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 Venomous Tongues: Speech and Gender in Late Medieval England By Sandy Bardsley 2006 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 0812239369 | PDF | 12 MB Sandy Bardsley examines the complex relationship between speech and gender in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and engages debates on the static nature of women's status after the Black Death. Focusing on England, 'Venomous Tongues' uses a combination of legal, literary, and artistic sources to show how deviant speech was increasingly feminized in the later Middle Ages. Women of all social classes and marital statuses ran the risk of being charged as scolds, and local jurisdictions interpreted the label "scold" in a way that best fit their particular circumstances. Indeed, Bardsley demonstrates, this flexibility of definition helped to ensure the longevity of the term: women were punished as scolds as late as the early nineteenth century. The tongue, according to late medieval moralists, was a dangerous weapon that tempted people to sin. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, clerics railed against blasphemers, liars, and slanderers, while village and town elites prosecuted those who abused officials or committed the newly devised offense of scolding. In courts, women in particular were prosecuted and punished for insulting others or talking too much in a public setting. In literature, both men and women were warned about women's propensity to gossip and quarrel, while characters such as Noah's Wife and the Wife of Bath demonstrate the development of a stereotypically garrulous woman. Visual representations, such as depictions of women gossiping in church, also reinforced the message that women's speech was likely to be disruptive and deviant.
 Values-Driven Entrepreneurship and Societal Impact : Setting the Agenda for Entrepreneuring Across (Southern) Africa by Kurt April and Badri Zolfaghari English | 2021 | ISBN: 1869228979 | 333 Pages | True PDF | 15.3 MB  Urinary Fistula English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031153162 | 332 Pages | PDF (True) | 15 MB Although the condition of fistula is universal, this new book addresses not only obstetric fistulas that have been the most studied, but also those that affect men and those related to specific situations such as kidney transplantation. We also make the first formal publication on fistulas present in transgender patients, which have never been studied before. The book is organized in an accessible way and with collaboration of leaders in the field who contribute their knowledge and fully updated experience.  Urban Bats: Biology, Ecology, and Human Dimensions English | 2022 | ISBN: 303113172X | 356 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 9.3 MB The Anthropocene is the "age of human influence", an epoch well known for its urban impact. More than half of all people already live in cities, and this proportion is expected to rise to almost 70 percent by 2050. Like other species in urban areas, bats must contend with the pressures of profound and irreversible land cover change and overcome certain unique challenges, such as the high density of roads, lights, glass, and free-ranging domestic animals. Research on urban bats in recent decades indicates that when it comes to urban life, some bats are synanthropes. In other words, although most species of bats are negatively impacted by urbanisation, many appear to not only succeed, but also thrive in cities and towns. This observation has inspired interesting questions about bats in relation to urbanisation. Which traits and behaviours equip bats for urban success? What features of urban areas increase the likelihood that bats will successfully persist there or even colonize new areas? And how does the success of urban bats affect co-habiting humans?  Unlock the Keys to Your Relationship & Emotional Well-Being by Reiner Hartmann English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BQRTCN67 | 180 pages | EPUB | 0.39 Mb Are you tired of feeling anxious and disconnected in your relationships?  Universal Food Security by Glenn Denning English | 2023 | ISBN: 0231197608 | 448 pages | True EPUB | 22.73 MB
 Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice: Crimes, Courts, Commissions, and Chronicling By Nanci Adler (editor) 2018 | 258 Pages | ISBN: 0813597773 | PDF | 13 MB Since the 1980s, an array of legal and non-legal practices-labeled Transitional Justice-has been developed to support post-repressive, post-authoritarian, and post-conflict societies in dealing with their traumatic past. In Understanding the Age of Transitional Justice, the contributors analyze the processes, products, and efficacy of a number of transitional justice mechanisms and look at how genocide, mass political violence, and historical injustices are being institutionally addressed. They invite readers to speculate on what (else) the transcripts produced by these institutions tell us about the past and the present, calling attention to the influence of implicit history conveyed in the narratives that have gained an audience through international criminal tribunals, trials, and truth commissions. Nanci Adler has gathered leading specialists to scrutinize the responses to and effects of violent pasts that provide new perspectives for understanding and applying transitional justice mechanisms in an effort to stop the recycling of old repressions into new ones.  Kristofer Ray, "Understanding and Teaching Native American History " English | ISBN: 0299338509 | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 4 MB Understanding and Teaching Native American History is a timely and urgently needed remedy to a long-standing gap in history instruction. While the past three decades have seen burgeoning scholarship in Indigenous studies, comparatively little of that has trickled into classrooms. This volume is designed to help teachers effectively integrate Indigenous history and culture into their lessons, providing richly researched content and resources across the chronological and geographical landscape of what is now known as North America.
 Muhammet Koçak, "Turkey-Russia Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Cooperation and Competition Amid Systemic Turbulence" English | ISBN: 1666915734 | 2022 | 180 pages | PDF | 7 MB Turkey and Russia are two of the most significant powerhouses in Eurasia. The foreign policies of two countries directly impact the regional dynamics in Black Sea, Central Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the Balkan regions. The changes in the bilateral relations between the two countries go well beyond the Black Sea region. In the past, the Russian Empire played a significant role in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and Turkey took part in containing the USSR during the Cold War by joining the NATO in 1952. In the twenty-first century, however, Turkey and Russia invested in bilateral trade and established significant partnerships in the strategic defense and energy sectors. In the same period, the competition between Turkey and Russia heightened, giving way to military confrontation in multiple fronts. This book argues that the changing balance of power in the region has triggered adjustments in the foreign policies of Russia and Turkey in the twenty-first century. The decline of the US influence in the region have brought about increased engagement between Turkey and Russia in the form of partnerships and competition for influence.
 TrixBox Made Easy: A step-by-step guide to installing and running your home and office VoIP system by Kerry Garrison, Barrie Dempster English | 2006 | ISBN: 1904811930 | 168 Pages | PDF | 9.9 MB Learn how to set up and use TrixBox (formally known as Asterisk@Home) as a traditional and Internet telephone system. |
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