John H. Baron, "Intimate Music: A History of the Idea of Chamber Music"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 1576471004, 1576470180 | PDF | pages: 503 | 43.3 mb
This is the first comprehensive overview of instrumental chamber music from the 16th century to the present. There are comparisons of different genres, composers, and periods. Situations for chamber music at different moments in history are brought into a continuum, and all aspects of chamber music are placed into perspective. A History of the Idea of Chamber Music is chronologically organized at the most general level. Beyond that, national schools figure prominently, as well as genres and personalities. Throughout this book the composition of chamber music, the performance of chamber music, and the social, economic, political, and aesthetic conditions for chamber music have been considered per se and as they interact. (From the Introduction)

English | ASIN: B0BM4SPYS6 | 2022 | 8 hours and 47 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 252 MB
During her 70 years on the throne, few got to know the Queen well, but there is one body of work that sheds new light on her thoughts, personality and the issues that really concerned her: the Queen's own speeches. For many years, the Queen's Christmas address was the most-watched programme on television on Christmas Day, and millions regularly tuned in to hear what she had to say. Now, in this wonderful, intimate portrait of Her Majesty, Ingrid Seward uses the Queen's speeches as a starting point to provide a revealing insight into the character of the woman who reigned over us since the days when Churchill was prime minister.

Wilson V Viruses Intimate Invaders 2022 | 4.36 MB
English | 359 Pages

Title: Viruses: Intimate Invaders
Author: Van G. Wilson
Year: 2022

Persons of Interest: An Intimate Account of Cecily and John Burton by Pamela Burton, Meredith Edwards
2022 | ISBN: 1760465089 | English | 412 pages | PDF | 20 MB

Intimate Distance: Andean Music in Japan By Michelle Bigenho
2012 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 0822352354 | PDF | 2 MB

Ellouise Moore, "Girl in High Heels: Intimate Confessions of a London Stripper"
English | 2008 | ISBN: 009192717X | EPUB | pages: 320 | 0.5 mb

Daniela Granzotto, "Woman to Woman: The Truth About Our Intimate Relationships: How We Love, Hurt and Triumph"
English | ISBN: 161448175X | 2012 | 160 pages | EPUB | 257 KB

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0192844415 | 234 pages | True PDF EPUB | 6.44 MB
After a humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the Russian Empire struggled to reassert its position as a global power. A small noble family returned from the siege of Sevastopol and joined the rulers' efforts to advance Russian standing in the decades until 1917. Intimate Empire tells the story of the Mansurovs, who were known to nineteenth-century observers as resourceful imperial agents and staunch supporters of Orthodoxy. In close interplay with

Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse By Hillary Potter
2008 | 295 Pages | ISBN: 081476729X | PDF | 3 MB
Contrary to the stereotype of the "strong Black woman," African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half times more than women of other races and ethnicities. This common portrayal can hinder black women seeking help and support simply because those on the outside don't think help is needed. Yet, as Hillary Potter argues in Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse, this stereotype often helps these African American women to resist and to verbally and physically retaliate against their abusers. Thanks to this generalization, Potter observes, black women are less inclined to label themselves as "victims" and more inclined to fight back.Battle Cries is an eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse, the methods used to contend with abusive mates, and the immediate and enduring consequences resulting from the maltreatment. Based on intensive interviews with 40 African American women abused by their male partners, Potter's analysis takes into account variations in their experiences based on socioeconomic class, education level, and age, and discusses the common abuses and perceptions they share. Combining her remarkable findings with black feminist thought and critical race theory, Potter offers a unique and significant window through which we can better understand this understudied though rampant social problem.

Karel Dobbelaere, Alfonso Pérez-Agote, "The Intimate: Polity and the Catholic Church―Laws about Life, Death and the Family in So-called Catholic Countries"
English | 2015 | pages: 225 | ISBN: 9462700273 | PDF | 2,3 mb
For centuries the Catholic Church was able to impose its ethical rules in matters related to the intimate, that is, questions concerning life (from its beginning until its end) and the family, in the so-called Catholic countries in Western Europe. When the polity started to introduce legislation in opposition to the Catholic ethic, the ecclesiastical authorities and part of the population reacted. The media reported massive demonstrations in France against same-sex marriages and in Spain against the legalization of abortion. In Italy the Episcopal conference entered the political field in opposition to medically assisted procreation. In Portugal the Church made a "pact" so that the law on same-sex marriages did not include the possibility of adoption. And in Belgium the Episcopal conference expressed its opposition to such laws with religious, legal, and anthropological arguments, which all other Episcopal conferences did also.