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The mind that is Catholic philosophical and political essays / by Schall, James V.

Table of Contents: “…Augustine's political realism: Augustine and Machiavelli ; Mystifying indeed: on being fully human ; Transcendence and political philosophy ; Mysticism, political philosophy, and play -- Things practical and impractical. Sports and philosophy ; The real alternatives to just war -- Where does it lead? …”
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William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / by Hallas, Herbert C., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! …”
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Re:skin

Table of Contents: “…Timmel Duchamp -- Safety of skin (nonfiction) / Melinda Rackham -- Making room for the body: from fragmentation to mediation (nonfiction) / Bernadette Wegenstein -- On morphological imagination (nonfiction) / Vivian Sobchack -- Fur Manifesto (fiction/nonfiction) / Model T. and Sara D(iamond) -- Ganger (Ball Lightning) (fiction) / Nalo Hopkinson -- Perfect twins (nonfiction) / Rebecca Cannon -- Lynx and strand (fiction) / Jewelle Gomez -- Readers of the lost art (fiction) / Elisabeth Vonarburg -- The Black.Net.Art actions: Blackness for sale (2001), The interaction of coloreds (2002), and The pink of stealth (2003) (fiction/nonfiction) / Keith + Mendi Obadike -- Eye contact: fine moving hands and the flesh and blood of image fabrication in the operating theaters of interventional radiology (nonfiction) / Christina Lammer -- Seminal space: getting under the digital skin (nonfiction) / Alicia Imperiale -- Skin (fiction/nonfiction) / Shelley Jackson -- Reskinning the everyday (nonfiction) / Mary Flanagan -- Performing blackness: virtual sports and becoming the other in an era of white supremacy (nonfiction) / David J. …”
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Boys and their toys understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / by Adler, Bill, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. …”
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William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / by Hallas, Herbert C., 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! …”
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Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / by Wainer, Howard

Table of Contents: “…/ Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- William Playfair: a daring worthless fellow / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- Scaling the heights (and widths) -- A priestley view of international currency exchanges -- Tom's veggies and the American way -- The graphical inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson: two precursors to William Playfair -- Winds across Europe: Francis Galton and the graphic discovery of weather patterns -- II: Using graphical displays to understand the modern world -- A graphical investigation of the scourge of Vietnam -- Two mind-bending statistical paradoxes -- Order in the court -- No order in the court -- Like a trout in the milk -- Scaling the market -- Sex, smoking, and life insurance: a graphical view -- There they go again ! -- Sex and sports: how quickly are women gaining? -- Clear thinking made visible: redesigning score reports for students -- III: Graphical displays in the twenty-first century -- John Wilder Tukey: the father of twenty-first-century graphical display -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: I. …”
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Graphic discovery : a trout in the milk and other visual adventures / by Wainer, Howard

Table of Contents: “…/ Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- William Playfair: a daring worthless fellow / Ian Spence and Howard Wainer -- Scaling the heights (and widths) -- A priestley view of international currency exchanges -- Tom's veggies and the American way -- The graphical inventions of Dubourg and Ferguson: two precursors to William Playfair -- Winds across Europe: Francis Galton and the graphic discovery of weather patterns -- II: Using graphical displays to understand the modern world -- A graphical investigation of the scourge of Vietnam -- Two mind-bending statistical paradoxes -- Order in the court -- No order in the court -- Like a trout in the milk -- Scaling the market -- Sex, smoking, and life insurance: a graphical view -- There they go again ! -- Sex and sports: how quickly are women gaining? -- Clear thinking made visible: redesigning score reports for students -- III: Graphical displays in the twenty-first century -- John Wilder Tukey: the father of twenty-first-century graphical display -- Graphical tools for the twenty-first century: I. …”
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SPeak performance : using the power of metaphors to communicate vision, motivate people, and lead your organization to success / by Walz, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Playing cards doesn't have to be a solo sport -- Part 3. The art of metaformation -- 6. Metaframing: structuring metaphors -- 7. …”
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SPeak performance : using the power of metaphors to communicate vision, motivate people, and lead your organization to success / by Walz, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Playing cards doesn't have to be a solo sport -- Part 3. The art of metaformation -- 6. Metaframing: structuring metaphors -- 7. …”
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August Wilson completing the twentieth-century cycle /

Table of Contents: “…Shannon -- Ritual death and Wilson's female Christ / Vivian Gist Spencer and Yvonne Chambers -- Miss Tyler's two bodies: Aunt Ester and the legacy of time / Barbara Lewis -- August Wilson and the demands of capital / Nathan Grant -- Finite and final interruptions: using time in Radio golf / David Lacroix -- An exercise in peripheral vision: loyalties, ironies, and sports in Radio golf / Anthony Stewart -- Radio golf in the age of Obama / Harry J. …”
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Injury prevention for children and adolescents research, practice, and advocacy /

Table of Contents: “…Lee and Barbara Marlenga -- Sports and recreational injuries / Stephen W. Marshall ... …”
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August Wilson completing the twentieth-century cycle /

Table of Contents: “…Shannon -- Ritual death and Wilson's female Christ / Vivian Gist Spencer and Yvonne Chambers -- Miss Tyler's two bodies: Aunt Ester and the legacy of time / Barbara Lewis -- August Wilson and the demands of capital / Nathan Grant -- Finite and final interruptions: using time in Radio golf / David Lacroix -- An exercise in peripheral vision: loyalties, ironies, and sports in Radio golf / Anthony Stewart -- Radio golf in the age of Obama / Harry J. …”
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Injury prevention for children and adolescents research, practice, and advocacy /

Table of Contents: “…Lee and Barbara Marlenga -- Sports and recreational injuries / Stephen W. Marshall ... …”
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Nanotechnology in medicine emerging applications / by Koprowski, Eugene J.

Table of Contents: “…Nanotechnology, hormones, and hot flashes -- Nanotech steroids in sports -- References --…”
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Nanotechnology in medicine emerging applications / by Koprowski, Eugene J.

Table of Contents: “…Nanotechnology, hormones, and hot flashes -- Nanotech steroids in sports -- References --…”
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Conduites agressives chez l'enfant : Perspectives développementales et psychosociales /

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Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt essays on Disney's edutainment films /

Table of Contents: “…S. history according to Disney / Marianne Holdzkom -- Reviving the American dream: the world of sports / Katharina Bonzel -- Beyond the Ratoncito: Disney's idea of Latin America / Bernice Nuhfer-Halten -- Locating the Magic Kingdom: spectacle and similarity in people and places / Cynthia J. …”
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Children and pain

Table of Contents: “…Zeltzer -- Treating chronic pain in children from a holistic point of view / Soren Ventegodt and Joav Merrick -- Acute musculoskeletal sports injury / Amit M. Deokar, Shawn J. Smith, and Hatim A. …”
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Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt essays on Disney's edutainment films /

Table of Contents: “…S. history according to Disney / Marianne Holdzkom -- Reviving the American dream: the world of sports / Katharina Bonzel -- Beyond the Ratoncito: Disney's idea of Latin America / Bernice Nuhfer-Halten -- Locating the Magic Kingdom: spectacle and similarity in people and places / Cynthia J. …”
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