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Translated by Hugh Whitemore, this is the story of Elma. Having lost her memory during an accident in the war, Elma rediscovers her old life and finds that it is not what she had hoped for. Pirandello's play was made into a film in 1932 starring Greta Garbo.

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Beginning with a discussion of the play's textual history, this text then analyses the various contexts and sources that influenced the play. It also examines the play's dramatic structure, offers a detailed plot summary and discusses the play's major themes.

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Asbestos in the Schools opens with a brief overview of the history of asbestos, its use in industry and as a fire retardant, and the discovery of occupational hazards associated with asbestos dust airborne.

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Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.

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Building on the author's much acclaimed study "Ascension and Ecclesia", this book places the doctrine of the ascension in the context of the biblical narrative of descent and ascent, in order to shed light on 'the upward call of God in Christ Jesus and on the eucharistic community that hears and answers that call.

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This work presents an outline of Christian perfection from the point at which the soul first seeks to rise from the earth and soar upward towards union with God. As a poet St John of the Cross was able, in the realm of mysticism, to push the frontiers of human expression beyond any other writer.

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This study reconsiders Platos Socratic dialoguesCharmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Gorgias, and Menoas parts of an integrated curriculum. By privileging reading order over order of composition, a Platonic pedagogy teaching that the Idea of the Good is a greater object of philosophical concern than what benefits the self is spotlighted.

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Showing that the summit of ultimate truth is reached in contemplation, this book offers an exposition of the doctrines of St John of the Cross. The expositions and meditations are nourishment for the spirit journeying towards truth.

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This book contributes to understanding the important role that African-influenced spiritual

cultures play in literature that challenges the concept that European aesthetics are superior to African-inspired cultures.

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For students and scholars of Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Afro-America, whether they be anthropologists, sociologists, health care workers, ethnomusicologists, or historians, this bibliography offers a much needed resource guide to one of the most vital facets of black world culture.

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The Ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the Samurai began to realize their worth. This title tells their story, drawing on Japanese sources and showing the disciplined ranks that they became.

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In this collaboration between the Brookings Institution and the Asian Development Bank Institute, eminent international economists examine the increased influence of Asian nations in the governance of global economic affairs, from the changing role of the G-20 to the reform of multilateral organizations such as the International Monetary Fund.

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For several centuries, international relations has been primarily the purview of nation-states. But in a world growing smaller, with a globalizing system increasing in complexity by the day, the nation-state paradigm is not as dominant as it once was. In Asia in Washington, Kent Calder examines the concept of "global city" in the context of international affairs.

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The two rising Asian powers, China and India, dependent as they are on seaborne commerce for their economic well-being, have set their eyes on the high seas. This book offers an examination of the rise of two naval powers and the potential impact that such an oceanic reconfiguration of power in Asia could have on long-term regional stability.