Linda Olsson, "The Memory of Love: A Novel"
English | 2013 | ASIN: B008EXK5QO | 223 pages | EPUB | 0.76 MB
From the beloved author of Astrid & Veronika, a moving tale of friendship and redemption

The Master Plan: What if the Passion of Christ had not happened as the gospels narrate it? by J.P.P. CASANOVA
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BMB8PMR6 | 235 pages | EPUB | 0.31 Mb
All the characters and historical events narrated in this novel are inspired by and based on real events and documents. Samuel and David run a company that authenticates and rates literary works. One day they receive a generous offer to carry out a job in Glastonbury, England. Once there, they will realize that the intentions of the alleged client go beyond professional ones and they will have to make a decision that will change their lives completely. A revealing historical novel where the Passion of Christ and the Middle Ages intermingled with the present.

Denise Winn, "The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1883536227, 086304025X | 230 pages | EPUB | 0.37 MB
This book, THE MANIPULATED MIND, by breaking down so-called brainwashing to its individual elements, shows how social conditioning, need for approval, emotional dependency and much else that we are unaware of, prevent us from being as self-directed as we think; and, conversely, which human traits make us the least susceptible to subtle influence.Ever since American prisoners of war in Korea suddenly switched sides to the Communist cause, the concept of brainwashing has continued to fascinate and confuse. Is it really possible to force any thinking person to act in a way completely alien to his character? What makes so-called brainwashing so different from the equally insidious effects of indoctrination and conditioning, or even advertising and education?Research findings from psychology show that brain-washing is not a special subversive technique; it is the clever manipulation of unrealized influences that operate in all our lives.

Claus Dieter Mayer, Karsten Müller, "The Magic of Chess Tactics : Chess Discourses : Practice and Analysis : A Training Book for Advanced Players"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1888690143 | PDF | pages: 261 | 13.4 mb
Chess is 99% tactics. So to be a good chess player, you have to spend a lot of your training time on tactics. Although basic tactics are explained in a number good books, complicated tactics - the kind that separate tournament winners from the pack - require intuition, imagination and precision. The Magic of Chess Tactics helps you develop these qualities.

The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life by Charlotte Wood
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1760879231 | 257 pages | PDF | 6.27 Mb
A rich inner life is not just the preserve of the arts. The joys, fears and profound self-discoveries of creativity - through making or building anything that wasn't there before, any imaginative exploration or attempt to invent - I believe to be the birthright of every person on this earth. If you live your life with curiosity and intention - or would like to - this book is for you.' Charlotte Wood, from the Preface to The Luminous Solution

Jeffrey Richards, "The Lost Worlds of John Ford: Beyond the Western "
English | ISBN: 1350114707 | 2020 | 352 pages | PDF | 8 MB
The great director John Ford (1894-1973) is best known for classic westerns, but his body of work encompasses much more than this single genre. Jeffrey Richards develops and broadens our understanding of Ford's film-making oeuvre by studying his non-Western films through the lens of Ford's life and abiding preoccupations. Ford's other cinematic worlds included Ireland, the Family, Catholicism, War and the Sea, which share with his westerns the recurrent themes of memory and loss, the plight of outsiders and the tragedy of family breakup. Richards' revisionist study both provides new insights into familiar films such as

The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film: Jung, Story and Playing Beneath the Past By Terrie Waddell
2019 | 172 Pages | ISBN: 1138939684 | PDF | 2 MB
The mythologising of lost and abandoned children significantly influences Australian storytelling. In The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film, Terrie Waddell looks at the concept of the 'lost child' from a psychological and cultural perspective. Taking an interdisciplinary Jungian approach, she re-evaluates this cyclic storytelling motif in history, literature, and the creative arts, as the nucleus of a cultural complex - a group obsession that as Jung argued of all complexes, has us. Waddell explores 'the lost child' in its many manifestations, as an element of the individual and collective psyche, historically related to the trauma of colonisation and war, and as key theme in Australian cinema from the industry's formative years to the present day. The films discussed in textual depth transcend literal lost in the bush mythologies, or actual cases of displaced children, to focus on vulnerable children rendered lost through government and institutional practices, and adult/parental characters developmentally arrested by comforting or traumatic childhood memories. The victory/winning fixation governing the USA - diametrically opposed to the lost child motif - is also discussed as a comparative example of the mesmerising nature of the cultural complex. Examining iconic characters and events, such as the Gallipoli Campaign and Trump's presidency, and films such as The Babadook, Lion, and Predestination, this book scrutinises the way in which a culture talks to itself, about itself. This analysis looks beyond the melancholy traditionally ascribed to the lost child, by arguing that the repetitive and prolific imagery that this theme stimulates, can be positive and inspiring. The Lost Child Complex in Australian Film is a unique and compelling work which will be highly relevant for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian ideas, cultural studies, screen and media studies. It will also appeal to Jungian psychotherapists and analytical psychologists as well as readers with a broader interest in Australian history and politics.

Gertie Bögels, "The Letters of Sigmund Freud to Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, 1921-1939: Psychoanalysis and Politics in the Interwar Years "
English | ISBN: 1032213817 | 2022 | 168 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Freud wrote 76 letters to the Dutch psychoanalyst Jeanne Lampl-de Groot between 1921 and 1939. These letters are personable, lively, and compassionate and convey his respect and caring for Jeanne, who was his patient, pupil, and eventually his esteemed professional colleague. The letters are sociohistorical documents that contain Freud's thoughts about pertinent issues in psychoanalysis and the interwar sociopolitical situation in Vienna and Germany.

David Höhne, "The Last Things "
English | ISBN: 0830815392 | 2019 | 344 pages | EPUB, PDF | 832 KB + 1447 KB
There is no shortage of books on eschatology―the study of the last things and the end-times. Many arise out of incoherent or superficial readings of the Bible that detract from the "once and for all" achievements of God through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Others fail to consider the manner in which God reveals himself through the Lord Jesus and by the power of his Spirit. Too many fail to distinguish sufficiently between the genuine hope provided by the gospel and the superficial aspirations of culture. In this final Contours of Christian Theology volume, David Höhne offers a trinitarian theological description of eschatology that is at once systematic, generated from the theological interpretation of Scripture, and yet sensitive to essential elements for Christian practice. His reading of the Bible is shaped by the gospel, informed by the history of Christian thought, and dedicated to serving the church in a world that is frustrated by sin, death, and evil, yet longing for the return of our Lord and Messiah. Contours of Christian Theology, edited by Gerald Bray, is a series of concise introductory textbooks focused on the main themes of Christian theology. The authors introduce the perennial questions and their time-tested solutions while moving forward to explore contemporary issues and rework evangelical formulations of the faith.

Steven Casey, "The Korean War at Sixty: New Approaches to the Study of the Korean War"
English | ISBN: 1138798290 | 2014 | 192 pages | EPUB | 750 KB
Korea used to be the 'forgotten war.' Now, however, experts widely view it as a pivotal moment in the history of the Cold War, while its legacy still scars contemporary East Asian politics.