The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in the Caribbean and United States. The contributors provide detailed ethnographic and technical research on gourd lutes and ekonting in Africa and the banza in Haiti while also investigating tuning p...

The Free Agent Lifestyle is a guide for men who are looking to improve their lives, not with the intentions of pursuing and impressive others, but for themselves. This lifestyle can be a temporary sabbatical from the plantation of expectation, commitment and pursuing women or it can be a lifetime change. There is no greater form of empowerment to have than to realize that this life has so much more to offer those that live free.

The Free Agent Lifestyle is a guide for men who are looking to improve their lives, not with the intentions of pursuing and impressive others, but for themselves. This lifestyle can be a temporary sabbatical from the plantation of expectation, commitment and pursuing women or it can be a lifetime change. There is no greater form of empowerment to have than to realize that this life has so much more to offer those that live free.

How Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death, building AI tyrants, and creating limitless growth—pervert public discourse and distract us from real social problemsTech billionaires have decided that they should determine our futures for us. According to Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, and more, the only good future for humanity is one powered by technology: trillions of humans living in space, functionally immortal, served...

This fully illustrated study explores and depicts the machine-gun tactics employed by both sides on the Western Front in 1914–18.During World War I, machine guns made an enormous combat contribution in the hands of both Entente and Central Powers forces, not only during the trench warfare of 1914–17 but also in the more mobile climactic battles of 1918. While light machine guns and 'automatic rifles' were widely issued to infantry at platoon level, this book focuse...

The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But this leads to an inescapable question: why should we trust the Bible? Written to help non-Christians, longtime Christians, and everyone in between better understand why God’s Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have helped lead millions of believers through the centuries to trust the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Written by pastor Greg Gilbert, author of the popular books Wha...

GEFAHR AUS DEM INNEREN Nachdem Darth Vader während der Droidenplage eine Reihe von Prüfungen durch Imperator Palpatine über sich ergehen lassen musste, gelang es ihm schließlich, die abtrünnigen Droiden zu seinem Vorteil zu nutzen und einen auf ihn gerichteten Angriff imperialer Truppen abzuwehren. Doch nun wächst im Inneren des Imperiums eine neue Bedrohung heran, die eine echte Gefahr für den Imperator werden könnte ... Dieser Band enthält US-STAR WARS: Darth Vader (2020) #42-47, "The Cu...

"A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science." --New York Times Book ReviewAn Editor's Choice, New York Times Book ReviewLonglisted for PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingLonglisted for Goodreads Choice AwardEvery physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, ...

Is your memory something that sometimes fails you?Would you like to sharpen it and be better at remembering crucial detailsThis bundle can help you do that!We've all been there, at a party when someone comes up to you and starts speaking to you like they know you. You can't remember what their name is and it's infuriating. It's also embarrassing and while social occasions can be awkward it's worse if it happens in business.Thankfully you can improve your mem...

For generations the elements of humor, poignancy, fantasy, and unfettered morality found within acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl’s most famous tales have captivated both children and adults. Classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, and The BFG may initially appear to be yarns spun for the amusement of the adolescent mind, however, upon digging deeper one uncovers a treasure trove of philosophical richness that is anything...

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for molding the British population, and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, funded by Gilded Age monopolists, and enshrined into racist A...

AUSSER KONTROLLE Darth Vader ist zu einer unberechenbaren Gefahr geworden. Nach einer Erschütterung der Macht hat der Dunkle Lord der Sith die Kontrolle über seine Kräfte verloren hat. Gleichzeitig ist er mächtiger als je zuvor. Nichts und niemand in seinem Umfeld ist noch sicher. Trotzdem weicht Sabé, die ehemalige Zofe Königin Amidalas, Vader nicht von der Seite und will mit ihm herauszufinden, was passiert ist. Kann Doktor Aphra mit ihrem archäologischen Wissen helfen? Dieser Band enthä...