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 Maria Vaiou, "Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World: A Tenth-Century Treatise on Arab-Byzantine Relations " English | ISBN: 1788313526 | 2019 | 376 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Arab messengers played a vital role in the medieval Islamic world and its diplomatic relations with foreign powers. An innovative treatise from the 10th Century ("Rusul al-Muluk", "Messengers of Kings") is perhaps the most important account of the diplomacy of the period, and it is here translated into English for the first time. "Rusul al-Muluk" draws on examples from the Qur'an and other sources which extend from the period of al-jahiliyya to the time of the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim (218-227/833-842). In the only medieval Arabic work which exists on the conduct of messengers and their qualifications, the author Ibn al-Farr rejects jihadist policies in favor of quiet diplomacy and a pragmatic outlook of constructive realpolitik. "Rusul al-Muluk" is an extraordinarily important and original contribution to our understanding of the early Islamic world and the field of International Relations and Diplomatic History.  Everald Compton, "Dinner with the Founding Fathers" English | ISBN: 1528918428 | 2020 | 206 pages | EPUB | 385 KB Few Australians have any awareness of how their nation was established on 1 January 1901 when six self-governing British colonies joined together as one nation. It was achieved after a dozen years of superb negotiations in which Federation conventions drafted and agreed on a splendid constitution which was approved by six colonial parliaments, six referendums in which ordinary Australians had their say, negotiations in London to have the British parliament gave its approval and finally gain the agreement of a difficult Queen Victoria who wanted the six colonies to become counties of England. Above all, it was achieved without violence, unlike their counterparts in USA. Everald Compton has now written a vivid account of it all as he creates a dinner held ten years after Federation in which the founding fathers relive the great political and legal battles they fought and the huge parochial attitudes they overcame to create a nation. It is one of those books which makes you stay awake to turn the next page. More importantly, it will get you thinking about the changes that are needed to the Constitution 120 years after Federation to make it relevant to a hugely different and rapidly changing world.  Dinner Delights: 53 Delicious Recipes for the Whole Family by Nancy Silverman English | May 13, 2019 | ISBN: 109853574X | 118 pages | EPUB | 5.55 Mb Out of dinner ideas? Need some culinary inspiration? Then the Dinner Delights cookbook is for you! This dinner cookbook offers you 53 delicious recipes for every palate, budget, schedule, and occasion. With basic techniques and ingredients and easy-to-follow recipes, this cookbook will have you making delicious, unforgettable meals in no time! Step up your dinner game with mouth-watering recipes such as:  Digital Hesitation: Why B2B Companies Aren't Reaching their Full Digital Transformation Potential by Thomas Lah, J.B. Wood English | May 16th, 2022 | ISBN: 0986046264, 0986046280 | 384 pages | True EPUB | 8.35 MB This digital transformation playbook provides details and guidance on the tactics required to build a profitable X-as-a-Service business model, including:  Did God Have a Wife?: Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel by William G. Dever English | June 1, 2005 | ISBN: 0802828523, 0802863949 | True EPUB | 344 pages | 6.7 MB In this masterful commentary, respected biblical scholar Bruce Waltke carefully interprets the message of the prophet Micah, building a bridge between Micah's ancient world and our life today.  Rebecca Ayako Bennette, "Diagnosing Dissent: Hysterics, Deserters, and Conscientious Objectors in Germany during World War One" English | ISBN: 1501751204 | 2020 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1422 KB Although physicians during World War I, and scholars since, have addressed the idea of disorders such as shell shock as inchoate flights into sickness by men unwilling to cope with war's privations, they have given little attention to the agency many soldiers actually possessed to express dissent in a system that medicalized it. In Germany, these men were called Kriegszitterer, or "war tremblers," for their telltale symptom of uncontrollable shaking. Based on archival research that constitutes the largest study of psychiatric patient files from 1914 to 1918,  Joshua Forstenzer, "Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy " English | ISBN: 1032093544 | 2021 | 294 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This book proposes a pragmatist methodological framework for generating practically relevant political philosophy. It draws on John Dewey's social and political philosophy to develop an "experimentalist" method, thus charting a middle course between idealism and realism in political philosophy. Deweyan experimentalism promises to balance civic deliberation, empirical facts, and moral considerations by reconstructing Dewey's pragmatist conceptions of 'philosophy' and 'democracy' from the perspective of social action. While some authors have taken the steps to articulate Dewey's experimentalism, they have focused on institutional rather than methodological implications. This book is original in the ways in which it situates the role of ideas in political practice and contemporary political problems. Additionally, it underlines the similarities between today and the historical context in which Dewey wrote, connects Dewey's social and political philosophy to Greek and Roman mythology, and concludes with a timely case study in which the author's methodological insights are applied. The result is a book that offers a focused reconstruction of Dewey's work and shows its relevance for engaging with contemporary issues in political philosophy and political theory.  Alison Weber, "Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World " English | ISBN: 1472424913 | 2016 | 374 pages | EPUB | 986 KB Devout laywomen raise a number of provocative questions about gender and religion in the early modern world. How did some groups or individuals evade the Tridentine legislation that required third order women to take solemn vows and observe active and passive enclosure? How did their attempts to exercise a female apostolate (albeit with varying degrees of success and assertiveness) destabilize hierarchies of class and gender? To the extent that their beliefs and practices diverged from approved doctrine and rituals, what insights can they provide into the tensions between official religion and lay religiosity? Addressing these and many other questions, Devout Laywomen in the Early Modern World reflects new directions in gender history, offering a more nuanced approach to the paradigm of woman as the prototypical "disciplined" subject of church-state power.  Neville, "Devon Women in Public and Professional Life, 1900-1950: Votes, Voices and Vocations" English | ISBN: 1905816766 | 2021 | 294 pages | EPUB | 2 MB This book is one of the first to study the regional role of women in public and professional life, breaking new ground in early twentieth-century local and gender history.  Angela Joy Muir, "Deviant Maternity: Illegitimacy in Wales, c. 1680-1800 " English | ISBN: 036789680X | 2020 | 262 pages | EPUB | 1436 KB This is the first-ever book to explore illegitimacy in Wales during the eighteenth century. Drawing on previously overlooked archival sources, it examines the scope and context of Welsh illegitimacy, and the link between illegitimacy, courtship and economic precarity. It also goes beyond courtship to consider the different identities and relationships of the mothers and fathers of illegitimate children in Wales, and the lived experience of conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers. This book reframes the study of illegitimacy by combining demographic, social and cultural history approaches to emphasise the diversity of experiences, contexts and consequences. |
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