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Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Sept. 9, 2022
Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism

Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism By Jason G. Strange
2020 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 0252043030 | PDF | 12 MB

The Rabbit Factor  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at Oct. 30, 2021
The Rabbit Factor

The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston
English | October 28, 2021 | ISBN: 191319387X | EPUB | 245 pages | 0.4 MB
Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions (2006) {3CD Box Set, Remastered}

Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions (2006) {3CD Box Set, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,02 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 461 Mb
Full Scans | 02:42:30 | RAR 5% Recovery
Country, Rock, Folk | Rhino Records / Reprise Records #R2 74669

The Complete Reprise Sessions is a box set released in 2006 featuring both of Gram Parsons's early 1970s solo albums, GP and Grievous Angel. The box set features interviews and previously unreleased alternative takes. The reviews give it a high rating based on its source material, but most note that the additional music doesn't add much in interest. Gram Parsons is the father of country-rock. With the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, the songwriter pioneered the concept of a rock band playing country music, and as a solo artist he moved even further into the country realm, blending the two genres to the point that they became indistinguishable from each other. While he was alive, Parsons was a cult figure that never sold many records but influenced countless fellow musicians, from the Rolling Stones to the Byrds. In the two decades following Gram Parsons' death, his legacy continued to grow, as both country and rock musicians built on the music he left behind. Musicians such as Emmylou Harris and Elvis Costello covered his songs, and his influence could still be heard well into the next millennium.

Oscar Jerome - The Spoon (2022) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 22, 2022
Oscar Jerome - The Spoon (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Oscar Jerome - The Spoon (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 47:53 minutes | 520 MB
Funk, R'n'B, Soul, Nu Jazz | Label: Jeromeo, Official Digital Download

Oscar Jerome hibernated to make what became The Spoon, his second album. The pandemic had halted his concerts, and he found himself alone in Berlin playing guitar and writing poetry. You can feel that interiority on The Spoon, a laconic piece of work of melodic melancholy. He’ll move from a whisper to a scream throughout the album, and he’s as ready to talk about his feelings of depression as he is to rage about the injustices of his home country.

Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by step778 at Sept. 23, 2022
Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers (Repost)

John Gierach, "Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers"
English | 2020 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 1501168584, 1501168606 | EPUB | 13,4 mb

Miller's Crossing (1990)  Movies

Posted by Someonelse at July 25, 2011
Miller's Crossing (1990)

Miller's Crossing (1990)
A Coen Brothers film
1080p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1920 x 1040 | x264 @ 8382 Kbps | 01:54:51 | 8,18 Gb
Audio: English DTS 5.1 @ 1536 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Crime, Thriller | USA

A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.

Miller's Crossing (1990)  Movies

Posted by serpmolot at Sept. 13, 2011
Miller's Crossing (1990)

Miller's Crossing (1990)
BDRip | MKV | Run time: ~115 min | H264 1152x624 ~3300 kbps avg | 4.09 GB
audio#1: English | Dolby AC3 6 ch ~448 Kbps | audio#2-4: Russian | Dolby AC3 6 ch ~448 Kbps | Sub: English, Russian
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 2 wins & 2 nominations

A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.

No Country for Old Men (2007)  Movies

Posted by fekmax at May 1, 2014
No Country for Old Men (2007)

No Country for Old Men (2007)
BRRip 1080p | MP4 | AVC, 1776 Kbps | 1920x816 | English AAC, 92.0 Kbps | 2 channels | Runtime: 02:02:10 | 1.60 GB
BRRip 720p | MP4 | AVC, 765 Kbps | 1280x544 | English AAC, 92.0 Kbps | 2 channels | Runtime: 02:02:10 | 752 MB
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself.
Alexander Ivashkin, Russian State SO, Valeri Polyansky - Giya Kancheli: Simi; Mourned by the Wind (2005)

Giya Kancheli - Simi; Mourned by the Wind (2005)
Alexander Ivashkin, cello; Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valeri Polyansky

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 219 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Artwork included
Contemporary Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10297 | Time: 01:04:56

Giya Kancheli is one of Eastern Europe's most important contemporary composers, respected by musicologists and fellow composers alike. Schnittke said of him: 'His most striking quality…is the rare gift of being able to suspend all sense of time. From the very first note we are released from our ordinary, everyday time-sense to float, cloud-like, in eternity.' The political upheavals through which Kancheili has lived have greatly affected his music, which dwells on a complexity of interrelated themes - grief, fear, solitude, vigil, memory, nostalgia, innocence, intolerance, protest. It is profoundly influenced by the spirit of the folk music of his native Georgia.
The Spartan Military: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World’s Most Renowned Army

The Spartan Military: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World’s Most Renowned Army by Charles River Editors
English | April 5, 2016 | ISBN: 1530899915 | 115 pages | EPUB | 1.61 Mb