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 From a Mountain In Tibet: A Monk's Journey by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche English | August 27th, 2020 | ISBN: 0241439272 | 272 pages | EPUB | 0.82 MB Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old.  Elusive Consumption By Karin M. Ekstram, Helene Brembeck 2004 | 254 Pages | ISBN: 1859737633 | PDF | 2 MB In the context of rising consumerism and globalization, books on consumption are numerous. These tend to be firmly rooted in particular disciplines, however--sociology, anthropology, business or cultural studies--and as a result often present a limited view. Charged with the mission of unraveling what consumption means and how it operates, the world's leading experts were flown to a private location in Sweden to ''battle it out.'' This pioneering book represents the outcome. Ranging from the ''little black dress'' to children's computer games, Elusive Consumption challenges our very understanding of consumerism and provides a state-of-the-art view of the highly commercialized society we inhabit today. Some might have it that consumers are unwitting pawns, completely lacking in agency. Others might argue that consumer choices are empowering and subtly shape production. Richard Wilk, Colin Campbell, John F. Sherry, Richard Elliott, Russell Belk, and Daniel Miller--who offers the most persuasive argument in this battle royal?  Early Days, Early Dancers: Early Years of the National Ballet by Jocelyn Terell Allen English | November 20th, 2020 | ISBN: 1771337737 | 280 pages | EPUB | 23.93 MB Early Days, Early Dancers documents the first decade of the National Ballet, focusing on the dancers of the 1950s, especially principal dancers Lois Smith, David Adams, Angela Leigh, Donald Mahler, and Celia Franca, herself a dancer and later the Company's Artistic Director.  Ed Ruggero, "Duty First: A Year in the Life of West Point and the Making of American Leaders" English | 2002 | ISBN: 0060931337 | 368 pages | AZW3 / EPUB / MOBI | 5.48 MB Duty First is a penetrating account of a year inside one of America's premier schools for leadership - the United States Military Academy - as it celebrates the bicentennial of its founding. Ed Ruggero, a former West Point cadet and professor, takes an incisive look at how this elite school builds the "leaders of character" who will command the nation's military.  Discrete Mathematics: Pearson New International Edition Paperback - 17 July 2013 by Richard Johnsonbaugh English | 2014 | ISBN: 1292022612 | 755 Pages | PDF | 7 MB  Democratization in the Middle East: Experiences, Struggles, Challenges By United Nations 2003 | 222 Pages | ISBN: 9280810855 | PDF | 2 MB This title addresses a number of key issues determining the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the region. With the exception of Israel, the constituent states cannot yet guarantee a path toward sustainable democracy. Movement toward political, economic and cultural liberalization has thus far brought instability and violence to the region, as traditional and religious values conflict with secular ethics, norms and practices. Drawing on analyses of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria - as well as the North African nations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia - this book examines patterns of democratization, and political and economic transition. The contributors conclude that in order to advance democratization processes, reforms must be gradual and organized and monitored from the top, while supplemented by a gradual process toward the establishment of a broad-based and broadly supported civil society.  Daring, Devious and Deadly: True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia's Past by Dean Jobb English | September 15th, 2020 | ISBN: 1989725236 | 240 pages | EPUB | 13.17 MB Welcome to a rogues' gallery of murderers and pirates, a pair of brazen bank robbers and a fraud artist who fooled Halifax's elite. A supporting cast includes a wise-cracking Cape Breton judge, legendary journalist-turned-politician Joseph Howe, circus showman P.T. Barnum and future prime minister John Thompson. Daring, Devious & Deadly is a collection of fifteen true tales of crime and justice that spans more than 150 years of Nova Scotia's history, from a triple murder in 1791 at a farm near Lunenburg to 1947, when Angus Walters, skipper of the racing schooner Bluenose, was attacked in the pages of an American magazine.  Contemporary China: Society and Social Change By Tamara Jacka, Andrew B. Kipnis, Sally Sargeson English | 2013 | ISBN : 1107011841 | 328 pages | PDF | 23.2 MB  Larry Lutz, "Coding: The Bible: 2 Manuscripts - Python and Raspberry PI" English | ISBN: 1718943253 | 2018 | 350 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB CODING  Christianity: A Brief Introduction by Charles E. Farhadian English | December 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 1540960226, 1540963578 | 192 pages | EPUB | 2.35 MB An expert on world religions provides a compelling look into the shape and movement of Christianity's past, present, and future. Charles Farhadian accounts for the cultural, social, and theological issues that have shaped Christianity worldwide as he describes the distinctives of the world's largest religion. Addressing the global nature of Christianity without focusing exclusively on that topic, this supplementary text could serve in a variety of courses across the curriculum and is written to be useable in either Christian or secular settings. |
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