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 New Rome: The Empire in the East (History of the Ancient World) by Paul Stephenson English | February 22nd, 2022 | ISBN: 0674659627 | 464 pages | True EPUB | 14.18 MB A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past.  New Paths: Aspects of Music Theory and Aesthetics in the Age of Romanticism By Darla Crispin 2009 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 9058677346 | PDF | 7 MB In New Paths, five renowned scholars discuss a variety of topics related to Romanticism, focusing especially on the years 1800-1840. In a much-needed historical and critical overview of the concept of organicism, John Neubauer ranges from its origins in Enlightenment biology to its aftermath in postmodernism. Janet Schmalfeldt shows that not only Beethoven's op.47 should be called the Bridgetower rather than the Kreutzer Sonata but also that this makes a difference as to its meaning. Scott Burnham explains extreme contrasts between emotional and mechanical types of music in late Beethoven as stagings of the limits of human subjectivity. Jim Samson discusses Chopin's little-known musical upbringing in Warsaw, arguing that his grounding in eighteenth-century aesthetics (as opposed to theory) has thus far been neglected. Finally, Susan Youens's case study of Franz Lachner's Heine songs sheds light on radical experimentation by a so-called epigone in the period between Schubert and Schumann's miracle song year.Contributors: Scott Burnham, Princeton University; John Neubauer, University of Amsterdam; Jim Samson, Royal Holloway, University of London; Janet Schmalfeldt, Tufts University; Susan Youens, University of Notre Dame  Robert MacKinnon, "Never a Dull Deal: Faith, Hope and Probability in Bridge" English | 2017 | pages: 242 | ISBN: 1771400331 | PDF | 2,1 mb In Bob Mackinnons bestseller, Bridge, Probability and Information, he drew on his professional background in mathematics to introduce readers to the mysteries of information theory and Bayes Theorem, and their surprisingly practical applications for bridge players. In this sequel, he takes these same ideas further, exploring the application of the concepts of conditional probability to opening leads, declarer play, bidding theory, and even the correct strategy at different forms of scoring.  Jean-Luc Marion, "Negative Certainties " English | ISBN: 0226505618 | 2015 | 288 pages | PDF | 1372 KB In Negative Certainties, renowned philosopher Jean-Luc Marion challenges some of the most fundamental assumptions we have developed about knowledge: that it is categorical, predicative, and positive. Following Descartes, Kant, and Heidegger, he looks toward our finitude and the limits of our reason. He asks an astonishingly simple-but profoundly provocative-question in order to open up an entirely new way of thinking about knowledge: Isn't our uncertainty, our finitude and rational limitations, one of the few things we can be certain about?  Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II by Robert K. Sutton English | January 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 1612009875 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 31.47 MB Now a green open space enjoyed by residents, Fort Hunt, Virginia, about 15 miles south of Washington, DC. was the site of one of the highest-level, clandestine operations during World War II.  Nature: An English Literary Heritage English | 2021 | ISBN: 1843846020 | 365 Pages | PDF | 2 MB What might it mean to study ideas of nature within our English literary heritage? In posing this question this volume invites us both to discover a diversity of ways of looking at a major continuing topos within English literature, and to ask what we mean by nature itself within this context. Starting from the premise of considering the pathetic fallacy which demands that nature reflects our emotional needs and beliefs as well as providing our material sustenance, the author explores the astonishing variety of themes grouped under the banner of \x26#34;nature writing\x26#34;. Some chapters consider the broad distinctions of nature experienced as time and mortality for human beings, and nature perceived as \x26#34;out there\x26#34; in the local or larger environment; others demonstrate how nature is commandeered in the erotic pastoral lyrics of the Elizabethan sonneteers, how the concept of a \x26#34;natural\x26#34; family underpins the tragedy of King Lear, and how definitions of what is natural are used to validate dominion over women and animals as well as the earth itself. A literary heritage of nature is here envisaged as a polyphony of voices across the centuries in which English texts influence and are influenced by their continental and North American fellow\-artists. The colonial preoccupations of the Elizabethan Sir Walter Ralegh are re\-examined in the writings of the American nineteenth\-century defender of nature David Henry Thoreau. The seventeenth\-century Norfolk physician Sir Thomas Browne\x27s musings begin and end the meditations by W.G. Sebald on his twentieth\-century East Anglian pilgrimage in The Rings of Saturn. Mary Shelley\x27s new genre of science fiction is turned upside down in Italo Calvino\x27s Cosmicomics. Ted Hughes translates Ovid. Seamus Heaney takes his inspiration from English, Irish and continental peers and predecessors. This polyphonic chorus of writing about nature has always enriched our literature and continues to do so. At the same it demonstrates how we have naturalised nature in our culture, as both a celebration, and an admonishment for what we take for granted in our attitudes to the natural world.  Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies by George Oxford Miller English | ISBN: 1647551900 | 276 pages | EPUB | 8 Mar. 2022 | 36 Mb The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Professional nature photographer and botanist George Oxford Miller provides all the information you need in this must-have guide for Southern California. Learn how to landscape and create pollinator gardens with native plants.  Nationalism, Chauvinism and Racism as Reflected in European Musical Thought and in Compositions from the Interwar Period by Andrzej Tuchowski English | 2019 | ISBN: 3631787278 | 260 pages | PDF | 4 MB This book concerns the ways in which many different types of nationalism, chauvinism and racism penetrated into musical thought in the interwar period, and how the leading artistic personalities of that period reacted to these ideologies. The concept of "nationalism" is understood broadly in this book and covers the entire spectrum of its positive and negative aspects. The topics listed in the book's title have been discussed on the example of selected four countries, significant with respect to population and territory and representing different social-political systems: Germany (mostly after 1933), Italy, Poland (after 1926) and Great Britain. This selection is also representative of the main ethnic groups in Europe: Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Latin-Romance and Slavic.  Nabbing Ned Kelly: The extraordinary true story of the men who brought Australia's notorious outlaw to justice by David Dufty 2022 | ISBN: 1761067346 | English | 424 pages | EPUB | 8 MB David Dufty goes back to the records to uncover the real story of the police officers who pursued the Kelly Gang. This pacey account of the capture of the Kelly Gang reads like a detective story.  Must Know Math Grade 6 by McGraw Hill English | June 22, 2020 | ISBN: 1260464083 | 352 pages | PDF | 11 Mb A UNIQUE NEW APPROACH THAT'S LIKE A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE BRAIN |
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