Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan By Gary Leupp
1996 | 355 Pages | ISBN: 0520086279 | PDF | 6 MB
Tokugawa Japan ranks with ancient Athens as a society that not only tolerated, but celebrated, male homosexual behavior. Few scholars have seriously studied the subject, and until now none have satisfactorily explained the origins of the tradition or elucidated how its conventions reflected class structure and gender roles. Gary P. Leupp fills the gap with a dynamic examination of the origins and nature of the tradition. Based on a wealth of literary and historical documentation, this study places Tokugawa homosexuality in a global context, exploring its implications for contemporary debates on the historical construction of sexual desire. Combing through popular fiction, law codes, religious works, medical treatises, biographical material, and artistic treatments, Leupp traces the origins of pre- Tokugawa homosexual traditions among monks and samurai, then describes the emergence of homosexual practices among commoners in Tokugawa cities. He argues that it was ''nurture'' rather than ''nature'' that accounted for such conspicuous male/male sexuality and that bisexuality was more prevalent than homosexuality. Detailed, thorough, and very readable, this study is the first in English or Japanese to address so comprehensively one of the most complex and intriguing aspects of Japanese history.

Making creativity and innovation happen by The Open University
English | December 12, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B082Y6DHG6 | 115 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 1.64 Mb
This course, Making creativity and innovation happen, focuses both on individual creativity - where it comes from and how it can be developed - as well as creativity and the related concept of innovation at an organisational level. It considers how organisations can more effectively tackle the challenges posed by creativity and innovation in order to be more successful.

Magical Marxism: Subversive Politics and the Imagination (Marxism and Culture) by Andy Merrifield
English | February 4, 2011 | ISBN: 0745330606, 0745330592 | EPUB | 240 pages | 1.8 MB
Following his hugely popular book, The Wisdom of Donkeys, Andy Merrifield breathes new life into the Marxist tradition.

Magic Internet Money: A Book About Bitcoin by Jesse Berger
English | September 15, 2020 | ISBN: 1777128404 | EPUB | 150 pages | 2.7 MB
What is money? The question is simple, but the answer is not. Pulling back the curtain on ideas at the heart of the modern monetary renaissance, Magic Internet Money takes you on a timely journey through the intertwined worlds of money and Bitcoin. Discussing a variety of related topics - such as banking, cryptography, economics, and governance - in plain language, this illuminating tale examines many common assumptions about money, challenging readers to re-think its role in society. Packed with striking imagery and descriptions, this book is as entertaining as it is insightful, shattering popular misconceptions and unraveling the promise of sound money - and in particular, Bitcoin - to usher in a brighter future for all of us.

Made Of Honor 2008 1080p BluRay x265-RARBG
Language: English
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Genre: Comedy | Romance
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A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

Shibiao Wan, "Machine Learning for Protein Subcellular Localization Prediction"
English | ISBN: 1501510487 | 2015 | 192 pages | PDF | 5 MB
For bioinformaticians, computational biologists, and wet-lab biologists, the authors provide the latest machine learning approaches for protein subcellular localization prediction with a systemic scheme for improving predictors performance.

Landon E. Hancock, "Local Peacebuilding and Legitimacy: Interactions between National and Local Levels "
English | ISBN: 1138224146 | 2018 | 258 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This volume searches for pragmatic answers to the problems that continue to beset peacebuilding efforts at all levels of society, with a singular focus on the role of legitimacy.

Lives of the Caesars By Anthony Barrett
2008 | 342 Pages | ISBN: 1405127546 | PDF | 3 MB
Lives of the Caesars tells the stories of 12 of Rome’s most fascinating and influential rulers, uncovering the unique features of their reigns which allowed them to earn their places in history. A comprehensive and engaging account of the lives of the Caesars, who helped shaped one of the most significant periods in history Each chapter entertainingly recounts the life and reign of a Roman emperor Includes notorious leaders such as Nero and Caligula, as well as less famous ones like Diocletian and Vespasian Includes illustrations, a timeline of Roman history, and a chart of dynasties

Life, Sex and Death: Selected Writings of William Gillespie By Michael Sinason
1995 | 221 Pages | ISBN: 0415128048 | PDF | 4 MB
A distinguished and revered elder of the British Psycho-Analytic Society, Dr. William Gillespie is one of the few British psychoanalysts who began training in the Vienna of the early 1930s. Later he became well known in England for his pioneering studies of sexual perversion, and for his views on female sexuality, regression in old people facing death, and on instinct theory. In this first ever collection of Gillespie's papers, editor Michael Sinason has written an introduction that looks back on the productive 90 years of Gillespie's life. Sinason writes movingly of his early life in China and Scotland and shows his development as a psychoanalytic thinker, organizer and administrator, husband and father. Charles Socarides, an American psychoanalyst eminent in the field of perversion and its treatment, discusses the innovations introduced by each of the papers in the collection and shows how Gillespie's ideas influenced his own contributions and affected the field as a whole. William Gillespie is internationally known not only for his scientific contributions, but also for his skills, integrity and tact in managing the International Psycho-Analytical Association adn the British Psycho-Analytical Society, where he was trusted and respected by Melanie Klein and Anna Freud.

Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff, "Lichens of North America"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0300082495 | 795 pages | PDF | 125 MB
Lichens are a unique form of plant life, the product of a symbiotic association between an alga and a fungus. The beauty and importance of lichens have long been overlooked, despite their abundance and diversity in most parts of North America and elsewhere in the world. This stunning book-the first accessible and authoritative guidebook to lichens of the North American continent-fills the gap, presenting superb color photographs, descriptions, distribution maps, and keys for identifying the most common, conspicuous, or ecologically significant species.