The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday Use By Dawn Rae Downton
2012 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 1620871904 | PDF | 7 MB
Learn how to place spells, incantations, hexes, and more. Here are 50 custom maledictions for situations you run into every day, and for people you know and wish you didn't.Gas prices. Traffic. Your boss. Your former boss. Your coworkers. Your crush. Doctors. Customer service. Who can you call to get that monkey off your back? You can't call anyone because they won't return your calls. Isn't it time to have a little ammo of your own? The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions puts the power back in your hands with its user-friendly, step-by-step instructions to:Generic Revenge CursesCustom Revenge CursesWarning CursesRepudiation CursesSelf-CursesAnd more!Authentic, ancient curses from around the world are tweaked for easy, contemporary use. The book covers the four essentials for practicing any kind of magic: what to do and say, what materials to use, what frame of mind to be in, and what limits to set. In some cases it even matters where you are when you set your curse, what time of day it is, and who's around.Create the life you deserve using the power of the ages.
S. E. Finer, "The Life and Times of Sir Edwin Chadwick "
English | ISBN: 1138201367 | 2016 | 555 pages | PDF | 40 MB
First published in 1952, this is a full-scale and definitive account of the life and work of Sir Edwin Chadwick. Among the sources used are the Chadwick Papers, the Peel, Place, Russell and Gladstone Papers, the Home Office, Treasury and Ministry of Health papers and the minutes and documents of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Centred on this mass of material, this book demonstrates that the great social reforms of the Victorian age should be attributed, not so much to the Cabinets, but to the labours of a handful of civil servants. It also argues that Edwin Chadwick was the most influential of these civil servants and through this illuminating biography, Professor Finer gives an account of early Victorian administration as seen from inside.
The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema by Samm Deighan
English | May 28, 2021 | ISBN: 1476683522 | True EPUB/PDF | 237 pages | 5.6/14.4 MB
World War II irrevocably shaped culture-and much of cinema-in the 20th century, thanks to its devastating, global impact that changed the way we think about and portray war. This book focuses on European war films made about the war between 1945 and 1985 in countries that were occupied or invaded by the Nazis, such as Poland, France, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany itself. Many of these films were banned, censored, or sharply criticized at the time of their release for the radical ways they reframed the war and rejected the mythologizing of war experience as a heroic battle between the forces of good and evil.
The Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction By Valerie Hastings Gregory, Jan Rozzelle Nikas
2017 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1634507819 | PDF | 8 MB
This book, with its rich collection of tools to assess and improve practice, identify and apply new approaches, improve and add to the instructional repertoire, will measurably help both teachers and instructional leaders and ultimately benefit students.The authors bring deep background in reading instruction, professional development and school leadership. They give teachers a framework for understanding the strategies to promote all aspects of reading instruction in support of the ultimate goal of student comprehension.They give teachers and instructional leaders a set of "look-fors" to identify strengths and weaknesses and target areas for support.They provide models for developing self-assessments, goals and action steps and benchmarks for improvement. A professional development model for reading helps insure that this support will be effective and lasting.The themes of attending to individual needs, providing assessment-driven instruction, and creating long-term, focused professional development plans are solid and consistent throughout.
The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice By Raymond A. Bucko
1999 | 340 Pages | ISBN: 0803261659 | PDF | 38 MB
For centuries, a persistent and important component of Lakota religious life has been the Inipi, the ritual of the sweat lodge. The sweat lodge has changed little in appearance since its first recorded description in the late seventeenth century. The ritual itself consists of songs, prayers, and other actions conducted in a tightly enclosed, dark, and extremely hot environment. Participants who "sweat" together experience moral strengthening, physical healing, and the renewal of social and cultural bonds. Today, the sweat lodge ritual continues to be a vital part of Lakota religion. It has also been open to use, often controversial, by non-Indians. The ritual has recently become popular among Lakotas recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.This study isthe first in-depth look at the history and significance of the Lakota sweat lodge. Bringing together data culled from historical sources and fieldwork on Pine Ridge Reservation, Raymond A. Bucko provides a detailed discussion of continuity and changes in the "sweat" ritual over time. He offers convincing explanations for the longevity of the ceremony and its continuing popularity.
Professor Josiah Blackmore, "The Inner Sea: Maritime Literary Culture in Early Modern Portugal"
English | ISBN: 0226820467 | 2022 | 232 pages | PDF | 7 MB
An expansive consideration of how nautical themes influenced literature in early modern Portugal.
The Industrialisation of Arts Education
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031050169 | 189 Pages | PDF (True) | 5 MB
This book comprises the responses of a group of multi-disciplinary writers/ researchers/practitioners to the proposition that arts education in the twentyfirst century has become industrialised. Historical and contemporary examples of how arts education prepares students for working in industry are discussed to show how the expectations of educators, students and industry representatives do not always concur. The extent to which arts pedagogies have been informed by the agendas of the cultural industries as well as wider neoliberal ideologies are also considered. This leads to questions about the function and value of arts education. The debates expose tensions of producing students who are 'industryready' in an educational context that must, at the same time, consider other issues such as sustainability and widening participation. Writers, educators and researchers in vocational education, creative writing, jewellery design, animation, fashion branding and popular music investigate the complexities relating to this topic from their own diverse points of view.
The Independence of the Judiciary in Bangladesh: Exploring the Gap Between Theory and Practice By M. Ehteshamul Bari
2021 | 198 Pages | ISBN: 9811662215 | PDF | 3 MB
This book highlights that an independent judiciary is indispensable for the very existence of any society based on democratic values, such as the observance of the rule of law and respect for the human rights of individuals. In order to ensure that the judiciary's interpretation of the law is not bound by the will of the executive and that it is able to call the executive to account by protecting the life as well as liberty of the governed, it is imperative to guarantee, among other things, a transparent method of appointment and the security of tenure of the judges. Taking into account the importance of an independent judiciary in a democratic society, the framers of the Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972, following in the footsteps of the framers of the Constitutions of India and Pakistan, incorporated in the Constitution the ideal of safeguarding the independence of the judiciary as one of its basic features. This book, however, makes it manifestly evident that the key elements for realising such an ideal have not adequately been guaranteed by the Constitution. Consequently, this book sheds light on how succeeding generations of executives have sought to undermine the independence of the judiciary. Accordingly, this book puts forward recommendations for the insertion of detailed norms in the Constitution of Bangladesh for establishing the best means for excluding patronage appointments to the bench and for guaranteeing the security of tenure of the judges. This book asserts that the incorporation of such norms, safeguards the independence of the superior judiciary to decide cases without fear or favour. This book, therefore, seeks to address the gap that exists between the theory and practice concerning the independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh. Since no book is currently available in the market that critically examines these issues in a systematic and structured manner, this research enhances knowledge by not only identifying the flaws, deficiencies and lacunae of the constitutional provisions concerning the method of appointment of the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh but also the measures undertaken by the current Bangladeshi regime to dispense with the transparent method of removal of the judges involving a body of judicial character.
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Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development, Volume 5
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032183322 | 180 Pages | PDF (True) | 330 MB
The History of Public Relations in China
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9811940924 | 259 Pages | PDF (True) | 5 MB
This book is the first onthe history ofChinese public relations, and has beenselected as one of the"40 representative books for 40 years of public relations in China" by the Public Relations Society of China. In four chapters, it systematically reviews and analyzes the trajectoryand evolutionof public relations in China from the very start - when the"reform and opening" policy was adopted in 1978 - to the present.