Earl J. Hess, "The Cinematic Voyage of THE PIRATE: Kelly, Garland, and Minnelli at Work "
English | ISBN: 0826220223 | 2014 | 280 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
During Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's glory days, the studio's famous Arthur Freed Unit made an extraordinary string of dazzling musicals. One of its very best was The Pirate. Based on a successful 1942 Broadway production, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. It showcased some of the brightest work of these three gifted moviemakers and entranced many critics and viewers with exotic set décor and costumes, brilliant Technicolor application, stunning dance routines, and a clever Description about an actor who pretends to be a famous pirate to win the love of a fanciful island girl.

N. T. Wright, "The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential"
English | 2016 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 0062230514, 0062230506 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
Widely regarded as the modern C. S. Lewis, N. T. Wright, one of the world's most trusted and popular Bible scholars and the bestselling author of Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope, presents a manifesto urging Christians to live and pray the Bible's Psalms in The Case for the Psalms.

Helmer J. Helmers, "The Cambridge Companion to the Dutch Golden Age "
English | ISBN: 1107172268 | 2018 | 450 pages | PDF | 69 MB
During the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic was transformed into a leading political power in Europe, with global trading interests. It nurtured some of the period's greatest luminaries, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Descartes and Spinoza. Long celebrated for its religious tolerance, artistic innovation and economic modernity, the United Provinces of the Netherlands also became known for their involvement with slavery and military repression in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. This Companion provides a compelling overview of the best scholarship on this much debated era, written by a wide range of experts in the field. Unique in its balanced treatment of global, political, socio-economic, literary, artistic, religious, and intellectual history, its nineteen chapters offer an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the world of the Dutch Golden Age.

Katherine J. Dell, "The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature "
English | ISBN: 110848316X | 2022 | 375 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Study of the wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible and the contemporary cultures in the ancient Near Eastern world is evolving rapidly as old definitions and assumptions are questioned. Scholars are now interrogating the role of oral culture, the rhetoric of teaching and didacticism, the understanding of genre, and the relationship of these factors to the corpus of writings. The scribal culture in which wisdom literature arose is also under investigation, alongside questions of social context and character formation. This Companion serves as an essential guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have universal and timeless appeal. Reflecting new interpretive approaches, including virtue ethics and intertextuality, the volume includes essays by an international team of leading scholars. They engage with the texts, provide authoritative summaries of the state of the field, and open up to readers the exciting world of biblical wisdom.

Sarah Stockwell, "The Business of Decolonization: British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0198208480 | PDF | pages: 275 | 1.9 mb
The Business of Decolonization provides a fresh perspective on the end of the British Empire in Africa. It examines the transfer of power in the Gold Coast (Ghana) from the viewpoint of British companies and businessmen, investigating their involvement in nationalist politics and their place in British imperial policy during decolonization.

The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama by Claude A. Clegg III
English | October 12, 2021 | ISBN: 1421441888 | 575 pages | PDF (Converted) | 11 Mb
In The Black President, the first interpretative, comprehensive history of Barack Obama's presidency in its entirety, Claude A. Clegg III situates the former president in his dynamic, inspirational, yet contentious political context. He captures the America that made Obama's White House years possible, while insightfully rendering the America that resolutely resisted the idea of a Black chief executive, thus making conceivable the ascent of the most unlikely of his successors.

The Bed Language that Drive Him Crazy: "Touch Me, Tempt Me, Tease Me: The Ultimate Guide to Driving Him Wild" by Benita Gorge
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BRCTT7XT | 68 pages | EPUB | 0.19 Mb
Create your Own Prison for your MAN by Driving Him CRAZY

Frans De Waal, "The Ape And The Sushi Master Reflections Of A Primatologist"
English | 2008 | pages: 448 | ISBN: 0465041752 | EPUB | 4,0 mb
What if apes had their own culture rather than one their human observers imposed on them? What if they reacted to situations with behavior learned through observation of their elders (culture) rather than with pure genetically coded instinct (nature)? Contemplating such a possibility is bound to shake centuries-old cultural convictions. In answering these questions, The Ape and the Sushi Master, by the eminent primatologist Frans de Waal, corrects our arrogant assumption that humans are the only form of intelligent life to have made the leap from the natural to the cultural domain. The book's title derives from an analogy de Waal draws between the way behavior is transmitted in ape society and the way sushi-making skills are passed down from sushi master to apprentice. Like the apprentice, young apes watch their group mates at close range, absorbing the methods and lessons of each of their elders' actions. Responses long thought to be instinctive are actually learned behavior, de Waal argues, and constitute ape culture. A delightful, partly autobiographical mix of anecdotes, rigorous research, and fascinating speculation, The Ape and the Sushi Master challenges our most basic assumptions about who we are and how we differ from other animals. Apes are holding a new mirror up to us in which they are not human caricatures but members of our extended family with their own resourcefulness and dignity. For over a century, UFO spotters have told us that we are not alone. In The Ape and the Sushi Master, Frans de Waal makes the equally startling claim that, biologically speaking, we never were.

The Americanization of the Apocalypse
by Akenson, Donald Harman;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0197599796 | 521 pages | True PDF EPUB | 59.95 MB

, "Text + Field: Innovations in Rhetorical Method"
English | ISBN: 0271072105 | 2016 | 240 pages | PDF | 15 MB
Rhetorical critics have long had a troubled relationship with method, viewing it as at times opening up provocative avenues of inquiry, and at other times as closing off paths toward meaningful engagement with texts. Text + Field shifts scholarly attention from this conflicted history, looking instead to the growing number of scholars who are supplementing text-based scholarship by venturing out into the field, where rhetoric is produced, enacted, and consumed.