The Cambridge World History: Volume 5, Expanding Webs of Exchange and Conflict, 500CE-1500CE By Benjamin Z. Kedar, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
2018 | 720 Pages | ISBN: 1108407722 | PDF | 26 MB
Volume 5 of the Cambridge World History series uncovers the cross-cultural exchange and conquest, and the accompanying growth of regional and trans-regional states, religions, and economic systems, during the period 500 to 1500 CE. The volume begins by outlining a series of core issues and processes across the world, including human relations with nature, gender and family, social hierarchies, education, and warfare. Further essays examine maritime and land-based networks of long-distance trade and migration in agricultural and nomadic societies, and the transmission and exchange of cultural forms, scientific knowledge, technologies, and text-based religious systems that accompanied these. The final section surveys the development of centralized regional states and empires in both the eastern and western hemispheres. Together these essays by an international team of leading authors show how processes furthering cultural, commercial, and political integration within and between various regions of the world made this millennium a 'proto-global' era.
Kakuzo Okakura, Liza Dalby, Daniel Proctor, "The Book of Tea: The Illustrated Classic Edition"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0804832196 | 128 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little known at the time, Kakuzo would emerge as one of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, a genius who was insightful, witty and greatly responsible for bridging Western and Eastern cultures. Nearly a century later, Kakuzo's The Book of Tea is still beloved the world over. In this edition, readers are treated to Kakuzo's delicious wisdom along with evocative quadratone photographs in an exquisite new package. Interwoven with a rich history of tea and its place in Japanese society is poignant commentary on Eastern culture and our ongoing fascination with it, as well as illuminating essays on art, spirituality, poetry, and more. The Book of Tea is a delightful cup of enlightenment from a man far ahead of his time.
Kelly Creighton, "The Bones of It"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1910742023 | 240 pages | EPUB | 0.21 MB
'Chilling, compulsive and beautifully written.' Brian McGilloway
The Battlefields of England By Alfred H. Burne
2005 | 560 Pages | ISBN: 1844152065 | EPUB | 14 MB
England's battlefields bear witness to dramatic turning-points in the country's history. At Hastings, Bosworth Field, Flodden and Naseby, the battles fought were to have an enormous effect on English life. This double volume, containing Burne's famous "Battlefields of England" and "More Battlefields of England" make it possible for readers to follow the course of 39 battles from AD 51 to 1685, as if they were on the battlefields themselves.
The Basics of The Halal Living: The Ultimate Halal Recipes for Everyone by Valeria Ray
English | July 3, 2019 | ISBN: 107785515X | 78 pages | EPUB | 2.49 Mb
Do you want to know more about the Halal principles? Non-Muslims might not be completely familiar with the significance of this particular subject. It is very important to be informed about which types of food and drink are according to Halal, and which are not. The Halal living is here to answer all of your questions.
Hugo Munsterberg, "The Arts of China"
English | 1989 | ISBN: 0804800391, 0804816247 | 234 pages | EPUB | 6.2 MB
The arts of China explores the world's oldest continuous artistic tradition as well as one of its most brilliant.
Carolyn Merchant, "The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability"
English | ISBN: 0300244231 | 2020 | 232 pages | PDF | 6 MB
A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities
Rachel Herz PhD, "That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0393344169, 0393076474 | 304 pages | EPUB | 1.4 MB
"A lively look at all things revolting." ―New York Times Book Review
Tarascon Neurosurgery Pocketbook By MG Hayden Gephart
2013 | 310 Pages | ISBN: 1449615546 | PDF | 6 MB
The Tarascon Neurosurgery Pocketbook brings neurologists, neurosurgeons and residents the most convenient and comprehensive pocket reference available today. This concise, organized pocket guide is packed with essential lists, figures, & tables providing instant reminders of hard-to-remember, vital clinical information. This pocket reference guide covers an array of neurosurgery topics including brain tumors. No other Neurologic reference of this kind incorporates neurosurgery, neurology and neuro-critical care in one reference. The Tarascon Neurosurgery Pocketbook is an unmatched resource for neurosurgeons and trainees.Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition
Tales of a Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drukpa Kunley by Elizabeth L. Monson
English | August 24th, 2021 | ISBN: 1611807050 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 2.71 MB
A fascinating biography of Drukpa Kunley, a Tibetan Buddhist master and crazy yogi.