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![]() Joseph Torigian, "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping " English | ISBN: 1503634752 | 2025 | 718 pages | AZW3 | 13 MB Selected as a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, BBC History Magazine, New Indian Express, and Marginal Revolution ![]() Yenn Purkis, "The Parents' Practical Guide to Resilience for Children aged 2-10 on the Autism Spectrum: Two to Ten Years" English | ISBN: 1785922742 | 2017 | 216 pages | PDF | 10 MB Children and young people with autism have the capacity to be independent and resilient which can help them live independently or be supported to live a fulfilling life and reach their full potential. ![]() The PYTHON CONCURRENCY GUIDE: Build Faster Apps Using Threads, Processes, and Real-World Patterns by FRANKLIN SHEEP English | 2026 | ASIN: B0GLZS6R2G | 308 Pages | PDF | 109 MB ![]() Eva van Lier, "The Oxford Handbook of Word Classes " English | ISBN: 0198852886 | 2024 | 1136 pages | AZW3 | 19 MB This handbook explores multiple facets of the study of word classes, also known as parts of speech or lexical categories. These categories are of fundamental importance to linguistic theory and description, both formal and functional, and for both language-internal analyses and cross-linguistic comparison. ![]() Alexander Pollatsek, "The Oxford Handbook of Reading " English | ISBN: 0199324573 | 2015 | 522 pages | MOBI | 3 MB Writing is one of humankind's greatest inventions, and modern societies could not function if their citizens could not read and write. How do skilled readers pick up meaning from markings on a page so quickly, and how do children learn to do so? The chapters in the Oxford Handbook of Reading synthesize research on these topics from fields ranging from vision science to cognitive psychology and education, focusing on how studies using a cognitive approach can shed light on how the reading process works. ![]() Christian Thorau, "The Oxford Handbook of Music Listening in the 19th and 20th Centuries" English | ISBN: 0190466960 | 2018 | 544 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB An idealized image of European concert-goers has long prevailed in historical overviews of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This act of listening was considered to be an invisible and amorphous phenomenon, a naturally given mode of perception. This narrative influenced the conditions of listening from the selection of repertoire to the construction of concert halls and programmes. However, as listening moved from the concert hall to the opera house, street music, and jazz venues, new and visceral listening traditions evolved. In turn, the art of listening was shaped by phenomena of the modern era including media innovation and commercialization. ![]() Esther Eidinow, "The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion" English | ISBN: 0199642036 | 2015 | 736 pages | MOBI | 4 MB This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial research and orientation tool for students of the ancient world, and also makes a vital contribution to the key debates surrounding the conceptualization of ancient Greek religion. ![]() Jack Zipes, "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature " English | ISBN: 0195146565 | 2006 | 1952 pages | MOBI | 2 MB For much of its history, children's literature has been overlooked or looked down on by scholars. But in recent years children's literature has assumed greater importance, as literary critics, psychologists, anthropologists, and historians have begun to discover what children and parents have known for centuries: that this is a literature of extraordinary richness, depth, and delight. ![]() Chris Baldick, "The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms " English | ISBN: 0198715447 | 2015 | 416 pages | MOBI | 1268 KB The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. ![]() Virginia Aksan, "The Ottomans 1700-1923: An Empire Besieged" English | ISBN: 1138923249 | 2021 | 372 pages | MOBI | 13 MB Originally conceived as a military history, this second edition completes the story of the Middle Eastern populations that underwent significant transformation in the nineteenth century, finally imploding in communal violence, paramilitary activity, and genocide after the Berlin Treaty of 1878. |