Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography by Roger ShattuckRequirements: .PDF reader, 1.3 MBOverview: In “his best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award-winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade […]
Routledge Handbook on Islam in Asia by Chiara Formichi Requirements: .PDF reader, 105 mbOverview: The Routledge Handbook on Islam in Asia offers both new and established scholarship on Muslim societies and religious practices across Asia, from a variety of interdisciplinary angles, with chapters covering South, Central, East and Southeast Asia, as well as Africa–Asia connections. […]
A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge / Narrated by Jonn ElledgeRequirements: .MP3 player, 272 mbOverview: ‘Fascinating’ TOM HOLLAND ‘A delight from start to finish’ MIRANDA SAWYER ‘By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once’ GIDEON DEFOE People […]
Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea by Jim Gulledge Requirements: .ePUB reader, 1.6 MbOverview: In Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea, amid the rugged terrain of North Carolina, a small pocket watch bears witness to the loves and losses of three families-the Kellers, Elliotts, and McClures. As the heirloom passes down over a hundred years, […]
Routledge Encyclopedia of Technology and the Humanities by Chan Sin-wai (Editor), Mak Kin-wah (Editor), Leung Sze Ming (Editor)Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 44.4 MBOverview: Routledge Encyclopedia of Technology and the Humanities is a pioneer attempt to introduce a wide range of disciplines in the emerging field of techno-humanities to the English-reading world. This book covers topics […]