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 The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Revised and Expanded Edition by Jessica Hopper English | July 6, 2021 | ISBN: 0374538999 | EPUB | 448 pages | 0.8 MB "Jessica Hopper's criticism is a trenchant and necessary counterpoint not just on music, but on our culture at large." ―Annie Clark, St. Vincent  An Li King of Huainan, "The Essential Huainanzi " English | ISBN: 0231159803 | 2012 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB Compiled in the second century B.C.E, the Huainanzi clarifies a crucial period in the development of Chinese conceptions of the cosmos, human nature, and the social order. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, attributing successful rule to a balance of broad knowledge, diligent application, and penetrating wisdom.  The Case of Literature: Forensic Narratives from Goethe to Kafka (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought) by Arne Höcker English | June 15, 2020 | ISBN: 1501749358, 1501749366 | EPUB | 252 pages | 0.6 MB In The Case of Literature, Arne Höcker offers a radical reassessment of the modern European literary canon. His reinterpretations of Goethe, Schiller, Büchner, Döblin, Musil, and Kafka show how literary and scientific narratives have determined each other over the past three centuries, and he argues that modern literature not only contributed to the development of the human sciences but also established itself as the privileged medium for a modern style of case-based reasoning.  The Anatomy of Melancholy (Penguin Classics) by Robert Burton, edited by Angus Gowland English | July 1, 2021 | ISBN: 0241533759 | EPUB | 1096 pages | 10.4 MB Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Burton's masterpiece, this fully edited, modern edition is published as a landmark volume in Penguin Classics.  William Chislett, "Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know®" English | ISBN: 0199936463 | 2013 | 256 pages | AZW3 | 439 KB What happens in Spain, among the euro zone's largest economies, matters. Its high unemployment (over 26%), burgeoning public debt, and banking crisis will be formative for the zone's future.  Sentinel: The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty by Francesca Lidia Viano English | October 22, 2018 | ISBN: 067497560X | EPUB | 592 pages | 78 MB The story of the improbable campaign that created America's most enduring monument.  Masao Ishikura, "Return of Marxian Macro-dynamics in East Asia " English | ISBN: 178714478X | 2017 | 328 pages | PDF | 4 MB The economic growth in East Asia has been believed to be the model case of the triumph of capitalism. Some progressive economists, for example, the developmental state theorists, also praised the East Asian model as the progressive alternative to neoliberal market fundamentalism, arguing that they are the outcomes of state-led development. However, with the sudden advent of the 'Lost Decade of Japan' in the 1990s, and the ensuing 'IMF Crisis' of South Korea in 1997, and now the imminent 'hard landing' of the Chinese economy, the East Asian miracle story is quickly becoming a thing of the past. East Asia has now become an epicentre of the contradictions and crisis of global capitalism. Today, deepening economic crises, exacerbation of social polarization, rising popular discontents, and escalating geopolitical tensions are common to China, Japan and Korea. Moreover, East Asia has been at the centre of global ecological contradictions. Indeed, East Asia has now become the typical place of Marxian macro-dynamics. This important and timely volume brings together experts in political economy from across the globe, to comment on the return of Marxian macro-dynamics in East Asia. The contributions explore macro-dynamics, the role of the state and hegemony in the context of transnational capitalism, and Marxian alternatives for East Asia.  Norman Smith, "Resisting Manchukuo: Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation " English | ISBN: 0774813350 | 2007 | 216 pages | PDF | 5 MB [center]  Queer Democracy: Desire, Dysphoria, and the Body Politic by Daniel D. Miller English | Aug 26, 2021 | ISBN: 0367757729, 0367757702 | 280 pages | PDF | 9 MB Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society as a body, drawing on queer and transgender accounts of embodiment as a constructive resource for reimagining politics and society.  Kip Fulbeck, "Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids" English | ISBN: 0811874087 | 2010 | 264 pages | AZW3 | 16 MB From beloved writer and artist Kip Fulbeck, author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa, this timely collection of portraits celebrates the faces and voices of mixed-race children. At a time when 7 million people in the U.S. alone identify as belonging to more than one race, interest in issues of multiracial identity is rapidly growing. Overflowing with uplifting elements-including charming images, handwritten statements from the children, first-person text from their parents, a foreword by Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng (President Obama's sister), and an afterword by international star Cher (who is part Cherokee)-this volume is an inspiring vision of the future. |
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