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The Art of Ukraine (World of Art) by Alisa Lozhkina
English | July 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 0500297789 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 151.69 MB
An in-depth overview of Ukrainian art from the dawn of modernism in the late nineteenth century to the start of the Russian invasion in winter 2022.

This new volume in the World of Art series provides an overview of Ukrainian art, artists, and art movements from the dawn of modernism and the 1900s to the Soviet period, to post-Soviet times and the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Ukrainian art and artists are discussed within historical and political contexts as well as how they have contributed to, and interacted with, Ukrainian culture and identity. Filled with rich illustrations, each chapter explores a different art period or movement.
We are at a historical moment where Ukraine and its cultural identity are in grave danger, and author Alisa Lozhkina offers a powerful opportunity to connect curious and empathetic readers with the Ukrainian art tradition.

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The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in Our Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It by Lorraine Besser
English | September 10th, 2024 | ISBN: 1538743205 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 1.33 MB
Philosopher and popular Middlebury professor Dr. Lorraine Besser reveals the missing third piece in our search for the Good Life-what she calls The Interesting-and teaches us how to cultivate it in our lives.

Do you know anyone who's truly living The Good Life? Traditionally, philosophers and psychologists have thought of the Good Life in terms of happiness or meaning, or some combination of both. But, if it's really that simple, if all you need is more happiness or meaning to get to the Good Life, why aren't more of us achieving that truly "good" life? You've hit all the traditional markers, jumped on the happiness train, committed to a gratitude practice, sought purpose in your work, and yet The Good Life you're seeking, is still out of reach.
Emerging research is revealing that there is, in fact, more to the good life than the current -and even ancient-conversation suggests. This has been identified as psychological richness. Dr. Lorraine Besser, a founding investigator in these studies, shows how psychological richness helps to make our Good Lives more interesting. Interesting experiences captivate our minds, engage our thoughts and emotions, and often change our perspective. What's interesting is different for everyone, and everyone can obtain and strengthen the skills necessary to access the interesting.
In this illuminating book, you'll take a deeper dive into the ways that you can cultivate the interesting in your everyday life, including:
* How to develop an interesting mindset
* How to harness the power of novelty
* How to turn obstacles into adventures
Through delightful stories, powerful tools, and new mindsets, you'll learn how to "keep it interesting." Whether you feel like something is missing from your life, or you're yearning for more, Besser's groundbreaking manifesto will guide you toward a fuller, more satisfying life.

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The art of the turnaround: A Comprehensive 10-Step Guide
by Mike Dunlop
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1998841154 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 6.41 MB

InThe Art of the Turnaround, Mike Dunlop shares his proven 10-step method for turning around companies in deep financial distress, which he has used to restore some 34 companies to financial health and profitability. Infused with Dunlop's down-to-earth humour and deep understanding of how the people in companies actually work, especially at a time of crisis,The Art of the Turnaroundoffers CEOs of troubled companies, and leaders who are buying distressed companies, a practical way to avoid financial ruin. Dunlop also offers hope that, after the challenging task of turning a money-losing company into a profitable one, life for the CEO as well as those who stay in the company will be enjoyable again.
All proceeds from the sale of The Art of the Turnaround, as well as from associated speaking engagements, will be donated to Eastside Academy and Jubilee Reach.

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The Astronomy Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Observing and Understanding Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Universe by Govert Schilling
English | May 28, 2024 | ISBN: 0762486503 | 256 pages | MOBI | 95 Mb
This essential guide for every amateur astronomer explores the entire universe in one practical, easy-to-use, beginner-friendly handbook.

The Astronomy Handbook, by award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling,is the indispensable, go-to guide to everything you ever wanted or need to know about space, including:the stars andthe constellationsplanetscometseclipsesgalaxiesblack holesexoplanetsand much moreIt also offers an excellent education for every amateur astronomer, including detailed and practical information on how to:locate and track the movements of the constellations throughout the yearview the planets and the cosmosselect the best equipment to use, including telescopes and camerasphotograph objects in spaceSchilling provides a fascinating history of astronomy, as well as clear and accessible explanations of binary, variable, and neutron stars; black holes and gamma-ray bursts; the formation and structure of galaxies; dark matter; and extraterrestrial life.The Astronomy Handbookis a primordial soup-to-nuts guide to the cosmos and an essential reference for every student of the universe.

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The Back Fix: How to Beat The World's #1 Disability by Antony Bush
English | January 15, 2024 | ISBN: 1738626407 | 260 pages | PDF | 23 Mb
Why is back pain the world's greatest disability?

Why aren't the fixes we buy working?
What are the 10 things researchers want us to know about our backs?
The secret to fixing our back pain lies not within medication, repeat 'treatments' or surgery. It lies deeply rooted within our lifestyle, mindset and behaviour - in the way we behave as an animal.
Movement is medicine - it is the missing link - the active ingredient in treating our back pain - whether highly-trained, elite athletes, sedentary office workers or manual labourers.
Find your inner ape. Understand that you are your own best therapy. Learn how to tailor your lifestyle.
Use movement and mindfulness as a way back to enjoying a healthier, happier, more fulfilled and self-empowered life.
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The third edition of this highly acclaimed and popular book is a comprehensive 'how-to' for all back pain sufferers. It is for those who are distressed and lost amongst the confusing plethora of 'treatment' options in the modern marketplace.
The aim is to clear a pathway through the tangled jungle of fast-fix claims and snake oil remedies. To help you manage your back pain as simply and quickly as possible. To answer the question: 'Where is my back pain coming from and what can I do to fix it myself?' To show you how to become the central protagonist in the story of your own recovery.
The Back Fix is brimming with useful infographics, so you can pick it up at any point, have a quick glance and learn something meaningful. We repeat and re-emphasize important points. But the central aim is this: to get you feeling and functioning well, to give you the knowledge and understanding, to enable and empower you to manage your back pain yourself. The fact is, you are your own best treatment. Without doubt, the best practitioner to fix your back painis you.
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Everyone with back pain should read this! A great tool: I highly recommend it.
Kris Dalzell
Spinal Orthopedic Surgeon
Instructive, positive & reassuring!
Dr Celeste Geertsema
Sports Physician & Olympic Team Doctor
Simple, helpful advice; easy to follow.
Andrew Ryan
Sports Physiotherapist, Australian Wallabies
In this book, Antony Bush has provided an exceptional resource for people with back pain. The Back Fix provides a great tool for teaching people how to self-manage their back pain, whether acute or chronic. Antony and his team deserve our congratulations and thanks for an educational and enjoyable read.
Ginny Rutledge
Winter Olympic Team Physiotherapist
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The third edition contains updated and expanded sections covering:The 10 Back Facts We All Should Know.Bad Scans Don't Mean Bad Pain.What's the Real Cause of My Back Pain?What's the Best Treatment?Common Myths & MisconceptionsThat Little Thing Called LifestyleLearning to be more AnimalisticThe Secret to a Happy SpineThe 'Big Six' Back ExercisesWanderlust - The Joy of MovementThe Importance of Mood & Thought Processes

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The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most Famous Hispanic War Hero by William Sturkey
English | June 11, 2024 | ISBN: 1541600266 | 464 pages | PDF | 15 Mb
The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped US history, from "a major new voice [with] lyrical powers as a biographer" (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass)

In May 1968, while serving in Vietnam, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez led the rescue of a reconnaissance team surrounded by hundreds of enemy soldiers. He saved the lives of at least eight of his comrades that day in a remarkable act of valor that left him permanently disabled. Awarded the Medal of Honor after a yearslong campaign, Benavidez became a highly sought-after public speaker, a living symbol of military heroism, and one of the country's most prominent Latinos.
Now, historian William Sturkey tells Benavidez's life story in full for the first time. Growing up in Jim Crow-era Texas, Benavidez was scorned as "Mexican" despite his family's deep roots in the state. He escaped poverty by enlisting in a desegregating military and was first deployed amid the global upheavals of the 1950s. Even after receiving the Medal of Honor, Benavidez was forced to fight for disability benefits amid Reagan-era cutbacks.
An unwavering patriot alternately celebrated and snubbed by the country he loved, Benavidez embodied many of the contradictions inherent in twentieth-century Latino life. The Ballad of Roy Benavidez places that experience firmly at the heart of the American story.

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The Bartender's Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar by Jim Meehan, Bart Sasso, Emma Janzen
English | June 11, 2024 | ISBN: 198485867X | MOBI | 67 Mb
A professional guide that surveys and celebrates the culinary ingredients in mixed drinks, with more than 100 recipes from the world's most creative bartenders and the James Beard Award-winning author of Meehan's Bartender Manual.

"Asa handbook devoted to the cornucopia of nonalcoholic ingredients that today's bartenders draw on in their pursuit of deliciousness, it will give cooks at any level a fresh appreciation for the flavorful possibilities they have at their fingertips."-Harold McGee, author of On Food and Cooking and Keys to Good Cooking
Jim Meehan's achievements as a pioneering bartender at Gramercy Tavern, The Pegu Club, and PDT in New York City helped pave the path for this generation's craft cocktail industry.Here, he's partnered with artist and designer Bart Sasso of Sasso & Co. and Atlanta's beloved Ticonderoga Club, award-winning author and journalist Emma Janzen, and renowned photographer AJ Meeker on an advanced handbook focused on the zero-proof components of cocktails that make or break the integrity of a drink.
The Bartender's Pantry includes concise overviews of ten categories of ingredients-sugars, spices, dairy, grains and nuts, fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs, coffee, tea, soda and mineral water, and ferments-that cover each subject's modern history in drinks, popular production practices, artisan processing methods, and common distribution channels before suggesting sourcing and service insights from experts in each field. The primers grapple with the challenges producers, distributors, and consumers each face as the ingredient moves through the food chain and into the bartender's pantry.
Each chapter features artfully illustrated recipes incorporating the featured ingredients that bring the reader into the kitchens of some of the world's most revered bartenders, baristas, importers, and chefs. Their innovative takes on traditional recipes including horchata, matcha, Turkish coffee, sorrel, kvass, and ice cream are followed by full-page photos of over 50 cocktails that incorporate them including modern classics like the Gin Basil Smash, Earl Grey MarTEAni and Penicillin.
Inspired by kitchen references like Deborah Madison's Vegetable Literacy and Harold McGee's Keys to Good Cooking, The Bartender's Pantry is an indispensable handbook for hospitality professionals, curious cooks, and anyone interested in how novel and traditional global beverages are connected to international foodways and our wellbeing itself.

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The Batch Lady Grab and Cook: No-fuss prep-ahead meals to make life easy by Suzanne Mulholland
English | May 14, 2024 | ISBN: 152992202X | 256 pages | MOBI | 63 Mb
Delicious home cooking - ready when you want it Take the hassle out of mealtimes with 100 easy recipes to have dinner ready in no time. Grab and Cook is a simple method to put satisfying, wholesome food on the table every day. Each recipe takes no more than 15 minutes to prepare, and can either be cooked right away, or made for the freezer to cook when you're hungry. All of the recipes have instructions for cooking in multiple appliances - including oven, air fryer, pressure cooker, hob, slow cooker and microwave - so you can choose the one that suits you.

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The Beauty of Elementary Mathematics
And How to Teach It
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9811278156 | 290 Pages | PDF (True) | 23 MB

Why is 2 times 3 equal to 3 times 2? One may think this is an axiom, but it has a proof, and a beautiful one at that. Elementary mathematics is as deep and as beautiful as higher mathematics. It includes some of the most important mathematical discoveries ever, for example the concept of the number, and the place-value method of representing numbers. We are so accustomed to this method , that we forget how clever and beautiful it is - resulting in its incredible efficacy.

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The Benefits of Imperfection; Biology, Society, and Beyond
by Olivier Hamant
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032832207 | 187 pages | True PDF EPUB | 15.34 MB

The cult of performance leads our society to emphasise the values of success and continuous optimisation in all areas. Slowness, redundancy and randomness are therefore negatively perceived. Olivier Hamant, in his book, reclaims them by his knowledge of biological processes.
What can we learn from life sciences? While some biological mechanisms certainly boast formidable efficiency, recent advances instead highlight the fundamental role of errors, incoherence or slowness in the robustness of living organisms. Should life be considered suboptimal? To what extent could suboptimality become a counter-model to the credo of performance and control in the Anthropocene?
In the face of pessimistic observations and environmental alerts, the author outlines solutions for a future that is viable and reconciled with nature.
Key Features:
Solidly documents with a grounding in scientific facts focusing on solutions
Explores a pragmatic way towards robustness, moving the debate beyond performance, technolatry or degrowth
Responds to eco-anxiety by providing an engaging and viable way forward

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The Best American Poetry 2024 edited by Mary Jo Salter, David Lehman
English | September 3, 2024 | ISBN: 1982186801, 1982186798 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 1.6 MB
Renowned poet Mary Jo Salter, whose command of verse forms and high intelligence is universally acknowledged, selects the poems for the 2024 edition of The Best American Poetry, "a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune).

The Best American Poetry series has been "one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets) since 1988. Each volume presents a curated selection of the year's most brilliant, striking, and innovative poems, with comments from the poets themselves offering unique insight into their work.
Here, guest editor Mary Jo Salter, whose own poems display a sublime wit "driven by a compulsion to confront the inexplicable" (James Longenbach), has picked seventy-five poems that capture the dynamism of American poetry today. The series and guest editors contribute valuable introductory essays that assess the current state of American poetry, and this year's edition is certain to capture the attention of both Best American Poetry loyalists and newcomers to the most important poetry anthology of our time.

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Abraham D. Sofaer, "The Best Defense?: Legitimacy & Preventive Force"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0817910042, 0817910050 | EPUB | pages: 232 | 0.3 mb
The Stanford Task Force Report on Preventive Force, by Abraham D. Sofaer, offers a practical guide to identifying and considering the issues relevant to preventive uses of force. The report seeks to ensure that such uses of force, if undertaken, will advance national and international security and the purposes of the United Nations Charter. The report examines the legitimacy, dangers, and limitations of preventive force and concludes by encouraging states and decision makers to undertake a systematic appraisal of the merits of any threat or use of preventive force based, not only on legal standards, which have proved an ineffective guide, but also on standards related to legitimacy, such as the consistency of proposed actions with the U.N. Charter and established norms of conduct.

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The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners edited by Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley
English | September 10, 2024 | ISBN: 0593470613 | True EPUB | 432 pages | 0.8 MB
The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.
THE WINNING STORIES
"Roy," Emma Binder
"The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz," Michele Mari (translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore)
"Orphans," Brad Felver
"The Home Visit," Morris Collins
"The Import," Jai Chakrabarti
"Didi," Amber Caron
"Serranos," Francisco González
"Hiding Spot," Caroline Kim
"Junior," Katherine D. Stutzman
"My Good Friend," Juliana Leite (translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry)
"The Castle of Rose Tellin," Kate DiCamillo
"Rain," Colin Barrett
"Marital Problems," Robin Romm
"The Last Grownup," Allegra Goodman
"The Honor of Your Presence," Dave Eggers
"The Paper Artist," E. K. Ota
"The Room-Service Waiter," Tom Crewe
"Seeing Through Maps," Madeline ffitch
"The Dark," Jess Walter
"Mobilization," Allegra Hyde

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Ginger Mauney, "The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship"
English | 2007 | pages: 359 | ISBN: 0060779489, 0060779497 | PDF | 1,9 mb
From sharing secrets as children to chasing unconventional dreams as adults, network correspondent Sara James and wildlife filmmaker Ginger Mauney explore their learning curve on life through the lens of their thirty-year friendship

Transplanting southern roots to southern Africa, Ginger Mauney has earned the acceptance of a troop of baboons, unraveled mysteries of life and death in an elephant herd, and raised her young son in the wilds of Namibia-but has often felt the pull of the country she once called home. As a local television anchor, Sara James paid her own way to cover the war in Nicaragua, a gamble that later propelled her to NBC. At the network, James exposed slavery in Sudan and plunged to the gravesite of the Titanic, but struggled to balance her demanding career with marriage and motherhood.
Though the two lead seemingly opposite lives, there is much they share: a hometown in Richmond, Virginia, an attraction to life on the razor's edge, a weakness for men with foreign passports and accents, and a past. Now, in their heartfelt memoir, Mauney and James alternately narrate the story of how, they, two women separated by thousands of miles, have found themselves bound together through temperament, circumstance, and serendipity. The Best of Friends uses the example of their lives to explore such universal questions as: When your heart is broken, how do you heal? How do you realize your dreams without compromising yourself? How do you tame ambition to make room for love and family? And what does it mean as an adult to be a "best" friend?
The Best of Friends is James and Mauney's story, but it is also the story of so many women in their twenties, thirties, and forties who, with the help of friends, dared to reinvent their lives just when it seemed that everything was falling apart.

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Kenneth Valpey, "The Bhāgavata Purāna: Sacred Text and Living Tradition"
English | 2013 | pages: 296 | ISBN: 0231149999, 0231149980 | PDF | 2,1 mb
A vibrant example of living literature, the Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text written in Sanskrit verse. Finding its present form by the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora.

Introducing the Bhagavata Purana's key themes while also examining its extensive influence on Hindu thought and practice, this collection conducts the first multidimensional reading of the entire text. Each essay focuses on a key theme of the Bhagavata Purana and its subsequent presence in Hindu theology, performing arts, ritual recitation, and commentary. The authors consider the relationship between the sacred text and the divine image, the text's metaphysical and cosmological underpinnings, its shaping of Indian culture, and its ongoing relevance to contemporary Indian concerns.

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Robert Lee Watt, "The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt"
English | 2016 | pages: 300 | ISBN: 1442268719, 1442239387 | EPUB | 10,9 mb
The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, few African Americans hold chairs in major American symphony orchestras, and Watt is the first in many years to write about this uniquely exhilarating-and at times painful-experience.

The Black Horn chronicles the upbringing of a young boy fascinated by the sound of the French horn. Watt walks readers through the many obstacles of the racial climate in the United States, both on and off stage, and his efforts to learn and eventually master an instrument little considered in the African American community. Even the author's own father, who played trumpet, sought to dissuade the young classical musician in the making. He faced opposition from within the community-where the instrument was deemed by Watt's father a "middle instrument suited only for thin-lipped white boys"-and from without. Watt also documented his struggles as a student at a nearly all-white major music conservatory, as well as his first job in a major symphony orchestra after the conservatory canceled his scholarship.
Watt subsequently chronicles his triumphs and travails as a musician when confronting the realities of race in America and the world of classical music. This book will surely interest any classical musician and student, particularly those of color, seeking to grasp the sometimes troubled history of being the only "black horn."

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William J. Samarin, "The Black Man's Burden: African Colonial Labor On The Congo And Ubangi Rivers, 1880-1900"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0813377404, 0367290383, 0367305844 | EPUB | pages: 276 | 0.9 mb
This book is an enquiry into early European colonial expansion in Central Africa especially in upper Zaire (Congo) and Ubangi rivers. It explores the extent to which French and Belgian colonial enterprise were dependent on the African labor and their penetration into Zaire basin.

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism (Bloomsbury Handbooks) by Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, Jacob Wamberg
English | July 23rd, 2020 | ISBN: 1350090476 | 472 pages | True EPUB | 1.89 MB
As our ideas of the human have come under increasing challenges - from technological change, from medical advances, from the existential threat of climate crisis, from an ideological decentering of the human, amongst many other things - the 'posthuman' has become an increasingly central topic in the Humanities. Bringing together leading scholars from across the world and a wide range of disciplines, this is the most comprehensive available survey of cutting edge contemporary scholarship on posthumanism in literature, culture and theory.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Posthumanism explores:
* Central critical concepts and approaches, including transhumanism, new materialism and the Anthropocene
* Ethical perspectives on ecology, race, gender and disability
* Technology, from data and artificial intelligence to medicine and genetics
* A wide range of genres and forms, from literary and science fiction, through film, television and music, to comics, video games and social media.

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Linda Nelson, "The Blueprint for 2 Americas"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1098098692 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.6 mb
What VEHICLE did we climb aboard that carried us so far from our cultural roots? How did the vast changes to society, our social framework and our relationships come about? Most importantly we must ask ourselves, "How could we become so divided? Or are we?"

The answers we hear in the public discourse are wholly inadequate to address the scope of the changes.
Could anyone in 1990 expected that ABC, NBC, or CBN would identify 53 Genders or that public policy, law and educational principles would be altered to grant special rights to these created genders?
Could we have envisioned cities and businesses being destroyed by people claiming to be supportive of the people affected?
Many feel the world has been turned upside down; the law is silent with regard to some egregious acts while being openly hostile to seemingly innocent citizens expressing their right of free speech. We have heard over and over these six powerful words:
How did our nation get here?
This book is designed to explain EXACTLY how we got here. You will become thoroughly aware of the plan that was set in motion, who designed it, when it began and the mechanisms used to move us to their desired end and, finally, where it will take us. You will discover that the separation of Americans by race or wealth or gender is a myth and meet the groups responsible for those myths.
After reading The Blueprint for Two Americas, every news report, school board issue or city council agenda will be viewed with the perspective of the Humanist Manifestos in mind. You will be awakened to the destruction that this plan has wrought. Just as a building has a set of blueprints that direct each specialty worker to their part in bringing about the finished product, this social re-engineering has a set of blueprints, and the new society it envisions is nearly complete.
This book reveals THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE TWO AMERICAS.

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The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution by Pamela H. Smith
English | June 25, 2004 | ISBN: 0226763994, 0226764230 | True EPUB | 408 pages | 92.8 MB
Since the time of Aristotle, the making of knowledge and the making of objects have generally been considered separate enterprises. Yet during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the two became linked through a "new" philosophy known as science. In The Body of the Artisan, Pamela H. Smith demonstrates how much early modern science owed to an unlikely source-artists and artisans.

From goldsmiths to locksmiths and from carpenters to painters, artists and artisans were much sought after by the new scientists for their intimate, hands-on knowledge of natural materials and the ability to manipulate them. Drawing on a fascinating array of new evidence from northern Europe including artisans' objects and their writings, Smith shows how artisans saw all knowledge as rooted in matter and nature. With nearly two hundred images, The Body of the Artisan provides astonishingly vivid examples of this Renaissance synergy among art, craft, and science, and recovers a forgotten episode of the Scientific Revolution-an episode that forever altered the way we see the natural world.

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