The Hen Harrier's Year (Pelagic Monographs) by Ian Carter
English | 11 Oct. 2022 | ISBN: 1784273856 | True EPUB/PDF | 180 pages | 24.6/20 MB
Most British birds of prey have largely recovered from historical persecution, but the beleaguered Hen Harrier is still struggling and remains far less common than it should be. This is a particular shame, because it is one of our most inspiring raptors. Spectacular sky-dancing displays and balletic food passes from male to female brighten up the moors in summer. And in winter, communal roosts in the lowlands attract birders from far and wide to catch sight of this now-elusive species.

Thich Nhat Hanh, "The Heart of Buddha's Teaching"
English | 2008 | pages: 252 | ISBN: 1409020541 | PDF | 1,8 mb
In The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh brings his gift of clear and poetic expression to an explanation of the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Payh and other core Buddhist teachings. He makes these practices accesible to Buddhists and non Buddhists alike, showing us all how the very suffering that is holding us down can be the path to our liberation. He reveals how the heart of the Buddha lies within each of us, and entering it means to be present for ourselves, our suffering and our joys. To enter the heart of the Buddha means to touch the world of no-birth and no-death, the world where water and wave are one.

Frank A. Salamone, "The Hausa of Nigeria"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0761847243 | PDF | pages: 245 | 1.1 mb
The Hausa of Nigeria is the culmination of thirty-nine years of anthropological thought and research and many field trips to Nigeria. It is an ethnographic reflection of intense field work in Yauri and the surrounding areas that border it, as well as many trips to archives, libraries, and interview sites. It is also the result of discussions with colleagues, especially Salamone's mentor, Charles Frantz, who directed Salamone to Nigeria and who has aided the author's many years of study of the Hausa over time. Frantz's work on ethnicity, as well as ethics in anthropology, has served to provide a standard for Salamone's own endeavors. This work looks at the notion of identity formation and its relationship to history, religion, warfare, gender, economics and various other dimensions of Hausa life, as well as minority group relationships and creolization.

Gary P Cox, "The Halt In The Mud: French Strategic Planning From Waterloo To Sedan"
English | ISBN: 0367308231 | 2021 | 270 pages | EPUB | 871 KB
Historians have traditionally seen Prussia as the creator of modern strategic planning. The members of the Great General Staff in the carmine-striped trousers have long received credit for perfecting "off the shelf' plans for any contingency. In contrast, the French have been depicted as effete martinets or feckless hussars, fearless in battle but utterly unconcerned with such arcane matters as national strategy. The French Army in the years following Waterloo has been depicted as an institution mired in reactionary politics, and the entire period of French military history from 1815 to 1870 has most often been seen as a "halt in the mud." But in this important new book, Gary Cox demonstrates that nineteenth-century French defense policy was much more dynamic and creative than has been previously supposed. In

Andrew Ross, "The Gulf: High Culture/Hard Labor"
English | ISBN: 1682190048 | 2015 | 360 pages | PDF | 14 MB
"The groups' action has been carefully organized, effectively executed and persistent, as any protest that's going to work must be." - Holland Cotter, art critic, The New York Times

Nanci Adler, "The Gulag Survivor: Beyond the Soviet System"
English | ISBN: 0765805855 | 2004 | 303 pages | EPUB | 829 KB
Even before its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was engaged in an ambivalent struggle to come to terms with its violent and repressive history. Following the death of Stalin in 1953, entrenched officials attempted to distance themselves from the late dictator without questioning the underlying legitimacy of the Soviet system. At the same time, the Gulag victims to society opened questions about the nature, reality, and mentality of the system that remain contentious to this day.The Gulag Survivor is the first book to examine at length and in-depth the post-camp experience of Stalin's victims and their fate in post-Soviet Russia. As such, it is an essential companion to the classic work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Based on extensive interviews, memoirs, official records, and recently opened archives, The Gulag Survivor describes what survivors experienced when they returned to society, how officials helped or hindered them, and how issues surrounding the existence of the returnees evolved from the fifties up to the present.Adler establishes the social and historical context of the first wave of returnees who were "liberated" into exile in Stalin's time. She reviews diverse aspects of return including camp culture, family reunion, and the psychological consequences of the Gulag. Adler then focuses on the enduring belief in the Communist Party among some survivors and the association between returnees and the growing dissident movement. She concludes by examining how issues surrounding the survivors reemerged in the eighties and nineties and the impact they had on the failing Soviet system. Written and researched while Russian archives were most available and while there were still survivors to tell their stories, The Gulag Survivor is a groundbreaking and essential work in modern Russian history. It will be read by historians, political scientists, Slavic scholars, and sociologists.

Robert Fatton Jr., "The Guise of Exceptionalism: Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States "
English | ISBN: 197882131X | 2021 | 246 pages | EPUB | 523 KB
The Guise of Exceptionalism compares the historical origins of Haitian and American exceptionalisms. It also traces how exceptionalism as a narrative of uniqueness has shaped relations between the two countries from their early days of independence through the contemporary period. As a social invention, it changes over time, but always within the parameters of its original principles.

The Grounded Goalie: A football book for boys aged 9-13 (The Football Boys) by Zac Marks
English | March 14, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09VLGR2VZ | 140 pages | EPUB | 0.34 Mb
Every team needs a goalie. But what if he doesn't show?

Carole A. O'Reilly, "The Greening of the City: Urban Parks and Public Leisure, 1840-1939 "
English | ISBN: 1032092440 | 2021 | 164 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Urban parks are a much-loved feature of the city environment. However, our knowledge of the true scale of their impact remains uneven. Much work has been done on their origins and design features, but this book aims to extend this beyond the nineteenth century, examining the fuller flowering of these valuable spaces in the early decades of the twentieth century. Encompassing themes such as social and political usage, parks as employers and the dangers posed by such freely accessible spaces, the book examines a range of parks in cities such as Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, Hull and Cardiff and challenges the prevailing myths about their meaning for their users. This study's timeframe spans almost 100 years of unprecedented social, cultural, political and economic changes and allows for the consideration of the expansion and commercialisation of leisure opportunities for the public. Urban parks played a significant role in this ― the book places parks firmly in the context of the evolving city and examines the importance of green space to the urban citizen during this most fascinating of historical periods.

The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria (New African Histories) by Judith A. Byfield
2021 | ISBN: 0821423975, 0821423983 | English | 334 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This social and intellectual history of women's political activism in postwar Nigeria reveals the importance of gender to the study of nationalism and poses new questions about Nigeria's colonial past and independent future.