Tag: Dead

Between the Dying and the Dead Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalise Euthanasia


Free Download Neal Nicol, "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalise Euthanasia"
English | 2006 | pages: 288 | ISBN: 1904132723, 1904132820 | PDF | 1,3 mb
Jack Kevorkian is best known for inventing the ‘suicide machine’ and being an outspoken proponent of the right to die with dignity. He has revolutionised the way the world thinks about euthanasia. Until now his story has never been properly told, but in this fully-authorised biography Kevorkian lifts his self-imposed silence through his closest associates. In addition to his work on pioneering ‘living wills’ and the assisted suicide machine, he was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work in pathology, and a Grammy for his music. Fluent in eight languages and with a genius IQ, Kevorkian’s personal story far exceeds his battle to legalise euthanasia.

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The Democracy of the Dead Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China


Free Download David L. Hall, "The Democracy of the Dead: Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China"
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0812693949 | EPUB | pages: 280 | 0.6 mb
Will democracy figure prominently in China’s future? If so, what kind of democracy? In this insightful and thought-provoking book, David Hall and Roger Ames explore such questions and, in the course of answering them, look to the ideas of John Dewey and Confucius.

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Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing Living in the Future


Free Download Charles Bowden, "Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0151013950 | EPUB | pages: 243 | 0.3 mb
In more than a dozen groundbreaking books and many articles, Charles Bowden has blazed a trail of fire from the deserts of the Southwest to the centers of power where abstract ideas of human nature hold sway – and to the roiling places that give such ideas the lie. He has claimed as his turf "our soul history, the germinal material, vast and brooding, that is always left out of more orthodox (all of them) books about America" (Jim Harrison, on Blood Orchid).

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All My Friends Are Still Dead (Funny Books, Children’s Book for Adults, Interesting Finds)


Free Download Avery Monsen, "All My Friends Are Still Dead: (Funny Books, Children’s Book for Adults, Interesting Finds)"
English | 2012 | pages: 108 | ISBN: 1452106967 | PDF | 18,5 mb
From the authors of the breakout best seller All my friends are dead (more than 100,000 copies sold) comes a brand-new illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.

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Material and Digital Reconstruction of Fragmentary Dead Sea Scrolls The Case of 4Q418a


Free Download Jonathan Ben-Dov, "Material and Digital Reconstruction of Fragmentary Dead Sea Scrolls The Case of 4Q418a "
English | ISBN: 9004473041 | 2022 | 296 pages | PDF | 36 MB
This book presents an innovative and comprehensive method for reconstructing fragmentary scrolls in a digital environment. The method enables extracting maximum information from the fragments. It is exemplified on the scroll 4Q418a, a fragmentary copy of Instruction.

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Left for Dead How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback


Free Download Ricky Megee and Greg McLean, "Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback"
English | 2012 | pages: 312 | ISBN: 1459605055 | PDF | 11,7 mb
No shoes, no vehicle, no food, no water and no idea. I’d always been one of those blokes who ragged on people who found themselves lost in the desert. Now I was one of those people. It was harsh, desolate country for a man all alone in bare feet. Nevertheless, I started to walk. And walk. The more I walked, I figured, the less distance I’d have to travel to get found. It was faulty logic, but it was the best I could come up with. ‘In April 2006 the news broke of an amazing feat of survival by a white man in one of the most inhospitable areas of Australia. Ricky Megee was found sheltering by a dam on a remote cattle property in the Northern Territory. After being abducted on the Buntine Highway then left for dead, Ricky had walked for ten days in bare feet through unforgiving terrain in blistering heat. Stumbling upon a dam, he set up camp there and survived for almost three months on leeches, grasshoppers, frogs and plants, losing 60 kilograms in the process .In Left for Dead, Ricky Megee gives a full and frank account of his abduction, survival and extraordinary rescue. Vividly told, it’s a gripping and yet inspiring story of how one man endures a terrible ordeal and lives to tell the tale.

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Live Dead The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness


Free Download John Brackett, "Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness "
English | ISBN: 1478025484 | 2023 | 232 pages | PDF | 8 MB
The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead’s reputation as a "live band" was-and continues to be-sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the group’s long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordings-from the group’s official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to "Betty Boards," and Dick’s Picks to From the Vault-have shaped the general history and popular mythology of the Grateful Dead for more than fifty years. Drawing on a diverse array of materials and documents contained in the Grateful Dead Archive, Live Dead details how live recordings became meaningful among the band and their fans not only as sonic souvenirs of past musical performances but also as expressions of assorted ideals, including notions of "liveness," authenticity, and the power of recorded sound.

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