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 Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality By Larry Dane Brimner English | 2020 | ASIN : B08DMVZ6V2 | 112 pages | EPUB | 41.3 MB  Jeremy Robinson, "Exo-Hunter" English | 2020 | ISBN: 1941539564 | 364 pages | EPUB | 0.47 MB New York Times and #1 Audible.com bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey to a dark and twisted future...and makes them laugh.  European Warfare, 1660-1815 By Professor Jeremy Black, Jeremy Black 2003 | 287 Pages | ISBN: 185728173X | PDF | 2 MB This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.; This book is intended for broad-based undergrad courses on 18th century Europe/Britain and the Ancien Regime. 2nd and 3rd year thematic courses on warfare in the modern period, and students of war studies.  Ether: The Nothing That Connects Everything By Joe Milutis 2006 | 234 Pages | ISBN: 0816646449 | PDF | 12 MB Every culture has its own word for this nothing. Synonymous with the idea of absolute space and time, the ether is an ancient concept that has continually determined our definition of environment, our relations to each other, and our ideas about technology. It has also instigated our desire to know something irrepressibly beyond all that.В In Ether , the histories of mysticism and the unseen merge with discussions of the technology and science of electromagnetism. Joe Milutis explores how the ideas of Anton Mesmer and Isaac Newton have manifested themselves as the inspiration for occult theories and artistic practices from Edgar Allan Poe’s works to today. In doing so, he demonstrates that fading in and out of scientific favor has not prevented the ether, a uniquely immaterial concept, from being a powerful force for material progress.В Milutis deftly weaves the origins of electrical science with alchemical lore, nineteenth-century industrialism with yogic science, and network space with dreams of the absolute. Linking the ether to phenomena such as radio noise, space travel, avant-garde film, and the rise of the Internet, he lends it an almost physical presence and currency. From Federico Fellini to Gilles Deleuze, Japanese anime to Italian Futurism, Jean Cocteau to NASA, Shirley Temple to Wilhelm Reich, Ether traverses geographical boundaries, spiritual planes, and the divide between popular and high culture.В Navigating more than three hundred years of the ether’s cultural and artistic history, Milutis reveals its continuous reinvention and tangible impact without ever losing sight of its ephemeral, elusive nature. The true meaning of ether, Milutis suggests, may be that it can never be fully grasped.В Joe Milutis is assistant professor of art at the University of South Carolina. His writing has appeared in such publications as ArtByte, Wide Angle, Film Comment , and Cabinet .  Empress Wu the Great By X. L. Woo 2008 | 184 Pages | ISBN: 0875866603 | PDF | 2 MB Empress Wu was stunning in her beauty, in her ruthless elimination of rivals (including sons and daughters), and, most important, in her discernment. She was esteemed for appointing capable officials throughout the realm, and she implemented reforms that improved standards of higher education, gave some status to women, and democratized the recruitment of candidates for official posts by eliminating the requirement that they be nominated by someone within the establishment. Europe and Great Britain have had many sovereign queens in the course of history. In ancient China, there was none of that. Only one Empress ever ruled China in her own name Empress Wu. Given her startling performance in a world of deadly intrigue and shifting loyalties, Wu is still respected as an effective and clear-sighted ruler. Related in an easy-reading style, the facts in the book are derived from China s classic historical record the Zizhitongjian (meaning History is a mirror to help rule ), which was written by a courtier in Song Dynasty, the very next dynasty after the Tang Dynasty. Beginning in AD 617, the narrative traces the rise of Wu s father from humble bean-curd dealer to army officer and friend of the Emperor, her own arrival at age 13 as a concubine to the Emperor, and the brilliant exploitation of opportunities by which she attained the throne. Other empresses had ruled China for a time while their husbands were weak and their sons were young; Wu did the same from 665 to 690. But Wu achieved a higher status than any woman before or since when she declared her own dynasty in 690 and ruled directly for another 15 years. Readers are treated to some of the flavor of life inside the capital, then at Xi' an, the eastern tip of the great Silk Road (now known in international tourism as the site of the famous Terracotta Warriors). In those years the Chinese ruler held sway far to the south, into Indochina, and westward as far as today's Kyrgyzstan. Brief descriptions indicate the tumultuous events unfolding throughout Asia as China vied with Mongol tribes and the Tibetan Empire to establish the map we know today and some of the disputes over boundaries and sovereignty that are still ongoing.  Einstein Was Right: The Science and History of Gravitational Waves By Jed Z. Buchwald,Harry Collins, Don Howard, Kip Thorne, Jürgen Renn, Tilman Sauer, Daniel Kennefick, Barry C. Barish, Alessandra Buonanno, Diana K. Buchwald English | 2020 | ASIN : B08DLB98BN | 243 pages | EPUB | 41.82 MB  Drug Treatment in Dementia By Roy Jones 2000 | 136 Pages | ISBN: 0632054921 | PDF | 6 MB St. Martin's Hospital, Bath, UK.  Drive Time: Japanese: Learn Japanese While You Drive By Living Language 2006 | 29 Pages | ISBN: 1400021286 | DJVU | 1 MB Now anyone can learn a foreign language while commuting to work, running errands, or even taking a trip with the family.  Developing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education By Gill Nicholls 2002 | 207 Pages | ISBN: 0415236959 | PDF | 2 MB Demands for improved standards in Higher Education in England has lead to the creation of the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE). This professional text will assist members of university staffs to achieve the necessary developments their classroom skills with these innovations in mind.  Deconstructing History By Alun Munslow 2006 | 257 Pages | ISBN: 041539144X | PDF | 4 MB Surveying the latest research, this welcome second edition of Alun Munslow’s successful Deconstructing History provides an excellent introduction to the debates and issues of postmodernist history. This edition has been updated and revised and, along with the original discussion material and topics, now: assesses the claims of history as a form of вЂtruthful’ explanation discusses the limits of conventional historical thinking and practice, and the responses of the вЂnew empiricists’ to the book’s central arguments examines the arrival of вЂexperimental history’ and its implications clarifies the utility of addressing Michel Foucault and Hayden White, and strengthens the analysis of Frank R. Ankersmit’s recent work. Along with an updated glossary, and a revised bibliography, this second edition will not only live up to its predecessor’s reputation, but will surpass itВasВa brilliantВstudent resource for studying history and its practice. |
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