The Trail
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 430
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Rebirth of Coiling Dragon
Author: Tu PoXiangXiang
Publisher: Funstory
Published: 2019-10-24
Total Pages: 849
ISBN-13: 1647360722
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor some inexplicable reason, a modern university student, whose soul had been transported to the world of the 'Coiling Dragon', had replaced Linley as the main character of the 'Coiling Dragon' world. He also wanted to see how the main character would take advantage of his transmigration and walk step by step towards the peak of the strong. Although this book is the same person as "Pan Long", but it doesn't matter if you haven't read the original book, it won't affect your reading.
Citizen-Soldiers and Manly Warriors
Author: Claire R. Snyder
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1999-08-28
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0742573532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens in a tradition that links citizenship with soldiering when women become citizens? Citizen Soldiers and Manly Warriors: Military Service and Gender in the Civic Republican Tradition provides an in-depth analysis of the theory and practice of the citizen-soldier in historical context. Using a postmodern feminist lens, Snyder reveals that within the citizen-soldier tradition, citizenship and masculinity are simultaneously constituted through engagement in civic and martial practices. Seeking to sever the connection between masculinity and citizenship, Snyder calls for women to make 'gender trouble' by engaging in the practices traditionally constitutive of masculine republican citizenship. However, in order to reconstitute the Citizen-Soldier traditionDthe only tradition we have that holds the military up to democratic standardsDwe must not only 'trouble' but also reconfigure our understandings of gender and citizenship. Thus gender parity in the American military is not enough. We must also change the type of masculinity produced by the military, reintroduce the military to its civic purposes, expand the 'citizenship of civic practices' to include other non-martial forms of service, and give citizens a greater role in political decision making.
Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals
Author: Astrid Skjerven
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-09-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1000648478
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book sheds light on the important and mostly neglected role that gender plays in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, doing so by investigating three key problem areas: empowerment, education, and infrastructure. Starting with a theoretical and methodological framework, this edited collection contains 12 chapters from scholars and researchers from around the world. The book includes numerous case studies discussing the current status of gender equality relating to the SDGs. It reinforces the significance of gender for sustainable and just development, highlighting how women play a major role in work organization, disaster management, income, household maintenance, and mediation of knowledge. "Women" as a classification encompasses much diversity with many intersecting axes of difference; this book focuses on the excluded and disadvantaged majority social group, without imposing homogeneity on that categorization. Many chapters focus on critical situations occurring in the Global South, where these issues are highly prominent, and importantly, these contributions are written by local scholars. Finally, the volume provides pathways for basic and professional gender responsive education and innovation in the field. The book will generate important discussions in interdisciplinary research and higher education settings focusing on sustainable development, gender, equality, human rights, and education.
The Rise of a Jazz Art World
Author: Paul Douglas Lopes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-05-30
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521000390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 2002 book presents a unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz in the twentieth century. Analysing organizational structures and competing discourses in American music, Paul Lopes shows how musicians and others transformed the meaning and practice of jazz. Set against the distinct worlds of high art and popular art in America, the rise of a jazz art world is shown to be a unique movement - a socially diverse community struggling in various ways against cultural orthodoxy. Cultural politics in America is shown to be a dynamic, open, and often contradictory process of constant re-interpretation. This work is a compelling social history of American culture that incorporates various voices in jazz, including musicians, critics, collectors, producers and enthusiasts. Accessibly written and interdisciplinary in approach, it will be of great interest to scholars and students of sociology, cultural studies, social history, American studies, African-American studies, and jazz studies.
Digital Art (Fourth) (World of Art)
Author: Christiane Paul
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2023-05-09
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 0500778981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fourth edition of the essential introduction to digital art, one of contemporary art’s most exciting and dynamic forms of practice. Digital art, along with the technological developments of its medium, has rapidly evolved from the “digital revolution” into the social media era and then to the postdigital and post-Internet landscape. This new, expanded edition of Christiane Paul’s acclaimed book traces the emergence of artificial intelligence, augmented and mixed realities, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and surveys themes explored by digital artworks in the areas of activism, networks and telepresence, and ecological art andthe Anthropocene. It also examines issues surrounding the collection, presentation, and preservation of digital art. It looks at the impact of digital techniques and media on traditional forms of art, such as printing, painting, photography, and sculpture, as well as exploring the ways in which the Internet and software art, digital installation, and virtual reality have emerged as recognized artistic practices. Digital Art is an accessible and engaging text that brings to life individual works, explaining in clear terms how they use technologyto produce artworks with a radical new aesthetic and thematic and interactive qualities. It is an essential critical guide to all forms of digital art.
Endless Journey
Author: Fredrick T.J. Ramazzo
Publisher: Ramazzo
Published: 2023-03-22
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1737184591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeztli Azrael, a young man of Astekahn descent, has set foot on a new adventure. Along with his two comrades, they are thrust into the unknown as they search for their purpose. The Deadlands is a world with vast mountain ranges and an endless horizon. Deprived of color, the open world radiates sorrow and terror with monsters lurking underneath. Meztli, Evelina, and Yofiel challenge the dejected world as their endless days lead them to a group of travelers. The newfound inhabitants are of Astekahn descent. Meztli vows to bring them to asylum inside the Azraelian Kingdom, but their plans are altered when a mysterious figure named Thresh the Mortifier grants them information about a sacred location known as Aztlán – the birthplace of Meztli’s people. To reach this mythical kingdom, they must traverse Hell's Forest; an area so treacherous and unpredictable that not even the strongest adventurers enter unprepared. With their lives on the line and those they vowed to protect at stake, our three brave warriors venture into the unknown once more, hoping to reach the sacred place they seek.
The Retreat
Author: Sherri Smith
Publisher: Forge Books
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0765386755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers. The Retreat is a twisting, bone-chilling suspense that asks: how well do you really know your friends? Four women. Four secrets. A weekend that will change them forever...if they survive. Katie Manning was a beloved child star until her mid-teens when her manager attacked and permanently scarred her face, effectively ending her career and sending her on a path of all-too-familiar post-Hollywood self-destruction. Now twenty-seven, Katie wants a better answer to those clickbait “Where Are They Now?” articles that float around online. An answer she hopes to find when her brother’s too-good-to-be-true fiancée invites her to a wellness retreat upstate. Together with Katie’s two best friends—one struggling with crippling debt and family obligations, one running away from a failed job and relationship—Katie will try to find the inner peace promised at the tranquil retreat. But finding oneself just might drudge up more memories than Katie is prepared to deal with. Each woman has come to the retreat for different reasons. Each has her secrets to hide. And at the end of this weekend, only one will be left standing. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
More Posthuman Glossary
Author: Rosi Braidotti
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-11-03
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1350231452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe notion of the posthuman continues to both intrigue and confuse, not least because of the huge number of ideas, theories and figures associated with this term. More Posthuman Glossary provides a way in to the dizzying array of posthuman concepts, providing vivid accounts of emerging terms. It is much more than a series of definitions, however, in that it seeks to imagine and predict what new terms might come into being as this exciting field continues to expand. A follow-up volume to the brilliant interventions of Posthuman Glossary (2018), this book extends and elaborates on that work, particularly focusing on concepts of race, indigeneity and new ideas in radical ecology. It also includes new and emerging voices within the new humanities and multiple modes of communicating ideas. This is an indispensible glossary for those who are exploring what the non-human, inhuman and posthuman might mean in the 21st century.
Fierce - Women's Bible Study Participant Workbook
Author: Jennifer Cowart
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1501882910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn from the fierce women of God who changed the world. The word fierce is trendy. It is used to describe women who are extreme athletes, high-level executives, or supermodels. Women at the top of their game. But what about the rest of us? Can we be fierce? Absolutely! In fact, women like us have been changing the world for thousands of years—many who received little fanfare yet lived fiercely anyway. In this six-week study we will look at lesser-known female characters in the Bible and the ways they changed the world by living into God’s calling, including: The midwives of Egypt (Shiphrah and Puah), who made hard decisions in the face of evil Deborah, who was an unlikely and powerful leader Naaman's slave girl, who bravely points others to God's healing power The Woman at the Well, who boldly repented and shared her faith Lois and Eunice, who parented with intentionality and effectiveness Dorcas, who showed kindness to those in need. As we explore their lives, we will discover how we too can live into our callings, honor the Lord, and even change the world through our courage, faithfulness, and obedience. Bible Study Features: A six-week study of lesser-known female characters in the Bible. Helps women consider how they can be fierce women of God. Workbook includes five devotional lessons for every week of study. Each DVD segment features an opening “fierce” vignette followed by engaging Bible teaching with practical life application. Other components for the Bible study, available separately, include a Leader Guide and DVD.
