Steven Runciman, "The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century"
English | 1992 | ISBN: 0521437741 | 368 pages | PDF | 8.9 MB
On 30 March 1282, as the bells of Palermo were ringing for Vespers, the Sicilian townsfolk, crying 'Death to the French', slaughtered the garrison and administration of their Angevin King. Seen in historical perspective it was not an especially big massacre: the revolt of the long-subjugated Sicilians might seem just another resistance movement. But the events of 1282 came at a crucial moment. Steven Runciman takes the Vespers as the climax of a great narrative sweep covering the whole of the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century. His sustained narrative power is displayed here with concentrated brilliance in the rise and fall of this fascinating episode. This is also an excellent guide to the historical background to Dante's Divine Comedy, forming almost a Who's Who of the political figures in it, and providing insight into their placement in Hell, Paradise or Purgatory.

Alan Vermilye, "The Screwtape Letters Study Guide: A Bible Study on the C.S. Lewis Book The Screwtape Letters"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1512207292, 0060652934 | EPUB | pages: 128 | 0.1 mb
The most trusted study guide to learning The Screwtape Letters!

Michelle Bogre, "The Routledge Companion to Copyright and Creativity in the 21st Century"
English | ISBN: 1138999253 | 2020 | 362 pages | PDF | 5 MB
These collected chapters and interviews explore the current issues and debates about how copyright will or should adapt to meet the practices of 21st-century creators and internet users.

The Return of Jazz: Joachim-Ernst Berendt and West German Cultural Change By Andrew Wright Hurley
2009 | 322 Pages | ISBN: 1845455665 | PDF | 3 MB
Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922-2000), author of the world's best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its ideological renunciation during the Nazi era. German musicians began, in a highly productive way, to question their all-too-eager adoption of American culture and how they sought to make valid artistic statements reflecting their identity as Europeans. This book explores the significance of some of Berendt's most important writings and record productions. Particular attention is given to the "Jazz Meets the World" encounters that he engineered with musicians from Japan, Tunisia, Brazil, Indonesia, and India. This proto-"world music" demonstrates how some West Germans went about creating a post-nationalist identity after the Third Reich. Berendt's powerful role as the West German "Jazz Pope" is explored, as is the groundswell of criticism directed at him in the wake of 1968.

Ann Harrison, "The Present and Future of Music Law"
English | ISBN: 1501367773 | 2021 | 304 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The music business is a multifaceted, transnational industry that operates within complex and rapidly changing political, economic, cultural and technological contexts. The mode and manner of how music is created, obtained, consumed and exploited is evolving rapidly. It is based on relationships that can be both complimentary and at times confrontational, and around roles that interact, overlap and sometimes merge, reflecting the competing and coinciding interests of creative artists and music industry professionals. It falls to music law and legal practice to provide the underpinning framework to enable these complex relationships to flourish, to provide a means to resolve disputes, and to facilitate commerce in a challenging and dynamic business environment.

The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald by Eleanor Lanahan
English | November 22, 2022 | ISBN: 1982187190 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 103 MB
A beautifully designed, full-color collection of paper dolls created by Zelda Fitzgerald, lovingly compiled by her granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan.

Alan Waring, "The New Authoritarianism: Vol. 1: A Risk Analysis of the US Alt-Right Phenomenon"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 3838211537 | PDF | pages: 491 | 4.0 mb
This two-volume book considers from a risk perspective the current phenomenon of the new alt-right authoritarianism and whether it represents 'real' democracy or an unacceptable hegemony potentially resulting in elected dictatorships and abuses as well as dysfunctional government. Contributing authors represent an eclectic range of disciplines, including cognitive, organizational and political psychology, sociology, history, political science, international relations, linguistics and discourse analysis, and risk analysis. The alt-right threats and risk exposures, whether to democracy, human rights, law and order, social welfare, racial harmony, the economy, national security, the environment, and international relations, are identified and analyzed across a number of selected countries. While Vol. 1 focuses on the U.S., Vol. 2 (ISBN 978-3-8382-1263-0) illuminates the phenomenon in the UK, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Hungary, and Russia. Potential strategies to limit the alt-right threat are proposed.

The Nephilim: Kings of an Epic Age: Secrets and Enigmas of the Sumerians and Akkadians by Willem McLoud
English | November 23, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09MHGNYZC | 640 pages | EPUB | 5.47 Mb
THE NEPHILIM, KINGS OF AN EPIC AGE, is a pioneering work tracking down the story of the enigmatic scions of the gods or Nephilim in ancient Middle Eastern tradition. Commencing with the most ancient strata of traditions of Sumer and Egypt, the focus falls on the earliest known and perhaps greatest of heroic ages, the Epic Age of great Sumerian kings like Gilgamesh and mighty Akkadian god-kings who ruled over the ends of the known world. Their epic traditions, which include some of the greatest legends and myths our world has seen, are brought to life in an unprecedented way.

Brian Keith Axel, "The Nation's Tortured Body: Violence, Representation, and the Formation of a Sikh "Diaspora""
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0822326078, 0822326159 | PDF | pages: 311 | 21.0 mb
In The Nation's Tortured Body Brian Keith Axel explores the formation of the Sikh diaspora and, in so doing, offers a powerful inquiry into conditions of peoplehood, colonialism, and postcoloniality. Demonstrating a new direction for historical anthropology, he focuses on the position of violence between 1849 and 1998 in the emergence of a transnational fight for Khalistan (an independent Sikh state). Axel argues that, rather than the homeland creating the diaspora, it has been the diaspora, or histories of displacement, that have created particular kinds of places-homelands.

The Myth of the Silver Spoon: Navigating Family Wealth and Creating an Impactful Life by Kristin Keffeler
English | November 22nd, 2022 | ISBN: 1119909708 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 1.51 MB
The next generation within wealthy families are often said to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Perceived as free from life's toughest challenges. "Having it all." But being raised in affluence brings a unique set of pressures and hidden tripwires. Great wealth casts a long shadow. Inheritors commonly face intense familial expectations, public scrutiny and judgment, and confusing or debilitating self-narratives, under which many flounder. And we-as family, friends, and society-slowly lose their contribution to our lives and the common good.