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 Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America By Nathaniel Williams 2018 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0817319840 | PDF | 3 MB A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith. In Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America, Nathaniel Williams analyzes the genre of technology-themed exploration novels-dime novel adventure stories featuring steam-powered and electrified robots, airships, and submersibles. This genre proliferated during the same cultural moment when evolutionary science was dismantling Americans' prevailing, biblically based understanding of human history. While their heyday occurred in the late 1800s, technocratic adventure novels like Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court inspired later fiction about science and technology. Similar to the science fiction Descriptionlines of writers like Jules Verne and H. Rider Haggard, and anticipating the adventures of Tom Swift some decades later, these novels feature Americans using technology to visit and seize control of remote locales, a trait that has led many scholars to view them primarily as protoimperialist narratives. Their legacy, however, is more complicated. As they grew in popularity, such works became as concerned with the preservation of a fraught Anglo-Protestant American identity as they were with spreading that identity across the globe. Many of these novels frequently assert the Bible's authority as a historical source. Collectively, such stories popularized the notion that technology and travel might essentially "prove" the Bible's veracity-a message that continues to be deployed in contemporary debates over intelligent design, the teaching of evolution in public schools, and in reality TV shows that seek historical evidence for biblical events. Williams argues that these fictions performed significant cultural work, and he consolidates evidence from the novels themselves, as well as news articles, sermons, and other sources of the era, outlining and mapping the development of technocratic fiction.  Fully Accredited Foundation Level Acupressure Diploma Course: Learn Easy & Effective Acupressure Techniques in this Full Diploma Course by Karen E Wells English | 2018 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B079CKH66Y | 95 pages | EPUB | 0.90 Mb Our Online Professional Foundation Level Acupressure Training Course is an in-depth self-study course providing you with an abundance of information regarding the health benefits of acupressure and this will form the solid foundations of practice.
 Shu-Mei Huang, "Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific: Difficult Heritage and the Transnational Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism" English | ISBN: 9888754149 | 2023 | 272 pages | PDF | 11 MB New directions for comparative research into "difficult heritage" as a concept.
 Russell M. Lawson, "Frontier Naturalist: Jean Louis Berlandier and the Exploration of Northern Mexico and Texas" English | ISBN: 0826352170 | 2012 | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826, when the story begins, the region was claimed by both Mexico and the United States. Neither country knew much about the lands crossed by such rivers as the Guadalupe, Brazos, Nueces, Trinity, and Rio Grande. Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent out by the Mexican Boundary Commission to explore the area. His role was to collect specimens of flora and fauna and to record detailed observations of the landscapes and peoples through which the exploring party traveled. His observations, including sketches and paintings of plants, landmarks, and American Indians, were the first compendium of scientific observations of the region to be collected and eventually published.  Meryem Belkaïd, "From Outlaw to Rebel: Oppositional documentaries in Contemporary Algeria " English | ISBN: 3031191560 | 2023 | 155 pages | PDF | 3 MB This book analyzes the rise of socially and politically engaged Algerian documentaries, created in the period immediately following the end of the Algerian civil war (1991-1999). It uses case studies to highlight the works of four Algerian filmmakers, and devotes a chapter to each: Malek Bensmaïl, Hassen Ferhani, Djamel Kerkar, and Karim Sayad. The book makes visible productions that have been overlooked not only in distribution circuits but also within academia, and examines the political significance and the esthetic power of some of the most influential Algerian documentaries produced since the 2000s.  Eric Wilson, "From Chains to Change: One Man's Journey from God-Hater to God-Follower" English | ISBN: 1954437129 | 2021 | 352 pages | EPUB | 3 MB At twelve years old, his hatred of God took root.  Alexandra Catalano, "From Beer Bongs to Broccoli: The College Kid's Guide To Health and Wellness" English | ISBN: 1478107294 | 2013 | 148 pages | EPUB | 2 MB From Beer Bongs To Broccoli is a humorous no nonsense guide to finding health and wellness in a college setting. College is one of the most thrilling times of your life, so why not look and feel your best? It?s the one opportunity where you can experience a multitude of new things in a safe and supportive environment. While college provides the perfect setting to discover one?s self, many students find themselves experiencing excessive weight gain, low energy, poor skin, frequent illness, depression and insomnia. My intention for writing this book is to help students discover how to give their body the proper love and attention it desperately needs while having fun and experiencing new things. Readers will learn how to nourish themselves without counting calories, fad diets or extreme exercise regimes. Instead, I provide readers with a variety of different philosophies and theories to help them achieve optimal health and mental awareness. The most important thing one can learn from this book is to understand how to experience something, analyze how they feel and then determine whether or not their body responds well to it. There?s no better feeling in the world than living in harmony with your values and beliefs. Many tout college as ? the best time of your life.? So don?t waste it. Treat everyday as a gift. Use nutrition to become the best version of yourself. Touch the lives of others and always be caring and compassionate.  Cassandra Blanchard, "Fresh Pack of Smokes" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0889713529 | EPUB | pages: 96 | 1.0 mb "This night in Oppenheimer Park Dan asked me to shit-kick this chick in the face as she owed money and I said no because I didn't know who she was and I wasn't about to play with fire so he sat on the bench then stood up and did a flying kick twice to her chin and she convulsed and passed out he said he didn't want to spill blood because she hadHIV..."  Jamie Sexton, "Freak Scenes: American Indie Cinema and Indie Music Cultures " English | ISBN: 1474414060 | 2022 | 208 pages | PDF | 4 MB Freak Scenes explores the increased licensing of indie music and representation of indie music cultures within American independent cinema since the 1980s. Indie music has, since the 2000s, become highlighted in some indie films as an attraction, but this book probes how the appeal of indie music stretches back to the late 1970s, when punk music made its impact on filmmaking.  Conrad Black, "Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom" English | 2003 | ISBN: 1586481843 | EPUB | pages: 1296 | 5.6 mb Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever known. Only Abraham Lincoln did more to save America from destruction. But FDR is such a large figure that historians tend to take him as part of the landscape, focusing on smaller aspects of his achievements or carping about where he ought to have done things differently. Few have tried to assess the totality of FDR's life and career. |
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