Free Download Anne-Marie Ellithorpe, "Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community "
English | ISBN: 1666917354 | 2023 | 250 pages | EPUB | 409 KB
Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and ethical formation through friendship. Contributors discuss the positive effects of friendship and some of the culturally diverse ways that friendships develop. Friends help us co-exist in diverse societies, live sustainably in our ecosystems, heal from trauma, develop inner virtues, engage wisely in social action, and connect with the divine. While friendship is a core human value, cultural traditions have used different tools to build friendships. For example, Indigenous communities emphasize reciprocity on the land; Jewish traditions encourage respect for study partners; Buddhist teachers suggest discernment in befriending; Christian texts speak of bringing God's love into community. The fifteen scholars contributing to this book draw on the teachings of six different global traditions: Indigenous, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian. Each scholar applies the tools of their tradition-reciprocity, respect, discernment, love, and more-to discuss how we might become our best selves in community.

Free Download Stefan Robinson, "Bromance: Male Friendship, Love and Sport"
English | ISBN: 3030986098 | 2022 | 292 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Unraveling the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow, this book provides the first detailed account of the bromance that exists among young men. Drawing on one year of ethnography and 20 in-depth interviews among a university sport team, the authors show that these men reject traditional masculine boundaries, instead prioritizing an emotional and tactile form of friendship. Chapters detail the cultural shift in society's views on bromances, showing that bromances exists as an elevated, more emotional and intimate form of friendship, existing as a further positive consequence of decreasing cultural homophobia. By focusing on sport-which has traditionally been seen as a homophobic environment with toxic constructions of manhood-the authors show that even in the most traditionally masculine of settings, young men are rethinking what male friendship looks like, what it means to be a man, and the positive impact this can have on their mental health.

Free Download Beaded Friendship Bracelets: A Beginner's How-To Guide with Over 100 Designs (Fox Chapel Publishing) Techniques, Tips, Step-by-Step Instructions and Photos, Tutorials for Stringing, Tassels, and More by Lora S. Irish
English | February 27, 2023 | ISBN: 149710405X | 72 pages | MOBI | 33 Mb
Awesome ideas for making beautiful beaded bracelets!Beginner-friendly guide to making colorful, trendy bracelets using all kinds of beads and other materials108 beaded bracelet designs, plus step-by-step projects and technique tutorials for creating color schemes, stringing bracelets, making tassels and other accents, and moreHelpful overviews on supplies, beads, accessories, tools, and materialsAuthor Lora S. Irish is internationally renowned artist and wildly popular author of a wide variety of crafting booksWith this exciting beginner's guide, you'll have a blast learning how to make stunning friendship bracelets for your friends and family!

Free Download Herbert Druks, "The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and Israel from Roosevelt to Kennedy "
English | ISBN: 0313314233 | 2000 | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Although the United States has been a friend to Israel from the beginning and Israel has in return been an important American ally in the region, relations between the two nations have never been without difficulties. This study traces U.S.-Israeli relations from the 1930s to the early 1960s and examines the roles played by both Israelis and Americans in the formation of an independent Israel. Taking into account economic, political, social, and military factors, Druks devotes particular attention to elements of Israel's dependence on and independence from the United States during crucial phases of relations. These include the Holocaust and the failure to rescue European Jewry; Roosevelt and the promise of independence; establishment and recognition; Washington's ongoing relations with the new nation; the 1956 Sinai War; and President John F. Kennedy's enlightened approach towards Israel and the Middle East.

Free Download Gregory Jusdanis, "A Tremendous Thing: Friendship from the "Iliad" to the Internet"
English | ISBN: 0801452848 | 2014 | 224 pages | PDF | 1043 KB
"Why did you do all this for me?" Wilbur asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you."

Free Download Jen Hatmaker, "On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love, and Being True to Yourself"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0310349443, 0310358396 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 1.3 mb
Big Mama blog founder and New York Times bestselling author Melanie Shankle helps us sort through our questions about being true to ourselves in a world gone crazy and what matters the most in the end.

Free Download Agnaldo Garcia, "Love, Family and Friendship: A Latin American Perspective"
English | ISBN: 1443866237 | 2014 | 220 pages | PDF | 1060 KB
Love, Family and Friendship: A Latin American Perspective presents current research on different aspects of interpersonal relationships, including romantic and couple relations, family relationships and friendship, either conducted in Latin America or involving Latin American participants. The contributors to this volume are drawn from different universities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and USA. The chapters are based on papers presented at the First Latin American Meeting on Family and Interpersonal Relationships, which took place in Vitória, Brazil, in July of 2013, organized by the Latin American Network for Interpersonal Relationship Research. Latin America has a population of approximately 600 million people, according to estimative data from the World Bank. Latin American migrant populations are also important in both North America and Europe. Despite this, studies on interpersonal relationships in the continent are still scarce compared to those produced in other areas. This book includes the results of empirical quantitative and qualitative studies about romantic and couple relationships conducted in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico, dealing with themes such as satisfaction, violence and intercultural relationships. Family issues are discussed in different contexts and countries, including family relationships in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Studies about friendship include results from investigations conducted in Mexico and Brazil. The book is particularly aimed at students and researchers in psychology and family studies, sociology, communication studies, Latin American studies, and anthropology, and represents an important contribution to the development of relationship research in Latin America and to the fostering of international cooperation on the subject.

Free Download Priscilla Stuckey, "Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1582438129 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 0.7 mb
A collection of essays from the author of Tamed by a Bear that "will make you think about life and nature in a different way" (Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation ).

Free Download Sarah Clarkson, "Girls' Club: Cultivating Lasting Friendship in a Lonely World"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1496432150 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 5.1 mb
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Free Download Martin Gilbert, "Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship"
English | ISBN: 0805078800 | 2007 | 359 pages | MOBI | 1150 KB
An insightful history of Churchill's lifelong commitment-both public and private-to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-Semitism Winston Churchill was a young man in 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. Despite the prevailing anti-Semitism in England as well as on the Continent, Churchill's position was clear: he supported Dreyfus, and condemned the prejudices that had led to his conviction.