Going to War in Viking Times By Christopher Gravett
2001 | 36 Pages | ISBN: 0531145921 | PDF | 27 MB
Describes the fighting forces and battles of the Vikings, including raids on western Europe, voyages across the Atlantic, and adventures into the East, covering such topics as weapons and gear, Viking ships, sea and land battles, camps, and the religion of the Northmen.
Lance Wallnau, "God's Chaos Candidate: Donald J. Trump and the American Unraveling"
English | 2016 | pages: 156 | ISBN: 0998216402 | EPUB | 0,6 mb
Take your place in helping America fulfill her unfinished assignment. Make no mistake, the gnawing concern you have about the future of our nation is not delusional. America is already in turmoil. When Jeb Bush referred to Donald Trump as "the chaos candidate," he may have been tapping into something more prophetic than he realized. Transformational teacher and thought leader, Dr. Lance Wallnau, provides a timely prophetic blueprint into the state of America and offers a proposed solution that would tip the scales in favor of the nation fulfilling its divine assignment. Be awakened to the state of chaos in America that impacts you and your family-learn how your voice can help shape the future. Discover what America's "Fourth Crucible" is and how this catalytic moment in history can either make or break the nation. Receive a vision of hope about America's unfinished assignment-this is your call to both prayer and action. Read about how Donald Trump is a "Cyrus" candidate- a wrecking ball to political correctness.
Global Warming and the Climate Crisis: Science, Spirit, and Solutions
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031123530 | 256 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 36 MB
This textbook introduces readers to basic scientific principles of climate change. Based on extensive empirical evidence, it explains weather events that indicate climate change's evolution and presents important topics connected to climate change, such as political controversies, climate policy, as well as Native American perspectives. Finally, it presents attempted solutions, including policy recommendations and technological proposals for necessary changes in our world.
Dorothy Salvo Benson, "Ghosts of North Central Indiana "
English | ISBN: 146715105X | 2022 | 128 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
North Central Indiana is rich in farmlands, wind turbines, and small towns. It is also thick with ghosts.
Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and Postmodern By Carolyn Dinshaw
1999 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0822323656 | PDF | 25 MB
In Getting Medieval Carolyn Dinshaw examines communities-dissident and orthodox-in late-fourteenth and early-fifteenth-century England to create a new sense of queer history. Reaching beyond both medieval and queer studies, Dinshaw demonstrates in this challenging work how intellectual inquiry into pre-modern societies can contribute invaluably to current issues in cultural studies. In the process, she makes important connections between past and present cultures that until now have not been realized. In her pursuit of historical analyses that embrace the heterogeneity and indeterminacy of sex and sexuality, Dinshaw examines canonical Middle English texts such as the Canterbury Tales and The Book of Margery Kempe. She examines polemics around the religious dissidents known as the Lollards as well as accounts of prostitutes in London to address questions of how particular sexual practices and identifications were normalized while others were proscribed. By exploring contemporary (mis)appropriations of medieval tropes in texts ranging from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction to recent Congressional debates on U.S. cultural production, Dinshaw demonstrates how such modern media can serve to reinforce constrictive heteronormative values and deny the multifarious nature of history. Finally, she works with and against the theories of Michel Foucault, Homi K. Bhabha, Roland Barthes, and John Boswell to show how deconstructionist impulses as well as historical perspectives can further an understanding of community in both pre- and postmodern societies.This long-anticipated volume will be indispensible to medieval and queer scholars and will be welcomed by a larger cultural studies audience.
Paul R. Misencik, "George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison: An Alliance That Began the French and Indian War"
English | ISBN: 0786479507 | 2014 | 212 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison details the events in western Pennsylvania that precipitated the French and Indian War. It describes the interpersonal relationship between 22-year-old, inexperienced, but self-assured George Washington and the 54-year-old wily Iroquois Chief Tanacharison, which led to, as Horace Walpole quipped, Washington firing "a volley in the backwoods of America that set the world on fire." The book explores the history of the French and English rivalry for the trans-Allegheny territory and its impact on the Indians in the area. It shows how Washington and Tanacharison each sought to influence the other to gain support for their respective agendas. Washington wanted the Indians to endorse Virginia's claim to the Ohio territory, while Tanacharison wanted a war between England and France so that the Iroquois could maintain their dominance over the Ohio Indians. The book describes in detail the sequence of events through which the crafty half-king manipulated Washington into starting the war he wanted, and by his actions implicated Washington in nothing less than a cold-blooded murder.
Geometric Mechanics and Its Applications
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811974349 | 932 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 94 MB
Tomake the content of the book more systematic, this book mainly briefs some related basic knowledgereported by other monographs and papers about geometric mechanics. The main content of this book is based on the last 20 years' jobs of the authors. All physical processes can be formulated as theHamiltonian form with the energy conservation law as well as the symplecticstructure if all dissipative effects are ignored. On the one hand, the importantstatus of the Hamiltonian mechanics is emphasized. On the other hand, a higherrequirement is proposed for the numerical analysis on the Hamiltonian system,namely the results of the numerical analysis on the Hamiltonian system shouldreproduce the geometric properties of which, including the first integral, thesymplectic structure as well as the energy conservation law.
General Average and Risk Management in Medieval and Early Modern Maritime Business
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031041178 | 499 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 15 MB
This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business, focusing particularly on 'General Average' - a mechanism by which extraordinary expenses regarding ship or cargo, incurred during a voyage to save the venture, are shared between all participants to protect equity. This volume traces the history of this risk management tool from its origins in the pre-Roman Mediterranean through to its use in the shipping sector today. Contributions range from the Islamic Mediterranean to the Low Countries, and taken together, provide a wide-ranging analysis of social, cultural, and political aspects of pre-modern maritime commerce in Europe.
Gender and Qualitative Research By Jane Pilcher (editor), Amanda Coffey (editor)
1996 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1138480479 | PDF | 3 MB
This book gathers together an original collection of papers on gender and qualitative research. The contributors draw on a variety of research methods and research settings to demonstrate the value of a qualitative approach for studying gender related issues. Individual chapters include discussions on participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, focus groups and the analysis of documentary sources. The volume as a whole reflects the wide range of gender focused work which is ongoing in Cardiff - covering issues such as occupational cultures, violence, genetics and risk, the life cycle and time. This book was originally published as part of the Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research series edited by Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont and Amanda Coffey. The series publishes original sociological research that reflects the tradition of qualitative and ethnographic inquiry developed at Cardiff. The series includes monographs reporting on empirical research, edited collections focussing on particular themes, and texts discussing methodological developments and issues.
Jo Henry, "Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison "
English | ISBN: 1555709672 | 2014 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
A core resource for any LIS student or academic librarian serving as a liaison, this handbook lays out the comprehensive fundamentals of the discipline, helping librarians build the confidence and cooperation of the university faculty in relation to the library.