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Culture & truth : the remaking of social analysis : with a new introduction / by Rosaldo, Renato

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The really inconvenient truths seven enviornmental catastrophes liberals don't want you to know about because they helped cause them / by Murray, Iain Hamish

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The philosophy of wine : a case of truth, beauty, and intoxication / by Todd, Cain Samuel, 1976-

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Buried Alive: the startling truth about Neanderthal man/ by Cuozzo, Jack

Being there the fieldwork encounter and the making of truth /

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Kentucky folktales revealing stories, truths, and outright lies / by Hamilton, Mary, 1952-

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Fuzzy machine learning algorithms for remote sensing image classification / by Kumar, Anil (Engineer), Kumar, A. Senthil, Upadhyay, Priyadarshi

Table of Contents: “…Machine learning -- Ground truth data for remote sensing image classification -- Fuzzy classifiers -- Learning based classifiers -- Hybrid fuzzy classifiers -- Fuzzy classifiers for temporal data processing -- Assessment of accuracy for soft classification.…”
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Irregular connections a history of anthropology and sexuality / by Lyons, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Three images of primitive sexuality and the definition of species -- Sex and the refuge for destitute truth -- Matriarchy, marriage by capture, and other fantasies -- The reconstruction of "primitive sexuality" at the Fin de Siècle -- "Old Africa hands" -- Malinowski as "reluctant sexologist" -- Margaret Mead, the future of language, and lost opportunities -- The "silence" -- Sex in contemporary anthropology -- Conclusions and unfinished business.…”
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Hakluyt's promise an Elizabethan's obsession for an English America / by Mancall, Peter C.

Table of Contents: “…. -- London, 1590 to 1600: Truth and lies. -- London, 1609: Virginia richly valued. -- Wetheringsett and London, 1614: The Malayan dialogues.…”
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On knowing and not knowing in the anthropology of medicine

Table of Contents: “…: constraints in anthropological research in violent situations / Els van Dongen -- Neutralizing the young : the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and youth / Pamela Reynolds -- In touch without touching : Islam and healing / David Parkin.…”
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Marrow of Human Experience, The Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson / by Wilson, William Albert, 1861-1951

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The importance of folklore -- The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities -- Building bridges : folklore in the academy -- Arts and cultural policy -- "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives -- Documenting folklore -- Folklore and national identity -- Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism -- Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism -- Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future -- Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective -- Folklore, religion, and who we are -- The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore -- The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth -- On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries -- The seriousness of Mormon humor -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture -- "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion -- Personal narratives : the family novel -- A daughter's biography of William A. …”
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Marrow of Human Experience, The : Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson / by Wilson, William Albert, 1861-1951

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The importance of folklore -- The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities -- Building bridges : folklore in the academy -- Arts and cultural policy -- "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives -- Documenting folklore -- Folklore and national identity -- Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism -- Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism -- Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future -- Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective -- Folklore, religion, and who we are -- The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore -- The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth -- On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries -- The seriousness of Mormon humor -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture -- "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion -- Personal narratives : the family novel -- A daughter's biography of William A. …”
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Marrow of Human Experience, The : Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson / by Wilson, William Albert, 1861-1951

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The importance of folklore -- The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities -- Building bridges : folklore in the academy -- Arts and cultural policy -- "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives -- Documenting folklore -- Folklore and national identity -- Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism -- Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism -- Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future -- Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective -- Folklore, religion, and who we are -- The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore -- The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth -- On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries -- The seriousness of Mormon humor -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture -- "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion -- Personal narratives : the family novel -- A daughter's biography of William A. …”
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Authentic and Inauthentic Places in Tourism : From Heritage Sites to Theme Parks / by Lovell, Jane

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Race, gender and sport : the politics of ethnic "other" girls and women /

Table of Contents: “…Carter-Francique -- Re-confronting whiteness : on-going challenges in sport and leisure research / Beccy Watson and Sheila Scraton -- "Using the pen as a weapon" : the resistance of an outsider within / Aarti Ratna -- Confronting the "whiteness" of women's cricket : excavating hidden truths and knowledge to make sense of non-white women's experiences of cricket / Raffaele Nicholson -- Ladies-only! …”
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Integrating Immigrants in Europe Research-Policy Dialogues /

Table of Contents: “…Rinus Penninx -- 7: EU policymaking and research: Case studies of the Communication on a Community Immigration Policy and the Common Basic Principles for Integration: Sandra Pratt -- 8: Speaking truth to power? Why civil society, beyond academia, remains marginal in EU migration policy: Ann Singleton -- PART II – RESEARCH-POLICY DIALOGUES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND SEVEN OF ITS MEMBER STATES: 9: Research-policy dialogues in Austria: Maren Borkert -- 10: Research-policy dialogues in Italy: Tiziana Caponio -- 11: Research-policy dialogues in Germany: Friedrich Heckmann and Delia Wiest -- 12: Research-policy dialogues in the Netherlands: Stijn Verbeek, Han Entzinger and Peter Scholten -- 13: Research-policy dialogues in the United Kingdom: Alistair Hunter and Christina Boswell -- 14: Research-policy dialogues in Poland: Mikołaj Pawlak -- 15: Research-policy dialogues in Denmark: Martin Bak Jørgensen -- 16: Research-policy dialogues in the European Union: Andrew Geddes and Marthe Achtnich -- PART III – COMPARISON AND CONCLUSIONS: 17. …”
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Common Sense in Environmental Management Thinking Through English Land and Water. by Woolley, Jonathan P., 1988-

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