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The Givenness of Desire : Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God / by Rosenberg, Randall S

Table of Contents: “…De Lubac's lament : loss of the supernatural -- Ressourcement and neo-Thomism : a narrative under scrutiny, a dialogue renewed -- The erotic roots of intellectual desire -- Concretely operating nature : Lonergan on the natural desire to see God -- Being-in-love and the desire for the supernatural : erotic-agapic subjectivity -- Incarnate meaning and mimetic desire : saints and the desire for God -- The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history : Therese of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum -- Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence.…”
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Silent conflict : a hidden history of early Soviet-Western relations / by Carley, Michael Jabara, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…don't let us get jumpy": revolution in China, 1924-1925 -- Principles and reprisals: hostile coexistence in London and Washington, 1925-1926 -- "The blind and the lame": Rapallo reaffirmed, 1925-1927 -- Red scare, war scare: China and the rupture of Anglo-Soviet relations, 1925-1927 -- "Colossal misfortune": hostile coexistence in Paris, 1925-1927 -- "These are times of quick suspicions": sullen coexistence, 1927-1930 -- "Always a trump in our game": Rapallo sustained, 1927-1930 -- Conclusion: sorting it out.…”
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Imagining the fetus the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.…”
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Principles of astrogliopathology from reactivity to atrophy and degeneration /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: General astrogliopathology -- Astrocytes are the main homeostatic cells of the brain -- Astrocytes are involved in all brain pathologies -- Glial cells and reactive astrogliosis -- Pathological remodelling of astrocytes -- Astroglial atrophy in neurological diseases -- Astrocyte atrophy and loss of capabilities in Alzheimer's disease -- Astrodegeneration and astroglial atrophy are associated with psychiatric diseases and neurodegeneration -- Atrophic AD astrocytes fail to support BBB integrity -- Atrophic AD astrocytes fail to mount reactive astrogliotic response -- Lifestyle changes and astrocyte rescue.…”
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Acquiring better insight into what it's like to have acquired brain injury

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Brain injury shatters bodies, brains, spirits, lives, dreams and hope -- Like being lost or shipwrecked, people with brain injury are like strangers in a strange land -- With loss of memory and understanding, they're bewildered, humiliated, frustrated, in denial, unable to trust themselves, other people or the world around them. …”
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Now Peru Is Mine : The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist / by Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-, Heilman, Jaymie Patricia

Table of Contents: “…"I'm going to be president of the republic" : the formation of an activist, 1921-1948 -- "I made the hacendados tremble" : defending Jhajhamarka campesinos, 1948-1952 -- "Jail was like my home" : fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 -- For justice, land, and liberty : national and international leadership, 1961-1968 -- "Everything was division" : political marginalization, 1968-1980 -- A wound that won't heal : political violence, displacement, and loss, 1980-2000 -- Afterword: "You have to stand firm" : the elderly activist, 2000-2015.…”
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Acquiring better insight into what it's like to have acquired brain injury

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Brain injury shatters bodies, brains, spirits, lives, dreams and hope -- Like being lost or shipwrecked, people with brain injury are like strangers in a strange land -- With loss of memory and understanding, they're bewildered, humiliated, frustrated, in denial, unable to trust themselves, other people or the world around them. …”
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Principles of astrogliopathology from reactivity to atrophy and degeneration /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: General astrogliopathology -- Astrocytes are the main homeostatic cells of the brain -- Astrocytes are involved in all brain pathologies -- Glial cells and reactive astrogliosis -- Pathological remodelling of astrocytes -- Astroglial atrophy in neurological diseases -- Astrocyte atrophy and loss of capabilities in Alzheimer's disease -- Astrodegeneration and astroglial atrophy are associated with psychiatric diseases and neurodegeneration -- Atrophic AD astrocytes fail to support BBB integrity -- Atrophic AD astrocytes fail to mount reactive astrogliotic response -- Lifestyle changes and astrocyte rescue.…”
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Now Peru Is Mine : The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist / by Llamojha Mitma, Manuel, 1921-, Heilman, Jaymie Patricia

Table of Contents: “…"I'm going to be president of the republic" : the formation of an activist, 1921-1948 -- "I made the hacendados tremble" : defending Jhajhamarka campesinos, 1948-1952 -- "Jail was like my home" : fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 -- For justice, land, and liberty : national and international leadership, 1961-1968 -- "Everything was division" : political marginalization, 1968-1980 -- A wound that won't heal : political violence, displacement, and loss, 1980-2000 -- Afterword: "You have to stand firm" : the elderly activist, 2000-2015.…”
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Principles of brain dynamics global state interactions /

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First steps in random walks from tools to applications / by Klafter, J. (Joseph)

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Application of palaeontology techniques and case studies / by Jones, Robert Wynn

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Theory Is Like a Surging Sea / by Munro, Michael

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A political space reading the global through Clayoquot Sound /

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Ruling Capital : Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance / by Gallagher, Kevin, 1968-

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Theory Is Like a Surging Sea / by Munro, Michael

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Water towards a culture of responsibility / by Frérot, Antoine

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a time to take responsibility -- The water century -- Satisfying growing needs -- Preventing further loss of the quality of our water resources -- Europe sets a goal : a return to good water quality -- Water : the primary issue for human development -- Water's false friends -- Climate change and water : disturbing facts -- Misplaced "good ideas" : "free water" and "user pays for all" -- The private sector : too much or too little involvement? …”
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Aberration-corrected analytical transmission electron microscopy

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Hip hop's amnesia from blues and the black women's club movement to rap and the hip hop movement / by Rabaka, Reiland, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…African American movement music : on hip hop's "partial or total loss of memory" surrounding classical black popular music and classical black popular movements -- "Back to the old school!" …”
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Pathogenic mechanisms in prion disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Neurodegenerative diseases and protein misfolding disorders -- Prion disease in mice to study mechanisms of neurodegeneration due to misfolded protein accumulation -- Early prion neurodegenerative change is reversible: access to key neurotoxic pathways -- Critical change is loss of synaptic proteins due to activation of PERK branch of the unfolded protein response -- Modifying this pathway genetically is neuroprotective -- Modifying this pathway pharmacologically is neuroprotective -- Relevance of this pathway in other neurodegenerative diseases with misolded proteins e.g. …”
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