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Between 3300 and 2900 BC, archaeologists believe that civilization (the rise of Sumeria, the Indus Valley Civilization, and Egypt) marked the beginning of complex cities. The Neolithic Revolution, when agriculture, animal domestication, pottery, and the plow came together, seems not to hold together, as we explored in the final chapter of descending Treta Yuga. There had already been millennia of critical discoveries and developments.
Why then the...
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In this infamous work, Sorel fiercely advocates for violent revolution as the only means of effecting lasting social change. He details such factors as the role of violence and force in revolutionary movements; the use of insurrection and general strikes; and mythmaking as a key in spurring on and sustaining revolutions. A major influence on Benito Mussolini, the book is still considered controversial and provocative more than 100 years after its...
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Adult Winter Reading Challenge
Adult Winter Reading: Romantic Comedies
ASR 2022: Books Set by the Water
Note to Shelf: September 2022
Adult Winter Reading: Romantic Comedies
ASR 2022: Books Set by the Water
Note to Shelf: September 2022
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Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion ... she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. Olive braces herself for...
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"the story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go...
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"Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie...
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Este libro presenta el debate normativo actual entre algunos de los diferentes modelos más relevantes en ciencia jurídica: la disciplina que tiene como objetivo establecer cuál es el contenido de los diferentes derechos.
El volumen se abre con un ensayo introductorio de Álvaro Núñez que pretende responder qué es la ciencia jurídica para, después, aclarar el tipo de desacuerdos que tienen las diferentes doctrinas (o ideologías) de la ciencia...
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Le don de gamètes est souvent pensé comme un geste altruiste et généreux permettant à ses bénéficiaires de réaliser leur désir d'être parents, et la demande de couples en attente de don a conduit le législateur à multiplier les prises de risque pour assurer sa promotion.
Pourtant, les revendications des enfants nés d'un don de gamètes, relatives notamment à la levée de l'anonymat du donneur, sont révélatrices des difficultés graves...
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Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Silverman in her dramatic-acting debut, and Josh Charles, I Smile Back tells the affecting tale of Laney Brooks, a mother and wife on a self-destructive streak. She takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Lurking beneath Laney's seemingly composed surface is the impulse to follow in her father's footsteps, to leave and topple her family's balance in the process.
The...
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Les coopératives agricoles en France représentent un modèle d'entreprise original fondé sur des principes de fonctionnement et des valeurs qui les différencient des entreprises capitalistes. Elles représentent une force économique, sociale et territoriale de premier plan. Pour la première fois un ouvrage, rédigé par des auteurs experts dans leur domaine, dans une approche résolument pluridisciplinaire, destiné non seulement à l'enseignement...
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El momento exacto de la publicación de una nueva norma plantea una problemática jurídica importante. Por medio de ejemplos prácticos, así como con la exposición de teorías claras y precisas, Marcial Rubio, el autor de este texto, explica y desarrolla las formas de aplicación inmediata, ultraactiva y retroactiva de las normas jurídicas, las típicas confusiones que generan y cómo solucionarlas.
Este libro es un texto didáctico que permite...
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Over the past several years, there has been a steady increase in the number of resident taxpayers subject to the various taxes on income and net worth in Luxembourg. However, until now, no complete and up-to-date documentation has been available to guide taxpayers in the preparation of their tax returns. This book, which is both detailed and highly readable, is a practical response to that information gap.
This first English edition is based on tax...
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Esta obra presenta el trabajo de investigación realizado durante cinco años por el equipo interdisciplinario del Observatorio de Restitución y Regulación de Derechos de Propiedad Agraria, el cual está conformado por unidades académicas de las universidades Nacional, Rosario, Norte, Sergio Arboleda y Sinú. Esta iniciativa financiada por Colciencias incluyó dentro de su agenda de investigación un seguimiento a la implementación de la política...
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This Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends® best-selling story now available in easy-to-read format! Hermie and his friend Wormie have always felt common. They don't have stripes or dots, they aren't very strong, and they can't find anything special about themselves. But every time they pray, God tells them that He loves them all the time just as they are and that He isn't finished with them yet. When Hermie becomes a beautiful butterfly, he realizes just...
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Comprendre et appliquer le droit du travail, Édition 2014, revue et actualisée au regard des changements législatifs et de la jurisprudence récente, offre une vue d'ensemble du droit du travail luxembourgeois.
Il ne se contente pas de recopier le texte de loi, ni de citer des jurisprudences, mais propose une présentation claire et concise du droit du travail individuel.
Tous les domaines de la relation entre employeur et salarié sont explorés....
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There's someone new coming to the garden's Summer Camp this year, and, well, he has a problem. He stinks. But that's what stink bugs do. So, when Stanley arrives at Camp-Bug-a-Boo, he creates quite a…well, stink. Everyone tries their best to put up with the unusual odor, but things don't go so well. But then God helps the summer camp to realize that the reason Stanley stinks is because he's afraid and the thing he is most afraid of is others not...
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This fully revised third edition of Bradt's West Sweden including Gothenburg remains the most comprehensive - and only standalone - guidbook to this enchanting region. In the first dedicated guidbook, Bradt's West Sweden including Gothenburg reveals the staggering variety of the area's experiences, including a chapter on Gothenburg and a section on the region's history and culture, and offers detailed maps of both the coastline and the cities. Included...
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This new, second edition of the 1944 classic serves as a crucial compilation of "house rules," or a professional code. It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once; "laws" relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers. Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or those interested in improving their professional effectiveness....
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"Three grown siblings confront their father's role in their mother's disappearance in this arresting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. Jane Larkin disappeared without a trace in November 1976. When ten-year-old Miranda arrives home from school that autumn afternoon, finding her mother's pocketbook in its usual spot in the front hall, she assumes her mother will be back any minute. But as the hours tick by, alone...
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