Tag: Myths

Free Download David M. Krueger, "Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America"
English | ISBN: 0816696969 | 2015 | 232 pages | AZW3 | 3 MB
What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades.

Free Download Christopher Abram, "Myths of the Pagan North: The Gods of the Norsemen"
English | ISBN: 1847252478 | 2011 | 272 pages | AZW3 | 1375 KB
As the Vikings began to migrate overseas as raiders or settlers in the late eighth century, there is evidence that this new way of life, centred on warfare, commerce and exploration, brought with it a warrior ethos that gradually became codified in the Viking myths, notably in the cult of Odin, the god of war, magic and poetry, and chief god in the Norse pantheon.

Free Download Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World’s Classics) translated by Stephanie Dalley
English | February 15, 2009 | ISBN: 0199538360 | True PDF | 368 pages | 10.9 MB
The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of weakness.

Free Download My Encyclopedia of Very Important Myths and Legends: For Little Learners Who Love Fantastic Stories (My Very Important Encyclopedias) by DK
English | August 20th, 2024 | ISBN: 0744098440 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 86.16 MB
This exciting introduction to myths and legends is brimming with magical stories from the very furthest corners of the world.

Free Download Lest: Australian War Myths by Mark Dapin
English | July 3rd, 2024 | ISBN: 1761108069 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 3.70 MB
From Simpson’s donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn’t happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight.

Free Download Alvin L. Alm, "Coal Myths and Environmental Realities: Industrial Fuel-Use Decisions in a Time of Change: Industrial Fuel-use Decisions In A Time Of Change"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367165260 | EPUB | pages: 172 | 1.1 mb
This book deals with two inconsistent myths that persistently surround industrial use of coal. The first myth is that the Clean Air Act precluded the use of coal; the second, that industrial use of coal will expand rapidly as a result of purely economic choices. .

Free Download Jo Waugh, "Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes, and the Politics of Infection "
English | ISBN: 3031651391 | 2024 | 219 pages | EPUB, PDF | 639 KB + 6 MB
This book argues for the significance of contagious disease in critical and biographical assessment of Charlotte Brontë’s work. Waugh argues that contagion, infection, and quarantining strategies are central themes in Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849), and Villette (1853). This book establishes the ways in which Charlotte Brontë was closely engaged with the political and social contexts in which she wrote, extending this to the representation and metaphorical import of illness in Brontë’s novels. Waugh also posits that although miasmatic theories are often assumed to have been entirely in the ascendant in the late 1840s, the relationship between miasma and contagion was a complex one and contagion in fact remained a crucial way for Charlotte Brontë to represent disease itself, as well as to explore the relationships between the individual and social, political, and cultural contexts. Contagion and its metaphors are central to Charlotte Brontë’s construction of subjectivity and of the responsibilities of the individual and the group.

Free Download Bad Girls of Ancient Greece: Myths and Legends from the Baddies that Started it all by Lizzy Tiffin
English | June 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0008687080 | 336 pages | True EPUB | 2.11 MB
You’ve heard all about the ‘brilliant men’ of ancient myth, but what about the scheming and scandalous women who were so often lost in their shadow?

Free Download John Stossel, "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel – Why Everything You Know is Wrong"
English | 2007 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 0786893931, 1401302548 | EPUB | 0,7 mb
Now in paperback: The major national bestseller that the New York Times says "tosses sand on liberal sacred cows"John Stossel – award-winning journalist, tireless consumer-rights crusader, and anchor of ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20 – has built his reputation on his willingness to debunk conventional wisdom, no matter the source. In his latest New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 200,000 copies in hardcover, he busts the myths, lies, and downright stupidity clogging media outlets on all sides of the spectrum. Taking a shovel to the heaps of misinterpretations and outright mistakes passing for "fact" these days, Stossel proves:-That contrary to popular belief, Americans have more free time now than ever before; -How DDT could actually save millions of lives annually, if only we hadn’t been wrongly convinced it caused cancer; -That Republicans don’t shrink government – they expand it; -Why bottled water is a rip-off (hint: not only doesn’t it taste better than tap, it’s no healthier either!); -How "defective product" lawsuits end up depriving us of safer products; -Why it’s okay to marry your cousin; -And much, much more.Bursting with facts, sharp insights, and plain old common sense, Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity is a modern muckraking classic.

Free Download Samia Rahman, "Muslim Women and Misogyny: Myths and Misunderstandings"
English | ISBN: 1911723014 | 2024 | 216 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Muslim women are among the most fetishized and objectified groups in society today. Much is assumed and imagined about their lives, and it is all too easy to succumb to orientalist myths. For too long, Muslim women have been reduced to two-dimensional stereotypes: empowered heroines rejecting patriarchal religious teachings, or victims of a misogyny believed to run deep within Islam. But why is this neatly packaged view so pervasive? Are oppression and subjugation actually so central to Muslim women’s lives? How is this misogyny influenced by white supremacy and Islamophobia? And where do the biggest threats to Muslim women’s freedom and safety really come from?