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Acts of Care : Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health / by Ritchey, Sara Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Translating care: the circulation of healing stories -- Bedside comforts: the social organization of care -- Empirical bodies: competing theories of therapeutic authority -- Rhythmic medicine: the psalter as a therapeutic technology in Beguine communities -- Salutary words: saints' lives as efficacious texts in Cistercian women's abbeys.…”
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Emus loose in Egnar big stories from small towns / by Muller, Judy

Table of Contents: “…Everything old is new again -- Crusaders -- Curmudgeons -- Too close for comfort -- This town isn't big enough for the two of us -- All the names unfit to print -- Never speak ill of the dead -- School sports : holy hyperbole! …”
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Covenants without swords idealist liberalism and the spirit of empire / by Morefield, Jeanne, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Oxford liberalism and the return of patriarchy -- An "oddly transposed" liberalism -- Mind, spirit, and liberalism in the world -- Nationhood, world order, and the "one great city of men and gods" -- Sovereignty and the liberal shadow -- Liberal community and the lure of empire.…”
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Coaching for learning a practical guide for encouraging learning / by Turnbull, Jacquie

Table of Contents: “…-- The stages of the CARE model for realizing potential -- Stage 1 : creating comfort -- Stage 2 : raising awareness -- Stage 3 : re-awakening the flow of learning -- Stage 4 : empowerment -- Overview.…”
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Key command Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / by Kionka, T. K., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Company town -- South Illinois -- Ready for the scratch -- This awful sickly place -- Lively times in Cairo -- Mischief -- Comfort for our boys -- Night and day and Sunday : the Navy -- A brave set of men -- Nothing of importance -- The Cairo ring -- Necessary goods -- Gone up the river -- Burden of war -- Illumination.…”
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State secrecy and security : refiguring the covert imaginary / by Walters, William, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: secrecy, security, and the covert imaginary -- Deciphering Venona: time, space, and the mobilization of secrecy -- On Orford Ness, an island full of national secrets -- The 9/11 commission: secrecy and public inquiry -- Anti-deportation: migration and the aesthetics of secrecy.…”
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Interdisciplinary conversations challenging habits of thought / by Strober, Myra H.

Table of Contents: “…Why study interdisciplinary conversations -- The calls for more interdisciplinarity -- Difficult dialogues : talking across cultures -- Being in one's comfort zone : the case of ethics -- Cultures revisited -- Interdisciplinary dialogue within a broad field : the case of the social sciences -- Leadership: the key to success -- Outcomes of the conversations -- Talking across disciplines.…”
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The animated bestiary animals, cartoons, and culture / by Wells, Paul, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…: performance, philosophy, tradition -- Creature comforted : animal politics, animated memory.…”
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Modern Republican Arthur Larson and the Eisenhower years / by Stebenne, David

Table of Contents: “…Native son of the upper Midwest -- Oxford's imprint -- A few false starts -- Legal scholar -- To the Eisenhower administration -- Of theory and practice -- A Republican looks at his party -- Caught in the crosscurrents -- The president's "ghost" -- Dueling with the new right -- Victories and defeats.…”
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Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan : a cross-cultural history of autodidacticism / by Ben-Zaken, Avner

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the pursuit for the "natural-self" -- Taming the mystic (Marrakesh, 1160s) -- Climbing the ladder of philosophy (Barcelona, 1348) -- Defying authority, defying predestination and conquering nature (Florence, 1493) -- Employing the self and experimenting with nature (Oxford, 1671) -- Conclusion : sampling the history of autodidacticism.…”
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Strange words retelling and reception in the medieval Roland textual tradition / by Burland, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Song of Roland and the narrativity of Roncevaux -- The Oxford Roland: la geste and reliable rewriting -- The Châteauroux version: retelling as redemptive reception -- Ronsasvals: distorted discourse and reliable reception -- Galïen restoré: rewriting and reception as remembrance -- Conclusion: Roland's heart and "Roncevaux": preservation and transformation.…”
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Robertson Davies's Cornish trilogy a reader's guide / by Lams, Victor J., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Blairlogie ; Toronto and Oxford ; Schloss Düsterstein and beyond -- The lyre of Orpheus. …”
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Poetic sisters early eighteenth-century women poets / by Kennedy, Deborah, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introducing the poetic sisters -- She triumphs with a song : The poetry of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea -- Singing her heart out : Elizabeth Rowe -- The Countess of Hertford and the poetry of the English landscape -- Sarah Dixon, the Kentish poetess -- Mary Jones, the Oxford poet -- Sisterly muses.…”
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Positively outrageous service how to delight and astound your customers and win them for life / by Gross, T. Scott

Table of Contents: “…-- Service is an affair of the heart -- Trends -- A positively outrageous solution -- The history of POS -- Inviting the customer to play -- Competence, confidence, comfort -- The first step to POS: microbranding -- The secret to standing out -- See it! …”
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Climate Change Impacts and Women's Livelihood : Vulnerability in Developing Countries / by Momtaz, Salim, Asaduzzaman, Muhammad

Table of Contents: “…Vulnerability of Womens Livelihoods and the Coping Mechanisms to Address Climate Change Impacts 6.1 The progression of womens vulnerability 6.2 Climate change and womens vulnerability 6.2.1 Income vulnerability 6.2.2 Vulnerability in household assets 6.2.3 Vulnerability of lives and health 6.2.4 Vulnerability of food security 6.2.5 Vulnerability of education 6.2.6 Vulnerability in relation to water sources 6.2.7 Vulnerability in relation to sanitation 6.2.8 Vulnerability in relation to shelters and security during times of disaster 6.2.9 Vulnerability in communication and transportation 6.3 Coping strategies of women against climatic events 6.3.1 Reduced food intake in and after times of disaster: A common practice 6.3.2 Selling assets: The foremost strategy to adapt to adverse situations 6.3.3 Receiving credit: A most demanding adaptation option 6.3.4 Using savings: The firsthand option for adaptation 6.3.5Alternative livelihoods: A sustainable adaptation option 6.3.6 Using a Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) card: A government initiative 6.3.7 Homestead gardening and poultry rearing: An option that women are comfortable with 6.4 Accessibility of women to major welfare facilities 6.5 Conclusion 7. …”
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The missing girls and women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan a sociological study of infanticide, forced prostitution, political imprisonment, "ghost brides," runaways, and thrownawa... by Huang, Hua-Lun, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Tables and figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- The study of missing females -- Conceptualization of missing females : a classification system -- Missing females at high risk of vanishing permanently -- Female political prisoners -- Slain baby girls -- Ghost brides -- Missing females with some chances to re-emerge -- Comfort women -- Trafficked women and girls -- Runaways/thrownaways -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The great brain suck and other American epiphanies / by Halton, Eugene

Table of Contents: “…The great brain suck -- Out of the fifties -- Interlude : go man go -- The hunter-gatherers' world's fair -- Life, literature, and sociology in turn-of-the century Chicago -- Communicating democracy : or shine, perishing republic -- Lem's master's voice -- An American epiphany in Nashville -- The house on Mount Misery -- The art and craft of home -- Europiphanies -- The last days of Lewis Mumford -- Teleparodies -- His one leg.…”
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The post-black and post-white church becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world / by Smith, Efrem (Efrem D.), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary1 Reconciling, Multiethnic, and Missional2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice4 Race5 The Gift of the Black Church6 Creating a Post-White Church7 Leadership8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project9 Starting, Shifting, and SustainingNotesIndex.…”
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Angel by Abbott, Stacey

Table of Contents: “…The collective vision of mutant enemy -- Creeped out and comforted at the same time: the generic hybridity of Angel -- Does giant tentacle spew come out with dry cleaning? …”
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Canada and ballistic missile defence, 1954-2009 : déjà vu all over again / by Fergusson, James G. (James Gordon), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Anti-ballistic missiles : don't worry, be happy (1954-71) -- The strategic defense initiative : much ado about very little (1972-85) -- Global protection against limited strikes : too close for comfort (1986-92) -- National missile defense : let sleeping dogs lie (1993-2000) -- Ground-based midcourse defense : is this the end? …”
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