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Introduction to New Realism provides an overview of the movement of contemporary thought named New R... more

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Explains and provides exercises for the techniques of rhythmic body oiling as developed by Ita Wegma... more

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Explores the roles of the two oldest American Jewish fraternal organizations in the process of Ameri... more

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Christian parables have retained their force well beyond the sphere of religion; indeed, they share ... more

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Why was early modern Europe the starting point of the economic expansion which led to the Industrial... more

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Alessandro Orsini is one of Italy’s premier analysts of political extremism. His investigation of th... more

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The Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu) is a chronicle kept by the dukes of the state of Lu from 722 to 481 ... more

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The Impertinent Self provides a philosophical and cultural theory of modernity by constructing a par... more

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the publication of Sarah Hanbury-Tenison’s translation, this gap in the social and cultural historiography of modern...... more

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