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Bachelors of a Different Sort Queer Aesthetics, Material Culture and the Modern Interior in Britain


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English | ISBN: 0719084997 | 2014 | 336 pages | PDF | 35 MB
The bachelor has long held an ambivalent, uncomfortable and even at times unfriendly position in society. This book carefully considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britain between 1885 and 1957.The seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor (queerness, idolatry, askesis, decadence, the decorative, glamour, artifice) comprise a contested site and reveal in their respective ways the distinctly queer twinning of shame and resistance. It pays close attention to the interiors of Lord Ronald Gower, Alfred Taylor, Oscar Wilde, Charles Shannon and Charles Ricketts, Edward Perry Warren and John Marshall, Sir Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines, Noël Coward and Cecil Beaton.Richly illustrated and written in a lively and accessible manner, Bachelors of a Different Sort is at once theoretically ambitious and rich in its use of archival and various historical sources.

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A Different Way to Learn Neurodiversity and Self-Directed Education


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English | June 21st, 2023 | ISBN: 1839973633 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 2.82 MB
‘If you are a parent worrying whether self-directed education will work for your child, because you have been told that they have special needs which can only be met in the school system – think again’

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A Different Track Hospital Trains of the Second World War


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English | November 26th, 2023 | ISBN: 1772034576 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 16.21 MB
This fascinating book looks at the largely unknown history of hospital trains, which wound their way across the scarred landscapes of war-weary Europe, and the doctors and nurses who risked their lives treating patients from all sides of the conflict.

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A Different Track Hospital Trains of the Second World War


Free Download A Different Track: Hospital Trains of the Second World War by Alexandra Kitty
English | November 26th, 2023 | ISBN: 1772034576 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 16.21 MB
This fascinating book looks at the largely unknown history of hospital trains, which wound their way across the scarred landscapes of war-weary Europe, and the doctors and nurses who risked their lives treating patients from all sides of the conflict.

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The Number A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life [Audiobook] (2024)


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English | January 03, 2006 | ASIN: B000E1ZA3W | MP3@64 kbps | 6h 10m | 168.63 MB
Author: Lee Eisenberg
Narrator: Lee Eisenberg

The often-avoided, anxiety-riddled discussion about financial planning for a secure and fulfilling future has been given a new starting point in The Number by Lee Eisenberg. The buzz of professionals and financial industry insiders everywhere, the Number represents the amount of money and resources people will need to enjoy the active life they desire, especially post-career. Backed by imaginative reporting and insights, Eisenberg urges people to assume control and responsibility for their standard of living, and take greater aim on their long-term aspirations.

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Modelling of the Interaction of the Different Vehicles and Various Transport Modes (2024)


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English | EPUB | 2020 | 535 Pages | ISBN : 3030115119 | 133.11 MB
​This book discusses various issues of modeling freight and passenger traffic, and explores the common approaches and regional differences. The latter may be a consequence of national legislation or the various approaches that are adopted by scientists around the globe.

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Marginalization Processes across Different Settings


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English | ISBN: 1527503291 | 2017 | 460 pages | PDF | 4 MB
While issues of marginalization and participation have engaged scholars across various disciplines and domains, and a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological framings have been deployed in this enterprise, the research presented in this volume aligns itself to alternative traditions by focusing on peoples membership and participation across settings and institutional contexts. The work here, thus, focuses on the constitution of marginalization inside, outside and across a range of settings. It centre-stages marginalization and participation as action in the human world. Going beyond a focus on the marginalized or explanations of marginalization or comparing groups of the marginalized with the non-marginalized, a number of contributions focus on mundane processes inside, outside and across institutional settings in different geopolitical spaces. Other chapters in the book demonstrate the marginalization of specific analytical foci in the research process or hegemonies of national high-stake testing protocols and specific dialects in different geopolitical regions or in domains such as the sporting arena. In contrast to other studies on marginalization and participation, this book takes its point of departure in the complexities that characterize and shape both individuals and societies, past and present. Its chapters challenge demarcated fields of study and conceptions of identity framed marginalization and participation. Drawing attention to the fact that the centre (continues to) define the margins, the work presented here joins research efforts that highlight the need to focus on the constitution of marginalization and participation in a wide range of settings with the explicit aim of going beyond static boundaries that define the human state at different scales of becoming and beyond an understanding of development and progress in terms of a linear trajectory.

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Cuba Was Different Views of the Cuban Communist Party on the Collapse of Soviet and Eastern European Socialism


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English | ISBN: 900444288X | 2021 | 392 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Cuba Was Different explores Cuban Communist Party (PCC) views following the collapse of Eastern European and Soviet socialism through the lens of the official daily newspaper Granma (1989-1992) and interviews conducted later with Cuban PCC members who reflected back on that momentous period.

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