Tag: Life

Free Download Heiko Droste, "Urban Life in Nordic Countries "
English | ISBN: 1032387211 | 2023 | 448 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Based on empirical studies, this book investigates the particular urban history of the North from the 17th century until today in a comparative, Northern perspective.

Free Download Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, "The Scent of the Father: Essay on the Limits of Life and Science in Sub-Saharan Africa "
English | ISBN: 1509551387 | 2023 | 200 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist, and academic, widely considered to be one of the most important African thinkers of his generation. The ideas and arguments he has developed in his writings since the 1970s, including The Invention of Africa, have been hugely influential across many disciplines and established his reputation as one of the essential postcolonial thinkers of our time.

Free Download Gary J. Schmitt, "The Professions and Civic Life"
English | ISBN: 1498536204 | 2016 | 242 pages | EPUB | 1240 KB
Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual professions-such as the legal and education professions, journalism, economics, architecture, or the military-arguably present practical avenues through which to teach civic behavior and to restore Americans’ broken trust.

Free Download Steve Kemme, "The Outsider: The Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn: The Man Who Introduced Voodoo, Creole Cooking and Japanese Ghosts to "
English | ISBN: 4805317604 | 2023 | 272 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
Step into the extraordinary life of the man who made an impact as an observer wherever he lived, and went on to become the leading western interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture-a position he still occupies today.

Free Download Andrew N. Palmer, "The Life of the Syrian Saint Barsauma: Eulogy of a Hero of the Resistance to the Council of Chalcedon (Volume 61) "
English | ISBN: 0520304179 | 2020 | 156 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Andrew N. Palmer’s vivid translation of the Syriac Life of Barsauma opens a fascinating window onto the ancient Middle East, seen through the life and actions of one of its most dramatic and ambiguous characters: the monk Barsauma, ascetic hero to some, religious terrorist to others. The Life takes us into the eye of the storm that raged around Christian attempts to define the nature of Christ in the great Council of Chalcedon, the effect of which was to split the growing Church irrevocably, with the Oriental Orthodox on one side and Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic on the other. Previously known only in extracts, this ancient text is now finally brought to readers in its entirety, casting dramatic new light on the relations among pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Holy Land and on the role of religious violence, real or imagined, in the mental world of a Middle East as shot through with conflict as it is today.

Free Download Debashish Sengupta, "The Life of Y: Engaging Millennials as Employees and Consumers"
English | ISBN: 9386602741 | 2018 | 316 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
1st prize in the DMA-NTPC Management Book Awards, 2018.

Free Download Christina of Hane, "The Life of Christina of Hane"
English | ISBN: 0300250991 | 2020 | 208 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The first English translation of The Life of Christina of Hane, a gripping account of a largely unknown medieval female mystic

Free Download Carole Hillenbrand, "The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt"
English | ISBN: 1474447325 | 2019 | 192 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This commemorative volume discusses aspects of the life and work of the internationally famous scholar Professor W. Montgomery Watt (1909-2006). His writings on Islam and on Muslim-Christian relations gained him great prestige and respect, not only in the West but also – and perhaps more significantly – right across the Muslim world.

Free Download Angela Oberer, "The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel "
English | ISBN: 9462988994 | 2020 | 326 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel is the first extensive biographical narrative in English of Rosalba Carriera. It is also the first scholarly investigation of the external and internal factors that helped to create this female painter’s unique career in eighteenth-century Europe. It documents the difficulties, complications, and consequences that arose then – and can also arise today – when a woman decides to become an independent artist. This book contributes a new, in-depth analysis of the interplay between society’s expectations, generally accepted codices for gendered behaviour, and one single female painter’s astute strategies for achieving success, as well as autonomy in her professional life as a famed artist. Some of the questions that the author raises are: How did Carriera manage to build up her career? How did she run her business and organize her own workshop? What kind of artist was Carriera? Finally, what do her self-portraits reveal in terms of self-enactment and possibly autobiographical turning points?

Free Download Phil Currie, "The Life Of A Gym Screw: Parkhurst to Longlartin and every gym I’ve worked in"
English | ISBN: 1916572332 | 2023 | 372 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
A fascinating and gripping account of prison life from phil currie, retired physical education officer, with almost 30 years experience of working in high security prisons Parkhurst and Long Lartin.