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Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles / by Weaver, John B.

Table of Contents: “…Prison-escape and myth-criticism -- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history -- "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7 -- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12 -- "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.…”
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The white devil : the werewolf in European culture / by Beresford, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Of man and beast : the prehistoric cults of Europe -- The wolves of Rome : classic accounts of the werewolf myth -- Fists of fury : the wolves of Germania -- The medieval werewolf -- A cruel and savage beast : the werewolf in folklore -- Of wolf and man : werewolf cases from Europe -- Methods to the madness : medical explanations of the werewolf myth -- Evolution creates dissolution : the end of the myth?…”
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The life of Margaret Alice Murray a woman's work in archaeology / by Sheppard, Kathleen L., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Margaret Murray's India, 1863-1894 -- University College, 1894-1902 -- In the field, 1902-1904 -- The classroom at UCL, 1904-1935 -- Suffrage and the new woman, 1904-1928 -- The classroom-at-large, 1904-1935 -- The witch-cult hypothesis and other adventures on the lunatic fringe, 1911-1935 -- Malta, Minorca, and other archaeology, 1914-1939 -- "Retirement," 1935-1963.…”
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The life of Margaret Alice Murray a woman's work in archaeology / by Sheppard, Kathleen L., 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Margaret Murray's India, 1863-1894 -- University College, 1894-1902 -- In the field, 1902-1904 -- The classroom at UCL, 1904-1935 -- Suffrage and the new woman, 1904-1928 -- The classroom-at-large, 1904-1935 -- The witch-cult hypothesis and other adventures on the lunatic fringe, 1911-1935 -- Malta, Minorca, and other archaeology, 1914-1939 -- "Retirement," 1935-1963.…”
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Lake Garda : gateway to D.H. Lawrence's Voyage to the sun /

Table of Contents: “…Lawrence, religion and the cult of the sun -- part VI. Lawrence and dance -- part VII. …”
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Lake Garda : gateway to D.H. Lawrence's Voyage to the sun /

Table of Contents: “…Lawrence, religion and the cult of the sun -- part VI. Lawrence and dance -- part VII. …”
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Songs of experience modern American and European variations on a universal theme / by Jay, Martin, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The trial of "experience" : from the Greeks to Montaigne and Bacon -- Experience and epistemology : the contest between empiricism and idealism -- The appeal of religious experience : Schleiermacher, James, Otto, and Buber -- Returning to the body through aesthetic experience : from Kant to Dewey -- Politics and experience : Burke, Oakeshott, and the English Marxists -- History and experience : Dilthey, Collingwood, Scott, and Ankersmit -- The cult of experience in American pragmatism : James, Dewey, and Rorty -- Lamenting the crisis of experience : Benjamin and Adorno -- The poststructuralist reconstitution of experience : Bataille, Barthes, and Foucault.…”
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Saving alma mater a rescue plan for America's public universities / by Garland, James C., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Where the money comes from -- Market forces in higher education -- Why public universities cannot restrain costs -- The university prime directive -- The faculty are the university -- The cargo cult college -- The blessing and curse of shared governance -- What price shared governance? …”
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Songs of experience modern American and European variations on a universal theme / by Jay, Martin, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The trial of "experience" : from the Greeks to Montaigne and Bacon -- Experience and epistemology : the contest between empiricism and idealism -- The appeal of religious experience : Schleiermacher, James, Otto, and Buber -- Returning to the body through aesthetic experience : from Kant to Dewey -- Politics and experience : Burke, Oakeshott, and the English Marxists -- History and experience : Dilthey, Collingwood, Scott, and Ankersmit -- The cult of experience in American pragmatism : James, Dewey, and Rorty -- Lamenting the crisis of experience : Benjamin and Adorno -- The poststructuralist reconstitution of experience : Bataille, Barthes, and Foucault.…”
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Saving alma mater a rescue plan for America's public universities / by Garland, James C., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Where the money comes from -- Market forces in higher education -- Why public universities cannot restrain costs -- The university prime directive -- The faculty are the university -- The cargo cult college -- The blessing and curse of shared governance -- What price shared governance? …”
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Reinventing Chinese tradition : the cultural politics of late socialism / by Wu, Ka-ming

Table of Contents: “…Paper-Cuts in Modern China : The Search for Modernity, Cultural Tradition, and Women's Liberation -- Narrative Battle : Fabricating Folk Paper-Cutting as an Intangible Heritage -- Traditional Revival with Socialist Characteristics : Propaganda Storytelling Turned into Spiritual Service -- Folk Cultural Production with Danwei Characteristics : Folk Storytelling and Public Relations Activities -- Spirit Cults in Yan'an : Surrogate Rural Subjectivity in the Urbanizing Rural -- Glossary.…”
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Reinventing Chinese tradition : the cultural politics of late socialism / by Wu, Ka-ming

Table of Contents: “…Paper-Cuts in Modern China : The Search for Modernity, Cultural Tradition, and Women's Liberation -- Narrative Battle : Fabricating Folk Paper-Cutting as an Intangible Heritage -- Traditional Revival with Socialist Characteristics : Propaganda Storytelling Turned into Spiritual Service -- Folk Cultural Production with Danwei Characteristics : Folk Storytelling and Public Relations Activities -- Spirit Cults in Yan'an : Surrogate Rural Subjectivity in the Urbanizing Rural -- Glossary.…”
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Trim Tabs investing using liquidity theory to beat the stock market / by Biderman, Charles, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…A tale of fortune lost -- The genesis of liquidity theory -- The principles of liquidity theory -- The building blocks of liquidity analysis -- Demolishing the cult of earnings -- The house : secret corporate power -- The players : buying, selling, and borrowing -- The bull market and the bubble -- The aftermath -- Swinging for singles : lower risk strategies -- Swinging for the fences : more aggressive strategies -- Managing difficulties -- New applications -- How liquidity could save the markets.…”
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Atheist universe the thinking person's answer to christian fundamentalism / by Mills, David

Table of Contents: “…-- "Intelligent design: Christianity's newest cult.…”
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Trim Tabs investing using liquidity theory to beat the stock market / by Biderman, Charles, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…A tale of fortune lost -- The genesis of liquidity theory -- The principles of liquidity theory -- The building blocks of liquidity analysis -- Demolishing the cult of earnings -- The house : secret corporate power -- The players : buying, selling, and borrowing -- The bull market and the bubble -- The aftermath -- Swinging for singles : lower risk strategies -- Swinging for the fences : more aggressive strategies -- Managing difficulties -- New applications -- How liquidity could save the markets.…”
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Atheist universe the thinking person's answer to christian fundamentalism / by Mills, David

Table of Contents: “…-- "Intelligent design: Christianity's newest cult.…”
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Psychoanalytic mythologies by Parker, Ian, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Points of view -- Making love to my ego -- The pinball project -- Psychopolitical cults -- The wet group -- Interpersonal skills -- Learn and enjoy -- Another language -- English identity, Ireland and violence -- Racing Diana's subjects -- Personal response under attack -- In Disney"s world -- Looking to the future, and back -- Windows on the mind -- Soap trek -- Clubbing -- E and me -- Garage nightmares -- Helpless in Japan -- Greek chairs -- Open secrets -- Passé.…”
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Stesichoros's Geryoneis by Curtis, Paul, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A prosopography of Stesichoros -- The Geryon myth in the Archaic period -- Historical background -- Performance -- The geryoneis as a choral song -- Cult of Geryon -- Language and phonology -- Metre -- The papyri -- The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis -- Order of fragments -- Geryoneis -- Note on the text -- Index criticorum -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendices -- Testimonia -- Additional sources -- Eastern parallels -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Editions -- Commentaries -- Select bibliography -- Tabula comparationis -- Indices.…”
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Psychoanalytic mythologies by Parker, Ian, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Points of view -- Making love to my ego -- The pinball project -- Psychopolitical cults -- The wet group -- Interpersonal skills -- Learn and enjoy -- Another language -- English identity, Ireland and violence -- Racing Diana's subjects -- Personal response under attack -- In Disney"s world -- Looking to the future, and back -- Windows on the mind -- Soap trek -- Clubbing -- E and me -- Garage nightmares -- Helpless in Japan -- Greek chairs -- Open secrets -- Passé.…”
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Stesichoros's Geryoneis by Curtis, Paul, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A prosopography of Stesichoros -- The Geryon myth in the Archaic period -- Historical background -- Performance -- The geryoneis as a choral song -- Cult of Geryon -- Language and phonology -- Metre -- The papyri -- The terminus ad quem of physical texts for The geryoneis -- Order of fragments -- Geryoneis -- Note on the text -- Index criticorum -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendices -- Testimonia -- Additional sources -- Eastern parallels -- Plates -- Bibliography -- Editions -- Commentaries -- Select bibliography -- Tabula comparationis -- Indices.…”
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