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 Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future by Doug Macdougall Language: English | 2011 | ISBN: 0520272714 | 304 pages | EPUB | 2,6 MB Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes―geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives.  Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen King, John Connolly, Lisa Morton, Bev Vincent, Richard Chizmar, Elizabeth Massie, Charlaine Harris, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Maberry, Ray Garton, Mort Castle, Craig Engler, Del Howison, Amber Benson, Tom Holland, Fred Dekker, Anderson. Kevin J., Kevin Tenney, Tim Waggoner, Michael Bailey, Mercedes M. Yardley, Jason V Brock, Mark Alan Miller, Michael Paul Gonzalez, S.G Browne, Taylor Grant, O'Regan Marie, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Jess Landry, Marv Wolfman, Paul Moore, John Palisano, Crystal Lake Publishing, William F. Nolan, Joe Mynhardt, Eugene Johnson, "Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre" English | 2017 | ISBN:1640074686 | 368 pages | EPUB | 1.32 MB WHERE NIGHTMARES COME FROM  Erwin Schrodinger/Penrose, "What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches " English | ISBN: 1107604664 | 2012 | 196 pages | AZW3 | 499 KB Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger's autobiographical sketches, which offer a fascinating account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.  Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal of Spencer Bonsall By Michael A Flannery , Katherine H. Oomens English | 2007 | ISBN : 0809327708 | 160 pages | PDF | 3.7 MB  Jonna Eagle, "War Games (Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture)" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0813598923, 0813598915 | 196 pages | PDF | 0.58 MB The word "wargames" might seem like a contradiction in terms. After all, the declaration "This is war" is meant to signal that things have turned deadly serious, that there is no more playing around. Yet the practices of war are intimately entangled with practices of gaming, from military videogames to live battle reenactments. How do these forms of play impact how both soldiers and civilians perceive acts of war?  Michael B. A. Oldstone, "Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future, 2nd Edition" English | ISBN: 0190056789 | 2020 | EPUB | 512 pages | 21 MB More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century-over 300 million-than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 1919, influenza virus claimed over 50 million lives. A century later, influenza is poised to return, ongoing plagues of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis infect millions, and Ebola, Zika, and West Nile viruses cause new concern and panic. The overlapping histories of humans and viruses are ancient. Earliest cities became both the cradle of civilization and breeding grounds for the first viral epidemics. This overlap is the focus of virologist/immunologist Michael Oldstone in Viruses, Plagues and History. Oldstone explains principles of viruses and epidemics while recounting stories of viruses and their impact on human history. This fully updated second edition includes engrossing new chapters on hepatitis, Zika, and contemporary threats such as the possible return of a catastrophic influenza, and the impact of fear of autism on vaccination efforts. This is a fascinating panorama of humankind's longstanding conflict with unseen viral enemies, both human successes-such as control of poliomyelitis, measles, smallpox and yellow fever, and continued dangers-such as HIV and Ebola. Impeccably researched and accessibly written, Viruses, Plagues and History will fascinate all with an interest in how viral illnesses alter the course of human history.  Viewing the Morea: Land and People in the Late Medieval Peloponnese By Sharon E. J. Gerstel English | 2013 | ISBN : 0884023907 | 520 pages | PDF | 22.5 MB  Using MIS, Global Edition by David M. Kroenke English | 2018 | ISBN: 1292222506 | 604 Pages | PDF | 78 MB  James Sullivan, "Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett" English | ISBN: 1982147636 | 2020 | EPUB | 416 pages | 36 MB In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm's Way comes a thrilling and vividly told account of the USS Plunkett-a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, that gave as good as it got, and that was later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.  Sally Bick, "Unsettled Scores: Politics, Hollywood, and the Film Music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0252084640, 0252042816 | 258 pages | PDF | 11 MB The Hollywood careers of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler brought the composers and their high art sensibility into direct conflict with the premier producer of America's potent mass culture. Drawn by Hollywood's potential to reach-and edify-the public, Copland and Eisler expertly wove sophisticated musical ideas into Hollywood and, each in their own distinctive way, left an indelible mark on movie history. Sally Bick's dual study of Copland and Eisler pairs interpretations of their writings on film composing with a close examination of their first Hollywood projects: Copland's music for Of Mice and Men and Eisler's score for Hangmen Also Die! Bick illuminates the different ways the composers treated a film score as means of expressing their political ideas on society, capitalism, and the human condition. She also delves into Copland's and Eisler's often conflicted attempts to adapt their music to fit Hollywood's commercial demands, an enterprise that took place even as they wrote hostile critiques of the film industry. |
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