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The Words of Dr. L and Other Stories by Karen E. Bender English | May 6, 2025 | ISBN: 1640095705, 9781640095717 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 1.8 MB National Book Award finalist Karen E. Bender returns with stunning speculative stories of parents and children, together and apart, surviving near-future dystopias that feel all-too-possible-and realities that can be even stranger Grounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, celebrated author Karen E. Bender's otherworldly collection examines the evolving dynamics of the nuclear family during adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, and caring for an aging parent. A young woman seeks to learn the magical words that can terminate her unwanted pregnancy. A mother discovers an extra child in her home she had forgotten about. A couple is separated from their son and encased in globes orbiting the Earth. Society develops a terrible plan to leave the burning planet for a life on Mars. Each story honors the emotional force of its situation by grappling with themes of freedom, self-definition, youth, aging, control, and power. Using settings both familiar and fantastic, Bender's work explores the ordinary in the extraordinary to discover secret, hidden truths in the lifelong connection between parents and their children. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/f62750e28d0aa1c255aac4e2cafd4e77/98l3z.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/m5izsqb5c1wv/98l3z.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/lzhqo3u88o3a/98l3z.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/7QuvCfhANF/98l3z.7z.html

Abdurrahman Wahid, "The Wisdom of Tolerance: A Philosophy of Generosity and Peace" English | ISBN: 1784530921 | 2015 | 192 pages | PDF | 1016 KB What do Buddhism and Islam have in common? And what positive characteristics might Buddhist Japan and Muslim Indonesia be able to offer one another? In this thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion, distinguished representatives from each country demonstrate that meaningful dialogue between religions and cultures begins with a one-to-one conversation between individuals. Addressing the similarities of their nations as island peoples, with a shared history of trade and cultural exchange, Abdurrahman Wahid and Daisaku Ikeda agree that the aim of dialogue, like that of Buddhism and Islam alike, is fundamentally the goal of peace. Both thinkers draw on their respective traditions, and especially the lives of the Buddha and the Prophet Muhammad, to show that harmony springs from an attitude of tolerance and non-violence, which is where true courage resides. Whether masterfully expounding the teachings of Nichiren, or indicating that a true understanding of jihad is not about religious war but about communicating the truth of Allah, the discussants mutually transform our understandings of value, pluralism and amity. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4c0102633baa7346f4280b3ee23300dd/5n622.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/sm1dhx56bd7n/5n622.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/54vsu24vftly/5n622.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/XapzvrAubl/5n622.7z.html

Cletus L. Hull III, "The Wisdom of the Cross and the Power of the Spirit in the Corinthian Church: Grounding Pneumatic Experiences and Renewa" English | ISBN: 1532639252 | 2018 | 194 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The cross of Christ crucified symbolized the central theme of Paul's ministry. In his letter to the Corinthians, the apostle commenced his correspondence with the message about the cross and power of God (1 Cor 1:18, NRSV). The proposal for this paper utilizes the method analogia scripturae. Set within the wisdom motif of the Greco-Roman world, this study is dedicated to the examination of the apostle's Christology in the context of 1 Cor 1:18-25 and the pneumatology in 1 Cor 2:9-16 as both pericopes are juxtaposed in his epistle. Essentially, the thesis concerns the grounding of the pneumatology of Paul with his Christology in 1 Corinthians. The Corinthian church required clarification and pastoral wisdom with their pneumatic experiences; thus, Paul recognized that a strong theology of the cross complemented their encounters with the Spirit. The question for biblical studies involves a lively tension of the pneumatology of the Spirit with a robust Christology. Because the power of God throughout this passage has the cross as its paradigm, the structure of the book leads to the significance of the apostle's pneumatological contribution of the cross and Christ crucified (1 Cor 1:18; 2:2). For this reason, a strong Christology must ground the pneumatology of the Pauline corpus. This study in biblical literature commences a new discussion in ecumenical dialogue between pneumatic experiences in the church and christological issues in Scripture. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/defdfac8e195e4ba756635e8e40ce332/enqg1.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/jwqfy8c3kdun/enqg1.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ew6f9yhfm1do/enqg1.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/OQTtCBFbm8/enqg1.7z.html

David Mishkin, "The Wisdom of Alfred Edersheim" English | ISBN: 1498251846 | 2008 | 210 pages | EPUB | 1462 KB Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889) was born and reared in a Jewish home in Vienna. He was given a New Testament while studying medicine at the University of Pest (Budapest) and soon afterwards came to believe in Jesus as his Messiah. He held several teaching positions in the United Kingdom before settling at the University of Oxford. From 1882 until his death, he was Grinfeld Lecturer on the Septuagint. He is still considered a leading authority on Jewish life and customs in the time of Jesus. He wrote many books on a variety of topics, most famously The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah. The Wisdom of Alfred Edersheim includes hundreds of quotations from his various works, many of which are rare and out of print. Edersheim is remembered and loved for his devotional commentary as much as for his scholarship. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/ea2a004fd7748a0765203dd66427d3d4/zn6bj.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/bq0veif26qw8/zn6bj.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/01yfkw7albe3/zn6bj.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/NMy7kbsARi/zn6bj.7z.html

The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey English | May 13, 2025 | ISBN: 1538759136, 9781538759158 | True EPUB | 368 pages | 19.7 MB From the New York Times bestselling author of The Master comes an intimate biography of tennis's enduring champion Rafael Nadal. InThe Warrior, Christopher Clareyilluminates the skill and determination it took to accomplishRafael Nadal's most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles.Nadal has won big on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time: securing two Wimbledon titles on grass and four U.S. Open titles on cushioned acrylic hardcourts. But clay, the slowest and grittiest of the game's playgrounds, is where it all comes together best for his tactical skills, whipping topspin forehand and gladiatorial mindset. Clay is to Rafael Nadal what water is to Michael Phelps, which helps explain one of the most impressive individual sports achievements of the 21st century. Clarey draws on interviews over many years with Nadal and his team and with rivals like Roger Federer. Not just a book about tennis, The Warrior drawsmuch wider lessons from Nadal's approach to competition. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/fb23151ecdf309e2eca8ea9552194372/smqgp.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/v6axajak9zkb/smqgp.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/4zbm49l665ln/smqgp.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/aXwbEraBbc/smqgp.7z.html

The Wanderer's Curse: A Memoir by Jennifer Hope Choi English | May 6, 2025 | ISBN: 132403551X, 9781324035527 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 3.3 MB A Korean mother runs off to Alaska, sparking a greater season of wandering. Could her daughter be destined for the same? When Jennifer Hope Choi first stumbled upon the "curse" known as yeokmasal―an allegedly inheritable affliction causing one to roam farther and farther from home―she immediately consulted her mother. "Oh yeah," Umma quipped. "I have that." Technically this wasn't a revelation. Since 2007, the no-nonsense open-heart surgery nurse had moved suddenly from the Golden State to the Last Frontier, shuttling over the next decade through seven states. For much of her adulthood, Choi had fancied herself nothing like her immigrant mother, late-blooming vagabond spirit and all―until life in Brooklyn imploded, spurring her to relocate to South Carolina and reckon with startling truths. Artmaking had left her in debt, single, and jobless. Questions hovered, gathering ragged like fractus clouds: Was it time to give up writing? Would she ever have a place of her own to call home? Or was she doomed to bunk up with Umma in the Deep South indefinitely? This probing memoir follows Choi through her many former homes, from a crumbling Chinatown tenement to a haunted museum in Georgia. Connections emerge, between her curious trajectory and idiosyncratic Korean identity narratives: a mystical Korean dog breed, pro golfers, modern Korean cults, the four pillars of destiny, and Korean American art. One question lingers throughout her search: What might be gained from living in residence with uncertainty? Told with whip-smart sensibility, The Wanderer's Curse is an electric mother-daughter story, exploring ideas of belonging, self-determination, and possibility, leaving readers to wonder what we take with us generation to generation, what we wish we could leave behind, and how we move on. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/39df43d55f8c5216646ae82e9384e3bb/tth4m.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/n6wqwqj5poqz/tth4m.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/hw07a01jrwd7/tth4m.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/BOgVDQzkhv/tth4m.7z.html

Mike Chopra-Gant, "The Waltons: Nostalgia and Myth in Seventies America" English | ISBN: 1848850298 | 2013 | 208 pages | PDF | 2 MB 'The Waltons' drama series about John and Olivia Walton, their ageing parents Zeb and Esther and their seven children in 1930s and '40s America was a successful show for CBS TV throughout the 1970s. In 2008 - perhaps significantly - the first six series of the show have for the first time been released on dvd. This is classic television with contemporary relevance, still running on Hallmark channel and remembered with reverence by a generation. 'The Waltons' was on tv screens through a socially and politically volatile period, when Nixon-era America was confronting the impending withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. The show, Mike Chopra-Gant demonstrates in this fascinating book, expressed a wider nostalgic desire in its audience to return to traditional conservatism and paternalistic family values at this time of political crisis. He examines its deployment of key myths, and its vision of family as against current tv depictions, featuring the likes of the Addams, the Simpsons, and the Sopranos. He also explores its powerful representation of three generations of men and of the Walton family's strong women, who are nevertheless domestic heroines. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c35ea08807238448c4e9aaf0324a19ff/12n64.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/clhtcfmc0gct/12n64.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/vzzcfk3tfzhn/12n64.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/Z91gXpKMvi/12n64.7z.html

J. Daniel Gunther, "The Visions of the Pylons: A Magical Record of Exploration in the Starry Abode" English | ISBN: 0892541830 | 2018 | 224 pages | PDF | 14 MB Here is a modern grimoire and record of a vision quest utilizing Aleister Crowley's instructions for astral exploration as given in "Notes on the Astral Plane," published in Magick in Theory and Practice. Daniel Gunther provides a detailed account and interpretation of a series of visions exploring the Pylons of the Duat, or "Starry Abode." To the ancient Egyptians, the Duat was the place where the sun god Ra made his 12-hour nocturnal journey through the underworld. The Visions of the Pylons describes a perilous journey where the gate of each hour is protected by a fearful guardian or "watcher." In modern Jungian psychology terms, the Duat is a representation of the unconscious of mankind, inhabited by gods and daemons, the living symbols called primordial images or archetypes. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/61e2f55b0c36b1f704fe58e0722828ca/3xz0j.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/kyoxa0sa9hde/3xz0j.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/hajn1relyl7k/3xz0j.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/GjPVEEAnNa/3xz0j.7z.html

The Vinyl Diaries: Sex, Deep Cuts, and My Soundtrack to Queer Joy by Pete Crighton English | May 13, 2025 | ISBN: 1039011071, 9781039011083 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 1.3 MB A poignant, funny, and lively memoir of sexual awakening, music, and discovering one's true self. Pete Crighton came of age in the early/mid 1980s in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Growing up in Toronto, he was terrified that his friends and schoolmates would find out that he was "different" at a time when being gay felt like a death sentence. His only comfort was music, the songs a balm to his painful adolescence. Struggling to make sense of his sexuality and fear of the disease stifled Crighton as a sexual being. Instead of exploring sex, he began curating a massive music library.He then took what he thought was a safe path and entered into two long-term monogamous relationships, both doomed to fail. Finally, in his 40s, Crighton decided to ignore his fear and live his queer life to the fullest. The Vinyl Diaries is the story of Crighton's mid-life sexual awakening. From one-night trysts to friendships resulting from app-based hookups, Crighton is honest and unapologetic as he chronicles the pursuit of his erotic desires. Each new connection and lover is linked to an artist, song, or album from his vast collection and backdrops the stories Crighton tells about his life, interconnected with the artists' work and histories. Kate Bush, the B-52s, Prince, The Smiths, Yoko Ono, and Stevie Nicks are just a few of the artists who provide an extraordinary soundtrack to Crighton's adventures. Big-hearted, funny, thoughtful, and wildly entertaining, The Vinyl Diaries is a celebration of sex, music and the discovery of our true selves. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/ba93aca328dbca408cc03e90b8a874e6/c4u1f.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/uj6abxmujw5a/c4u1f.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/fm1zcxnlsllg/c4u1f.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/0ydp6IpVak/c4u1f.7z.html

The Unlimited Actor: Easy, New Techniques for Auditions, Character Development, and Unlocking Your Full Creative Range by Nancy Mayans English | March 24, 2017 | ISBN: 1504362225, 1504362217 | True EPUB | 288 pages | 3.9 MB The Unlimited Actor is an exciting new paradigm in actor training. Step by step this book will guide you into sensing and controlling the body's mental, emotional, and physical energy centers. Train these "power points" to change at will and your acting range will take a quantum leap. Boost Your ConfidenceEasily Access Any EmotionEmbody Any Character on Cue RapidGator https://rg.to/file/b35adc66602bdfe8b377bd6cbc57c23f/z5s5v.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ei54lxejac9w/z5s5v.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ixv0vorkrjeh/z5s5v.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/zU3LNRGveB/z5s5v.7z.html

Clea Lutz Hupp, "The United States and Jordan: Middle East Diplomacy during the Cold War " English | ISBN: 1780764707 | 2014 | 264 pages | PDF | 2 MB US foreign policy in the Middle East has faced a challenge in the years since World War II: balancing an idealistic desire to promote democracy against the practical need to create stability. Here, Cleo Bunch puts a focus on US policy in Jordan from the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 to 1970 and the run up to 'Black September'. These years saw a phase where the Middle East became a stage on which Cold War rivalries were played out, as the US was keen to encourage and maintain alliances in order to counteract Soviet influence in Egypt and Syria. Bunch's analysis of US foreign policy and diplomacy vis-a-vis Jordan will appeal to those researching both the history and the contemporary implications of the West's foreign policy in the Middle East and the effects of international relations on the region. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/41a3c93121646b4d7668891cb1f59602/0gtua.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/11orzypjguxt/0gtua.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/s6nfgf244nvq/0gtua.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/cJ8zSKcV57/0gtua.7z.html

The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions (US Edition) by Dan Davies English | April 18, 2024 | ISBN: 1788169557, 1788169549, 9781782839255 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 0.9 MB How life and the economy became a black box-a collection of systems no one understands, producing outcomes no one likes. Passengers get bumped from flights. Phone menus disconnect. Automated financial trades produce market collapse. Of all the challenges in modern life, some of the most vexing come from our relationships with automation: a large system does us wrong, and there's nothing we can do about it. The problem, economist Dan Davies shows, is accountability sinks: systems in which decisions are delegated to a complex rule book or set of standard procedures, making it impossible to identify the source of mistakes when they happen. In our increasingly unhuman world-lives dominated by algorithms, artificial intelligence, and large organizations-these accountability sinks produce more than just aggravation. They make life and economy unknowable-a black box for no reason. InThe Unaccountability Machine, Davies lays bare how markets, institutions, and even governments systematically generate outcomes that no one-not even those involved in making them-seems to want. Since the earliest days of the computer age, theorists have foreseen the dangers of complex systems without personal accountability. In response, British business scholar Stafford Beer developed an accountability-first approach to management called "cybernetics," which might have taken off had his biggest client (the Chilean government) not fallen to a bloody coup in 1973. With his signature blend of economic and journalistic rigor, Davies examines what's gone wrong since Beer, including what might have been had the world embraced cybernetics when it had the chance. The Unaccountability Machine is a revelatory and resonant account of how modern life became predisposed to dysfunction. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/130b40cea9e71b87938018fe79111bdb/w8zr6.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/q8f7j4xbry09/w8zr6.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/sbegjnxwise8/w8zr6.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/ndUVY1FoUK/w8zr6.7z.html

The Ultimate Vaccine Timeline: A Fact-Packed History of Vaccines and Their Makers by Shaz Khan English | May 13, 2025 | ISBN: 1648210678, 9781648210686 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 34 MB Dive deep into a comprehensive fact-packed history of vaccines that includes information on vaccine manufacturers and their evolution over time. Browse through an extensive series of verifiable and documented facts on vaccines. For well over a century, vaccines have been routinely recommended to billions of people worldwide, mostly children and babies. With an ever-increasing portfolio of vaccines using novel technologies on the global market, it is important now more than ever to consolidate a chronology of facts relating to human vaccination. Considering the current climate of censorship around vaccines, this publication will contribute to an expanded understanding of this important medical intervention. Spanning over fifteen hundred years, this thoroughly researched timeline is an educational tool for any researcher, student, doctor, scientist, parent, or curious human being wishing to gain a broader perspective and insight into the complex and vast landscape of human vaccination. From smallpox to shingles; tetanus to tuberculosis; hepatitis B to HPV, discover when, where, and by whom these vaccines were invented and marketed. Including a historical timeline of pharmaceutical company beginnings, mergers and acquisitions since the seventeenth century, this illustrated reference book shines a light on the controversial subject of vaccines and their makers. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/d163f68657369eb0e506a78078a4eb6d/jhsrp.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/rykvf1ktzt79/jhsrp.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/pnwej8vrorvw/jhsrp.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/Fd5XVAzb9t/jhsrp.7z.html

Sreekanth Ganeshi, "The Ultimate Leadership in You: How to Become an Effective and Potential Leader and Awakening the Leader in You " English | ASIN : B0B5TM7DZ9 | 2022 | 145 pages | AZW | 273 KB Are you ready to unleash the leader within and transform your life? "The Ultimate Leadership In You" is a compelling guide tailored for aspiring leaders like you, empowering you to cultivate powerful leadership skills, lead with integrity, and create a lasting impact on the world around you. Discover the transformational power of your leadership potential as you embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth with "The Ultimate Leadership In You." Here is what you can get from this book Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/aca8366b00ae86c800c1bb60e10aecea/avv8j.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ae32uv89fcox/avv8j.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/sggbv3s7qrj2/avv8j.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/f9vPuCj4QU/avv8j.7z.html

Laura Di Franco, "The Ultimate Guide to Self-Healing Techniques: 25 Home Practices & Tools for Peak Holistic Health & Wellness" English | ISBN: 1733073884 | 2020 | 232 pages | PDF | 42 MB Pain relief secrets doctors don't share. What if there's something you haven't learned yet that could change everything? I'm guessing you'd want to know what that is. This book gives you 25 of those things. Go ahead, click! You'll learn from 25 holistic health experts who specialize in unique modalities for peak mind, body, soul health and wellness. Most self-treatment books concentrate on only one modality. What you have in your hands is a powerful toolkit and a rare find; the collaborative energy, effort, intention, and love from over two dozen practitioners and healers who've made their lives about helping people like you thrive! You'll experience healing when you practice the tools with their patient guidance, but don't be surprised when you feel that even more as you read and deeply resonate with their stories. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/acdbb4a0e5bff26c005f319fd696436b/qvme0.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/tmcq5bmp8fs7/qvme0.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/6qe45l2x063b/qvme0.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/pcRbLJwWW9/qvme0.7z.html

William Gueraiche, "The UAE: Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition " English | ISBN: 1784539309 | 2017 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB William Gueraiche's work is the first scholarly study of the UAE's campaign to establish itself on the international stage and to explore the impact that its economic transformation has had on the country. Emirati society remains at core conservative and the preservation of Arab-Islamic identity remains important, yet the UAE has the highest proportion of foreigners of any country in the world. What does this mean for the identity of Emiratis living there and what are the implications for foreigners working there? The author also explores the environmental costs of the Dubai lifestyle, its 'Look East' policy and increasing volume of trade with eastern Asia, and the ways in which the UAE has sought to challenge the traditional hegemony of Saudi Arabia in the region. In a final chapter the author examines the impact of the economic depression that called the whole representation of Dubai into question. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/97508a8c10e232282b93dfd014115071/y378z.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/gxmg29dzc6ys/y378z.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/lv0qu60jcfxr/y378z.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/3Ii3v6s8Hw/y378z.7z.html

Noura Saber Al-Mazrouei, "The UAE and Saudi Arabia: Border Disputes and International Relations in the Gulf " English | ISBN: 1784533238 | 2016 | 288 pages | PDF | 8 MB Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been engaged in a long-standing border dispute and in 2004 the UAE launched a public diplomatic campaign to persuade Saudi Arabia to revisit the issue. The governments of Saudi Arabia and the UAE had already signed the Treaty of Jeddah in 1974 to end forty years of conflict over territory. However, discrepancies between the oral agreement and final text led to recurrent tensions. This book offers understanding about how the Treaty of Jeddah came about and why the UAE were so quick to sign an agreement they would later regret. Based on research from the British archives, American reports and personal interviews, Noura Al-Mazrouei looks back to the 'colonial period' (1935-1971), when the Trucial States, consisting of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm all Quwain, Fujairah, Ras al Khaima and Ajman, functioned as British Protectorates, to investigate the nature of the territorial negotiations that ensued during the time.The book shows that the negotiating position of the UAE, which was formed by the union of the Trucial States in 1971, was substantially weakened after the departure of the British that year, while Saudi Arabia's situation was strengthened by the United States' Twin Pillar policy that made both Saudi Arabia and Iran guarantors of its national security interests in the region. Saudi Arabia and the UAE sheds light on the complicated history of the Saudi-UAE territorial negotiations and, in assessing the boundary question during the rule of Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and his son, Sheikh Khalifa, the book suggests how the UAE might still secure a final, more beneficial revision to the agreement. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/37445dabbe5e6d8a360b2a62629c0ce3/2ns7k.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/yu1v0mnmo8u5/2ns7k.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/pfsbqyh7p5x1/2ns7k.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/AiyIcJk98V/2ns7k.7z.html

Henry Walker, "The Twin Horse Gods: The Dioskouroi in Mythologies of the Ancient World " English | ISBN: 1784530034 | 2015 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal magnificence or the ruling classes. Despite their popularity, no dedicated study has been published on the horse gods for over a hundred years. Henry John Walker here addresses this neglect. His comparative study traces the origins, meanings and applications of the twin divinities to social and ritual settings in Greece, Vedic India (where the brothers named Castor and Pollux were revered as Indo-European gods called the Asvins), Etruria and classical Rome. He demonstrates, for example, that since the Dioskouroi were regarded as being halfway between gods and men, so young Spartans - undergoing a fierce and rigorous military training - saw themselves as standing midway between animal and human. Such creative interpretations of the myth thus played a central role in the culture and society of antiquity. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/687b9f984fcf013b949169f96223b97a/jb8po.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/cvam1c3sc22h/jb8po.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/deq82aaaw3fs/jb8po.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/DyCnwlJ8ju/jb8po.7z.html

Onur Önol, "The Tsar's Armenians: A Minority in Late Imperial Russia " English | ISBN: 1784537969 | 2017 | 288 pages | PDF | 2 MB In 1903 Tsar Nicholas II issued a decree allowing the confiscation of Armenian Church property, marking the low point in relations between imperial Russia and its Armenian subjects. Yet just over a decade later, Russian Armenians were fully supportive of the Russian war effort. Drawing on previously untouched archival material and a range of secondary sources published in English, French, Russian and Turkish, this is the first English-language study of this drastic change in relations in the Caucasus. Onur Onol explains how and why the shift took place by looking in detail at the imperial Russian authorities and their relationship with the three pillars of the Russian Armenian community: the Armenian Church, the Armenian bourgeoisie and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun). Onol places the evolution within a context of wider political questions, such as the Russian revolutionary movement, Russia's nationalities question, Tsarist fears of pan-Islamism, the path to World War I and the influence of key characters in Russian policy making, from Pyotr Stolypin to Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov.This book fills a conspicuous void in the extant historiography, and will be of interest to scholars working on Russian, Armenian and Ottoman history. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/c1760c47ccdfd375620a18e74a910852/womnq.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/r0hgbkt808h5/womnq.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/flff4qv0oqga/womnq.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/Be4HP7cewg/womnq.7z.html

Sharon Tam, "The Trinitarian Dance: How the Triune God Develops Transformational Leaders" English | ISBN: 1625645570 | 2015 | 176 pages | EPUB | 1345 KB The Trinitarian Dance presents a model of leadership development based on the Holy Trinity. Part one analyzes the present state of the cultural and ecclesiastical situation in Canada, identifying specific trends and aspects relating to the need for development of effective leadership in the church. This section sets the stage for Part two, where a theology of trinitarian leadership is developed based on the dynamic of perichoresis, with the motif of a dance used to present a paradigm of transformational leadership. Part three offers church-based strategies for leadership development, concluding with a creative application of the doxological formula that captures the thrust of the entire book and leads it to a finale that includes a benediction of hope for the church through this leadership model. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/b7dd9733430305c7b3ec8259202961b9/5afvn.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/kqts3q6tn8fg/5afvn.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/dm16wrg6390g/5afvn.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/c1WxUAoKwU/5afvn.7z.html

The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda V. Mapes English | April 22, 2025 | ISBN: 0295753676 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 99 MB A call to rethink our relationship with forests Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth and other natural forests face existential threats caused by humans―and their survival is crucial to ours. In a bicoastal journey, environmental journalist LyndaV. Mapes connects the present and future of Pacific Northwest forests to the hard-logged legacy forests of the northeastern United States. Beginning in Oregon and Washington, where old growth supports, and is supported by, the region's salmon, we meet Jerry Franklin, who led scientists in recognizing and studying the distinctiveness of these majestic spaces. From there, we journey to Vancouver Island, where Indigenous activists and scientists strive to preserve the health of Nuu-chah-nulth traditional homelands amid continued clearcutting. On the East Coast, we see the corduroy patterns of lands that have been logged for generations, leaving industrial carnage along formerly life-filled waterways. Mapes interviews Penobscot elders and scientists whose new practices are restoring the fish runs, as well as loggers using new technologies to harvest more sustainably. With vibrant storytelling supported by science and traditional ecological knowledge, Mapes invites readers to understand the world where trees are kin, not commodities. The Trees Are Speaking is essential reading for those with a deep interest in environmental stewardship, Indigenous land rights, and the urgent challenges posed by climate change. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/10f91d7295bcf3bcccdee15c08225f52/b4n5f.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/o3e5ektctxl9/b4n5f.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ecv57bw70vde/b4n5f.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/DvfHOZCIbT/b4n5f.7z.html

Philipp W. Stockhammer Corinna Forberg, "The Transformative Power of the Copy" English | ISBN: 3946054145 | 2017 | 407 pages | PDF | 46 MB RapidGator https://rg.to/file/02d58482702205c83701214926b2b1c7/ye1kb.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/yo5qsuhv3kv7/ye1kb.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/e70sy3c2n9jb/ye1kb.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/1Qo3iDFHDN/ye1kb.7z.html

Professor John Gatta, "The Transfiguration of Christ and Creation" English | ISBN: 1498257267 | 2011 | 166 pages | EPUB | 14 MB The biblical story of Jesus' Transfiguration "on a high mountain" bristles with meanings germane to present-day concerns and spiritual longings. Together with its later artistic representations, this episode from the synoptic gospels seizes the imagination as an icon of mystical hope, beauty, and possibility. What might such an iconic episode, long honored liturgically in the Eastern church, disclose not only about Jesus, but also about the prospect of seeing our human nature transformed? And as interpreted by Christian tradition since the patristic era, what might it tell us about the worth of envisioning not just a conservation or preservation of natural resources but a transfiguration of all creation, and about how this "feast of beauty" could re-energize current discussions of Christianity's relation to environmental attitudes and policy? Such questions are addressed in this book through an original blend of personal reflection with commentary on relevant theological and scriptural texts, literary works, music, and art. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/052fae8b2b0b6e57a93cc4be2e2188ca/l61mg.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/ar0zryjl2nsy/l61mg.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/e6ubxn74re1g/l61mg.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/FmPgSaNbJg/l61mg.7z.html

The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikötter English | September 24, 2013 | ISBN: 1620403471, 9781620403488 | True EPUB | 400 pages | 2.4 MB A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China, by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence." So begins Frank Dikötter's stunning and revelatory chronicle of Mao Zedong's ascension and campaign to transform the Chinese into what the party called New People. Following the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, after a bloody civil war, Mao hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City, and the world watched as the Communist revolution began to wash away the old order. Due to the secrecy surrounding the country's records, little has been known before now about the eight years that followed, preceding the massive famine and Great Leap Forward. Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, secret police reports, unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, eyewitness accounts of those who survived, and more, The Tragedy of Liberationbears witness to a shocking, largely untold history. Interweaving stories of ordinary citizens with tales of the brutal politics of Mao's court, Frank Dikötter illuminates those who shaped the "liberation" and the horrific policies they implemented in the name of progress. People of all walks of life were caught up in the tragedy that unfolded, and whether or not they supported the revolution, all of them were asked to write confessions, denounce their friends, and answer queries about their political reliability. One victim of thought reform called it a "carefully cultivated Auschwitz of the mind." Told with great narrative sweep, The Tragedy of Liberation is a powerful and important document giving voice at last to the millions who were lost, and casting new light on the foundations of one of the most powerful regimes of the twenty-first century. RapidGator https://rg.to/file/4ff5bfae3919cb6b57af04f228a563b6/p0jnx.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/dkp7gb0g8bea/p0jnx.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/ua2oluwfz7jz/p0jnx.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/aOMS3U80kG/p0jnx.7z.html

Sybe Schaap, "The Tragedy of Almightiness: Revaluing Ethical Life" English | ISBN: 1498233066 | 2016 | 268 pages | EPUB | 2 MB The Tragedy of Almightiness encircles the theme of human yearning for omnipotence, as expressed in religion and various ideologies. The central question revolves around the matter of what-in pursuing such an extreme power of the will-man seeks to achieve. While exploring the question, a thought-provoking link is made between religion and atheism; between the Biblical longing for God's promise and the Marxist appeal for man to realize that same promise. Omnipotence must vouch for the fulfilling of the promise, for justice and for man's dream of redemption. However that is not where it ends. The longing for salvation turns out to have a dangerous reverse side to it because it encourages a turning away from the actual world and the all-pervading evil. Omnipotence also facilitates the avenging of such evil. History has shown what this kind of yearning can lead to. The book demonstrates how modernity translates Biblical longings into ideologically justified revengefulness. The description of this process leads to a plea for renewed ethical purpose in life. It is a challenge that also extends to religion. Hence the reason that it is necessary to depart from the idea of omnipotence. Read more RapidGator https://rg.to/file/f1a981b40017eefa0ba21b704197af2a/r80pu.7z.html Fileaxa https://fileaxa.com/p9hi2pmvs4sc/r80pu.7z [b]FilesPayouts[/b] https://filespayouts.com/t0kjzs80jjxv/r80pu.7z Fikper https://fikper.com/Fzqk56oI0c/r80pu.7z.html