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📮 New Television by Martin Shuster (.ePUB) Even though it’s frequently asserted that we are living in a golden age of scripted television, television as a medium is still not taken seriously as an artistic art form, nor has the stigma of television as “chewing gum for the mind” really disappeared. Philosopher Martin Shuster argues that television is the modern art form, full of promise and urgency, and in New Television, he offers a strong philosophical justification for its importance. Through careful analysis of shows including The Wire, Justified, and Weeds, among others; and European and Anglophone philosophers, such as Stanley Cavell, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and John Rawls; Shuster reveals how various contemporary television series engage deeply with aesthetic and philosophical issues in modernism and modernity. What unifies the aesthetic and philosophical ambitions of new television is a commitment to portraying and exploring the family as the last site of political possibility in a world otherwise bereft of any other sources of traditional authority; consequently, at the heart of new television are profound political stakes. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Martin Shuster Size 1.4MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/cUxJFyhlJumP https://devuploads.com/5f7iv027b48g

📮 Practicing New Historicism by Stephen Greenblatt (.ePUB) For almost twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In Practicing the New Historicism, two of its most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects. In lucid and jargon-free prose, Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt focus on five central aspects of new historicism: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected details, and skeptical analysis of ideology. Arguing that new historicism has always been more a passionately engaged practice of questioning and analysis than an abstract theory, Gallagher and Greenblatt demonstrate this practice in a series of characteristically dazzling readings of works ranging from paintings by Joos van Gent and Paolo Uccello to Hamlet and Great Expectations. By juxtaposing analyses of Renaissance and nineteenth-century topics, the authors uncover a number of unexpected contrasts and connections between the two periods. Are aspects of the dispute over the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist detectable in British political economists' hostility to the potato? How does Pip's isolation in Great Expectations shed light on Hamlet's doubt? ♻️ Book's Info: Author Stephen Greenblatt Size 8MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/4OPKoHheEe8n https://devuploads.com/5o8u67i264di

📮 The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique by Ruth Leys (.ePUB) In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychological sciences but throughout a wide swath of the humanities and social sciences as well. Yet, surprisingly, there is still no consensus on their basic nature or workings. Ruth Leys’s brilliant, much anticipated history, therefore, is a story of controversy and disagreement. The Ascent of Affect focuses on the post–World War II period, when interest in emotions as an object of study began to revive. Leys analyzes the ongoing debate over how to understand emotions, paying particular attention to the continual conflict between camps that argue for the intentionality or meaning of emotions but have trouble explaining their presence in non-human animals and those that argue for the universality of emotions but struggle when the question turns to meaning. Addressing the work of key figures from across the spectrum, considering the potentially misleading appeal of neuroscience for those working in the humanities, and bringing her story fully up to date by taking in the latest debates, Leys presents here the most thorough analysis available of how we have tried to think about how we feel. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Ruth Leys Size 1.4MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/IaMY8sLcL8GD https://devuploads.com/uruw2vdv0s8p

📮 Italian Food by Elizabeth David (.ePUB) In Italian Food, Elizabeth David was the first to help us understand the real country cooking of Italy. Italian Food was an inspiration to British cooks when it was first published in 1954 - and it remains so to this day. Embracing the variety, richness and vibrancy of Italian cooking, with particularly reference to regional variation, Elizabeth David provides a magnificent and inspiring collection of favourite dishes as well as those more rarely encountered. With straightforward recipes for meals such as Piedmontese cheese fondue, fettuccine with fresh tomato sauce and chicken breasts with ham and cheese, Elizabeth David brings us the authentic taste of Italian food. 'Elizabeth David's clear and unpretentious directions for the enjoyment of good food have never been surpassed' Daily Mail 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday 'Britain's most inspirational food writer' Independent 'When you read Elizabeth David, you get perfect pitch. There is an understanding and evocation of flavours, colours, scents and places that lights up the page' Guardian 'Not only did she transform the way we cooked but she is a delight to read' Express on Sunday ♻️ Book's Info: Author Elizabeth David Size 4MB Category Non-Fiction > Food & Drink File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/xsegMcFim54n https://devuploads.com/ff6ie6qm56bv

📮 The Tea Cyclopedia by Keith Souter (.ePUB) Tea drinking has become a way of life. To put it frankly, it is a love, an addiction, and some would even go as far to say a philosophy. Dr. Keith Souter examines the perpetual impact that this adored beverage has bestowed upon the world for centuries, from its mystical origins in the East, to its inevitable influence on the West. The Tea Cyclopedia is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in all things tea. Commencing each chapter with insightful quotes, it not only captures the historical beginnings of this beloved drink, but also explores tea's involvement in politics, health, the economy, and even fortune-telling. This unprecedented beverage has united people in times of adversity; it has also divided nations, causing volatile revolutions, such as the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Boston Tea Party. But today you will most likely find that various cultures have developed their own unique style of enjoying tea, and the ritual of tea drinking itself is not only intriguing, but also highly rewarding. In this meticulously detailed guide, readers will rediscover tea, its cultivation, and all of its richness and intricacy as a worldwide beverage. The Tea Cyclopedia is an enthralling tribute to the illustrious, invigorating, and elusive leaf that has vehemently continued to inspire people for more than two thousand years. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Keith Souter Size 1MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/nCaKulO3DS7s https://devuploads.com/bfsp0x1cepvj

📮 Slow Cooker Central: More than 250 Recipes by Paulene Christie (.ePUB) Featuring more than 250 recipes from Slow Cooker Central and the Slow Cooker Recipes 4 Families Facebook page, a wonderful collection of dishes, all of which have been tried and tested, shows how to make a huge variety of meals for the whole family that will save time and money. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Paulene Christie Size 1MB Category Non-Fiction > Food & Drink File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/VFjxJXKlw8eS https://devuploads.com/1i7at1iic62w

📮 Shattered by Hanif Kureishi (.ePUB) From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise he had lost the use of his limbs. He could no longer walk, write or wash himself. He could do nothing without the help of others, and required constant care in a hospital. So began an odyssey of a year through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, with the hope of somehow being able to return home, to his house in London. While confined to a series of hospital wards, he felt compelled to write, but being unable to type or to hold a pen, he began to dictate to family members the words which formed in his head. The result was an extraordinary series of dispatches from his hospital bed – a diary of a life in pieces, recorded with rare honesty, clarity and courage. This book takes these hospital dispatches – edited, expanded and meticulously interwoven with new writing – and charts both a shattering and a reassembling: a new life born of pain and loss, but animated by new feelings – of gratitude, humility and love. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Hanif Kureishi Size 1.3MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/PQDx8Rkarfj4 https://devuploads.com/k3fe6vj4ivms

📮 The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr (.ePUB)+ In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure. Even as they bring ease to our lives, these programs are stealing something essential from us. Drawing on psychological and neurological studies that underscore how tightly people’s happiness and satisfaction are tied to performing hard work in the real world, Carr reveals something we already suspect: shifting our attention to computer screens can leave us disengaged and discontented. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Nicholas Carr Size 828KB Category Non-Fiction > Tech & Devices > Sociology > Philosophy > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/sUq6zsCHsJch https://devuploads.com/h25x1bsnyw3y

📮 Naughty Fairytale Series by Sophia Poe (.ePUB) Welcome to the Naughty Fairytale Series. This collection of short stories was loosely inspired by classic fairy tales we all know and love–only these have a sexy spin. This is a collection of thirteen short stories that explore themes that may not be suitable for everyone. Reader discretion is advised. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Sophia Poe Size 2.9MB Category Fiction > Erotic File Type ePUB 1. The Needs of a Lady2. Red's Wolf 3. Lord de Bhere's Lady 4. Heart of a Hunter 5. In the Eyes of an Earl 6. To Dance with a Stranger7. Sleeping Desire 8. The Wishes of a Lady9. Trapping Delilah 10. A Scandalous Encounter11. To Name a Lord12. Fortune's Mask 13. Cunning Mary 1. The Needs of a Lady 2. Red's Wolf 3. Lord de Bhere's Lady 4. Heart of a Hunter 5. In the Eyes of an Earl 6. To Dance with a Stranger 7. Sleeping Desire 8. The Wishes of a Lady 9. Trapping Delilah 10. A Scandalous Encounter 11. To Name a Lord 12. Fortune's Mask 13. Cunning Mary 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/iKuEfVl0W5V6 https://devuploads.com/kbhhseagbq71

📮 His Dark Pact by Felicity Brandon (.ePUB) From USA Today bestselling author, Felicity Brandon, comes an all new dark romance series. When Amy Kendall hits rock bottom, An enigmatic stranger steps in to play her savior. He has a solution to all her problems— No more bills, No more worries. His terms? That for one week, without exception, Amy is his. Obediently, Passionately, Completely. Felicity Brandon brings you her signature dark and captivating romance. His Dark Pact is book one in The Desperate Binds series. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Felicity Brandon Size 0.4MB Category Fiction > Romance File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/6UlvjfgkwOmy https://devuploads.com/lmlq8kqivaga

📮 The Weird Tales of Dorothy K. Haynes by Dorothy K. Haynes (.ePUB) The fabric of Dorothy K. Haynes' weird fiction is truly the stuff of nightmares, where horrors cruel and mundane are interwoven with threads of dark fairy folklore and twisted witchcraft to deliver heady supernatural thrills. In this new collection, Haynes expert Craig Lamont presents the essential classics of her strange storytelling alongside rarities from obscure anthologies and magazines - and several stories exhumed from the family archive which have never been published before. Featuring illustrations by Mervyn Peake from the Library's collections, this volume knits the irresistible pull of Haynes' unique brand of the uncanny with a rare opportunity to discover new material from one of the great weavers of Scottish horror. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Dorothy K. Haynes Size 27.2MB Category Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy > Horror File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/nhlOX6tITcgc https://devuploads.com/wyou68kgdtl0

📮 Bakery Series (#1-3) by Gaile Parkin (.ePUB)+ Born and raised in Zambia, Gaile Parkin has lived and worked in many African countries. Her first job was in a Soweto still simmering from the violent uprising of the school students who had begun to loosen apartheid's control of the education system in South Africa. More recently she has worked in Rwanda, counselling women and girls who had survived the genocide. A published author of numerous school textbooks and children's books, Gaile has only recently turned her hand to writing fiction for adults. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Gaile Parkin Size 2.86MB Category Fiction > General Fiction/Classics > Family > Africa > Rwanda > Cultural > Inspirational File Type ePUB Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1):Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1): Baking Cakes in Kigali (Bakery #1): Once in a great while a debut novelist comes along who dazzles us with rare eloquence and humanity, who takes us to bold new places and into previously unimaginable lives. Gaile Parkin is just such a talent—and Baking Cakes in Kigali is just such a novel. This gloriously written tale—set in modern-day Rwanda—introduces one of the most singular and engaging characters in recent fiction: Angel Tungaraza—mother, cake baker, keeper of secrets—a woman living on the edge of chaos, finding ways to transform lives, weave magic, and create hope amid the madness swirling all around her. In Kigali, Angel runs a bustling business: baking cakes for all occasions—cakes filled with vibrant color, buttery richness, and, most of all, a sense of hope only Angel can deliver.…A CIA agent’s wife seeks the perfect holiday cake but walks away with something far sweeter…a former boy-soldier orders an engagement cake, then, between sips of tea, shares an enthralling story…weary human rights workers…lovesick limo drivers. Amid this cacophony of native tongues, love affairs, and confessions, Angel’s kitchen is an oasis where people tell their secrets, where hope abounds and help awaits. When Hoopoes Go to Heaven (Bakery #2):When Hoopoes Go to Heaven (Bakery #2): When Hoopoes Go to Heaven (Bakery #2): Ten-year-old Benedict is feeling happy. His family's new home in Swaziland has the most beautiful garden in the whole entire world, teeming with insects, frogs and his favourite cinnamon-coloured birds. Here, crouched in the cool shade of the lucky-bean tree, it's easy to forget the loneliness that comes from his siblings playing without him, easy to stop himself fretting about how to fix his Mama's failing cake-baking business. Of course, there are many things in Africa that cannot be put right by a boy who isn't yet big. But in Benedict's wonder-filled world, even the ugliest situation has a certain magic. Warm, funny and brimming with life, Where Hoopoes Go to Heaven paints a fresh and compelling picture of life in Swaziland that will capture your imagination and restore your faith in humanity. Kilimanjaro Snow (Bakery #3):Kilimanjaro Snow (Bakery #3): Kilimanjaro Snow (Bakery #3): My Darling Lovemore If you are reading this, it means that God and Agrippina both did what I asked of them. Now this is what I ask of 1 Always remember that everything I did was for you. 2 Work your hardest and do your best to achieve your goals. 3 Don’t believe any man’s lies. Let my mistakes die with me. 4 Don’t let me become extinct through you. When you are grown, have at least 1 child. 5 But there is no number five. Maybe Mama ran out of instructions, which was not like Mama at all, or maybe she just got tired, which was like her near the end. Is this note really all there is of Mama’s letter to her daughter? Growing up, Lovemore always believed her Mama’s lies about her baba being late, so reading her mother's diaries brings her some shocking revelations. It had always been a secret that Uncle Joseph was Lovemore’s father because Uncle Joseph had a whole other family, a wife and three children. She thought she had already cried all her tears about losing Uncle Joseph, so there were not many more tears for him left inside her. 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/Mp4jmurohqIH https://devuploads.com/0hpojlwsqmxr

📮 Pure Blood by Tarisa Marie (.ePUB) Get ready for the epic series finale of the Black Petals series! Aiden, now trapped in another dimension and plagued with memory loss, has no idea who he is or who Megan is. How will he ever find a way back to her if he has no idea she even exists? ♻️ Book's Info: Author Tarisa Marie Size 840KB Category Fiction > Romance File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/wJoEWGRChln4 https://devuploads.com/cacag816x8i5

📮 No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home by Chris Offutt (.ePUB)+ In his fortieth year, Chris Offutt returns to his alma mater, Morehead State University, the only four-year school in the Kentucky hills. He envisions leading the modest life of a teacher and father. Yet present-day reality collides painfully with memory, leaving Offutt in the midst of an adventure he never imagined: the search for a home that no longer exists. Interwoven with this bittersweet homecoming tale are the wartime stories of Offutt's parents-in-law, Arthur and Irene. An unlikely friendship develops between the eighty-year-old Polish Jew and the forty-year-old Kentucky hillbilly as Arthur and Offutt share comfort in exile, reliving the past at a distance. With masterful prose, Offutt combines these disparate accounts to create No Heroes, a profound meditation on family, home, the Holocaust, and history. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Chris Offutt Size 1.24MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Cultural > Ethnic > Literary Figures > Personal Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/PokY8AOzrykc https://devuploads.com/zdg2wlknms3u

📮 The Spy in the Shadows by Orna Sandler Klein (.ePUB) A phone call in the middle of the night cuts through the quiet, unsuspecting European streets. At one end of the line – a veteran Mossad Agent on an undercover assignment as a diplomat in Paris. At the other end – the Mossad’s deputy director, with the only news the Agent was not prepared to receive: “The daughter of the head of the Mossad is on a class trip to Poland. Last night, she went missing.” The Agent is tasked with finding the girl – Noa – by any means necessary. From her deep cover in Paris to the bustling streets of Amsterdam, the Agent and her team of undercover operatives unravel the mystery of the missing daughter. What happened to her? Was she taken because of the connection to her father? Is she still alive? And when it is discovered that Noa was last seen in the company of two unidentified men, the Agent must ask herself: What other secrets was Noa keeping from her parents – and what secrets are her parents keeping from the agency? ♻️ Book's Info: Author Orna Sandler Klein Size 2.3MB Category Fiction > Mystery/Thriller File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/P1YtTt5QdAyq https://devuploads.com/fc3n6ctvakix

📮 Forbidden Dreams by Natasha Madison (.ePUB) Montgavin Township will never be the same when one night changes the lives of six people. When the single mom moves in next door, it's your enemy's soon-to-be ex-wife. Lines are drawn, and I have to remember not to cross them. Brady For once, my life was calm. Behind us was the threat our distillery was going to be shut down. Now we could focus on growing our brand exactly the way I dreamed of doing it when I took it over. Nothing was going to stop me. Until she moved in next door. My enemy’s wife with her seven-year-old son. I don’t need this right now. But everything inside me pulled me toward her. Even offering her a job. Little did I know, again, I was starting a war. However, I’m ready for it this time. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Natasha Madison Size 752KB Category Fiction > Romance File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/R7Hxu6Fkxovg https://devuploads.com/ofod0gdkqdtu

📮 Evergreen Family Tree Farm series by Khloe Summers (.ePUB) Khloe Summers loves giving readers sexy stories that relate to real-world issues like starting over, and unexpected romance. Her books are known to have suspense, passion, emotional substance, and happily ever afters. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Khloe Summers Size 19.2MB Category Fiction > Romance File Type ePUB 1. Christmas Captive 1. Christmas Captive - Can this older mountain man protect a woman from a creeping ex? Jovie Christmas should be stress free. That's why I came out to Rugged Mountain. I needed the quintessential old-time Christmas experience. Snowy mountain tops, happy families cutting down trees and silent nights. Instead, I'm followed by my jerk of an ex. Why is for my big, brooding, inked up boss standing up for me? And why do I like it? Kade It's the busiest time of the year for my family tree farm I don't have time to be fighting off ex boyfriends for all my employees. But Jovie is different. She's sweet, young, and innocent. She deserves a man who'll take care of her. Not a boy. Trouble is, I’ve been known to take things too far. And right now, with Jovie, too far is exactly where I want to go. 2. Christmas Kiss2. Christmas Kiss - Can this older mountain man help a pregnant employee in need of a little Christmas spirit? Mariah Pregnant and alone. That should be the headline for my Christmas letter this year. I’m sure my family would appreciate that. If they knew I was pregnant. Keeping it a secret is the best option, at least until I figure things out. This way, my mother can’t possibly have anything to complain about, At least nothing new. When my brother try's setting me up with my older boss as a buffer to my mother’s wedding. I reject the idea wholeheartedly. But the more I’m around the big, brooding, inked-up fantasy of a man, the harder it is to say no. Charlie I hate seeing Mariah in turmoil. She’s too damn young to have this much on her mind. Ideally, I’d swoop in and help her manage. But the dangers of getting too close to a girl like Mariah are obvious. She’s thick, sweet, smart-mouthed and everything I’ve ever wanted. Trouble is, she’s my employee and completely off limits. Then again, what harm could one date do? 3. Chased at Christmas3. Chased at Christmas - Can this older mountain man find love with his best friend's little sister? Mira Everyone tells me I should stop meeting men online. Where else am I supposed to meet people? Men don’t just fall out of the sky, desperate to date me. This is a small town. So when I start talking to a man named The Wolverine by computer, I can’t get him out of my head. He’s perfect. At least I think he is. We haven’t exchanged photos and there’s the tiny detail where I kind of sort of have a crush on my brother's best friend. But that’s a story for another day, right? Gabe Mira is everything I’ve ever wanted, and I’ve spent years lusting after her. That smart mouth, her curvy frame, and that sweet little smile. Trouble is, she’s always been off limits. Disappointing my best friend is the last thing I want to do. But I think I’ve found a solution. Mira likes meeting folks online. Online, my identity is a secret. Online, I can have the curvy little temptress I’ve been fantasizing about. Online, we’re a match. I think all is going well until a snowstorm traps us together, and suddenly, the urge to have Mira 'IRL' is staring me right in the face. 4. Kept for Christmas 4. Kept for Christmas - Can this older mountain man find love with a woman who’s come down with holiday amnesia? Emma Why can’t real life be a hallmark movie? A big, brooding, inked up man, desperate to take care of me. A cozy little cabin in the woods and a marriage proposal in less than two hours. Instead, I’m holed up with a mountain man who owes someone a favor And this concussion I have is only getting in the way of the fun I had planned. I should let the fantasy go, and forget about ever laying hands on his over-worked biceps, But I never have been a quitter. Nick Emma is gorgeous, timeless, and everything I’ve ever wanted. But she’s got more walls up than a North Pole fortress. In my fantasies, I knock them all down and see how far we can take a feeling. Trouble is, she’s way too young for me. Too young, and too innocent. I'm here to care for her, so that's what I should do. Trouble is, someone should've defined 'care for' a little more clearly. 5. Christmas of Convenience5. Christmas of Convenience - Can this older mountain man help a woman acclimate to high altitude? Jen I’m definitely not in Kansas anymore. Prairies have been replaced by white capped mountains, And the scent of grass has been swapped with alpine. My anxiety though… still in full swing. It’s safe to say the tall, built, mountain man staring toward me isn’t helping any. I should fly home now, I still have time to salvage Christmas. Then again, what harm could come of one short drive? Sam People say Christmas is a time for magic and love. People are idiots. In reality, Christmas is a time for stress and exhaustion. At least that’s what I thought until I met Jen. She’s the cutest little worrywart I’ve ever met, and I can’t get her off my mind. Thankfully, the snow starts falling and our plans go array. Maybe Christmas is a time for magic, I think we’re gonna find out. 📥 Download Links: 1-5 https://uploda.sh/H8yJPWnTLwBk https://devuploads.com/59dnn4qtshvw 5. Christmas of Convenience https://uploda.sh/p6afOC3DrWjZ https://devuploads.com/w5vaumy08z1c

📮 Playing to the Edge by Michael V. Hayden (.ePUB)+ An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both CIA and NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and wrenching change For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National Security Agency, and it remained so when he ran CIA. In his view, many shortsighted and uninformed people are quick to criticize, and this book will give them much to chew on but little easy comfort; it is an unapologetic insider's look told from the perspective of the people who faced awesome responsibilities head on, in the moment. How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last 500 years? What was NSA before 9/11 and how did it change in its aftermath? Why did NSA begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records? What else was set in motion during this period that formed the backdrop for the infamous Snowden revelations in 2013? As Director of CIA in the last three years of the Bush administration, Hayden had to deal with the rendition, detention and interrogation program as bequeathed to him by his predecessors. He also had to ramp up the agency to support its role in the targeted killing program that began to dramatically increase in July 2008. This was a time of great crisis at CIA, and some agency veterans have credited Hayden with actually saving the agency. He himself won't go that far, but he freely acknowledges that CIA helped turn the American security establishment into the most effective killing machine in the history of armed conflict. For 10 years, then, General Michael Hayden was a participant in some of the most telling events in the annals of American national security. General Hayden's goals are in writing this book are simple and unwavering: No apologies. No excuses. Just what happened. And why. As he writes, "There is a story here that deserves to be told, without varnish and without spin. My view is my view, and others will certainly have different perspectives, but this view deserves to be told to create as complete a history as possible of these turbulent times. I bear no grudges, or at least not many, but I do want this to be a straightforward and readable history for that slice of the American population who depend on and appreciate intelligence, but who do not have the time to master its many obscure characteristics." ♻️ Book's Info: Author Michael V. Hayden Size 1.42MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Political > Terrorism > Intelligence > Espionage File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/plDXAdlH7GJC https://devuploads.com/rxq63oybwutg

📮 Raining Quilts and Dogs by Kathryn Mykel (.ePUB) Will the roof cave in on Elizabeth’s new endeavor, or will she catch the murderer before she’s basted. Interior designer Elizabeth Purdy has a notion to restore the Saint Christina's Nunnery into a quilting retreat center but torrential downpours threaten to destroy the historic landmark before she even begins. When Elizabeth finds Heatherton’s favorite neighbor and retired private investigator, Mr. Jenkins, murdered, face down in a puddle, she realizes that Mother Nature, isn’t the only villain on the loose. With the deed and keys to the nunnery in hand, Elizabeth is in a race against time to pin down the culprit before tensions rise like the flood waters in this quiet, oceanside town. The quilters just wanna quilt, the neighborhood pets are barking maine-iacs, and the town is completely cut off from their emergency services. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Kathryn Mykel Size 4.1MB Category Fiction > Mystery/Thriller File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/epXW11CFCX2n https://devuploads.com/srz9unqdka6m

📮 Stuffed: A History of Good Food in Britain by Pen Vogler (.ePUB) The fascinating history of the people, the ideas and the dishes that have fed - and starved - the nation, by the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Scoff. In times of plenty, we stuff ourselves. When the food runs out, we're stuffed too. How have people in the British Isles shared the riches from our fields, dairies, kitchens and seas, as well as those from around the world? And when the cupboard is bare, who steps up to the plate to feed the nation's hungry children, soldiers at war or families in crisis? Stuffed tells the stories of the food and drink at the centre of social upheavals from prehistory to the present: the medieval inns boosted by the plague; the Enclosures that finished off the celebratory roast goose; the Victorian chemist searching for unadulterated mustard; the post-war supermarkets luring customers with strawberries. Drawing on cookbooks, literature and social records, Pen Vogler reveals how these turning points have led to today's extremes of plenty and want: roast beef and food banks; allotment-fresh vegetables and ultra-processed fillers. It is a tale of feast and famine, and of the traditions, the ideas and the laws which have fed - or starved - the nation, but also of the yeasty magic of bread and ale, the thrill of sugary treats, the pies and puddings that punctuate the year, and why the British would give anything - even North America - for a nice cup of tea. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Pen Vogler Size 2MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/0weiBGDok2PT https://devuploads.com/i6tpp7v6hywr

📮 Big Mamma Italian Recipes in 30 Minutes by Big Mamma (.ePUB) Big Mamma is two Frenchmen and over a thousand Italians – who run a group of crazy trattorias serving authentic Italian food, with wildly popular restaurants in London, Paris and beyond. The pages of their first 30-minute cookbook are packed full of 100 delicious recipes, as well as incredible tips, tricks and anecdotes from the Italian team to make you a forno star. So whether you have friends arriving unexpectedly, or the famiglia descending en masse for the holidays, the Big Mamma squadra is here to help with tons of Italian recipes from Breaded ‘Burratina Turner’ Burrata to Hot Spaghetti All'Arrabbiata, Focaccia Alla Parmigiana to Tartufini Al Limoncello. So relax, breathe, open some wine and turn the pages. It's time to wow your guests and delight the whole family. Andiamo! ♻️ Book's Info: Author Big Mamma Size 29MB Category Non-Fiction > Food & Drink File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/Q6dQyqnvord2 https://devuploads.com/4truuazu2mpw

📮 Deputy Gemma Stone series by Gail Koger (.ePUB) I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher and to keep insanity at bay, I took up writing. Not to worry. The insanity isn't catching - much. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Gail Koger Size 2.6MB Category Fiction > Romance Suspense File Type ePUB 1. Stilettos and Sniper Rifles:1. Stilettos and Sniper Rifles: I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for four years. Most folks don’t have a clue about what a cop deals with every day. Like a pack of attack chihuahuas, a monkey with a bad case of diarrhea, a hungry python, a Brahma bull named Bodacious and a six-foot iguana. And that is just the critters. Now let me tell you about the two-legged varmints. Such as a three-hundred-pound biker who got a bit irate when I zapped him with a stun gun, or a murderous nun, and let’s not forget the senior citizens having an orgy. Ugh. My personal life isn’t much better. Off duty I’m a ballroom dancer which everyone makes fun of. I love competitive dancing; I get to meet a lot of people who aren’t trying to kill me. Ok, there was one incident, but hey, shit happens. At a dance competition Detective Sergeant Dante Delgado waltzed into my life. My girly parts yelled Yee-haw, he’s the one. Now, if I can only get him to do the tango with me. Law enforcement isn’t for the fainthearted. Are you brave enough to enter my world? Author’s note: I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for way too many years and this novella contains some of the wilder incidents that occurred. 2. SWAT for Dummies:2. SWAT for Dummies: My name is Gemma Stone and I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy for four years. Why did I become a cop? Genetics, tradition, and the armed robbery I walked in on when I was sixteen. After my father and five brothers were discharged from the Marines, they all went into law enforcement. My mother had been an Army sniper until pregnancy forced a career change. She now flies a rescue chopper for the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Chasing down bad guys is in my blood. Unfortunately, most of the citizens I encounter are friggin’ nuts. I mean, seriously, did they put something in the water? And don’t get me started on what some people consider pets. Scorpions are not pets. 3. Stilettos and Gunpowder:3. Stilettos and Gunpowder: My name is Gemma Stone. I’m a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy and not only must I deal with the sweat-soaked misery of the Arizona desert, I get to respond to a bunch of crazy 9-1-1 calls all day long. Like a parakeet up a tree, or a car accident where a tractor trailer full of fireworks is hit and the 4th of July comes a bit early. But some days crime takes a deadly turn. Police cars are suddenly blowing up. Detective Sergeant Dante Delgado, the love of my life, was assigned to track down and stop the bomber. Am I worried? You betcha. There’s a madman on the loose and he is very, very good at making bombs. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, the Feds think I’m in cahoots with an Iraqi warlord who deals in stolen antiquities. Ichabod, my murderous ex-dance partner, escapes from prison and I’m suddenly in everyone’s crosshairs. Bullets and Dandelions:Bullets and Dandelions: My name is Tess Reynolds, and I’ll admit few people would think I’m a badass Army sniper called the Scorpion. Afterall, women snipers were unheard of in 1990. People look at me and see a petite blonde who is cute as a button. My father calls it my natural camouflage. My time in the Middle East has been full of unforeseen complications. I have a rogue CIA agent trying to kill me and I caught the attention of a Force Recon Marine by the name of Alexander Stone. Wowzer! He’s hot but he’s also the biggest jackass I have ever met. To make things even more interesting, I need the Jackass’s help to stay alive. This novella is the prequel to the Gemma Stone series. How it all began. This novella is the prequel to the Gemma Stone series. How it all began. 📥 Download Links: 1. Stilettos and Sniper Rifles: https://uploda.sh/xy4lx31h47DV https://devuploads.com/1ktitpu2zztq 2. SWAT for Dummies: https://uploda.sh/bjF6uny1g7Iy https://devuploads.com/2pzr80e49261 3. Stilettos and Gunpowder: https://uploda.sh/K8cOGuoRmlAa https://devuploads.com/uou4m4y2ka9p Bullets and Dandelions: https://uploda.sh/ySkbeNBjtDck https://devuploads.com/3jd0h0vhtirz

📮 The Longest Con: Hijacked American Conservatism by Joe Conason (.ePUB) A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise – and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right's moral decay. The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But long before he appeared, Trump's path to power was blazed by the motley horde of swindlers and quacks who preceded him. From the "professional anti-communists" (whose tactics even J. Edgar Hoover despised) to the "populist" grifters of the Tea Party movement and the religious charlatans of the "prosperity gospel" (who provided a pious front for Trump), the right-wing ripoff has remained remarkably consistent, even as personalities change and new technologies emerge: Stir up anger and resentment, demonize political opponents, promise vengeance, and collect donations from the gullible. It's a highly lucrative game that any unscrupulous charlatan can play, as many have – and they are named in these pages. In an unsparing and often comic narrative, Joe Conason explores the right's long, steep descent into a movement whose principal aim is not to protect freedom or defend the Constitution, but merely to line the pockets of pretenders and blowhards whose malevolent tactics now endanger the nation. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Joe Conason Size 1MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/2MSruTZSH7DZ https://devuploads.com/bs7in8vl1tkd

📮 Bitter Fruit: American Coup in Guatemala by Stephen Schlesinger(.ePUB) Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Stephen Schlesinger(.Epub) Size 14MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type Bitter Fruit: American Coup in Guatemala by Stephen Schlesinger(.ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/G4pbqlCU4bKC https://devuploads.com/5vk91ecxtj1b

📮 Methods and Tools for Computer-aided by Andrzej Handkiewicz (.ePUB)+ Understand and apply the tools of computer-aided design to analog signal processing. Signal processing is done mostly with digital circuits, but because the signals generated by our environment are themselves analog, some incorporation of analog circuitry is unavoidable. The design and construction of analog circuits is difficult and time-consuming out of all proportion to the number and prominence of these circuits in signal processing systems. In recent years, groundbreaking computer-aided tools have emerged to facilitate and hasten the design of these circuits. Methods and Tools for Computer-aided Design of Multidimensional Filters in Signal Processing offers an introduction to these tools and their applications. It will focus particularly on VHDL, the most popular language used to describe hardware, and an essential tool in presenting circuits which are too complex to present graphically. Offering a design method based in C++ and a variety of techniques for fabricating integrated circuits, this is a must-own volume for researchers and engineers working on signal processing methods. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Andrzej Handkiewicz Size 21.1MB Category Non-Fiction > Tech & Devices File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/VHU3fu8Ycrjx https://devuploads.com/z3m8mly87h67