Free Download Shaun May, "A Philosophy of Comedy on Stage and Screen: You Have to be There"
English | ISBN: 1472580435 | 2015 | 224 pages | PDF | 1436 KB
As far as we know, only human beings have a sense of humour - although chimps might laugh when tickled, and dogs respond similarly in play, Seth McFarlane's fan-base is comprised exclusively of humans. Whilst animals and robots might feature as prominent characters in our favourite comic movies, shows and stand-up routines, we have no reason to suspect that their real-life brethren get the joke.
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Free Download Suzanne Austin Alchon, "A Pest in the Land: New World Epidemics in a Global Perspective"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0826328717, 0826328709 | PDF | pages: 224 | 11.7 mb
Newly pertinent to today's coronavirus pandemic, this study of disease among the native peoples of the New World before and after 1492 challenges many widely held notions about encounters between European and native peoples. Whereas many late twentieth century scholars blamed the catastrophic decline of postconquest native populations on the introduction of previously unknown infections from the Old World, Alchon argues that the experiences of native peoples in the New World closely resembled those of other human populations. Exposure to lethal new infections resulted in rates of morbidity and mortality among native Americans comparable to those found among Old World populations.
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Free Download Douglas R. Weiner, "A Little Corner of Freedom: Russian Nature Protection from Stalin to Gorbachev"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0520232135, 0520213971 | PDF | pages: 584 | 25.1 mb
While researching Russia's historical efforts to protect nature, Douglas Weiner unearthed unexpected findings: a trail of documents that raised fundamental questions about the Soviet political system. These surprising documents attested to the unlikely survival of a critical-minded, scientist-led movement through the Stalin years and beyond. It appeared that, within scientific societies, alternative visions of land use, resrouce exploitation, habitat protection, and development were sustained and even publicly advocated. In sharp contrast to known Soviet practices, these scientific societies prided themselves on their traditions of free elections, foreign contacts, and a pre-revolutionary heritage.
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Free Download Theodore P. Savas, David A. Woodbury, "A Journal of the American Civil War: V1-3"
English | 2022 | ASIN: B09Q9FFD7F | EPUB | pages: 88 | 5.1 mb
Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes.
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English | 2015 | ISBN: 1138775576 | EPUB | pages: 412 | 5.0 mb
First published in 1927, this title presents a well-regarded study of this intriguing - and often over-looked - period of Egyptian history for the general reader as well as the student of Hellenism.
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English | ISBN: 103243063X | 2023 | 190 pages | PDF | 3 MB
As the seventh volume of a multi-volume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the Mongolian influence on neologisms in Modern Chinese and innovations in word formation and lexical meanings during the period.
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English | 2022 | ISBN: 1975164598 | 2369 Pages | EPUB (True) | 156 MB
Written by expert clinicians, Core Curriculum Wound Management, 2nd Edition is one of the few nursing texts to offer the basic pathology, physiology and current clinical skills required for high-level wound care. This is essential content for those seeking WOC certification, including nursing students in wound care programs; nurses involved in wound care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students and nursing faculty.
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English | July 15, 2017 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B093YSVBKL | 268 pages | EPUB | 18 Mb
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Free Download Witness to Gettysburg: Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War, 2021 Edition by Richard Wheeler
English | August 15, 2021 | ISBN: 0811739856 | 265 pages | PDF | 24 Mb
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants-both Northern and Southern-to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.
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Free Download Winning with Words: The Origins and Impact of Political Framing By Brian F. Schaffner (editor), Patrick J. Sellers (editor)
2009 | 216 Pages | ISBN: 0415997933 | PDF | 2 MB
Today's politicians and political groups devote great attention and care to how their messages are conveyed. From policy debates in Congress to advertising on the campaign trail, they carefully choose which issues to emphasize and how to discuss them in the hope of affecting the opinions and evaluations of their target audience. This groundbreaking text brings together prominent scholars from political science, communication, and psychology in a tightly focused analysis of both the origins and the real-world impact of framing. Across the chapters, the authors discuss a broad range of contemporary issues, from taxes and health care to abortion, the death penalty, and the teaching of evolution. The chapters also illustrate the wide-ranging relevance of framing for many different contexts in American politics, including public opinion, the news media, election campaigns, parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary.
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