This vintage book contain a collection of crochet patterns and directions for making Afghan throws and rugs. With simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this book is ideal for the novice with an interest in making Afghan rugs, and is not to be missed by crochet enthusiasts. Contents include: “Crochet”, “Basic Afghan Stitch”, “Afghan Stitch with Worked-In Pattern, “Tiffany”, “Pennsylvania Dutch”, “Clover Patch”, “Tartan”, “Cartwheel”, “Soufflé”, “Flower Fingers”, and “Elega...

Have you ever felt like you're drowning in data, struggling to make sense of it all? Maybe you're a small business owner trying to keep track of your finances or a student trying to organize research data for a project. Whatever your situation, Microsoft Excel can help you make sense of the chaos.With our book, "Mastering Microsoft Excel: A Beginner's Guide," you can learn how to use Excel to its full potential. Our easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide takes you from the basics of en...

Is a Universal Basic Income the answer to an increasingly precarious job landscape?Could it bring greater financial freedom for women, tackle the issue of unpaid but essential work, cut poverty and promote greater choice? Or is it a dead-end utopian ideal that distracts from more practical and cost-effective solutions?Contributors from musician Brian Eno, think tank Demos Helsinki, innovators such as California’s Y Combinator Research and prominent academics such as Peter B...

In this book, authors engage in an interdisciplinary discourse of theory and practice on the concept of personal conviction, addressing the variety of grey zones that mark the concept.Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts discusses where our convictions come from and whether we are aware of them, why they compel us to certain actions, and whether we can change our convictions when presented with opposing evidence, which prove our personal convictions "wrong"...

Living in the age of American "hyperpower" the relevance of both international law and conflict resolution have been called into question. Hannum and Babbitt, highly respected practitioners in these respective fields, have collected a series of experts to examine the relationship between these two disciplines. Focusing on self-determination, a particularly thorny issue of international law, Negotiating Self-Determination takes an in-depth look at what an understanding of conflict ...

Ecocritical Concerns and the Australian Continent investigates literary, historical, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives in connection with activist engagements. The necessary cross-fertilization between these different perspectives throughout this volume emerges in the resonances between essays exploring recurring concerns ranging from biodiversity and preservation policies to the devastating effects of the mining industries, to present concerns and futuristic visions of the effe...

In the heart of every equestrian beats a story of challenge, resilience, and profound transformation. "A Difficult Horse - A Tribute to the Horses That Changed Us" is a collection of these stories, a testament to the horses that began as challenges and became our greatest teachers. Crafted from the reflections of diverse equestrians, this book is more than just a compilation of tales; it's a journey through the trials and triumphs that bind us to these special animals.Each page is ...

The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have c...

The invention of the present-tense novel is a literary event whose importance is on par with the discovery of perspective in painting. From the first novels shaped by interior monologues and the use of the present tense in the tradition of modernism, the present tense has, over the course of its century-long evolution, changed the conditions of fictional narration, along with our conceptions of time in a philosophical and linguistic framework. Indeed, to understand the work of an increasin...

The story that follows is real, and presents the financial suffering incurred by thousands of victims who were affected by the downfall of the bank. It is also a story of the sadness experienced by thousands of people who were involved in the bank’s development and then were touched by the hand of corruption, vice, wickedness, murder, blackmail, and drugs; all in the name of the Most Holy God who was thought to be pouring out his blessings to endorse these financial monstrosities.

Bahman Mohassess conceived his lifelong experimentation with collage as "assemblage"–an extension of the fractured figuration and charged materiality that shaped his paintings and sculptures. This publication repositions his assemblages as a radical laboratory of artistic, intellectual, and political engagement. Essays by leading scholars and curators explore how Mohassess negotiated exile, sexuality, modernism, and dissent across postwar Iran, Central Europe, and Rome. Far from peripheral...

This account of the "laboratory of radical democracy" in the months before East Germany's absorption in the West challenges memories of Germany's reunification.For many, 1989 is an iconic date, one we associate with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. The year prompts some to rue the defeat of socialism in the East, while others celebrate a victory for democracy and capitalism in the reunified Germany. Remembering 1989 focuses on a larg...