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 Swami Vivekananda's Vedāntic Cosmopolitanism by Swami Medhananda English | (March 22, 2022 | ISBN: 0197624464 | 432 pages | PDF + EPUB | 35 + 2 MB Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta to the West, is undoubtedly one of modern India's most influential philosophers. Unfortunately, his philosophy has too often been interpreted through reductive hermeneutic lenses. Typically, scholars have viewed him either as a modern-day exponent of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta or as a "Neo-Vedantin" influenced more by Western ideas than indigenous Indian traditions. In Swami Vivekananda's Vedāntic Cosmopolitanism, Swami Medhananda rejects these prevailing approaches to offer a new interpretation of Vivekananda's philosophy, highlighting its originality, contemporary relevance, and cross-cultural significance. Vivekananda, the book argues, is best understood as a cosmopolitan Vedantin who developed novel philosophical positions through creative dialectical engagement with both Indian and Western thinkers.  Parviz Janfaza M.D., Joseph B. Nadol Jr. M.D., Robert J. Galla M.S.I., "Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0674058038 | PDF | pages: 932 | 108.9 mb Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck was immediately hailed as indispensable when it was first published in 2001. In demand ever since, this classic surgical atlas―packed with more than 700 exceptional drawings, 537 of them in full color, by an internationally noted medical illustrator―is now available again, with an extensive new index, after years of being out of print.  Subsistence and Society in Prehistory: New Directions in Economic Archaeology by Alan K. Outram and Amy Bogaard English | 2019 | ISBN: 1107128773 | 286 pages | PDF | 12,7 MB Over the last thirty years, new scientific techniques have revolutionised our understanding of prehistoric economies. They enable a sound comprehension of human diet and subsistence in different environments, which is an essential framework for appreciating the rich tapestry of past human cultural variation. This volume first considers the origins of economic approaches in archaeology and the theoretical debates surrounding issues such as 'environmental determinism'. Using globally diverse examples, Alan K. Outram and Amy Bogaard critically investigate the best way to integrate newer lines of evidence such as ancient genetics, stable isotope analysis, organic residue chemistry and starch and phytolith studies with long-established forms of archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data. Two case study chapters, on early Neolithic farming in Europe, and the origins of domestic horses and pastoralism in Central Asia, illustrate the benefit of a multi-proxy approach and how economic considerations feed into broader social and cultural questions.  Study of Functional Stupidity and Defeated mind by Nicholas Markez English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09QXPPWX2 | 208 pages | EPUB | 0.34 Mb The study of human stupidity has always attracted me. Perhaps because of the excitement that sometimes grips when I think of Erasmus of Rotterdam. No, I would not write praise for nonsense, but it deserves a treatise. If there is a scientific theory of reason, then stupidity deserves the same scientific study. I even believe that if such a science of stupidity were taught in schools and universities, it would be of great public benefit. You can even dream about how we would all get a vaccination against stupidity using this method. But stupidity is a disease of our time, and it is extremely contagious. If reason is our salvation, then stupidity is a gigantic threat. That is why it must be examined no less carefully than, for example,
 Harold Hart, "Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Hart/Hadad/Craine/Hart's Organic Chemistry: a Brief Course" English | 2012 | pages: 396 | ISBN: 1111429529 | PDF | 6,4 mb [center]  David C. MacLaughlin, "Structural Steel Drafting and Design" English | 2009 | ISBN: 1401890326 | PDF | pages: 257 | 226.4 mb Practical and easy to use, this text lays a solid groundwork for beginning and intermediate students to pursue careers in architecture, construction, or civil engineering. The text clarifies the vital interdependence between structural steel design and fabrication drawings, equipping students to work flexibly with both. First and foremost a drafting book, Structural Steel Drafting and Design gives an overview of structural design theory while providing numerous examples, illustrations, and real-world assignments. Students also become acquainted with critical tables and reference material from industry-standard sources, as well as the merits of Load and Resistance Factor Design and Allowable Strength Design.  Janell Moon, "Stirring the Waters: Writing to Find Your Spirit" English | ISBN: 1582900116 | 2001 | 256 pages | EPUB | 1423 KB Stirring the Waters is a beautifully written guide for learning how to live a creative life without foregoing life's necessities; how to strike a balance between feeding your spirit and paying your bills. Just as Julia Cameron helped readers explore their inner-selves in The Artist's Way, author Janell Moon invites readers, through daily writing practice, to delve into the self to affirm where one has been and how it affects the choices made and the roads taken.  Hillel David Soifer, "State Building in Latin America" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1107518407, 1107107873 | PDF | pages: 324 | 15.1 mb State Building in Latin America diverges from existing scholarship in developing explanations both for why state-building efforts in the region emerged and for their success or failure. First, Latin American state leaders chose to attempt concerted state- building only where they saw it as the means to political order and economic development. Fragmented regionalism led to the adoption of more laissez-faire ideas and the rejection of state- building. With dominant urban centers, developmentalist ideas and state-building efforts took hold, but not all state-building projects succeeded. The second plank of the book's argument centers on strategies of bureaucratic appointment to explain this variation. Filling administrative ranks with local elites caused even concerted state-building efforts to flounder, while appointing outsiders to serve as administrators underpinned success. Relying on extensive archival evidence, the book traces how these factors shaped the differential development of education, taxation, and conscription in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
 Staging Favorites: Theatrical Representations of Political Favoritism in the Early Modern Courts of Spain, France, and England by Francisco Gómez Martos English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367538415, 0367538431 | 120 pages | PDF | 3 MB Staging Favorites explores theatrical representations of royal favorites in Spanish, French, and English dramatic production during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  Justin P. Coffey, "Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right" English | ISBN: 1440841411 | 2015 | 259 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Too often overlooked by students of modern conservatism, Spiro T. Agnew's political career mirrored the transformation of the Republicans from a "big tent" party to a narrower, more conservative, and ideologically purer one in the 1960s and 1970s. Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right traces Agnew's life and career and shows how Agnew was a key figure in American politics―and documents how a powerful politician who looked to be headed to the presidency ended up having to resign from the office of the vice president in shame and fade into the shadows of political history. |
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