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The 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time |
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Категория: Биографии, ЖЗЛ, Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Amy McKenna
Издательство: Rosen Educational Service
Год издания: 2010
Количество страниц: 383
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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It takes a great deal of personal strength, charisma, and intelligence to lead others. Some leaders improve the lives of their fellow citizens while others rule with an iron fist, oblivious to the plight of others. This book covers the lives and agendas of our most memorable and powerful leaders those who history has justifiably vilified and others who will be cherished for years to come. |
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Wesley and the Wesleyans: Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain |
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Категория: Всемирная история, древний мир, Религиоведение, теология |
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Автор: John Kent
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 2004
Количество страниц: 238
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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A critical contribution to the history of Britain and the U.S., this book demonstrates how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. John Kent rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity. The study is of interest to everyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience. |
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Sexual Liberation: The Scandal of Christendom |
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Категория: Всемирная история, древний мир, Религиоведение, теология |
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Автор: Raymond J. Lawrence, Jr.
Издательство: Praeger Publishers
Год издания: 2007
Количество страниц: 196
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Sex sells, they say, but even today it is considered forbidden or sinful by many in the Western world. This book is an account of the ways in which sexual pleasure has been devalued and demonized in the West by the historical forces of Christendom. It tells the story of how sex came to be regarded by societies throughout the ages as perverse, sinful, and wrong, and how the centuries-old motivations of a few have persisted into modern times, coloring our view of sex and sexuality to this day.
For good or ill, Christianity has been, since before the ebbing of the Roman Empire, the principal bearer of public values in the western world. This book traces the changes that have shaped and reshaped what is considered moral sexual behavior (and immoral sexual behavior) by Christians and non-Christians alike. Lawrence's account of the perversion of sexual values begins with the intersection of the early Jesus movement and the morality of the Greco-Roman culture and empire. He goes on to point out the ways Christianity and its moral code were reshaped under the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity as the imperial religion, and how key figures of the Middle Ages generally succeeded in promoting a religion whose chief goal was the obliteration of sexual pleasure. The story continues on through the ages until now. This controversial look at sex and Christianity sheds new light on our views of pornography, homosexuality, adultery, and other issues of sex and sexuality. |
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Menhirs, Dolmen, And Circles Of Stone: The Folklore And Magic Of Sacred Stone |
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Категория: Археология, Другие гуманитарные науки |
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Автор: Gary R. Varner
Издательство: Algora Publishing
Год издания: 2004
Количество страниц: 235
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Why are some rocks simply tossed out of the way while others, regardless of their size, are held as sacred, mysterious and imbued with power? Humans since the dawn of civilization have used stone to represent the holy, both by fashioning sacred symbols for themselves and by granting recognition to certain sites occurring naturally. Varner shares his love of nature lore, oral traditions, folklore and ancient religious structures that are still so abundant in the world, and offers insights on the history and the technology of these artifacts, while touching on the importance of preserving a sense of reverence in today’s world. This study examines the universal appeal of sites from the Dome of the Rock and Stonehenge to sites sacred to the Inuit and the Cherokees, from the Middle East to the American Midwest and the English Midlands. |
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The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Marian Kent
Издательство: Taylor & Francis
Год издания: 2005
Количество страниц: 249
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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The disappearance of the Ottoman Empire had been foretold since the end of the eighteenth century. But, since it was not finally abolished by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in the newly established capital in Ankara until 1924, in fact it survived its traditional enemies, the Russian and Habsburg Empires, and its disastrous ally, the German Empire, by six or seven years. Moreover, during the First World War, at Gallipoli and Kut, the Ottoman Empire was able to inflict some impressive defeats on its former ally, after 1914 its most ambitious and dangerous enemy, the British Empire.
The mysterious combination of weakness and strength which characterised the Ottoman Empire in its last decades is the subject of The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire. It contains seven chapters. The first, by Feroz Ahmad, author of the only account in English of the Young Turks in power, deals with aspects of the internal policy of the Empire. In the other chapters F. R. Bridge, R. J. B. Bosworth, Alan Bodger, Ulrich Trumpener, L. Bruce Fulton and Marian Kent describe, respectively, the relations of the Habsburg Monarchy, Italy, Russia, Germany, France and Great Britain with the Ottoman Empire after 1900. Each chapter gives an excellent account of the subject, based on archival as well as printed sources, and there is an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire, is therefore, indispensable for anyone interested in the history. |
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The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Donald Quataert
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 2005
Количество страниц: 237
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and global history. It continues to affect the peoples of the Middle East, the Balkans and central and western Europe to the present day. This new survey examines the major trends during the latter years of the empire; it pays attention to gender issues and to hotly-debated topics such as the treatment of minorities. In this second edition, Donald Quataert has updated his lively and authoritative text, revised the bibliographies, and included brief biographies of major figures on the Byzantines and the post Ottoman Middle East. This accessible narrative is supported by maps, illustrations and genealogical and chronological tables, which will be of help to students and non-specialists alike. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Middle East. |
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Основы эргономики. Человек, пространство, интерьер. Справочник по проектным нормам |
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Категория: Технические науки » Архитектура и строительство |
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Автор: Джулиус Панеро, Мартин Зелник
Издательство: АСТ, Астрель
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 5-17-038655-9, 5-271-13422-9, 0-85139-4574
Количество страниц: 320
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
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Сравнительное изучение параметров человеческого тела называется антропометрией. С помощью антропометрии обеспечивается качественное физическое взаимодействие человеческого тела и различных элементов интерьера. Книга Дж. Панеро и М. Зелника - первый справочник по проектным нормам для всех, кто занимается проектированием помещений: для дизайнеров интерьера, архитекторов, дизайнеров мебели, строителей, специалистов по промышленному дизайну и учащихся, изучающих дизайн. Антропометрические данные не заменят продуманный проект предметной среды или веское профессиональное суждение, однако их можно рассматривать как один из множества инструментов, необходимых для проектирования.
Этот всеобъемлющий справочник по проектным нормам состоит из трех частей. В первой излагается теория и применение антропометрии, в отдельной главе речь идет об инвалидах и пожилых людях. Здесь рассматриваются основы антропометрии, и дизайнер получает общее представление о том, как устанавливаются нормы и стандарты. Во вторую часть входят иллюстрированные антропометрические таблицы с самыми современными данными о размерах человеческого тела, классифицированными по возрасту и процентным группам. Кроме того, приводятся сведения об амплитуде движения суставов и размерах тела у детей. Третья часть содержит сотни масштабных схем, планов и разрезов, построенных с учетом антропометрических соотношений между человеком и окружающим пространством. Рассматриваются все виды помещений - от жилых до коммерческих, предназначенных как для отдыха, так и для учебы, все размеры указаны в метрических единицах.
В эпилоге авторы приводят все данные, которые требуются профессиональным дизайнерам, строителям и производителям мебели, а также обсуждают самые насущные проблемы современного дизайна. Они объясняют, насколько опасно принимать за основу размеры так называемого среднестатистического человека, которого не существует в природе. Используя данные правительственных организаций, в том числе исследований доктора Ховарда Стодта, доктора Альберта Деймона, доктора Росса Макфарланда, а также Джин Робертс из Службы общественного здравоохранения США, Дж.Панеро и М.Зелник разработали справочную систему стандартов и норм для дизайнеров интерьера, изложив ее в виде таблиц и ситуационных схем. Благодаря книге "Основы эргономики. Человек, пространство, интерьер" эти стандарты теперь доступны всем дизайнерам интерьера. |
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A History of the Byzantine State and Society |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Warren Treadgold
Издательство: Stanford University Press
Год издания: 1997
Количество страниц: 1039
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. It begins in a.d. 285, when the emperor Diocletian separated what became Byzantium from the western Roman Empire, and ends in 1461, when the last Byzantine outposts fell to the Ottoman Turks.
Drawing on a wealth of original sources and modern works, the author treats political and social developments as a single vivid story, told partly in detailed narrative and partly in essays that clarify long-term changes. He avoids stereotypes and rejects such old and new historical orthodoxies as the persistent weakness of the Byzantine economy and the pervasive importance of holy men in Late Antiquity.
Much attention is paid to the complex life of the court and bureaucracy that has given us the adjective "byzantine." With 221 illustrations and 18 maps that complement the text, A History of the Byzantine State and Society should long remain the standard history of Byzantium not just for students and scholars but for all readers. |
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The Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80 |
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Категория: Всемирная история, древний мир, История войн |
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Автор: Archibald Forbes
Издательство: BiblioBazaar
Год издания: 2006
Количество страниц: 212
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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An account of the first 2 British wars in Afghanistan.
The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company.
The Second Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the nation was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. This was the second time British India invaded Afghanistan. |
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A History of India |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Burton Stein
Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell
Год издания: 2010
Количество страниц: 469
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A history of india builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present. New edition of Burton Stein's classic text provides a narrative from 7000 BC up to the twenty-first century. Includes updated and extended coverage of the modern period, with a new chapter covering the death of Nehru in 1964 to the present. Expands coverage of India's internal political and economic development, and its wider diplomatic role in the region. Features a new introduction, updated glossary and further reading sections, and numerous figures, photographs and fully revised maps. |
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