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 A Compass On the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature edited by Daniel Simon English | February 3, 2026 | ISBN: 1632064138, 9781632064141 | True EPUB | 480 pages | 5.6 MB A global chorus from the archives of World Literature Today, this landmark collection of fiction, essays, and poetry commemorates a century of exploration through pen and ink.  Marco Garrido, "A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption" English | ISBN: 1009669141 | 2026 | 290 pages | PDF | 1173 KB This volume renews the study of corruption as 'embedded' in ongoing social relations. Instead of treating corruption as a universal phenomenon, A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption shows how corruption is often morally ambiguous and deeply intertwined with the social, political and economic struggles of particular groups in specific times and places. Ranging from Early Modernity to the present day, and spanning across the globe, the book focuses on three recurring aspects of corruption: emergence or the origins and struggles over whether something is corrupt; institutionalization or how different definitions of corruption predominate; and mobilization or the sociopolitical functions that different definitions of corruption serve in times of social change. The volume includes a wide variety of historical and contemporary studies to show that corruption is embedded in its context, providing a novel framework for readers to understand how and why corruption persists across time and place.  A Companion to the Middle English Lyric By Thomas G. Duncan 2005 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 1843840650 | PDF | 4 MB Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award The Middle English lyric occupies a place of considerable importance in the history of English literature. Here, for the first time in English, are found many features of formal and thematic importance: they include rhyme scheme, stanzaic form, the carol genre, love poetry in the manner of the troubadour poets, and devotional poems focusing on the love, suffering and compassion of Christ and the Virgin Mary. The essays in this volume aim to provide both background information on and new assessments of the lyric. By treating Middle English lyrics chapter by chapter according to their kinds - poems dealing with love, with religious devotion, with moral, political and popular themes, and those associated with preaching - it provides the awareness of their characteristic cultural contexts and literary modalities necessary for an informed critical reading. Full account is taken of the scholarship upon which our knowledge of these lyrics rests, especially the outstanding contributions of the last few decades and such recent insights as those of gender criticism. Also included are detailed discussions of the valuable information afforded by the widely varying manuscript contexts in which Middle English lyrics survive and of the diverse issues involved in editing these texts. Separate chapters are devoted to the carol, which came to prominence in the fifteenth century, and to Middle Scots lyrics which, at the end of the Middle English lyric tradition, present some sophisticated productions of an entirely new order.BR> Contributors: Julia Boffey, Thomas G. Duncan, John Scattergood, Vincent Gillespie, Christiania Whitehead, Douglas Gray, Karl Reichl, Thorlac Turville-Petre, Alan J. Fletcher, Bernard O'Donoghue, Sarah Stanbury and Alasdair A. MacDonald.  Frank M. Ferraro III, "A Companion to Introductory Psychology: Engaging Essays for Students" English | ISBN: 1032703121 | 2025 | 152 pages | PDF | 1259 KB A Companion to Introductory Psychology is a rich collection of thought-provoking chapters, which enhance student interest and promote group discussions, training entry-level students in critical thinking skills and engaging them with course material.  Song Hou, "A Chinese Discourse of Heritage " English | ISBN: 1009495674 | 2026 | 75 pages | PDF | 2 MB This Element presents an alternative approach to critical heritage studies by attending to forgotten or transformed cultural, historical ideas of heritage. It focuses on the Chinese term guji (古迹 ancient traces or vestiges), perceived today as the same as the modern concept of cultural heritage. After a macroanalysis of how guji is understood differently in contemporary and historical China, it comes to cultural-historical discourse analysis of guji recorded in the local gazetteers of Quzhou from the 1500s to the 1920s, revealing its way of categorization as boundary negotiation, and cultural modes of meaning-making and remembering, either with or without physical remains or a verifiable site. After a holistic view of this Chinese discourse as reflected in a particular guji, it concludes with a philosophical lens to highlight the alternative existence of heritage in the word guji and the uses of heritage as the uses of language.  A Celtic Kiwi Tapestry: A Memoir of Resilience and Hope by Sabrina M G Dowling English | December 2, 2025 | ISBN: 0473746107 | 356 pages | EPUB | 1.64 Mb Sabrina was just four years old when she was abused by a man who had won her family's trust. It was many years before the suppressed memories of this horror, buried deep in her unconscious, surfaced in a traumatic way. Meanwhile, it worked in strange ways to affect her relationships and the choices she made, repeatedly threatening to throw her life off course.  Min W. Jung, "A Brain for Innovation: The Neuroscience of Imagination and Abstract Thinking" English | ISBN: 0231213360 | 2023 | 240 pages | AZW3 | 8 MB What sets humans apart from other animals? Perhaps more than anything else, it is the capacity for innovation. The accumulation of discoveries throughout history, big and small, has enabled us to build global civilizations and gain power to shape our environment. But what makes humans as a species so innovative?  A Beginner's Guide to Sports Betting: Bet Smarter, Win Bigger by Brooke Winslow, Lighthouse and Lyric Press English | April 16, 2025 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0F5562GLY | 90 pages | EPUB | 5.94 Mb Stop guessing. Start winning.  A Beginner's Guide to Leveraged ETFs: A Beginner Oriented Overview of 2x and 3x Exchange Traded Funds (Market Mechanics and Investing Concepts) by Max Koren English | January 4, 2026 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0GDW2JKLD | 58 pages | EPUB | 0.22 Mb Leveraged ETFs, including 2x and 3x exchange-traded funds, are widely discussed but often misunderstood. Because these products are typically built around daily objectives and daily reset, multi-day behavior can look different across market environments. This beginner-oriented overview explains leveraged ETFs in plain language, with a focus on structure, mechanics, and interpretation.  98 Percent English | Dec 21, 2025 | ISBN: 9798232608323 | 52 pages | EPUB (True) | 705.61 KB What happens when democracy becomes performance-and dissent becomes a death sentence? |
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