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 Matthew Ward, "The Battle for Quebec 1759: Britain's Conquest of Canada" English | ISBN: 0752419978 | 2005 | 286 pages | EPUB | 13 MB The definitive history of the campaigns in Canada between the British and French Empires during the Seven Years War. On September 13, 1759, British and French forces fought one of the most decisive battles of history, on the Plains of Abraham outside the Canadian capital of Quebec. The British force decisively routed the French, seized the city and ultimately all of Canada. Both the French and British commanders fell in the battle, and ever since the pathos and heroism of the encounter have engrossed historians. The struggle for Quebec was far more than one climactic battle. The campaign involved an immense military and naval operation, an 18th-century D-Day, which had begun the year before. Matthew Ward has researched extensively in archives in Britain and Canada to look at the entire campaign for Quebec, from its inception in Whitehall to its ultimate culmination in Montreal in 1760. He has probed beyond the actions of commanders and generals, to examine the experiences of the campaign for the ordinary soldier and civilian. What emerges is not just a picture of bravery and heroism, but also of a campaign which became increasingly brutal and cruel, both sides resorting to practices such as the routine scalping of enemy dead. It is also a surprising picture of the day-to-day, often mundane, lives of civilians and troops many thousands of miles from home.  The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell By Rebecca Herissone 2012 | 420 Pages | ISBN: 075466645X | PDF | 5 MB The "Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell" provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of current research into Purcell and the world of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Seen from the perspective of modern, interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship, a composer research companion focussing on Purcell allows the reader to develop a rounded view of the environment in which Purcell lived, the people with whom he worked, the social conditions that influenced his activities, and the ways in which the modern perception of him has been affected by reception of his music after his death. In this sense the contributions do not privilege the individual over the environment: rather, they use the modern reader's familiarity with Purcell's music as a gateway into the broader Restoration world. Coverage includes the sources of Purcell's music and transmission; new ways of approaching the study of Purcell's techniques of composition; performance practice; theatre culture; texts and symbolism - both the political and social context, and reception history. The book will be essential reading for anyone studying the music and culture of the seventeenth century.  The Art of Papercutting by Jessica Palmer English | March 1st, 2022 | ISBN: 1782210660 | 144 pages | True EPUB | 32.65 MB "An excellent mix of the practical and the inspirational... featuring the fantastic, Beardsley-like intricate arabesque designs of the author." -The Papercraft Post Blog  The Art of Embroidered Butterflies by Jane E. Hall English | May 4th, 2022 | ISBN: 1782219730 | 128 pages | True EPUB | 32.92 MB With gorgeous photos, a renowned textile artist guides you through the details of her creative process-and twelve amazing projects.  That's All Folks?: Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features By Robin L Murray, Joseph K Heumann 2011 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0803235127 | PDF | 5 MB Although some credit the environmental movement of the 1970s, with its profound impact on children's television programs and movies, for paving the way for later eco-films, the history of environmental expression in animated film reaches much further back in American history, as That's All Folks? makes clear.Countering the view that the contemporary environmental movement-and the cartoons it influenced-came to life in the 1960s, Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann reveal how environmentalism was already a growing concern in animated films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From Felix the Cat cartoons to Disney's beloved Bambi to Pixar's Wall-E and James Cameron's Avatar, this volume shows how animated features with environmental themes are moneymakers on multiple levels-particularly as broad-based family entertainment and conveyors of consumer products. Only Ralph Bakshi's X-rated Fritz the Cat and R-rated Heavy Traffic and Coonskin, with their violent, dystopic representation of urban environments, avoid this total immersion in an anti-environmental consumer market.Showing us enviro-toons in their cultural and historical contexts, this book offers fresh insights into the changing perceptions of the relationship between humans and the environment and a new understanding of environmental and animated cinema.  Courtney D. Fugate, "Tetens's Writings on Method, Language, and Anthropology " English | ISBN: 1350081442 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 11 MB Containing all of the key writings leading up to the publication of his Philosophical Essays in 1777, this volume presents complete works by Johann Nicolaus Tetens (1736-1807) in English for the very first time. These important essays focus on method in metaphysics and mathematics, the analysis of language, and various anthropological questions that occupied thinkers of the period. Key features of the volume include:  Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Writing Between Them: Turning the Table by Jennifer D. Ryan-Bryant 2022 | ISBN: 1793614156 | English | 208 pages | PDF | 1 MB Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Writing Between Them: Turning the Table examines early draft manuscripts and published poems by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath in order to uncover the compositional approaches that they held in common. Both poets not only honed the minutiae of individual poems but also reworked the shape of overall sequences in order to cultivate unique theories of an ars poetica. The book incorporates drafts of their work from Indiana University's Lilly Library, Emory University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Library, Smith College's Mortimer Rare Book Room, and the British Library. After assessing the writing and revision strategies that the poets' early drafts reveal, the book investigates the material that they borrowed from one another and then reimagined through two major sequences: Plath's Ariel and Hughes's Crow. The book enhances its analysis of the poets' shared techniques by discussing several pairs of poems from Ariel and Hughes's Birthday Letters that respond to one another. Its final chapter also includes an evaluation of some of Hughes's unpublished journal entries and unpublished letters that comment on his last collection's public reception. In the conclusion, the author chronicles Hughes's and Plath's own remarks on their writing process as further evidence of their ars poetica.  Technological Internationalism and World Order: Aviation, Atomic Energy, and the Search for International Peace, 1920-1950 English | 2021 | ISBN: 110883678X | 315 Pages | PDF | 3 MB  Taste of Africa: 50 Most Popular and Delicious Ethiopian Recipes by Julia Chiles English | 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0828NHVMT | 137 pages | EPUB | 3.63 Mb Love the flavors of unique cultures? Then, Taste of Africa: 50 Ethiopian Recipes is the cookbook for you! Here, culinary heavyweights collide to infuse traditional cuisine with French and Dutch influences to make unforgettable dishes. But this cookbook takes Ethiopian cuisine one step further and fuse it with American favorites!  Surviving Nirvana: Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture By Sonya Lee 2010 | 372 Pages | ISBN: 9622091253 | PDF | 12 MB The Buddha's nirvana marks one of the pivotal moments in the history of Buddhism. My book explores how this event was made into a powerful allegory of survival in premodern China through the nirvana image. In diverse settings, the motif compelled devotees to redefine what the Buddhist faith meant in their lives. |
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