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Laxmi: Illustrated Hindu MythologyGoddess Lakshmi is associated with wealth and good fortune. My First Shaped Board Book familiarizes young learners with Lakshmi and is a brief introduction to how she came into being. Gorgeous illustrations and simple sentences make reading fun for eaAuthor: Wonder House BooksPublisher: Wonder...
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La Th?orie Du Bayān d'Al-Jāḥiẓ: D'Une Herm?neutique de la Nature ? Une S?miotique de la CultureLe livre de Salah Natij, La Th?orie du Bayān d'al-Jāḥiẓ d'une herm?neutique de la nature ? une s?miotique de la culture constitue la premi?re ?tude d'ensemble enti?rement consacr?e ? la th?orie du Bayān (communication, herm?neutique, s?miologie) ?labor?e au milieu du IXe si?cle par l'encyclop?diste...
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Last Chief Standing: A Tale of Two CulturesThis is a tale of two cultures describing how one Indian family moved from a nomadic existence into the modern world and resisted extinction. A picture show the bronze; six meter high Statue of Freedom on top of the U.S. Capitol Building. This statue...
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Landscaping Indigenous Mexico: The Liberal State and Capitalism in the Pur?pecha HighlandsA history of the Pur?pecha people's survival amid environmental and political changes. Landscapes are more than geological formations; they are living records of human struggles. Landscaping Indigenous Mexico unearths the history of Ju?tarhu, an Indigenous landscape shaped and nurtured by the Pur?pecha--a formidable Mesoamerican...
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La GalateaConsidered by many as the greatest of all Spanish authors, Miguel de Cervantes is most well-known of course for "Don Quixote," a work of such literary impact that its historical importance cannot be understated. Unfortunately Cervantes' other works are often overlooked and characterized as...
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La Conciencia Contada Por Un Sapiens a Un Neandertal / Conscience as Told by A S Apiens to a NeanderthalEL FEN?MENO LITERARIO DE LOS ?LTIMOS A?OS Vuelve el t?ndem m?s exitoso para abordar el mayor misterio de la naturaleza humana: nuestro cerebro «El cerebro vive en un cuarto oscuro . «Tal es el gran misterio al que nos enfrentamos , afirma Arsuaga en...
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Kings of Oxen and Horses: Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural ReligionFor centuries in China, people beseeched deities to protect the draft animals on which they relied. Across social classes--from peasants plowing the fields to merchants transporting goods through soldiers riding into battle--animals were essential to daily life and so took on a central place...
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Key Terms of Public HistoryThis volume introduces key terms of public history and makes them accessible via the most important subject areas and central research perspectives. It is aimed at students, teachers and practitioners who deal with history in the public sphere and offers approaches to the theoretical...
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Keeping to the Point in Athenian Forensic Oratory: Law, Character and RhetoricWhen a litigant initiated a lawsuit in Classical Athens, he submitted a written plaint to the relevant magistrate. This document contained his name, the name of the defendant, the legal procedure employed, and the specific violations of part of the law. If the magistrate...
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Judaism: A Guide for ChristiansAn innovative introduction to Judaism and the Jewish people for Christian readers In this fascinating and highly original book, Tzvi Novick introduces readers to foundational features of Jewish theology by explaining its similarities to and differences from Christian theology. Novick also leads readers through...
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Jewish Men and the Holocaust: Sexuality, Emotions, Masculinity: An Intimate HistoryDuring the Holocaust, amid death and violence, Jewish men were not mere powerless victims. Linking gender studies with a history of sexuality and emotions will highlight intimate agency, power struggles, negotiations of relationships, social dynamics, and representations of masculinities. Considering the agency and vulnerability...
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Je d?couvre mon h?ritage: 4 grands personnages africainsJe d?couvre mon h?ritage est un ouvrage destin? aux enfants, dans lequel ils d?couvriront les prouesses de 4 grandes figures africaines au destin fabuleux.? travers ce livre, ils sont invit?s ? voyager dans le temps et ? venir ? la rencontre de: Mansa Moussa...
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Japan StyleThe authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, a classic volume now back in print with a stunning new cover design'Japan style' is an aesthetic recognizable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock...
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Japan 1900. a Portrait in ColorThe Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades,...
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Jacob Brucker, Critical History of Philosophy: 'Preliminary Discourse' and 'on the Socratic School'Author: Leo CatanaPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 272Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.28h x 6.46w x 0.85dISBN: 9780192847140About the AuthorLeo Catana, Associate Professor, Section of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen. Leo Catana gained his PhD on Giordano Bruno from the University of London in 2002. In...
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Italo-Americans of Rhode Island; an Historical and Biographical Survey of the Origin, Rise and Progress of Rhode Islanders of Italian Birth or DescentThis 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 is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the UniverseAuthor: Vivien GreenePublisher: Guggenheim MuseumPublished: 01/01/2014Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.80lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.60w x 1.20dISBN: 9780892075126
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Israel: Burn But Not Consumed: : A History of the Most Persecuted NationThere is no nation like Israel, no people like the Jews, and no narrative that compares to theirs. From the dawn of history, they have been unmistakably marked-set apart not only by their faith but by their extraordinary trials. Enslaved, exiled, persecuted, and hunted,...
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Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the PresentA concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of recent research to emphasize the diversity and dynamism of the tradition Today's Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants...
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Irish Immigrants to Peru: The Invisible ExperienceIn recent decades, there has been increased interest in the study of Irish immigration into Latin America. This book is the first detailed study of Irish immigration to Peru predominantly throughout the 19th century. Using primary sources such as personal letters, wills, birth, marriage,...
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