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Start your reading journey today on DL4ALL.org and unlock a world of imagination, knowledge, and inspiration!  Educational Psychology, Global Edition by Anita Woolfolk English | 2016 | ISBN: 129209530X | 722 Pages | PDF | 30 MB  Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Global Edition by Edward J. Tarbuck English | 2017 | ISBN: 1292161833 | 816 Pages | PDF | 185 MB  Disorienting Fiction: The Autoethnographic Work of Nineteenth-Century British Novels By James Buzard 2005 | 331 Pages | ISBN: 0691095558 | PDF | 6 MB This book gives an ambitious revisionist account of the nineteenth-century British novel and its role in the complex historical process that ultimately gave rise to modern anthropology's concept of culture and its accredited researcher, the Participant Observer. Buzard reads the great nineteenth-century novels of Charles Dickens, Charlotte BrontГ«, George Eliot, and others as ''metropolitan autoethnographies'' that began to exercise and test the ethnographic imagination decades in advance of formal modern ethnography--and that did so while focusing on Western European rather than on distant Oriental subjects. Disorienting Fiction shows how English Victorian novels appropriated and anglicized an autoethnographic mode of fiction developed early in the nineteenth century by the Irish authors of the National Tale and, most influentially, by Walter Scott. Buzard demonstrates that whereas the fiction of these non-English British subjects devoted itself to describing and defending (but also inventing) the cultural autonomy of peripheral regions, the English novels that followed them worked to imagine limited and mappable versions of English or British culture in reaction against the potential evacuation of cultural distinctiveness threatened by Britain's own commercial and imperial expansion. These latter novels attempted to forestall the self-incurred liabilities of a nation whose unprecedented reach and power tempted it to universalize and export its own customs, to treat them as simply equivalent to a globally applicable civilization. For many Victorian novelists, a nation facing the prospect of being able to go and to exercise its influence just about anywhere in the world also faced the danger of turning itself into a cultural nowhere. The complex autoethnographic work of nineteenth-century British novels was thus a labor to disorient or de-globalize British national imaginings, and novelists mobilized and freighted with new significance some basic elements of prose narrative in their efforts to write British culture into being. Sure to provoke debate, this book offers a commanding reassessment of a major moment in the history of British literature.  Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families: Implications for Support Retention By Laura Werber Castaneda, Margaret C. Harrell, Megan K. Beckett, Danielle M. Varda, Kimberly Curry Hall 2009 | 367 Pages | ISBN: 0833045733 | PDF | 2 MB Use of the Reserve Component has steadily increased since the 1990s, but little research has focused on how deployment affects guard and reserve families. This monograph presents the results of interviews with reserve component personnel and spouses, focusing on their deployment experiences and military career intentions. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Department of Defense can better support guard and reserve families.  Contemporary British Novelists By Nick Rennison 2005 | 173 Pages | ISBN: 0415217091 | PDF | 2 MB Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book offers an excellent introductory guide to the contemporary literary scene. Each entry includes concise biographical information on each of the key novelists and an analysis of their major works and themes. Fully cross-referenced and containing extensive guides to further reading, Fifty Contemporary British Novelists is the ideal guide to modern British fiction for both the student and the contemporary fiction buff alike.  Contemporary British Fiction By Nick Bentley 2008 | 265 Pages | ISBN: 0748624198 | PDF | 2 MB Nick Bentley provides an introduction to the major novelists and the main themes in narrative fiction over the last 35 years. He offers a critical discussion of important debates in contemporary fiction engaging with concepts such as postmodernism; the impact of feminism and gender in literary studies; the rise of postcolonial literary theory; and the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. Bentley offers thought-provoking analysis of a range of British writers including Martin Amis, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson. The book grounds the discussion of selected novels in the historical and theoretical contexts of the period. It opens with a chronology followed by a comprehensive Introduction that provides a historical context to the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events of the period 1975-2005. This is followed by five chapters organized around the core themes: (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory and Writing, and (5) Narratives of Cultural Space. A Conclusion, Student Resources and Glossary close the book. Key Features*Introduces the major themes and trends in British fiction over the last 35 years *Analyses a range of writers and texts including Brick Lane by Monica Ali, London Fields by Martin Amis; The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter; Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby; Atonement by Ian McEwan, Shame by Salman Rushdie, Downriver by Iain Sinclair, and White Teeth by Zadie Smith *Presents a variety of critical perspectives essential for studying contemporary British fiction *Provides essential resources for further reading and research  John Whaite, "Comfort: food to soothe the soul" English | 2018 | ISBN: 1909487929 | 224 pages | MOBI | 12 MB Comfort food is enjoying a renaissance as people start to shy away from elimination diets and "clean eating" and embrace the balance of nourishing homemade meals. With the concept of hygge emphasizing the importance of enjoying the sensual, warming things in life, cosy cooking has taken on a new life. John's collection of enticing recipes will have you cooking up a comforting feast in the kitchen.  Clinical handbook of couple therapy By Alan S. Gurman Phd 2008 | 753 Pages | ISBN: 1593858213 | PDF | 4 MB This authoritative handbook provides a definitive overview of the theory and practice of couple therapy. Noted contributorsвЂ"many of whom developed the approaches they describeвЂ"combine clear conceptual exposition with thorough descriptions of therapeutic techniques. In addition to presenting major couple therapy models in step-by-step detail, the book describes effective applications for particular populations and problems. Issues of culture, gender, religion, and sexual orientation are addressed. Chapters adhere closely to a uniform structure to facilitate study and comparison, enhancing the book's utility as a reference and text. (20091001)  Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46 By Geoffrey Swain 2004 | 283 Pages | ISBN: 0415331935 | PDF | 4 MB Covering the horrors that took place in Latvia from the beginning of the Second World War until 1947, this book focuses on the heart of the 20th century: Stalinist industrialization, collectivization and political annihilation; Nazi expansionism and genocide; with local nationalism, local nationalist rivalries, and local anti-Semitism. The author traces the developments in one particular region of Latvia, Daugavpils. There, the dilemma of Hitler or Stalin, the ideological struggle of fascism or communism was more acute than anywhere else in Europe since the population was actively involved in establishing both.  Behind the Postmodern Facade: Architectural Change in Late Twentieth-Century America By Magali Sarfatti Larson 1995 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0520201612 | PDF | 3 MB Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture ''happens'' and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new ''deconstructionist'' style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. |
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