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 The curse of Eve, the wound of the hero : blood, gender, and medieval literature By Peggy McCracken 2003 | 190 Pages | ISBN: 0812237137 | PDF | 2 MB In The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero, Peggy McCracken explores the role of blood symbolism in establishing and maintaining the sex-gender systems of medieval culture. Reading a variety of literary texts in relation to historical, medical, and religious discourses about blood, and in the context of anthropological and religious studies, McCracken offers a provocative examination of the ways gendered cultural values were mapped onto blood in the Middle Ages.As McCracken demonstrates, blood is gendered when that of men is prized in stories about battle and that of women is excluded from the public arena in which social and political hierarchies are contested and defined through chivalric contest. In her examination of the conceptualization of familial relationships, she uncovers the privileges that are grounded in gendered definitions of blood relationships. She shows that in narratives about sacrifice a father's relationship to his son is described as a shared blood, whereas texts about women accused of giving birth to monstrous children define the mother's contribution to conception in terms of corrupted, often menstrual blood. Turning to fictional representations of bloody martyrdom and of eucharistic ritual, McCracken juxtaposes the blood of the wounded guardian of the grail with that of Christ and suggests that the blood from the grail king's wound is characterized in opposition to that of women and Jewish men.Drawing on a range of French and other literary texts, McCracken shows how the dominant ideas about blood in medieval culture point to ways of seeing modern values associated with blood in a new light, and how modern representations in turn suggest new perspectives on medieval perceptions.  Anusha Nandakumar, "The War That Made R&AW" English | 2021 | ISBN: 9390679346 | 256 pages | EPUB | 5.4 MB 'Knowledge is power, and the proverb holds true for Intelligence agencies more than any other entity.'  The Theory of Hospitality and Catering, 14th Edition by David Foskett English | ISBN: 139833295X | 424 pages | EPUB | August 6, 2021 | 22 Mb Prepare students for assessment and further professional development with a wealth of contemporary case studies from around the world, referencing key trends.  The Story of America: Essays on Origins by Jill Lepore English | October 7, 2012 | ISBN: 069115399X, 0691159599 | EPUB | 432 pages | 0.5 MB From celebrated writer Jill Lepore, a literary and political history of American origin stories
 The Slightly Greener Method: Detoxifying Your Home Is Easier, Faster, and Less Expensive than You Think by Tonya Harris English | August 3rd, 2021 | ISBN: 1728225353 | 336 pages | True EPUB | 1.15 MB From the foods you consume to the household and personal care products you buy, being just slightly greener can have a big impact on your health and happiness!
 Eric M. Greene, "The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation: Visionary Meditation Texts from Early Medieval China " English | ISBN: 0824884442 | 2021 | 384 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 9 MB In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist "meditation masters" (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the basic understanding of "meditation" (chan) in China. Although modern scholars and readers have long been familiar with the approaches to meditation of the Chan (Zen) School that later became so popular throughout East Asia, these earlier and in some ways more pervasive forms of practice have long been overlooked or ignored. This volume presents a comprehensive study of the content and historical formation, as well as complete English translations, of two of the most influential manuals in which these approaches to Buddhist meditation are discussed: the Scripture on the Secret Essential Methods of Chan (Chan Essentials) and the Secret Methods for Curing Chan Sickness (Methods for Curing).  The Portuguese Empire and Africa: The History and Legacy of Portugal's Exploration and Colonization of the West African Coast by Charles River Editors English | February 27, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07P9769ZC | 70 pages | EPUB | 2.59 Mb *Includes pictures  The Politics of Expertise By Stephen P. Turner 2013 | 350 Pages | ISBN: 0415709431 | PDF | 4 MB This book collects case studies and theoretical papers on expertise, focusing on four major themes: legitimation, the aggregation of knowledge, the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power. It focuses on the institutional means by which the distribution of knowledge and the distribution of power are connected, and how the problems of aggregating knowledge and legitimating it are solved by these structures. The radical novelty of this approach is that it places the traditional discussion of expertise in democracy into a much larger framework of knowledge and power relations, and in addition begins to raise the questions of epistemology that a serious account of these problems requires.
 Jennifer Jodouin, "The Plant-Based Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Lasting Weight Loss and Lifelong Health" English | 2021 | ISBN: 1648764533 | 156 pages | EPUB | 1.5 MB Combine the healthy power of plant-forward foods with the Mediterranean diet  The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces by Susan Tomes English | July 13, 2021 | ISBN: 0300253923 | EPUB | 400 pages | 16.1 MB A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists |
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