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 Allan Borushek, "The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat, & Carbohydrate Counter 2012" English | ISBN: 1930448368 | 2011 | 288 pages | MOBI | 8 MB AMERICA'S #1 CALORIE COUNTER - AS SEEN ON HBO TV SERIES "Weight Of The Nation" (Episode 2, 11 minute mark)  Paul Pender, "The Butler Did It: My True and Terrifying Encounters with a Serial Killer" English | ISBN: 1780575610 | 2013 | 272 pages | EPUB | 348 KB An incredible, blackly humorous, first-hand account of one man's friendship with a notorious serial killer, who served a life sentence from 1978 until his death in 2002  Nicholas van der Bijl, "The Brunei Revolt: 1962-1963" English | ISBN: 1848846401 | 2012 | 224 pages | EPUB | 13 MB In December 1962, nationalists in Brunei, the hugely wealthy small kingdom on the North Coast of Borneo, formed the Army of North Kalimantan (TNKU) and, demanding greater democracy, engineered a rebellion against the Sultan and seized a large number of hostages. Perceived to be an attempt by communists to destabilize the Sultanate and seize power, within twelve hours of its outbreak, British forces were dispatched by ship and aircraft from Singapore to restore order, the first unit to arrive being 1/2nd Gurkhas, who entered the capital. Within the week, the 1 Queens Own Highlanders had recaptured the strategically important oil fields and occupied Seria, 42 Commando, Royal Marines attacked Limbang and 1 Green Jackets landed in west Brunei. The next six months were spent rounding up TNKU and, since there were major concerns that Indonesia could be behind the Revolt, the charismatic Major General Walter Walker, then commanding 17th Gurkha Division, was sent to Brunei to command operations. By mid-May 1963, the surviving TNKU had been captured. While rapidly suppressed, the Revolt was the catalyst for the three year Confrontation with Indonesia 1963-66.  Philip L. Kohl, "The Bronze Age Civilization of Central Asia: Recent Soviet Discoveries " English | ISBN: 113818862X | 2015 | 400 pages | EPUB | 11 MB The Bronze Age Civilization of Central Asia edited by Philip L. Kohl collates translated articles from soviet findings of Bronze Age and Aenolithic remains in Central Asia. Originally published in 1981, these articles include the latest discoveries at the time of publication such as the Murghab Delta sites to build a clearer picture of civilizations and settlements in Bronze Age Southern Central Asia and their history and evolution for new English audiences. This title will be of interest to students of history, archaeology and anthropology.  Nina Schneider, "The Brazilian Truth Commission: Local, National and Global Perspectives " English | ISBN: 1789200032 | 2019 | 382 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Bringing together some of the world's leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012-2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission. While attentive to the inquiry's local and national dimensions, it offers an illuminating transnational perspective that considers the Commission's Latin American regional context and relates it to global efforts for human rights accountability, contributing to a more general and critical reassessment of truth commissions from a variety of viewpoints.  The Black Death By Philip Ziegler 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 006171898X | EPUB | 4 MB A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history. The epidemic killed one-third of Europe's people over a period of three years, and the resulting social and economic upheaval was on a scale unparalleled in all of recorded history. Synthesizing the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians, Philip Ziegler offers a critically acclaimed overview of this crucial epoch in a single masterly volume. The Black Death vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age.  Bernard Cooper, "The Bill from My Father: A Memoir" English | 2007 | ISBN: 0743249631 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 2.0 mb Edward Cooper is a hard man to know.Dour and exuberant by turns, his moods dictate the always uncertain climate of the Cooper household. Balding, octogenarian, and partial to a polyester jumpsuit, Edward Cooper makes an unlikely literary muse. But to his son he looms larger than life, an overwhelming and baffling presence.  Chad O'Dell Roberts, "The Big Book of Monsters Volume One: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths, Folktales and Legendary Creatures" English | ISBN: 1717425178 | 2018 | 300 pages | PDF | 79 MB A visual reference to the wide variety of incredible creatures, imaginary and mythological, which have terrified and amazed human beings since the dawn of time. Includes nearly 300 illustrations by the author.  The Bible made impossible: why biblicism is not a truly evangelical reading of scripture By Christian Smith 2011 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1587433036 | EPUB | 2 MB Biblicism, an approach to the Bible common among some American evangelicals, emphasizes together the Bible's exclusive authority, infallibility, clarity, self-sufficiency, internal consistency, self-evident meaning, and universal applicability. Acclaimed sociologist Christian Smith argues that this approach is misguided and unable to live up to its own claims. If evangelical biblicism worked as its proponents say it should, there would not be the vast variety of interpretive differences that biblicists themselves reach when they actually read and interpret the Bible.Smith describes the assumptions, beliefs, and practices of evangelical biblicism and sets it in historical, sociological, and philosophical context. He explains why it is an impossible approach to the Bible as an authority and provides constructive alternative approaches to help evangelicals be more honest and faithful in reading the Bible. Far from challenging the inspiration and authority of Scripture, Smith critiques a particular rendering of it, encouraging evangelicals to seek a more responsible, coherent, and defensible approach to biblical authority.  Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, "The Benin Plaques " English | ISBN: 0367471426 | 2020 | 276 pages | PDF | 13 MB The 16th century bronze plaques from the kingdom of Benin are among the most recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many details of their commission and installation in the palace in Benin City, Nigeria, are little understood. The Benin Plaques, A 16th Century Imperial Monument is a detailed analysis of a corpus of nearly 850 bronze plaques that were installed in the court of the Benin kingdom at the moment of its greatest political power and geographic reach. By examining European accounts, Benin oral histories, and the physical evidence of the extant plaques, Gunsch is the first to propose an installation pattern for the series. |
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