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Free Download David Gooblar, "Roth after Eighty: Philip Roth and the American Literary Imagination"
English | ISBN: 1498514650 | 2016 | 214 pages | EPUB | 1385 KB
Philip Roth scholars continue to reflect on what Philip Roth’s retirement in 2012 means for the landscape of American literature and what his professed disappearance from the public eye in 2014 would mean for the future consideration of his legacy.

Free Download Ethan Brown, "Hope after Faith: An Ex-Pastor’s Journey from Belief to Atheism"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0306822245 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 2.7 mb
Atheism’s leading lights have long been intellectuals raised in the secular and academic worlds: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens. By contrast, Jerry DeWitt was born and bred into the church and was in fact a Pentecostal preacher before arriving at atheism through an extraordinary dialogue with faith that spanned more than a quarter of a century. Hope After Faith is his account of that journey.

Free Download Sally H. Barlow, "Finding Wholeness and Happiness After Divorce"
English | 1997 | ISBN: 1573452947, 1590383168 | EPUB | pages: 245 | 0.4 mb
The statistics are alarming-in the world, in the Church, in temple marriages. Divorce is all too common among today. Of every 100 U.S. couples who marry, 40 to 50 couples will eventually divorce. In this new collection, a variety of mental health professionals and others present their Latter-day Saint perspectives on divorce and related issues. The book discusses women and divorce, men and divorce, children and divorce, dating again, blended families, remarriage, marriage counseling, and so on. All but one of the contributing authors can speak from personal experience about divorce. This book, which will help couples contemplating divorce and men and women who are working through divorce, offers guidance, ideas, comfort and gospel perspective for those struggling through the painful experience of divorce. Author Dr. A. Dean Byrd writes, "After divorce lives can be put back together. Healing can occur." This hopeful message can help people begin that healing process.

Free Download Dina Badie, "After Saddam: American Foreign Policy and the Destruction of Secularism in the Middle East"
English | ISBN: 1498538991 | 2017 | 212 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
After Saddam: American Foreign Policy and the Destruction of Secularism in the Middle East investigates the manner in which American foreign policy in Iraq artificially shifted the balance of power in the region and brought religious identities to the foreground. Deposing Saddam Hussein resulted in a new regional order that diminished the strength of secular nationalism, elevated Iran and Saudi Arabia as regional rivals, and by implication, established a new ideological paradigm that privileged competing religious factions over secular ideals. The trend first manifested itself in Iraq during the American occupation with Iranian-backed Shiites fighting Saudi-supported Sunnis. A similar dynamic is evident in current regional wars in Syria and Yemen. By elevating particular groups through rhetorical, financial, and military support, civil conflicts in the Middle East reflect the ideologies behind the Saudi-Iranian rivalry. This book therefore looks beyond popular narratives of intractable, long-standing Sunni-Shia conflict to explain the source of current sectarian tension as a product of balance of power dynamics. It also helps to explain the fracturing of the region that created a ripe environment for groups like the Islamic State to capitalize on sectarian grievances.

Free Download William G. Martin, "After Prisons?: Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment"
English | ISBN: 1498539157 | 2016 | 156 pages | EPUB | 1456 KB
As recently as five years ago mass incarceration was widely considered to be a central, permanent feature of the political and social landscape. The number of people in U.S. prisons is still without historic parallel anywhere in the world or in U.S. history. But in the last few years, the population has decreased, in some states by almost a third. A broad consensus is emerging to reduce prison rolls. Politicians have called for repealing the harshest sentencing laws of the war on drugs, abolishing mandatory minimums and closing correctional facilities. Does the decrease in the prison population herald the dismantling of mass incarceration?

Free Download Laurent de Sutter, "After Law"
English | ISBN: 1509542361 | 2021 | 240 pages | PDF | 974 KB
Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might think.

Free Download After Eden: A Short History of the World by John Charles Chasteen
English | November 14th, 2023 | ISBN: 1324036923 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 8.26 MB
To solve the problems of the twenty-first century, historian John Charles Chasteen argues that we must first know our shared human story.

Free Download Brian P. Irwin, "After Dispensationalism: Reading the Bible for the End of the World"
English | ISBN: 1683596811 | 2023 | 400 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
What God wants his people to know about the end times.

Free Download Victor Alonso Troncoso, "After Alexander: The Time of the Diadochi "
English | ISBN: 1785705121 | 2016 | 240 pages | PDF | 7 MB
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC without a chosen successor he left behind a huge empire and ushered in a turbulent period, as his generals fought for control of vast territories. The time of the Successors (Diadochi) is usually defined as beginning in 323 BC and ending with the deaths of the last two Successors in 281 BC. This is a major publication devoted to the Successors and contains eighteen papers reflecting current research.

Free Download Amin Saikal, "Afghanistan and Its Neighbors after the NATO Withdrawal "
English | ISBN: 1498529127 | 2016 | 240 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The planned reductions in NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan through 2015 and a final withdrawal at the end of 2016 brings up numerous pressing questions about the security and national interests of not just Afghanistan, but of the broader region itself. The problem of a chaotic Afghanistan-or of an outright Taliban victory-is of great concern to not only immediate neighbors such as Iran, Pakistan, and the former Soviet Central Asian republics to the north, but also to those countries in the region with Afghanistan-related security or economic concerns, such as China and India. Further abroad, Russian, American and European interests and plans for dealing with the fallout from Afghanistan must also be taken into account as these major powers have enduring interests in Afghanistan and the region. This volume puts the prospects for short- and mid-term security dynamics at the core of the analysis, with each case being placed in its proper contemporary historical, economic, and political context. The book will offer a truly comprehensive, nuanced, and timely account of the security situation in and around Afghanistan.