The Encyclopedia of Physics by Robert M. Besançon
English | PDF | 1990 | 1393 Pages | ISBN : 0442005229 | 242.44 MB
Welcome to physics, the science of relativity and gravitation, matter and energy, quarks and quanta, lasers and masers, and many other intriguing scientific areas.

The Emotional Life of the Great Depression by John Marsh
English | December 31, 2019 | ISBN: 0198847734 | True EPUB | 320 pages | 2 MB
The Emotional Life of the Great Depression documents how Americans responded emotionally to the crisis of the Great Depression. Unlike most books about the 1930s, which focus almost exclusively on the despair of the American people during the decade, this volume explores the 1930s through other, equally essential emotions: righteousness, panic, fear, awe, love, and hope.

Manon Hedenborg White, "The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism"
English | 2019 | pages: 375 | ISBN: 0190065028 | PDF | 3,9 mb
In the conventional dichotomy of chaste, pure Madonna and libidinous whore, the former has usually been viewed as the ideal form of femininity. However, there is a modern religious movement in which the negative stereotype of the harlot is inverted and exalted. The Eloquent Blood focuses on the changing construction of femininity and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon. A central deity in Thelema, the religion founded by the notorious British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Babalon is based on Crowley's favorable reinterpretation of the biblical Whore of Babylon, and is associated with liberated female sexuality and the spiritual ideal of passionate union with existence.

The Drama of Reform: Theology and Theatricality, 1461-1553 By Tamara Atkin
2013 | 210 Pages | ISBN: 250354651X | PDF | 2 MB
'The Drama of Reform' establishes the impact of late medieval and early modern religious reform on dramaturgy. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it examines the interactions between theatricality and theology across a range of different plays including the Croxton 'Play of the Sacrament', 'Jacke Jugeler', John Bale's 'Three Laws', and Lewis Wager's 'Life and Repentaunce of Mary Magdalene'. Tracing the development of arguments concerning the interpretation of the sacraments, the relationship between priests and players, and the use and abuse of imagery and drama in religious worship, 'The Drama of Reform' draws on a rich variety of contextual materials including liturgical texts, heresy trial accounts, dramatic treatises, polemical tracts, and religious laws. Focussed on the period between Archbishop Arundel's Constitutions in the fifteenth century and Archbishop Cranmer's second Book of Common Prayer in the sixteenth, 'The Drama of Reform' explores the phenomenological similarities between drama and certain religious rites, notably the eucharist, and proposes that religious reform prompted attempts to reform dramaturgy. In presenting this analysis, the author argues that while drama continued to function as dramatic propaganda, efforts to initiate new modes of playing were only partially successful.

James A. Morone, "The Devils We Know: Us and Them in America's Raucous Political Culture"
English | ISBN: 0700620109 | 2014 | 272 pages | EPUB | 1062 KB
Is there an American culture? Certainly, says James Morone. Americans are fighting over it now. They have been fighting over it since the first Puritan stepped ashore. Americans hate government (no national health insurance!) and call for more of it (lock 'em up!). They prize democracy (power to the people) and scramble to restrict it (the electoral college in the 21st century?). They celebrate opportunity-but only for some (don't let those

Jirí Pribán, "The Defence of Constitutionalism: Or the Czech Question in Post-National Europe "
English | ISBN: 8024634236 | 2018 | 280 pages | EPUB | 962 KB
More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk's study The Czech Question, Czech politics-instead of the nation's historical struggle for survival and independence-has become a pragmatic question of democratic constitutionalism and civility. Originally published in major Czech newspapers, these essays on contemporary European politics demonstrate that this new understanding involves both technical questions of power making and critical questions of its meaning. Democracy, Přibáň shows, is the process of permanent self-correction. It possesses both the capacity to respond to unexpected problems and crises and intrinsic tensions between principled arguments and everyday administrative processes. Defending constitutionalism, therefore, draws on principles of civil rights and freedoms, limited government, and representative democracy, the validity and persuasive force of which are at stake not only in the Czech Republic, but also in the post-national European Union and our global society at large.

Joseph Mello, "The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights: How Our Governing Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate"
English | ISBN: 0700622918 | 2016 | 248 pages | EPUB | 1397 KB
If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it's that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns, but could not duplicate this success in court. Looking at the same-sex marriage debate at the ballot box and in the courts, this timely book offers unique insights into one of the most fluid social and legal issues of our day-and into the role of institutional context in how rights are used.

The Convoluted Universe: Book Two (The Convoluted Universe) by Dolores Cannon
English | October 27th, 2021 | ISBN: 1886940983 | 661 pages | True EPUB | 3.64 MB
For those who have enjoyed the challenges of Book One of this series, we present Book Two. Buckle your seat belts and get ready for another roller coaster ride that will present new concepts and either threaten or expand your belief systems. Dolores Cannon continues to uncover complicated metaphysics, creating the need for sequels.

The Consulting Room and Beyond: Psychoanalytic Work and Its Reverberations in the Analyst's Life by Therese Ragen
English | ISBN: 0881634727, 0881634719 | 152 pages | EPUB | April 15, 2010 | 0.91 Mb
The Consulting Room and Beyond is not a typical example of clinical writing in the field of psychoanalysis. Therese Ragen, pushing the boundaries of the genre, thoughtfully explores in a very immediate way the intersubjective nature of psychoanalysis, particularly looking at the role of the psychoanalyst's subjectivity, both how it influences and is influenced by the psychoanalytic relationship. The profound ways in which analyst and patient affect each other are captured as the author moves from a moment with a patient, to one of her own memories, to a dream, to a professional consultation and back to the session with the patient. Ragen's detailed descriptions of her subjective experiences and clinical skill help to weave the anecdotes into a compelling narrative, worthy of the attention of theorists, academics and clinicians alike.

The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present (Revised Edition) by David Runciman
English | October 31, 2017 | ISBN: 0691178135 | True EPUB | 416 pages | 0.7 MB
Why democracies believe they can survive any crisis―and why that belief is so dangerous