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Rome re-imagined twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city /

Table of Contents: “…Hamilton -- Rewriting Antiquity, Renewing Rome : The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia / Stefano Riccioni -- Walking in the Shadows of the Past : The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century / Marie Therese Champagne and Ra'anan S. …”
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Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / by Shell, Jacob, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…-- Casual harbor work, shadow manufacturing, and comprehensive planning -- Transshipment of uranium -- Contrasting visions of transport labor.…”
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Transportation and revolt : pigeons, mules, canals, and the vanishing geographies of subversive mobility / by Shell, Jacob, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…-- Casual harbor work, shadow manufacturing, and comprehensive planning -- Transshipment of uranium -- Contrasting visions of transport labor.…”
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Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Vergil in the shadow of Vesuvius / Marcello Gigante -- The vocabulary of anger in Philodemus' De Ira and Vergil's Aeneid / Giovanni Indelli -- Anger, Philodemus' Good king, and the Helen episode of Aeneid 2.567-589 : a new proof of authenticity from Herculaneum / Jeffrey Fish -- Philodemus : avocatio and the pathos of distance in Lucretius and Vergil / Frederic M. …”
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Medical imaging essentials for physicians / by Wolbarst, Anthony B.

Table of Contents: “…-- The creation of two-dimensional x-ray projection maps (shadowgrams) of the body : differential attenuation of x-rays by tissues -- 20th century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy : capturing the x-ray shadow with a film cassette or with an image intensifier tube plus electronic optical camera combination -- Radiation dose and radiogenic risk : ionization-induced damage to DNA can cause stochastic, deterministic, and teratogenic health effects and how to prevent them -- 21st century (digital) imaging : computer-based representation, acquisition, processing, storage, transmission, and analysis of images -- Digital planar imaging : replacing film and image intensifiers with solid state, electronic image receptors -- Computed tomography : superior contrast in three-dimensional x-ray attenuation maps -- Nuclear medicine : contrast from differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues -- Diagnostic ultrasound : contrast from differences in elasticity or density across tissue interfaces -- MRI in one dimension and without relaxation : a gentle approach to a challenging subject -- MRI with T1 and T2 relaxation and in three dimensions -- Evolving and experimental modalities.…”
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The Nixon Administration and the Middle East peace process, 1969-1973 from the Rogers Plan to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War / by Vanetik, Boaz

Table of Contents: “…The run up to the Yom Kippur War: Autumn 1972-October 1973 -- Reinforcing the status quo in the region -- Complacency in the shadow of continued diplomatic stalemate -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Broken souths : Latina/o poetic responses to neoliberalism and globalization / by Dowdy, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Contesting the counter-revolution: a Latina/o literary geography of the neoliberal era -- Hemispheric otherwises in the shadow of 1968: Martín Espada's Zapatista poems -- Molotovs and subtleties:Juan Felipe Herrera's post-movement Norteamérica -- Against the neoliberal state: Roberto Bolaño's country of writing and Martín Espada's republic of poetry -- Andando entre dos mundos: Maurice Kilwein Guevara's and Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Appalachian Latino poetics -- "Migration . . . is not a crime": Puerto Rican status and "t-shirt solidarity" in Judith Ortiz Cofer, Victor Hernández Cruz, andJack Agüeros -- Godzilla in Mexico City: poetics of infrastructure in José Emilio Pacheco and Roberto Bolaño -- Coda: Too much of it: Marjorie Agosín's and Valerie Martínez's representations of femicide in the Maquila Zone.…”
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Medical imaging essentials for physicians / by Wolbarst, Anthony B.

Table of Contents: “…-- The creation of two-dimensional x-ray projection maps (shadowgrams) of the body : differential attenuation of x-rays by tissues -- 20th century (analog) radiography and fluoroscopy : capturing the x-ray shadow with a film cassette or with an image intensifier tube plus electronic optical camera combination -- Radiation dose and radiogenic risk : ionization-induced damage to DNA can cause stochastic, deterministic, and teratogenic health effects and how to prevent them -- 21st century (digital) imaging : computer-based representation, acquisition, processing, storage, transmission, and analysis of images -- Digital planar imaging : replacing film and image intensifiers with solid state, electronic image receptors -- Computed tomography : superior contrast in three-dimensional x-ray attenuation maps -- Nuclear medicine : contrast from differential uptake of a radiopharmaceutical by tissues -- Diagnostic ultrasound : contrast from differences in elasticity or density across tissue interfaces -- MRI in one dimension and without relaxation : a gentle approach to a challenging subject -- MRI with T1 and T2 relaxation and in three dimensions -- Evolving and experimental modalities.…”
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The Nixon Administration and the Middle East peace process, 1969-1973 from the Rogers Plan to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War / by Vanetik, Boaz

Table of Contents: “…The run up to the Yom Kippur War: Autumn 1972-October 1973 -- Reinforcing the status quo in the region -- Complacency in the shadow of continued diplomatic stalemate -- Summary and conclusions.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Broken souths : Latina/o poetic responses to neoliberalism and globalization / by Dowdy, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Contesting the counter-revolution: a Latina/o literary geography of the neoliberal era -- Hemispheric otherwises in the shadow of 1968: Martín Espada's Zapatista poems -- Molotovs and subtleties:Juan Felipe Herrera's post-movement Norteamérica -- Against the neoliberal state: Roberto Bolaño's country of writing and Martín Espada's republic of poetry -- Andando entre dos mundos: Maurice Kilwein Guevara's and Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Appalachian Latino poetics -- "Migration . . . is not a crime": Puerto Rican status and "t-shirt solidarity" in Judith Ortiz Cofer, Victor Hernández Cruz, andJack Agüeros -- Godzilla in Mexico City: poetics of infrastructure in José Emilio Pacheco and Roberto Bolaño -- Coda: Too much of it: Marjorie Agosín's and Valerie Martínez's representations of femicide in the Maquila Zone.…”
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Youth gangs in literature by Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Hinton's The outsiders -- Vietnam and civil rights : Conroy's The lords of discipline -- Prep schools and Watergate : The chocolate war -- Family disintegration in the 1980's : Myers' Scorpions -- 1960s Los Angeles : Bonham's Durango Street -- South Central Los Angeles : Scott's Monster -- Barrio gangs of the 60s and 70s : Rodriguez' Always running -- Filipino Americans : Ascalon's American son -- Vietnamese gangs and skinheads : Garland's Shadow of the dragon -- Chinese gangs : Mahoney's The two Chinatowns.…”
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Domestic law goes global legal traditions and international courts / by Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin

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Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Vergil in the shadow of Vesuvius / Marcello Gigante -- The vocabulary of anger in Philodemus' De Ira and Vergil's Aeneid / Giovanni Indelli -- Anger, Philodemus' Good king, and the Helen episode of Aeneid 2.567-589 : a new proof of authenticity from Herculaneum / Jeffrey Fish -- Philodemus : avocatio and the pathos of distance in Lucretius and Vergil / Frederic M. …”
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Youth gangs in literature by Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Hinton's The outsiders -- Vietnam and civil rights : Conroy's The lords of discipline -- Prep schools and Watergate : The chocolate war -- Family disintegration in the 1980's : Myers' Scorpions -- 1960s Los Angeles : Bonham's Durango Street -- South Central Los Angeles : Scott's Monster -- Barrio gangs of the 60s and 70s : Rodriguez' Always running -- Filipino Americans : Ascalon's American son -- Vietnamese gangs and skinheads : Garland's Shadow of the dragon -- Chinese gangs : Mahoney's The two Chinatowns.…”
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Domestic law goes global legal traditions and international courts / by Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin

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Privacy in peril by Rule, James B., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The making of an issue -- The tensions of privacy and disclosure -- Privacy regimes in turmoil -- Blaming technology -- The idea of privacy protection -- Legislating privacy protection -- Spreading shadows -- Constraints and countercurrents -- Government surveillance -- Government surveillance in America -- Parallels abroad -- The coalescence of government surveillance -- Conclusion -- Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising -- The United States : a virtually free market for personal information -- Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints -- Surveillance in motion -- Safe harbor -- Some rare privacy victories -- Conclusion -- The future of privacy -- Privacy protection : the official response -- Privacy codes : a balance sheet -- Origins of the conflict -- The destination -- Collapsing resistance? …”
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Manifesto of a Tenured Radical / by Nelson, Cary

Table of Contents: “…Against English as it was : theory and the politics of the discipline -- Multiculturalism without guarantees : from anthologies to the social text -- Relativism, politics, and ethics : writing literary history in the shadow of Poststructuralism -- Always already cultural studies : academic conferences and a manifesto -- Progressive pedagogy without apologies : the cultural work of teaching noncanonical poetry -- Canon fodder : an evening with William Bennett, Lynne Cheney, and Dinesh D'Souza -- Hate speech and political correctness -- What happens when we put the left at the center? …”
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Privacy in peril by Rule, James B., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The making of an issue -- The tensions of privacy and disclosure -- Privacy regimes in turmoil -- Blaming technology -- The idea of privacy protection -- Legislating privacy protection -- Spreading shadows -- Constraints and countercurrents -- Government surveillance -- Government surveillance in America -- Parallels abroad -- The coalescence of government surveillance -- Conclusion -- Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising -- The United States : a virtually free market for personal information -- Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints -- Surveillance in motion -- Safe harbor -- Some rare privacy victories -- Conclusion -- The future of privacy -- Privacy protection : the official response -- Privacy codes : a balance sheet -- Origins of the conflict -- The destination -- Collapsing resistance? …”
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Manifesto of a Tenured Radical / by Nelson, Cary

Table of Contents: “…Against English as it was : theory and the politics of the discipline -- Multiculturalism without guarantees : from anthologies to the social text -- Relativism, politics, and ethics : writing literary history in the shadow of Poststructuralism -- Always already cultural studies : academic conferences and a manifesto -- Progressive pedagogy without apologies : the cultural work of teaching noncanonical poetry -- Canon fodder : an evening with William Bennett, Lynne Cheney, and Dinesh D'Souza -- Hate speech and political correctness -- What happens when we put the left at the center? …”
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Imagining the forest narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest / by Knott, John R. (John Ray), 1937-

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