Search Results - "ivory"

Reading Homer film and text /

Table of Contents: “…Newton -- Homer's Odyssey, Books 19 and 23 : early recognition, a solution to the enigmas of ivory and horns, and the test of the bed / John B. …”
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Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. …”
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Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. …”
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Oscar Wilde and modern culture the making of a legend /

Table of Contents: “…Kaye -- The trouble with Oskar: Wilde's legacy for the early homosexual rights movement in Germany / Yvonne Ivory -- Staking Salomé: the literary forefathers and choreographic daughters of Oscar Wilde's "Hysterical and perverted creature" / Julie Townsend -- "Surely you are not claiming to be more homosexual than I?" …”
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White girl a story of school desegregation / by Silverstein, Clara, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…-- "Model" schools -- Interim integration -- Busing hits home -- Manners -- Jim Crow's legacy -- Liberal teacher, Southern lady -- The buses roll -- No one wants you here -- Black is beautiful -- Self-segregation -- Separate soundtracks -- In the classrooms -- My flag, my shame -- Girl talk -- Ebony and ivory -- The white boys -- Filmstrip in the dark -- The fox-trot, the cha-cha -- Invisible -- Voice of loneliness -- The liberals -- Legacy of defeat -- No yearbooks, no good-byes -- Singing "Dixie" -- The open high school -- I surrender! …”
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Oscar Wilde and modern culture the making of a legend /

Table of Contents: “…Kaye -- The trouble with Oskar: Wilde's legacy for the early homosexual rights movement in Germany / Yvonne Ivory -- Staking Salomé: the literary forefathers and choreographic daughters of Oscar Wilde's "Hysterical and perverted creature" / Julie Townsend -- "Surely you are not claiming to be more homosexual than I?" …”
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White girl a story of school desegregation / by Silverstein, Clara, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…-- "Model" schools -- Interim integration -- Busing hits home -- Manners -- Jim Crow's legacy -- Liberal teacher, Southern lady -- The buses roll -- No one wants you here -- Black is beautiful -- Self-segregation -- Separate soundtracks -- In the classrooms -- My flag, my shame -- Girl talk -- Ebony and ivory -- The white boys -- Filmstrip in the dark -- The fox-trot, the cha-cha -- Invisible -- Voice of loneliness -- The liberals -- Legacy of defeat -- No yearbooks, no good-byes -- Singing "Dixie" -- The open high school -- I surrender! …”
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Maji Maji lifting the fog of war /

Table of Contents: “…Section 1: Contexts of communication -- War of words : the narrative efficacy of medicine in the Maji Maji War / Jamie Monson -- The Ngindo : exploring the center of the Maji Maji Rebellion / Lorne Larson -- Section 2: Straddling boundaries -- The war of the hunters : Maji Maji and the decline of the ivory trade / Thaddeus Sunseri -- "All people were barbarians to the Askari ..." : Askari identity and honor in the Maji Maji War, 1905-1907 / Michelle Moyd -- Section 3: At the apex of violence : Maji Maji in Songea -- "Deadly silence predominates in this district" : the Maji Maji War and its aftermath in Ungoni / Heike Schmidt -- Reexamining the Maji Maji War in Ungoni with a blend of archaeology and oral history / Bertram B.B. …”
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Maji Maji lifting the fog of war /

Table of Contents: “…Section 1: Contexts of communication -- War of words : the narrative efficacy of medicine in the Maji Maji War / Jamie Monson -- The Ngindo : exploring the center of the Maji Maji Rebellion / Lorne Larson -- Section 2: Straddling boundaries -- The war of the hunters : Maji Maji and the decline of the ivory trade / Thaddeus Sunseri -- "All people were barbarians to the Askari ..." : Askari identity and honor in the Maji Maji War, 1905-1907 / Michelle Moyd -- Section 3: At the apex of violence : Maji Maji in Songea -- "Deadly silence predominates in this district" : the Maji Maji War and its aftermath in Ungoni / Heike Schmidt -- Reexamining the Maji Maji War in Ungoni with a blend of archaeology and oral history / Bertram B.B. …”
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The ethics of bioethics mapping the moral landscape /

Table of Contents: “…Tina Stevens -- Bioethics and society : from the ivory tower to the state house / David Orentlicher -- Democratic ideals and bioethics commissions : the problem of expertise in an egalitarian society / Mark G. …”
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The ethics of bioethics mapping the moral landscape /

Table of Contents: “…Tina Stevens -- Bioethics and society : from the ivory tower to the state house / David Orentlicher -- Democratic ideals and bioethics commissions : the problem of expertise in an egalitarian society / Mark G. …”
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The Dao of capital Austrian investing in a distorted world / by Spitznagel, Mark, 1971-

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The Dao of capital Austrian investing in a distorted world / by Spitznagel, Mark, 1971-

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Citizenship in Question : Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness /

Table of Contents: “…Stock -- Ivoirite and citizenship in Ivory Coast : the controversial policy of authenticity / Alfred Babo -- The alien who Is a citizen / Jacqueline Stevens.…”
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Citizenship in Question : Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness /

Table of Contents: “…Stock -- Ivoirite and citizenship in Ivory Coast : the controversial policy of authenticity / Alfred Babo -- The alien who Is a citizen / Jacqueline Stevens.…”
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Collections in Context : The Organization of Knowledge and Community in Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Weaver -- A curious collection in ivory : the Lord Gort casket / Paula Mae Carns -- Repeat performances : Adam de la Halle, Jehan Bodel, and the reusable pasts of their plays / Carol Symes -- Of books and other miscellaneous revolutions : medieval miscellanies in context / Tania Van Hemelryck.…”
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Collections in Context : The Organization of Knowledge and Community in Europe /

Table of Contents: “…Weaver -- A curious collection in ivory : the Lord Gort casket / Paula Mae Carns -- Repeat performances : Adam de la Halle, Jehan Bodel, and the reusable pasts of their plays / Carol Symes -- Of books and other miscellaneous revolutions : medieval miscellanies in context / Tania Van Hemelryck.…”
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Places of Engagement : Reflections on Higher Education in 2040 - A Global Approach /

Table of Contents: “…Academia moving eastwards / Bertil Andersson -- In search of the South African university -- pages from a Stellenbosch diary / Peter Vale -- The labyrinth of EU research, innovation, and education policy / Kurt Deketelaere -- Academic enterprise as a new institutional logic for public higher education / Michael Crow, Derrick Anderson, and Kyle Whitman -- Don't be scared; be prepared / Barbara Baarsma -- The idea of the university : national asset or ivory tower? / Huang Hoon Chng -- Quality assurance : what it was, is, and should be / Karl Dittrich -- A Hooge School en Maatschappij for our time! …”
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Places of Engagement : Reflections on Higher Education in 2040 - A Global Approach /

Table of Contents: “…Academia moving eastwards / Bertil Andersson -- In search of the South African university -- pages from a Stellenbosch diary / Peter Vale -- The labyrinth of EU research, innovation, and education policy / Kurt Deketelaere -- Academic enterprise as a new institutional logic for public higher education / Michael Crow, Derrick Anderson, and Kyle Whitman -- Don't be scared; be prepared / Barbara Baarsma -- The idea of the university : national asset or ivory tower? / Huang Hoon Chng -- Quality assurance : what it was, is, and should be / Karl Dittrich -- A Hooge School en Maatschappij for our time! …”
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Classical Seattle : maestros, impresarios, virtuosi, and other music makers / by Bargreen, Melinda, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Béla Siki : the elegant stylist ; John Cerminaro : the man with the golden horn ; Randolph Hokanson : the old master ; Silvia Kind : the free spirit of the harpsichord ; Eva Heinitz : the greatest gambist ; Robin McCabe : the keyboard diplomat -- Ronald Phillips : the consummate clarinetist ; Craig Sheppard : the classicist of the ivories -- The composers. Alan Hovhaness : the composer of the mountains ; William Bolcom : the compositional innovator ; Samuel Jones : the harmony seeker -- The power brokers and patrons. …”
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