Wendy Lesser, "The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 1400033233, 0375422382 | 256 pages | EPUB | 1.9 MB
Fifteen outstanding writers answered editor Wendy Lesser's call for original essays on the subject of language-the one they grew up with, and the English in which they write.Despite American assumptions about polite Chinese discourse, Amy Tan believes that there was nothing discreet about the Chinese language with which she grew up. Leonard Michaels spoke only Yiddish until he was five, and still found its traces in his English language writing. Belgian-born Luc Sante loved his French Tintin and his Sartre, but only in English could he find "words of one syllable" that evoke American bars and bus stops. And although Louis Begley writes novels in English and addresses family members in Polish, he still speaks French with his wife-the language of their courtship. As intimate as one's dreams, as private as a secret identity, these essays examine and reveal the writers' pride, pain, and pleasure in learning a new tongue, revisiting an old one, and reconciling the joys and frustrations of each.
Frederic Clark, "The First Pagan Historian: The Fortunes of a Fraud from Antiquity to the Enlightenment"
English | ISBN: 0190492309 | 2020 | 366 pages | PDF | 30 MB
In The History of the Destruction of Troy, Dares the Phrygian boldly claimed to be an eyewitness to the Trojan War, while challenging the accounts of two of the ancient world's most canonical poets, Homer and Virgil. For over a millennium, Dares' work was circulated as the first pagan history.
Matthew Gibson, "The Fantastic and European Gothic: History, Literature and the French Revolution "
English | ISBN: 0708325726 | 2013 | 243 pages | PDF | 2 MB
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Peter Heather, "The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians"
English | ISBN: 0195159543 | 2005 | 608 pages | PDF | 42 MB
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had
M. Brodrick, "The Ethics of Detachment in Santayana's Philosophy"
English | 2015 | pages: 183 | ISBN: 1137472472 | PDF | 0,6 mb
Knowing that we are finite, how can we live to the fullest? Philosopher George Santayana suggested 'spirituality' enables us to enjoy what we have. This book clarifies and extends Santayana's account of spirituality, while suggesting how the detachment of spirituality can relieve human suffering, enrich our lives, and make us better human beings.
Jim King, "The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner"
English | 2017 | pages: 270 | ISBN: 1349574880, 1137457120 | PDF | 1,9 mb
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The Definitive Guide to Azure Data Engineering:
Modern ELT, DevOps, and Analytics on the Azure Cloud Platform
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1484271815 | 611 Pages | PDF EPUB | 79 MB
The Daoist Tradition: An Introduction By Louis Komjathy
2013 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 1441116699 | PDF | 3 MB
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The Crypto Investing Guide for Beginners: How You Can Make Money Trading and Investing in Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Zcash, Ripple, Dash, Dogecoin, and altcoins by Todd Candler
English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09BLK62T6 | 70 pages | EPUB | 0.25 Mb
Do you know Cryptocurrencies can be a tool for creating personal wealth long-term?
Jonathan Borwein, "The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics"
English | ISBN: 1568813430 | 2008 | 172 pages | PDF | 4 MB
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