Sunday, September 13, 2015

Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325 by Augustine Thompson




Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325 by Augustine Thompson


English | 3 Nov. 2005 | ISBN: 0271024771 | 517 Pages | PDF | 2 MB




We know much about the Italian city states-the "communes"-of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But historians have focused on their political accomplishments to the exclusion of their religious life, going so far as to call them "purely secular contrivances."










Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America by Thomas Szasz




Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America by Thomas Szasz


English | 30 Apr. 2001 | ISBN: 0275971961 | 238 Pages | PDF | 1 MB




In recent decades, American medicine has become increasingly politicized and politics has become increasingly medicalized. Behaviors previously seen as virtuous or wicked, wise or unwise are now dealt with as healthy or sick–unwanted behaviors to be controlled as if they were health issues.










PICK YOUR POISON by HOLL KRISTI




PICK YOUR POISON by HOLL KRISTI


English | 27 Jun. 2008 | ISBN: 031071432X | 148 Pages | PDF | 1 MB




When a group of Jeri McKane"s friends help Abby present a birthday dinner for her home-ec project, the party ends up in the trashcan … literally. Is it just an unfortunate event, or have the friends been intentionally poisoned?