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Examines the humble thimble and its many varieties, from the simple workaday type to the rarer and more exquisite examples that gave scope for artists and craftsmen. This work gives an introduction to the possibilities that exist, including the parallel subject of thimble cases.

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Examines how civil wars - including those in Lebanon, Chechnya and Kosovo - have affected other nations. This book draws from these lessons to produce recommendations for US policy, should a full-scale civil war break out in Iraq.

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Presenting an original global theory of culture, Girard explores the social function of violence and the mechanism of the social scapegoat. His vision is a challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion and psychoanalysis.

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In this book, Christian and Islamic scholars explore aspects of their own tradition and draw from sacred texts and history to offer readings of the traditions that contest assumptions that the religions are inherently violent and that offer a more hopeful and peaceful vision.

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Slavoj Zizek is not alone in thinking that Alain Badiou's recent work is "the event of contemporary philosophy". Think Again, the first publication of its kind, goes a long way towards justifying his assessment.

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This book provides an annotated bibliography of age-appropriate literature and activities, showing children the importance of environmental issues and teaching them the skills to take action.

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This book guides the reader through curatorial methodology in todays world with topics that include: reading objects; shaping collections; engaging in rigorous research; the curatorial role in exhibitions and historic site interpretation; the basics of curatorial writing; and curators as leaders.

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This book guides the reader through curatorial methodology in todays world with topics that include: reading objects; shaping collections; engaging in rigorous research; the curatorial role in exhibitions and historic site interpretation; the basics of curatorial writing; and curators as leaders.

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Transform your library into a "think tank" by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

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Transform your library into a "think tank" by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

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Think tanks have become important in many Asian nations over the past decade, coinciding with their new prominence in international affairs. This book traces the growing influence of these policy, places the trend in historical context, and explores how the region's countries have fostered the growth of think tanks with Asian characteristics.

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Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene makes connections between the Anthropocene discourse and human-animal studies, thus facilitating further interdisciplinary work on the topic of animals in the Anthropocene.

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Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene makes connections between the Anthropocene discourse and human-animal studies, thus facilitating further interdisciplinary work on the topic of animals in the Anthropocene.

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This book argues that within Perkins ministry methodology, one can see an underlying ethical conception of justice that is grounded within the Trinity and that grounding informs Christian theological, sociological, and political practices.

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This book explores the questions of what calls for thinking about law and what does it mean to think about alongside Heidegger's thought.

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Tracing musicology in Latin American during the twentieth century, this book presents case studies to illustrate how Latin American music has interacted with social and global processes. It addresses popular music, postcolonialism, women in music, tradition and modernity, musical counterculture, globalization, and identity construction.

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This book illustrates the centrality of technological thought and action to todays world and offers a critique of technology as its dominant organizing principle. Germain exposes the flaw in the technological vision while suggesting ways to inhabit the technological landscape that befit our humanity.

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This book illustrates the centrality of technological thought and action to todays world and offers a critique of technology as its dominant organizing principle. Germain exposes the flaw in the technological vision while suggesting ways to inhabit the technological landscape that befit our humanity.

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A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patokas political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of post-Europe,andits continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.

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A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patokas political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of post-Europe,andits continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.