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 Gabriel Zuchtriegel, "The Making of the Doric Temple: Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece" English | ISBN: 1009260103 | | pages | PDF | 19 MB In this volume, Gabriel Zuchtriegel revisits the idea of Doric architecture as the paradigm of architectural and artistic evolutionism. Bringing together old and new archaeological data, some for the first time, he posits that Doric architecture has little to do with a wood-to-stone evolution. Rather, he argues, it originated in tandem with a disruptive shift in urbanism, land use, and colonization in Archaic Greece. Zuchtriegel presents momentous architectural change as part of a broader transformation that involved religion, politics, economics, and philosophy. As Greek elites colonized, explored, and mapped the Mediterranean, they sought a new home for the gods in the changing landscapes of the sixth-century BC Greek world. Doric architecture provided an answer to this challenge, as becomes evident from parallel developments in architecture, art, land division, urban planning, athletics, warfare, and cosmology. Building on recent developments in geography, gender, and postcolonial studies, this volume offers a radically new interpretation of architecture and society in Archaic Greece.  Joseph P. McDermott, "The Making of a New Rural Order in South China: Volume 2, Merchants, Markets, and Lineages, 1500-1700" English | ISBN: 1107048516 | 2020 | 497 pages | PDF | 4 MB This volume is written for anyone who has wondered about the growth of Chinese businesses and their relation to Chinese family and government institutions. Making full use of its partner volume's findings on village institutions in the southern prefecture of Huizhou, this volume explains how late imperial China's key regional group of merchants emerged from this prefecture's village lineages. It identifies the strategies they deployed to overcome the serious obstacles to their domination of major financial transactions and commodity markets throughout much of China from 1500 to 1700. At the same time it describes how the commercial success enjoyed by these 'house firms' undermined their lineages' social stability, making them vulnerable to competition from popular religious cults back home. In recounting how rural and urban institutions interacted through state and economic development, McDermott provides a powerful new framework for understanding late imperial China's distinctive trajectory to social and economic transformation.  Louis J. Parascandola, "The Making of a Black Communist: The Selected Writings of Eugene Gordon " English | ISBN: 1625348681 | 2025 | 408 pages | PDF | 2 MB Eugene Gordon (1891-1974) was a major writer involved in the development of the burgeoning Black literary scene in Boston in the 1920s, an active player in the Harlem Renaissance, and a longtime member of the Communist Party. Despite his credentials as a reporter, editor, fiction writer, and political activist, he is rarely mentioned in studies of the Harlem Renaissance or Marxist politics. Here, Louis J. Parascandola has pulled together Gordon's journalism, autobiographical writing, and fiction. This new collection, featuring both previously published pieces from a wide variety of publications as well as material that has never before been published, demonstrates his range and his skill while establishing his importance as a critical voice of his time.  Jordan Mechner, "The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 " English | ISBN: 1468093657 | 2011 | 330 pages | MOBI | 2 MB Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person, Jordan Mechner.Also available as an ebook, Mechner's candid journals from the time capture his journey from his parents' basement to the forefront of the fast-growing 1980s video game industry... and the creative, technical and personal struggles that brought the prince into being and ultimately into the homes of millions of people worldwide.*NOTE: This is the original self-published paperback edition. The Making of Prince of Persia is also available in a new hardcover illustrated/annotated edition from Stripe Press, and in French from Third Editions.  Henry Parkes, "The Making of Liturgy in the Ottonian Church: Books, Music and Ritual in Mainz, 950-1050 " English | ISBN: 1107083028 | 2015 | 276 pages | PDF | 3 MB This highly original study examines the history and religious life of the Ottonian Church through its ritual books. With forensic attention to the writing and design of four important manuscripts from the city of Mainz - a musician's troper, a priest's ritual handbook, a bishop's pontifical and a copy of the enigmatic compilation now known as the 'Romano-German Pontifical' - Henry Parkes transforms liturgical sources into eloquent witnesses to the ecclesiastical history of early medieval Germany. He also presents the first comprehensive revision of Michel Andrieu's influential 'Romano-German Pontifical' theory, from the dual perspective of Mainz's cathedral of St Martin and its Benedictine monastery of St Alban. Challenging long-held assumptions about the geographies of Ottonian power, in particular the central role of Mainz and its archbishops, the book opens up important new ways of understanding how religious ritual was organised, transmitted and perceived.  Mr David J Crabb, "The Magic Formula: The ramblings of a madman or sound Leadership guidance" English | ISBN: 1548213853 | 2017 | 275 pages | AZW3 | 361 KB This book will provide insights for those progressing from management into a Leadership role, or aspiring to do so. It is not intended to be a definitive guide to Leadership, more of a personal journey shared to help others learn from someone who has led business transformation, changes and produced successful outcomes. The author takes time in describing, using years of experience, his views having worked in different industries, highlighting the ingredients of the magic formula hoping that these experiences will be useful, interesting and inspiring to others. Quirky storytelling, modern real life experiences and a balanced view of how to achieve success regarding business transformation.  James Newton, "The Mad Max Effect: Road Warriors in International Exploitation Cinema " English | ISBN: 1501342290 | 2021 | 224 pages | PDF | 28 MB The Mad Max Effect provides an in-depth analysis of the Mad Max series, and how it began as an inventive concoction of  Natalia I. Petrovskaia, "The Mabinogion Set: The Fractal Structure of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi" English | ISBN: 1837723354 | 2026 | 264 pages | PDF | 7 MB A new study of classic medieval Welsh stories through the lens of narrative repetition.  Garrett G. Fagan, "The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games" English | ISBN: 0521185963 | 2011 | 376 pages | PDF | 22 MB Why did the Romans turn out in their tens of thousands to watch brutal gladiatorial games? Previous studies have tried to explain the attraction of the arena by theorizing about its cultural function in Roman society. The games have been seen as celebrations of the violence of empire or of Rome's martial heritage, or as manifestations of the emperor's power. The desire to watch has therefore been limited to the Roman context and rendered alien to modern sensibilities. Yet the historical record reveals that people living in quite different times and circumstances (including our own) have regularly come out in large numbers to watch public rituals of violence such as executions, floggings, animal-baiting, cudgeling, pugilism and so on. Appreciating the social-psychological dynamics at work in attracting people to watch such events not only deepens our understanding of the spectator at the Roman games but also suggests something important about ourselves.  Charlotte Wood, "The Luminous Solution" English | ISBN: 1760879231 | 2021 | 256 pages | MOBI | 332 KB An inspiring work about creativity and resilience from the multi-award-winning author of The Weekend. |
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