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The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250 a literary history / by Mallette, Karla

Table of Contents: “…Toward a literary history of the Kingdom of Sicily -- An archeology of the Sicilian park -- Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian romance culture -- Rereading Le Origini: Sivilian romance poetry and the language of natural philosophy -- Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian romance poetry in a feminine voice -- Vernacularity and Sicilian culture -- "In youth, the soul attains its desire" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Because of long-lasting grief" (from the Siqilliyyat) / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, garden of love" / Ibn Hamdis -- "You tortured me with the two elements" / Ibn Hamdis -- "Oh, blonde tribe, my blood is on your hands" / Abu Musa -- "My tears expose my love" / Abu Musa -- "Oh, Favara of the two seas!" …”
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The Three Ages of Government : From the Person, to the Group, to the World / by Raadschelders, J. C. N.

Table of Contents: “…-- Government in society: The conceptual and historical context for understanding government -- Opening Salvo: On the torture of holistic scholarship -- Government as artifice of bounded rationality: Simon and Vico -- Social ontology for understanding institutional arrangements -- Hierarchies of knowledge: From simple to complex phenomena -- Government as function of instinct, community, and society -- Institutional changes and the triple whammy -- Changes at the constitutional level -- Changes at the collective level -- Changes at the operational level -- Enter the triple whammy: Industrialization, urbanization, and rapid population growth -- The stage is set for the remainder of this book -- Instinct and intent: Origins and elements of human governing behaviors -- The nature-nurture issue: From dichotomy to balanced complex -- Sociality among the great apes and humans: Similarities and differences -- Similarities -- Differences -- Physical and social features of the Hominin tribe -- Human instinct and intent -- How we differ from primates: Governing among and of hunter-gatherers -- Conflicting impulses underlying governing arrangements -- Concluding comments: Relevance to understanding what government is -- Tribal community: Governing humans in ever larger, sedentary groups -- The growth, dispersion, and concentration of the human species -- The agricultural revolution: Fraud or inevitable? …”
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The Three Ages of Government : From the Person, to the Group, to the World / by Raadschelders, J. C. N.

Table of Contents: “…-- Government in society: The conceptual and historical context for understanding government -- Opening Salvo: On the torture of holistic scholarship -- Government as artifice of bounded rationality: Simon and Vico -- Social ontology for understanding institutional arrangements -- Hierarchies of knowledge: From simple to complex phenomena -- Government as function of instinct, community, and society -- Institutional changes and the triple whammy -- Changes at the constitutional level -- Changes at the collective level -- Changes at the operational level -- Enter the triple whammy: Industrialization, urbanization, and rapid population growth -- The stage is set for the remainder of this book -- Instinct and intent: Origins and elements of human governing behaviors -- The nature-nurture issue: From dichotomy to balanced complex -- Sociality among the great apes and humans: Similarities and differences -- Similarities -- Differences -- Physical and social features of the Hominin tribe -- Human instinct and intent -- How we differ from primates: Governing among and of hunter-gatherers -- Conflicting impulses underlying governing arrangements -- Concluding comments: Relevance to understanding what government is -- Tribal community: Governing humans in ever larger, sedentary groups -- The growth, dispersion, and concentration of the human species -- The agricultural revolution: Fraud or inevitable? …”
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Animal characters nonhuman beings in early modern literature / by Boehrer, Bruce Thomas

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Animal characters nonhuman beings in early modern literature / by Boehrer, Bruce Thomas

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Edward Hopper light and dark / by Souter, Gerry

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Edward Hopper light and dark / by Souter, Gerry

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At the end of the road : Jack Kerouac in Mexico / by García-Robles, Jorge, 1956-

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At the end of the road : Jack Kerouac in Mexico / by García-Robles, Jorge, 1956-

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