Matthew Leggatt, "Was It Yesterday?: Nostalgia in Contemporary Film and Television "
English | ISBN: 143848349X | 2021 | 272 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Explores how nostalgia operates in contemporary US film and television.
Wallenberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Jews By Kati Marton
2011 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1611453372 | EPUB | 3 MB
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Europe.
Victorian Literature: An Anthology By Victor Shea, William Whitla (eds.)
2014 | 1008 Pages | ISBN: 1405188650 | EPUB | 17 MB
Increasingly scholars take a generous view of the multi-faceted term "Victorian," dating it not only from Victoria's reign, but sometimes from her birth in 1819 - or at least from the Great Reform Bill of 1832, when she was thirteen. Our approach to one common historical norm, the long nineteenth century (1789-1914), allows us to make contrasts and comparisons across a wide span of time and to include texts that were published before and after Victoria's reign by writers who came into prominence during that reign.
English | 2021 | ASIN : B09CLXS9FD | 128 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 2.65 MB
Welcome to Book 2: Verbs and Adverbs, a book that teaches what we should know about two key parts of speech.
Verbs name actions that nouns can perform; adverbs describe how those action-naming verbs are performed.
Utilizing Effective Risk Communication in COVID-19: Highlighting the BRCT
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030745201 | 136 Pages | PDF EPUB | 37 MB
A BRCT is a familiar, theatrical chart representation of 1,000 people, with the risks and benefits shown by blackened seats. Since health outcomes can easily be put into such a chart, we show how BRCTs can be used objectively by professionals, the media and lay people. It allows characterization and communication of health benefits and risks of COVID-19 treatment and containment in an undemanding and straightforward way.
Jessica Namakkal, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India "
English | ISBN: 0231197691 | 2021 | 328 pages | PDF | 5 MB
After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent, Western-led ashrams and utopian communities remained in and around the former French territory of Pondicherry―most notably the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the Auroville experimental township, which continue to thrive and draw tourists today.
Truth: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality By Hector Macdonald
2018 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0593079329 | EPUB | 1 MB
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Translation and Power By Maria Tymoczko, Edwin Gentzler (Eds.)
2002 | 280 Pages | ISBN: 155849359X | PDF | 13 MB
The contributors to this volume see translation as an activity that takes place not in an ideal neutral site but in real social and political situations, with parties who have vested interests in the production and reception of texts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Translation is not simply a process of faithful reproduction but invariably involves deliberate acts of selection, construction, and omission. It is inextricably linked to issues of cultural dominance, assertion, and resistance -- in short, to power.Although governments, churches, publishing firms, and other powerful institutions may influence the translation process, many translators have found ways to resist that influence and have used translation to introduce new ideas and modes of expression. Exploring the nexus of translation and power, the essays in this volume offer a wide variety of examples, across multiple languages and societies. They range from case studies of historical episodes in which translation has played a role in the assertion of political and military power, such as an 1840 treaty between the British and Maori that continues to be a source of conflict in present-day New Zealand, to analyses of the work of specific translators, such as Germaine de Staël and Gayatri Spivak. Along with examining how translation contributes to ideological negotiations and cultural struggles, the essays reveal the dimensions of power inherent in the translation process itself -- in the relationship of translator to author, source text, and translated text.In addition to the editors, contributors include Rosemary Arrojo, Michael Cronin, Sabine Fenton, Camino Gutiérrez Lanza, Christopher Larkosh, Alexandra Lianeri, Lin Kenan, Carol Maier, Paul Moon, Adriana S. Pagano, and Sherry Simon.
The knowledge book: everything you need to know to get by in the 21st Century. By Rotary.
2009 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 142620518X | PDF | 95 MB
Indispensable for every home, library, and office, this handbook distills thousands of years of humankind's most significant ideas and achievements, explains how they are linked, and packs everything into a single, irresistibly readable volume. Illustrations.
Brad Balukjian, "The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball's Afterlife"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1496218744 | 280 pages | EPUB | 3.5 MB
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller