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Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, "Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan: Conflict, Law and Social Transformation " English | ISBN: 1848856660 | 2012 | 320 pages | PDF | 5 MB After the 1989 Islamist coup in Sudan, the National Islamic Front under General Omar al-Bashir and Dr. Hasan Turabi attempted to institutionalize, codify and implement Shari'a law throughout the country. However, by 2005, with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending 22 years of civil war, the government agreed to halt its policy of Islamisation in the South. Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan explores how Sudanese society has been transformed by this period of implementation of Islamic Law, and furthermore asks, what are the continuing effects of this policy? And what are the implications of the Peace Agreement for the future of Islamist politics in Sudan and of the country? With data drawn from Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban's most recent research in the region, this book is a vital and unique examination of the nature of the Sudanese state and society, offering invaluable insight for all those interested in the politics, society, and the future of Sudan and the nature of political Islam. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/80ff202f4a1c7dca3564f99348462e42/w47b6.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/4ohzjz48fl2e/w47b6.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/rszsvtt3bxgx/w47b6.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/cUtdifaHY3/w47b6.7z.html

Maureen Attali, "Shared Religious Sites in Late Antiquity: Negotiating Cultural and Ritual Identities in the Eastern Roman Empire" English | ISBN: 3796547281 | 2023 | 266 pages | PDF | 27 MB The book aims at analyzing shared religious sites in the microcosm of the multireligious and multicultural Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. The main objective is to understand if some religious sites of the Eastern Roman Empire were the object of a shared attendance by groups or individuals from different religious backgrounds, and, for those which may have been, how and why this sharing happened. To facilitate comparison and to draw up models of occupancy dynamics, the contributions focus on a limited geographical and chronological area: the Eastern provinces from the 4th century onward, a turning-point in the Empire's religious transformations. This collective work offers a series of case-studies where polemical discourses are intersected not only with legal documents, but also with epigraphy, iconography, and archeology - including architecture and artefacts. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/e2af04fd4a1cf7b8b82168898add21f9/wmxsf.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/9qpgy66jsma7/wmxsf.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/t8shlnwt7ymt/wmxsf.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/dREET5FOLC/wmxsf.7z.html

Patrick Gray, "Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War " English | ISBN: 1474427456 | 2018 | 320 pages | PDF | 2 MB Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. In Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare shows Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. Why did Rome degenerate into an autocracy? Alternating between ruthless competition, Stoicism, Epicureanism and self-indulgent fantasies, Rome as Shakespeare sees it is inevitably bound for civil war. Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic considers Shakespeare's place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare's critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/5b6b4e541d21d31f0a91fdff3e2b2175/46r6x.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/luo9nqxyjd2p/46r6x.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/dixwc852mu1y/46r6x.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/qGGpqYFyKk/46r6x.7z.html

Sex, death, secrets and lies: The Science of Stress and Trauma by Allis Childe English | February 27, 2025 | ISBN: 1836280904 | True EPUB | 472 pages | 2.6 MB Without stress and trauma there would be no anxiety, depression, addictions or self-harm. There would be fewer infections, cancers, aches and pains. We would not comfort eat, buy things we didn't need, or self-medicate with alcohol and drugs. We would be satisfied with our lives and content in our relationships. The only lines on our face would be laughter lines. 100% of us experience stress, while 50% of us will also suffer trauma in our lifetime. Stress and trauma have the power to cause or exacerbate 90% of mental and physical illness, so we need to understand how to manage these fundamental issues. Hospitals are full of patients suffering diseases of excess and neglect. But why do so many of us persist in doing things we shouldn't, or knowingly neglect the things we should? Are we self-soothing to cope, or self-harming because we just don't care? Are stressful secrets at the root of all ills? This book explains the science of stress and trauma. It includes tools for the reader to measure their levels of stress and trauma and offers suggestions to help them on their way to recovery. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/26a7a2394486fe73758e3f570e3edf4b/ff33o.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ruh2m1cy5e70/ff33o.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/f15ksl0vcocu/ff33o.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/AyxKfbi5Bu/ff33o.7z.html

Francesca Biancani, "Sex Work in Colonial Egypt: Women, Modernity and the Global Economy " English | ISBN: 1788311035 | 2018 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB In the early 20th century Cairo was a vibrant and booming global metropolis. The integration of Egypt into the global market had led to rapid urban growth and increased migration. As occupational prospects for women outside the family were limited, sex work became a prominent feature of the new modern city. However, the economic and social changes in Egypt ignited national anxieties about racial degeneration, social disorder and imperial decadence. Francesca Biancani argues here that this was a period of national crisis that became inscribed on the bodies on female sex workers. Based on a wide range of rare primary sources, including documents from court cases, reformist papers, police minutes and letters, Biancani examines the discourses around sex workers and shows how prostitution was understood in colonial Egypt. The book argues that from initially regulating and managing prostitution, local and colonial elites began to depict sex workers as a threat to the physical and moral welfare of the rising Egyptian nation. However, far from being a marginal activity, prostitution is shown to play a central role in the history of Egyptian nation-making. By exploring the interdependence of power and marginality, respectability and transgression, Biancani writes sex work and its practitioners back into the history of modern Egypt. The book is an original contribution to the global history of prostitution and a vital resource for scholars of Middle East Studies. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/046b487ddbe96cea3a4420aad059c46b/0bw5y.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/dl7mchpiu4ci/0bw5y.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/r0zhcdmqiuvu/0bw5y.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/e4357sypnx/0bw5y.7z.html

Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary by Agustín Fuentes English | May 6, 2025 | ISBN: 0691249415 | True EPUB | 216 pages | 0.6 MB Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men, there is a lot more variation and overlap than we may realize. Sex Is a Spectrum offers a bold new paradigm for understanding the biology of sex, drawing on the latest science to explain why the binary view of the sexes is fundamentally flawed-and why having XX or XY chromosomes isn't as conclusive as some would have us believe. In this lively and provocative book, leading biological anthropologist Agustín Fuentes begins by tracing the origin and evolution of sex, describing the many ways in the animal kingdom of being female, male, or both. Turning to humans, he presents compelling evidence from the fossil and archaeological record that attests to the diversity of our ancestors' sexual bonds, gender roles, and family and community structures, and shows how the same holds true in the lived experiences of people today. Fuentes tackles hot-button debates around sports and medicine, explaining why we can acknowledge that females and males are not the same while also embracing a biocultural reality where none of us fits neatly into only one of two categories. Bringing clarity and reason to a contentious issue, Sex Is a Spectrum shares a scientist's perspective on why a binary view of sex and gender is not only misguided but harmful, and why there are multitudes of ways of being human. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c8f24a5c7e77c88ade27caf3f11b62f7/7accw.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/dgop1ktn9cwv/7accw.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/28xwy9xwunvr/7accw.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/YQLWYimBps/7accw.7z.html

Seven Myths About Money: And the Truth About Finding Financial Freedom by Rob Dix English | 9 Jan. 2025 | ISBN: 152991096X, 9781804945636 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 0.6 MB What if everything you've been told about money is wrong? Have you ever been told that cutting your spending is the key to financial freedom? Or that only a fool would try to make money by picking stocks? Or that buying your home is always a smart investment? Most of us have heard these truisms from friends, from family, even from financial experts. They are held up as nuggets of timeless wisdom. There's just one problem: none of them is true. Over the last decade, the world of money has transformed - but the mainstream financial advice hasn't caught up. The result: most of us are being fed money advice that will only take us further from our financial goals. Here, a leading investor debunks seven of the most common misconceptions about money, and explains why the true path to wealth is dramatically different from what you've been told. Confounding and eminently practical, Seven Myths About Money sketches out a radically new route to financial freedom - one fit for the twenty-first century. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/6b2266aca6d402289bef77d9fbe4e92a/6dlug.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/raxem8l1twqk/6dlug.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/3wvxiv3camoz/6dlug.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/qsmNO1OI55/6dlug.7z.html

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey English | April 29, 2025 | ISBN: 0593818512 | True EPUB | 384 pages | 5 MB What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder-literally? Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to spot one in the wild, and he fits the mold perfectly: strangler gloves, calculated charm, dashing good looks that give a leg up in any field . . . including fields of unmarked graves. The new office temp is definitely a serial killer. Jake Ripper finds a welcome distraction in his combative and enigmatic new coworker. He hasn't come across anyone as interesting as Dolores in a long time. But when mere curiosity evolves into a darkly romantic flirtation, Jake can't help but wonder if, finally, he's found someone who really sees him, skeletons in the closet and all. Until Dolores asks Jake's help to dispose of a body . . . A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life-and love-can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry). RapidGator https://rg.to/file/305cd471165db531d5e72bd025afe9de/m9765.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/5aege4aspivf/m9765.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/5vtxrw33v5nq/m9765.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/upQ53x2Q0N/m9765.7z.html

Lisa Verge Higgins, "Senseless Acts of Beauty" English | ISBN: 145557287X | 2015 | 352 pages | AZW | 559 KB A new novel of women's friendship from the author of Random Acts of Kindness that will appeal to fans of Kristin Hannah, Luanne Rice, and Karen White. Tess has a secret. For fifteen years she has been furtively following the life of the daughter she gave up as an infant for adoption. But when Sadie runs away from home determined to find her birth mother, Tess has no choice but to hunt down the desperate girl in the one place she dreads-Pine Lake, where a terrible, buried secret threatens to destroy them both. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/d84cddbe27d1fbfb232781dacd9cd4ba/br0pe.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ia2bxqfmpz59/br0pe.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/62vrphq6qg1e/br0pe.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/GgEGCMwkgN/br0pe.7z.html

Semishigure by Shuhei Fujisawa, translated by Thomas Harper English | March 14, 2025 | ISBN: 1915829291, 9781915829306 | True EPUB | 403 pages | 0.5 MB When his father is accused of rebellion and forced to commit seppuku, it falls to Maki Bunshirô to protect his family's house from future retribution. Training as a samurai, Bunshirô must hone his skills with the sword and make powerful allies among the elders of the domain if he hopes to survive. As he is navigating clan politics, the object of this youthful affection, Fuku, becomes the mistress of the lord of the domain. When Fuku and her child become the key to the future of the domain, Bunshirô is forced to choose between what his lord commands and his childhood love. Semishigure, literally meaning "cicada showers," refers to the everpresent noise of insects chirping in Japanese summers, a nostalgic reminder of the passing seasons. This much-loved, sentimental samurai novel by Fujisawa Shuhei, the undisputed master of the genre, is finally available in English, and Thomas Harper's deft translation brings all of the power, longing, and joy of the original that has captivated generations of Japanese readers. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/76b357ba4ec99bda7730740eb8484fee/09at8.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/somkj0g211yz/09at8.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/njaa36xr5ot2/09at8.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/OcgQKj7G20/09at8.7z.html

Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture by Andrea Jain English | December 8, 2014 | ISBN: 0199390231, 019939024X | True EPUB | 264 pages | 1.8 MB Premodern and early modern yoga comprise techniques with a wide range of aims, from turning inward in quest of the true self, to turning outward for divine union, to channeling bodily energy in pursuit of sexual pleasure. Early modern yoga also encompassed countercultural beliefs and practices. In contrast, today, modern yoga aims at the enhancement of the mind-body complex but does so according to contemporary dominant metaphysical, health, and fitness paradigms. Consequently, yoga is now a part of popular culture. In Selling Yoga, Andrea R. Jain explores the popularization of yoga in the context of late-twentieth-century consumer culture. She departs from conventional approaches by undermining essentialist definitions of yoga as well as assumptions that yoga underwent a linear trajectory of increasing popularization. While some studies trivialize popularized yoga systems by reducing them to the mere commodification or corruption of what is perceived as an otherwise fixed, authentic system, Jain suggests that this dichotomy oversimplifies the history of yoga as well as its meanings for contemporary practitioners. By discussing a wide array of modern yoga types, from Iyengar Yoga to Bikram Yoga, Jain argues that popularized yoga cannot be dismissed-that it has a variety of religious meanings and functions. Yoga brands destabilize the basic utility of yoga commodities and assign to them new meanings that represent the fulfillment of self-developmental needs often deemed sacred in contemporary consumer culture. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/0a06016461eab0d4a6e4ea583c7eaa8e/xyvzh.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/xq5mx5wl6x7z/xyvzh.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/qojgb98fc3kc/xyvzh.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/KobMdhrpM3/xyvzh.7z.html

Selling Social Justice: Why the Rich Love Antiracism (Jacobin), aka Selling Social Justice: Why the Ruling Class Loves Antiracism by Jennifer C. Pan English | May 6, 2025 | ISBN: 1804294225, 9781804294239 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 0.4 MB Americans have been sold a version of social justice that fails to deliver The national racial reckoning that began in 2020 promised to radically restructure American society from the bottom up. But five years on, it has mainly served to strengthen the ruling class and deliver the rich an opportunity to rehabilitate a profoundly unequal economic order precisely at a moment when the stability of the system and the public's trust in it are drastically deteriorating. Corporations have used antiracism to consolidate their political power and evade government regulation. Employers have surveilled and undermined workers through counterproductive diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings. Affluent professionals and Democratic politicians have exacerbated a stark class divide by pushing half-baked "racial equity" policies that come at the expense of the majority of working people. And the right has reacted to these developments by stoking a toxic culture war against "wokeness" that serves only as a distraction from the increasing economic hardship faced by Americans of all races. Selling Social Justice investigates the rise and spread of contemporary antiracist ideology and shows how the rich came to embrace this particular form of justice. In this provocative and thoroughly researched account, Jennifer C. Pan explores why, in a twenty-first-century economy of increasing scarcity, antiracism is the wrong frame for understanding and fighting inequality. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/f347ef0ceb3d3e943299db19f71b3b5d/73b1h.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/e501pfk8gt89/73b1h.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/he3hbptngl3g/73b1h.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/zLEHUvyxKz/73b1h.7z.html

Self-Obsession: How Our Need for Identity Threatens Our Wellbeing by Dr Tom Davies English | 13 May 2025 | ISBN: 1786789507, 9781786789518 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 4.4 MB Doctor, writer and mental health advocate Tom Davies breaks down the true problem at the heart of our psychological pain and the growing mental health pandemic, providing effective solutions that anyone can practice to live a more fulfilled and happy life. There is one point that contemporary psychology and centuries old Eastern Buddhist and Taoist teachings agree on: if you wish to experience less suffering, you must change the way you see yourself. But what if the change that is needed is to let go of our selves entirely? What does this mean for those of us living in an increasingly self-obsessed and individualistic society? Is our quest for identity actually sabotaging our own wellbeing? In this compassionate and galvanizing book, Dr Tom Davies gently invites you to consider the basic elements that define who you are. In Part One, get to know your self. From the ground up, discover what the self truly is, how it links to identity, and how self-obsession is central to the human condition and the psychological pain that each of us experience.In Part Two, overcome self-obsession. Free yourself from your psychological prison, and learn how to live the peaceful and joyful life that you deserve. With a fresh and lucid style, Dr Tom Davies combines his knowledge of the medical, psychological and the philosophical to bring you real solutions to life's most challenging problems. Whether you are searching for meaning, or are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief or depression, this perspective will provide you with an empowering new insight that can help you transform your life. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/36acd48d87ceda6b03808a8a76135680/qt3ff.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/1ax17ldlhc5b/qt3ff.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/uigr1ht2wvj8/qt3ff.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/6aNRpZ7XWa/qt3ff.7z.html

Steven Hickman, "Self-Compassion For Dummies" English | ISBN: 1119796687 | 2021 | 384 pages | AZW | 2 MB Become your own best friend and reap the life-changing benefits! Being kind to yourself might sound simple, but self-compassion can change your life dramatically (and most of us are WAY kinder to others than to ourselves) Self-Compassion For Dummies will help you discover self-critical thoughts and self-defeating behaviors that are holding you back from fulfilling your potential and explore how you can learn to work around these things to find your way to more joy and satisfaction. We often think being hard on ourselves will help motivate us to be better people, but Dr. Steven Hickman's review of the research finds that just the opposite is true. When you learn to love and appreciate yourself completely (as an imperfect human with messy feelings and uncomfortable thoughts), you free yourself up to achieve great things. This book will show you how! Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c73309ba15cbb8388bbaf82a73dc264e/1mrgn.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/izfad23h8hcc/1mrgn.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/0uiq8nz4uyl3/1mrgn.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/24MiH262Ev/1mrgn.7z.html

Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn by Martha Gellhorn, edited by Caroline Moorehead English | July 25, 2006 | ISBN: 0805065555, 0805083227 | True EPUB | 544 pages | 1.9 MB "A literary landmark. Gellhorn's prose . . . is at its finest in the letter form."―Francine du Plessix Gray, The New York Times Book Review From Martha Gellhorn's critically acclaimed biographer, the first collected letters of this defining figure of the twentieth-century Martha Gellhorn's heroic career as a reporter brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant international conflict between the Spanish Civil War and the end of the Cold War. While Gellhorn's wartime dispatches rank among the best of the century, her personal letters are their equal: as vivid and fascinating as anything she ever published. Gellhorn's correspondence from 1930 to 1996-chronicling friendships with figures as diverse as Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonard Bernstein, and H. G. Wells, as well as her tempestuous marriage to Ernest Hemingway-paint a vivid picture of the twentieth century as she lived it. Caroline Moorehead, who was granted exclusive access to the letters, has expertly edited this fascinating volume, providing prefatory and interstitial material that contextualizes Gellhorn's correspondence within the arc of her entire life. The letters introduce us to the woman behind the correspondent-a writer of wit, charm, and vulnerability. The result is an exhilarating, intimate portrait of one of the most accomplished women of modern times. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/0a2e4564ab283155352d0a83e938e78d/6ve4p.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/44hz7das1ua6/6ve4p.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ojmneir1lb9i/6ve4p.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/MsoljJEkuc/6ve4p.7z.html

Simone Weil, "Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings " English | ISBN: 1498239218 | 2015 | 240 pages | PDF | 129 MB Introducing the Selected Works of Simone Weil Weil's many essays written over her short life cover a very wide range of topics. This important collection contains several that have been long unavailable. There is deep integrity in this diverse collection. Many are directed to social and political topics, written in Weil's distinctive way of commenting on contemporary issues through historical writing. Weil wrote in her great work The Need for Roots that humans beings need roots in the universe; this rootedness comes through their lived history. Often Weil is treated as if she were constantly trying to posit timeless truths, but as these essays make evident, Weil offers to her readers a sense of truth as we discover it and live with it in our concrete historical circumstances. This analogical and historical thinking is particularly clear in the several essays that come from her last days while working for the Free French in London, during which she meditated on the philosophical renewal of France after the war. SELECTED WORKS: First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge / ISBN 978-1-4982-3919-6 Seventy Letters: Personal and Intellectual Windows on a Thinker / ISBN 978-1-4982-3920-2 Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political and Moral Writings / ISBN 978-1-4982-3921-9 Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/1f717e16ca91e0ac7c40a7ff1c2365a8/ooikn.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/96ouqp0suu0e/ooikn.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/054hqvhbbx8l/ooikn.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/HvVrpaYSke/ooikn.7z.html

Elizabeth Wickett, "Seers, Saints and Sinners: The Oral Tradition of Upper Egypt" English | ISBN: 1780760531 | 2012 | 248 pages | PDF | 9 MB Traditional Egyptian folktales have a flavour and vivacity that until now has proved impossible to render in translation. Here, Elizabeth Wickett presents a translation into English of five rich and vivid tales from Upper Egypt that accurately captures the drama, wit and vitality of Egyptian oral narrative in performance. The stories include the tale of Maimuna, the slave girl of Mecca, crucified for her beliefs, and the erotic tale of Aziza, the flamboyant daughter of the Sultan of Tunis, who attempts to seduce and capture the handsome and innocent Yunis. The author explores the broader literary and social significance of each tale, as well as the aesthetics of performance, gender issues, and parallels with other Egyptian and Near Eastern tales. It is a unique record of a disappearing and little known tradition. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/91f5d8bbf9300b794d668452a7eccf7a/eco7l.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ybzzfngs7gcl/eco7l.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/h52vczxc51x0/eco7l.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ZM1UAP8XDB/eco7l.7z.html

Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others by Lincoln Perry English | October 4, 2022 | ISBN: 1567926991 | True EPUB | 232 pages | 35.4 MB "Beguiling and informative"-Wall Street Journal Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a painting's composition or a sculpture's spatial structure influence the experience of what you're seeing. With an artist as your guide, viewing art becomes a powerfully enriching experience that will stay in your mind long after you've left a museum. A visit to view art can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In fifteen essays-each framed around a specific theme-he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art. Drawing heavily on examples from the European traditions of art, Perry aims to overturn assumptions and asks readers to re-think artistic prejudices while rebuilding new preferences. Included are essays on how artists "read" paintings, how scale and format influence viewers, how to engage with sculptures and murals, as well as guides to some of the great museums and churches of Europe. Seeing Like an Artist is for any artist, art-lover, or museumgoer who wants to grow their appreciation for the art of others. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/eb0bc3ee7989c5a86a467e17b14c0e3f/r8x9u.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/c0xhghmywns1/r8x9u.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/xcnsfdhay2li/r8x9u.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/hqUP7Cs1wo/r8x9u.7z.html

Cindy Conner, "Seed Libraries: And Other Means of Keeping Seeds in the Hands of the People" English | ISBN: 0865717826 | 2015 | 192 pages | AZW | 10 MB Community-based initiatives to preserve and protect our food supply Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses. Because they were regionally based, they could focus on varieties well-suited to the local environment. A Pacific Northwest company, for example, would specialize in different cultivars than a company based in the Southeast. However the absorption of these small, independent seed businesses into large multinationals, combined with the advancement of biotechnology resulting in hybrids and GMO seeds, has led to a serious loss of genetic diversity. The public is now at the mercy of the corporations that control the seeds. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/7e7877f60dd12c275e9e3d0b729902bd/hlty3.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/u0jmzn4hm4op/hlty3.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/746gi81sjyyv/hlty3.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/bEVlmWm8nX/hlty3.7z.html

Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis by Marcus Alexander Gadson English | May 13, 2025 | ISBN: 1479828882, 9781479828890 | True EPUB | 264 pages | 1 MB How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them. Sedition takes readers through six instances of constitutional crisis: The (Palabra Censurada, están prohibidos los referidos y/o Acortadores)hot War, Dorr's Rebellion, Bleeding Kansas, the Brooks-Baxter War, a successful terrorist campaign to overthrow South Carolina's government during Reconstruction, and the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. He chronicles these turbulent periods of violent anti-government conflict on the state level, explaining what it was like to experience coup d'états, rival governments fighting in the streets, and disputed elections that gave way to violence. As he addresses constitutional breakdown, Gadson urges Americans to pay increased attention to the risk of constitutional instability in their home states. His sweeping historical analysis provides new insights on the fight to protect democracy today. As Americans mobilize to prevent future crises, Sedition reminds us that our constitutional order can fail, that democratic collapse is possible, and offers us advice on how to save our constitutional system. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/9b4263c7015cb086d5f5e9dc8213aaa8/ma41n.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/gev6t6806ih0/ma41n.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ovr5o1rghxqj/ma41n.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/AXYoUZJc7J/ma41n.7z.html

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