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In this accessible and provocative study, Brian Blount reads the book of Revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelation's context and the long-standing suffering of African Americans. Applying the African American social, political, and religious experience as an interpretive cipher for the book's complicated imagery, he contends that Revelation is essentially a story of suffering and struggle amid...
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Una de las principales tendencias contemporáneas en el manejo del territorio, sobre todo en la región latinoamericana, se ve expresada en la dedicación de grandes áreas a un solo cultivo, así lo expresa el escritor y político cubano José Martí, para quien la dependencia de un pueblo a un solo producto acarrea consecuencias negativas que se ven reflejadas en las condiciones sociales y en su medio físico natural. En el marco de explotación...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Sixth Extinction tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Elizabeth Kolbert’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsDetailed...
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Grief Healing Techniques Helps You Recover in Your Own Way, at Your Own PaceAfter losing a loved one, grief can be overwhelming and seem impossible to conquer. Grief Healing Techniques gives you manageable, effective steps you can take to work through your grief on a daily basis, so you can start to find your new "normal." Grief Healing Techniques speaks to anyone who has ever suffered a major loss. With Grief Healing Techniques, you will be able...
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This unique collection is prepared for the heroines of the future:
Novels:
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables Series
Rose in Bloom
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Jane Eyre
Heidi
Emily of New Moon
Alice in Wonderland
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Secret Garden
A Little Princess
Peter and Wendy
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The Princess and the Goblin
At the Back of the North Wind
A Girl of the Limberlost
Rebecca of Sunnybrook...
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La Constitución de Cádiz, aprobada el 19 de marzo de 1812, festividad de San José, es conocida por eso como la Pepa.
Se trata de la primera Constitución liberal española. Ello es debido a su defensa de los derechos individuales, su voluntad de modificar o suprimir ciertas instituciones del Antiguo Régimen y su ideal de mejorar la sociedad. Los primeros artículos del texto proclaman una nación española transoceánica, «libre e independiente»...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Mark Manson's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson includes: Historical context; Chapter-by-chapter summaries;...
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Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His many books include Darwinism and Its Discontents and Darwin and Design.
Wittgenstein famously remarked in 1923, "Darwin's theory has no more relevance for philosophy than any other hypothesis in natural science." Yet today we are witnessing a major revival of interest in applying evolutionary approaches to philosophical problems. Philosophy after Darwin...
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Farming is a business as well as a way of life. “Whole Farm Management” is a comprehensive guide developed by the Small Farms Program at Oregon State University to help aspiring and beginner farmers make smart, strategic business decisions to ensure lasting success. In clear, accessible language, readers are led through every essential step, from developing a strategic plan to acquiring equipment, establishing infrastructure, finding markets,...
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The third volume in the classic saga: "A complete, faithful, and fully delightful translation of China's most beloved novel." -The Hudson Review
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time in 1983. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's...
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The publication of the first three volumes of Open Marxism in the 1990s has had a transformative impact on how we think about Marxism in the twenty-first century.
'Open Marxism' aims to think of Marxism as a theory of struggle, not as an objective analysis of capitalist domination, arguing that money, capital and the state are forms of struggle from above and therefore open to resistance and rebellion. As critical thought is squeezed out of universities...
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In May 2023, the world's top economic policymakers and academics convened at the Hoover Institution for the annual Monetary Policy Conference. They met at a tumultuous time: the previous year, inflation had surged, and some believed the Federal Reserve was slow to react. What was behind this surge, and why did the Fed fail to forecast inflation, or perceive it when it happened? Participants considered whether the sluggish response made the situation...
93) The Messy Family
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Oh no! Friends are coming, and the Messys must team up to clean up. But when an intricate cobweb and new litter of kittens take their eyes off the ball, the family just hopes no one opens any closets or peeks under any beds! In the end, they learn the Albrights don't come because the Messys are perfect-they come for the fun and fellowship of friends who love God!
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When the World Health Organization designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse, little did nurses in the United States know they would be sent into the fight against Covid-19 like soldiers into war-only with insufficient equipment and less support. In this blunt and often angry account, Cassandra Alexander, an experienced ICU nurse, recounts fighting for people's lives on a daily basis, while government, society and even her family undermine and discredit...
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Susan Gal is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, and has written widely on questions of language, politics, and gender in East Central Europe. Gail Kligman is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has written widely on culture, politics, and gender in East Central Europe. She is most recently the author of The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in Ceausescu's Romania.
The striking...
96) Recht und Moral
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Zwischen Rechtsverständnissen, nach denen es nur juridische, nicht aber moralische Rechte geben kann, und einem individualethischen Ansatz, nach dem Personen moralische Rechte haben, gibt es einen anhaltenden Streit. Im Kontext mit der Bestimmung des Verhältnisses von Recht und Moral gibt es darüber hinaus ein zweites Spannungsfeld: die Frage, ob das Recht einer Begründung durch Moral bedarf, wenn es nicht nur auf Legalität, sondern auch auf...
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"The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV)
Are our emotions an enemy to be defeated, or a gift to be enjoyed?
Every one of us has been there-torn between conflicting emotions, crushed by grief, or totally overcome with joy. One moment we can be completely happy and the next we can be confused and...
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Non-tenure-track lecturers and adjunct instructors face particular challenges at US colleges, including heavy teaching loads, lack of office space, little control over the selection of course topics or textbooks, and long commutes between jobs at two or more schools. Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers contains short, practice-oriented articles by experienced instructors that offer valuable teaching and career tips for balancing competing...
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Sages-femmes, religieuses, sœurs hospitalières, bénévoles, infirmières de la Croix-Rouge, de colonie, militaires, en psychiatrie, assistantes sociales et professionnelles de la santé sont ici sujets de l'histoire dans le large champ des services de santé au Québec et au Canada. Plus qu'un sujet, il est ici question d'une extraordinaire caste. Soucieux de fermer le fossé linguistique qui divisa non seulement la pratique, mais aussi l'historiographie...
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A diverse collection of home cooking recipes from America's top chefs, including David Chang, Rick Bayless, Nathalie Dupree, and many more.
The James Beard Award-winning Food & Dining editor of The Washington Post, Joe Yonan asked a hundred of America's best chefs, artisan producers, and food personalities a personal question: What do you love to cook for the people that you love? Their answers comprise this unique cookbook-the ultimate celebration...