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 Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence by Jordan Goodman English | August 4th, 2005 | ISBN: 1138171948, 0415116694 | 288 pages | True PDF | 3.88 MB Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern-day cigarette. This scholarly and comprehensive survey combines up-to-date published work with primary research to provide a systematic way of understanding current debates from a historical perspective. Goodman draws on a wide range of disciplines to present a history that explores larger themes, such as colonialism, consumerism, medical discourse and multinational enterprise. The book reveals the complex web of dependence and relationships surrounding this controversial commodity.  To Stand and Stare: How to Garden While Doing Next to Nothing by Andrew Timothy O'Brien English | February 14th, 2023 | ISBN: 0744070813 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 12.00 MB "This book is full of the gentle philosophy that our gardens need. It's a wonderful deep look into the why and how of gardening." Alys Fowler
 Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival by Eric Lindner English | May 14, 2021 | ISBN: 1493031562 | 321 pages | PDF (Converted) | 7.00 Mb September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one.  Jeandavid Blanc, "Three Days In Nepal" English | 2014 | ISBN: 1443424021 | EPUB | pages: 136 | 0.9 mb You know you're in trouble when the Dalai Lama is praying for you  Ismee Williams, "This Train Is Being Held" English | ISBN: 1419734938 | 2020 | 336 pages | EPUB | 2 MB "A nuanced and tenderly pitched story." -Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author  Andrew Fukuda, "This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II" English | ISBN: 1250192390 | 2021 | 384 pages | EPUB | 9 MB Winner of the American Library Association's Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature  Sheng Yen, "Things Pertaining to Bodhi: The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment" English | 2010 | pages: 195 | ISBN: 1590307909 | PDF | 1,1 mb The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list. The list's seeming simplicity belies the fact that it is actually a kind of road map to enlightenment for anyone who follows it with diligence and sincerity. The Thirty-seven Aids comprise seven groups of practices conducive to awakening. Each of the seven groups is itself a list of enlightenment factors, which add up to a total of thirty-seven: (1) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, (2) The Four Proper Exertions, (3) The Four Steps to Magical Powers, (4) The Five Roots, (5) The Five Powers, (6) The Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and (7) The Noble Eightfold Path. Master Sheng Yen's down-to-earth teachings take the reader on a progression through each of the practices, illustrating how they relate to the reader's own path toward enlightenment.
 Theory and Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements, Volume 2, 2nd Expanded Edition by Clive Parini, Stuart Gregson English | 2021 | ISBN: 1839531282 | 709 Pages | True ePUB | 22 MB  Theodore Dreiser Recalled By Donald Pizer (editor) 2018 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1942954441 | PDF | 2 MB This book brings together for the first time, and in one convenient volume, published and unpublished memoirs about the American novelist Theodore Dreiser. The recollections of Dreiser's contemporaries bring to the fore the writer's politics, personal life, and literary reception. Donald Pizeris one of the world's leading scholars of Dreiser and of naturalism.  Christopher Jon Bjerknes, "The manufacture and sale of St Einstein - I " English | ISBN: 1913057240 | 2019 | 602 pages | PDF | 10 MB Racist physicist Albert Einstein became internationally famous in 1919 when newspapers around the world reported that he had correctly predicted that the gravitational field of the sun would deflect rays of light. The press promoted the virulently racist and segregationist Zionist, Albert Einstein, as if he were the world's greatest mind, a mind that had surpassed the genius of Copernicus, Galileo and Newton. In April of 1921, Albert Einstein took advantage of his newly found fame and traveled to America. He promoted racist Zionism to the Jews of America, while raising money for the Eastern European Zionists who had made him famous. Einstein championed the racist doctrine of Theodor Herzl, that Jews were a distinct race of human beings, who could not assimilate into any Gentile society and therefore ought to segregate themselves and form a nation in Palestine. Einstein also believed that there ought to be a world government. However, Einstein thought that Israel ought to be a distinct nation. Though he described himself as non-religious, Einstein's racist views, and his concurrent call for a world government and a segregated "Jewish State" mirrored Jewish Messianic prophecies. Einstein raised money in America for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He also tried to popularize the racist Zionist cause. The news media enthusiastically covered his trip to the United States. Mainstream news media claimed that all of Einstein's critics were anti-Semites, but did not criticize Einstein for his rabid racism or his segregationist politics. Prof. Arvid Reuterdahl of St. Thomas College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, responded to Einstein's aggressive self-promotion. With reference to the notorious circus promoter P. T. Barnum, Prof. Reuterdahl dubbed Albert Einstein the "Barnum of the Scientific World". He publicly challenged Einstein to a debate over the merits of the theory of relativity and publicly accused Einstein of plagiarism. Einstein refused to debate Reuterdahl. Einstein stated that his sole purpose for coming to America was to raise money for the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and that he could not be bothered with issues related to "his" theories. Even before coming to America, Einstein had earned an international reputation for hiding from his critics. His favorite tactic to avoid debate was to accuse his critics of being "anti-Semites", while refusing to address their legitimate accusations of his, Einstein's, irrationality and plagiarism. Like most bullies by bluff, Einstein was a coward, who hid behind the power of the racist Jews who attempted to shield him from criticism through well-orchestrated smear campaigns in the international press. |
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