exempla that highlighted the role of the king as the establisher of order and civilization. As another Gilgameš and, later, as a pious servant of Marduk, the king renewed divine favour for his subjects, enabling them to share the 'Garden of the Gods'. Seleucus and Antiochus found these cultural ideas, as they had evolved in the first millennium BCE, extremely useful in their efforts to establish their dynasty at Babylon. Far from playing down cultural differences, the book considers the ideological agendas of ancient Near Eastern empires as having been shaped mainly by class ― rather than race-minded elites.  Guidelines for Slope Performance Monitoring by Robert Sharon, Erik Eberhardt 2020 | ISBN: 0367509199 | English | 344 pages | PDF | 40 MB Although most mining companies utilise systems for slope monitoring, experience indicates that mining operations continue to be surprised by the occurrence of adverse geotechnical events. A comprehensive and robust performance monitoring system is an essential component of slope management in an open pit mining operation. The development of such a system requires considerable expertise to ensure the monitoring system is effective and reliable.  Darkness, Depression, and Descent in Anglo-Saxon England (Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies) by Ruth Wehlau 2019 | ISBN: 1580443672 | English | 308 pages | EPUB | 5 MB This collection of essays examines the motifs of darkness, depression, and descent in both literal and figurative manifestations within a variety of Anglo-Saxon texts, including the Old English Consolation of Philosophy, Beowulf, Guthlac, The Junius Manuscript, The Wonders of the East, and The Battle of Maldon. Essays deal with such topics as cosmic emptiness, descent into the grave, and recurrent grief. In their analyses, the essays reveal the breadth of this imagery in Anglo-Saxon literature as it is used to describe thought and emotion, as well as the limits to knowledge and perception. The volume investigates the intersection between the burgeoning interest in trauma studies and darkness and the representation of the mind or of emotional experience within Anglo-Saxon literature.  Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth by Magda Teter 2020 | ISBN: 0674240936 | English | 560 pages | PDF | 8 MB A landmark history of the antisemitic blood libel myth―how it took root in Europe, spread with the invention of the printing press, and persists today. |
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