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📮 The Fast Track by Jane McManus (.PDF) “No one cares about women’s sports” is a familiar refrain from vocal skeptics, but as The Fact Track shows, a series of watershed moments reflect the increasing popularity of and support for women’s sports from both investors and fans. Veteran sports journalist and academic Jane McManus examines both this upward trend and the forces that have held women’s sports back since the early 1970s when Title IX became law (and Billie Jean King soundly defeated Bobby Riggs). As the fervor for Caitlin Clark during the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball championship illustrates, there is big money to be made from broadcasting, merchandising, and investing in women’s sports. The Fast Track chronicles how pioneering sponsorships, broadcast opportunities, and surges in ratings contradict the myths about disinterest. Interviews counter the resistance toward women’s leagues, reveal how women are covered in the media, and consider the possibilities for further investment. McManus also addresses racial inclusivity, transgender athletes, women’s health issues, and equal pay. An essential road map to capitalize on untapped potential, The Fast Track provides a snapshot of where women’s sports as an industry and investment stand at this moment in time. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Jane Mcmanus Size 1.6MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/mZ4LD4bMgUPl https://devuploads.com/jrq66zibd1w8

📮 Animal Rights by Kevin Hile (.PDF) From questions over whether it is appropriate to eat meat or to wear fur or leather, this title examines all sides of this very controversial issue. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Kevin Hile Size 4.53MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/I8ckCwoP9ByN https://devuploads.com/8jdkizc501ui

📮 The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr (.ePUB) In his first major work since The Universal Christ, one of our most prominent spiritual voices offers a wholehearted and hope-filled model for the world today, grounded in the timeless wisdom of the Hebrew prophets. How do we live compassionately in a time of violence and despair? What can we do with our private disappointments and the anger we feel in such an unjust world? In his most personal book yet, Richard Rohr turns to the writings of the Jewish prophets, revealing how some of the lesser-read books of the Bible offer us a crucial path forward today. The prophets’ writings reflect the full spectrum of human maturity. In almost every case, their initial rage and their accusatory words evolve into a profound pathos and lamentation about our shared human condition and the world’s suffering. Through astute critiques of culture and institutions, and their journey from anger to sadness, and ultimately compassion, the prophets exemplify what Rohr calls “sacred criticism”—a distinct approach to confronting evil and injustice that acknowledges the wholeness of history, the interconnectedness of every living being, and the reality of a divine and universal love. In this, they set the stage for Jesus, who follows this identical pattern. Drawing on a century of biblical scholarship and written in the warm, pastoral voice that has endeared Rohr to millions, The Tears of Things breathes new life into ancient wisdom. It paves a path of enlightenment for anyone seeking a compassionate way of living in a hurting world. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Richard Rohr Size 1.9MB Category Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/8dmxC9s8tFj3 https://devuploads.com/f9eq0ovsah17

📮 The Business of TV Production by Craig Collie (.PDF) Television is the dominant mass medium of the current era. Its lifeblood in whatever form it takes is content - the programs it broadcasts to the public. This book is an insider's view of the business of production of TV programs, for university-level courses and for those in the industry wanting to upgrade their skills. It is the story of the TV producer, and the leadership of creative people, the management of resources of production (including funding) and the guiding of the production process. Covering all genres of television - drama and comedy, documentary and current affairs, infotainment and reality TV - it goes step-by-step through the journey from program idea to program delivery and beyond. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Craig Collie Size 2MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/anLcqMgojQxK https://devuploads.com/g4oqgjt1jl7o

📮 Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars by Pete Prown (.PDF) Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and heavy metal fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume surveys more than 80 of the genre’s greatest axe-slingers from the 1970s to present. From metal pioneers like Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, and Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore to today’s hottest shredders, thrashers, and riffers, Ultimate Heavy Metal Guitars is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made metal. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by metal-defining eras and subgenres, including: early metal, hard rock and arena rock, prog rock, Euro metal, hair metal, shred, thrash, and more. Prown’s knowledgeable discussions examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players’ first-person revelations and insights. Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book features an early chapter on influencers who set the stage for the genre (think Clapton, Hendrix, and Beck), plus sidebars so you don’t miss out on any of metal’s nooks and crannies, touching on grunge, math metal, nu metal, doom metal, and the genre’s roots in blues and early rock. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Pete Prown Size 65MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/N17x88ZqRMsu https://devuploads.com/6pdyy3e9upcl

📮 The Last Manager by John W. Miller (.ePUB) The first major biography of legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver—who has been described as “the Copernicus of baseball” and “the grandfather of the modern game”—The Last Manager is a wild, thrilling, and hilarious ride with baseball’s most underappreciated genius, and one of its greatest characters. Long before the Moneyball Era, the Earl of Baltimore reigned over baseball. History’s feistiest and most colorful manager, Earl Weaver transformed the sport by collecting and analyzing data in visionary ways, ultimately winning more games than anybody else during his time running the Orioles from 1968 to 1982. When Weaver was hired by the Orioles, managers were still seen as coaches and inspirational leaders, more teachers of the game than strategists. Weaver invented new ways of building baseball teams, prioritizing on-base average, elite defense, and strike throwing. Weaver was the first manager to use a modern radar gun, and he pioneered the use of analytical data. By moving six-foot four-inch Cal Ripken Jr. to shortstop, Weaver paved the way for a generation of plus-sized superstar shortstops, such as Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. He foreshadowed almost everything that Bill James, Billy Beane, Theo Epstein, and hundreds of other big-brain baseball types would later present as innovations. Beyond being a great baseball mind, Weaver was a rare baseball character. Major League Baseball is show business, and Weaver understood how much of his job was entertainment. Weaver’s legendary outbursts offered players cathartic relief from their own frustration, signaled his concern for the team, and fired up fans. In his frequent arguments with umpires, he hammed it up for the crowds, faked heart attacks, ripped bases out of the ground, and pretended to toss umpires out of the game. Weaver also fought with his players, especially Jim Palmer, but that creative tension contributed to stunning success and a hilarious clubhouse. During his tenure as major-league manager, the Orioles won the American League pennant in 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1979, each time winning more than 100 games. ♻️ Book's Info: Author John W. Miller Size 19.5MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/5K2rD9yGSP6Q https://devuploads.com/ahurtfj88yds

📮 Mothers and Other Fictional Characters by Nicole Graev Lipson (.ePUB) In this intimate and riveting memoir, Best American Essayist Nicole Graev Lipson breaks through the ready-made stories of womanhood, rescuing truth from the fiction that infiltrates our lives. What does it take to escape the plotlines mapped onto us? Searching for clues in the work of her literary foremothers, Lipson untangles what it means to be a girl, a woman, a lover, a partner, a daughter, and a mother in a world all too ready to reduce us to stock characters. Whether she’s testing the fragile borders of fidelity, embracing the taboo power of female friendship, escaping her family for the solitude of the mountains, grappling with what to do with her frozen embryos, or letting go of the children she imagined for the ones she’s raising, Lipson pushes beyond the easy, surface stories we tell about ourselves to brave less certain territory. As Lipson journeys through this thorny terrain, literature becomes her lodestar. Kate Chopin’s erotic story “The Storm” helps her reckon with the longings stirring below the surface of her marriage. Watching her son absorb the stifling codes of manhood, she finds unlikely parenting inspiration in Philip Roth’s most cartoonish overbearing mother. Summoning Gwendolyn Brooks, she asks, Can destroying one’s frozen embryos be understood as a maternal act? And accompanied by Shakespeare’s gender-bending heroine Rosalind, she seizes on the truest meaning of loving her oldest child. Risky and revealing, nourishing and affirming, rigorous and sexy, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters is a shimmering love letter to our forgotten selves—and the ones we’re still becoming. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Nicole Graev Lipson Size 2.6MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/ueiixiViDzWR https://devuploads.com/blba0li1isqn

📮 Co-Creating with Nature by Pam Montgomery (.ePUB) A model for developing a co-creative partnership with all life • Establishes that being in partnership with Nature is our birthright, explores the roots of our separation, and demonstrates that we are designed to communicate with Nature • Offers six principles of co-creative partnership with Nature that serve as a map for guiding us back to our rightful place as a part of Nature • Explains that plants can guide us in living according to our true essential nature and details the steps of creating and facilitating a plant initiation with common plants We are in the midst of a global transformation where we must heal our separation from Nature and restore our partnership with the living Earth, which is essential to co-creating a world where all life—human and nonhuman—can thrive. In this groundbreaking book, Nature Evolutionary and Earth Elder Pam Montgomery draws on her decades of working with plants and Nature consciousness to demonstrate that we are intrinsically created to be in relationship with Nature. She examines the co-opting of time, language, and culture to shed light on the roots of our separation, weaving together contemporary research on human physiology with personal experience. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Pam Montgomery Size 16MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/YFPYeiU5AHIh https://devuploads.com/msw5mlsucvlk

📮 Seven Social Movements That Changed America by Linda Gordon (.ePUB) A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America. How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this “visionary, cautionary, timely, and utterly necessary book” (Nicole Eustace), narrating how some of America’s most influential twentieth-century social movements transformed the nation. Beginning with the turn-of-the century settlement house movement, the book compares Chicago’s celebrated Hull-House, begun by privileged women, to a much less well known African American project, Cleveland’s Phillis Wheatley House, begun by a former sharecropper. Expanding her highly praised book The Second Coming of the KKK, the second chapter shows how a northern Klan became a mass movement in the 1920s. Contrary to what many Klan opponents thought, this KKK was a middle-class organization, its members primarily urban and well educated. In the 1930s, the KKK gave birth to dozens of American fascist groups―small but extremely violent. Profiles of two other 1930s movements follow: the Townsend campaign for old-age insurance, named for its charismatic leader, Dr. Francis Townsend. It created the public pressure that brought us Social Security, which was considered radical at the time, as was the movement to bring about federal unemployment aid for millions. Proceeding to the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott―which jump-started the career of Martin Luther King, Jr.―the narrative shows how the city’s entire Black population refused to ride segregated buses; initiated by Black women, their years-long, hard-fought victory inspired the civil rights movement. Gordon then examines the 1970s farmworkers struggle, led by Cesar Chavez and made possible by the work of tens of thousands of the primarily Mexican American farmworkers. Together they built the United Farm Workers Union, winning better wages and working conditions for some of the country’s poorest workers. The book concludes with the dramatic stories of two Boston socialist feminist groups, Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective, which influenced the whole women’s liberation movement. Throughout the work, Gordon concentrates not on ideologies but on how millions of grassroots activists strategized and changed the United States. Separately and together, these seven narratives bring to life the creativity and hard work of social movements, and in doing so reveal how they have been central to American history, in stories that reverberate with today’s political activism. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Linda Gordon Size 8.9MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/vY2LJWXZq9bv https://devuploads.com/r031whsv5vvc

📮 Spell Freedom by Elaine Weiss (.ePUB) The acclaimed author of the “stirring, definitive, and engrossing” (NPR) The Woman’s Hour returns with the story of four activists whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement. In the summer of 1954, educator Septima Clark and small businessman Esau Jenkins travelled to rural Tennessee’s Highlander Folk School, an interracial training center for social change founded by Myles Horton, a white southerner with roots in the labor movement. There, the trio united behind a shared mission: preparing Black southerners to pass the daunting Jim Crow era voter registration literacy tests that were designed to disenfranchise them. Together with beautician-turned-teacher Bernice Robinson, they launched the underground Citizenship Schools project, which began with a single makeshift classroom hidden in the back of a rural grocery store. By the time the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, the secretive undertaking had established more than nine hundred citizenship schools across the South, preparing tens of thousands of Black citizens to read and write, demand their rights—and vote. Simultaneously, it nurtured a generation of activists—many of them women—trained in community organizing, political citizenship, and tactics of resistance and struggle who became the grassroots foundation of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King called Septima Clark, “Mother of the Movement.” In the vein of Hidden Figures and Devil in the Grove, Spell Freedom is botha riveting, crucially important lens onto our past, and a deeply moving story for our present. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Elaine Weiss Size 52.9MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/NAHQjKBjZWZe https://devuploads.com/aidyodogcyyp

📮 Mad on Meth by Benedict Collins (.ePUB) Why cook at home when you can order in? Only 50 years ago, pure methamphetamine was legally prescribed in New Zealand to anyone looking for a boost. But it wasn't long before P was rebranded as the most dangerous and destructive drug in the world - and New Zealanders cemented as among its biggest users. With dry wit and biting insight, journalist Benedict Collins takes us inside the evolution of meth in New Zealand. From ram raids for pseudoephedrine to our own cooks and gangs 'breaking bad', a visit to the Golden Triangle of meth production in South-East Asia, multimillion-dollar busts, and a moral panic that seeded a meth-testing scandal. All set the stage for unthinkable crimes and drug-fuelled mania, but also serviced a hidden world of white-collar users - and cemented New Zealand's reputation as among the biggest meth consumers in the world. How did tough on crime become dumb on drugs? And what does a solution to Pure addiction look like? ♻️ Book's Info: Author Benedict Collins Size 17MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/1pms581rzhLK https://devuploads.com/6xyti18ju0m0

📮 Contested City by Alissa Walter (.ePUB) Contested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011. Interactions between citizens and their rulers shaped the social fabric and political realities of the city. Notably, low-ranking Ba'th party officials functioned as crucial intermediaries, deciding how regime policies would be applied. Charting the social, economic, and political transformations of Iraq's capital city, Alissa Walter examines how national policies translated into action at the local, everyday level. With this book, Walter reveals how authoritarian governance worked in practice. She follows shifts in mid-century housing and urban development, the impact of the Iran–Iraq and Gulf Wars on city life, and the manipulation of food rations and growth of black markets. Reading citizen petitions to the government, Walter illuminates citizens' self-advocacy and the important role of low-ranking party officials and state bureaucrats embedded within neighborhoods. The US occupation and ensuing sectarian fighting upended Baghdad's neighborhoods through violent displacement and the collapse of basic state services. This power vacuum paved the way for new power brokers, including militias and neighborhood councils, to compete for influence on the local level. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Alissa Walter Size 10MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/oePwKSKiJ2p5 https://devuploads.com/wlcnmff4gol3

📮 We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident by Kenneth N. Addison (.PDF) 'We hold these truths to be self evident_' An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism and Slavery in America delves into the philosophical, historical, socio/cultural and political evolution of racism and slavery in America. The premise of this work is that racism and slavery in America are the result of an unintentional historical intertwining of various Western philosophical, religious, cultural, social, economic, and political strands of thought that date back to the Classical Era. These strands have become tangled in a Gordian knot, which can only be unraveled through the bold application of a variety of multidisciplinary tools. By doing so, this book is intended help the reader understand how the United States, a nation that claims 'all men are created equal,' could be responsible for slavery and the intractable threads of racism and inequality that have become woven into its cultural the fabric. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Kenneth N. Addison Size 1.63MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/ebieMWcOIeVi https://devuploads.com/cwo219viou2d

📮 Expanding Verse by Andrew Campana (.ePUB) Expanding Verse explores experimental poetic practice at key moments of transition in Japan's media landscape from the 1920s to the present. Andrew Campana centers hybrid poetic forms in modern and contemporary Japan—many of which have never been examined in detail before: the cinepoem, the tape-recorder poem, the protest performance poem, the music-video poem, the online sign-language poem, and the augmented-reality poem. Drawing together approaches from literary, media, and disability studies, he contends that poetry actively aimed to disrupt the norms of media in each era. For the poets in Expanding Verse, poetry was not a medium in and of itself but a way to push back against what new media technologies crystallized and perpetuated. Their aim was to challenge dominant conceptions of embodiment and sensation, as well as who counts as a poet and what counts as poetry. Over and over, poetic practice became a way to think about each medium otherwise, and to find new possibilities at the edge of media. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Andrew Campana Size 13.2MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/jOZJ7bbEyWWu https://devuploads.com/kix38x4tr5va

📮 Healing from Parental Abandonment & Neglect by Kaytlyn Gillis (.ePUB) A powerful approach to heal from abandonment trauma, break free from self-blame and shame, and rebuild trust—with yourself and the ones you love. Do you blame yourself for being abandoned or neglected as a child, or suffer from poor self-esteem, anxiety, or depression as a result? Do you have deep feelings of shame, defectiveness, and insecurity that impact your life and relationships? If so, you are not alone. These are common experiences for survivors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). But what happened to you as a child or young adult isn’t your fault. By understanding how you were affected, you can start on the path to healing and personal growth. From family trauma expert and abandonment survivor Kaytee Gillis, Healing from Parental Abandonment offers a powerful, evidence-based approach that draws on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to help you develop a thorough understanding of what abandonment is and how it may have shaped who you are today. You’ll also learn skills to help you work through self-blame and shame, replace unhealthy behaviors with positive coping skills, form healthy boundaries, and reconnect with your true self. And finally, you’ll find exercises and activities to help you put what you’ve learned into action—so you can make lasting positive change. What happened in your past doesn’t have to define your future. If you’re ready to heal the invisible wounds of your childhood, this compassionate guide can help you get started today. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Kaytlyn Gillis Size 1.2MB Category Non-Fiction > Health, Fitness & Self-help File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/u7kcFclJP5o8 https://devuploads.com/ar5243fmtivy

📮 How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic by Mara Mills (.ePUB) A chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic, disability communities across the five boroughs have been disproportionately impacted by city and national policies, work and housing conditions, stigma, racism, and violence—as much as by the virus itself. Disabled and chronically-ill activists have protested plans for medical rationing and refuted the eugenic logic of mainstream politicians and journalists who “reassure” audiences that only older people and those with disabilities continue to die from COVID-19. At the same time, as exemplified by the viral hashtag #DisabledPeopleToldYou, disability expertise has become widely recognized in practices such as accessible remote work and education, quarantine, and distributed networks of support and mutual aid. This edited volume charts the legacies of this “mass disabling event” for uncertain viral futures, exploring the dialectic between disproportionate risk and the creativity of a disability justice response. How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic includes contributions by wide-ranging disability scholars, writers, and activists whose research and lived experiences chronicle the pandemic’s impacts in prisons, migrant detention centers, Chinatown senior centers, hospitals in Queens and the Bronx, subways, schools, housing shelters, social media, and other locations of public and private life. By focusing on New York City over the course of three years, the book reveals key themes of the pandemic, including hierarchies of disability "vulnerability," the deployment of disability as a tool of population management, and innovative crip pandemic cultural production. How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic honors those lost, as well as those who survived, by calling for just policies and caring infrastructures, not only in times of crisis but for the long haul. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Mara Mills Size 13.6MB Category Non-Fiction > Educational File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/u1COXLNot5KA https://devuploads.com/u6h33mrzwwz5

📮 Japanese Medical Lives Transformation by Ellen Gardner Nakamura(.ePUB) At the end of the 19th century, Japanese modernizers abandoned the traditional Chinese-style medicine that had dominated for centuries, and turned instead to Western medical theory and practice. In this book, Ellen Gardner Nakamura reconsiders the story of the adoption of Western medicine through the eyes of six medical practitioners. The men who took the lead in transforming Japanese medicine under the new Meiji government were Western-style Japanese physicians, an enthusiastic minority who had studied European medical texts and techniques in the era before the 'opening' of Japan. Their achievements in creating the institutions of modern Japanese medicine are celebrated in almost every Japanese medical history book. Japanese Medical Lives in Transformation, on the other hand, focuses on a selection of lesser-known men and women whose roles in the transformation of Japanese medicine were important but unspectacular. The Japanese doctors discussed here had various educational backgrounds. Most trained in the Dutch-style medicine which had become popular in the middle of the Tokugawa era, but they ultimately struggled with the transition to modernity. To what extent was their background in premodern Western-style medicine an advantage in adapting to the Meiji era? Who were the winners and who were the losers in the modernization process? What personal and professional challenges did they face? This book is shaped by these broad questions and the informative life trajectories of six fascinating contemporaries. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Ellen Gardner Nakamura(.Epub) Size 2.4MB Category Non-Fiction > History File Type Japanese Medical Lives Transformation by Ellen Gardner Nakamura(.ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/Xf84fiIZvXlQ https://devuploads.com/4tgm53mepbw9

📮 Paul on Mazursky by Sam Wasson, Mel Brooks (.ePUB) Paul Mazursky's nearly twenty films as writer/director represent Hollywood's most sustained comic expression of the 1970s and 1980s. But they have not been given their due, perhaps because Mazursky's films—both sincere and ridiculous, realistic and romantic—are pure emotion. This makes films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, An Unmarried Woman, and Enemies, A Love Story difficult to classify, but that's what makes a human comedy human. In the first ever book-length examination of one of America's most important and least appreciated filmmakers, Sam Wasson sits down with Mazursky himself to talk about his movies and how he makes them. Going over Mazursky's oeuvre one film at a time, interviewer and interviewee delve into the director's life in and out of Hollywood, laughing, talking, and above all else, feeling—like Mazursky's people always do. The book includes a filmography and never-before-seen photos. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Sam Wasson, Mel Brooks Size 2.4MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/moMLIX5Qs6Ge https://devuploads.com/ihh2ldlfo7ru

📮 Resonances of Chindon-ya by Marié Abe (.ePUB) In this first book-length study of chindon-ya, Marié Abe investigates the intersection of sound, public space, and sociality in contemporary Japan. Chindon-ya, dating back to the 1840s, are ostentatiously costumed street musicians who publicize a business by parading through neighborhood streets. Historically not considered music, but part of the everyday soundscape, this vernacular performing art provides a window into shifting notions of musical labor, the politics of everyday listening and sounding, and street music at social protest in Japan. Against the background of long-term economic downturn, growing social precarity, and the visually and sonically saturated urban streets of Japan, Resonances of Chindon-ya examines how this seemingly outdated means of advertisement has recently gained traction as an aesthetic, economic, and political practice after decades of inactivity. Through historical and ethnographic analyses, this book challenges Western conceptions of listening that have normalized the way we think about the relationship between sound, space, and listening subjects, and advances a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the ways social fragmentation is experienced and negotiated in post-industrial societies. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Marié Abe Size 2.6MB Category Non-Fiction > General > Music File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/lAmF2x2LIgUm https://devuploads.com/mdr9no2rkf1x

📮 Valaria Descending (01-03) by Ella Walker Henderson (.ePUB) Ella Walker Henderson is the author of character driven epic fantasy, full of adventure and a dash of romance. Some of her favorite tropes are enemies to friends to lovers, the heroine's journey, and the chosen duo's quest. She writes about women who must fight for what they love, whether on a battlefield or among friends. As she's always a fan of a good plot twist, you may not know which characters to trust. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Ella Walker Henderson Size 9.3MB Category - Historical Fantasy File Type ePUB 01 Fang of the Wolf01 Fang of the Wolf The raiders came, they took her father, and they left her for dead. In the heart of the Northlands, the Varg is the greatest warrior of his clan. His daughter, Valaria, has trained all her life to follow in his footsteps. The morning after her initiation as a warrior, an enemy clan ambushes the Varg’s hunting party and leaves Valaria unconscious. When she wakes, her father has disappeared. When the clan refuses to send men after the Varg, believing him dead or soon to be, Valaria leaves on her own. He’s alive, and she will not rest until she rescues the father who gave her everything, no matter the cost. The warriors who captured him won’t be easy foes, most of all Culland Jarlsorn, the son of the enemy warlord. Rumors say he is better with a sword than even the Varg. But during her mission, Valaria discovers a new force beyond the clans that threatens them all. 02 Crown of the Stag02 Crown of the Stag Valaria must unite the clans. If she fails, their way of life will die. None of the clans will heed the call to unite. Old enemies are hard to form into allies, and Valaria, caught in the middle, is honor-bound to uphold her oath to two rival clans. Navigating politics has never been her strength. She’d rather wield an axe and have it all done with. And uniting the clans feels impossible when Valaria can barely find her place among her own people. Opposition comes from all sides. The worst are the leaders who never wanted a female warrior in the first place and believe she’s more trouble than she’s worth. When they meet again, Culland is the ally she needs, but his father is the greatest threat to her task. No one can trust Grannd, who’s more power-hungry than all the clans put together. But the Hundar attacks are far from over. It’s only a matter of time before full war is waged. The clans have little time to prepare. They must either unite or face the Hundar alone, an impossible feat. The solution is far from what Valaria would conceive on her own. But she and Culland may be the union that could bring them all together. 03 Bite of the Hound03 Bite of the Hound The Hundar are coming. War and destruction will follow. Valaria and Culland have little time to train a new army, and the Hundar could arrive any day. But the clans are blind without scouts reporting. No one has heard from them in weeks. They could all be dead, killed off by the Hundar, and the clans refuse to send anyone else. The clan leaders don’t feel the same urgency to track the Hundar as Valaria. But they aren't leading the united army, which must be ready wherever the Hundar attack. Valaria is tired of waiting. That’s when she decides to take matters into her own hands and scout the Hundar herself. But she doesn’t go alone. Culland will risk his life to go with her. The knowledge they find is enough to set their world on fire. War with the Hundar will do exactly that. The Hundar are coming. 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/8oM2Jp13SDTg https://devuploads.com/rboq079rw1c9

📮 Design Thinking: A Guide to Innovation by Fred Estes (.PDF) Design thinking is a six-step process used in creative problem solving to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions. As a human-centered approach to innovation, design thinking is used in everything from corporate structure in businesses such as UberEATS, AirBnB, and Adobe XD to local and regional projects. Design Thinking, by author and educator Fred Estes, provides a simple, clear approach to the six-step design thinking process. This easy-to-follow guide explains everything essential to design thinking projects focused on solving human-centered, social issues. Readers will learn the fundamentals of each of the six-steps in the design thinking model―notice and reflect, empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test―and discover how to collaborate with people to develop solutions to real-world problems and create better communities through creativity, inspiration, and teamwork. With true stories of real student teams and their projects, this book provides readers with the steps to effect change and create a more equitable world. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Fred Estes Size 3.8MB Category Non-Fiction > General File Type PDF 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/WcoZmP2sutOj https://devuploads.com/ll1rc6s3a8po

📮 The Everywhere Classroom by Andi Almond (.ePUB) The story of one family’s worldschooling adventure, with tips and inspiration for anyone who wants to embrace travel as an immersive learning opportunity. In The Everywhere Classroom: How One Family Turned Wanderlust into Worldschooling and How You Can Too, Andi Almond recounts her family’s experiences traveling the globe for a year, revealing the rich educational opportunities the world offers beyond traditional classrooms. Through the engaging and often humorous stories of the Almond family's adventures—from an impromptu expedition to Antarctica to a solo teen homestay in Taiwan—the book captures how travel off the tourist trail offers profound lessons that push comfort zones and foster growth and global awareness. Each chapter weaves a vivid tapestry of encounters that illustrate how families can make the most of their travels, whether on a weekend getaway close to home or extended adventure far afield. Supplemented with practical tips, curriculum ideas, and strategies for incorporating worldschooling into trips of any length and budget, The Everywhere Classroom goes beyond being a mere travelogue. It serves as a catalyst for change, inspiring families to explore purposefully and discover boundless learning in the world. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Andi Almond Size 15.8MB Category Non-Fiction > General > Travel File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/z5NX81GlpmlW https://devuploads.com/d7bvx6772asw

📮 2 Novels by Zoë Folbigg (.ePUB) Zoë Folbigg is the bestselling author of epic sweeping romances and heart-warming meet-cutes. Her debut book The Note, based on the true story of how she met her husband on a train, was Amazon UK's biggest selling Kindle book of 2018 and also number one in Australia. ♻️ Book's Info: Author Zoë Folbigg Size 1.9MB Category Romance File Type ePUB The Night We Met:The Night We Met: As a man holds his wife's frail hand, he recounts a journey like no other... Daniel and Olivia are destined to be together. At least, Daniel thinks this the night he sees Olivia across a sea of people. As he backpacks through Australia, Daniel and Liv continue to cross paths, yet never speak. Until one night, Liv joins Daniel for a drink. And that night everything changes. Back in London, stuck in a monotonous routine, Daniel finds himself daydreaming of the woman with green eyes and fiery hair. Armed with only a name he vows to find her, yet with every passing moment, Daniel's hopes begin to disappear. What if it wasn't meant to be? But then fate steps in, and Daniel and Olivia’s story can truly begin... This is a tale of serendipity, missed chances and the power of love. This is a tale of serendipity, missed chances and the power of love. Under One Sky (2025 Reissue):Under One Sky (2025 Reissue): From NUMBER ONE bestseller Zoë Folbigg comes this beautiful, romantic tale of finding love in the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Jojo Moyes and Mhairi McFarlane! Under the midnight sun of Arctic Norway, Cecilie goes online looking for friends, and stumbles across Hector Herrera. They start chatting and soon realise that they might have just fallen in love. But there’s a problem: Hector lives thousands of miles away in Mexico. And he's running from a tragic past. Cecilie's whole life has been anchored by sticking to what she knows and her job at the cafe in the town in which she grew up. Can she really make a leap of faith for someone she's never met? And will Hector break free to change the path he's on? An unforgettable story about two people, living two very different lives under the same sky, and whether they can cross oceans, seas and fjords to give their love a chance. *Please note this novel was originally published with the title The Distance. *Please note this novel was originally published with the title The Distance. 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/HP1gM6GFzdqm https://devuploads.com/13rcpnedxvpt

📮 It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time by Bruce Vilanch (.ePUB) Bruce Vilanch is known as a go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and top-heavy variety specials, but he has also been responsible for quite a few of the worst shows ever put on television—legendarily bad productions. Some of his work lives in infamy—The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White at the Oscars, and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. How did these ever seem like a good idea? Well, everyone has screwed up a few times, or had their work screwed up by others. It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time is a lifetime reflection of what Vilanch has experienced, learned, forgotten, dismissed, and embraced in decades of working in show business, specifically the south forty acres known as comedy. It involves very famous people and people who were not very famous but should have been. And it explains to the person in the audience who says to himself, once he has gotten his jaw off the floor, “’How did this ever get made?” Don’t we all want to know? ♻️ Book's Info: Author Bruce Vilanch Size 1.7MB Category Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/W0VvtPAqjEwk https://devuploads.com/n9u96nncbusr

📮 On this Holy Island by Oliver Smith (.ePUB) A lyrical and insightful narrative that presents a new approach to the idea of pilgrimage, traversing paths both ancient and modern. Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century, On This Holy Island is an an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes. We follow Oliver Smith as he climbs into remote sea caves, sleeps inside Neolithic tombs, scales forgotten holy mountains and once even maroons himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, Smith also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage. Though the routes walked are often ancient, the pilgrims he meets are always modern. But underpinning the remarkable book is a timeless truth: that making journeys has always been a way of making meaning. So often, Smith finds, "the unravelling of a path goes in tandem with the unravelling of the soul." ♻️ Book's Info: Author Oliver Smith Size 20.6MB Category Non-Fiction > General > Travel File Type ePUB 📥 Download Links: https://uploda.sh/NK2iTjsuObFS https://devuploads.com/9cgx1rcx6dwo