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 Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human, 1220-1292: Alchemy, Pharmacology and the Desire to Prolong Life English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031128974 | 302 Pages | PDF (True) | 7 MB This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon's (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the thirteenth-century milieu in which he was writing. Though twelfth-century Latin alchemy had largely been concerned with transmuting base metals into noble ones, Bacon believed that the natural principles taught in alchemy would be better used in medicine. In an age where many physicians were theorizing about ways to prevent the effects of aging, Bacon held that combining alchemy and humoral medicine would allow one to extend their life by decades, even centuries. By examining Bacon's alchemical, medical, and mathematical works, this book argues that Bacon combined a number of sources to create a unique plan for prolonging human life. His understanding of disease and aging was ultimately Galenic in nature, and his understanding of how pharmaceuticals work can be traced back to his mathematical theories, especially that of the multiplication of species. The book provides a new system for organizing Bacon's alchemically-produced medicines, and explains what Bacon saw as the difference between each, and how they could have different physiological effects. Bacon is situated within the thirteenth-century contexts in which he was writing - that of the university-educated and newly professionalized medical practitioners, who were invested in finding ways to extend human life; and the Franciscan order, with their understanding of the innate goodness of the physical body, the resurrection, and corporeal union with God. Filling a major lacuna in scholarship on the history of medieval medical writings, this book provides vital reading for historians of medicine, pre- and early modern European science, and medieval philosophy and religion.  Aretha Franklin, "Respect: Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack" English | ISBN: 1705153496 | 2021 | 80 pages | EPUB | 27 MB (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A dozen timeless hits sung by Aretha Franklin as presented in the 2021 hit movie Respect starring Jennifer Hudson, in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Includes: Ain't No Way * Chain of Fools * Do Right Woman Do Right Man * Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) * Here I Am (Singing My Way Home) * I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) * I Say a Little Prayer * (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman * Respect * Since You've Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet Baby) * Spanish Harlem * Think.  Read 'Em and Weep: A Bedside Poker Companion By John Stravinsky 2003 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0060559586 | PDF | 15 MB More than 50 million Americans play poker. But poker is much more than a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated by a multitude of colorful characters -- professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers.From the rich field of all the writers who have ever loved the game, editor John Stravinsky has gathered thirty-nine best-of-breed short stories, essays, excerpts from novels, and poems: Mark Twain, John Updike, James Thurber, Nelson Algren, Martin Amis, and Billy Collins are among the winning hand of renowned writers in this collection who have mined their personal experiences at the poker table. Entertaining, enlightening, and essential, Read 'Em and Weep is a stacked deck of pure poker-reading pleasure.
 Quick and Easy Gluten Free Instant Pot Cookbook by Bonacci, Jane;De Leeuw, Sara; English | 2023 | ISBN: 0760383502 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 8.25 MB  Richard Falk, "Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim" English | ISBN: 1949762327 | 2021 | 474 pages | EPUB | 3 MB "Richard Falk recounts a life well spent trying to bend the arc of international law toward global justice. A Don Quixote tilting nobly at real dragons. His culminating vision of a better or even livable future―a 'necessary utopia'―evokes with current urgency the slogan of Paris, May 1968: 'Be realistic: demand the impossible.'"DANIEL ELLSBERG  Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic: Hall of Mirrors By Nadia Bou Ali 2020 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1474409849 | PDF | 2 MB Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic reorients the debates around Arabic and global modernity in relation to psychoanalysis, capitalism and universality. The study offers the first psychoanalytic reading of 19th-century works written during the nahda movement by Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1805-87) and Butrus al-Bustani (1819-83), showing how a curious relationship was forged between language and politics - one driven by both a desire for, and anxiety about, modernity. In analysing the abstractness of national belonging as belonging to the language, author Nadia Bou Ali considers why modern Arabic grammarians fell in love with language again and explores how language became ideated as a 'mirror of the nation'. Bou Ali argues that the problems of language speak for the subject of the unconscious, divided by language, desire and enjoyment.  Pretending democracy: Israel, an ethnocratic state By Na'eem Jeenah (Editor) 2012 | 416 Pages | ISBN: 0620540427 | PDF | 4 MB This powerful collection from an international mix of respected academics, newer voices and political activists explores the place of Israel as a Jewish state in today s modern world a world in which identities, citizenship and human rights are defined in increasingly cosmopolitan and inclusive ways. Offering compelling and comprehensive arguments as to why Israel falls into the category of an ethnocentric state, the contributions to this volume explore four central themes. They reveal the reality behind Israel s founding myths. They document the experiences of some of those who have fallen victim to this ethnic state. Then, they draw comparisons with other ethnic states, notably South Africa, and finally, they point towards the radical hope of achieving a single nation, united, peaceful and just. Unpacking both Jewish and Palestinian nationalism, the nation-state, and ethnic nationalism, this fascinating collection offers new insights into one of the world s most intractable conflicts. It will appeal not only to scholars and teachers, but to anyone interested in the history, politics, anthropology and legal standing of Palestine-Israel.  David A. Porter, "Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys Ed 4" English | ISBN: 0367430347 | 2021 | 578 pages | PDF | 37 MB Revised to reflect recent developments in the field, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most authoritative and approachable resource on the subject. It supplies a comprehensive overview of specific types of phase transformations, supplemented by practical case studies of engineering alloys. The book's unique presentation links a basic understanding of theory with application in a gradually progressive yet exciting manner. Based on the authors' teaching notes, the text takes a pedagogical approach and provides examples for applications and problems that can be readily used for exercises.  Megan Lynn Kott, "Pawmistry: Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe with Cats" English | ISBN: 1797209590 | 2021 | 120 pages | EPUB | 12 MB From the past hidden in their paws to the future predicted by their leftover kibble, discover the true magic of cats in this hilarious guide to feline divination.  Eric Lefevre - Panzers in Normandy: Then and Now After the Battle Magazine | 1999 | ISBN: 0900913290 | English | 212 pages | PDF | 97.99 MB Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Normandy Campaign, Panzers in Normandy Then and Now is a detailed study of the German Panzer regiments in Normandy in 1944 as seen from the German side. The book is basically divided into two parts: the theoretical composition of the 1944 model of the panzer regiment, its equipment and personnel, and secondly, individual chapters on the seventeen panzer units which saw service in Normandy. In addition the book contrasts the scenes of the fighting that raged in the countryside and villages in this part of France with comparison photographs of the battleground as it is today. Research for this book also resulted in the discovery of the location of the grave of the most famous panzer commander, formerly listed as missing in action, when a Normandy roadside revealed its secret in 1983 as the last resting place of the victor of Villiers-Bocage, Michael Wittmann. |
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