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 Robert Mason, "Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Foreign policy and strategic alliances in an uncertain world " English | ISBN: 1526148498 | 2023 | 320 pages | PDF | 2 MB The year 1973 is usually considered the great equaliser among major oil producers. But the 'Visions' strategies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a so-called middle power and small state in the Middle East regional system, point to broadening economic relations as a great enhancer of economic power. This book explores the impact of regime type and leadership style on the two countries' foreign policies. It reveals how autonomy and influence, threat perception and alliance patterns are folded into the complex and personal riyal politik and economic statecraft that sit at the core of their international relations.  Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future by Tom Bullough English | 2 Feb. 2023 | ISBN: 1783788097 | True EPUB | 288 pages | 0.99 MB From the author of Addlands, and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, an immersive and evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on the nation's past, present and future.  SamulNori: Contemporary Korean Drumming and the Rebirth of Itinerant Performance Culture By Nathan Hesselink 2012 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0226330966 | PDF | 3 MB In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art ofp'ungmulto a burgeoning urban audience. In doing so, they began a decades-long reinvention of tradition, one that would eventually create an entirely new genre of music and a national symbol for Korean culture. Nathan Hesselink'sSamulNoritraces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup of the same name, analyzing the strategies the group employed to transform a museum-worthy musical form into something that was both contemporary and historically authentic, unveiling an intersection of traditional and modern cultures and the inevitable challenges such a mix entails. Providing everything from musical notation to a history of urban culture in South Korea to an analysis of SamulNori's teaching materials and collaborations with Euro-American jazz quartet Red Sun, Hesselink offers a deeply researched study that highlights the need for traditions-if they are to survive-to embrace both preservation and innovation.  Peter Dickinson, "Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute" English | 2010 | pages: 216 | ISBN: 1580463509 | PDF | 2,1 mb Compulsively readable interviews with the great American composer and his friends and colleagues, including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leontyne Price.  Karen Armstrong, "Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World" English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593319435, 1529114799 | 224 pages | AZW3 / MOBI | 2.6 MB From one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world, a profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature-and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life.  SEXIEST EXPLICIT ADULTS MENAGE EROTIC SHORT STORY: Seductive Eroctica Forced Romance Brutal Forbidden Tempted Aroused: Adult Erotia Short Story of Hard Dominant BDSM Age Gap Old by Jean Nelson English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BCXGQB79 | 426 pages | EPUB | 0.28 Mb ♥♥SEXIEST EXPLICIT ADULTS MENAGE EROTIC SHORT STORY♥♥  Running: Lose Weight, Burn Fat & Increase Metabolism: Weight Loss Motivation (Running, Walking, Burn Fat, Marathons, Marathon Training, Weight Loss Motivation) by April Stride English | 2015 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B017KRJAHE | 106 pages | EPUB | 0.17 Mb Why is running considered by many to be the best form of exercise?  Rules and ethics: Perspectives from anthropology and history By Morgan Clarke (editor), Emily Corran (editor) 2021 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1526148900 | PDF | 7 MB This book investigates the pronounced enthusiasm that many traditions display for codes of ethics characterised by a multitude of rules. Recent anthropological interest in ethics and historical explorations of 'self-fashioning' have led to extensive study of the virtuous self, but existing scholarship tends to pass over the kind of morality that involves legalistic reasoning. Rules and ethics corrects that omission by demonstrating the importance of rules in everyday moral life in a variety of contexts. In a nutshell, it argues that legalistic moral rules are not necessarily an obstruction to a rounded ethical self, but can be an integral part of it. An extended introduction first sets out the theoretical basis for studies of ethical systems that are characterised by detailed rules. This is followed by a series of empirical studies of rule-oriented moral traditions in a comparative perspective.  Rouge Street: Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao, translated by Jeremy Tiang English | April 19, 2022 | ISBN: 1250835879, 125087114X | True EPUB | 240 pages | 2.2 MB "Rouge Street gives voice to an intriguing cast of characters left behind by China's economic miracle . . . Shuang pulls no punches . . . From start to finish, his scope is close to the ground, his language sparingly emotive and unobtrusive. He never flinches. As a result, we don't look away either."  Romanian Crucible: The Trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu by Gheorghe Buzatu English | February 21st, 2023 | ISBN: 1592111297 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 3.66 MB The trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Legionary Movement in Romania, marked a critical moment in the history of the country between the two World Wars. It destroyed the last vestiges of democracy and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the royal dictatorship by Carol II.Romanian Crucible presents the transcript of the trial, for the first-time in English translation, edited and accompanied by an introductory study by two leading specialists on Romanian history, Gheorghe Buzatu and Kurt W. Treptow. The book also contains a series of appendixes, which include journal entries from Codreanu in prison. |
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