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Free Download The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief By James Wood
2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0312429568 | EPUB | 1 MB
Published when he was thirty-three, The Broken Estate is the first book of essays by the man who would become one of America’s most esteemed literary critics.Ranging in subject from Jane Austen to John Updike, this collection introduced American readers to a new kind of humanist criticism. Wood is committed to judging literature through its connection with the soul, its appeal to our appetites and identities, and he examines his subjects rigorously, without ever losing sight of the mysterious human impulse that has made these works valuable to generations of readers.

Free Download Michael G. Cornelius, "The Boy Detectives: Essays on the Hardy Boys and Others"
English | 2010 | pages: 221 | ISBN: 0786460334 | PDF | 1,0 mb
Much has been written about the girl sleuth in fiction, a feminist figure embodying all the potential wit and drive of girlhood. Her male counterpart, however, has received much less critical attention despite his popularity in the wider culture. This collection of 11 essays examines the boy detective and his genre from a number of critical perspectives, addressing the issues of these young characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon and Joe Meno.

Free Download Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, "The Beyonce Effect: Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism"
English | 2016 | pages: 228 | ISBN: 0786499745 | EPUB | 2,7 mb
Since her late-1990s debut as a member of the R&B trio Destiny’s Child, Beyonce Knowles has garnered both praise and criticism. While some consider her an icon of female empowerment, others see her as detrimental to feminism and representing a negative image of women of color. Her music has a decidedly pop aesthetic, yet her power-house vocals and lyrics focused on issues like feminine independence, healthy sexuality and post-partum depression give her songs dimension and substance beyond typical pop fare.

Free Download Teemu Taira, "Taking ‘Religion’ Seriously: Essays on the Discursive Study of Religion "
English | ISBN: 9004511695 | 2022 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Drawing on examples from judicial processes, media discourses, and scholarly debates related to Wiccans, Druids, and Jedi knights, among others, this book examines how social actors negotiate what counts as "religion" and argues for the relevance of the discursive study of religion.

Free Download Michael Mawson, "Standing under the Cross: Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology "
English | ISBN: 0567709469 | 2023 | 216 pages | EPUB | 410 KB
Standing Under the Cross focuses on Bonhoeffer’s rich theological and ethical thinking. It places Bonhoeffer in conversation with a wide range of modern theologians, including Karl Barth, Franz Rosenzweig, Jürgen Moltmann, and James Cone. The book gives particular attention to hermeneutics, the body, and Bonhoeffer’s rich reflections on community and discipleship. Mawson attends to the complex ways in which these aspects of Bonhoeffer’s thinking work together, and shows how they can assist us in responding to some of the challenges confronting us today.

Free Download Something to Declare: Essays on France and French Culture By Julian Barnes
2003 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1400030870 | EPUB | 4 MB
Anyone who loves France (or just feels strongly about it), or has succumbed to the spell of Julian Barnes’s previous books, will be enraptured by this collection of essays on the country and its culture. Barnes’s appreciation extends from France’s vanishing peasantry to its hyper-literate pop singers, from the gleeful iconoclasm of nouvelle vague cinema to the orgy of drugs and suffering that is the Tour de France. Above all, Barnes is an unparalleled connoisseur of French writing and writers. Here are the prolific and priapic Simenon, Baudelaire, Sand and Sartre, and several dazzling excursions on the prickly genius of Flaubert. Lively yet discriminating in its enthusiasm, seemingly infinite in its range of reference, and written in prose as stylish as haute couture, Something to Declare is an unadulterated joy.

Free Download Social Choice and Strategic Decisions: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey S. Banks By David Austen-Smith, John Duggan (auth.), David Austen-Smith, John Duggan (eds.)
2005 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 3540220534 | PDF | 21 MB
Social choices, about expenditures on government programs, or about public policy more broadly, or indeed from any conceivable set of alternatives, are determined by politics. This book is a collection of essays that tie together the fields spanned by Jeffrey S. Banks` research on this subject. It examines the strategic aspects of political decision-making, including the choices of voters in committees, the positioning of candidates in electoral campaigns, and the behavior of parties in legislatures. The chapters of this book contribute to the theory of voting with incomplete information, to the literature on Downsian and probabilistic voting models of elections, to the theory of social choice in distributive environments, and to the theory of optimal dynamic decision-making. The essays employ a spectrum of research methods, from game-theoretic analysis, to empirical investigation, to experimental testing. In the manner of Jeffrey S. Banks` research, these pieces focus on fundamental social scientific issues, such as the welfare properties of voting systems, the existence and characterization of electroral equilibria, and the impact of parties on political processes.

Free Download Mike Classon Frangos, "Refugee Genres: Essays on the Culture of Flight and Refuge"
English | ISBN: 3031092562 | 2023 | 265 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This volume brings together research on the forms, genres, media and histories of refugee migration. Chapters come from a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches, including literature, film studies, performance studies and postcolonial studies. The goal is to bring together chapters that use the perspectives of the arts and humanities to study representations of refugee migration. The chapters of the anthology are organized around specific forms and genres: life-writing and memoir, the graphic novel, theater and music, film and documentary, coming-of-age stories, street literature, and the literary novel.

Free Download Rediscovering the History of Psychology: Essays Inspired by the Work of Kurt Danziger By Adrian C. Brock (auth.), Adrian C. Brock, Johann Louw, Willem van Hoorn (eds.)
2005 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 0306479060 | PDF | 2 MB
For the last 25 years, Kurt Danziger’s work has been at the center of developments in history and theory of psychology. This volume makes Danziger’s work the focal point of a variety of contributions representing several active areas of research. The authors are among the leading figures in history and theory of psychology from North America, Europe and South Africa, including Danziger himself. This work will serve as a point of departure for those who wish to acquaint themselves with some of the most important issues in this field.

Free Download Organized Crime, Corruption, and Crime Prevention: Essays in Honor of Ernesto U. Savona By Stefano Caneppele, Francesco Calderoni
2013 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 3319018388 | PDF | 5 MB
​​​This volume collects new contributions to research on mafias, organized crime, money laundering, and other forms of complex crimes, gathering some of the most authoritative and well-known scholars in the field. The chapters for this volume are original peices writtenin honor of the retirement of Dr. Ernesto U. Savona, highlighting his research and legacy. Throughout his academic career, Professor Ernesto U. Savona has investigated complex crimes ranging from organized crime, to economic crime, to money laundering. In his work, he has tried to bring together academics, policy makers, and practitioners to bring understanding for crime problems and innovative solutions. His passion towards the practical application of the findings of scientific research led him to found Transcrime in 1994, which is today among the most important criminological think-tanks in Europe.This important bookis aimed atscholars studying criminal policy and research, particularly in the areas of criminal networks, organized crime, white collar crime, the history of criminology.