Sarah Janisse Brown, The Thinking Tree Publishing Co., "Ages 3 to 6 - Alphabet Fun-Schooling Journal: 100 Activities - Color, Write & Draw"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1541357140 | PDF | pages: 105 | 70.8 mb

Joseph J. Darowski, "The Ages of Iron Man: Essays on the Armored Avenger in Changing Times"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 078647842X | PDF | pages: 236 | 1.2 mb
Billionaire industrialist, cold warrior, weapons designer, alcoholic, philanthropist, Avenger-Tony Stark, alter-ego of Marvel Comics' Iron Man, has played many roles in his five decades as a superhero. From his 1963 comics debut in Tales of Suspense to the recent film adaptations-The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013)-hundreds of creators have had a hand in writing the character with evolving depictions and distinct artistic styles. This collection of essays provides an historical overview of an important figure in American popular culture and a close reading of Iron Man's most iconic story lines, including his origin in Vietnam, "Demon in a Bottle," "Civil War," and "Extremis."

Joseph J. Darowski, "The Ages of Wonder Woman: Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing Times"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0786471220 | PDF | pages: 249 | 1.4 mb
Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.

Mark Chinca, "Literary Beginnings in the European Middle Ages "
English | ISBN: 110847764X | 2022 | 330 pages | PDF | 2 MB
How did new literatures begin in the Middle Ages and what does it mean to ask about such beginnings? These are the questions this volume pursues across the regions and languages of medieval Europe, from Iceland, Scandinavia, and Iberia through Irish, Welsh, English, French, Dutch, Occitan, German, Italian, Czech, and Croatian to Medieval Greek and the East Slavonic of early Rus. Focusing on vernacular scripted cultures and their complicated relationships with the established literary cultures of Latin, Greek, and Church Slavonic, the volume's contributors describe the processes of emergence, consolidation, and institutionalization that make it possible to speak of a literary tradition in any given language. Moreover, by concentrating on beginnings, the volume avoids the pitfalls of viewing earlier phenomena through the lens of later, national developments; the result is a heightened sense of the historical contingency of categories of language, literature, and territory in the space we call 'Europe'.

Al Yellon, Pat Hughes, "A Season for the Ages: How the 2016 Chicago Cubs Brought a World Series Championship to the North Side"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1683581156 | EPUB | pages: 232 | 7.9 mb
No doubt, you've heard about the Cubs' decades-long run of futility. They hadn't won a pennant in seventy-one years or a World Series in a record 108 years. To the frustration of Cubs fans everywhere, the team often missed chances with soul-crushing defeats.

Life in the Middle Ages by Richard Winston
English | December 9, 2016 | ISBN: 1541019512 | True EPUB | 236 pages | 3 MB
Here, National Book Award winner Richard Winston explores life in the Middle Ages - from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries, beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance. In both countryside and towns, from peasants to the bourgeoisie to nobility, no aspect of life in this era is left unexplored.

David Abulafia, "Italy in the Central Middle Ages: 1000-1300"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0199247048, 019924703X | PDF | pages: 314 | 2.5 mb
Incorporating the latest developments in the study of the period, a team of leading international scholars provides a fresh and dynamic picture of a period of great transformation in the political, cultural, and economic life of the Italian peninsula, which witnessed the rise of autonomous city states in the north, the creation of a powerful kingdom in the south, and the development of the Italian language as a vehicle for literary expression.

Trade, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages : An Encyclopedia (Routledge Revivals)
by John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg
English | 2016 by Routledge | ISBN: 1138064939 | 758 Pages | True ePUB | 18 MB

Robert Bartlett, "The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages "
English | ISBN: 0521702550 | 2008 | 182 pages | PDF | 10 MB
How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which medieval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural and showing how the idea of the supernatural came to be invented in the Middle Ages. Robert Bartlett examines how theologians and others sought to draw lines between the natural, the miraculous, the marvelous and the monstrous, and the many conceptual problems they encountered as they did so. The final chapter explores the extraordinary thought-world of Roger Bacon as a case study exemplifying these issues. By recovering the mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers the book raises the critical question of how we deal with beliefs we no longer share.

P L McMillan, "Howls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror"
English | ISBN: 1736780042 | 2022 | 354 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries.