Houses built on sand
Title | Houses built on sand PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Mabon |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 267 |
Release | 2020-02-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526126478 |
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst popular movements resulted in the toppling of authoritarian rule in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, other regimes were able to withstand these pressures. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive. Drawing on the work of political theorists such as Agamben and Arendt, Mabon explores the ways in which sovereign power is contested, resulting in the fragmentation of political projects across the region. Combining an innovative theoretical approach with interviews with people across the region and beyond, Mabon paints a picture of Middle Eastern politics dominated by elites seeking to maintain power and wealth, seemingly at whatever cost. This, for Mabon, is a consequence of the emergence and development of particular visions of political projects that harness or marginalise identities, communities, ideologies and faiths as mechanisms designed to ensure their survival. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding why the uprisings took place, their geopolitical consequences, and why they are likely to happen again.
Holy Bible (NIV)
Title | Holy Bible (NIV) PDF eBook |
Author | Various Authors, |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 6637 |
Release | 2008-09-02 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 0310294142 |
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Built on Sand
Title | Built on Sand PDF eBook |
Author | Etienne Guyon |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 2022-08-09 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0262545306 |
Explaining the science contained in a simple assembly of grains—the most abundant form of matter present on Earth. Granular media—composed of vast amounts of grains, consolidated or not—constitute the most abundant form of solid matter on Earth. Granular materials assemble in disordered configurations scientists often liken to a bag of marbles. Made of macroscopic particles rather than molecules, they defy the standard scheme of classification in terms of solid, liquid, and gas. Granular materials provide a model relevant to various domains of research, including engineering, physics, and biology. William Blake famously wished “To See a World in a Grain of Sand”; in this book, pioneering researchers in granular matter explain the science hidden behind simple grains, shedding light on collective behavior in disordered settings in general. The authors begin by describing the single grain with its different origins, shapes, and sizes, then examine grains in piled or stacked form. They explain the packing fraction of granular media, a crucial issue that bears on the properties displayed in practical applications; explore small-scale deformations in piles of disordered grains, with particular attention to friction; and present theories of various modes of disorder. Along the way, they discuss such concepts as force chains, arching effects, wet grains, sticky contacts, and inertial effects. Drawing on recent numerical simulations as well as classical concepts developed in physics and mechanics, the book offers an accessible introduction to a rapidly developing field.
The House Built on Sand
Title | The House Built on Sand PDF eBook |
Author | Heather Dyer |
Publisher | David C Cook Distribution |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1980-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780891912880 |
A House Built on Sand
Title | A House Built on Sand PDF eBook |
Author | Noretta Koertge |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 335 |
Release | 1998-08-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0198027761 |
Cultural critics say that "science is politics by other means," arguing that the results of scientific inquiry are profoundly shaped by the ideological agendas of powerful elites. They base their claims on historical case studies purporting to show the systematic intrusion of sexist, racist, capitalist, colonialist and/or professional interests into the very content of science. Physicist Alan Sokal recently poked fun at these claims by foisting a sly parody of the genre on the unwitting editors of the cultural studies journal Social Text touching off a still unabated torrent of editorials, articles, and heated classroom and Internet discussion. This hard-hitting collection picks up where Sokal left off. The essayists offer crisp and detailed critiques of case studies offered by the cultural critics as evidence that scientific results tell us more about social context than they do about the natural world. Pulling no punches, they identify numerous crude factual blunders (e.g. that Newton never performed any experiments) and egregious errors of emission, such as the attempt to explain the slow development of fluid dynamics solely in terms of gender bias. Where there are positive aspects of a flawed account, or something to be learned from it, they do not hesitate to say so. Their target is shoddy scholarship. Comprising new essays by distinguished scholars of history, philosophy, and science (including Sokal himself), this book raises a lively debate to a new level of seriousness.
Jesus: His Story in Stone
Title | Jesus: His Story in Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Mason |
Publisher | FriesenPress |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 2017-09-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1525512218 |
Jesus: His Story in Stone is a reflection on still-existing stone objects that Jesus would have known, seen, or even touched. Each of the seventy short chapters is accompanied by a photograph taken on location in Israel. Arranged chronologically, the one-page meditations compose a portrait of Christ as seen through the significant stones in His life, from the cave where He was born to the rock of Calvary. While packed with historical and archaeological detail, the book’s main thrust is devotional, leading the reader both spiritually and physically closer to Jesus.
House of Sand and Fog
Title | House of Sand and Fog PDF eBook |
Author | Andre Dubus |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 507 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Domestic fiction |
ISBN | 0393046974 |
The Oprah Book Club selection for November 2000.