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Don Quixote and Catholicism : Rereading Cervantine Spirituality / by McGrath, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Miguel de Cervantes and early modern Catholicism -- The hermeneutics of Cervantine spirituality -- Don Quixote and moral theology : what a knight and his squire can teach us about Cervantes's Catholicism -- Tilting at the truth : Don Quixote's spiritual journey as a contemplative in action -- The anthropological vision of Don Quixote -- From La Mancha to Manresa : Sancho Panza's incarnational spirituality.…”
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Pretty film and the decorative image / by Galt, Rosalind

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the pretty as troublesome image -- From aesthetics to film aesthetics: or, beauty and truth redux -- Colors: Derek Jarman and queer aesthetics -- Ornament and modernity: from decorative art to cultural criticism -- Objects: oriental style and the arabesques of Moulin Rouge! …”
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United by faith the multiracial congregation as an answer to the problem of race /

Table of Contents: “…Arguing the case for multiracial congregations -- 9. The truth of the gospel -- 10. The promise and the challenges of multiracial congregations.…”
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New pragmatists

Table of Contents: “…/ Terry Pinkard -- Pragmatism and objective truth / Danielle Macbeth.…”
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Interpreting ancient figurines context, comparison, and prehistoric art / by Lesure, Richard G.

Table of Contents: “…Mesoamerican figurines and the contextualist appeal to universal truths; 6. Figurines, goddesses, and the texture of long-term structures in the Near East; 7. …”
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John McGahern and the art of memory by McCarthy, Dermot, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…John McGahern and the art of memory -- Orpheus triumphant: recovering the lost beloved: Memoir -- Reflections of the one thing: The barracks -- In the name of the father: The dark -- Breaking the moulds part I: The leavetaking (1974; rev. 1984) -- Breaking the moulds part II: The pornographer -- The end of father history: Amongst women -- The completed circle: That they may face the rising sun -- Conclusion: violence, dislocation, truth and vision.…”
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Daughter of the Empire State the life of Judge Jane Bolin / by McLeod, Jacqueline

Table of Contents: “…Her standing in Poughkeepsie : family lineage and legacy -- On her own : the years at Wellesley and Yale -- Politics of preparation : the making of the nation's first African American woman judge -- Politics of practice : an African American woman judge on the Domestic Relations Court -- Speaking truth to power : a view from the bench of Judge Jane Bolin -- Persona non grata : Jane Bolin and the NAACP, 1931-50.…”
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Rhetorical refusals : defying audiences' expectations / by Schilb, John, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Rhetorical refusals and American traditions. Agents, 'truth', and salience ; When a refusal's context changes ; The embedding of a rhetorical refusal ; A literary rhetorical refusal.…”
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The Drama of Language : Essays on Goethe and Kleist by Burckhardt, Sigurd, 1916-1966

Table of Contents: “…Language as form in Goethe's Prometheus and Pandora -- 2. "The voice of truth and of humanity": Goethe's Iphigenie -- 3. …”
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The Drama of Language : Essays on Goethe and Kleist by Burckhardt, Sigurd, 1916-1966

Table of Contents: “…Language as form in Goethe's Prometheus and Pandora -- 2. "The voice of truth and of humanity": Goethe's Iphigenie -- 3. …”
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Steven Spielberg a biography / by McBride, Joseph, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…How wondrous are thy works" -- "Mazik" -- "Meshuggeneh" -- "A wimp in a world of jocks" -- "Big spiel" -- "Hell on earth" -- "A hell of a big break" -- "This tremendous meatgrinder" -- "The Steven Spielberg business" -- "A primal scream movie" -- Watch the skies -- "Rehab" -- "Ecstacy and grief" -- "Adult truths" -- "An awfully big adventure" -- Mensch -- Mogul and director -- Mainstream independent -- Light in the darkness -- "400-pound gorilla".…”
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The greengrocer and his TV the culture of communism after the 1968 Prague Spring / by Bren, Paulina

Table of Contents: “…"A criminal comedy but of a revivalist spirit" : the beginning and the end of the Prague Spring -- Purge and the remaking of a socialist citizenry -- Intellectuals, hysterics, and "real men" : the Prague Spring officially remembered -- The quiet life versus a life in truth : writing the script for normalization -- Broadcasting in the age of late communism -- Jaroslav Dietl : normalization's narrator -- The socialist family and its caretakers -- Self-realization and the socialist way of life.…”
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Zen and the art of business communication : a step-by-step guide to improving your business writing skills / by Luck, Susan L.

Table of Contents: “…Respect the flow -- 14. Honor truth -- 15. Know the devil in the details -- References -- Index.…”
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Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism / by Caterino, Brian, Hansen, Phillip, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Macpherson, Habermas, and the demands of democratic theory -- Reason, truth, and power: the challenges of contepmorary critical theory -- Critical theroy and neoliberalism -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: deliberation, self-interest, and solidarity -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: the Frankfurt School and democratic theory -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: participatory democracy and social freedom -- Conclusion: critical theory and radical reform.…”
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Strange bedfellows how late-night comedy turns democracy into a joke / by Peterson, Russell Leslie

Table of Contents: “…Losing our religion -- "Showmen is devoid of politics": the roots of pseudo-satire and the rise of the comedy-industrial complex -- Film at 11:00, jokes at 11:30: topical comedy and the news -- The personal and the political -- Pay no attention to that man in front of the curtain -- Truth versus Truthiness; or, Looking for Mr. Smith -- For whom the bell dings -- Laughing all the way to the White House -- Irony is dead... long live satire?…”
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Critical Theory, Democracy, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism / by Caterino, Brian, Hansen, Phillip, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Macpherson, Habermas, and the demands of democratic theory -- Reason, truth, and power: the challenges of contepmorary critical theory -- Critical theroy and neoliberalism -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: deliberation, self-interest, and solidarity -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: the Frankfurt School and democratic theory -- Towards a critical theory of democracy: participatory democracy and social freedom -- Conclusion: critical theory and radical reform.…”
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What's good on TV? understanding ethics through television / by Watson, Jamie Carlin

Table of Contents: “…The nature of moral value. Truth and nihilism in ethics -- Normativity : social, legal, and moral -- God and ethics -- What's right and wrong? …”
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Political theory & social change. /

Table of Contents: “…Truth and politics, by H. Arendt.--Static and dynamic society, by P. …”

Microcosm : an anthology of the short story. / by Gerstenberger, Donna Lorine

Table of Contents: “…--Clay, by J. Joyce.--God sees the truth, but waits, by L. Tolstoy.--Gimpel the Fool, by I. …”

Complex political victims by Bouris, Erica, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…-- Peacebuilding and victim discourse -- Fleshing out the ideal victim -- The ideal victim in the political : the Holocaust, the Judenrat, and Hannah Arendt -- Theorizing a complex political victim -- The delicate task of considering complex political victims : Bosnian Muslims -- Political practices of the complex political victim -- The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission : confronting a victimized people, victimized nation -- Epilogue : the role of complex political victim discourse.…”
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