Tag: Thief

The Thief Who Stole My Heart The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280


Free Download The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280 (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts) by Vidya Dehejia
English | May 11, 2021 | ISBN: 0691202591 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 138 MB
The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context

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Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy


Free Download Catherine Malabou, "Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy"
English | ISBN: 1509555234 | 2024 | 268 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Many contemporary philosophers – including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben – ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves an "anarchist." It is as if anarchism were unmentionable and had to be concealed, even though its critique of domination and of government is poached by the philosophers.

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The Art Thief A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession [Audiobook]


Free Download The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BJ54XP6W | 2023 | 5 hours and 39 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 314 MB
Author: Michael Finkel
Narrator: Michael Finkel, Edoardo Ballerini

For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years-in museums and cathedrals all over Europe-Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money.

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Mind Thief The Story of Alzheimer’s [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B091MX32ZC | 2021 | 8 hours and 44 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 441 MB
Author: Han Yu
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer’s because its causes remain unknown. Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies efforts to understand the disease. Beginning with the discovery of "presenile dementia" in the early 20th century, Han Yu examines over a century of research and controversy.

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