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Bodies as Evidence : Security, Knowledge, and Power /

Table of Contents: “…The truth of the error: making identity and security through biometric discrimination / Elida K.U. …”
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Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / by Levine, George Lewis

Table of Contents: “…Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.…”
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Beyond Texas through time breaking away from past interpretations /

Table of Contents: “…Three truths in Texas / Walter L. Buenger -- Into the mainstream: the emergence of a new Texas Indian history / Pekka Hämäläinen -- Strange brew: recent Texas political, economic, and military history / Keith J. …”
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What Galileo saw : imagining the scientific revolution / by Lipking, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…: imagining life in King Lear -- The dream of Descartes -- A history of error: Robert Fludd, Thomas Browne, and the Harrow of Truth -- The century of genius (1): Measuring up -- The century of genius (2): Hooke, Newton, and the system of the world -- Revolution and its discontents: the skeptical challenge -- Appendix 1: The fable of sound -- Appendix 2: Descartes' Three dreams.…”
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Holy hills of the Ozarks : religion and tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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Hearing the voice of the shingo principles : creating sustainable cultures of enterprise excellence / by Derald Miller, Robert

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 The Power of the Culture -- chapter 2 Values, Behavior and Corporate Culture -- chapter 3 Principles and Foundational Truths -- chapter 4 The Shingo Model -- chapter 5 Respect Every Individual -- chapter 6 Lead with Humility -- chapter 7 Seek Perfection -- chapter 8 Assure Quality at the Source -- chapter 9 Flow Value to Customers -- chapter 10 Embrace Scientific Thinking -- chapter 11 Principles of Enterprise Alignment -- chapter 12 Leaders Lead Culture -- chapter 13 Hearing the Voice of Principles.…”
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German philosophy in the twentieth century : Weber to Heidegger / by Young, Julian

Table of Contents: “…chapter Introduction -- part PART I: Frankfurt -- chapter 1 Weber: Rationalization, disenchantment and charisma -- chapter 2 Horkheimer and Adorno: The irrationality of reason -- chapter 3 Habermas: In defence of enlightenment -- chapter 4 Marcuse: Eros and utopia -- part PART II: Freiburg -- chapter 5 Husserl: Phenomenology and the crisis of humanity -- chapter 6 Early Heidegger: Existential phenomenology -- chapter 7 Gadamer: Truth versus method -- chapter 8 Arendt: The human condition -- chapter 9 Later Heidegger: Re-enchantment.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America / by Darsey, James Francis

Table of Contents: “…Radical rhetoric and American community : threnody for Sophrosyne -- Old Testament prophecy as radical ursprach -- Prophecy as sacred truth : self-evidence and righteousness in the American Revolution -- Prophecy as krisis : Wendell Phillips and the sin of slavery -- The prophet's call and his burden : the passion of Eugene V. …”
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Music divided Bartók's legacy in cold war culture / by Fosler-Lussier, Danielle, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…-- The "Bartók question" and the politics of dissent : the case of András Mihály -- Epilogue East : Bartók's difficult truths and the Hungarian revolution of 1956 -- Epilogue West : Bartók's legacy and George Rochberg's postmodernity.…”
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Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / by Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.…”
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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America / by Darsey, James Francis

Table of Contents: “…Radical rhetoric and American community : threnody for Sophrosyne -- Old Testament prophecy as radical ursprach -- Prophecy as sacred truth : self-evidence and righteousness in the American Revolution -- Prophecy as krisis : Wendell Phillips and the sin of slavery -- The prophet's call and his burden : the passion of Eugene V. …”
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Richard Rorty his philosophy under discussion /

Table of Contents: “…/ Attila Karakuş, Andreas Vieth -- Skepticism, correspondence, and truth / Nikola Kompa ... [et al.] -- Strong and weak metaphysical quietism / Stefan Hessbrüggen ... …”
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Shaping Words to Fit the Soul : The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism / by Grandt, Jürgen E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass -- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane -- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music -- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W.C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band -- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones -- Conclusion. …”
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Tales from Facebook / by Miller, Daniel, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…For Whom the Bell Doesn't Toll -- 4. The Book of Truth -- 5. Cultivating FarmVille -- 6. Avatar -- 7. …”
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Morality in a natural world selected essays in metaethics / by Copp, David

Table of Contents: “…-- Four epistemological challenges to ethical naturalism : naturalized epistemology and the first-person perspective -- Moral naturalism and self-evident moral truths -- Moral necessities in a contingent world -- Referring to moral properties -- Realist-expressivism : a neglected option for moral realism -- Milk, honey, and the good life on moral twin Earth -- Referring to moral properties : moral twin Earth, again -- Naturalism and normativity -- Moral naturalism and three grades of normativity -- The Ring of Gyges : overridingness and the unity of reason -- The normativity of self-grounded reason.…”
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Shaping Words to Fit the Soul : The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism / by Grandt, Jürgen E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass -- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane -- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music -- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W.C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band -- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones -- Conclusion. …”
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Philosophical witnessing the Holocaust as presence / by Lang, Berel

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Representation and misrepresentation: on or about the Holocaust -- Applied ethics, post-Holocaust -- The Jewish declaration of war against the Nazis -- From the Holocaust to group rights: minorities in a majority world -- Metaphysical racism (or: biological warfare by other means) -- Hyphenated-Jews and the anxiety of identity -- Reconciliation: not revenge, not forgiveness, perhaps not even justice -- Afterword: wound and scar.…”
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Profiles in humanity the battle for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights / by Cohen, Warren I.

Table of Contents: “…Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance -- Václav Havel and the power of the powerless -- Aung San Suu Kyi, martyr for democracy -- Margaret Sanger and the liberation of women -- Muslim feminists -- Jack Greenberg and the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for racial equality -- Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and the fight against apartheid -- Nelson Mandela : grace in victory -- Holocaust rescuers -- Pope John XXIII and Catholic humanism -- Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and human rights in Europe -- Liu Binyan : the quest for truth and justice in China -- Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the welfare state -- Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and an end to poverty.…”
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