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Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

By: Joan Bosa,Nathanial P. Brown,Yasuhiko Sato,Aaron Tikuisis,Stuart White,Wilhelm Winter

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Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

By: Joan Bosa,Nathanial P. Brown,Yasuhiko Sato,Aaron Tikuisis,Stuart White,Wilhelm Winter

The authors introduce the concept of finitely coloured equivalence for unital -homomorphisms between -algebras, for which unitary equivalence is the -coloured case. They use this notion to classify -homomorphisms from separable, unital, nuclear -algebras into ultrapowers of simple, unital, nuclear, -stable -algebras with compact extremal trace space up to -coloured equivalence by their behaviour on traces; this is based on a -coloured classification theorem for certain order zero maps, also in terms of tracial data. As an application the authors calculate the nuclear dimension of non-AF, simple, separable, unital, nuclear, -stable -algebras with compact extremal trace space: it is 1. In the case that the extremal trace space also has finite topological covering dimension, this confirms the remaining open implication of the Toms-Winter conjecture. Inspired by homotopy-rigidity theorems in geometry and topology, the authors derive a “homotopy equivalence implies isomorphism” result for large classes of -algebras with finite nuclear dimension.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470434709

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Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Carolina Maria De Jesus,Robert M. Levine,Beth Joan Vinkler,Emanuelle Oliveira

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Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By: Carolina Maria De Jesus,Robert M. Levine,Beth Joan Vinkler,Emanuelle Oliveira

Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.

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Routledge

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1317475844

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9781317475842

The Big Book of Tarot

How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

By: Joan Bunning

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The Big Book of Tarot

How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth

By: Joan Bunning

Joan Bunning's The Big Book of Tarot offers a complete course on how to use the tarot cards for personal guidance. The author communicates the basic depth and beauty of each card and shows how the cards trigger psychological projection, enhance intuition, and improve communication with the Inner Guide. While there are countless books devoted to tarot, what sets Joan Bunning apart from every other writer on the subject is her ability to take a rather complicated esoteric system and break it down into clear, manageable, and easily learned parts. The lessons Bunning offers cover the basics and then move gradually into more advanced concepts. Exercises and sample responses for each lesson help you learn and practice. The book includes: Lessons on how to consider one card by itself, how to look for card pairs, and how to create the "story" of a reading A convenient reference section that contains two pages of information for each card including a picture from the popular Waite deck, a description, keywords, action phrases, and suggestions for cards with similar and opposite meanings An exploration of the meaning of reversed cards and how to work with them to give tarot readings a natural flow of high points and low points without abrupt transitions Practical insights on how to work with and interpret a wide variety of tarot spreads Note to the Reader: This book consists of material drawn from the author's many previous books as well as new material.

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370

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Weiser Books

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157863668X

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9781578636686

Emerging Biological Threats

A Reference Guide

By: Joan R. Callahan

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Emerging Biological Threats

A Reference Guide

By: Joan R. Callahan

An engaging, nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans, presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends. What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy.

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342

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313372101

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9780313372100

Torture in Brazil

A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo

By: Joan Dassin

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Torture in Brazil

A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo

By: Joan Dassin

From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing with its political opponents. The catalog of what went on during that grim period was originally published in Portuguese as Brasil: Nunca Mais (Brazil: Never Again) in 1985. The volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly photocopied by lawyers associated with the Catholic Church and analyzed by a team of researchers. Their daring project—known as BNM for Brasil: Nunca Mais—compiled more than 2,700 pages of testimony by political prisoners documenting close to three hundred forms of torture. The BNM project proves conclusively that torture was an essential part of the military justice system and that judicial authorities were clearly aware of the use of torture to extract confessions. Still, it took more than a decade after the publication of Brasil: Nunca Mais for the armed forces to admit publicly that such torture had ever taken place. Torture in Brazil, the English version of the book re-edited here, serves as a timely reminder of the role of Brazil's military in past repression.

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University of Texas Press

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0292704844

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9780292704848

Dracula in Visual Media

Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010

By: John Edgar Browning,Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart

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Dracula in Visual Media

Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010

By: John Edgar Browning,Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.

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McFarland

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0786462019

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9780786462018

Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age

By: Joan Aruz,Sarah B. Graff,Yelena Rakic

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Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age

By: Joan Aruz,Sarah B. Graff,Yelena Rakic

Bringing together the research of internationally renowned scholars, Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age contributes significantly to our understanding of the epoch-making artistic and cultural exchanges that took place across the Near East and Mediterranean in the early first millennium B.C. This was the world of Odysseus, in which seafaring Phoenician merchants charted new nautical trade routes and established prosperous trading posts and colonies on the shores of three continents; of kings Midas and Croesus, legendary for their wealth; and of the Hebrew Bible, whose stories are brought vividly to life by archaeological discoveries. Objects drawn from collections in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and the United States, reproduced here in sumptuous detail, reflect the cultural encounters of diverse populations interacting through trade, travel, and migration as well as war and displacement. Together, they tell a compelling story of the origins and development of Western artistic traditions that trace their roots to the ancient Near East and across the Mediterranean world. Among the masterpieces brought together in this volume are stone reliefs that adorned the majestic palaces of ancient Assyria; expertly crafted Phonecian and Syrian bronzes and worked ivories that were stored in the treasuries of Assyria and deposited in tombs and sanctuaries in regions far to the west; and lavish personal adornments and other luxury goods, some imported and others inspired by Near Eastern craftsmanship. Accompanying texts by leading scholars position each object in cultural and historical context, weaving a narrative of crisis and conquest, worship and warfare, and epic and empire that spans both continents and millennia. Writing another chapter in the story begun in Art of the First Cities (2003) and Beyond Babylon (2008), Assyria to Iberia offers a comprehensive overview of art, diplomacy, and cultural exchange in an age of imperial and mercantile expansion in the ancient Near East and across the Mediterranean in the first millennium B.C.—the dawn of the Classical age.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0300208081

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9780300208085

Contemplative Living

By: Joan Duncan Oliver

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Contemplative Living

By: Joan Duncan Oliver

Each volume in the series is written by an Omega board or faculty member committed to presenting the most effective and inspiring information and skills from all of the world's wisdom traditions. Each book incorporates interviews with influential thinkers who have taught at Omega over the years and include comprehensive resource lists of books, videos, and retreat centers nationwide to which readers can turn for additional information.The perfect guide for everyone seeking sanctuary or looking for ways to slow down, "Contemplative Living" shows readers how to step back from the daily hubbub, and find a deeper meaning in life. In addition to presenting time-honored practices from great teachers past and present, including the basics of meditation, prayer, chanting, contemplation, and movement, "Contemplative Living" also contains "Inspiration" sidebars for reflection and "Try This" boxes to get readers started. This essential spiritual primer also has practical tips on such basics as settingaside a time for meditation and finding a supportive environment for your practice.

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Dell

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044050869X

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9780440508694

Conversaciones creadoras

By: Joan Lipman Brown,Carmen Martín Gaite

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Conversaciones creadoras

By: Joan Lipman Brown,Carmen Martín Gaite

Aiming to encourage students to use Spanish to resolve meaningful and emotionally charged conflicts, this conversation text implements learner-centred approach. This work includes a pedagogical apparatus that challenges students to become active participants in the learning process.

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Houghton Mifflin

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0395909287

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9780395909287

Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

By: Joan Bosa,Nathanial P. Brown,Yasuhiko Sato,Aaron Tikuisis,Stuart White,Wilhelm Winter

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Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

By: Joan Bosa,Nathanial P. Brown,Yasuhiko Sato,Aaron Tikuisis,Stuart White,Wilhelm Winter

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Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

The Big Book of Tarot

The Big Book of Tarot

Emerging Biological Threats

Emerging Biological Threats

Torture in Brazil

Torture in Brazil

Dracula in Visual Media

Dracula in Visual Media

Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age

Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age

Contemplative Living

Contemplative Living

Conversaciones creadoras

Conversaciones creadoras

Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

Covering Dimension of C*-Algebras and 2-Coloured Classification

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