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The Life of Marie-Eustelle HarpainThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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A Theology of JusticeThere are thirty-eight ethical statements-principles throughout the seven chapters of A Theology of Justice. These ethical statements form a comprehensive corrections ethic informed by the human rights abuses occurring in jails and prisons in the United States, offering evidence-based correctives. This corrections ethic is...
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The Perfect Officer: Lessons in LeadershipThe Perfect Officer focuses on the careers of a group of brilliant officers from the Napoleonic Wars up to our own times: what they did right, what they did wrong, and what lessons they drew from their experiences. The book's recurring theme is the...
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God's Great Tradition of Global Wisdom: Guru Yoga-Satsang in the Integral AgeCOLOR VERSION & INDEXED -- A guide to a deeper understanding of the world's great Global Wisdom Tradition of Humankind by examining its true core: the God-Realized Adepts - or Gurus - who, for one, founded all the major religions plus they teach and...
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Alexander Graham Bell: Alexander Graham Bell Inventions Telephone (A Life and Legacy of the Father of Invention)Alexander graham bell invented the telephone during the years of the industrial age in europe and america. It was the day and age for new innovations and new devices that exploded in the field of manufacturing. While many of those instruments were suited for...
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Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq: A Comparative Anthology with a Sample of Glossed Texts, Volume 1This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking ('Syriac') Christians, Kurdish Muslims and-to a lesser extent-Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples...
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Fragments of Remembrance: Finding Lost BoysOver one hundred years have now passed since the ending of the Great War of 1914-18, yet still, the grief of ordinary families is carried down through generations. People are still searching for the last resting places of loved ones. Their Lost Boys.So, can...
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Robin Hood: Legend and RealityDetailed research into documentary sources offers an exciting new identification of the "real" Robin Hood. For over a century and a half scholars have debated whether or not the legend of Robin Hood was based on an actual outlaw and, if so, when and...
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Soldiers Steadfast and Loyal: Medal of Honor and Distinguished Service Cross Recipients of the 4th Division in World War OneThe book tells the stories of the one hundred eighty-six soldiers of the 4th (Infantry) Division who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their valorous actions in World War One. One of those awards was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor. The...
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Memorial Book of Krynki (Krynki, Poland)Krynki, located on an important route between Kraków and Grodno, had a significant Jewishpresence since the 17th century. Josif Giel established a wool and flannel factory here in 1827;it was soon joined by other factories, including 14 leather tanneries and 8 leather works. By...
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How We Think"How We Think" is a classic book by John Dewey that was published in 1910. John Dewey was an American educational philosopher and known for many of his works.This book lays out perfectly how the mind in motion is constantly working to figure out...
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Chinese ThoughtAs a whole, this work offers a panoramic view of ancient Chinese thought, which is not a thought structured after the Western style, since the Chinese ask their Sages for subjects conducive to free meditation, not ideas, much less dogmas. It does not matter...
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Revivals in CaernarfonshireRevivals of religion have been a feature of Welsh history from the mid 18th century until 1905, starting with the influence of the early Methodists (originally an Evangelical movement within the Anglican church), although Caernarfonshire, unlike Anglesey, had some remnants of Puritan influence. This...
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Book Prices in Renaissance Venice: The Stockbook of Bernardo GiuntiThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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Fertility TechnologyA concise overview of fertility technology--its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. In the late 1850s, a physician in New York City used a syringe and glass tube to inject half a drop of sperm into a woman's uterus,...
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Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory: The Other Issues That Divided East and WestThe Catholic and Orthodox churches have been divided for nearly a thousand years. The issues that divide them are weighty matters of theology, from a dispute over the Nicene Creed to the question of the authority of the Pope. But while these issues are...
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SpeculationA wide-ranging investigation of what speculation is, and what is at stake for artistic, curatorial, critical, and institutional practices in relating to their own speculative character. Engaging with the question of speculation in ways that encompass the artistic, the economic, and the philosophical, with...
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Genoveva De BrabanteThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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Kerrang! Living Loud: Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative MusicRelive the greatest moments in the last 40 years of hardcore, punk, and metal with this incredible book by Kerrang!, alternative music's most trusted publication. Celebrate 40 years of Kerrang! with this year-by-year review of the greatest artists and moments in metal and alternative...
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Queering Medieval Latin Rhetoric: Silence, Subversion, and Sexual HeterodoxyThis book reflects on what medieval Latin authors don't say about the sex nobody had-or maybe some had-and about how they don't say it. Their silences are artfully constructed, according to a rhetorical tradition reaching back to classical practice and theory. The strategy of...
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