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Davidson, Donald. The Structure of Truth. Edited by Cameron Kirk-Giannini and Ernie Lepore. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842491.001.0001.

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Donald Davidson’s 1970 Locke Lectures appear in print for the first time in this volume, accompanied by an introduction highlighting their significance as a snapshot of his evolving views in the philosophy of language and describing their relationship to the work he published during his lifetime. The lectures comprise an invaluable historical document that illuminates how Davidson was thinking about the theory of meaning, the role of a truth theory therein, the ontological commitments of a truth theory, the notion of logical form, and so on, at a pivotal moment in the development of his though

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Kaduri, Yael. Introduction. Edited by Yael Kaduri. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199841547.013.38.

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The introduction to this volume describes the rationale behind the overall structure of theHandbook, starting with the question of how music and sound have become so important in recent developments in contemporary art. It discusses three aspects, which are reflected in the division of the volume into three sections. The first is the sensorial distinction between art and music; the second is the intangible physicality of sound waves, the raw material of music; and the third is music as a product of live performance. Suggesting a short survey of historical, aesthetic, theoretical, and technolog

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Teubner, Jonathan D. Prayer as Acceptance of Time. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767176.003.0004.

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Chapter 2 examines Augustine’s ‘ascents of the soul’, and how, over time, this motif shapes Augustine’s understanding of both his beliefs about and practices of prayer. Extending a line of argument that begins in Chapter 1, this chapter inspects how Augustine makes a shift in the structure of the ascent that has profound and lasting consequences: whereas in De ordine and De quantitate animae ascent is envisioned as the mind’s ascent to vision, in De vera religione the ascent is more properly characterized as the human being’s temporal journey towards the beata vita that is enticed by the truth

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Reed, Christopher Robert. Demography and Ethos. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252036231.003.0002.

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The political economy of the 1920s were intricately linked to the demographic changes, emerging social structure, level of racial consciousness, cultural and aesthetic expressions, and religious practices and activities of this pivotal period in Chicago's history. This chapter focuses on demographics and the thinking accompanying the expansion of this population. Between 1910 and 1920, the African American population of Chicago increased by 148.5 percent. By 1927, a head count around the city in all three of the major geographical divisions found 196,569 persons of African descent in residence

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Cunningham, Steve. Diagnosis and process of care. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198702948.003.0002.

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Children with CF are now identified by newborn screening programmes, but not in every country, nor is every case is identified by newborn screening. Methods of diagnosis have become more complex as the CF gene has been mapped and more mutations identified, some of which may not be associated with disease. The sweat test remains the primary method of diagnosis, along with clinical symptoms. Clinical care is increasingly orientated to reduce the risk of cross-infection between patients. The range of organisms for which cross-infection measures are put in place is increasing. Routine clinic revie

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Burton, Derek, and Margaret Burton. Integration and control: the nervous system. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785552.003.0011.

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The complexity of fish behaviour and information processing indicates high levels of neural, anatomical and functional organization. Neural cells are conducting neurons and neuroglia with putative support and physiological roles. Neuronal conduction, synaptic transmission, reflexes and neuropils are factors in integrative activity and information processing. Fish nervous systems are organized into central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral (including autonomic) components. Interestingly the structure and function of the fish optic tectum have been considered comparable to those of the tetr

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Hopper, JoyAnna. Environmental Agencies in the United States. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666992427.

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Each state's physical environment, economy, and politics demands a unique approach to environmental enforcement. In some states, industry works closely with regulators to construct rules that protect state economic interests. In other states, regulators are more at odds with industry, arguing that there can be no cost placed on access to clean air and water. While we have long-considered powerful legislatures and governors the pilots of environmental enforcement behavior in the states, focusing on elected officials ignores the pivotal role environmental agencies and their employees play in det

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Frassetto, Michael, ed. The Early Medieval World. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216185604.

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The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne addresses the social and material culture of this critical period in the evolution of Western society, covering the social, political, cultural, and religious history of the Mediterranean world and northern Europe. The two-volume set explains how invading and migrating barbarian tribes-spurred by raiding Huns from the steppes of Central Asia-contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and documents how the blending of Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures birthed a new civilization in Western Europe, cr

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Frassetto, Michael, ed. The Early Medieval World. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216185598.

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The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne addresses the social and material culture of this critical period in the evolution of Western society, covering the social, political, cultural, and religious history of the Mediterranean world and northern Europe. The two-volume set explains how invading and migrating barbarian tribes-spurred by raiding Huns from the steppes of Central Asia-contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and documents how the blending of Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures birthed a new civilization in Western Europe, cr

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Sparding, Peter. No Better Friend? Oxford University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197806777.001.0001.

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Abstract The German-American relationship is the decisive transatlantic dynamic of our time. Long seen as one of the most stable connections between Europe and America thanks to its well-defined Cold War structure and hierarchy, relations between Washington and Berlin have become much more volatile in the twenty-first century—and are playing an increasingly pivotal role in determining the degree to which Europe and the United States will be able to shape a rapidly changing world order. Stabilizing this uniquely complicated relationship will be no easy feat. At times more closely aligned politi

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Skrbic, Nena. Wild Outbursts of Freedom. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216035817.

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A pivotal figure in the world of novelists, Virginia Woolf was an outsider as a short story writer. Her stories form a large part of her output, but they were routinely sidelined in favor of her novels, which remain her pre-eminent literary legacy. Bringing together information from unpublished sources, Skrbic provides a long-overdue examination of Woolf's experiments with the short story form. Offering a model for the analysis of Woolf's short fiction, this book gives prominence to the way in which Woolf utilizes the short story's indeterminate frame to question the form, structure, and conve

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Thomas, G. Scott. A New World to Be Won. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400691348.

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This book tells the story of 1960—a tumultuous, transitional year that unleashed the forces that eventually reshaped the American nation and the entire planet, to the joy of millions and the sorrow of millions more. In 1960, attitudes were changing; barriers were falling. It was a transitional year, during which the world as we know it today was beginning to take shape. While other books have focused on the presidential contest between Kennedy and Nixon, A New World to Be Won: John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and the Tumultuous Year of 1960 illuminates the emerging forces that would transform the

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Sarker, Md Masud. US Pivot toward India after 9/11. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2023. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781978738645.

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The book is a very timely and important work on US foreign policy toward India since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Masud Sarker traces the trajectory of closer Indo-US relations during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The author applies a qualitative framework to describe these changes and explain the factors that clarify the strengthened bilateral relationship, especially after decades of irritable relations between the two "estranged democracies." The book compares two influences that shaped the rapprochement between India and the US: the 9/11 attacks and global structur

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Galvin, Daniel J. Political Parties in American Politics. Edited by Orfeo Fioretos, Tulia G. Falleti, and Adam Sheingate. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199662814.013.18.

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Political parties are closely associated with pivotal turning points in American political development. Surprisingly little attention, however, has been given to how the parties, themselves, change over time. Whether they are conceptualized as formal organizations or as networks of groups, studying parties from a historical-institutional perspective directs attention to their structural arrangements and the processes through which those arrangements change. Identifying mechanisms of change and specifying the conditions under which different types of change may occur, the historical-institution

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Fernández, Miguel Ángel García, and José Juan Gómez de Diego. Transthoracic echocardiography/two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0002.

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The echocardiogram is an extremely useful technique that gives all relevant information on morphology and function of the heart in a wide range of clinical situations. The very first step in echo is how to achieve the images needed for the cardiac evaluation. This chapter covers the basics of echo imaging acquisition including patient positioning and the pivotal concepts of echocardiographic window and view. The two-dimensional echo planes are carefully explained with a detailed description of the cardiac structures that can be studied in every view. The clinical scenarios where a specific ima

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Curthoys, Mark. Heather Ellis, Generational Conflict and University Reform. Oxford in an Age of Revolution (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2012), viii + 257. ISBN: 9789004225527; E-ISBN: 9789004233164. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198807025.003.0015.

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This chapter reviews the book Generational Conflict and University Reform. Oxford in an Age of Revolution (2012), by Heather Ellis. The book examines the changes in the curriculum, examination system, and institutional structures at the University of Oxford between 1714 and 1854 in the light of what it considers a growing tension between undergraduates and their tutors. It argues that generational conflict between seniors and juniors was a key factor in the reform process at Oxford. It also points to the revolutionary tendencies of Oxford students, hitherto regarded as overwhelmingly conservat

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Raslan, Ahmed, and Ashwin Viswanathan, eds. Functional Neurosurgery. Oxford University PressNew York, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190887629.001.0001.

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Abstract Functional neurosurgery by example is a concise text designed to provide neurosurgeons in training and early career neurosurgeons a deeper dive into the nuances of functional neurosurgery through carefully selected case examples. The overall structure and format of this book follows the structure and format of the series, which includes bulleted questions, pearls, pivot points and complications. The discussions reflect the thought process behind the management choice(s) presented for each case as well as the alternative choices with their pros and cons. The cases chosen encompass the

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Richebé, Philippe, and Cyril Rivat. The effects of morphine on the CNS. Edited by Paul Farquhar-Smith, Pierre Beaulieu, and Sian Jagger. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198834359.003.0017.

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The 1973 paper by Jacquet and Lajtha, was a pivotal report in understanding the effects of opioids on nociception, as it investigated the effects of morphine on different brain structures. To do this, the authors used a microinjection technique that allowed them to specifically target subcortical sites. The animals used in this study were rats, and evaluation of the nociceptive threshold was based on the behavioural reaction to electrical shock. Two reactions were evaluated: flinch or jump responses. The main result was that, depending on the dose and the site of injection, morphine produced e

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Edwards, Michael, ed. The Agōn in Classical Literature: Studies in Honour of Chris Carey. University of London, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14296/wkue3508.

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The multifaceted 'agōn' – a ‘contest of words’ – is a force formulating classical literary tradition. This book reflects on facets of the 'agōn' and its representations in classical literature across a variety of genres and ideological contexts, from Homer to lyric poetry, drama, law, rhetoric and historiography, and the pivotal role of competition in ancient Greek thought. It sketches out key lines of inquiry pertaining to the study of the 'agōn' as a literary, structural and dialectic form, as a means of authority and power, and as a competitive element in poetic diction and performance. Sti

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Budick, Sanford. Hazarding All. Edinburgh University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474493154.001.0001.

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Hazarding All focuses on the second half of Shakespeare’s career, which pivots (even far more significantly than Stephen Greenblatt has noted) on the conceptual and theatrical breakthroughs of Hamlet. The book is structured on a series of pairings of plays: Hamlet and As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice and Othello; and King Lear and The Winter’s Tale. Each pairing discloses Shakespeare’s effort to achieve intersubjectivity by negating the theatricalising impulses of the ego. He achieves this by means, in fact, of a highly demanding species of theatricalisation. In these texts Shakespeare’s

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Stroeher, Vicki P., and Justin Vickers, eds. Benjamin Britten in Context. Cambridge University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108634878.

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Benjamin Britten, pianist, conductor, educator, composer of a wide range of music from large-scale operas and choral works to string quartets and songs, is acknowledged as a pivotal figure in mid-twentieth-century Britain. This volume explores the contexts for his multi-faceted career and his engagement with his contemporaries in music, art, literature, and film, British musical institutions, royal and governmental entities, and the church, as well as his ground-breaking projects, philosophical and ideological tenets. The book is thematically structured in five parts: Britten's relationships w

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Boraden, Nhem. The Khmer Rouge. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400675676.

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This book provides a comprehensive yet concise narrative of the history of the Khmer Rouge, from its inception during the 1950s through its eventual reintegration into Cambodian society in 1998. The Khmer Rouge: Ideology, Militarism, and the Revolution That Consumed a Generation examines the entire organizational life of the Khmer Rouge, looking at it from both a societal and organizational perspective. The chapters cover each pivotal period in the history of the Khmer Rouge, explaining how extreme militarism, organizational dynamics, leadership policies, and international context all conspire

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de Graaf, Beatrice, Ozan Ozavci, and Erik de Lange, eds. Securing Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350411043.

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This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the structures, hierarchies and dynamics of international relations during a pivotal moment in world history. Taking a unique approach to imperial and international history, the essays in this volume show how security propelled imperial expansion, supported institutions of cooperation, maintained networks of imperial actors and shaped experiences of imperial rule. Contending that security should be studied as a force in its own right, one that drove processes of colonization, civili

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Bentham, James R. The genetics of congenital heart disease. Edited by José Maria Pérez-Pomares, Robert G. Kelly, Maurice van den Hoff, et al. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198757269.003.0022.

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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is defined as a structural cardiac malformation resulting from an abnormality of development; 8% of CHD is inherited in a Mendelian fashion and 12% results from chromosomal imbalance. Recurrence risk and new research suggest that even the remaining 80% of patients without an identifiable familial or syndromic basis for disease may have an identifiable genetic cause. The potential to understand these mechanisms is increasing with the advent of new sequencing techniques which have identified multiple or single rare variants and/or copy number variants clustering in

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Winters, Marion, Sharon Deane-Cox, and Ursula Böser, eds. Translation, Interpreting and Technological Change. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350212978.

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The digital era is characterised by technological advances that increase the speed and breadth of knowledge turnover within the economy and society. This book examines the impact of these technological advances on translation and interpreting and how new technologies are changing the very nature of language and communication. Reflecting on the innovations in research, practice and training that are associated with this turbulent landscape, chapters consider what these shifts mean for translators and interpreters. Technological changes interact in increasingly complex and pivotal ways with demo

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Albuquerque, Alexandra, and Karima Bouziane, eds. Book of Abstracts of the II International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences: Fostering Global Resilience through Cross-cultural Collaboration. CEOS Edições, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.56002/ceos.0085b.

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This volume comprises more than sixty scholarly contributions presented during the II International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences: Fostering Global Resilience through Cross-cultural Collaboration, convened in Porto on November 27 and 28, 2023. The overarching objective of the conference was to underscore the paramount role of Humanities and Social Sciences in advancing cross-cultural understanding and addressing global challenges, delineated across three primary thematic tracks: Management, Economics, Cultural and Creative Industries; Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; and E

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Torres, Río Aguilar, Luigi P. Badano, and Dimitrios Tsiapras. Cardiac transplant patients. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0050.

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Echocardiography has a pivotal role in the care of heart transplant (HT) recipients. This chapter discusses the use of echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of HT patients. In the early post-transplant period, echocardiography has demonstrated its utility to assess the normal and abnormal structural and physiological changes of the transplanted heart, as well as to detect complications such as graft failure. During follow-up, development of acute/chronic graft rejection and cardiac allograft vasculopathy remains the leading causes of mortality in HT recipients and the role of convent

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Henning, C. Randall. Spain and Italy. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198801801.003.0007.

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Spain and Italy posed threats to the integrity of the monetary union that were a magnitude greater than those posed by the previous crisis countries. Owing in part to actions by the European Central Bank, the program for Spain could be limited nominally to its banking system, while Italy could avoid a program altogether. The Spanish program’s institutional arrangement is best understood as a variation on, rather than a rejection of, the troika. It was linked to Spain’s commitment to fiscal austerity and structural reform, while the International Monetary Fund was involved in program design and

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Plummer, Deborah M. Using Imagination, Mindful Play and Creative Thinking to Support Wellbeing and Resilience in Children. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781805016342.

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Forms part of JKP’s ‘Helping Children to Improve Wellbeing and Resilience’ series Using a model of ‘mindfulness play’ to help children to achieve wellbeing, this book encourages children to build awareness of their inner and outer worlds. This multidimensional approach, designed and developed by an experienced speech and language therapist, centres on the importance of play activities to build psychological, emotional and social wellbeing and looks into the pivotal role adults play in supporting a child’s self-esteem. By promoting the growth of self-esteem in different areas of a child’s life,

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Kewes, Paulina, and Andrew McRae, eds. Stuart Succession Literature. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198778172.001.0001.

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Moments of royal succession, which punctuated the Stuart era (1603–1714), occasioned outpourings of literature. Writers, including most of the major figures of the seventeenth century from Jonson, Daniel, and Donne to Marvell, Dryden, and Behn, seized upon these occasions to mark the transition of power; to reflect upon the political structures and values of their nation; and to present themselves as authors worthy of patronage and recognition. This volume of essays explores this important category of early modern writing. It contends that succession literature warrants attention as a distinct

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Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. Divine Institutions. Princeton University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691168678.001.0001.

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Many narrative histories of Rome's transformation from an Italian city-state to a Mediterranean superpower focus on political and military conflicts as the primary agents of social change. This book places religion at the heart of this transformation, showing how religious ritual and observance held the Roman Republic together during the fourth and third centuries BCE, a period when the Roman state significantly expanded and diversified. Blending the latest advances in archaeology with innovative sociological and anthropological methods, the book takes readers from the capitulation of Rome's n

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Farber, Paul M. A Wall of Our Own. University of North Carolina Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469655086.001.0001.

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The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era. Its construction in 1961 and its dismantling in 1989 are broadly understood as pivotal moments in the history of the last century. In A Wall of Our Own, Paul M. Farber traces the Berlin Wall as a site of pilgrimage for American artists, writers, and activists. During the Cold War and in the shadow of the Wall, figures such as Leonard Freed, Angela Davis, Shinkichi Tajiri, and Audre Lorde weighed the possibilities and limits of American democracy. All were sparked by their first encounters with the Wall, incorporated the

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Erlewine, Michael Yoshitaka, Theodore Levin, and Coppe van Urk. Ergativity and Austronesian-Type Voice Systems. Edited by Jessica Coon, Diane Massam, and Lisa Demena Travis. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198739371.013.16.

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In an Austronesian-type voice system, one argument is designated the "pivot" in each clause, with verbal morphology indicating the choice of pivot and corresponding changes in case marking and extraction possibilities. It has been suggested that ergativity plays a crucial role in these systems. This paper argues that voice and case reflect separate but interacting systems, which can be dissociated from each other, based on the behavior of voice in Dinka (Nilotic; South Sudan) and Balinese (Austronesian; Indonesia). These languages exhibit familiar voice morphology, but are shown to not involve

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Rocconi, Eleonora, Michael Squire, Mario Erasmo, et al. Music. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350193857.

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This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed and the cultural meanings it conveys vary dramatically across different times and geographies, the influence of the ancient Greek concept on modern Western notions is nevertheless striking. In a series of lucid and engaging thematic chapters, Eleonora Rocconi surveys the roles and functions of music from c

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9780191884320. The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes. Edited by Matthias Urban. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849926.001.0001.

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Abstract The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the languages of the Central Andes of Peru and Bolivia—the only such volume available in English. Descriptive efforts to document Central Andean languages, as well as philological research into colonial documentation and texts, have blossomed in recent decades; here, the major protagonists and drivers of these exciting developments are given the opportunity to showcase these research achievements in one volume. Internationally leading experts on particular languages contribute ex

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Mason, Elliot, and Valentina Moro. Judith Butler and Marxism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881845858.

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What would a Butlerian Marxism look like? Marxist criticisms of Butler range from careful comparisons of forms to the total dismissal of an unpolitical, merely cultural anarchy. None of these criticisms, however, focuses on what seems to most closely unite these two projects: the universal abolition of the universal. While Marxist communism is focused on the abolition of value and property, Butler is consistently concerned throughout their corpus with the abolition of the subject as the universal form of social relations, an abolition staged by way of a relational ontology and ethics. Their me

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Pfeiffer, Christian. Aristotle's Theory of Bodies. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779728.001.0001.

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Aristotle’s conception of body at the heart of this study is the notion of a three‐dimensionally extended and continuous magnitude bounded by surfaces. This notion is distinct from the notion of a physical substance. Substances have bodies: they are extended, their parts are continuous with each other, and they have boundaries which demarcate them from their surroundings. It is argued that body has a pivotal role in Aristotle’s natural philosophy. A theory of bodies can be compared to Aristotle’s account of central concepts for natural science, such as motion, place, and time which are discuss

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Strains in Framed Structures, with Numerous Practical Applications to Cranes, Bridge, Roof and Suspension Trusses, Braced Arches, Pivot and Draw Spans, Continuous Girders, Etc: Also, Determination of Dimensions and Designing of Details, Specifications. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2023.

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Paga, Jessica. Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190083571.001.0001.

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In 508/7 B.C.E., after years of stasis and uncertainty, the city of Athens was rocked by a momentous occurrence: the passage of a series of reforms that resulted in the creation of what has come to be known as the world’s first democracy. Exactly how the Athenians did this is still a fundamental question 2,500 years later. This book provides a novel answer to these questions by considering the built environment broadly and monumental architecture specifically. The reforms transformed the very nature of what it meant to be Athenian and their far-reaching effects would come to leave their mark o

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Mulroy, Quinn. Agents of Justice. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780190942618.001.0001.

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Abstract Agents of Justice: How the American Bureaucracy Mobilizes Private Lawsuits to Make Policy Work chronicles the key role played by agency officials in shaping the development of what has come to be known as the “litigation state.” The book explores how constrained civil rights and environmental agencies established during the rights revolution developed creative strategies for mobilizing private litigation on the statutes they administered—thus acting as agents of justice. While leading accounts of the origins of the litigation state suggest it developed separately from, and even in opp

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Wickerson, Erica. The Architecture of Narrative Time. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198793274.001.0001.

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Time matters to all of us. It dominates everyday discourse: diaries, schedules, clocks, working hours, opening times, appointments, weekdays and weekends, national holidays, religious festivals, birthdays, and anniversaries. But how do we, as unique individuals, subjectively experience time? The slowness of an hour in a boring talk, the swiftness of a summer holiday, the fleetingness of childhood, the endless wait for pivotal news: these are experiences to which we all can relate and of which we commonly speak. How can a writer not only report such experiences but also conjure them up in words

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James, Scott, and Lucia Quaglia. The UK and Multi-level Financial Regulation. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198828952.001.0001.

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The book examines the role of the United Kingdom (UK) in shaping post-crisis financial regulatory reform, and assesses the implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU). It develops a domestic political economy approach to examine how the interaction of three domestic groups—elected officials, financial regulators, and the financial industry—shaped UK preferences, strategy, and influence in international and EU-level regulatory negotiations. The framework is applied to five case studies: bank capital and liquidity requirements; bank recovery and resolution rules; bank struct

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Sample, Emily, and Douglas Irvin-Erickson. Building Peace in America. Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881810276.

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America may not be at war, but it is not at peace. Recent public and political rhetoric have revealed the escalation of a pervasive and dangerous “us versus them” ideology in the United States. This powerful book is motivated by the contributors’ recognition of continuing structural violence and injustice, which are linked to long-standing systems of racism, social marginalization, xenophobia, poverty, and inequality in all forms. Calls to restore America’s greatness are just the most recent iteration of dehumanizing language against minority communities. The violation of the civil and human r

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DuBois, Augustus Jay. Elements of Graphical Statics and Their Application to Framed Structures: With Numerous Practical Examples of Cranes--Bridge, Roof and Suspension Trusses--Braced and Stone Arches--Pivot and Draw Spans--Continuous Girders, &C. , Together with the Best M. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2018.

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Elements of Graphical Statics and Their Application to Framed Structures: With Numerous Practical Examples of Cranes--Bridge, Roof and Suspension Trusses--Braced and Stone Arches--Pivot and Draw Spans--Continuous Girders, &C. , Together with the Best M. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2022.

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Walker, Paul. Fugue in the Sixteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190056193.001.0001.

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This book explores the roots of the classic fugue and the early history of non-canonic fugal writing through the three principal fugal genres of the sixteenth century: motet, ricercar, and canzona. The book begins with the pivot in Western composition from an emphasis on variety to one on repetition, first developed by such Franco-Flemish composers as Loyset Compère and Josquin des Prez toward the end of the fifteenth century. By around 1520 Jean Mouton and his contemporaries had established the classic Franco-Flemish motet with its well-known point-of-imitation structure. Nicolas Gombert prov

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Mejia, Rob, and Daniel Johnson. Cannabis Careers. Rowman & Littlefield, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881843069.

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Cannabis Careers: The Insider's Guide to a Budding Industry is a comprehensive resource for individuals interested in entering the rapidly growing cannabis industry. This book provides an accessible introduction to key cannabis topics, including history and culture, to equip readers with essential knowledge. The cannabis industry is expanding rapidly in the U.S., with medical cannabis legal in 38 states and adult-use cannabis in 24 states. Public support for legalization is at an all-time high, and national legalization appears imminent. This burgeoning industry has already created over 400,00

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