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John Brown still lives! America's long reckoning with violence, equality, & change / by Gilpin, R. Blakeslee

Table of Contents: “…Climax and harbinger : a life as a common cause.…”
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Care of people with diabetes a manual of nursing practice / by Dunning, Trisha

Table of Contents: “…Diagnosing and classifying diabetes -- Assessment and nursing diagnosis -- Monitoring diabetes mellitus -- Nutritional aspects of caring for people with diabetes -- Medication commonly used in diabetes management -- Hypoglycaemia -- Hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperosmolar coma and lactic acidosis -- Long term complications of diabetes -- Management during surgical and investigative procedures -- Special situations and unusual conditions related to diabetes -- Diabetes and sexual health -- Diabetes in the older person -- Diabetes in children and adolescents -- Women, pregnancy, and gestational diabetes -- Psychological and quality of life issues related to having diabetes -- Diabetes education -- Discharge planning -- Community and primary care nursing and home-based care -- Complementary therapies and diabetes -- Managing diabetes in the emergency situations.…”
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Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life by Francis, Mark, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…I: An individual and his personal culture -- A portrait of a private man -- The longing for passion -- The problem with women -- Spencer's feminist politics -- Culture and beauty -- Eccentricities : health and the perils of recreation -- II: The lost world of Spencer's metaphysics -- The new reformation -- Intellectuals in the strand -- The genesis of a system -- Common sense in the mid-nineteenth century -- From philosophy to psychology -- III: Spencer's biological writings and his philosophy of science -- On goodness, perfection and the shape of living things -- The meaning of life -- Science and the classification of knowledge -- IV: Politics and ethical sociology -- Spencer's politics and the foundations of liberalism -- The 1840s : Spencer's early radicalism -- Sociology as an ethical discipline -- Sociology as political theory -- Progress versus democracy.…”
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John Brown still lives! America's long reckoning with violence, equality, & change / by Gilpin, R. Blakeslee

Table of Contents: “…Climax and harbinger : a life as a common cause.…”
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Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom / by Williams, Heather Andrea

Table of Contents: “…In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities -- A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom -- The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission -- We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education -- We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground -- We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools -- A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools -- If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools -- First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students -- Epilogue -- Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.…”
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The Quaker community on Barbados challenging the culture of the planter class / by Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…"From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue.…”
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The international legal regime of areas beyond national jurisdiction current and future developments /

Table of Contents: “…Principles and objectives of the legal regime governing areas beyond national jurisdiction / Tullio Treves -- The seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction : general and institutional aspects / Tullio Scovazzi -- The concept of the common heritage of mankind : its viability as a management tool for deep-sea genetic resources / Nele Matz-Luck -- Entitlement to marine living resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction / Richard Barnes -- Property rights in areas beyond national jurisdiction : not too late for a propter debate / Andrew Serdy -- The anthropocene, autopoiesis, and the disingenuousness of the genuine link : addressing enforcement gaps in the legal regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction / Rosemary Rayfuse -- The contribution of the international tribunal for the law of the sea to international law / Helmut Tuerk.…”
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Pragmatism as post-postmodernism lessons from John Dewey / by Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism and ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.…”
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Experimentation and interpretation the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past /

Table of Contents: “…Millson -- Cache or carry : food storage in prehistoric Europe / Penny Cunningham -- Creating a history of experimental archaeology / Jodi Reeves Flores -- Breaking the sound barrier : new directions for complexity, transformation, and reconstructive practice in experimental Neolithic archaeoacousitics / Claire Marshall -- Experimental archaeology after simplicity : implications for reflexivity of insights that a "common world" is not a "given" / Stephanie Koerner -- Experiment or demonstration? …”
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Self-taught African American education in slavery and freedom / by Williams, Heather Andrea

Table of Contents: “…In secret places : acquiring literacy in slave communities -- A coveted possession : literacy in the first days of freedom -- The men are actually clamoring for books : African American soldiers and the educational mission -- We must get education for ourselves and our children : advocacy for education -- We are striving to do business on our own hook : organizing schools on the ground -- We are laboring under many difficulties : African American teachers in freedpeople's schools -- A long and tedious road to travel for knowledge : textbooks and freedpeople's schools -- If anybody wants an education, it is me : students in freedpeople's schools -- First movings of the waters : the creation of common school systems for Black and White students -- Epilogue -- Appendix : African Americans, literacy, and the law in the antebellum South.…”
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The Quaker community on Barbados challenging the culture of the planter class / by Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…"From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The international legal regime of areas beyond national jurisdiction current and future developments /

Table of Contents: “…Principles and objectives of the legal regime governing areas beyond national jurisdiction / Tullio Treves -- The seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction : general and institutional aspects / Tullio Scovazzi -- The concept of the common heritage of mankind : its viability as a management tool for deep-sea genetic resources / Nele Matz-Luck -- Entitlement to marine living resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction / Richard Barnes -- Property rights in areas beyond national jurisdiction : not too late for a propter debate / Andrew Serdy -- The anthropocene, autopoiesis, and the disingenuousness of the genuine link : addressing enforcement gaps in the legal regime for areas beyond national jurisdiction / Rosemary Rayfuse -- The contribution of the international tribunal for the law of the sea to international law / Helmut Tuerk.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Pragmatism as post-postmodernism lessons from John Dewey / by Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism and ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.…”
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Experimentation and interpretation the use of experimental archaeology in the study of the past /

Table of Contents: “…Millson -- Cache or carry : food storage in prehistoric Europe / Penny Cunningham -- Creating a history of experimental archaeology / Jodi Reeves Flores -- Breaking the sound barrier : new directions for complexity, transformation, and reconstructive practice in experimental Neolithic archaeoacousitics / Claire Marshall -- Experimental archaeology after simplicity : implications for reflexivity of insights that a "common world" is not a "given" / Stephanie Koerner -- Experiment or demonstration? …”
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The role of ethics in international law

Table of Contents: “…Hathaway -- Jus Cogens : international law's higher ethical norms / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- The problem of provenance : the proper place of ethical reasoning in the selection of applicable law / Lea Brilmayer -- Choice of law as general common law : a reply to professor Brilmayer / Michael Steven Green -- The natural law challenge to choice of law / Perry Dane -- The role of ethics in United States private international law / Donald Earl Childress III -- Human rights : ethical, political ... or legal? …”
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College algebra : factoring and equations / by Ji, Xiang, Mu, Ge

Table of Contents: “…Understanding factoring -- 1.1 Common factor method -- 1.2 Formula method -- 1.3 Cross product method -- 1.4 Group factoring method --…”
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Orthopaedic pathology / by Vigorita, Vincent J., Ghelman, Bernard, Mintz, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Lipton -- Osteonecrosis -- Synovium -- Arthritis -- Joint arthroplasty pathology -- Soft tissue pathology -- Commonly performed orthopaedic procedures / Adam Phillip Breceda, Eli Bryk, Vincent Vigorita.…”
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Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism : Lessons from John Dewey / by Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-Heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism, ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.…”
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The Reverend Mark Twain : Theological Burlesque, Form, and Content / by Fulton, Joe B., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…"I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian" : conformity and critique in Mark Twain's religious dialogue -- "Prov'dence don't fire no blank ca'tridges, boys" : God, grotesques, and Sunday-school books in Mark Twain's Roughing it -- Mark Twain's hymns in prose : doxology and burlesque in The adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain's cruci-fictions : "The second advent" as a burlesque life of Christ -- The morphology of martyrdom : fairy tale, epic, and hagiography in Personal recollections of Joan of Arc -- Q: What do Socrates and the Shorter catechism have in common? A: Dialogic influences on Mark Twain's What is man? …”
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The role of ethics in international law

Table of Contents: “…Hathaway -- Jus Cogens : international law's higher ethical norms / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- The problem of provenance : the proper place of ethical reasoning in the selection of applicable law / Lea Brilmayer -- Choice of law as general common law : a reply to professor Brilmayer / Michael Steven Green -- The natural law challenge to choice of law / Perry Dane -- The role of ethics in United States private international law / Donald Earl Childress III -- Human rights : ethical, political ... or legal? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view