Philippa Koch, "The Course of God's Providence: Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America "
English | ISBN: 1479806684 | 2021 | 280 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Shows that a religious understanding of illness and health persisted well into post-Enlightenment early America
Hubert Knoblauch, "The Communicative Construction of Reality "
English | ISBN: 1138364657 | 2019 | 312 pages | EPUB | 910 KB
This volume advocates a shift from the social constructivism found in the work of Thomas Luckmann and Peter Berger, to a communicative constructivism that acknowledges communication as an embodied form of action in its own right, according to which social actors, in engaging in communicative action, construct a material social reality that guides, delimits, and enables actions. A study of the importance of understanding the role of communication in an age in which digitization and mediatization have extended the reach of communication to a global level and brought about the emergence of the communication society,
Nessa Johnston, "The Commitments "
English | ISBN: 0367273128 | 2021 | 134 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book examines The Commitments (Parker, 1991) for the first time as a film, rather than an adaptation of Roddy Doyle's bestselling novel, and as a significant cultural event in 1990s Ireland.
Martin Kitchen, "The Coming of Austrian Fascism "
English | ISBN: 1138934631 | 2015 | 300 pages | EPUB | 416 KB
In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers' housing complex, the Karl-Marx-Hof, and the summary execution of a number of leading figures in the fighting horrified the civilised world. This book, first published in 1980, looks at the importance of Austrian social democracy as one of the pillars of European Marxism and shows how it became a victim of the spread of fascism. The radical right and the peculiarities of Austrian varieties of fascism are given particular attention, and Dollfuss's own brand of fascistic state is analysed in terms of classic forms of fascism. Particular emphasis is placed on the economic and social problems of the Austrian Republic which led to a deepening of the political crisis and also to the foreign political ramifications of the problem. Although Dollfuss appeared to be determinedly anti-Nazi it was he who finally gave the order to destroy the Social Democratic Party little realising he was destroying himself. Thus, this study illustrates how socialism was strengthened rather than weakened by the fighting in February, and Austrian fascism far from halting German fascism, paved the way for its final triumph.
The Celiac Cookbook: 25 fine Gluten-free Recipes by Heston Brown
English | March 12, 2019 | ISBN: 1090271883 | 90 pages | EPUB | 2.51 Mb
Celiac disease is a shame because patients have to be mindful of the food they eat. If a patient tries to be adventurous and go for any food that contains gluten, it punishes them and leaves them in anguish. That is not cool. As a result, patients of this disease pay the utmost attention to the ingredients in food before they can have a taste, and most of the time, they have to take their eyes and mind away from what they would have loved to eat if it did not contain gluten.
Marcel van der Linden, "The Cambridge History of Socialism"
English | ISBN: 1108481345 | 2023 | 685 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change without state intervention. It covers cases in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first part discusses early egalitarian experiments and ideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world, and then moves to early socialist thinkers in Britain, France, and Germany. The second part deals with the rise of the two main currents in socialist movements after 1848: anarchism in its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays attention to organisational forms, including the International Working Men's Association (later called the First International); and it then follows the further development of anarchism and its 'proletarian' sibling, revolutionary syndicalism - its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s on different continents. The volume concludes with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.
Torgeir Landro, "The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law "
English | ISBN: 0367646420 | 2020 | 160 pages | EPUB | 695 KB
The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law is dedicated to two closely linked medieval laws which were intended to cover adjacent legal provinces in eastern Norway, around and beyond the modern capital, Oslo.
The Bones: Us and Our Dice By Will Hindmarch (editor)
2010 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 0981884016 | PDF | 25 MB
This isn't about math. It's about unlucky breaks and victory against all odds. This isn't about percentiles and probabilities. It's about late-night game-ending rolls where everything hinges on that climactic moment when one single die skitters across the table and determines the fate of a hero, a city, an empire... The Bones gathers writing about fandom and family―about gamers, camaraderie, and memories― and ties them together where they meet: our dice. These are essays and anecdotes about the ways dice make us crazy, about the stakes we play for and the thrill we get from not knowing what the next roll will bring. Step back and look at how we play with dice. Contributors include game designers Mike Selinker, Kenneth Hite, and Keith Baker, writer/actor Wil Wheaton, writers Ray Fawkes and James Lowder. (Subject to change.) Published in conjunction with GamePlayWright.net
Justyna Jajszczok, "The Body in History, Culture, and the Arts "
English | ISBN: 0367209551 | 2019 | 180 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The aim of this book is to explore the body in various historical contexts and to take it as a point of departure for broader historiographical projects. The chapters in the volume present the ways in which the body constitutes a valuable and productive object of historical analysis, especially as a lens through which to trace histories of social, political, and cultural phenomena and processes. More specifically, the authors use the body as a tool for critical re-examination of particular histories of human experience, and of societal and cultural practices, thus contributing to the burgeoning area of body history in terms of both specific case studies as well as historiography in general.
David Aberbach, "The Bible and the 'Holy Poor': From the Tanakh to Les Misérables "
English | ISBN: 1138555703 | 2017 | 146 pages | EPUB | 783 KB
The Hebrew Bible is the main legislative and literary influence on European Poor Law and on literature on poverty and the poor. No extant literature from the ancient world placed more importance upon social welfare and the duty of the better-off toward the poor. It is the founding text for liberation movements.