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English | ISBN: 1108499627 | 2020 | 220 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The concept of politeness permeates all aspects of modern life and society. However, to what extent has this phenomenon changed over time? This book traces the elusive concept of politeness from its beginnings in the Middle Ages up to the present day. Detailed case studies of mostly literary texts provide insights into historically specific ways of being polite, from discernment politeness in Old English to recent examples, such as non-imposition politeness. Readers will gain a better understanding of both the folk-notion of politeness and specific scholarly definitions, and how these can be applied to historical data. The long diachrony provides a novel perspective both on the concept of politeness and on the history of the English language in its social context, making this essential reading for politeness specialists, cultural historians and historical linguists alike. Politeness emerges as a multifaceted phenomenon that is both culture-specific and history-specific.

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9781098139179 | 231 pages | EPUB + MOBI | 6.26 Mb
In today's cloud native world, where we automate as much as possible, everything is code. With this practical guide, you'll learn how policy as code (PaC) provides the means to manage the policies that guide our responses as well as the systems we maintain-Kubernetes, cloud security, software supply-chain security, infrastructure-as-code, and microservices authorization, among others.

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English | 2018 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 1682033368 | EPUB | 205,9 mb
Polar bears are the largest of all of the earth's land predators. In this evocative book, you'll learn about the bears' daily habits―from eating, to playing, to sleeping, to socializing, and mating. You'll discover facts about their natural habitats, dens, physical characteristics, their numbers, prey preferences, and much more. The book is filled with a stunning collection of over 180 images from Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, Tom Wester, Steve Metildi, and Katherine Pierce. On page after page, you'll enjoy storytelling images that depict polar bear cubs and adults in the wild. With a rich combination of compelling photographs and detailed, informative captions that provide descriptions of the behaviors and actions depicted in the images, both kids and adults alike are sure to enjoy this book.

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by Vittoria Colonna, Ramie Targoff
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1649590148 | 227 Pages | True PDF | 6.1 MB

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This compact, pocket-sized Reykjavík travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips and those trying to make the most of Reykjavík. It's light, easily portable and comes equipped with a pull-out map.

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English | 2013 | pages: 192 | ISBN: 1592538177 | PDF | 39,4 mb
Playing with Type is a hands-on, playful approach to learning type application and principles. This engagingguide begins with an introduction to the philosophy of learning through the process of play. Along with a series of experimental design projects with an emphasis on type, the author provides designers with a "toolkit" of ideas and skills developed through the process of play. The awareness and sensitivity to type styles, forms, and type choices gained through these visual experiments will increase the designer's confidence in their personal and professional work. This book can be used in the classroom or independently, and readers can go directly to exercises that appeal to them.

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English | ISBN: 0754607003 | 2013 | 146 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
This book presents a comprehensive study into Plato's theological doctrines, offering an important re-valuation of the status of Plato's gods and the relation between metaphysics and theology according to Plato. Starting from an examination of Plato's views of religion and the relation between religion and morality, Gerd Van Riel investigates Plato's innovative ways of speaking about the gods. This theology displays a number of diverging tendencies - viewing the gods as perfect moral actors, as cosmological principles or as celestial bodies whilst remaining true to traditional anthropomorphic representations. Plato's views are shown to be unified by the emphasis on the goodness of the gods in both their cosmological and their moral functions. Van Riel shows that recent interpretations of Plato's theology are thoroughly metaphysical, starting from aristotelian patterns. A new reading of the basic texts leads to the conclusion that in Plato the gods aren't metaphysical principles but souls who transmit the metaphysical order to sensible reality. The metaphysical principles play the role of a fated order to which the gods have to comply. This book will be invaluable to readers interested in philosophical theology and intellectual history.

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English | ISBN: 1478030062 | 2024 | 312 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet is the first English-language collection of short stories by Cui Zi'en, China's most famous and controversial queer filmmaker, writer, scholar, and LGBTQ rights activist. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in socialist and postsocialist China, Cui presents ten queer coming-of-age stories of young boys and men as they explore their sexuality and desires. From a surreal fairytale depicting a ragtag crew of neighborhood boys in the throes of sexual awakening to a chronicle of the gender-bending and homoerotic entanglements of university students to romantic love triangle erotica to a story that examines teacher-student love and the norms of sex and age, Cui centers queer sexuality as a core part of human experience. Richly imaginative and vividly written, Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet portrays the emergence of queer cultures in postsocialist China while foregrounding the commitments to one's erotic and passionate attractions even as they lead to cultural transgressions. This volume includes a preface by and an interview with the author.

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1996 | 399 Pages | ISBN: 3540586768 | PDF | 117 MB
This second edition of Plant Drug Analysis includes more than 200 updated color photographs of superb quality demonstrating chromatograms of all relevant standard drugs. All drugs presented meet the standard of the official pharmacopoeia and originate from well-defined botanical sources. With this guide the technique of thin layer chromatography can be easily used without previous pharmacognostic training. Only commercially available equipment and reagents are needed, the sources as well as all practical details are given. From the reviews "...should not be missed in any laboratory dealing with crude drug analysis" trends in analytical chemistry "...a unique and remarkable collection...an invaluable guide" Phytochemistry "The color photographs...are unbelievably well done" Analytical Biochemistry "...a required text for any laboratory concerned with the analysis of medicinal plant products" Irish Pharmacy Journal

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2018 | 546 Pages | ISBN: 1107555655 | PDF | 26 MB
Phycology is the study of algae, the primary photosynthetic organisms in freshwater and marine food chains. Since the publication of the first edition in 1981, this textbook has established itself as a classic resource on this subject. Aimed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in phycology, limnology and biological oceanography, this revised edition maintains the format of previous editions, whilst incorporating the recent developments in the field such as: the potential and challenges of producing algae biofuel; the proliferation of algal toxins; and the development of new molecular tools and technologies on ancestry, phylogeny, and taxonomy of algae.