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 David Craddock, "Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense - Special Edition" English | ISBN: 1098397118 | 2021 | 294 pages | MOBI | 3 MB It is the Year 1994...  Eric Yang, "Monotheism and the Trinity " English | ISBN: 1009511971 | 2026 | 75 pages | PDF | 1223 KB The doctrine of the Trinity is a central dogma within traditional Christianity, yet claiming that there are three divine persons appears to threaten adherence to monotheism. This Element begins by presenting a logical problem for the doctrine of the Trinity, followed by a survey of extant solutions to it as well as some criticisms to these solutions. Based on some insights concerning the historical context surrounding the development and formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity, this Element proposes a solution whereby the doctrinal claims have minimal content such that a contradiction cannot be derived from them. Rather than dismissing other solutions, this Element adopts a particular framework for understanding theological models, proposing that the models used in these solutions be repurposed in such a way that multiple models help us better grasp and appreciate the target (viz., God or the doctrine of the Trinity).  Derek Krueger, "Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople" English | ISBN: 1009648330 | 2026 | 356 pages | PDF | 2 MB The Byzantine Abbot Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) transgressed the homophobic norms of medieval Orthodox society. His longing for God was distinctly homoerotic, and he depicted union with the divine as a queer sort of marriage. His Orthodox theology of theosis, the deification of the entire person, meant that Symeon taught the salvation of all the parts of the body. But monks also desired the eradication of lust and the punishment of those who fell prey to it. Sermons and biblical commentary defined men who had sex with men as sodomites; and saints' lives warned of the consequences of same-sex desires. Those who renounced sex redirected their desire rather than eliminating it. Symeon's queer erotics shed light on other devotions distinctive to medieval Orthodoxy, including the veneration of saints and worship with icons. Monastic Desires makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of sexuality and the history of Christianity.  Christian Henderson, "Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf States in the Global Food System " English | ISBN: 1009699849 | 2026 | 218 pages | PDF | 2 MB In a region known for its export of oil, Monarchies of Extraction explores how the Gulf states are simultaneously defined by the importation of food. Charting the economics and politics of the Gulf through an examination of its food system, Christian Henderson demonstrates how these states constitute a distinct social metabolism. Starting with the pre-oil phase, this book examines the politics of agrarian change in the Gulf. In the contemporary period, Henderson considers the way that the Gulf states represent 'inverted farms', where the import of prodigious quantities of agricultural commodities has enabled these economies to overcome their lack of arable land. As a result of this trade, states such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia have developed their own agribusiness sectors. Henderson further shows how food and consumption in the Gulf states constitute political questions of diet, sustainability, and boycott.  Zygmunt Bauman, "Modernity and the Holocaust" English | ISBN: 0801487196 | 2002 | 254 pages | AZW3 | 711 KB "Intellectually rich and provocative.... This is a text which belongs in our classrooms as well as on our shelves. Exceptionally well written."―Contemporary Sociology  Daytona Strong, "Modern Scandinavian Baking: A Cookbook of Sweet Treats and Savory Bakes" English | ISBN: 1646116186 | 2020 | 150 pages | MOBI | 15 MB Master the art and heart of Scandinavian baking―60+ authentic recipes  Stephen Darwall, "Modern Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to Kant" English | ISBN: 0521860474 | 2023 | 400 pages | PDF | 3 MB In this magisterial study, one of our leading moral philosophers refutes the charge (originally made by Elizabeth Anscombe) that modern ethics is incoherent because it essentially depends on theological and religious assumptions that it cannot acknowledge. Stephen Darwall's panoramic picture starts with the seventeenth-century thinker Grotius and tells the story continuously down to the time of Kant, exploring what was in fact a completely new way of doing ethics based on secular ideas of human psychology and universal accountability. He shows that thinkers from Grotius to Kant are profoundly united by this modern approach, and that it helped them to create a theory of natural human rights that remains of great political relevance today. He further shows that this new way of thinking provides conceptual resources that are far from exhausted, and that moral philosophy in this idiom still has a vibrant future.  Weiss, "Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence" English | ISBN: 1009221671 | 2025 | 344 pages | PDF | 2 MB Is commitment to God compatible with modern citizenship? In this book, Daniel H. Weiss provides new readings of four modern Jewish philosophers - Moses Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, and Walter Benjamin - in light of classical rabbinic accounts of God's sovereignty, divine and human violence, and the embodied human being as the image of God. He demonstrates how classical rabbinic literature is relevant to contemporary political and philosophical debates. Weiss brings to light striking political aspects of the writings of the modern Jewish philosophers, who have often been understood as non-political. In addition, he shows how the four modern thinkers are more radical and more shaped by Jewish tradition than has previously been thought. Taken as a whole, Weiss' book argues for a fundamental rethinking of the relationship between Judaism and politics, the history of Jewish thought, and the ethical and political dynamics of the broader Western philosophical tradition.  Mark Manson, "Models: Attract Women Through Honesty" English | ISBN: 1463750358 | 2011 | 260 pages | MOBI | 2 MB Models is the first book ever written on seduction as an emotional process rather than a logical one, a process of connecting with women rather than impressing them. It's the most mature and honest guide on how a man can attract women without faking behavior, without lying and without emulating others. A game-changer.  Risa Dickens, "Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic" English | ISBN: 1623175720 | 2021 | 312 pages | AZW3 | 1105 KB A guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as informed by history's witches-and the sociopolitical culture that gave rise to them. |
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