The concerted efforts of three respected Santayana scholars have coalesced in this book that includes the transcription of the philosopher's letters to Charles A. Loeser and to Albert von Westenholz. Daniel Pinkas discovered and analyzed them only recently and they are published here for the first time, in English and Spanish, translated by Daniel Moreno and presented by José Beltrán. The volume comprises the letters Santayana sent to his two friends over five long decades, spanning the ni...

A revelatory history of expansion, influence and the making of American power.Historian Daniel Immerwahr exposes a forgotten truth: the United States has always been an empire. From Puerto Rico to Guam, the Philippines to a network of global military bases, How to Hide an Empire uncovers how U.S. territories and influence extend far beyond its 50 states.Blending archival research with witty storytelling, Immerwahr reveals the surpr...

This book brings together top researchers, thinkers, and activists from across disciplines to reflect on the study of Africa. Critical Dimensions of African Studies: Re-Membering Africa emphasizes a critique of power structures, the promotion of human liberation, a commitment to social justice and transformation, and critical reflection on the politics of the production and circulation of knowledge of Africa. The editors, Jennifer De Maio, Suzanne Scheld, and Tom Spencer-Walters, ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You will be given a range of passive income strategies to implement; strategies in which i have had great success during my extensive personal experience with each, that you can implement immediately.These strategies require very little to no capital outlay, but will require some hard work and dedication! Each strategy will provide a basic outline to get you started on your journey to building your revenue strea...

Regarding Santayana it has been claimed that he lacks a system while contradicting himself in outrageous ways. An attentive analysis of his complete œuvre, however, reveals something else entirely. It is not easy to classify a thinker as a Platonic materialist, an ironic nihilist, a spiritual atheist, and a conservative without political commitment, but, if one respects his own language, one discerns an astonishing, little-known Santayana, whose philosophical leitmotif consists in: 1) dete...

Comprehensive reference on the technology of large format additive manufacturingAdditive manufacturing (AM) has been adopted by several industries for high- and low-volume fabrication of three-dimensional workpieces such as machine parts, tools and specialized engineering components. Depending on the desired result, additive manufacturing technologies can be employed using base materials such as polymers, metals or clays and cements. The recent technology progress ...

This book presents the cutting-edge research showcased at the XXXII International Congress INGEGRAF, held in Cádiz, Spain from 21-23 June 2023. It highlights the latest advances in product design and manufacturing, including industrial methods for integrated product and process design, innovative design, and computer-aided design. The book covers a broad spectrum of topics, including virtual simulation and reverse engineering, additive manufacturing, product manufacturing, engineering meth...

"Autumn - an anthology" is a collection of short stories from ten writers, some new, some veterans. They will make you laugh, perhaps cry, even have chills crawl up your spine.This first entry, in a four-part series dedicated to the seasons, focuses on the time of year that ushers in rest from the heat of the beating sun, pumpkin spice, sweater weather, back-to-school days, and the start of some of our favorite holidays.

Santayana at 150: International Interpretations is a collection of essays by seventeen authors celebrating the life and thought of Spanish–American philosopher George Santayana. This book appears on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Santayana’s birth. Appropriately, the authors come from both sides of the Atlantic and put forth a range of insights that demonstrate the continuing life and relevance of Santayana’s thinking. The book includes considerations of the ma...

For decades, researchers have chased a pharmaceutical cure for memory loss. But despite the fact that no disease-modifying biotech treatments have emerged, new research suggests that dementia rates have actually declined in the United Statesand Western Europe over the last decade. Why is this happening? And what does it mean for brain health in the future?In American Dementia, Daniel R. George, PhD, MSc, and Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD, argue that the current decline of dem...

Our lands are changing, three becoming one, merged together by my sister and her monsters.The magic has returned and new life blooms. No longer are the Dead Lands dismal and gray, but not everyone welcomes the change.I expected to die when I threw myself from the Gilded Land's tower. Instead, I found myself surrounded by the monsters I feared the most.I assumed they'd be feral and dangerous. I didn't expect them to show me the world, to fill my brok...

Shadows save me. Shadows guide me. Shadows fracture me.Our lands are fractured. They have been split into three since before my birth, but they were not always this way. Once, we prospered, magic filling our lands before it was locked away with them: the monsters.Now we suffer and starve even as our king grows stronger and richer. Then my sister is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. Unable to lose the one person I love, I take her place willingly, ...