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John Wiley & Sons The Fluency Factor Authentic Instruction and
Book SynopsisReading fluency has been identified in the Common Core Standards as a foundational competency for reading proficiency. This resource provides teachers and literacy interventionists with approaches to fluency instruction that are effective, engaging, and easy to implement.
£27.16
Teachers' College Press Educating Moral People A Caring Alternative to
Book SynopsisThese essays examine alternatives to prevailing models of character education. Covering both stories in the classroom and controversial issues in education and care ethics, it examines how moral education might be infused into the curriculum and calls for greater co-operation across fields.Trade ReviewNel Noddings provides a powerful educational answer to the classic dilemma of narrowing the gap between moral and ethical principle and human behavior. She moves caring from an admirable trait of individual character to a necessary cultural condition--- 'an environment in which moral life can flourish.'" - John I. Goodlad, President, Institute for Educational Inquiry; ""This is a revolutionary book, and everyone concerned with issues of moral education had better read it. Noddings' views are strong and original but carefully thought through and expressed with precision. A spirited and original contribution!"" - John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; ""With these wonderfully provocative essays, Nel Noddings confirms her status as one of our most important educational theorists. She thinks deeply and writes clearly about issues that are both timely, given the current popularity of character education, and timeless, given her invigorating way of connecting classroom practice to the big questions of human life."" - Alfie Kohn, author of The Schools Our Children Deserve
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Teachers College Press Beyond Smarter Mediated Learning and the Brains
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma The Greatest Show in the Arctic
Book SynopsisPresenting tales of noble intentions, novel inventions, and epic miscalculations, The Greatest Show in the Arctic brings fresh life to a unique and underappreciated story of American exploration.Trade ReviewAs this thoughtful and finely textured book makes clear, Franz Josef Land represented the spectacular final act of America's Arctic quest. A story of noble intentions, new inventions, and epic miscalculations playing out on the icy shores of an Arctic archipelago, this is a drama that once commanded the attention of the world."" - Michael F. Robinson, author of The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture""Superbly written and deftly researched, P. J. Capelotti's The Greatest Show in the Arctic is vastly more than a comic saga. It sheds considerable light on a previously obscure cast of explorers and on the history of Franz Josef Land, one of the least-studied regions in the Far North. Of all the Arctic books I've read in recent years, I'd rank Capelotti's very close to the top. It is astonishingly good. - Lawrence Millman, author of Last Places: A Journey in the North
£26.96
John Wiley & Sons Kearnys Dragoons Out West
Book SynopsisHaving banished eastern Native peoples to lands west of the Mississippi, President Andrew Jackson's government by 1833 needed a new type of soldier to keep displaced Indians from returning home. And so the 1st Dragoons came into being. Will and John Gorenfeld tell their story in this book-length treatment of the force that became the US Cavalry.Trade ReviewThis is a wonderful account of the early, golden years of the 1st Dragoons, the regular army's first mounted regiment, which spent its formative years as restrained diplomats, peacekeepers, intermediaries, and even protectors of the Southern Plains tribes. It is also the honest account of the unit's surprising decline after its conquest of New Mexico and the departure of such superior officers as Stephen Watts Kearny. Grounded in a wealth of primary sources and extraordinary research, it is a gracefully written story."" - William P. MacKinnon, author of At Sword's Point: A Documentary History of the Utah War, Parts 1 and 2""Kearny's Dragoons Out West is the culmination of decades of research. The Gorenfelds have woven the definitive narrative on what has far too long been an overlooked aspect of frontier military history."" - John P. Langellier, author of US Dragoons, 1833 - 55""Finally, the storied 1st U.S. Dragoons have received historical treatment worthy of the regiment's distinguished service from its inception through the U.S.-Mexican War. The Gorenfelds have done an outstanding service to the field of U.S. military history."" - Durwood Ball, coeditor of Soldiers West: Biographies from the Military Frontier, Second Edition
£30.56
John Wiley & Sons Guiguzi Chinas First Treatise on Rhetoric
Book SynopsisAt around the same time that Aristotle was active in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Tzu, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, “the Master of the Ghost Valley”. In “Guiguzi,” China’s First Treatise on Rhetoric, Hui Wu and C. Jan Swearingen present a new critical translation of this foundational work.
£999.99
University of Oklahoma Press The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas Ecology
Book SynopsisCovering all facets of the biology of a little-known genus, Peter Lindeman's lavishly illustrated Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is both a scientific treatise and an engaging introduction to a striking group of turtles.
£33.95
Pluto Press More Bad News From Israel
Book SynopsisExamination of media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle EastTrade Review'This superb study ... is extensive in scope, and scrupulously fair. It will be a landmark' -- Edward S. Herman, co-author (with Noam Chomsky) of Manufacturing Consent'Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often dangerously superficial. Bad News from Israel is a strong contribution to scholarship and public debate' -- John D.H. Downing, Director, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University'Just about everything that we know about Israel/Palestine comes to us from our television screens. Bad News from Israel reveals remarkable levels of ignorance about what and why things are as they are' -- Professor Frank Webster, City University, London'A remarkable book' -- Professor Lucrecia Escudero Chauvel, Université de Lille III and Paris VIIITable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Final Status map 1. Histories of the Conflict 2. Content Studies 2000-2002 3. Audience Studies 2001-2002 4. Why Does it Happen? 5. Conclusions on the 2000-2002 Content and Audience Samples 6. News Content and Explanations of the 2008-9 Gaza Attack 7. Audience Understanding of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict and the Gaza Attack 2008-9 8. The Attack on the Gaza Flotilla, 2010 9. Conclusions Appendices Notes References Index Conclusions Appendices Notes References Index
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Pluto Press Plane Truth Aviations Real Impact on People and
Book SynopsisAn engaging critical account of the aviation industry, which debunks a number of misconceptions and self-justifying myths.Trade Review'The air industry is a huge lobby but Rose Bridger has produced a book that punctures their dangerous lies' -- Derek Wall, International coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales'Truly comprehensive in its global perspective and illustrates the stark reality of the impact of the rapid growth in aviation' -- Liz Mason, Teaching Fellow in International Business, Leeds University'At the cutting edge of understanding new perspectives on Green economics. A massively helpful contribution to the literature on aviation, and industry in general, giving valuable insight into how we all end up paying for the follies of large industrial concerns and networks' -- Miriam Kennet, Director of the Green Economics Institute'There is a lot more at stake in arguments about aviation than appears at first sight. This book is a guide to the wider issues: how airports shape food supply, international trade flows, government bailouts, and the future of the climate' -- Prof. Victor Anderson, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University'A treasure trove that will shock and surprise with much jaw dropping material about the rapidly expanding and much subsidised world of airports, air travel and freight and their impact on climate change, biofuel demand, and much more' -- Geoff Tansey, writer, Joseph Rowntree Visionary for a Just and Peaceful World, Trustee of Food Ethics Council'A veritable 'vade mecum' of the sins of the aviation industry, with the references all lined up standing at attention. Indeed if the aviation bosses were in court with you as the prosecuting counsel, they would all receive long terms in prison' -- Brendon Sewill, author of 'Tangled Wings: Gatwick seen through green-tinted glasses', and chair of the Gatwick Area Conservation CampaignTable of ContentsAcronyms/ Glossary Introduction 1. The Future of Flight 2. Feeding the Fuel Tanks 3. Local Environmental Impacts 4. Threats to Wildlife & Farmland 5. Green Garnish 6. Air Cargo 7. Industrial Cargo 8. Arms, Aid & Accidents 9. Concrete & Overcapacity 10. Counting the Costs 11. Real Estate & Revenue Streams 12. How Aviation Keeps Growing Appendix Notes Index
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Pluto Press Catching History on the Wing Race Culture and
Book SynopsisThe definitive collection of A. Sivanandan's writing.Table of ContentsForeword by Colin Prescod Introduction: Unity of struggle I The personal and the political 1. The liberation of the black intellectual 2. The hokum of New Times 3. La trahison des clercs II State racism and resistance 4. Race, class and the state: the political economy of immigration 5. From resistance to rebellion: Asian and Afro-Caribbean struggles in Britain 6. RAT and the degradation of black struggle 7. Race, terror and civil society+ addendum III Globalisation and displacement 8. Imperialism and disorganic development in the silicon age 9. New circuits of imperialism 10. A Black perspective on the Gulf war 11. Poverty is the new black Bibliography of writings by A. Sivanandan Index
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Pluto Press brownskinwhitemasks
Book SynopsisPicking up where Fanon left off, examining the negative influence of intellectual immigrants as facilitators of American imperialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Brown Skin, White Masks 2. On Comprador Intellectuals 3. Literature and Empire 4. The House Muslim Conclusion: Confusing the Colour Line Notes Index
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Pluto Press The Second Palestinian Intifada
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Gibbs M. Smith Inc Read Between the Wines Tote
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Pluto Press The End of Jewish Modernity
Book SynopsisA provocative take on Jewish history, explaining the metamorphoses of mainstream Jewish culture and politicsTrade Review'Enzo Traverso is without doubt the most gifted historian of his generation. His book on Jewish modernity is, as all his writings, a unique combination of radical commitment and brilliant scholarship' -- Michael Löwy, Emeritus Research Director in Social Sciences at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris), and author of On Changing the World: Essays in Political Philosophy from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin'Imaginative and provocative ... a nuanced and intelligent treatise' -- Benjamin Ramm, Jewish Quarterly'Stimulating' -- Times Literary Supplement'Exciting and delightful ... this slim volume manages to deliver a comprehensive statement which makes a significant contribution to the discourses of politics, postmodern theory and intellectual history' -- The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. What Was Jewish Modernity? 2. Cosmopolitanism, Mobility and Diaspora 3. Intellectuals between Critique and Power 4. Between Two Epochs: Jewishness and Politics in Hannah Arendt 5. Metamorphoses: From Judeophobia to Islamophobia 6. Zionism: Return to the Ethnos 7. Memory: The Civil Religion of the Holocaust Conclusion Notes Index
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Moleskine Cahier Journals Subject XXL Black Kraft Brown
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Workman Publishing List More, Forget Less Notepad
Book SynopsisHere’s a notepad that makes jotting down lists and errands a breeze—the more you list, the more you free your mind to tackle creative things. This notepad from Flow features: ·A magnetic backer ·80 easy tear-off pages ·4 different colors repeated throughoutFlow is an international brand that celebrates creativity, mindfulness, and the pleasures of paper through magazines, books, and stationery.
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Emerald Publishing Limited Principles of Estimating
Book SynopsisCurrent practice on most contracts dictates that the engineer deals with engineering matters and the quantity surveyor covers the commercial aspects. As a result, engineers have become increasingly uneasy at setting rates, evaluating claims and of pricing work generally. This book provides engineers with a sound all round ability and commercial adeptness in price estimating. Author Trevor Holroyd draws on his experience of consulting and professional training in his latest book which will appeal to civil and structural engineers, surveyors, contractors, consulting practices and more.Table of ContentsEstimating from first principles Building up the net price The site set-up - preliminaries Sources of prices Getting the final price - the tender and other totals Examples of estimates Cost, value and budgets Worked examples
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Emerald Publishing Limited Risk Analysis and Management for Projects Ramp
Book SynopsisRAMP is a structured process for evaluating and controlling risk in major projects and this practical, working handbook is for everyone involved in the financial, commercial, legal or engineering aspects of a project.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. The management of uncertainty 4. Developing risk responses 5. Other aspects of RAMP 6. Social and environmental risks in major infrastructure projects 7. Go and no-go decisions, and later control of the risks 8. Step-by-step method of applying RAMP 9. Case study: a simple RAMP appraisal process 10. Case study: Applying RAMP to a large project 11. Risk assessment tables 12. Example of mitigation and control of risks 13. Description and flow-chart of the RAMP process 14. Glossary 15. References and selective bibliography 16. Members of RAMP working party 17. Detailed worked example of using RAMP effectively with NEC
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Indiana University Press Socialist Heritage
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe volume presents a nuanced analysis of material heritage and its strategic use during the socialist period in Romania's capital city Bucharest and its continued legacy today. What is refreshing in this book, apart from the careful documentation and wealth of archival sources consulted, is the fact that the author brought together sources from fields that are not seemingly directly connected to heritage studies. Grama gracefully moves across different areas through with her use of secondary sources, bringing together urban planning, political studies, economic and social analyses. Grama also brings together key anthropological research studies on Romania, both national and international. -- Cristina Clopot * International Journal of Heritage Studies *The strengths of this book are the breadth of the data sources, which have enabled the author to uncover in detail how change in a particular historic urban landscape is shaped by broader issues of power and identity (in both socialist and post-socialist contexts). Socialist Heritage will be of interest to postgraduate students and academic researchers in disciplines such as history, anthropology, human geography, urban studies and sociology. For anybody wanting to understand Bucharest's Old Town there is no better source available. Indeed, over the course of 25 years I have frequently wandered around the Old Town and found myself asking "why is it like this?". Now, after reading Socialist Heritage, I know. -- Duncan Light * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Grama does a brilliant job bringing this story to our attention and explaining why we should care about it. Her book deserves to be widely read. * Survival *An outstanding contribution in the field of anthropology of heritage. -- Dana Domsodi * Sociologia *Grama takes us through a journey of how the heritage discourse was first constructed and operationalized through archaeological, historiographic, and urban planning activities under state socialism, and then repurposed as well as contested after 1989, with results that show profound fissures in the ability to deploy "heritage" as a successful legitimating tool. . . . Overall, the book offers a vivid and provocative analysis of the politics of urban planning in Bucharest after World War II. The arc of the narrative highlights the huge gaps between policy makers and citizens who bear the brunt of these heritage entrepreneurs' ambitions for power and money. -- Maria Bucur * ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY *The book is beautifully written, and readers from different disciplinary backgrounds interested in topics as diverse as socialism and postsocialism, the materiality of the state and city, architecture and its political power, including the making of urban heritage, will find enough to enrich their own reflections. -- Antonela Capelle Pogacean * H-Urban *Emanuela Grama's Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania is a compelling exploration of heritage making as state-making through the lens of the postwar and postcommunist transformations of Bucharest's Old Town. . . . A theoretically dense but engagingly written book, Socialist Heritage is a must-read not only for specialists of (post)socialist Romania and eastern Europe, but also for students and researchers of nationalism, urbanization and heritage making, history (re)writing, the role of experts under socialism, postcommunist efforts of Europeanization, and privatization as gentrification, or ruination as commodification. -- Diana Georgescu * Slavic Review *This book is well-grounded in empirical data, especially archival (for the socialist period) and ethnographic (for both socialist and especially postsocialist circumstances)—the interpretation of the sources and the extracts from the documents and interlocutors' statements vividly reveal discourses of politics, experts and residents related to the Old Town's (re)making, and not just regarding the area's heritage. -- Srdjan Radovic * Comparative Southeast European Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Tensed Urban Visions: Making Bucharest into a Socialist Capital2. Matters of State: Archaeology, Materiality, and State-Making 3. Time-Travelling Houses and Histories Made Invisible 4. Lipstick and Lined Pockets: Strategic Devaluation and Postsocialist Wealth 5. Displacements: Property, Privatization, and Precarity in a Europeanizing CityConclusionBibliographyIndex
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Insight Editions Supernatural Deluxe Note Card Set (With Keepsake
Book SynopsisThe CW’s hit show Supernatural tells the story of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who, along with help of their powerful ally, the fallen angel Castiel, embark on a lifelong quest to rid the world of demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural threats. Now, fans can celebrate their love of Supernatural with this finely crafted deluxe note card set. Designed to look like an artifact from the show, this set includes: 20 blank note cards featuring classic quotes from the show 20 envelopes 20 embossed sticker seals A ruled pocket journal A keepsake box for storage Featuring iconic imagery, art, and quotes from the series, this collectible set gives Supernatural fans a unique way to celebrate the legacy of their favorite show.
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John Wiley & Sons StrengthsBased Approaches to Educating All Lear
Book SynopsisProvides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, Michael Wehmeyer examines the big ideas that can improve outcomes for learners with disabilities including the importance of creating personalizable education.
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New York University Press Essential Legal English in Context Understanding
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Indiana University Press The Kindertransport
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHighly recommended. * Choice *This review cannot do justice to the depth of material that Craig-Norton offers and the way she balances the experiences of all involved, especially those whose actions and feelings have been ignored in the past. Anyone interested in learning the real history of what occurred in England – the good and the bad – should read The Kindertransport. * The Reporter Group *It is an unflinching portrayal–enhanced by the judicious use of photographs and other illustrations–of the immediate and the lasting impacts of the transport on those involved and on subsequent generations. As such, this book deserves to be widely read. -- John Privilege - Ulster University * HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES *Jennifer Craig-Norton's The Kindertransport is the latest of such books that attempt to provide a counternarrative to self-congratulatory understandings of the Kindertransport. Powerfully, Craig-Norton concludes that the celebratory and the critical should not be mutually exclusive, and that both the positives and negatives of this history should be acknowledged. -- Stephanie Homer * H-Judaic *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Manuscript NotesPrologueIntroduction 1. The Organizations 2. The Carers 3. The Children 4. The Parents Conclusion: Contesting Memory Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Winning Hearts and Votes
Book SynopsisIn non-democratic regimes around the world, non-state organizations provide millions of citizens with medical care, schooling, childrearing, and other critical social services. Why would any authoritarian countenance this type of activism? Under what conditions does the private provision of social services generate political mobilization? And in those cases, what linkage does the provision of social services forge between the provider and recipient?In Winning Hearts and Votes, Steven Brooke argues that authoritarians often seek to manage moments of economic crisis by offloading social welfare responsibilities to non-state providers. But providers who serve poorer citizens, motivated by either charity of clientelism, will be constrained in their ability to mobilize voters because the poor depend on the state for many different goods. Organizations that serve paying customers, in contrast, may produce high quality, consistent, and effective services. This type of provisiTrade Review"Steven Brooke’s book will sit comfortably on the shelf next to several recent classics in the political science literature by Egyptian specialists, and will be discussed alongside those by many." -- Daniel Corstange, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University"Winning Hearts and Votes is a tour de force. Steven T. Brooke’s historical research is sublime, and he makes important and concrete interventions on a number of topics to students and researchers within political science and the field of Egypt studies. This book will be the definitive account on this topic for years to come." -- Joshua Stacher, Associate Professor of Political Science, Kent State University"In his study of the Egyptian Islamic Medical Association, Steven Brooke asks why authoritarian regimes allow non-state actors to provide services and how service delivery builds support for the Islamist opposition. This highly engaging book breaks new ground on a critically important topic." -- Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University"In this dazzling study of healthcare provision by a religiously conservative party in Egypt, Steven Brooke convinces us that service provision does not buy votes so much as it buys esteem. This is a model of empirical sophistication and precision and brings the Egyptian case into dialogue with broader literature on political parties and clientelism. This is comparative politics of the first rank." -- Tarek Masoud, Harvard University, and author of Counting IslamTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration 1. Social Services and Political Mobilization in Nondemocratic Regimes 2. Middle-Class Provision, Reputation, and Electoral Success 3. Rebuilding the Brotherhood Brand 4. Inside the Islamist Advantage 5. The Political Geography of Islamist Social Service Provision 6. Electing to Serve 7. Mohammed Morsi's Machine 8. The Politics of Social Service Provision Appendix Notes Works Cited Index
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Princeton University Press Collected Works of Paul Valery Volume 14
Book SynopsisGrouped together in this book are several smaller volumes and plaquettes in which Valery had published selections of his shorter prose writings: aphorisms, moral reflections, poetic observations, flashes of wit or fancy, even jokes--a variety of remarks and impressions, many of them first recorded in his Notebooks. Originally published in 1970. TTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. vii*Odds and Ends, pg. 1*Rhumbs, pg. 157*Analecta, pg. 263*Suite, pg. 327*Bad Thoughts and Not So Bad, pg. 367*Mixture, pg. 527*Petites Etudes, pg. 543*At Moments, pg. 559*Miscellanea, pg. 589*Notes, pg. 611
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University Press of Kansas Vietnamese Women at War Fighting for Ho Chi Minh
Book SynopsisIt was common knowledge among American soldiers in Vietnam that women were sometimes brave and even ferocious fighters for the North. This text provides vivid accounts of training, deployment, strategy and tactics, propaganda, support services and torture involving women.Trade ReviewFrom the 'long-haired army' that carried provisions through the jungles at Dien Bien Phu to the female 'tunnel rats' at Cu Chi in the South, women were the unsung heroes of Vietnam's war of national liberation. Here, in this sympathetic and sometimes gripping account, is their untold story. - William J. Duiker, author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life ""It was common knowledge among American soldiers in Vietnam that women were sometimes brave and even ferocious fighters for the North. Now at last this fascinating story has been told in depth."" - Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain ""As Taylor reveals, we don't see ourselves as victims but rather as victors and survivors, following in the footsteps of our ancestors."" - Le Ly Hayslip, author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places ""A very valuable book for courses on the Vietnam War and in women's studies."" - Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam War, 1945-1990 ""Taylor greatly enhances our understanding of the contributions of Vietnam's women, providing vivid accounts of training, deployment, strategy and tactics, propaganda activities, support services, imprisonment and torture, and other aspects of their involvement in the war. Recommended for all levels."" - Choice
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Companion to Colossus Reborn Key Documents and
Book SynopsisA documentary and statistical foundation for Colossus Reborn. Its includes a roster of the senior command cadre during wartime, a description of the army's weaponry and equipment, and a listing of the Red Army's and NKVD's order of battle at six crucial points from June 22, 1941, through December 31, 1943.
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Random House USA Inc Child of God Vintage International
Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road • In this taut, chilling story, Lester Ballard—a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape—haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail. While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.Like the novelists he admires-Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner-Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves. —Washington PostLook for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical New Horizons in Geometry
Book SynopsisRepresents the fruits of 15 years of work in geometry by prize-winning authors Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian. Using new and intuitively rich methods, they give beautifully illustrated proofs of results, the majority of which are new, and frequently develop extensions of familiar theorems.Trade ReviewIn a remarkable display of mathematical versatility and imagination, the authors present us with a wealth of geometrical gems. These beautiful and often surprising results deal with a multitude of geometric forms, their interrelationships, and in many cases, their connection with patterns underlying the laws of nature."" - Don Chakerian""New Horizons in Geometry is a compendium of joint work produced by the authors during the period 1998-2012, most of it published in the American Mathematical Monthly, Math Horizons, Mathematics Magazine, and The Mathematical Gazette. The published papers have been edited, augmented and rearranged into 15 chapters dealing with several parts of classical geometry. The authors provide fresh and powerful insights into geometry that requires only a modest background in mathematics. Using new and intuitively rich methods, they give beautifully illustrated proofs of results and extensions of familiar theorems. Lengths, areas and volumes of curves, surfaces and solids are explored from a visually captivating perspective. Powerful geometric methods are used to solve standard calculus problems. Constructions and mechanical interpretations in the spirit of Archimedes involving centroids and moments are carried to new heights and to higher dimensional spaces. The hundreds of full color illustrations are visually enticing and provide great motivation to read further and savor the wonderful results. This book is a must have for any geometer."" - Dirk Keppen, Zentrallblatt MATH""Readers of New Horizons in Geometry are in for a great ride in the spirit of Archimedes through a beautiful geometrical landscape that will give you considerable pleasure and a heightened appreciation for a wonderful subject."" - Don Albers, former Director of MAA Publications
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy
Book SynopsisThe Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation-related paintings, and literature, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow explores this little-known world of bathrooms and sewers, offering unique insights into Roman sanitation, engineering, urban planning and development, hygiene, and public health.Trade ReviewLike all the best ancient history, [this book] provides rigorous engagement with our own assumptions about then and about now."" - The Spectator""If shelf space allows only one book on Roman toilets, this is it."" - CHOICE""[Professor Koloski-Ostrow's] book is a dense scholarly examination of sanitation in Ancient Rome, but is also chalked full of thought-provoking insights and insightful research about everyday life's most private behavior."" - United Nations of Roma Victrix""[A]. . . passionate account of the toilets and sewers of Roman Italy."" - Times Literary Supplement""Invaluable. . . . A thoughtful investigation of an essential aspect of Roman civilization. Highly recommended."" - Library Journal""Extremely helpful for anyone wanting to approach the study of ancient sanitation and is essential for any serious student of the Ancient Roman World."" - Canadian Journal of History""A spirited, insightful, and eagerly-awaited monograph. . . . Effectively makes the case for an interdisciplinary approach to toilets and sanitation in any time period."" - Classical Journal
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University Press of Kansas Flak German Antiaircraft Defenses 19141945
Book SynopsisLong the neglected stepchild in studies of World War II air campaigns, German anti-aircraft units have been frequently dismissed by historians as ineffective weapons that wasted valuable resources. Edward Westermann disagrees with that view and makes a convincing case for the contributions made by the range of German anti-aircraft defenses.Trade ReviewMakes a persuasive case that flak played a more important role than is reflected in the standard studies of the combined bomber offensive and the Luftwaffe....The book reads well, tackles interpretations that have become generally accepted, and contains a wealth of information that will interest a broader audience." —German Studies Review"A major and convincing contribution to our knowledge of the German military and aerial warfare." —International History Review"A remarkable study." —Richard R. Muller, author of The German Air War in Russia
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University Press of Kansas Singin in the Rain
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University Press of Kansas The Wehrmacht Retreats Fighting a Lost War 1943
Book SynopsisThroughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal.
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Princeton University Press The Fascinating World of Graph Theory
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "The Fascinating World of Graph Theory shows its pedagogic value. Traditional courseware develops subject matter from the bottom on up, going from basic definitions to the more complex. [This book] is different, not starting with the simplest structures or algorithms but with interesting problems to be solved, puzzles that use graphs and networks... [It is] readable and 'student-friendly'--more so than the typical math textbook."--New York Journal of Books "[The authors] have set out to make graph theory not only accessible to people with a limited mathematics background, but also to make it interesting. They have--by virtue of very clear writing, combined with a greater-than-usual emphasis on the historical and personal side of the subject--succeeded admirably."--MAA Reviews "The book is written masterfully; the narrative in each chapter flows naturally, engagingly... [I]t's a popular but also comprehensive introduction into graph theory."--Alexander Bogomolny, Cut the Knot blog "A fun and interesting tour of graph theory, leaving each visitor with a feeling of accomplishment and a satisfying understanding of this unusual mathematical world... This is an entertaining book for those who enjoy solving problems, plus readers will learn about some powerful mathematical ideas along the way!"--Choice "Here is a book with an enjoyable mix of mathematics and its applications, spiced with liberal amounts of history and anecdote... The value of books like this is that they make mathematics come alive to a broad range of readers who might not look twice at a textbook or monograph."--Norman Biggs, London Mathematical Society Newsletter "Deftly written and dynamic...The Fascinating World of Graph Theoryis an aptly named book, able to present a wide variety of central topics in graph theory, including the history behind them... in a lively and entertaining manner... A superb example of approachable mathematical writing."--SIAM Review "The authors manage to motivate all topics with interesting applications, historical problems and discussion of concepts from an intuitive point of view."--Radu Trimbitas, Studia Mathematica "I am not going to try to list the topics that are covered, since there is a great variety. This breadth, along with the superb writing, make the book a must-have for anyone with serious interest in graph theory."--James M. Cargal, UMAP JournalTable of ContentsPreface vii Prologue xiii 1 Introducing Graphs 1 2 Classifying Graphs 22 3 Analyzing Distance 45 4 Constructing Trees 67 5 Traversing Graphs 91 6 Encircling Graphs 108 7 Factoring Graphs 125 8 Decomposing Graphs 143 9 Orienting Graphs 164 10 Drawing Graphs 183 11 Coloring Graphs 206 12 Synchronizing Graphs 226 Epilogue Graph Theory: A Look Back-The Road Ahead 251 Exercises 255 Selected References 309 Index of Names 317 Index of Mathematical Terms 319
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University Press of Kansas Armageddon in Stalingrad Volume 2 The Stalingrad
Book SynopsisThe German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmacht's flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: 'Not a Step Back!' This title looks at this most iconic military campaign of the Eastern Front and Hitler's first great strategic defeat.Trade ReviewFifteen years ago the late John Erickson wrote that the research of Glantz and House reflected an ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’ of the Nazi-Soviet war and constituted a benchmark for excellence in the field. The Stalingrad trilogy reflects the fact that they maintain that standard, while bringing to light a new understanding of many old questions.""- War in History;""This work will stand the test of time.""- Parameters;""This volume will stand as the definitive study of the fighting in one of the critical battles of World War II. It will be of interest to anyone desiring to understand the conduct of the campaign.""- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review;""A critical addition to the growing literature on the German-Soviet War. . . . A unique account of perhaps the most important battle of the Second World War.""- The Russian Review;""Trawling through the endnotes and noting the research that has gone into this and the previous volume, it is increasingly apparent that it is unlikely in the short-medium term that this work or its predecessor will be challenged as operational histories of the fighting for Stalingrad, and it is in this regard that this work will stand the test of time and represent a significant contribution to the literature.""- Historian;""Glantz and House have produced seminal studies of major events: the Battle of Kursk and the campaign on the Eastern Front. In terms of research, insight, and revision, Armageddon is their best yet.""- Slavic Review;""This book not only gives a vivid and fascinating narrative of the Verdun-like struggle for Stalingrad. . . . Highly recommended. Of value to both the specialist and armchair historian. When all three volumes can be collected, it will be a comprehensive source of information for any question on the battle.""- RUSI Journal;""What sets this book apart from other books on Stalingrad is the wealth of detail. The authors were granted unparalleled access to records from both Russian and Wehrmacht sources.""- Military Review;""Glantz and House are writing the definitive history of the Stalingrad campaign. Their trilogy, backed by meticulous scholarship and refreshingly fair minded, significantly alters long-accepted views of several important aspects of the campaign. . . . A monumental work that is unlikely to be surpassed as an account of the most important single campaign of the Second World War.""- Evan Mawdsley, author of Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War, 1941–1945;""A magisterial study that draws on a wealth of previously inaccessible Red Army records and will be indispensable reading for all serious students of the battle.""- Michael K. Jones, author of Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed
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Duke University Press My Voice Is My Weapon
Book SynopsisDavid A. McDonald presents an ethnographic study of the role of music and musicians in the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.Trade Review"David A. McDonald has written a singular, ambitious, and much-needed book that explores a very important dimension of the Palestinian-Israeli question. He provides an invaluable historical overview of Palestinian resistance music since the 1930s and an ethnography of music and musicians during the second intifada and its aftermath."—Ted Swedenburg, coeditor of Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture"This book is highly original, well researched, and extremely engaging. Through strong social analysis and sharp historical insights, David A. McDonald connects music, poetry, performance, and political life among the Palestinian people."—Virginia Danielson, author of The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthūm, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century“The volume, and the fieldwork from which it is written… do much to demystify Palestinian politics and political expression for western readers; for this reason among the other strengths of the work,My Voice is My Weapon will prove a valuable tool for students, educators and the general public in years to come.” -- Rayya S. El Zein * Ethnomusicology Forum *“There are at least two and possibly three different books co-existing within David McDonald’s comprehensive and impressively researched study of music in Palestinian society and its role in shaping national identity within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . . . a compelling and monumental study.” * Songlines *"By including Palestinians living in the Palestinian Territories, in Israel, and in exile as well as a plethora of musical genres, McDonald shows the diversity of history, experience, and meaning of Palestinian identity." -- KD * Middle East Journal *“David A. McDonald’s study of Palestinian music is . . . an acute, nuanced account of Palestinian history and identity as it is sung, danced, and performed by Palestinians. What emerges is neither a simple counter-narrative nor an essentialized, sugarcoated tale of Palestinian resistance and resilience. Instead, it is an incisive and thoughtful examination of a multilayered narrative as it has emerged over time and been variously interpreted and experienced by Palestinians in Israel, the occupied territories, and the diaspora. McDonald’s work is significant if simply for the fact that it is the first English-language monograph to substantially engage with Palestinian music as it relates to the shaping and formation of Palestinian identity.” -- Sylvia A. Alajaji * Journal of Popular Music Studies *"In My Voice Is My Weapon David A. McDonald rigorously examines Palestinian exile, occupation, and dispossession through an ethnographic history of Palestinian protest music.... Through rigorous analysis of musical repertoire, performers, and historical context, McDonald clearly illustrates the multiplicity of Palestinian resistance strategies and competing visions of nationhood, thus encouraging scholars to reconsider the making of modern national consciousness.... This study of Palestinian protest music richly reveals how repertoire binds together disparate experiences of Palestinian national identity into a musical landscape." -- Shayna M. Silverstein * PoLAR *"My Voice is My Weapon is remarkable, well researched and presented.... Although those involved with Middle Eastern studies will no doubt find this book to be of significance, due to its musical subject matter and ethnohistorical approach My Voice is My Weapon is a must-read for any cultural anthropologists, folklorists, and especially ethnomusicologists with an interest in the topic." -- Lisa Urkevich * Notes *“Literature on Palestinian music is scarce. This makes David McDonald’s My Voice Is My Weapon, which includes a substantial amount of overviews and details information on Palestinian music, a much-needed addition to the current research. What is more, the book is valuable as a piece of well-done research.” -- Stig-Magnus Thorsén * World of Music *"...this is a fascinating, well- researched and compelling study that will find appreciative audiences among students and scholars of the Middle East, popular culture, and music. It should be required reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on popular culture, ethnomusicology, and Middle Eastern Studies, not only for its rich historical and ethnographic material and excellent online archive, but for its methodological insights and conclusions." -- Jonathan Shannon * Ethnomusicology *Table of ContentsIllustrations viii Note on Transliterations xi Note on Accessing Performance Videos xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. Nationalism, Belonging, and the Performativity of Resistance 17 2. Poets, Singers, and Songs: Voices in the Resistance Movement (1917–1967) 34 3. Al-Naksa and the Emergence of Political Song (1967–1987) 78 4. The First Intifada and the Generation of Stones (1987–2000) 116 5. Revivals and New Arrivals: The al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–2010) 144 6. "My Songs Can Reach the Whole Nation": Baladna and Protest Song in Jordan 163 7. Imprisonment and Exile: Negotiating Power and Resistance in Palestinian Protest Song 199 8. New Directions and New Modalities: Palestinian Hip-Hop in Israel 231 9. "Carrying Words Like Weapons": DAM Brings Hip-Hop to the West Bank 262 Epilogue 283 Appendix: Song Lyric Transliterations 287 Notes 305 Bibliography 321 Index 329
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Jewish Publication Society The Duke of Naxos of the House of Nasi
Book SynopsisRead the story of Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos, Lord of Tiberias, a heroic leader who profoundly affected the history of sixteenth-century Jews of Eastern Europe. A biography based on meticulous research, a study of human character and the effect of a hero upon his age.
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University of Oklahoma Press Homeric Greek A Book for Beginners
Book SynopsisFor many years, Homeric Greek has been a standard textbook for first-year Greek courses in college and preparatory schools. This fourth edition addresses the needs of today's teachers and students, while retaining the elements of the original book responsible for its longevity.
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University of Minnesota Press City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe
Book SynopsisThis volume takes a comprehensive look at the many types of city spectacles that entertained the masses and confirmed various messages of power in late medieval Europe. The authors reveal a public cognizant of the power of symbols to express its goals and achievements.Table of ContentsPart 1 Ritual significance in municipal and royal politics: Configurations of the community in late medieval spectacles - Paris and London during the dual monarchy, Lawrence Bryant; Civic liturgies and urban records in northern France 12th-14th centuries, Brigitte Bedos-Rezak; La grant fest - Philip the Fair's celebration of the knighting of his sons in Paris at Pentecost of 1313, Elizabeth A.R. Brown and Nancy Freeman Regalado. Part 2 Public and private religious expression in the urban context: Icons, altarpieces, and civic ritual in Siena Cathedral 1200-1530, Bram Kempers; The liturgy of the Count's advent in Bruges from Galbert to Van Eyck, James Murray; The spectacle of suffering in Spanish streets, Maureen Flynn. Part 3 Harmony and dissonance in the urban ceremonial community: Ceremony and oligarchy - the London Midsummer watch, Sheila Lindenbaum; Social separateness and urban ceremony - the guild of St George, Benjamin McRee; The politics of welcome - ceremonies and constitutional development in later medieval English towns, Lorraine Attreed. Part 4 The political overtones of public entertainment: The Duke and his towns - The power of ceremonies, feasts, and public amusement in the Duchy of Guelders (east Netherlands) in the 14th and 15th centuries, Gerard Nijsten ; In the pit of the Burgundian Theatre state - urban traditions and princely ambitions in Ghent, 1360-1420, David Nicholas. (part contents).
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University of Minnesota Press Testimonio
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University of Minnesota Press Collectivism after Modernism
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New York University Press The Delectable Negro Human Consumption and
Book SynopsisTakes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence.Trade ReviewWe have all read about the hunger of slaves whose masters sought to starve them into submission. ButThe Delectable Negroasks of these slaves: 'How does it feel to be an edible, consumed object?' Inverting the trope of slave hunger, VincentWoodardprovocatively suggests that the slaveholder is a parasite who feeds off the slaves body in acts that range from cannibalistic to sexual modes of consumption, especially the homoerotic. In an even greater provocation, however, Woodard argues that within the black community, hunger is transformed into a regenerative space from which the search for home and communal belonging may be initiated. A bold and brilliant book. -- Carla L. Peterson,author of Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York CityThe Delectable Negrouncovers a compelling set of themes in the scholarship on U.S. slave culture: white cannibalism as a significant trope for white depletion of, and desire for, the laboring and eroticized black male body. In a stunning series of arguments, Woodard forces us to reconsider the historical out-of-hand rejection of black African fear (and, not rarely, claims) of white cannibalism, showing how remarkably wide-reaching was the sense that slavery satisfied some sadomasochistic instinct among the slave-owning class. -- Maurice O. Wallace,author of Constructing the Black MasculineThe Delectable Negro is a brilliant, fearless, and deeply political book. * Early American Literature *With unflinching clarity,The Delectable Negroexposes and examines the pervasive cultural fantasies that have rendered the enslaved black body into a consumable object from the eighteenth century to the present. [] [I]ts powerful insights will continue to generate new lines of important inquiry for years to come. * American Historical Review *It should be noted here that Woodard died before this book was published; it is a shame that he could not see his daring work enter debate. Praise must go to Joyce and McBride, moreover, for their careful and attentive editorial work that made this publication of this text possible. . . . Woodard's career would surely have been even bolder after this book, but this text's interruption into critical theory alone is itself worth celebrating. * American Studies *Table of ContentsEditor's Note Justin A. JoyceForewordE. Patrick Johnson Introduction: "Master ... eated me when I was meat" 1. Cannibalism in Transatlantic Context 2. Sex, Honor, and Human Consumption 3. A Tale of Hunger Retold: Ravishment and Hunger in F. Douglass's Life and Writing 4. Domestic Rituals of Consumption 5. Eating Nat Turner 6. The Hungry Nigger Notes BibliographyIndex About the Author About the Editors
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New York University Press Dreaming in the Worlds Religions A Comparative
Book SynopsisA carefully researched, accessibly written portrait of dreaming as a powerful, unpredictable, often iconoclastic force in human religious lifeTrade Review"From the American Indian ritual of the vision quest to the Muslim prayer and dream-incubation practice of istikhara, there have been cultural traditions of enhancing people's awareness of their dreams and deriving insights from them. Modern researchers can learn from such practices and combine them with today's technologies, using new tools to fulfill an ancient pursuit." -- Kelly Bulkeley * New York Times *"With this original and provacative book, Bulkeley has shown what the 'new' comparative study of religion at its very best can offer." -- Kimberley C. Patton * History of Religions *"A pleasure to read, well written and full of fascinating examples. It is unique in combining a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of the religious meanings of dreams with a state-of-the-art treatment of the insights that cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology bring to our understanding of them." -- Wendy Doniger,author of Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities"Offers a sophisticated, yet easily accessible and engaging discussion of how and in what way dreams and a broad range of the worlds religions have enjoyed mutual influence throughout history." -- Nina P. Azari,Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopaedia of Religions and Sciences"The scope of Bulkeley’s knowledge is impressive, as is his skill at synthesizing ideas from a variety of source material." * Publishers Weekly *"The chronological/regional organization, along with the authors careful, scholarly prose, makes this practical as a classroom textbook." * Library Journal *"Such a chronological/regional organization, along with the author's careful, scholarly prose, makes this practical as a classroom textbook...for interested readers and students, there are notes and an ample bibliography to stimulate further study. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with strong religion collections." * Library Journal *"Psychoanalysis and phenomenology combine to understand dreams and dreaming as comprehended by a geographically and temporally wide spectrum of global and regional religions. Bulkeley argues that scientific understandings are not unique in their reflective critique of the nature or value of dreaming, that critical reflection on dreams can be found in a variety of traditions, and that even where evidence for formal analysis is lacking, dreams are categorized by type and value." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Translations Introduction 1 Hinduism 2 Chinese Religions 3 Buddhism 4 Religions of the Fertile Crescent 5 Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome 6 Christianity 7 Islam 8 Religions of Africa 9 Religions of Oceania 10 Religions of the Americas Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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University of Pennsylvania Press Border Lines
Book Synopsis"Encourages us to see historic Christianity as but one expression of a universalistic potential in Jewish monotheism... In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."-Jack Miles, CommonwealTrade Review"Encourages us to see historic Christianity as but one expression of a universalistic potential in Jewish monotheism. . . . In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece." * Jack Miles, Commonweal *"Boyarin's book challenges the ordinary usage of the terms 'Judaism' and 'Christianity' and juxtaposes the formation of orthodoxy as it is formulated within rabbinic tradition and among Christians of the patristic period. His bold thesis will no doubt prove controversial and important." * Elaine Pagels, author of Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas *"Boyarin proposes that by constructing the categories of religious orthodoxy and heresy, second-century Gentile Christians created the concept of religion which pervades the Western world to this day. The work is intensely provocative and innovative and is destined to take its proper place as a modern classic among Boyarin's previous works." * Shofar *Table of ContentsPreface: Interrogate My Love List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction PART I. MAKING A DIFFERENCE: THE HERESIOLOGICAL BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM Chapter 2. Justin's Dialogue with the Jews: The Beginnings of Orthodoxy Chapter 3. Naturalizing the Border: Apostolic Succession in the Mishna PART II. THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE LOGOS: HOW LOGOS THEOLOGY BECAME CHRISTIAN Chapter 4. The Intertextual Birth of the Logos: The Prologue to John as a Jewish Midrash Chapter 5. The Jewish Life of the Logos: Logos Theology in Pre- and Pararabbinic Judaism Chapter 6. The Crucifixion of the Memra: How the Logos Became Christian PART III. SPARKS OF THE LOGOS: HISTORICIZING RABBINIC RELIGION Chapter 7. The Yavneh Legend of the Stammaim: On the Invention of the Rabbis in the Sixth Century Chapter 8. "When the Kingdom Turned to Minut": The Christian Empire and the Rabbinic Refusal of Religion Concluding Political Postscript: A Fragment Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Oklahoma Press Translating Maya Hieroglyphs
Book SynopsisThe only comprehensive introduction designed specifically for those new to the study, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs uses a hands-on approach to teach learners the current state of Maya epigraphy.Trade ReviewThis long-overdue, richly illustrated introduction to the beauty and complexity of Maya script will be a welcome resource to students and scholars alike. Scott A. J. Johnson provides not only a valuable teaching tool but a way to bring archaeologists, linguists, and historians of the Maya up to date on the many advances made in understanding Maya texts over recent decades.""Martha Macri, coeditor of The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs: The Codical Texts
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University of Oklahoma Press Charles Goodnight
Book SynopsisTells the exciting story of a Texas Ranger, adventurer, and immigration officer who became a symbol of his age while gambling with death in the wild frontier regions of Texas, Arizona, and Old and New Mexico.
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John Wiley & Sons Cleopatra A Sourcebook
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University of Nebraska Press Aminadab
Book SynopsisFeatures Thomas who upon seeing a women gesture to him from a window of a large boarding house, enters the building and slowly becomes embroiled in its inscrutable workings. Although Thomas is constantly reassured that he can leave the building, he seems to be separated forever from the world he has left behind.Trade Review"Aminadab is a startling provocation, a gauntlet thrown down to the fiction reader-and yet there is no complicated theory or code to be cracked in order to participate in the originality of Maurice Blanchot's 1942 novel. Maurice Blanchot may hardly be a household name in America, but in some circles he is one of the essential writers of the 20th century... Every sentence of Aminadab is an invitation to think, about language, about responsibility, about life. Blanchot's density requires us to slow down our reading; he makes us pause, grow uncomfortable. Yet we are taken by Blanchot's seerlike ability to penetrate to the core of some of the darker aspects of the 20th century."-Thomas McGonigle, Washington Post Book World -- Thomas McGonigle Washington Post Book World "(Blanchot's fictions) explore the difficulty and frustration of grasping and communicating meaning in a universe that seems complacently devoid of it... This important publication offers the perfect introduction to an elusive, recondite, and unusually rewarding writer."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews "Blanchot's work continually challenges the limits of form and language, continually forces us to question what we know and how we put that knowledge (if it in fact exists) into a language that always resists us... Nebraska has been at the forefront of bringing Blanchot's work into English translation... And this volume, with Fort's introduction, joins earlier translations by Ann Smock of The Space of Literature and The Writing Disaster as some of the most important work on Blanchot in English thus far."-Jason D. Fichtel, Review of Contemporary Fiction -- Jason D. Fichtel Review of Contemporary FictionTable of ContentsTranslator's Introduction; Aminadab
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