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Reading the Dao a thematic inquiry / by Wang, Keping, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The essence of the Dao -- The features of the Dao -- The movement of the Dao -- The Dao and the myriad things -- The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of human -- From the Dao into the De -- The qualities of the De -- On have-substance and have-no-substance -- On take-action and take-no-action -- On pleasure-snobbery and acquisitiveness -- On the hard and the soft -- On the beautiful and the ugly -- On beauty, truth, and goodness -- On modesty and retreat -- On knowledge and wisdom -- On fortune and misfortune -- On life and death -- On the merits of contentment -- On the possibilities of achievement -- On the art of leadership -- On warfare -- On peace -- On returning to antiquity -- On the ideal society -- The attitude to the Dao and the De -- The experience of the Dao and the De -- The praxis of the Dao and the De -- The attainment of the Dao and the De -- Appendix : the Dao de jing of Laozi.…”
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Rebellion now and forever Mayas, Hispanics, and caste war violence in Yucatán, 1800-1880 / by Rugeley, Terry, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the caste war uncrossed -- Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war -- The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851 -- Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath -- The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863 -- The empire comes to Mayab -- A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic -- Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past -- Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán.…”
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Rising China and world order by Zhang, Yunling, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…New security thinking for China in a changing world -- Searching for collaboration: China and the US in the Asia-Pacific -- Regional and global dimensions in the China-US relationship -- China and its neighbors : relations in a new context -- Changing Sino-US-Japanese relations -- Peace in the Korean Peninsula and the role of China -- Ending confrontation in the Korean Peninsula : the way out -- The international environment facing China in the Asia-Pacific Region -- How to make our region safe -- Non-traditional security and socio-economic development of East Asia -- Whither the world order? …”
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Fort Worth characters by Selcer, Richard F.

Table of Contents: “…The curious story of Brevet Major Ripley Arnold -- Legendary Marshal Timothy Isaiah Courtright -- Hagar Tucker: Fort Worth's black policeman -- Marshal Sam Farmer: Fort Worth's first professional peace officer -- Al Hayne: the people's hero -- The strange case of Maggie Tewmey -- Black sheep Jeff Daggett -- Quanah Parker: Fort Worth's adopted native son -- Wayward policeman Thomas Finch -- Crazy Mary Rea: "a real corker" -- Madam Mary Porter: Mary, Mary quite contrary -- James W. …”
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The Chouteaus first family of the fur trade / by Hoig, Stan

Table of Contents: “…Threshold to an empire -- Beyond the great river -- War and peace on the Missouri -- In a Spanish dungeon -- Scions to the fore -- Amid an Indian war -- A frontier in havoc -- The "Osage outfit" -- VIPs at the Verdigris -- Probing the plains -- To the prairies unknown -- Debt unto death -- Steamboats "to the mountains" -- A mile wide and six inches deep -- Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera -- Charles Chouteau at the helm -- Passions of war -- Requiems in retrospect -- Addendum : the Chouteau women -- Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring -- Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts -- Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties.…”
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Lone star lawmen the second century of the Texas Rangers / by Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- The border, 1910-1915 -- The "bandit war," 1915 -- The Big Bend, 1913-1919 -- Austin, 1918-1919 -- Pat Neff's "battles of peace," 1921-1925 -- Ma and Pa Ferguson, 1925-1927 -- Dan Moody, 1927-1931 -- Ross and Bill Sterling, 1931-1933 -- Return of the Fergusons, 1933-1935 -- The Department of Public Safety, 1935 -- DPS birth pangs, 1935-1938 -- Homer Garrison, 1938-1968 -- Gambling-- and other distractions -- Latino uprising -- Change, 1965-1985 -- Highs and lows, 1970s -- Highs and lows, 1980s -- Highs and lows, 1990s -- A summing-up.…”
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Maroon and white Mississippi State University, 1878-2003 / by Ballard, Michael B.

Table of Contents: “…Roots and birth -- The formative years under General Lee, 1880-1899 -- Hardy expansion, 1900-1912 -- Hightower, Smith, and World War, 1912-1920 -- Hull, Walker, and Critz : the 1920s and the dark years, 1920-1934 -- Humphrey and Mitchell : war and peace, 1934-1953 -- Hilbun and Colvard : a university and racial challenges, 1953-1966 -- Giles : low-key, high results, 1966-1976 -- McComas : seeking a balance, 1976-1985 -- Zacharias : the starship years, 1985-1997 -- Portera and Lee : big business and steady hands, 1998-2003.…”
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Asian rivalries conflict, escalation, and limitations on two-level games /

Table of Contents: “…-China rivalry / Lyle J. Goldstein -- Peace and conflict in the Indo-Pakistani rivalry : domestic and strategic causes / S. …”
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The IRA on film and television a history / by Connelly, Mark, 1951-

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The nuclear enterprise high-consequence accidents : how to enhance safety and minimize risks in nuclear weapons and reactors /

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Bankruptcy not bailout a special chapter 14 /

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Implications of the Reykjavik summit on its twentieth anniversary conference report /

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Promoting the rule of law abroad in search of knowledge /

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Inheriting Syria Bashar's trial by fire / by Leverett, Flynt Lawrence

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An insider's guide to the UN by Fasulo, Linda M.

Table of Contents: “…An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- International crime and drug trafficking.…”
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Spain, Europe & the wider world, 1500-1800 by Elliott, John Huxtable

Table of Contents: “…A Europe of composite monarchies -- Learning from the enemy : early modern Britain and Spain -- The general crisis in retrospect : a debate without end -- A non-revolutionary society : Castile in the 1640's -- Europe after the Peace of Westphalia -- The seizure of overseas territories by the European powers -- Illusion and disillusionment : Spain and the Indies -- Britain and Spain in America : colonists and colonised -- King and patria in the Hispanic world -- The same world, different worlds -- Starting afresh? …”
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Stalin's wars from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / by Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.…”
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Working against the grain re-imaging black theology in the 21st century / by Reddie, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…: a practical Black theology exploration of suffering and theodicy -- Peace and justice through Black Christian education -- HIV/AIDS and Black communities in Britain : reflections from a practical Black British liberation theologian -- Making the difference.…”
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The Ethiopian campaign and French political thought by Simon, Yves René Marie, 1903-1961

Table of Contents: “…-- Ethiopia's foreign relations -- The mad dog -- Ethiopia's internal situation -- The covenant of the League of Nations -- British policy -- The intervention of the intellectuals -- Reflections on certain resistances to the progress of international law -- 7 March 1936 -- Appendix 1: Ethiopia revisited : the road to Vichy -- Appendix 2: Manifestos and documents -- Manifesto of French intellectuals for the defense of the West -- Response to the manifesto (for the defense of the West) of the Fascist intellectuals -- Concerning the Italo-Ethiopian conflict : manifesto for justice and peace -- An open letter signed by a group of French writers -- An open letter from Gabriel Marcel.…”
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Disenchanted modernity in Robert Kroetsch's The studhorse man biology and culture, sex and gender, eugenics and contraception, writing and reading / by Zichy, Francis, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…-- The Acts of the Apostles -- Sex and gender in The studhorse man -- Being not so clearly male in The studhorse man -- "Men in love", part I -- "Men in love", part II: obsession as liberation -- Smoking a peace pipe with the poundkeeper -- The artist's salvation, and the natural man's destiny -- "Four fingers and a thumb": sex, breeding, and love -- The penis cannot make water lilies: God, nature, culture, and modernity -- Conclusion: death and the phallus in The studhorse man.…”
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