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Renaissance Philosophy in Jewish garb foundations and challenges in Judaism on the eve of modernity / by Veltri, Giuseppe

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: In search of a Jewish renaissance -- Jewish philosophy : humanist roots of a contradiction in terms -- The prophetic-poetic dimension of philosophy : the ars poetica and Immanuel of Rome -- Leone Ebreo's concept of Jewish philosophy -- Conceptions of history : Azariah de' Rossi -- Scientific thought and the exegetical mind, with an essay on the life and works of Rabbi Judah Loew -- Mathematical and biblical exegesis : Jewish sources of Athanasius Kircher's musical theory -- Creating geographical and political utopias : the ten lost tribes and the east -- Ceremonial law : history of a philosophical-political concept -- The city and the ghetto : Simone Luzzatto and the development of Jewish political thought -- Body of conversion and immortality of the soul : Sara Copio Sullam, the "Beautiful Jewess".…”
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Caterpillage reflections on seventeenth century Dutch still life painting / by Berger, Harry

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Hyperreality and truthiness -- Reading Blake's "The Sick rose" -- Ethics versus technics in seventeenth-century Dutch still life -- Vanitas : the McGuffin of still life -- Still life, trade, and truthiness -- The pretext of occasion : Floris van Dijck's Laid table with cheese and fruit, c. 1615 -- Nature mourant : the fictiveness of Dutch realism -- The embarrassment of niches : Christoffel van den Berghe's Vase of flowers in a stone niche, 1617 -- Nature mourant : Bosschaert's Leaves, Merian's Caterpillars -- "Small-scale violence" -- The darker spirit : Van Huysum's heaps -- Posies : the bouquet as pretext of occasion -- Joris Hoefnagel and the roots of Dutch flower painting -- Conclusion. Allegorical capture and interpretive release.…”
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Catalonia a cultural history / by Eaude, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Birth and rebirth of a nation -- The first town in Spain (Portbou) -- Mediterranean : the center of the earth (Tarragona) -- Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees -- Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens -- The poet-priest and the indiano (Verdaguer) -- The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell, Geniuses -- Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus -- Modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges (Picasso) -- The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí -- Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró -- I Come from a silence : Raimon -- Tourism and war -- The sweaty groin, Barcelona's Raval -- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona -- Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret -- Plain and river. …”
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Ethics of procreation and the defense of human life contraception, artificial fertilization, and abortion / by Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Natural law and the thomistic roots of John Paul II's ethics of human life -- Sexuality and responsibility: contraception as an ethical problem -- The post-conciliar state of the question on contraception: the encyclical, relevant case, arguments, and description of contraception -- Toward an adequate argument in support of humanae vitae: the necessary integration of anthropology, action theory, virtue, and natural law -- The use of contraceptives under threat of rape: an exception? …”
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Morphology and meaning : selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 /

Table of Contents: “…Dressler, Francesco Gardani & Hans Christian Luschützky -- Roots, concepts, and word structure : on the atoms of lexical semantics / Paolo Acquaviva -- Between word-formation and meaning change / Peter Koch -- Indirect coding / Christian Lehmann -- Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes / Giorgio Arcodia -- Possessive compounds in Slavic and the principle of integrated meronymy / Iveta Chovanová & Pavel Štichauer -- Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds / Christina L. …”
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Medicinal plant biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Mathur -- Podophyllotoxin and related lignans: biotechnological production by in vitro plant cell cultures / Iliana Ionkova -- Hairy root culture: copying nature in new bioprocesses / M. …”
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Psychological aspects of reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery : clinical, empirical, and ethical perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Stein, and Carla Fenson -- Bioethical issues in cosmetic surgery / Alice M. Laneader and Paul Root Wolpe -- Professional and legal considerations in cosmetic surgery / Mark Gorney.…”
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Building the Infrastructure for Cloud Security A Solutions view / by Yeluri, Raghu, Castro-Leon, Enrique

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Neurotransmitters in plants : perspectives and applications /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4: Melatonin and Serotonin in Plant Morphogenesis and DevelopmentChapter 5: The Multi-Regulatory Properties of Melatonin in Plants; Chapter 6: Serotonin and Melatonin in Root Morphogenesis: Functions and Mechanisms; Chapter 7: Acetylcholine as a Regulator of Differentiation and Development in Tomato; SECTION III: Cellular Location of Neurotransmitters: Their Reception and Signaling; Chapter 8: Tools for Microanalysis of the Neurotransmitter Location in Plant Cells; Chapter 9: Inter- and Intracellular Signaling in Plant Cells with Participation of Neurotransmitters (Biomediators)…”
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Handbook of irrigation system selection for semi-arid regions /

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Silicon in plants : advances and future prospects /

Table of Contents: “…Role of silicon under heavy metal and toxic element stress : an emphasis on root biology / Marek Vaculik and Miroslava Vaculikova -- ch. 11. …”
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The psychology of personhood philosophical, historical, social-developmental, and narrative perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Identity and narrative as root metaphors of personhood Amia Lieblich and Ruthellen Josselson; 12. …”
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Jazz mavericks of the Lone Star State by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…Tuning up with a few introductory notes -- Jazz mavericks of the Lone Star State -- The roots of Texan jazz -- From bebop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connections -- Texas bebop messengers to the world : Kenny Dorham and Leo Wright -- British acolytes of jazz and its Texas contingent -- The Wisconsin-Texas jazz nexus -- Jazz in literature -- The alchemy of jazz -- Ornette Coleman's harmolodic life -- A jazz master's diamond jubilee -- A Texas take on Ken Burns's Jazz -- Swinging through Texas on a Scottish air -- The birth of western swing -- The inventor of jazz revisited : untangling the legacy of Jelly Roll Morton and Alan Lomax -- Discographies and Texan jazz -- San Marcos in jazz history.…”
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Labour at the Lakehead ethnicity, socialism, and politics, 1900-35 / by Beaulieu, Michel S.

Table of Contents: “…Part 1. The Roots of Revolution?: 1. Early socialist organizations at the Lakehead, 1900-14; 2. …”
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Language diversity in the classroom : from intention to practice /

Table of Contents: “…Ball and Rashidah Jaami Muhammad -- Practical pedagogy for composition / Kim Brian Lovejoy -- Resurfacing roots : developing a pedagogy of language awareness from two views / Gail Y. …”
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The doctrine of God in African Christian thought : the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / by Kombo, James Henry Owino

Table of Contents: “…An analysis of the biblical roots of the doctrine of the Trinity -- The emergence of the doctrine of immanent Trinity -- pt. 2. …”

The doctrine of God in African Christian thought the Holy Trinity, theological hermeneutics, and the African intellectual culture / by Kombo, James Henry Owino

Table of Contents: “…An analysis of the biblical roots of the doctrine of the Trinity -- The emergence of the doctrine of immanent Trinity -- pt. 2. …”
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Intractable disputes about the natural law Alasdair MacIntyre and critics /

Table of Contents: “…Cathleen Kaveny -- After intractable moral disagreement : the Catholic roots of an ethic of political reconciliation / Daniel Philpott -- Moral disagreement and the limits of reason : refections on Macintyre and Ratzinger / Gerald McKenny -- Ultimate ends and incommensurable lives in Aristotle / Kevin L. …”
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Nurses in war voices from Iraq and Afghanistan / by Scannell-Desch, Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Historical roots of U.S. military nursing -- Deploying to war : an uncertain future -- Nurses in harm's way : more than I bargained for -- Living conditions : a mixed bag -- My work place : a plane, a tent, or a trailer -- Diversions from war : a piece of home -- Remembrance of war : most chaotic scene -- War memories : sensations etched in my mind -- My warrior patients -- Caring for the enemy -- Children caught in the chaos of war -- My wartime nursing stress : I am a different person now -- Kinship and bonding : my military family -- Professional growth : expanding my knowledge, skills, and abilities -- Women's health and hygiene experiences -- Parental separation -- Homecoming : a difficult adjustment -- Listen to me : advice to deploying nurses.…”
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