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English | ISBN: 1350023566 | 2017 | 184 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The desire to create, to write, to fulfil our artistic dreams is a powerful human need. Yet the number of people who make a living solely by their pen is actually quite small. What does that mean for the rest of us, the self-described writing geeks, who are passionate about writing and who still want to sustain successful literary lives? What does it really mean to find time to build a rewarding writing life while pursuing a career, being a partner or raising a family, in the distracted, time-deprived, 21st-century? In
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Free Download Arlene Idol Broadhurst, "The Future Of European Alliance Systems: NATO and the Warsaw Pact"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367307804, 0865314136 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 1.4 mb
Recent events in Afghanistan and Poland, as well as the Twenty-Sixth Party Congress, have raised questions about the future direction of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Similarly, pressing issues such as the placement of long-range theater nuclear forces, burden sharing, and threats to the security of Europe from peripheral areas (for instance, the Middle East) call attention to the urgent need for a re-examination of priorities and strategies within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This book addresses these military considerations, as well as the political and social dimensions of European security. The distinguished authors discuss four major subjects-European security perspectives, NATO, the warsaw Pact, and resource allocations for defense-within the framework of comparative alliance approaches. Their detailed descriptions of current problems, diversities, and discussions within the two alliance systems offer insight into the differing ideas of what constitutes security.
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Free Download The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints By Ralph Martin
2006 | 473 Pages | ISBN: 1931018367 | EPUB | 1 MB
Winner: Honorable Mention from the Catholic Press Association Ralph Martin, drawing upon the teaching of seven acknowledged "Spiritual Doctors" of the Church, presents an indepth study of the journey to God. This book provides encouragement and direction for the pilgrim who desires to know, love, and serve our Lord. Whether the reader is beginning the spiritual journey or has been traveling the road for many years, he will find a treasure of wisdom in The Fulfillment of All Desire. It is destined to be a modern classic on the spiritual life.
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Free Download The Four Loves By C.S. Lewis
2017 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0062565397 | EPUB | 1 MB
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God-part of the C. S. Lewis Signature Classics series.C.S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author ofMere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics-contemplates the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction. Lewis examines four varieties of human love: affection, the most basic form; friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; Eros, passionate love; charity, the greatest and least selfish. Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love-the key to understanding that brings us closer to God.
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Free Download Nathan Wasserman, "The Flood: The Akkadian Sources: A New Edition, Commentary, and a Literary Discussion"
English | 2020 | pages: 210 | ISBN: 9042941731 | PDF | 3,3 mb
The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources - from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh - presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources.
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Free Download Athalya Brenner-Idan, "The Five Scrolls: Texts @ Contexts"
English | ISBN: 0567678938 | 2018 | 248 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In this collection, scholars from diverse geographical locations revisit a cluster of five biblical texts: Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations and Esther. The volume presents various viewpoints and contexts-geographical, communal, religious, social, economical and ethical. Matching scholarship with social awareness, the contributors keep asking themselves and their readers a dual-faced question: how does our life context influence our scholarly and non-scholarly readings of the Bible, and how does reading the Bible critically influence our life?
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Free Download Shamsad Mortuza, "The Figure of the Shaman in Contemporary British Poetry"
English | 2013 | pages: 30 | ISBN: 1443842087 | PDF | 0,2 mb
This genealogical study focuses on the work of five contemporary British poets in order to locate them in a counter cultural tradition that is informed by strategic responses to 'State terrorism.' It identifies some historical moments of ruptures such as the persecution of the Celtic druids by the Romans, the killing of the Welsh bards by Edward 1, the appropriation of the bardic materials by the Romantic poets writing in a post-French Revolution era, and the Beatnik response to a post-World War bi-polar world in order to contextualize and discuss the poets of British Poetry Revival writing under Thatcherism. Drawing on Mircea Eliade's notion of shamanism as 'archaic techniques of ecstasy,' these poets have transformed Eliade's version of the shaman's 'elective trauma' and enacted a critical rejection of totalitarian tools of the state and society. Categorized as the 'Technicians of the Sacred' and the 'Technicians of the Body' these shamanic poets include Iain Sinclair, Jeremy Prynne, Brian Catling, Barry MacSweeney, and Maggie O'Sullivan. Their poetic strategy is not a New Age fad; it rather investigates and inventories the 'hidden' energies of past and present to wrest spirituality away from the confines of religion and politics, while embodying it in textual praxis.
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Free Download Jennifer Westwood, "The Fabled Coast: Legends & Traditions from Around the Shores of Britain & Ireland"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0099551071, 1847947867| EPUB | pages: 528 | 4.6 mb
A rich,magnificent exploration of the folklore and mythology ofthe English and Irish coast
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Free Download Christopher F. Foss, "The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles: The Comprehensive Guide to over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles from 1915 to the Present Day"
English | 2002 | pages: 552 | ISBN: 1571458069 | PDF | 303,1 mb
Warriors have long sought to combine protection and mobility in combat, from ancient chariots to medieval knights and armored wagon. It was the development of the internal combustion engine that allowed a vehicle to possess both features on the battlefield. The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles is a definitive guide to over 1500 armored vehicles that have emerged from the first gasoline engine to the present day. In 1916, during World War I, the tank made its debut on the Western Front for the British, and the face of warfare changed almost overnight. In each nation's quest for battlefield dominance, many different types of armored vehicles have been produced, some more successful than others, all of which are covered in the encyclopedia, with each entry being accompanied by a photograph or artwork, full specifications and a development and career history. The book is divided into sections by country, with entries arranged chronologically. A detailed index is provided for easy cross-referencing. With such in-depth coverage of the subject, The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles is an essential reference guide for anyone interested in the history of military vehicles.
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Free Download The Economics of Immigration Beyond the Cities: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Insights
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031309677 | 172 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 6.5 MB
This book explores how migrants and refugees can revitalise peripheral regions and communities economically. The extent to which migrants stimulate the economic activities of these regions through labour market participation, entrepreneurship, innovation and consumption is examined theoretically and empirically for the EU as a whole, as well as through empirical case studies that highlight the impact of migration at macro, company, and individual levels. A particular focus is given to the economic consequences of Third Country Nationals to places beyond the cities, i.e. the peripheral and remote regions of Europe.
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