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 Ben Hillman, "The Communist Party of China: Understanding the Durability of the World's Most Powerful Political Organization" English | ISBN: 1009668439 | 2026 | 354 pages | PDF | 2 MB The Communist Party of China has ruled mainland China since 1949. From Marxist revolution and class struggle to market reforms and national rejuvenation, the Party has repeatedly reinvented itself and its justification for monopolizing political power. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines around the globe, this collection serves as a guide to understanding the Party's unparalleled durability. They examine a range of themes including the mechanics and organisation of one-party rule, the ideologies underpinning party rule, the Party's control of public discourse, technologies of social control, and adaptive policymaking. Read together, these essays provide a comprehensive understanding of the reasons for the Party's continued grip on political power in China today.  Colin Samson, "The Colonialism of Human Rights: Ongoing Hypocrisies of Western Liberalism" English | ISBN: 1509529977 | 2020 | 256 pages | EPUB | 714 KB Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?  Anthony McCarten, "The Collaboration " English | ISBN: 1350350680 | 2022 | 80 pages | PDF | 3 MB Boxers are like painters, both smear their blood on the canvas.  Robin Dreeke, "The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed" English | ISBN: 1250093465 | 2017 | 384 pages | MOBI | 1031 KB A counterintelligence expert shows readers how to use trust to achieve anything in business and in life.  Quentin Rees, "The Cockleshell Canoes: British Military Canoes of World War Two " English | ISBN: 1848680651 | 2008 | 256 pages | PDF | 10 MB Used most famously in December 1942, when a small group of ten men in five canoes were dropped off by submarine 80 miles from the inland port of Bordeaux. Taking a couple of days to get to Bordeaux, the men laid limpit mines on a series of German ships, sinking one and seriously damaging others. These men became the Cockeshell heroes, named after the canoes they sailed in. But the story of the Cockleshells is more than that of this dozen brave men, most of whom died in what was a suicide mission. Over 4000 canoes were made and the contribution they made to the war was immense, but has remained untold until now. In this new work, Quentin Rees, lucky owner of two of the Cockles, tells the story of the development and use of these 4,000 canoes, from Combined Operations to SOE.  Carla Valentine, "The Chick and the Dead: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors" English | ISBN: 1250120683 | 2017 | 304 pages | MOBI | 902 KB Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of the world's most famous pathology museum. When it comes to death, she truly is an expert, and in this book she shares that expertise.  Kirsten Miller, "The Change: A Novel" English | ISBN: 0063144042 | 2022 | 480 pages | MOBI | 1088 KB GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK  T. A. Chan, "The Celestial Seas" English | ISBN: 0593693744 | 2026 | 368 pages | EPUB | 1248 KB A tale of identity, love, and the hunt for vengeance in the darkest corners of space-perfect for fans of Iron Widow and Aurora Rising!  Warren Chernaik, "The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays " English | ISBN: 0521855071 | 2007 | 220 pages | PDF | 11 MB Shakespeare's history plays, as fresh today as when they were written, are based upon the assumption that time is not simply a destroyer but a preserver, and that 'examples past' might enable us to understand the present and anticipate the future. This lively 2007 study examines the continuing tradition of Shakespeare's history plays in stage and film productions as well as giving an account of the critical debate on these plays. Following two introductory chapters giving essential background on the genre, the English history plays are discussed in turn, bringing out the distinctive characteristics of each play: the three early Henry VI plays; the perennial stage favourite Richard III; King John; Richard II; Henry IV 1 and 2, famous for the character of Falstaff; Henry V, which is treated very differently in the film versions by Olivier and Branagh; and Henry VIII. An invaluable introduction to these fascinating and complex plays.  Anthony J. Cascardi, "The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy" English | ISBN: 1107010543 | 2014 | 238 pages | PDF | 3 MB Literature and philosophy have long shared an interest in questions of truth, value, and form. And yet, from ancient times to the present, they have often sharply diverged, both in their approach to these questions and in their relationship to one another. Moreover, the vast differences among individual writers, historical periods, and languages pose challenges for anyone wishing to understand the relationship between them. This Introduction provides a synthetic and original guide to this vast terrain. It uncovers the deep interests that literature and philosophy share while offering a lucid account of their differences. It sheds new light on many standing debates and offers students and scholars of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy a chance to think freshly about questions that have preoccupied the Western tradition from its very beginnings up until the present. |
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