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In pursuit of poem shadows Pureza Canelo's second poetics / by Pritchett, Kay, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Espacio de emocion: revision purifies vision -- Espacio de emocion and tiempo y espacio de emocion: creation comes to life -- Vega de la paloma: the muse clips the thread, leaving the poet stranded -- Tendido verso (segunda poetica), "verano 1983": life redresses the poem -- Tendido verso (segunda poetica), "verano 1984": the poem casts a shadow -- Pasion inedita: a hieros gamos comes to pass -- No escribir: brevity is the key.…”
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Torah in the observatory Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / by Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Providence and the rabbinic tradition -- Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides -- Eschatology and miracles -- Creation, miracles, revelation -- Song of Songs and Gersonides' world -- Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics -- Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science -- Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. …”
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The prison system and its effects by Taylor, Antony

Table of Contents: “…The aetiology of present-day prisons and other places of captivity : from banishment and slavery to brutality and transportation : Britsh and American creations : Russian, Nazi, Japanese, and Chinese places of control -- The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change -- Prison overcrowding -- Conceptualizing the prison as a social system -- Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment -- Pathological reactions to imprisonment -- The management of captives -- The development of prisons in New Zealand -- Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand -- Overview and conclusions.…”
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The American military mission to China, 1941-1942 : lend-lease logistics, politics and the tangles of wartime cooperation / by Grieve, William G., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Creation of the mission : why AMMISCA was established -- America before the Lend-Lease Program : isolationism and anti-war feelings -- The commanders : the leaders of World War II in Asia -- Culture clash : the historical foundation of Sino-Western relations -- The antecedents of the Burma-to-China supply route -- Early East Asian advisory missions -- Maintenance and repairs on the Burma Road -- The mission's involvement at Rangoon -- Logistics problems on the Burma Road -- The mission's role in the American volunteer Group -- International strategic planning -- The culmination of AMMISCA -- Epilogue.…”
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Child survivors of the Holocaust in Greece : memory, testimony and subjectivity / by Hantzaroula, Pothiti

Table of Contents: “…Meaning, Memory and Archive: The Politics of the Creation of Archival Material on the Holocaust -- The War Became Real -- Trajectories of Escape from the German Persecution of the population of Salonika and Athens -- Hidden Children in Volos: Trajectories and Identities -- Life and Memory of Concentration Camps: The Bergen Belsen Experience -- The Beginning of an Unknown Era: The Role of anti-Semitism in the Construction of Postwar Identities -- Remaking the Meaning of Living Entre Mozotros: Postwar Reconstruction of Jewish Communities -- Family Legacies: Memory, Postmemory and Transgenerational Haunting -- The Legacy of the Holocaust and Beyond.…”
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Women in the American West by Woodworth-Ney, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Finding "her story" in the American West -- Visible in everything, but invisible to history : Native American women in the North American West -- Women of the Southern borderlands, 1600-1846 -- Gender and manifest destiny, 1830-1870 -- Polygamy, prostitution, and women in Mormon and mining settlements, 1840-1890 -- The "new woman," mobility, and western space, 1877-1920 -- War, depression, and the creation of the West, 1914-1940 -- The gendered wartime and postwar West, 1941-1980 -- Late trends and new directions.…”
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Sensory Futures : Deafness and Cochlear Implant Infrastructures in India / by Friedner, Michele Ilana, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Sensory, modal, and relational narrowing through cochlear implants -- Disability camps and surgical celebrations : Indian disability interventions and the creation of complex dependencies -- Becoming unisensory : creating a child's social sense through auditory verbal therapy and total communication -- Mothers' work : intersensing and learning to talk like a cricket commentator -- (Non-)use : maintaining devices, relationships, and senses -- Becoming normal : potentiality beyond passing -- Conclusion. …”
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Building a peace economy? : Liberal peacebuilding and the development-security industry / by Peterson, Jenny H.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : war economies, peace economies and transformation -- War economy transformation : current policy options and issues -- Explaining the dynamics of transformation : the nature of the development-security industry -- Transforming a war economy : learning from the case of Kosovo -- Strengthening the rule of law : managing the criminal facets of war economies -- Privatisation : liberal reform and the creation of new conflict economies -- Customs reform : protecting borders, confirming statehood and transforming economies? …”
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Exhibiting Atrocity : Memorial Museums and the Politics of Past Violence / by Sodaro, Amy, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum : the creation of a "living memorial" -- 3. The House of Terror : "the only one of its kind" -- 4. …”
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Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900–1985 / by Hansen, Karen Tranberg

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the problem and its context -- Part I.A fixture of colonial society -- The creation of a gender role: the male domestic servant -- Women for hire? …”
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Cultural Heritage in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…An analysis of the changes currently taking place: the digital and the global dimension and local cultures -- Interdisciplinary collaborations in the creation of digital dance and performance: A critical examination -- Sound archives accessibility -- Technology and public access to cultural heritage: the Italian experience on IT for public historical archives -- Intellectual Property Rights and Photography: an Eternal Golden Braid -- Part II: Mediated and unmediated heritage -- A case study of an inclusive museum. …”
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Labor economics / by Cahuc, Pierre

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Aknowledgments -- I labor supply and demand behaviors -- Labor supply -- Labor demand -- Competitive equilibrium and compensating wage differentials -- Education and human capital -- Imperfect competitive labor markets -- Job search -- Contracts, risk-sharing and incentive -- Collective bargaining and labor unions -- Discrimination -- Job creation, job destruction and unemployment -- Equilibrium unemployment -- Technological progress, unemployment and inequality -- Globalization, employment and inequality -- Public policies -- Income redistribution -- Insurance policies -- Active labor market policies -- Mathematical appendices -- Notes.…”

Effective knowledge management for law firms by Parsons, Matthew, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- Consultation : agreeing the processes for change management -- Story : the lawyer's life in the new world -- Personal knowledge strategy : tacit is king -- Interpersonal knowledge strategy : creation and projection -- Impersonal and digital knowledge strategy.…”
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The harp and the eagle Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / by Ural, Susannah J.

Table of Contents: “…: battles raging in the field and at home, 1862-1863 -- "Hordes of Celts and rebel sympathizers" : the decline and consequence of Irish-American support for the war -- "Father was a soldier of the Union" : Irish veterans and the creation of an Irish-American identity.…”
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Developing civil society social order and the human factor / by Adjibolosoo, Senyo B-S. K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Social engineering : survival strategies and techniques since the dawn of human civilization : an overview -- The creation of ideas and application of knowledge to social engineering -- Developing civil society the orthodox way : democratization and constitutional rule -- Legal proliferation and its implications -- The impact of human factor decay on the effectiveness of social engineering programs -- The failure of social engineering : the empirical evidence -- A human factor approach to developing civil society -- Transforming humanity : human factor principles of social engineering and community building -- The future of humanity.…”
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A day apart how Jews, Christians, and Muslims find faith, freedom, and joy on the Sabbath / by Ringwald, Christopher D.

Table of Contents: “…From Sinai to Sunday: the Holy Day in three religions and three families -- The birth of the Sabbath: from creation to Mount Sinai and into the Promised Land in 1100 BCE -- The fight for the Sabbath: from the monarchy to Jesus and the age of the rabbis: 1000 BCE to 200 CE -- The Lord's Day: Easter to 1600 -- Islam's Day of Judgment -- Citizens and Sabbatarians: 1600 to 1890 -- The Sabbath defeated, reborn, converted: 1890 to the present -- The window on eternity -- Give me a break: work, rest, equality, play, and place -- The promise of peace: sharing the Holy Day.…”
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Relational being beyond self and community / by Gergen, Kenneth J.

Table of Contents: “…Multi-being and the adventures of everyday life ; Bonds, barricades, and beyond -- Relational being in professional practice. Knowledge as co-creation ; Education in a relational key ; Therapy as relational recovery ; Organizing : the precarious balance -- From the moral to the sacred. …”
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Mussolini's dream factory : film stardom in fascist Italy / by Gundle, Stephen, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Italian cinema under fascism -- The creation of a star system -- Stars and commercial culture -- The public and the stars -- Italian stars of the Fascist Era. …”
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The Beginnings of National Politics : An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress / by Rakove, Jack N., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Resistance and revolution : resistance without union, 1770-1774 -- The creation of a mandate -- The First Continental Congress -- War and politics, 1775-1776 -- Independence -- A lengthening war -- part 2. …”
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Without nature? a new condition for theology /

Table of Contents: “…Fischer -- Nature, change, and justice / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Technological worlds and the birth of nature : on human creation and its theological resonance in Heidegger and Serres / Thomas A. …”
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