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The Ultimate How To Draw Animals Book: Learn How To Draw Cute Animals By Following 50 Simple Kid Friendly Step by Step Guides (The Ultimate How to Draw books) by Ultimate Kid Press
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09SDTYP97 | 77 pages | EPUB | 7.19 Mb
It's so much FUN! Budding artists grab your pencils and draw 50 AMAZINGLY CUTE ANIMALS with simple step by step instructions. Phoebe Norcott's kid friendly STEP BY STEP DRAWING EXAMPLES will help develop basic art skills. You will be DRAWING WITH CONFIDENCE in no time!!
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Brandon D. Smith, "The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse "
English | ISBN: 1514004186 | 2022 | 248 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
How should we read the book of Revelation?
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The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor (Material Texts) By Alberto Manguel
2013 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 0812245237 | EPUB | 2 MB
As far as one can tell, human beings are the only species for which the world seems made up of stories, Alberto Manguel writes. We read the book of the world in many guises: we may be travelers, advancing through its pages like pilgrims heading toward enlightenment. We may be recluses, withdrawing through our reading into our own ivory towers. Or we may devour our books like burrowing worms, not to benefit from the wisdom they contain but merely to stuff ourselves with countless words.With consummate grace and extraordinary breadth, the best-selling author of A History of Reading and The Library at Night considers the chain of metaphors that have described readers and their relationships to the text-that-is-the-world over a span of four millennia. In figures as familiar and diverse as the book-addled Don Quixote and the pilgrim Dante who carries us through the depths of hell up to the brilliance of heaven, as well as Prince Hamlet paralyzed by his learning, and Emma Bovary who mistakes what she has read for the life she might one day lead, Manguel charts the ways in which literary characters and their interpretations reflect both shifting attitudes toward readers and reading, and certain recurrent notions on the role of the intellectual: "We are reading creatures. We ingest words, we are made of words. . . . It is through words that we identify our reality and by means of words that we ourselves are identified."
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The Things We Don't Know: How mankind found answers to some of life's most pressing questions.: 1 (A Shared Human Future) By Tarun Betala
2017 | 178 Pages | ISBN: 9352796705 | EPUB | 2 MB
6000 years. Six Civilizations. One Ultimate Goal.From a letter, we wrote a word, then came sentences, books, epics. We asked questions that propelled the formulation of the sciences, the arts, our culture, and our philosophies. All that we know and love today was built by one daring life at a time over six thousand years.Part historic, part scientific, and part philosophical, Tarun Betala meshes together an eclectic account of humanity's greatest intellectual, scientific and artistic achievements, all motivated by the need to answer some of life's most fundamental questions: Who are we? What is the purpose of life? Who is God? What is our universe?The Things We Don't Know is the amazing story of the grit of Mankind: the story of winning at life against all odds, the story that reminds us that all of us are one in our search for the answers that haunt and drive us.This is book 1 of 'A Shared Human Future' series.Selected Quotes:"Some of us manage to think bigger, brighter, deeper thoughts. Some of these thoughts already shape the kind of research we do. Some of them will prove to be right, and our understanding of our home will deepen. Our home, one day, will be less of a mystery to us.""We believe because it gives us faith. It gives us the willingness to go through our day, to keep the existentialist threat of meaninglessness away. We believe because we crave to be seen, to be known, to be understood. We believe because that is the only thing we can do. If there is no one to judge us - to tell us that we are good, and that if we are bad, we can be redeemed - why bother living at all? Why bother being good at all? If there is no one to look after us, and we are truly alone in this universe, what purpose do we have? We have nothing but the present moment, and only temporariness.""We, of all the beings that we know of, can think. We can eat, write, build, save. We can predict, estimate, and count. We can preserve food for lifetimes, and in times of crisis, we can find ways to ensure our survival. With each passing generation, our sphere of control of our existence is larger. What if the earth is hit by an asteroid or there is no way to stop global warming? We look to colonize other planets. The fate of our species, in a few years, will not be tied to the fate of the earth. Our home planet must be cared for ... but as we go interplanetary and then interstellar, our control on our lives and the evolution of our species grows. As far as we know, we are the only species that has a say in the development of its future.""We ought to, as human beings, have the courage to seek a collective "truth" that benefits our species the most, and to accept that all of our doctrines and beliefs may just be incomplete. That we don't know it all and that perhaps we never will. That others like us may have something to teach us, and we may have something to contribute to their communities. That communities, types of people, are divisions we've created for ourselves. That for all of what we know, the knowledge and wisdom that we have gathered in the few millennia may be a small fraction of what is there to be discovered, understood and applied."
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The Theatre of Harold Pinter (Critical Companions) By Mark Taylor-Batty
2014 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1408175304 | EPUB | 4 MB
The plays of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter have formed part of the canon of world theatre since the 1960s. Frequently revived on the professional stage, and studied on almost every Theatre Studies course, his importance and influence is hard to overestimate. This Critical Companion offers an assessment of Pinter's entire body of work for the stage, appraising his skill as a dramatist and considering his impact and legacy. Through a clear focus on issues of theatricality and the effect of the plays in performance The Theatre of Harold Pinter considers Pinter's chief narrative concerns and offers a unifying theme through which over four decades of work may be understood. Plays are considered in themed chapters that follow the chronological sequence of work, illuminating the development of his aesthetic and concerns. The volume features too a series of essays from other leading scholars presenting different critical perspectives on the work, including Harry Burton on Pinter's early drama; Ann Hall on Revisiting Pinter's Women; Chris Megson on Pinter's Memory Plays of the 1970s, and Basil Chiasson on Neoliberalism and Democracy.
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Andy Lightbody, "The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim, Revised and Updated"
English | ISBN: 1510714901 | 2017 | 168 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Stay safe with this simple pocket reference
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Alice Ievins, "The Stains of Imprisonment: Moral Communication and Men Convicted of Sex Offenses (Volume 10) "
English | ISBN: 0520383710 | 2023 | 214 pages | PDF | 4 MB
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org.
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Edited by Ulrich Schmiedel, "The Spirit of Populism Political Theologies in Polarized Times "
English | ISBN: 9004498311 | 2021 | 348 pages | PDF | 1452 KB
This compilation explores the significance of religion for the controversies stirred up by populist politics in European and American contexts, engaging Jewish, Christian, and Islamic political thought. Moving beyond essentialist definitions of religion, the contributions offer critical interpretations and constructive interventions for political theology today.
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The Spirit of Medieval English Popular Romance (Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library) By Ad Putter
2000 | 310 Pages | ISBN: 0582298881 | PDF | 20 MB
The Middle English popular romances enjoyed a wide appeal in later medieval Britain, and even today students of medieval literature will encounter examples of the genre, such as Sir Orfeo, Sir Tristrem, and Sir Launfal. This collection of twelve specially commissioned essays is designed to meet the need for a stimulating guide to the genre. Each essay introduces one popular romance, setting it in its literary and historical contexts, and develops an original interpretation that reveals the possibilities that popular romances offer for modern literary criticism. A substantial introduction by the editors discusses the production and transmission of popular romances in the Middle Ages, and considers the modern reception of popular romance and the interpretative challenges offered by new theoretical approaches. Accessible to advanced students of English, this book is also of interest to those working in the field of medieval studies, comparative literature, and popular culture.
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The Singapore Research Story By Chang Chieh Hang; Teck Seng Low Thampuran
2016 | 324 Pages | ISBN: 9814641251 | EPUB | 8 MB
Ever since Singapore became independent in 1965, its leaders have invested tremendous efforts and resources to develop its economy in order to create jobs for its people and to support national development. This book describes the challenging journey of Singapore in developing a knowledge-based economy driven by research and innovation and the roles played by research institutes, universities, research manpower and appropriate collaboration between research institutes and industry.The book traces the foundations of Singapore's research story from the time of its independence in 1965 to the present day. Through interviews with the key players and research into the records, the establishment of the key institutes and the roles of a global cast of researchers, scientists and engineers in setting up the R&D infrastructure are outlined. The impact of the concerted efforts to build up a credible and world-class research capability in Singapore over the last 25 years is discussed, as are the tremendous challenges faced by the key players in the drive to develop a knowledge-based economy and the ultimate goal of an innovation-driven economy.Contents: Foreword by PM Lee Hsien LoongAcknowledgementsCover Photo CreditsAbout the ContributorsIntroductionSetting the Stage (Hang Chang Chieh and Yeoh Keat Chuan)Shifting Gear into Research (Hang Chang Chieh, Low Teck Seng and Yeoh Keat Chuan)The Multi-Agency Approach (Hang Chang Chieh, Low Teck Seng and Raj Thampuran)Research in Physical Sciences and Engineering (Hang Chang Chieh and Raj Thampuran)The Biomedical Sciences: Research for Better Health (Raj Thampuran and Kong Hwai Loong)Developing Research-Intensive Universities (Barry Halliwell and Bertil Andersson)Partnering Multinational Corporations in R&D (Low Teck Seng, Raj Thampuran and Yeoh Keat Chuan)Developing R&D in Local Enterprises (Hang Chang Chieh, Raj Thampuran and Png Cheong Boon)Towards Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Low Teck Seng, Raj Thampuran, Tan Kai Hoe and Philip Ong) Appendices: Singapore's Science & Technology, R&D TimelineChairmen, Executive Directors and DirectorsHonouring Scientific TalentOral History InterviewsAcronymsSelect BibliographyIndexReadership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and laymen interested in all aspects of research and development.Research;Manpower;Restructuring;Research Institutes;Innovation;Entrepreneurship;Universities;Local Enterprises;R&D;Multinational Companies
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