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The spaces of violence by Giles, James Richard, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures.…”
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Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy Introduction and Essays on New and Changing Paradigms in Socio-Economic Thinking /

Table of Contents: “…Non-Equilibrium Social Science & Policy -- Economics -- Social Psychology and Narrative Economy -- Sociology and Non-Equilibrium Social Science -- Geography far from Equilibrium -- Cities in Disequilibrium -- The Evolutionary Theory of Globalization -- Systems, Networks, and Policy -- Towards a Complexity-Friendly Policy: breaking the vicious circle of equilibrium thinking in economic and public policy -- The Information Economy -- Complexity Science & the Art of Policy Making -- The Complexity of Government -- The Room Around the Elephant: Tackling Context-Dependency in the Social Sciences -- Global Systems Science and Policy -- Index. .…”
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Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy Introduction and Essays on New and Changing Paradigms in Socio-Economic Thinking /

Table of Contents: “…Non-Equilibrium Social Science & Policy -- Economics -- Social Psychology and Narrative Economy -- Sociology and Non-Equilibrium Social Science -- Geography far from Equilibrium -- Cities in Disequilibrium -- The Evolutionary Theory of Globalization -- Systems, Networks, and Policy -- Towards a Complexity-Friendly Policy: breaking the vicious circle of equilibrium thinking in economic and public policy -- The Information Economy -- Complexity Science & the Art of Policy Making -- The Complexity of Government -- The Room Around the Elephant: Tackling Context-Dependency in the Social Sciences -- Global Systems Science and Policy -- Index. .…”
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Reluctant rebels the Confederates who joined the Army after 1861 / by Noe, Kenneth W., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…"We are a band of brothers and native to the soil" -- Religion : "Let us meet in heaven" -- Comrades : "All my neighbor boys" -- Weariness : "We have suffered enough" -- Battle : "The elephant" -- Appendix.…”
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Reluctant rebels the Confederates who joined the Army after 1861 / by Noe, Kenneth W., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…"We are a band of brothers and native to the soil" -- Religion : "Let us meet in heaven" -- Comrades : "All my neighbor boys" -- Weariness : "We have suffered enough" -- Battle : "The elephant" -- Appendix.…”
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Selections from Eliza Leslie by Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858

Table of Contents: “…Woodbridge : a story of domestic life; Nothing morally wrong -- Nonfiction: Seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes, and sweetmeats : an excerpt: Black cake, or Plum cake; Spunge cake; Almond cake; French almond cake; Maccaroons -- Domestic French Cookery : An excerpt; Preface; Miscellaneous receipts -- American girl's book, or Occupation for play hours : excerpts from Part III, "Amusing work : Pincushions; A strawberry; A basket pincushion; A bunch of hearts -- The Elephant -- The ladies' guide to true politeness and perfect manners, or Miss Leslie's behavior book : an excerpt -- Letters -- Conduct to literary women -- Notes -- Chronology of Eliza Leslie's published works.…”
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Selections from Eliza Leslie by Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858

Table of Contents: “…Woodbridge : a story of domestic life; Nothing morally wrong -- Nonfiction: Seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes, and sweetmeats : an excerpt: Black cake, or Plum cake; Spunge cake; Almond cake; French almond cake; Maccaroons -- Domestic French Cookery : An excerpt; Preface; Miscellaneous receipts -- American girl's book, or Occupation for play hours : excerpts from Part III, "Amusing work : Pincushions; A strawberry; A basket pincushion; A bunch of hearts -- The Elephant -- The ladies' guide to true politeness and perfect manners, or Miss Leslie's behavior book : an excerpt -- Letters -- Conduct to literary women -- Notes -- Chronology of Eliza Leslie's published works.…”
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Hybrid Justice : The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia / by Ciorciari, John D. (John David), Heindel, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Forging a hybrid court : a mountain never has two tigers -- Pairing the court's national and international features -- Serving two masters : dual administration, oversight, and funding -- Case 001 : convicting an infamous Khmer Rouge torture chief : you cannot cover an elephant with a rice basket -- Case 002 : the centerpiece case against senior leaders : cutting the head to fit the hat? …”
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Hybrid Justice : The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia / by Ciorciari, John D. (John David), Heindel, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Forging a hybrid court : a mountain never has two tigers -- Pairing the court's national and international features -- Serving two masters : dual administration, oversight, and funding -- Case 001 : convicting an infamous Khmer Rouge torture chief : you cannot cover an elephant with a rice basket -- Case 002 : the centerpiece case against senior leaders : cutting the head to fit the hat? …”
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Travels in intermedia[lity] reblurring the boundaries /

Table of Contents: “…Mitchell -- Mother's little nightmare: photographic and monstrous genealogies in David Lynch's The elephant man / Lars Nowak -- Laughs: the misappropriated jewels, or a close shave for the prima donna / Michel Serres -- Words and images in the contemporary American graphic novel / Jan Baetens -- Music for the jilted generation: techno and as intermediality / Bernd Herzogenrath -- Genuine thought is inter(medial) / Julia Meier -- Theater and music: intermedial negotiations / Ivana Brozi -- The novel as hypertext: mapping Thomas Pynchon's Against the day / Brian W. …”
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Travels in intermedia[lity] reblurring the boundaries /

Table of Contents: “…Mitchell -- Mother's little nightmare: photographic and monstrous genealogies in David Lynch's The elephant man / Lars Nowak -- Laughs: the misappropriated jewels, or a close shave for the prima donna / Michel Serres -- Words and images in the contemporary American graphic novel / Jan Baetens -- Music for the jilted generation: techno and as intermediality / Bernd Herzogenrath -- Genuine thought is inter(medial) / Julia Meier -- Theater and music: intermedial negotiations / Ivana Brozi -- The novel as hypertext: mapping Thomas Pynchon's Against the day / Brian W. …”
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Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives / by Little, Peter D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : what it means to be "reformed" -- "They think we can manufacture crops" : contract farming and the nontraditional commodity business -- "Everybody is a petty trader" : peri-urban trade in postconflict Maputo, Mozambique -- "We now milk elephants" : the community conservation business in rural Kenya -- "They are beating us over the head with democracy" : multiparty elections in rural Kenya -- "The government is always telling us what to think" : narratives of food aid dependence in rural Ethiopia -- "Counting the poor" : the politics of pastoralist poverty assessments in Kenya -- "A sort of free business" : hyper-liberalization and Somali transnationalism -- Conclusions : rethinking encounters and reformist narratives.…”
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Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives / by Little, Peter D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : what it means to be "reformed" -- "They think we can manufacture crops" : contract farming and the nontraditional commodity business -- "Everybody is a petty trader" : peri-urban trade in postconflict Maputo, Mozambique -- "We now milk elephants" : the community conservation business in rural Kenya -- "They are beating us over the head with democracy" : multiparty elections in rural Kenya -- "The government is always telling us what to think" : narratives of food aid dependence in rural Ethiopia -- "Counting the poor" : the politics of pastoralist poverty assessments in Kenya -- "A sort of free business" : hyper-liberalization and Somali transnationalism -- Conclusions : rethinking encounters and reformist narratives.…”
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Inventing global ecology tracking the biodiversity ideal in India, 1947-1997 / by Lewis, Michael L., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : tracking elephants -- Ch. 1. Tracking ideas : transnational science -- Ch. 2. …”
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Inventing global ecology tracking the biodiversity ideal in India, 1947-1997 / by Lewis, Michael L., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : tracking elephants -- Ch. 1. Tracking ideas : transnational science -- Ch. 2. …”
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Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania we never sleep, we dream of farming / by Gunderson, Frank D.

Table of Contents: “…Songs of the Bayeye (snake hunters) and the Banuunguli (porcupine hunters) -- Songs of the Bayege (elephant hunters) -- Songs of the Baja Nyalaja (Lake Eyasi salt caravaners) -- Songs of the Bapagati (long-distance porters) -- Songs of the Balugu (warriors) and Barugaruga (mercenaries) -- Songs of Askaris (conscripted soldiers) -- Songs of reciprocal village labor -- Songs of the Bagobogobo ("skin wearers") and Bakomyaluume ("dew steppers") competitive farming associations -- Songs of the Bagobogobo in praise of the hoe -- Songs of the Balimi (farmers) concerning disease, drought, and famine -- Songs of nationalist praise for TANU, Julius Nyerere, and Uhuru -- Songs of political discourse during the Ujamaa Epoch (1967-1985) -- Songs concerning the war against Idi Amin -- Songs of praise for the CCM since Julius Nyerere's presidency (1985-1995) -- Songs of the Basungusungu (village vigilante associations).…”
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Thomas Nast the father of modern political cartoons / by Halloran, Fiona Deans

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Sukuma labor songs from Western Tanzania we never sleep, we dream of farming / by Gunderson, Frank D.

Table of Contents: “…Songs of the Bayeye (snake hunters) and the Banuunguli (porcupine hunters) -- Songs of the Bayege (elephant hunters) -- Songs of the Baja Nyalaja (Lake Eyasi salt caravaners) -- Songs of the Bapagati (long-distance porters) -- Songs of the Balugu (warriors) and Barugaruga (mercenaries) -- Songs of Askaris (conscripted soldiers) -- Songs of reciprocal village labor -- Songs of the Bagobogobo ("skin wearers") and Bakomyaluume ("dew steppers") competitive farming associations -- Songs of the Bagobogobo in praise of the hoe -- Songs of the Balimi (farmers) concerning disease, drought, and famine -- Songs of nationalist praise for TANU, Julius Nyerere, and Uhuru -- Songs of political discourse during the Ujamaa Epoch (1967-1985) -- Songs concerning the war against Idi Amin -- Songs of praise for the CCM since Julius Nyerere's presidency (1985-1995) -- Songs of the Basungusungu (village vigilante associations).…”
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Thomas Nast the father of modern political cartoons / by Halloran, Fiona Deans

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The climate solutions consensus by Blockstein, David E., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…The dance of the mice and elephants -- Three questions every citizen should ask -- Human carbon as the smoking gun -- Rising carbon, rising oceans -- The five horsemen of extinction -- The cheapest carbon -- No silver bullet, many silver wedges -- Energy in the cycle of material life -- Multiple intensity disorder -- Carbon meets Wall Street -- The climate message starts to stick -- Think globally, incubate locally -- Where the science, policy, and public meet -- Scaling up amidst the curse of knowledge -- All of the above! …”
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