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VCs of the First World War Passchendaele 1917


Free Download Stephen Snelling, "VCs of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917"
English | ISBN: 0752476661 | 2012 | 304 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Latest in our bestselling series that tells the story of the Great War heroes. Includes new information from recently uncovered archives. Biographies of VC winners explore not only their incredible acts of bravery, but also details their lives. Of all the costly campaigns fought across the Western Front during the First World War, none strikes a more chilling chord than Passchendaele. Even now, more than ninety years on, the very mention of the name is enough to conjure up apocalyptic images of desolation and misery on a quite bewildering scale-humanity drowning in a sea of mud. Passchendaele has come to serve as a symbol of the folly and futility of war, chiefly remembered for its carnage and profligate waste of human lives. It also stands as testament to the endurance and extraordinary courage displayed by men of all ranks and nationalities. During the 3 1/2 month long struggle, which claimed the lives of more than 60,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen, 61 men were adjudged to have performed deeds worthy of the Empire’s highest award for valour-the Victoria Cross. Men from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa were among their number, alongside men from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They came from all walks of life, counting humble privates and, for the first time, a general among their ranks. This is a lasting memorial to a body of men who deserve to be numbered among the bravest of the brave.

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The Texture of Being Essays in First Philosophy


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2007 | 327 Pages | ISBN: 0813214688 | PDF | 1 MB
Kenneth Schmitz has spent an illustrious career as a philosopher striving to unite what Hegel called the "being of the ancients"―their deep engagement with metaphysics―to "the subjectivity of the moderns"―the modern concern with the interior life and historical particularity of human beings. Schmitz has sought to show how these concerns are two aspects of one "single philosophical life" which, far from being a pointless exercise, reflects an intellectually and spiritually fruitful human existence. In this volume, Schmitz brings his encyclopedic knowledge of the Western philosophical tradition to bear in a wide-ranging series of essays grouped under three headings: Being, Man, and God. He brings disparate philosophical traditions into conversation, such as classical Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics, the modern critical rationalism of Kant, the idealist synthesis of Hegel, the postmodern deconstructionism of Derrida and Foucault, and the personalist phenomenology of Scheler, Von Hildebrand, and Wojtyla. Schmitz explores re-situating classical metaphysics, with its confidence in the human ability to reach speculative truth, into a post-Enlightenment world that rejects the possibility, yet which values human interior richness. Schmitz believes, for instance, that we can have meaningful discourse about God’s existence and about the role of beauty in helping us recognize that being is a gift received. Diverse in topics yet unified in purpose, this volume brings together Schmitz’s penetrating and rich insight into being, produced over many years, to offer readers a magisterial study from one of the great Christian philosophers of our time.

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The Anarchist Turn in Twenty-First Century Leftwing Activism


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English | ISBN: 1009495240 | 2024 | 90 pages | PDF | 11 MB
Leftwing activism of recent decades exhibits an anarchist turn evident in quantitative indicators like mentions of anarchists in news reports and by activists adopting anarchist modes of organization, tactics, and social goals-whether or not they claim that label. The authors of this Element argue that the very crises that generated radical mobilizations since the turn of the millennium have both led activists to reject other strategies for social transformation and to see anarchist practices as appropriate to the challenges of our time. This turn is clearly apparent in the Americas and Europe, and has reverberations on an even broader transnational, perhaps global, scale. This suggests the need for research on social movements to consider anarchists and other marginalized radical traditions more fully, not just as objects of study, but as important sources of theory.

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Code Name Spike America’s First WWII Special Operations Memoir and Top Secret Mission – A True Story


Free Download Code Name: Spike: America’s First WWII Special Operations Memoir and Top Secret Mission – A True Story by Jacek Waliszewski, Steven Bizic, Joseph Kosky
English | May 24, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D56BXTRP | 544 pages | PDF | 29 Mb
America’s First WWII Special Operations Memoir and Top Secret Mission– a True Story – is a stunning story. It starts with America’s first intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was forged in the fires of WWII. OSS agents carried out daring and covert operations across the world, yet their critical contributions and brave work have remained shrouded in secrecy – until now.

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CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender

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In this course, CGCookie – Animating First Person Character Weapons in Blender, you’ll learn how to animate character weapons for first-person games. From simple actions like standing still to more complex animations like reloading and transforming a rifle into a sniper, this course covers everything you need to create realistic and responsive weapon animations.

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China in the Twenty-First Century Challenges and Opportunities


Free Download S. Hua, S. Guo, "China in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities"
English | 2007 | pages: 278 | ISBN: 1403979758, 1349538345 | PDF | 1,1 mb
In this edited volume, leading scholars from US and China analyze the challenges and opportunities for China in the 21st century, each emphasizing particular dimensions of politics, economics, political culture, and foreign policy. Issues examined include: social harmony and statecraft , media and political culture, and legality in foreign trade.

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On Happiness New Ideas for the Twenty-First Century


Free Download On Happiness: New Ideas for the Twenty-First Century By Camilla Nelson (editor), Deborah Pike (editor), Georgina Ledvinka (editor)
2015 | 234 Pages | ISBN: 1742586074 | EPUB | 1 MB
What is happiness, and how does the pursuit of happiness shape our lives? Happiness appears to be a simple emotion, individual and pleasurable, yet the problems associated with happiness in politics, economics, and philosophy suggest that it is perhaps more complex and paradoxical than we first thought. This eclectic collection of essays interrogates the ‘common sense’ understanding of happiness in the West and examines the strategies devised to obtain it. Without disposing of the concept altogether, the book rediscovers the latent aspects of this pervasive (and elusive) phenomenon. Ultimately, it concludes that our current notions of happiness may in fact be the very cause of our discontent. On Happiness offers readers a spectrum of critical reflections and ‘rethinks’ of this ubiquitous cultural obsession. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO [Subject: Philosophy, Sociology, Popular Culture]

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5 Minute History First World War in the Air


Free Download Norman Ferguson, "5 Minute History: First World War in the Air"
English | ISBN: 0750955716 | 2014 | 128 pages | EPUB | 217 KB
World War I is often thought of as just being a land war with men entrenched across the Western Front, but this "war to end all wars" was won as much at sea and in the air, as it was on land. This accessible guide takes readers through the birth of the Royal Flying Corps and discusses how all the major fighting powers of the war took to the skies, whether to spy on each on other or to take the war to the enemy through Zeppelin attacks and bombing raids.

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