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Free Download Short Walks to Curious Places: Exploring 50 of Britain’s Ancient Sites, Myths and Legends by Roly Smith
English | July 9, 2024 | ISBN: 1844866378 | 304 pages | MOBI | 252 Mb
Embark on an extraordinary journey through the British countryside, leading to mysterious sites, ancient wonders and legendary landscapes to uncover 50 of the most intriguing walks in Britain.

Free Download Amândio Reis, "Short Stories, Knowledge and the Supernatural: Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant"
English | ISBN: 3031066804 | 2022 | 260 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book proposes a comparative approach to the supernatural short stories of Machado de Assis, Henry James and Guy de Maupassant. It offers an alternative to predominantly novel-centric and Anglo-centric perspectives on literary pre-modernism by investigating a transnational and multilingual connection between genre, theme and theory, i.e., between the modern short story, the supernatural and the problem of knowledge. Incorporating a close analysis of the literary texts into a discussion of their historical context, the book argues that Machado, James and Maupassant explore and reinvent the supernatural short story as a metafictional genre. This modernized and innovative form allows them to challenge the dichotomies and conventions of realist and supernatural fiction, inviting their past and present readers to question common assumptions on reality and literary representation.

Free Download Olly Richards, "Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way!"
Spanish, English | 2018 | ASIN: B07HWZX3JB | EPUB | pages: 238 | 1.3 mb
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.

Free Download Olly Richards, "Short Stories in Italian for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way! (Readers Vol. 1)"
Italiano, English | 2018 | ASIN: B07HWQ7XGF | EPUB | pages: 219 | 1.3 mb
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.

Free Download Olly Richards, "Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Brazilian Portuguese the fun way!"
Portuguese, English | 2019 | ISBN: 1529302803 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 1.0 mb
"Olly’s top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work – and you will too!" – Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers

Free Download Ennis B. Edmonds, "Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction "
English | ISBN: 0199584524 | 2013 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 17 MB
From its obscure beginnings in Jamaica in the early 1930s, Rastafari has grown into an international socio-religious movement. It is estimated that 700,000 to 1 million people worldwide have embraced Rastafari, and adherents of the movement can be found in most of the major population centers and many outposts of the world. Most believers worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (ruled 1930-1974), as God incarnate. They often embrace the spiritual use of cannabis and reject western society, called Babylon. Believers proclaim Africa (also "Zion") as the original birthplace of mankind, and the call to repatriation to Africa is a key tenet. Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of this widespread but often poorly understood movement. Ennis B. Edmonds looks at the essential history of Rastafari, including its principles and practices and its internal character and configuration. He examines its global spread, its far-reaching influence on cultural and artistic production in the Caribbean and beyond, and its handling of gender issues.

Free Download John Haigh, "Probability: A Very Short Introduction"
English | ISBN: 0199588481 | 2012 | 144 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty requires a sound appreciation of the way random chance works. It requires, in short, an understanding of probability. In this Very Short Introduction, John Haigh introduces the ideas of probability-and the different philosophical approaches to probability-and gives a brief account of the history of development of probability theory, from Galileo and Pascal to Bayes, Laplace, Poisson, and Markov. He describes the basic probability distributions and discusses a wide range of applications in science, economics, and a variety of other contexts such as games and betting. He concludes with an intriguing discussion of coincidences and some curious paradoxes.

Free Download Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions), 2nd Edition by Frank Close
English | February 23rd, 2024 | ISBN: 019287375X | 177 pages | True PDF | 1.69 MB
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

Free Download Maxwell Irvine, "Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction"
English | ISBN: 0199584974 | 2011 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 741 KB
With the world desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gases-a desire compounded by the sky-rocketing cost of fossil fuels-nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news. Yet nuclear power sparks anxiety in many people who are unclear about the nature and extent of the associated risks. In this Very Short Introduction, Maxwell Irvine provides an informative and balanced overview of the entire subject. He presents a concise history of the development of nuclear physics leading up to the emergence of the nuclear power industry and discusses the nature of nuclear energy and the various aspects of public concern, including the risks of nuclear safety, the cost of its development, and the problems of waste disposal. The book looks specifically at safety records, including accounts of the Windscale fire, the Three Mile Island incident, and the Chernobyl disaster. As he dispels much of the widespread confusion about nuclear energy, Irvine argues for the relevance of nuclear power to the ongoing energy crisis and encourages informed debate about its potential.

Free Download Memory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Jonathan K. Foster
English | December 15, 2008 | ISBN: 0192806750 | True EPUB/PDF | 142 pages | 2.7/1.3 MB
Why do we remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well sometimes and not others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated, by psychological techniques or even ‘brain implants’? How does memory grow and change as we age? And what of so-called ‘recovered’ memories?