Greg Bear, "The Forge of God"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1480444642 | PDF | pages: 480 | 5.0 mb
This doomsday masterpiece from the author of Eon and Hull Zero Three was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Stephen Rippon, "The Fields of Britannia"
English | ISBN: 0199645825 | 2015 | 416 pages | PDF | 54 MB
It has long been recognized that the landscape of Britain is one of the 'richest historical records we possess', but just how old is it? The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use through to the present day, shaping the
Claire McCallum, "The Fate of the New Man: Representing and Reconstructing Masculinity in Soviet Visual Culture, 1945-1965 "
English | ISBN: 0875807836 | 2018 | 324 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Between 1945 and 1965, the catastrophe of war―and the social and political changes it brought in its wake―had a major impact on the construction of the Soviet masculine ideal. Drawing upon a wide range of visual material, The Fate of the New Man traces the dramatic changes in the representation of the Soviet man in the postwar period. It focuses on the two identities that came to dominate such depictions in the two decades after the end of the war: the Soviet man's previous role as a soldier and his new role in the home once the war was over. In this compelling study, Claire McCallum focuses on the reconceptualization of military heroism after the war, the representation of contentious subjects such as the war-damaged body and bereavement, and postwar changes to the depiction of the Soviet man as father. McCallum shows that it was the Second World War, rather than the process of de-Stalinization, that had the greatest impact on the masculine ideal, proving that even under the constraints of Socialist Realism, the physical and emotional devastation caused by the war was too great to go unacknowledged. The Fate of the New Man makes an important contribution to Soviet masculinity studies. McCallum's research also contributes to broader debates surrounding the impact of Stalin's death on Soviet society and on the nature of the subsequent Thaw, as well as to those concerning the relationship between Soviet culture and the realities of Soviet life. This fascinating study will appeal to scholars and students of Soviet history, masculinity studies, and visual culture studies.
The Family Handyman: Home Improvement 2008 by Ken Collier
English | 2008 | ISBN: 0762109394 | 289 pages | PDF | 119 MB
In The Family Handyman Home Improvement 2008 you'll find a wealth of how-to-do-it information that'll help you all around your home and yard.
Uglješa Grušić, "The European Private International Law of Employment"
English | ISBN: 1107082943 | 2015 | 382 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The European Private International Law of Employment provides a descriptive and normative account of the European rules of jurisdiction and choice of law which frame international employment litigation in the courts of EU Member States. The author outlines the relevant rules of the Brussels I Regulation Recast, the Rome Regulations, the Posted Workers Directive and the draft of the Posting of Workers Enforcement Directive, and assesses those rules in light of the objective of protection of employees. By using the UK as a case study, he also highlights the impact of the 'Europeanisation' of private international law on traditional perceptions and rules in this field of law in individual Member States. For example, the author demonstrates that the private international law of the EU is fundamentally reshaping English conflict of laws by almost completely merging the traditionally perceived contractual, statutory and tortious claims into one claim for choice-of-law purposes.
Richard Bean, "The English Game"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 184002853X | EPUB | pages: 168 | 0.3 mb
This is the new play by award-winning playwright Richard Bean. At once brilliantly funny, true, and touching, The English Game is a timely and revealing look at the political and social tensions that underpin modern society.
The Empire of Value: A New Foundation for Economics by André
English | May 30, 2014 | ISBN: 026202697X | 350 pages | EPUB | 1.14 Mb
An argument that conceiving of economic value as a social force makes it possible to develop a new and more powerful theory of market behavior.
Thomas Fisher, Ta-Nehisi Coates, "The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER"
English | ISBN: 0593230671 | 2022 | EPUB | 272 pages | 1 MB
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind
John Emsley, "The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison"
English | ISBN: 0192805991 | 2005 | 436 pages | EPUB | 605 KB
Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today?
Jonathan Rose, "The Edinburgh History of Reading: Subversive Readers"
English | ISBN: 1474494889 | 2022 | 400 pages | PDF | 21 MB
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages