Linguistic Mitigation in English and Spanish: How Speakers Attenuate Expressions (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics) by Nydia Flores
2020 | ISBN: 1138584657 | English | 256 pages | PDF | 1 MB
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of mitigation in speech in English and Spanish, exploring how it is defined and theorized and the various linguistic features employed to soften or downgrade the impact of a particular message across a range of settings. Building on the body of work done on mitigation in English, the book begins by discussing how it has been conceptualized in the literature, drawing on politeness theory among other perspectives from pragmatics, and highlighting increasing research on these topics in native and bilingual Spanish speakers and learners of Spanish. The volume explores examples from a variety of discursive contexts, including institutions, courts, and classrooms, to unpack mitigation as it occurs in spontaneous speech through different lenses, looking both at the actual units of discourse but also taking a broader view by examining differences across dialects as well. The book also looks at the ways in which conclusions drawn from this research might be applied pedagogically in language learning classrooms. This volume will serve as a jumping-off point for broader discussion in the field of mitigation and will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers in pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis, in addition to learners and pre-service teachers of Spanish.

Learn Python in One Hour Video Course
by Alfredo DezaNoah Gift
English | 2020 | h264, yuv420p, 1280x720 | 44100 Hz, 2channels | 1h 7m | 227 MB

Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon's Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence (SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions) by Patrick Laude
2020 | ISBN: 1438478992 | English | 404 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Studies the original vocabulary of Frithjof Schuon, its relevance to comparative religion, and the status of metaphysical and theological terms in religion.

Rick Rodgers, "Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1626548749, 1626548706 | 250 pages | EPUB | 6.64 MB
Take a tour of the legendary cafés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague where a rich tradition of masterful desserts and coffee lives on. For centuries, artists and philosophers have gathered around coffeehouse tables to complement their lively conversations with exquisite desserts. Modern cafés of this region remain loyal to this pastry tradition; though the décor has changed, it is still strudel-not lemongrass sorbet-that is served on the menu.

Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the Magic, the Truth By Sharon Lawrence
2005 | 356 Pages | ISBN: 0060562994 | PDF | 3 MB
The genius we never understood. . . . The man we never knew. . . . The truth we never heard. . . . The music we never forgot. . . . A revealing portrait of a legend by a close and trusted friend.

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2021: For Preparing Your 2020 Tax Return (J.K. Lasser), 2nd Edition by J.K. Lasser Institute
English | December 2nd, 2020 | ISBN: 1119742242 | 915 pages | True PDF | 39.58 MB
Prepare your 2020 taxes with ease!

Fawaz A. Gerges, "ISIS: A History"
English | ISBN: 0691170002 | 2016 | 384 pages | AZW3 | 857 KB
An authoritative introduction to ISIS, from a leading authority on jihadism

Is There a God of Human Rights? The Complex Relationship Between Human Rights and Religion, a South African... By Johannes A. Van Der Ven, Jaco S. Dreyer, Hendrik J. C. Pieterse
2005 | 663 Pages | ISBN: 9004142096 | PDF | 3 MB
This volume deals with historical, systematic and empirical questions with regard to the complex relationship between human rights and religion. It focuses on the place and function of human rights in democracies in modern society. Moreover it elaborates on the problems which are implied in the complex relationship between human rights and religion from the beginning. Lastly it investigates the positive, negative and ambivalent empirical effects of religious attitudes on human rights attitudes among some youth in South Africa. Readership : All those interested in human rights and religion, especially scholars and students in human rights law, law and religion, religious studies.

Introduction to the Physical and Biological Oceanography of Shelf Seas
By John H. Simpson
English | 2012 | ISBN : 0521877628 | 448 pages | PDF | 11.9 MB

Into Brown Bear Country By Will Troyer
2005 | 145 Pages | ISBN: 1889963720 | PDF | 8 MB
With the passion of a poet and the precision of a topnotch professional, biologist Will Troyer verbally sculpts an exceptionally accurate and eloquent depiction of one of Alaska's most magnificent‹and often misunderstood‹creatures. Reading it should be required of all who venture into bear country and relished even by those who would rather not. ‹Jay Hammond, author and former governor of Alaska ''Will Troyer is Alaska's 'brown bear man.' This important book is gracefully written and loaded with engrossing details about the lives of these fascinating giants.'' ‹Jim Rearden, former field editor of Outdoor Life and author of Jim Rearden's Alaska Bears are North America's most complex and controversial predator, both loved and hated for their majesty and power. Will Troyer's introduction to the natural history of Alaska's brown bears is both enchanting and informative, told with the objectivity of a biologist, the resonant voice of an outdoorsman who has spent decades in bear society, and breathtaking photography. Troyer was a pioneer in the study of brown bears. Convinced that scientific research was the only antidote to widespread fear and misinformation about one of Alaska's largest predators, he gathered data with primitive equipment and endured hair-raising adventures. His career spanned dramatic changes in approaches to bear management that ranged from extermination to conservation, a history of human-bear interactions that he recounts with unusual insight and first-hand knowledge. Troyer offers a holistic description of bear biology and behavior, an account of bear-human interactions, and practical advice for viewing and photographing bears. Into Brown Bear Country offers an intimate, realistic view of the lives of Alaska's coastal bears. Entertaining and readable, it will be enjoyed by all readers of nature literature and is an essential starting point for anyone visiting bear country.