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September 15, 2024

Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata Hindu Women in History, Text, and Practice

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Free Download Lavanya Vemsani, "Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata: Hindu Women in History, Text, and Practice"
English | ISBN: 3030731642 | 2021 | 281 pages | AZW3 | 732 KB
The Mahabharata preserves powerful journeys of women recognized as the feminine divine and the feminine heroic in the larger culture of India. Each journey upholds the unique aspects of women’s life. This book analytically examines the narratives of eleven women from the Mahabharata in the historical context as well as in association with religious and cultural practices. Lavanya Vemsani brings together history, myth, religion, and practice to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the history of Hindu women, as well as their significance within religious Indian culture. Additionally, Vemsani provides important perspective for understanding the enduring legacy of these women in popular culture and modern society.

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September 15, 2024

Dalit Academic Journeys Stories of Caste, Exclusion and Assertion in Indian Higher Education

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Free Download Bharat Rathod, "Dalit Academic Journeys: Stories of Caste, Exclusion and Assertion in Indian Higher Education"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032109424, 1032125012 | PDF | pages: 266 | 1.9 mb
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the academic journeys of Dalit students and their lived experiences of systemic exclusion in Indian higher education. It explains their educational journeys beyond caste-based discrimination, specifically analyzing the power dynamics, resilience, and resistance in their institutional life.

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September 13, 2024

When the Rivers Run Dry Journeys Into the Heart of the World’s Water Crisis

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Free Download When the Rivers Run Dry: Journeys Into the Heart of the World’s Water Crisis By Fred Pearce
2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 1552637417 | EPUB | 3 MB
Nothing seems more abundant than water. In fact, the world is confronting a global water shortage that could make the oil crisis trivial by comparison. To put the problem in perspective, it takes a staggering 11,000 litres of water to feed the cow it takes to make one McDonald`s quarter pounder. As Fred Pearce warns, "The planet is running out of water." Many of the world`s most powerful rivers have been so devastated by consumption and irrigation drain-off that they no longer reach the sea. Two-thirds of all the world`s supply of water is used to irrigate crops. It takes enough water to fill one hundred bathtubs to irrigate the cotton fields required to make one t-shirt. When the Rivers Run Dry is a journey into the world water crisis. Internationally acclaimed environmental writer and water authority Pearce traverses the globe in this eye-opening portrait of what is fast becoming the planet`s most serious potential catastrophe. From Canada and Texas to India and Palestine, Pearce examines in fascinating and compelling detail how galloping, un-regulated consumption, economic greed and political indifference are putting the world`s water systems at grave risk. As important, the implications of a shortage will have–in fact, already have had–profound and serious consequences on the fragile international political situation. Though the warning signs are dire, Pearce passionately contends that they point to the solutions that will avert the crisis and put the world on the path of sustained and renewable consumption. It`s a challenge we cannot afford to ignore.

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September 13, 2024

School of Evil Book 13 (Twisted Journeys ®)

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Free Download Sandy Carruthers, "School of Evil: Book 13 (Twisted Journeys ®)"
English | 2010 | pages: 116 | ISBN: 0822592711, 0761355073 | PDF | 16,9 mb
At Darkham Academy, the teachers are creepy, monsters lurk in the lab, and your dorm room is haunted! Can you survive the first day of school and finish your homework on time? Every Twisted Journeys® graphic novel lets YOU control the action by choosing which path to follow. Which twists and turns will your journey take?

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June 5, 2024

My Journeys in Economic Theory [Audiobook]

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Free Download Edmund Phelps, David Colacci (Narrator), "My Journeys in Economic Theory"
English | ASIN: B0CZ2JPCD9 | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:20:00 | 202 MB
Edmund Phelps is among the most important economists of his generation. He developed a new understanding of unemployment and inflation and went on to rethink the roots of innovation.
In this book, Phelps tells the story of his role in reshaping economic theory, offering a powerful personal account of a creative and rewarding career. My Journeys in Economic Theory charts two major phases of Phelps’s work, illuminating the breadth of his contributions to the field. First, introducing the expectations of wage setters and cofounding the "equilibrium" rate of unemployment, he built the microeconomic foundations for the employment theory pioneered by Keynes and Hicks. More recently, he conceived a theory of "mass flourishing" in which individuals’ creativity and society’s dynamism fuel grassroots innovation and generate job satisfaction in the process.
Phelps recounts his vivid experiences in the world of economics as well as his relationships with luminaries such as John Rawls, Thomas Nagel, Paul Samuelson, and Paul Volcker. At its core, this book shares the joy of intellectual achievement: the excitement of coming up with a new idea that radically departs from prevailing views and the satisfaction of exercising one’s own ingenuity instead of applying or developing others’ models.

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