The Ninth Month by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo
English | August 23, 2022 | ISBN: 1538720833, 1538753006 | True EPUB | 496 pages | 6.1 MB
A mother-to-be is being stalked but no one believes her in this intense thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Midwife Murders.

Alexander Der Cherniaev, Eduard Prokuronov, "The New Old Indian"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1857446674 | 160 pages | PDF | 8 MB
The Old Indian Defence is considered to be a sound way for Black to meet 1 d4. Some might argue that it is steady rather than spectacular, but is this reputation totally deserved? Grandmaster Alexander Cherniaev disagrees, and in this book he has re-examined this ancient opening and the result is a "new" Old Indian. In this modern interpretation, he has introduced ambitious and aggressive ways for Black to play in the main lines. He constructs an improved version of a repertoire he has himself utilized with great success against grandmaster opposition. Using illustrative games, he studies the fundamental tactical and positional ideas for both sides, and also covers what to do if White avoids the Old Indian. This book tells you everything you need to know about playing the New Old Indian.

Robert Aitken, "The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics"
English | 1984 | ISBN: 0865471584 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 0.5 mb
In Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aitken provided a concise guide to zazen (Zen meditation) and other aspects of the practice of Zen. In The Mind of Clover he addresses the world beyond the zazen cushions, illuminating issues of appropriate personal and social action through an exploration of the philosophical complexities of Zen ethics.

Jenny Ellery, "The Mediterranean Salads Cookbook: An Irresistible Collection of Easy and Fast Mediterranean Salads for Natural Weight Loss and Healthy Living. 50 Recipes with Pictures"
English | ISBN: 1802933417 | 2021 | 129 pages | AZW3 | 0,2 MB
Do you want to burn at and energize your body, feel great and look awesome?

The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction (Liverpool English Texts and Studies (Hardcover)) (Volume 15) By Gary Westfahl
1999 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0853235635 | PDF | 81 MB
This is a sustained argument about the idea of science fiction by a renowned critic. Overturning many received opinions, it is both controversial and stimulatingMuch of the controversy arises from Westfahl's resurrection of Hugo Gernsback - for decades a largely derided figure - as the true creator of science fiction. Following an initial demolition of earlier critics, Westfahl argues for Gernsback's importance. His argument is fully documented, showing a much greater familiarity with early American science fiction, particularly magazine fiction, than previous academic critics or historians. After his initial chapters on Gernsback, he examines the way in which the Gernsback tradition was adopted and modified by later magazine editors and early critics. This involves a re-evaluation of the importance of John W. Campbell to the history of science fiction as well as a very interesting critique of Robert Heinlein's Beyond the Horizon, one the seminal texts of American science fiction. In conclusion, Westfahl uses the theories of Gernsback and Campbell to develop a descriptive definition of science fiction and he explores the ramifications of that definition.The Mechanics of Wonder will arouse debate and force the questioning of presuppositions. No other book so closely examines the origins and development of the idea of science fiction, and it will stand among a small number of crucial texts with which every science fiction scholar or prospective science fiction scholar will have to read.

The Lockdown Diaries: Hilariously daft insights into the daily struggles of the pandemic by Dawn Annandale
English | September 16, 2021 | ISBN: 1913567990 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 3.3 MB
'The Lockdown Diaries' records a year in the life of Dawn, Rod, their kids, cats and garden. It's hilariously daft but we will all identify with their daily struggles with the Pandemic.

The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails by Bryan Paiement
English | August 23rd, 2022 | ISBN: 0813195462 | 136 pages | True EPUB | 4.06 MB
The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails sets out to share the stories of the whiskey-making world and recipes suitable for whiskey enthusiasts of all expertise levels. Bryan Paiement takes a practical approach to exploring the various ways in which the spirit can be mixed and enjoyed. Beginning with a brief history of whiskey, Paiement answers many questions that even aficionados can't help but stumble over: What is the difference between "whiskey" and "whisky"? Does bourbon have to come from Kentucky?

The Last Mask: Hamann's Theater of the Grotesque By Brian Alkire
2021 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 3035803706 | PDF | 3 MB
Johann Georg Hamann (1730-88) remains one of the most influential and yet least understood figures in the history of German thought and literature. Throughout his life, he had major influence on figures as diverse as Goethe, Schiller, Kant, Hegel, Hölderlin, Kierkegaard, and a host of others. Hamann is also one of the most difficult-to-read authors in the German language, writing in an ultracondensed, hyperallusive language for which he became infamous-and which his detractors constantly used to dismiss him. Today, Hamann has been picked up by literary theorists as a precursor of the linguistic turn. The Last Mask focuses on Hamann's final work, Entkleidung und Verklärung (1786), which was consciously conceived of as an "Abschluss" of his "kleine Autorschaft" and a final defense against his critics. Equally philological and theoretical, it identifies a number of previously unnoticed manuscript alterations that help answer some long-standing questions in Hamann scholarship as well as open new doors for inquiry. Importantly, the manuscripts show that Hamann is one of the earliest theorists of the virtual in our sense of the word today, using the word "virtualiter" to describe his own theory. He links this theory with the concept of the mask or disguise, and conceives of texts as fabrics or textiles composed of threads and strings. The philological focus is on Hamann's understanding of intertextuality, and on the basis of his dominant string images his notion of virtuality is brought into conversation with Deleuze's idea of a plane of immanence through the image of a skein of immanence, a knotted bundle of thread which solidifies into a three-dimensional virtual space-a new perspective in contemporary discussions surrounding the nature of virtuality.

Bill Mann, "The Keep Calm Guy Change Leadership: How to lead people through change"
English | 2020 | pages: 164 | ISBN: 1913340392 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
80% of change projects fail. It's a staggering amount. The most common reason is a reluctance to change by the people involved. It's not surprising really: people make up a business and it's those same people who must accept and adapt to change.

Tareq Y. Ismael, Glenn E. Perry, "The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East: Subordination and Beyond"
English | 2013 | pages: 291 | ISBN: 041566134X, 0415661358 | PDF | 1,9 mb
The Middle East, a few decades ago, was seen to be an autonomous subsystem of the global international political system. More recently, the region has been subordinated to the hegemony of a singular superpower, the US, bolstered by an alliance with Israel and a network of Arab client states.