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 Architecture: Style, Structure, Design by Michael Foster English | 1997 | ISBN: 1572152338 | 228 pages | PDF | 122 MB Chapters covering the major materials of stone, brick, iron and steel, concrete, glass, plastic and applied decoration.
 Apricot Jam Cookbook: Apricot Jam Preserves Book with Delicious Artisan Apricot Recipes for the Whole Family By Brendan Fawn English | ASIN : B08HHFGWKX | 2020 | 128 pages | EPUB | 1.93 MB  Appetizing Pasta Cookbook: Savoury Recipe Book By Ivy Hope English | ASIN: B08HMYQ5CR | 2020 | 76 pages | EPUB | 1.3 MB  Wendy Dasler Johnson, "Antebellum American Women's Poetry: A Rhetoric of Sentiment " English | ISBN: 080933500X | 2016 | 282 pages | PDF | 11 MB At a time when a woman speaking before a mixed-gender audience risked acquiring the label "promiscuous," thousands of women presented their views about social or moral issues through sentimental poetry, a blend of affect with intellect that allowed their participation in public debate. Bridging literary and rhetorical histories, traditional and semiotic interpretations, Antebellum American Women's Poetry: A Rhetoric of Sentiment explores an often overlooked, yet significant and persuasive pre-Civil War American discourse.  Africa since Decolonization: The History and Politics of a Diverse Continent by Martin Welz English | ISBN: 1108465560, 1108474888 | 320 pages | EPUB | January 21, 2021 | 4.25 Mb Home to more than 1.2 billion people, living in 54 recognized states, speaking around 3,000 languages, Africa is a diverse and complex continent made up of states which differ in regard to their colonial history, political system, socio-economic development, economic polices and their experience with crises and conflicts. This introduction and overview of African history and politics since decolonization emphasises throughout, the diversity of the continent. Organised thematically to include chapters on decolonization and its legacies, external influences, economics, political systems, inter-African relations, crises, conflicts and conflict management, and Africa's external relations, Martin Welz strikes a fine balance between the use of contextual information, analysis, case studies and examples with theoretical debates in development, politics and global policy. Accessible to students at all levels, it counters histories which offer reductive explanations of complex issues, and offers new insights into the role African actors have played in influencing international affairs beyond the continent.  Advanced Ultrasonic Methods for Material and Structure Inspection By Tribikram Kundu, Dominique Placko 2007 | 408 Pages | ISBN: 190520969X | PDF | 7 MB Ultrasonic signals are increasingly being used for predicting material behavior, both in an engineering context (detecting anomalies in a variety of structures) and a biological context (examining human bones, body parts and unborn fetuses). Featuring contributions from authors who are specialists in their subject area, this book presents new developments in ultrasonic research in both these areas, including ultrasonic NDE and other areas which go beyond traditional imaging techniques of internal defects. As such, both those in the biological and physical science communities will find this an informative and stimulating read.  Fred Manby, "Accurate Condensed-Phase Quantum Chemistry " English | ISBN: 1439808368 | 2010 | 220 pages | PDF | 2 MB The theoretical methods of quantum chemistry have matured to the point that accurate predictions can be made and experiments can be understood for a wide range of important gas-phase phenomena. A large part of this success can be attributed to the maturation of hierarchies of approximation, which allow one to approach very high accuracy, provided that sufficient computational resources are available. Until recently, these hierarchies have not been available in condensed-phase chemistry, but recent advances in the field have now led to a group of methods that are capable of reaching this goal.  A World Art History And Its Objects By David Carrier 2008 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0271034149 | PDF | 4 MB Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric? In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written - or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history. Focusing on a consideration of intersecting artistic traditions, Carrier negotiates the way meaning and understanding shift or are altered when a visual object from one culture, for example, is inserted into the visual tradition of another culture. "A World Art History and Its Objects" proposes the use of temporal narrative as a way to begin to understand a multicultural art history.
 Douglas Ward, "A New Brand of Business: Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the Origins of Market Research" English | ISBN: 1439900159 | 2009 | 240 pages | PDF | 903 KB Charles Coolidge Parlin was considered by many to be the founder of market research. Working for the dominant Curtis Publishing Company, he revolutionized the industry by providing added value to advertisers through information about the racial, ethnic, and regional biases of readers and consumers. By maintaining contact with both businesses and customers, Parlin and Curtis publications were able to turn consumer wants into corporate profits.  A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 By Barbara J. Shapiro 2003 | 149 Pages | ISBN: 0801436869 | PDF | 14 MB Barbara J. Shapiro traces the surprising genesis of the "fact," a modern concept that, she convincingly demonstrates, originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England, examining how the emerging "culture of fact" shaped the epistemological assumptions of each intellectual enterprise. Drawing on an astonishing breadth of research, Shapiro probes the fact's changing identity from an alleged human action to a proven natural or human happening. The crucial first step in this transition occurred in the sixteenth century when English common law established a definition of fact which relied on eyewitnesses and testimony. The concept widened to cover natural as well as human events as a result of developments in news reportage and travel writing. Only then, Shapiro discovers, did scientific philosophy adopt the category "fact." With Francis Bacon advocating more stringent criteria, the witness became a vital component in scientific observation and experimentation. Shapiro also recounts how England's preoccupation with the fact influenced historiography, religion, and literature--which saw the creation of a fact-oriented fictional genre, the novel. |
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