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 Lust, Lies and Monarchy: The Secrets Behind Britain's Royal Portraits by Stephen Millar English | June 1, 2020 | ISBN: 194084228X | 268 pages | EPUB | 12,6 MB One day in the 1860s, so the story goes, an ambitious up-and-coming female sculptor was making love to an older, married man in an art studio. It was complicated because the man was not only one of the most famous sculptors in the country, but the young woman's teacher and mentor. Things got worse when they were rudely interrupted by the woman's mother, accompanied by her faithful servant. The mother, shocked at what she had stumbled across, was dressed in black, still mourning the death of her beloved husband. She screamed at her daughter.  Luck and a Lancaster: Chance and Survival in World War II (Airlife Classics) By Harry Yates English | 2012 | ASIN : B0085VNEOK | 256 pages | EPUB | 4 MB  Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad English | January 11th, 2022 | ISBN: 0062965964, 9354893422 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 39.98 MB In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India-one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.  William F. Touponce, "Lord Dunsany, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury: Spectral Journeys " English | ISBN: 0810892197 | 2013 | 166 pages | PDF | 4 MB In his classic study Supernatural Horror in Literature, H. P. Lovecraft discusses the emergence of what he called spectral literature-literature that involves the gothic themes of the supernatural found in the past but also considers modern society and humanity. Beyond indicating how authors of such works derived pleasure from a sense of cosmic atmosphere, Lovecraft did not elaborate on what he meant by the term spectral as a form of haunted literature concerned with modernity.  Elizabeth D. Samet, "Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness" English | ISBN: 0374219923 | 2021 | 368 pages | EPUB | 1095 KB "A remarkable book, from its title and subtitle to its last words . . . A stirring indictment of American sentimentality about war." ―Robert G. Kaiser, The Washington Post  Living in Tune: 21 Questions to Activate Your Intuition and Find Your Life Purpose by Liz Roberta English | Jan 11, 2022 | ISBN: 140196365X | 240 pages | EPUB | 4 MB Spiritual coach and intuitive tarot reader Liz Roberta helps readers to connect with their intuition and discover their true calling.  Live on FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early): The Simple Strategy to Quit Your Job and Live Free by Andrew Richards English | March 8, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08YFLXVZF | 160 pages | EPUB | 0.32 Mb Live on FIRE: The Ultimate Blueprint to Changing Your Relationship with Money, Retiring Early and Living a Financially Free Life!  Paul Lindley, "Little Wins: The Huge Power of Thinking Like a Toddler" English | ISBN: 0241977940 | 2017 | 240 pages | EPUB | 7 MB There are some 400 million people worldwide whose creativity, imagination, and determination put the rest of us to shame. They are experts in their field, despite having no experience to speak of. Once, you were one of them, too. They are toddlers-and they hold the key to unlocking our creative potential as adults. Ella's Kitchen founder Paul Lindley reveals the nine characteristics and behaviors that we can all learn from recalling our toddler selves. From attention-grabbing tactics that would humble most marketing experts to the art of thinking divergently, Lindley shows how much we've lost in getting old-and how we can get it back. Never mind growing up; it's time we grew down.  Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street By Karen Ho 2009 | 392 Pages | ISBN: 0822345803 | EPUB | 1 MB Financial collapses-whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged housing market-are often explained as the inevitable result of market cycles: What goes up must come down. In Liquidated, Karen Ho punctures the aura of the abstract, all-powerful market to show how financial markets, and particularly booms and busts, are constructed. Through an in-depth investigation into the everyday experiences and ideologies of Wall Street investment bankers, Ho describes how a financially dominant but highly unstable market system is understood, justified, and produced through the restructuring of corporations and the larger economy.Ho, who worked at an investment bank herself, argues that bankers' approaches to financial markets and corporate America are inseparable from the structures and strategies of their workplaces. Her ethnographic analysis of those workplaces is filled with the voices of stressed first-year associates, overworked and alienated analysts, undergraduates eager to be hired, and seasoned managing directors. Recruited from elite universities as "the best and the brightest," investment bankers are socialized into a world of high risk and high reward. They are paid handsomely, with the understanding that they may be let go at any time. Their workplace culture and networks of privilege create the perception that job insecurity builds character, and employee liquidity results in smart, efficient business. Based on this culture of liquidity and compensation practices tied to profligate deal-making, Wall Street investment bankers reshape corporate America in their own image. Their mission is the creation of shareholder value, but Ho demonstrates that their practices and assumptions often produce crises instead. By connecting the values and actions of investment bankers to the construction of markets and the restructuring of U.S. corporations, Liquidated reveals the particular culture of Wall Street often obscured by triumphalist readings of capitalist globalization.  Douglas J. Gould PhD, "Lippincott's Pocket Neuroanatomy" English | 2013 | ISBN: 1451176120 | PDF | pages: 2014 | 3.7 mb Lippincott's Pocket Neuroanatomy is a go-to reference, review, and study tool for neuroanatomy and neuroscience with a strong focus on high-yield topics and presentation. It presents the essential information needed for course and board exam review in a concise, quick-reference format with tables, full-color images, and bullet-point text. The book contains multiple features identifying the clinical significance of concepts, as well as mnemonics to aid in the retention of facts. An index of terms provides easy access to facts on all neuroanatomical structures and pathways. This pocket-sized reference intuits how students typically study for exams and provides highly distilled content in one easily portable source. It is ideal for medical, dental, allied health, and graduate school students and appropriate for courses in nursing, pre-pharmacy, pre-med, and kinesiology. |
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