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It focuses on the subtle changes that materiality operates upon our subjectivity and upon our status as producers, users, possessors, negotiators and manipulators of objects, and analyses the ways in which materiality is constantly redefined by consumerism and the strategies it adopts in order to resist commodification. In the process, the collection explores different ways of deciphering what materiality, in its reliable concreteness or its magical materialism, tries to tell us: all the silent stories that things accumulate while circulating among people, societies and cultures; the narratives they weave when amassed, collected, archived or transformed into cultural commodities; the secrets they reveal when witnessing the gradual commodification of their owners of their bodies, lives and souls. The Silent Life of Things: Representing and Reading Commodified Objecthood establishes a new paradigm for reading and interpreting commodified materiality, and its participation in the establishment of a new aesthetics of consumerism.  Free Download Daniel J. Boyne, "The Seven Seat: A True Story of Rowing, Revenge, and Redemption" English | 2019 | ISBN: 1493043544, 1493059513 | EPUB | pages: 200 | 3.7 mb Harvard University coach and acclaimed rowing author, Dan Boyne, tells a humorous story of his first year of freshman crew, including a sub Description of personal redemption against an insufferable football player who has bullied him throughout high school.  Free Download John Wiley Jr., "The Scarlett Letters: The Making of the Film Gone With the Wind" English | 2014 | pages: 536 | ISBN: 1589798724, 1493033549 | EPUB | 13,7 mb One month after her novel Gone With the Wind was published, Margaret Mitchell sold the movie rights for fifty thousand dollars. Fearful of what the studio might do to her story-"I wouldn't put it beyond Hollywood to have . . . Scarlett seduce General Sherman," she joked-the author washed her hands of involvement with the film. However, driven by a maternal interest in her literary firstborn and compelled by her Southern manners to answer every fan letter she received, Mitchell was unable to stay aloof for long.  Free Download Rough Guides, "The Rough Guide to Germany" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1409369102 | EPUB | pages: 912 | 9.1 mb The Rough Guide to Germany is the ultimate travel guide to this dynamic country. Full-color photography illustrates Germany's stylish cities and beautiful landscapes, its meandering rivers and picture-perfect castles. Detailed accounts of every attraction provide all the information you need to explore the country's exceptional museums, iconic architecture, and its many rural escapes, from the soaring Bavarian Alps and dense woodlands of the Black Forest to the beautiful beaches and islands of the North Sea, or the idyllic Rhineland vineyards where you can sample some of the country's many world-class wines.  Free Download The Rise of the New Woman: The Women's Movement in America, 1875-1930 (American Ways Series) By Jean V. Matthews 2003 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 1566635004 | PDF | 36 MB Matthews's book chronicles the changing fortunes and transformations of the organized suffrage movement, from its dismal period to its final victory that brought women the vote.The twenty years on either side of the turn of the twentiethcentury were a period of fundamental change and expansion inthe roles and opportunities open to American women. The periodculminated in the eventual success of a long drawn-outagitation for the vote, which seemed to bestow both formalrecognition of equal citizenship and offer the opportunity for politicalpower. [n these forty years women had at least gained accessto, and sometimes achieved substantial participation in, alllevels of education, almost all the professions, a much widerrange of jobs, and thus opportunities for some financial independence and a greater level of personal freedom. In the nextfifty years it would become apparent that many doors were stilleffectively shut, and that much of the promise and appearanceof equality was illusory, but to most middle-class women thisearlier period offered a sense of progress and widening horizons.  Free Download Dennis J. Seese, "The Rebirth of Professional Soccer in America: The Strange Days of the United Soccer Association" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1442238941 | EPUB | pages: 308 | 1.1 mb The history of soccer in the United States is far richer and more complex than many people realize. Leagues competed in the U.S. as far back as the late 1800s, and in 1919 Bethlehem Steel became the first American professional soccer team to play in Europe when they toured Sweden. Multiple leagues existed during the early 1900s, but after the American Soccer Association folded in 1933, the country did not see a rebirth of professional soccer until 1967. It was a painful, hostile revival that saw dueling groups of American sports entrepreneurs fracture into two separate professional leagues, The United Soccer Association (USA) and the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).  Free Download Tim Ryan Congressma, "The Real Food Revolution: Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American Family Farm" English | 2015 | ISBN: 1401946402, 1401946380 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 2.7 mb We Americans love our food. It's part of what has made this nation great. Our fertile farmlands and the abundance and variety of our agricultural output are the envy of the world. For most of our history, we lived close to the land, food was accessed locally, and we processed it in our own kitchens. But as our population and economy has boomed in the last century and we concentrated in cities, we industrialized our food system-with food coming far from home and processed multiple times. As foods rich in natural taste declined, we relied on high amounts of added sugar, fat, and salt to entice our palates. And it has taken a toll: our soil is polluted, our practices are unsustainable, and our health problems, including everything from allergy-related disease to obesity, are on the rise. This has all contributed to historic levels of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other causes of preventable death. The good news is that people are starting to find solutions. They're voting with their pocketbooks for a new kind of food system-family farm, 21st-century style. Suburban and urban moms (and dads) want to know what's in their food and where it comes from. No more snack packs, Ding Dongs, and soda for lunch. This revolution is not only in how people eat, but also in how they grow, distribute, shop for, and prepare food. And the food is better tasting, better looking, and better for you.The Real Food Revolution by Congressman Tim Ryan is a manifesto for this new food movement. In it, readers will find information on: * The history and current state of our food systems * Myriad negative impacts of our present food practices on our health and our planet * Pros and cons of the current farm bill and what changes could help restore our nation * What's happening both at the national and local levels * How people can get involved, with actionable steps at the end of each chapter This is a non-partisan, good-news message that will inform, inspire, and help readers around the country get involved. The era of the Twinkie and the hot-dog-stuffed-crust pizza has been fun, but now it's time for a change.  Free Download The Quiet Room (Rabbits, Book 2) by Terry Miles English | October 3, 2023 | ISBN: 059349640X | True EPUB | 432 pages | 3.5 MB The lore and legends around the underground game known as Rabbits gain new dimensions in The Quiet Room, a twisty tale set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast.  Free Download K.V. Mulbagala, "The Popular Practice of Yoga (Routledge Library Editions: Yoga)" English | 2019 | pages: 242 | ISBN: 0367027429, 0367027399 | EPUB | 0,2 mb This book, first published in 1935, is an early western study of the practice of yoga. It examines the theories of yoga, and attempts to understand and explain its philosophy and beliefs.  Free Download Simon Maier, "The Other Side of History: A Unique View of Momentous Events from the Last 60 Years" English | 2018 | ISBN: 9814771376 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 4.6 mb History is more than facts and figures, people and places, wars and politics, deaths and disasters. Stories are never fixed in stone; they continue to morph and evolve with every retelling.Author Simon Maier casts himself in the role of a hotelier who has worked in different cities around the world over the last 60 years. Wry, witty and sharp, history is told through a refreshing point of view. As the narrator chronicles key events of the 20th and 21st centuries, he provides details of the atmosphere, and recounts tales from people on the ground, along with sketches of the mood and beliefs of the time. Such details infuse the biggest and most important occasions of modern times with insight, precision and warmth.This book is a fascinating mix of fact and fiction; of what did happen and what might have happened. History is scattered with many great changes; some planned, most sudden; some shocking, others happy. We see the front view of the occasion, the announcement, the television footage, the moment in lights. We see the stage that is put before us ― but what about behind the scenes? What insights can we find on the other side of history? |
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