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 Grain of Truth: The Ancient Lessons of Craft By Ross A. Laird 2001 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 1551990652 | PDF | 11 MB On the surface,Grain of Truthis a brief, simple book in which the author makes objects out of wood - a hand plane for himself, a marimba for his children, a box to hold the cremated remains of his grandmother-in-law. It's not a how-to book, not a description of technique so much as an exploration of craft as a contemplative and spiritual practice. It shows how one's hands can serve as guides in the unfolding of awareness.The book is organized into eight chapters, based on the essential symbols of ancient Taoism (wind, earth, thunder, deep water, mountain, shallows, fire, and the unfathomable). Each chapter deals with a particular craft project - its inspiration, the materials it requires, the rewards it offers. Using sharp tools and a delicate touch, Laird uses the creative process to discover his essence.Grain of Truthis lyrical and mesmerizing. Like Eugen Herrigel'sZen in the Art of Archery,it explores physical discipline as a path to spiritual awakening. Like Thoreau'sWalden,it places the unadorned self in nature, simple experience opening a door to unforeseen depths. Like Annie Dillard'sPilgrim at Tinker Creek,it evokes the mystical through keen observation of the natural world. It's a book to cherish.
 Good Ethics and Bad Choices: The Relevance of Behavioral Economics for Medical Ethics (Basic Bioethics) by Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby English | August 3rd, 2021 | ISBN: 026254248X | 264 pages | True EPUB | 1.11 MB An analysis of how findings in behavioral economics challenge fundamental assumptions of medical ethics, integrating the latest research in both fields.  Barney Warf, "Geographies of the Internet " English | ISBN: 0367420422 | 2020 | 382 pages | PDF | 23 MB This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent research on the internet, emphasizing its spatial dimensions, geospatial applications, and the numerous social and geographic implications such as the digital divide and the mobile internet.  Banno Eri, "Genki Textbook Volume 1, 3rd edition" English, 日本語 | ISBN: 4789017303 | 2020 | 385 pages | PDF | 136 MB [center]
 General Management in Latin and Ibero-American Organizations: A Humanistic Perspective by Adrián A. Caldart, Joan E. Ricart English | Jul 8, 2019 | ISBN: 0367234335, 0367234351 | 292 pages | PDF | 3 MB This book provides an examination of the general manager, which encompasses their roles as strategist, organizational designer and institutional leader. Instead of exclusively focusing on the economic aspect of general management, this book explores a humanist perspective based on the conviction that maintaining high ethical standards is a precondition to the healthy, long-term prosperity of firms and, more importantly, the development of employees.  GREATER THAN A TOURIST-ATHENS GREECE: 50 Travel Tips from a Local by Eleni Panagiotopoulou English | January 3, 2019 | ISBN: 1793121818 | 121 pages | EPUB | 0.44 Mb Are you excited about planning your next trip?
 Foundations of Modern Slavery: Profiles of Unfree and Coerced Labor through the Ages by Caf Dowlah English | Jul 30, 2021 | ISBN: 0367749068 | 412 pages | PDF | 5 MB This is an academic inquiry into how labor power has been dehumanized and commodified around the world through the ages for capital accumulation and industrialization, and colonial and post-colonial economic transformation. The study explores all major episodes of slaveries beginning from the ancient civilizations to the end of Transatlantic Slave Trade in the eighteenth century; the worlds of serfdoms in the context of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia; the worlds of feudalisms in the context of Latin America, Japan, China, and India; the worlds of indentured servitudes in the context of the Europeans, the Indians, and the Chinese; the worlds of guestworkers in the contexts of the United States and Western Europe; the worlds of migrant labor programs in the context of the Gulf States; and the contemporary world of neoslavery focusing on human trafficking in both developing and developed countries, and forced labor in global value chains.
 Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best of the Islands (Full-color Travel Guide), 2nd Edition by Fodor's Travel Guides English | August 3rd, 2021 | ISBN: 1640973699 | 784 pages | True EPUB | 138.08 MB Whether you want to explore the Acropolis of Athens, watch the sunset in Santorini, or party in Mykonos, the local Fodor's travel experts in Greece are here to help! Fodor's Essential Greece guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's "Essential" guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!  Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom By Linda M.G. Zerilli 2005 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0226981347 | PDF | 13 MB In contemporary feminist theory, the problem of feminine subjectivity persistently appears and reappears as the site that grounds all discussion of feminism. InFeminism and the Abyss of Freedom,Linda M. G. Zerilli argues that the persistence of this subject-centered frame severely limits feminists' capacity to think imaginatively about the central problem of feminist theory and practice: a politics concerned with freedom.Offering both a discussion of feminism in its postmodern context and a critique of contemporary theory, Zerilli here challenges feminists to move away from a theory-based approach, which focuses on securing or contesting "women" as an analytic category of feminism, to one rooted in political action and judgment. She revisits the democratic problem of exclusion from participation in common affairs and elaborates a freedom-centered feminism as the political practice of beginning anew, world-building, and judging.In a series of case studies, Zerilli draws on the political thought of Hannah Arendt to articulate a nonsovereign conception of political freedom and to explore a variety of feminist understandings of freedom in the twentieth century, including ones proposed by Judith Butler, Monique Wittig, and the Milan Women's Bookstore Collective. In so doing, Zerilli hopes to retrieve what Arendt called feminism's lost treasure: the original and radical claim to political freedom.  David Weill MD, "Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant" English | 2021 | ISBN: 1642937606 | 256 pages | EPUB | 0.7 MB Exhale is the riveting memoir of a top transplant doctor who rode the emotional rollercoaster of saving and losing lives-until it was time to step back and reassess his own life. |
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