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Knowledge began to be systematically grounded in observation and display from the Enlightenment. This book contains themed sections that include: Revolt and Revolution; Science and Empiricism; Gaze and Spectacle; Acquisition, Display, and Desire; Conquest, Colonialism, and Globalization; Image and Reality; and, Media and Visual Technologies.

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This two-part book examines the roots of warfare and the development of the peace movement in America from the Colonial period through the Vietnam War.

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New play by Sabrina Mahfouz, published to coincide with the premiere at the Royal Court in October 2019.

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This volume is the first of three that explore all aspects of water - social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological - from ancient times to the present day. Empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world feature.

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It's 1919 and the US naval base in Newport, Rhode Island, is mired in 'conditions of vice'. Mr Vole has a plan to clean it up. He orders a group of young sailors to infiltrate Newport's dens of depravity, meet other young sailors and have sex with them; then uses their graphic reports to conduct a string of arrests.

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This hilarious final part of Gregory Motton's comic trilogy mixes imaginative absurdity with set pieces from everyday life, firing satirical arrows at the overweight targets of consumerism, mediocrity and greed. Gengis Kahn decides to write a self-help manual, but soon discovers that the road to publication is littered with potholes.

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Using a can't-miss formula, these 26 original stories and accompanying illustrations connect kids' love of animals and drawing with early literacy skills.

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The several hundred alphabetically arranged entries that follow identify characters and family members, discuss works and themes, and synthesize the large body of criticism that has grown around her works.

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"This book presents a comparative study of the Urzeit-Endzeit eschatology in some Jewish apocalyptic literature for a fresh understanding of the Epistle to the Hebrews"--

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A Jewish Public Theology draws from Jewish law and political science to address the most searing current policy issues. It goes beyond the current orthodoxies of left, right, and populist ideologies to examine how an ancient tradition speaks to the disruptions of our global epoch.

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These entries cover his works, major characters, family members and contemporaries, influences, and a range of special topics.

Many of the entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography.

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Contributors overview Conrad's life and works and summarize the scholarly response to his writings. This volume is a guide to Conrad's troubled life and literary legacy. An opening biographical chapter tells the story of his difficulties, adventures, and achievements. It also summarizes the current state of biographical research on Conrad.

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This straightforward text provides journalists, both professional and student, with an explanation of the realities of an increasingly important facet of today's precision journalism--public opinion polling.

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This straightforward text provides journalists, both professional and student, with an explanation of the realities of an increasingly important facet of today's precision journalism--public opinion polling.

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The work gives special attention to what Washington calls Destiny Studies, an approach which allows a people to concentrate on their past, present, and future possibilities, and to view the experience of a race as a coherent unity, rather than a set of fragmented historical happenings.

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In this memoir, Ambassador Ray Garthoff paints a dynamic diplomatic history of the cold war, tracing the life of the conflict from the vantage points of an observant insider.