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 Melanie Heath, "Forbidden Intimacies: Polygamies at the Limits of Western Tolerance " English | ISBN: 1503627608 | 2023 | 292 pages | MOBI | 803 KB A poignant account of everyday polygamy and what its regulation reveals about who is viewed as an "Other" In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western governments attempt to regulate certain cultural and religious practices that challenge seemingly central principles of family and justice. In Forbidden Intimacies, Melanie Heath comparatively investigates the regulation of polygamy in the United States, Canada, France, and Mayotte. Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic and archival sources, Heath uncovers the ways in which intimacies framed as "other" and "offensive" serve to define the very limits of Western tolerance. These regulation efforts, counterintuitively, allow the flourishing of polygamies on the ground. The case studies illustrate a continuum of justice, in which some groups, like white fundamentalist Mormons in the U.S., organize to fight against the prohibition of their families' existence, whereas African migrants in France face racialized discrimination in addition to rigid migration policies. The matrix of legal and social contexts, informed by gender, race, sexuality, and class, shapes the everyday experiences of these relationships. Heath uses the term "labyrinthine love" to conceptualize the complex ways individuals negotiate different kinds of relationships, ranging from romantic to coercive. What unites these families is the secrecy in which they must operate. As government intervention erodes their abilities to secure housing, welfare, work, and even protection from abuse, Heath exposes the huge variety of intimacies, and the power they hold to challenge heteronormative, Western ideals of love.  Melanie Heath, "Forbidden Intimacies: Polygamies at the Limits of Western Tolerance " English | ISBN: 1503627608 | 2023 | 292 pages | AZW3 | 843 KB A poignant account of everyday polygamy and what its regulation reveals about who is viewed as an "Other" In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western governments attempt to regulate certain cultural and religious practices that challenge seemingly central principles of family and justice. In Forbidden Intimacies, Melanie Heath comparatively investigates the regulation of polygamy in the United States, Canada, France, and Mayotte. Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic and archival sources, Heath uncovers the ways in which intimacies framed as "other" and "offensive" serve to define the very limits of Western tolerance. These regulation efforts, counterintuitively, allow the flourishing of polygamies on the ground. The case studies illustrate a continuum of justice, in which some groups, like white fundamentalist Mormons in the U.S., organize to fight against the prohibition of their families' existence, whereas African migrants in France face racialized discrimination in addition to rigid migration policies. The matrix of legal and social contexts, informed by gender, race, sexuality, and class, shapes the everyday experiences of these relationships. Heath uses the term "labyrinthine love" to conceptualize the complex ways individuals negotiate different kinds of relationships, ranging from romantic to coercive. What unites these families is the secrecy in which they must operate. As government intervention erodes their abilities to secure housing, welfare, work, and even protection from abuse, Heath exposes the huge variety of intimacies, and the power they hold to challenge heteronormative, Western ideals of love.  Foraged Condiments: Wild Plant Recipes for Sauces, Chutneys, Ferments and Drinks by Natasha Lloyd English | June 24, 2025 | ISBN: 191280798X | 224 pages | PDF | 73 Mb A unique and lavishly illustrated cookbook exploring how to forage for wild plants and how to use them in everyday food and drink.  For the Table: Easy, Adaptable, Crowd-Pleasing Recipes by Anna Stockwell English | April 26, 2022 | ISBN: 1419751441 | 272 pages | MOBI | 48 Mb From food stylist and editor Anna Stockwell, For the Table: Easy, Adaptable, Crowd-Pleasing Recipes is a toast to the art of the dinner party.  Pamela Voekel, "For God and Liberty: Catholicism and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1790-1861" English | ISBN: 019761020X | 2022 | 432 pages | PDF | 29 MB The Age of Revolution has traditionally been understood as an era of secularization, giving the transition from monarchy to independent republics through democratic movements a genealogy that assumes hostility to Catholicism. By centering the story on Spanish and Latin American actors, Pamela Voekel argues that at the heart of this nineteenth-century transformation in Spanish America was a transatlantic Catholic civil war. Voekel demonstrates Reform Catholicism's significance to the thought and action of the rebel literati who led decolonization efforts in Mexico and Central America, showing how each side of this religious divide operated from within a self-conscious intercontinental network of like-minded Catholics. For its central protagonists, the era's crisis of sovereignty provided a political stage for a religious struggle. Drawing on ecclesiastical archives, pamphlets, sermons, and tracts,  Pamela Voekel, "For God and Liberty: Catholicism and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1790-1861" English | ISBN: 019761020X | 2022 | 432 pages | MOBI | 6 MB The Age of Revolution has traditionally been understood as an era of secularization, giving the transition from monarchy to independent republics through democratic movements a genealogy that assumes hostility to Catholicism. By centering the story on Spanish and Latin American actors, Pamela Voekel argues that at the heart of this nineteenth-century transformation in Spanish America was a transatlantic Catholic civil war. Voekel demonstrates Reform Catholicism's significance to the thought and action of the rebel literati who led decolonization efforts in Mexico and Central America, showing how each side of this religious divide operated from within a self-conscious intercontinental network of like-minded Catholics. For its central protagonists, the era's crisis of sovereignty provided a political stage for a religious struggle. Drawing on ecclesiastical archives, pamphlets, sermons, and tracts,  Rebecca Roache, "For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun" English | ISBN: 0190665068 | 2023 | 272 pages | MOBI | 1464 KB Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language.  Footfalls Echo in the Memory: A Life with the Colonial Education Service and the British Council in Asia By Verner C. Bickley 2010 | 333 Pages | ISBN: 1848850859 | PDF | 2 MB The Education Service was a vital sector of the British Colonial Service while the British Council has been paramount in promoting the English language and culture overseas. But are both agents of colonialism and neo-colonialism? Or simply altruistic conveyors of language and culture to a wider world? Verner Bickley as an Education Officer in British Colonial Service in Singapore and as British Council officer in Burma, Indonesia and Japan, shows how cultural values were uppermost and important in themselves though the medium of the near-universal English language, and vital for technical training. Bickley's service was set against a backdrop of political turbulence after World War II, colonial independence movements and the emergence of Japan as an economic powerhouse. This personal account of his career is enlivened by a succession of meetings with diverse personalities, including royalty, British and Thai, as well as writers like Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene and Willis Hall and actors such as Donald Sinden, Patrick Stewart and Max Adrian.  Football's Biggest Scandals: Inside the Corruption, Match-Fixing & Dark Secrets That Shaped the Beautiful Game: The Shocking True Stories FIFA, Referees ... to Know (The Business of Football Series) by ND Publishing English | December 1, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0G4LPSSQT | 449 pages | EPUB | 0.66 Mb The beautiful game has a dark side. These are the scandals football hoped you'd forget.  Football vs Finance: Profit, Power, and the Pursuit of Glory: Inside the Ownership Philosophies That Shape the Modern Game (The Business of Football Series) by ND Publishing English | October 17, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0FWPBNR5B | 231 pages | EPUB | 0.63 Mb In the modern game, every goal has a price tag. |
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