Hanneke Grootenboer, "Treasuring the Gaze: Intimate Vision in Late Eighteenth-Century Eye Miniatures"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0226309665 | 223 pages | PDF | 10.8 MB
The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Worn as brooches or pendants, these minuscule eyes served the same emotional need as more conventional mementoes, such as lockets containing a coil of a loved one's hair. The fashion lasted only a few decades, and by the early 1800s eye miniatures had faded into oblivion. Unearthing these portraits in Treasuring the Gaze, Hanneke Grootenboer proposes that the rage for eye miniatures-and their abrupt disappearance-reveals a knot in the unfolding of the history of vision. Drawing on Alois Riegl, Jean-Luc Nancy, Marcia Pointon, Melanie Klein, and others, Grootenboer unravels this knot, discovering previously unseen patterns of looking and strategies for showing. She shows that eye miniatures portray the subject's gaze rather than his or her eye, making the recipient of the keepsake an exclusive beholder who is perpetually watched. These treasured portraits always return the looks they receive and, as such, they create a reciprocal mode of viewing that Grootenboer calls intimate vision. Recounting stories about eye miniatures-including the role one played in the scandalous affair of Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince of Wales, a portrait of the mesmerizing eye of Lord Byron, and the loss and longing incorporated in crying eye miniatures-Grootenboer shows that intimate vision brings the gaze of another deep into the heart of private experience. With a host of fascinating imagery from this eccentric and mostly forgotten yet deeply private keepsake, Treasuring the Gaze provides new insights into the art of miniature painting and the genre of portraiture.

Robin A. Deutsch, "Traumatic Ruptures: Abandonment and Betrayal in the Analytic Relationship"
English | 2014 | pages: 239 | ISBN: 0415539315 | PDF | 1,6 mb
For much of its history, psychoanalysis has been strangely silent about sudden ruptures in the analytic relationship and their immediate and far-reaching effects for those involved. Such issues of betrayal and abandonment - the death of an analyst, a patient's suicide, an ethical violation - disrupt the stability and cohesion of the analytic framework and leave indelible marks on both individuals and institutions alike.

Ladislav Timulak, "Transforming Emotional Pain in Psychotherapy: An emotion-focused approach"
English | 2015 | pages: 196 | ISBN: 1138790184 | PDF | 1,5 mb
Emotion-focused therapy is a research-informed psychological therapy that to date has mainly been studied in the context of depression, trauma and couple distress. The evidence suggests that this therapy has a lasting and transformative effect. Ladislav Timulak presents EFT as a particular therapeutic approach that addresses psychological human suffering, offering a view that puts more emphasis on attending to the distress, rather than avoiding or suppressing it.

Mark Widdowson, "Transactional Analysis for Depression: A step-by-step treatment manual"
English | 2015 | pages: 223 | ISBN: 113881234X | PDF | 2,4 mb
Transactional Analysis for Depression is the first research-based, transactional analysis psychotherapy manual. Developed from the author's research into TA therapy for depression, the book also draws upon a wide range of contemporary research findings relating to depression and its treatment. Mark Widdowson provides the reader with a solid understanding about the nature of depression and clear guidance about how to provide effective psychotherapy for depressed clients.

Owen Temby, "Towards Continental Environmental Policy?: North American Transnational Networks and Governance "
English | ISBN: 1438467575 | 2017 | 432 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Examines the challenges of environmental governance in contemporary North America.

G. Isac, "Topological Methods in Complementarity Theory"
English | 2000 | pages: 690 | ISBN: 0792362748 | DJVU | 5,6 mb
Complementarity theory is a new domain in applied mathematics and is concerned with the study of complementarity problems. These problems represent a wide class of mathematical models related to optimization, game theory, economic engineering, mechanics, fluid mechanics, stochastic optimal control etc. The book is dedicated to the study of nonlinear complementarity problems by topological methods.

Kirk W. Johnson, "To Be a Friend Is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 147671049X, 1476710481 | EPUB | pages: 338 | 2.5 mb
The "searing" (The New Yorker), "must read" (The Philadelphia Inquirer) memoir of "one of the few genuine heroes of America's war in Iraq" (Dexter Filkins).

Michael Davie, "Titanic: the death and life of a legend"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0394558162 | ASIN: B01BODXUMQ, B0064C3TUG | EPUB | pages: 245 | 4.8 mb
Newly updated on the hundredth anniversary of the tragedy by Titanic expert Dave Gittins to reflect the latest facts and theories about the ship's sinking, Titanic: The Death and Life of a Legend will fascinate Titanic experts, amateurs, and newcomers alike.

Thomas Conklin, "Titanic Sinks!"
English | 1997 | ISBN: 0679886060 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 1.9 mb
Here is the exciting true story about the "unsinkable" Titanic! Dramatic accounts, white-knuckle suspense, and fast-paced action of how the world's biggest, safest ship sank on its maiden voyage. Includes black-and-white photos and full-color underwater photos of the wreck.

Kenneth R. Wright, Gordon Francis McEwan, Ruth M. Wright, "Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire"
English | 2006 | pages: 177 | ISBN: 0784408513 | PDF | 20,8 mb
Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire reveals the beauty and the ingenuity of this little-known jewel of the Inca Empire. Located down the Huatanay River Valley by the Inca capital of Cusco, Tipon is a 500-acre, self-contained, walled settlement that served as an estate for Inca nobility. This historic agricultural site, which has been farmed and partially irrigated for more than 450 years, is a stunning civil engineering achievement by the Inca, who were masters of irrigation and hydraulic technology. They designed buildings, waterworks, and massive structures to be visually and functionally in harmony with the natural environment. In planning a place that would integrate water, soil, agriculture, and topography, the Inca created a virtual water garden that impresses all who visit. Kenneth R. Wright takes readers on a tour of Tipon's canals, plazas, aqueducts, and fountains-infrastructure that transformed a remote mountainside into a true engineering marvel. Along with a detailed walking guide and beautiful photographs, this book provides modern engineers and casual tourists alike with an appreciation of the Inca civilization through the great works they left behind.