Tag: Reflections

Free Download Soldat: Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B00D5ZJRQK | 2013 | 12 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 328 MB
Author: Siegfried Knappe, Ted Brusaw
Narrator: John Wray
A German soldier during World War II offers an inside look at the Nazi war machine, using his wartime diaries to describe how a ruthless psychopath motivated an entire generation of ordinary Germans to carry out his monstrous schemes.

Free Download Philosophical Reflections on Disability By D. Christopher Ralston, Justin Ho (auth.), D. Christopher Ralston, Justin Hubert Ho (eds.)
2010 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 904812476X | PDF | 2 MB
This project draws together the diverse strands of the debate regarding disability in a way never before combined in a single volume. After providing a representative sampling of competing philosophical approaches to the conceptualization of disability as such, the volume goes on to address such themes as the complex interplay between disability and quality of life, questions of social justice as it relates to disability, and the personal dimensions of the disability experience. By explicitly locating the discussion of various applied ethical questions within the broader theoretical context of how disability is best conceptualized, the volume seeks to bridge the gap between abstract philosophical musings about the nature of disease, illness and disability found in much of the philosophy of medicine literature, on the one hand, and the comparatively concrete but less philosophical discourse frequently encountered in much of the disability studies literature. It also critically examines various claims advanced by disability advocates, as well as those of their critics. In bringing together leading scholars in the fields of moral theory, bioethics, and disability studies, this volume makes a unique contribution to the scholarly literature, while also offering a valuable resource to instructors and students interested in a text that critically examines and assesses various approaches to some of the most vexing problems in contemporary social and political philosophy.

Free Download Welcome to My Garden: A Father’s Gift of Reflections, Life Lessons, and Advice by Brian H Murray
English | December 14th, 2023 | ISBN: 0998381659 | 182 pages | True EPUB | 2.26 MB
"The garden is a metaphor for life. It is a place of potential, beauty, abundance, challenge, and transformation."

Free Download Laura Finley Nickesia Gordon, "Reflections on Gender from a Communication Point-of-View "
English | ISBN: 144381699X | 2017 | 255 pages | PDF | 909 KB

Free Download No Red Lights: Reflections on Life, 50 Years in Venture Capital, and Never Driving Alone by Alan J. Patricof, Alan Patricof, Audible Studios
English | 2022 | ISBN: B09VY6SZKR | 8 hours and 32 minutes | M4B@128 kbps pages | PDF | 465 Mb
Extensive media and online coverage of the business arena, news of start-ups, mergers, and deals are familiar headlines these days. But that wasn’t always the case. The early years of venture capital were a far cry from today’s very public dealings. Alan Patricof, one of the pioneers of the venture arena, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the past 50 years of the industry. From buying stock in Apple when its market valuation was only $60 million to founding New York Magazine to investing in AOL, Audible, and more recently, Axios, his discerning approach to finding companies is almost peerless.
All of Patricof’s investments-from Xerox to Venmo-share certain qualities. Each company had sound product with wide appeal, the economics were solid, and the management team was talented and committed to seeing their visions come to fruition.

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Free Download Elizabeth May, "Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1771641789, 1771640316 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 2.3 mb
In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing Canadians. The book traces her development from child activist who warned other children not to eat snow because it contained Strontium 90 to waitress and cook on Cape Breton Island to law student, lawyer, and environmentalist and finally to leader of the Green Party and first elected Green Party Member of Parliament.

Free Download B Baert, "The Gaze from Above: Reflections on Cosmic Eyes in Visual Culture "
English | ISBN: 9042946156 | 2021 | 181 pages | PDF | 7 MB
When gazing into the vast expanse of ‘the universe’, humankind experiences the universal desire to fathom the mystery of its creation. We utilize our unique ability to express ourselves through artistic means to make this mystery tangible, transmuting the secrets of the cosmos into stunning objects and ingenious symbols. Through a deep engagement with recent iconological methods the author travels up and down a methodological Jacob’s ladder, between the artist’s gazes from the earth to the sky. The reader is treated to studies on a wide variety of objects and mediums, ranging from the embroidery of Girone, the Hereford mappa mundi to the genesis cycle in the Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The author reconsiders the iconic gaze of van Eyck’s lamb and enters Danae’s uncanny, voyeuristic space in the painting by Jan Gossaert. Meanwhile, she allows other thinkers to explore these questions alongside her. She turns to Erwin Panofsky, who writes about his fascination with Galileo Galilei’s telescope, and finally Lars von Trier and his movie Melancholia gets to call it Schluss. All the artworks in this captivating book contribute to unravel the largest mystery that surrounds us: the cosmos. The image blooms into the countenance of that majestic, astonishing black pupil above us. Or as Aby Warburg once wrote: "Contemplation of the sky is the grace and the curse of humanity."

Free Download Macrina Wiederkehr, "Seasons of Your Heart: Prayers and Reflections, Revised and Expanded"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0060693002 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 2.0 mb
In this masterpiece of simplicity, Macrina Wiederkehr offers a series of meditations to bring us closer to a "God for all seasons," revised and expanded into this new edition.

Free Download Anna Gotlib, "Responses to a Pandemic: Philosophical and Political Reflections"
English | ISBN: 1538154048 | 2022 | 250 pages | EPUB, PDF | 467 KB + 2 MB
What does it mean to be in the middle of a pandemic-for us, for our country, or for the world? How do our current inequalities and injustices become amplified by the demands of the pandemic and what, if anything, can be done? Who is most impacted-and why does it seem that so many of the same people are, once again, deemed expendable and "less-than"? How do we explain COVID-19 and its attendant traumas to our children, and what do we teach them about hope, justice, grief, and the role of imagination in survival? And once the worst has passed, how do we start again, and what should we care about as we contemplate individual and collective repair?

Free Download W. Scott Olsen, "Prairie Sky: A Pilot’s Reflections on Flying and the Grace of Altitude"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 082622007X | EPUB | pages: 168 | 5.6 mb
"It’s almost like ballet. Preflight. Starting. Warm-up. The voices from the control tower-the instructions. Taxiing. The rush down the runway. Airborne. There are names for every move. The run-up. Position and hold. Every move needs to be learned, practiced, made so familiar you feel the patterns in every other thing you do. It’s technical, yes. But there is a grace to getting metal and bone into the sky."