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 Sean D. Moore, "Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries: British Literature, Political Thought, and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1731-1814" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0198836376 | PDF | pages: 283 | 3.4 mb Early American libraries stood at the nexus of two transatlantic branches of commerce―the book trade and the slave trade. Slavery and the Making of Early American Libraries bridges the study of these trades by demonstrating how Americans' profits from slavery were reinvested in imported British books and providing evidence that the colonial book market was shaped, in part, by the demand of slave owners for metropolitan cultural capital. Drawing on recent scholarship that shows how participation in London cultural life was very expensive in the eighteenth century, as well as evidence that enslavers were therefore some of the few early Americans who could afford to import British cultural products, the volume merges the fields of the history of the book, Atlantic studies, and the study of race, arguing that the empire-wide circulation of British books was underwritten by the labour of the African diaspora.  Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, "Signs of Disability " English | ISBN: 1479811149 | 2022 | 248 pages | PDF | 31 MB How can we learn to notice the signs of disability?  Shariah: What Everyone Needs to Know® by John L. Esposito and Natana J. DeLong-Bas English | 2018 | ISBN: 0199325057, 0199325065 | 352 pages | PDF + EPUB | 14 + 2 MB Most Americans and Europeans have by now heard of Shariah. In the West, politicians, media commentators, televangelists, and others have stoked fears that Muslims intend to impose a repressive rule based on Shariah in America and Europe. Shariah has been portrayed as a medieval system that oppresses women, stifles human rights, and imposes harsh punishments like stoning and amputation. In reality, however, Shariah is a complex concept that has been interpreted in many ways over time and around the world. It plays a vital role in the lives of Muslims around the world, offering guidance on everything from personal morality to ritual practices, family life, and finance.
 Donald H. Juel, Shane Berg, Matthew L. Skinner, "Shaping the Scriptural Imagination: Truth, Meaning, and the Theological Interpretation of the Bible" English | 2011 | ISBN: 1602583811, 1602583838 | PDF | pages: 230 | 1.0 mb The late Donald H. Juel (1942-2003) devoted his life to engaging scripture faithfully, intelligently, and imaginatively. For Juel, theological interpretation of the Bible meant having an encounter with the living God. This volume identifies and connects many of the overarching themes that animated Juel's work. Including his thoughts on the rhetorical nature of scripture, the challenges facing academic instruction of the Bible, the reader's place in the biblical narrative, and the hope of resurrection, among others, the selections are accessible and engaging and paint a unique portrait of the way Juel thought and lived. Juel seeks to nourish readers in developing richer imaginations about who God is and how Christians meet God through reading the Bible.  Rajesh Chakrabarti, "Shaping Policy in India: Alliance, Advocacy, Activism" English | ISBN: 0199475539 | 2017 | 312 pages | PDF | 4 MB The book explores the interaction of political parties, bureaucracy, media, judiciary, and civil society groups in shaping policy in contemporary India. By researching the evolution of nine major legislations using a consistent lens, the work interrogates the suitability of existing political theories to explain the policy development process in an emerging economy like India. It covers recent events such as the agitation for the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Nirbhaya case that have underlined the role of non-government players in law-making in India as well as long-standing movements like for right to information, right to education, and food security. The authors have used the case study method to undertake a holistic study of the policy decisions made in the last two decades. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book borrows tools and concepts used in business studies, political science, and sociology to bring a new understanding to the process of policy in India.  Quincy Hansen, "Shake It Up!" English | ISBN: 1787759792 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 7 MB When you see a problem go unsolved do you feel compelled to act?  Reef Perkins, "Sex, Salvage & Secrets: " English | ISBN: 1484833740 | 2013 | 250 pages | EPUB | 5 MB Reef Perkins has led a colorful life - combat veteran, smuggler, and salvager. He tells all in this funny and fascinating memoir. From near death at the age of four to "the Pimple Years" to the Jack and Jill Dude Ranch to fighting In-Country in Vietnam to Key West Daze, you'll encounter real-life adventures that are more entertaining than fiction.  Semantics as Science (The MIT Press) by Richard K. Larson English | November 22nd, 2022 | ISBN: 0262539950 | 496 pages | True EPUB | 15.03 MB An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.  Selections from MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs By 2003 | 496 Pages | ISBN: 0634053760 | PDF | 55 MB (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A great collection of over 90 of the best and/or most influential pop songs of all time as chosen by the folks at MTV and Rolling Stone and documented in the popular video special. Songs: Beat It * Bohemian Rhapsody * Brown Eyed Girl * Careless Whisper * Dancing Queen * Every Breath You Take * Go Your Own Way * Good Vibrations * Hotel California * I Wanna Be Sedated * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Imagine * Jeremy * Just the Way You Are * Little Red Corvette * Losing My Religion * Love Shack * Maybe I'm Amazed * My Generation * Nasty * Our Lips Are Sealed * Proud Mary * Respect * Smells like Teen Spirit * Superstition * Sweet Child O' Mine * Time After Time * Under the Bridge * Waterfalls * Where Did Our Love Go * You Oughta Know * You Shook Me All Night Long * and more! 496 pages!
 Jessica Gildersleeve, "Screening the Gothic in Australia and New Zealand: Contemporary Antipodean Film and Television " English | ISBN: 9463721142 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions. New ways of watching film and television have also seen a reinvigoration of this 'most domestic of media'. But what does this 'domesticity' of genre and media look like 'Down Under' in the twenty.first century? This collection traces representations of the Gothic on both the small and large screens in Australia and New Zealand in the twenty.first century. It attends to the development and mutation of the Gothic in these post. or neo.colonial contexts, concentrating on the generic innovations of this temporal and geographical focus. |
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