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This edition offers a novel perspective on seventeenth-century European-Islamic encounters by making accessible the Neo-Latin poem On the Turkish Religion (De Religione Turcica**).** Written by the Cambridge scholar Isaac Barrow during a visit to Istanbul in 1658, this poem shows how the knowledge and use of Latin contributed to the rise of early modern European oriental studies, both as a medium of information and as a vehicle of representation.A...

Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity (Second Edition) by John Henry Pepper is a classic educational book designed to introduce young readers to the fascinating world of electricity. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book covers the fundamental principles of electricity, its history, and its practical applications in everyday life. The author, a renowned science educator, uses simple language, clear explanations, and numerous illustrations to make complex concepts under...

How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus: Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity is a classic instructional book first published in 1904 by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John. This engaging and practical guide is designed for young readers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in the fascinating world of electricity. The book follows the adventures of two inquisitive boys as they embark on a journey to build thei...

The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment: Containing Two Hundred Experiments Performed with Simple, Home-made Apparatus is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to introduce readers to the fundamental principles of electricity and magnetism through hands-on experimentation. Authored by Thomas M. St. John, this classic work demystifies the often complex concepts of electrical science by providing clear, step-by-step instructions for conducting a wide array of e...

‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall be stamped upon.’ From the massively successful author that brought you exploding sheep (Before & After) comes the conspiracy theory to end them all.If you’re a cynic, you’re a sucker. ‘They’ want you to believe in aliens, UFOs and ghosts, because if you go chasing lies, you never get to the truth. ‘They’ are the ultra-secret world ‘Committee’ – the real decision makers who tell governments what to do, dictate which way the stock market’s headi...

Interceptors is an exhilarating ride and front-row seat into the dangerous and harrowing work of law enforcement on America's southern border.Author Matthew Thomas pulls back the curtain and takes the reader on a rarely seen, eye-witness journey.Spanning over 29 years, Matthew's law enforcement career and immersive life in the Hispanic culture is an eye-opening, honest, and unprecedented look into the ruthless activities of dangerous cartel activit...

Forty original contributions on games and gaming cultureWhat does Pokémon Go tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate world-building?From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving technological reality. Unlike other media t...

No author in the English canon seems more deserving of the epithet sublime than John Milton. Yet Milton's sublimity has long been dismissed as an invention of eighteenth-century criticism. The poet himself, the story goes, could hardly have had any notion of the sublime, a concept that only took shape in the decades after his death with the advent of philosophical aesthetics. Such a narrative, however, fails to account for the fact that Milton is one of the first writers in Englis...

Things A Boy Should Know About Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John.

Written for US workers without employer pensions.Most retirement advice was written for people with pensions. If you don't have one, the standard rules -- save a million dollars, replace 80% of your income -- were built for someone else's life.The starting point here is where most people land: a 401k they may or may not be maximizing, a Social Security estimate they've never looked at closely, and a vague sense that the math might not be working in their favor. The real cal...

You know you should negotiate. You've rehearsed what to say. And then someone offers you a number and you hear yourself say "that sounds great" before your brain catches up.That's not a confidence problem. It's a nervous system problem.The Uncomfortable Conversation: Negotiation for People Who Hate Conflict is for anyone who finds salary negotiation genuinely terrifying rather than merely uncomfortable. Whether you freeze when an offer lands, accept whatever your boss says ...