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Book cover of Augustine and Kierkegaard
by Curtis L. Thompson, Matthew Drever, Erik Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

This volume is a continuation of our series exploring Saint Augustine’s influence on later thought, this time bringing the fifth century bishop into dialogue with 19th century philosopher, theologian, social critic, and originator of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard. The connections, contrasts,...
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Nature, Politics, and the Arts

Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring

by Nina Auerbach, John Clubbe, Carl Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...
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Representation, Heterodoxy, and Aesthetics

Essays in Honor of Ronald Paulson

by John Barrell, Ann Bermingham, Robert Folkenflik
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014

This book is a wide-ranging study of British literature and art from the late seventeenth through the early nineteenth centuries, one that stresses the connections between visual and verbal representation. Key emphases of the book include aesthetics, the aims and motives of individual producers of...
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Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy

The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice

by Douglas H. Sprenkle, PhD, Sean D. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009

Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to help clients achieve better results. The authors show that regardless of a clinician's orientation or favored techniques, there...
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The Cord Keepers

Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village

by Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hull
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2004

None of the world’s “lost writings” have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded knowledge in knotted cords of cotton or wool called khipus. In The Cord Keepers, the distinguished anthropologist Frank Salomon...
Book cover of The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic
by Lynne L. Hume Ph.D., Nevill Drury
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013

The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects. Through detailed case studies, verbatim accounts of personal experiences, and first-hand experience from the authors' own active participation in many...
Book cover of Finding Love in the Midst of Pain
by Gwendolyn D. L. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015

Finding Love in the Midst of Pain was written at a time when I was feeling lost and alone. I had just received a medical diagnosis which has no cure and I will be constrained to taking medication for the rest of my life. I found solace and hope when I started this project. I felt a sense of hope and...
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The Road to Scientific Success

Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers(Volume 2)

by Deborah D L Chung
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013

This is Volume 2 of the book series The Road to Scientific Success: Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers. Authoritative scientists describe their life experiences in relation to how success was attained, how their careers were developed, how their research was steered, how priorities were...
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Building for Eternity

the History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea

by C.J. Brandon, R.L. Hohlfelder, M.D. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014

One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the...
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Environmental Forensics

Contaminant Specific Guide

by Robert D. Morrison, Brian L. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010

Environmental forensics is the application of scientific techniques for the purpose of identifying the source and age of a contaminant. Over the past several years, this study has been expanding as a course of study in academia, government and commercial markets. The US Environmental Protection Agency...
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Keep Getting Up

Reflections of a Global Agent for Change

by Ann L. Standford Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008

Keep Getting Up is the first book of its kind to be written by a black woman career public servant. Its about her 40-year journey finding her identity and meaning for her life as a youngster and as an adult, and then finding her place on the world stage as an ambitious and talented professional. In...
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The Making of a Physician

—This Was My Calling—

by Harry L. Graber M.D. F.A.C.C.
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016

Both genetic and environmental factors play important roles in one’s life. Genetics remains a fixed entity, whereas environment is a variable. Environmental experiences in life can have a positive or negative influence upon the genetic makeup of a given individual. Decision-making in the preschool...
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Enterprise Software Security

A Confluence of Disciplines

by Kenneth R. van Wyk, Mark G. Graff, Dan S. Peters
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

STRENGTHEN SOFTWARE SECURITY BY HELPING DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER   Traditional approaches to securing software are inadequate. The solution: Bring software engineering and network security teams together in a new, holistic approach to protecting the entire enterprise. Now, four...
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Out of the Nightmare

Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

by David L. Conroy Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006

Out of the Nightmare. An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain. decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles...
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