Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority By Pál Nyíri
2006 | 152 Pages | ISBN: 0295985887 | PDF | 11 MB
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People's Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state.Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pal Nyiri argues that China's brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and "scenic spots" (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China's heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization - or as forms of "indoctritainment." The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed.In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyiri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state's ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.

Sandra Wagner-Wright, "Saxon Heroines: A Northumbrian Novel "
English | ISBN: 1735413208 | 2021 | 240 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
"Old gods fall as Christianity rises across Northern Europe with a fair amount of help from the women behind the scenes, the wielders of true power." - Chanticleer Reviews

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, "Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future"
English | ISBN: 0374313059 | 2022 | 240 pages | EPUB | 39 MB
A timely and inspiring nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today are rising to action.

Jesper Lindberg, "Sausage!: How to Make and Serve Delicious Homemade Chorizo, Bratwurst, Sobrasada, and More"
English | ISBN: 162636043X | 2013 | 192 pages | EPUB | 25 MB
You don't have to be a kitchen connoisseur to make homemade sausage. As the saying goes, if you can make a hamburger, you can make a sausage. And now, with Sausage!-the exciting new reference for all things sausage-creating any dish from corndogs to cheesedogs, flying tandoori to cider chicken sausages, is easy for any chef with a mixer and an appetite.

Same-Sex Desire in Early Modern England, 1550-1735: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts By Marie H. Loughlin (editor)
2013 | 464 Pages | ISBN: 0719082072 | PDF | 12 MB
Balancing long-overlooked and well-known works from early modern England, "Same-sex desire in early modern England, 1550-1735: an anthology of literary texts and contexts" is a collection of English texts about homoerotic love, relationships, desires, and sexual acts. The anthology's core texts are selections from works of drama, fiction, romance, poetry, essays and translation. These core texts are carefully introduced and annotated, and supplemented with illuminating contextual material from other early modern disciplines such as law, medicine, and theology. Juxtaposing literary and non-literary representations of same-sex erotic desire, this anthology explores a rich tradition of works both celebrating and condemning same-sex erotic love.

Safety is No Accident - From 'V' Bombers to Concorde: A Flight Test Engineer's Story by John R W Smith
English | November 6, 2020 | ISBN: 1526769441 | 288 pages | EPUB | 72 Mb
Flying, as everyone knows, is generally regarded as the safest means of transportation. Yet for that to be the case an enormous amount of testing is undertaken. Central to this, of course, are the test pilots, who fly the aircraft, but it is the men behind the scenes who deal with the technical aspects of the aircraft - the flight test observers and engineers.

SAP Fiori: Implementation and Development
by Roy, Souvik;Debelic, Aleksander;Acharya, Gairik;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 149322204X | 600 pages | True EPUB | 40.82 MB

Russia and the Russians: A History By Geoffrey Hosking
2011 | 752 Pages | ISBN: 0674061950 | PDF | 26 MB
In a sweeping narrative, Geoffrey Hosking, one of the English-speaking world's leading historians of Russia, follows the country's history from the first emergence of the Slavs in the historical record in the sixth century CE to the Russians' persistent appearances in today's headlines.The second edition covers the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitrii Medvedev and the struggle to make Russia a viable functioning state for all its citizens.

Alun Richardson, "Rucksack Guide - Alpinism"
English | ISBN: 0713686855 | 2009 | pages | EPUB | 10 MB
This is an essential handbook when on the mountain. It offers concise guidance, from technical skills to navigation and survival. The book is colour-coded for easy reference and all information is presented in lists and tables, making it simple to understand in testing conditions.

Various, "Routledge Library Editions: The Arab Nation"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0415621976 | PDF | pages: 385 | 33.3 mb
This set re-issues 4 volumes originally published between 1985 and 1991. They