Anthony Bale, "The Jew in the Medieval Book: English Antisemitisms 1350-1500"
English | ISBN: 0521863546 | 2007 | 284 pages | PDF | 13 MB
This interdisciplinary study explores images of Jews and Judaism in late medieval English literature and culture. Using four main categories - history, miracle, cult and Passion - Anthony Bale demonstrates how varied and changing ideas of Judaism coexisted within well-known anti-semitic literary and visual models, depending on context, authorship and audience. He examines the ways in which English writers, artists and readers used and abused the Jewish image in the period following the Jews' expulsion from England in 1290. The texts are analysed in their manuscript and print contexts in order to show local responses and changing meanings. This important work opens up fresh texts, sources and approaches for understanding medieval anti-semitism and shows how anti-semitic stereotypes came to be such potent images which would endure far beyond the Middle Ages.
The Invisible Hand of Planning: Capitalism, Social Science, and the State in the 1920s By Guy Alchon
2014 | 263 Pages | ISBN: 0691611521 | PDF | 27 MB
Guy Alchon examines the mutually supportive efforts of social scientists, business managers, and government officials to create America's first peacetime system of macroeconomic management.Originally published in 1985.
The Individual and Tradition: Folkloristic Perspectives By Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, Pravina Shukla
2011 | 560 Pages | ISBN: 0253223733 | PDF | 33 MB
Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.
Linda A. Chisholm, "The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1604695293 | EPUB | pages: 536 | 149.2 mb
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens explores the key moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, Linda Chisholm explores how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. The book is organized chronologically and by theme, starting with the medieval garden Alhambra and ending with the modern naturalism of the Lurie Garden. Sumptuously illustrated, The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens is for garden designers and landscape architects, design students, and gardening enthusiasts interested in garden history.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Robert Kiely, Thupten Jinpa PhD, "The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1614293252 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 1.3 mb
This landmark of interfaith dialogue will inspire readers of all faiths.
The Gardening Gamble: Simple Do-It-Yourself Makeovers From the Hit TV Show! by Heather Reimer
English | 2005 | ISBN: 1552636526 | 144 pages | PDF | 100 MB
The Gardening Gamble is an innovative and exciting design book that follows the process of transforming uninspired gardens into fresh, contemporary outdoor spaces. The Gardening Gamble features a wealth of ideas for transforming every kind of garden-from large, barren backyards to small condo and apartment terraces-into outdoor oases. The book includes practical 'how-to' step-by-step instructions for planting and 'hardscaping' (decks, patios, water features, and ornaments). The Gardening Gamble translates the advice and experience ofprofessional trades people into easy-to-understand information for the novice gardener and features full-colour before and after shots of the projects as well as detailed sketches that promise to inspire homeowners when transforming their own spaces.
The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction by Jan Willem Drijvers
English | February 1, 2022 | ISBN: 0197600700 | True EPUB/PDF | 248 pages | 5.8/19.6 MB
The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction offers a new assessment of the Roman emperor's brief rule. A former imperial bodyguard, Jovian reinvigorated the Roman Empire militarily, administratively, and religiously. More than an imperial footnote, the years 363-364 restored the Roman empire after the failed reign of Julian. Jovian returned to the policies of Constantius II and Constantine the Great and his political legacy continued to endure with his successors Valentinian I and Valens, especially in the realm of religion. Jan Willem Drijvers' newest edition tracks the intricacies of Jovian's election, offers a novel evaluation of his peace agreement with Shapur II, and examines Jovian's self-representation.
Rick Fisher, Bill Yanda, "The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse: Design, Construction and Operation"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1626545421, 162654543X | 210 pages | PDF | 43.3 MB
Move your family toward self-sufficiency with The Food and Heat Producing Solar Greenhouse. This modern reprint contains the same priceless information that launched the solar-greenhouse revolution in the 1970s. From greenhouses improvised out of PVC pipe and Plexiglas, to big-budget, state-of-the-art structures, the design principles presented in this book apply to greenhouse projects in any setting with every budget. Inside you'll find...
The Films of Elías Querejeta: A Producer of Landscapes By Tom Whittaker
2012 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 0708324371 | PDF | 1 MB
The Films of Elías Querejeta is the first book in English to explore the films of Spain's most celebrated producer, Elías Querejeta. Tom Whittaker highlights Querejeta's recurring emphasis on landscape, arguing that it can be understood as a site of political struggle against Francoism and Spain's embrace of neoliberal capitalism. In bringing together both the importance of cinematic and spatial production, Whittaker's study makes an original contribution not only to film studies but also to Spanish cultural studies and cultural geography.
The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast by Giordano Bruno, translated by Arthur D. Imerti
English | December 1, 2004 | ISBN: 0803262345 | True EPUB | 324 pages | 1.4 MB
The itinerant Neoplatonic scholar Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), one of the most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition in Rome on Ash Wednesday in 1600. The primary evidence against him was the book Spaccio de la bestia trionfante, a daring indictment of the church that abounded in references to classical Greek mythology, Egyptian religion (especially the worship of Isis), Hermeticism, magic, and astrology.