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The Enlightenment

By: Ronald S. Love

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One of the few self-named historical movements, the Enlightenment in 18th-century Europe was a powerful intellectual reaction to the dominance of absolutist monarchies and religious authorities. Building upon the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment thinkers—philosophes—set out to improve humanity through reason, knowledge, and experience of the natural world rather than religious doctrine or moral absolutes. Their emphasis on truth through observable phenomena set the standard of thought for the modern age, deeply influencing the areas of government, the modern state, science, technology, religious tolerance and social structure. The Enlightenment's legacy is particularly visible in the United States, where its ideals inspired a revolution and served as the building blocks for the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. Narrative chapters, photos, biographical sketches, primary document excerpts, and an extensive bibliography expand the readers' understanding of the event, providing a current perspective on this key turning point in Western ideology. Comprehensive narrative chapters explore the historical background of the movement, as well as its relationship to nature and natural philosophy, religious belief and church institutions, society and the state, and the French Revolution. Photos, biographical sketches of key figures, excerpts from important primary documents of the time, and an extensive bibliography expand the reader's understanding of the movement that ushered in the modern era.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031334244X

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9780313342448

Blood and Religion

The Conscience of Henri IV

By: Ronald S. Love

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Blood and Religion

The Conscience of Henri IV

By: Ronald S. Love

Love places these matters in context against the broader background of endemic civil war, contemporary religious culture, and the many responsibilities imposed upon Henri by his royal rank and political role. Blood and Religion concludes with a close analysis of Henri's conversion to Catholicism in July 1593, including the king's crisis of conscience as he struggled to secure his crown and preserve his soul. Love's fresh interpretations of the influence of religion on Henri IV's political and military choices challenge much of modern scholarship on this important French monarch and cast new light on the motivations and worldview of sixteenth-century sovereigns in an age when religion and politics were inseparable.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773521240

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9780773521247

Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800

By: Ronald S. Love

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Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800

By: Ronald S. Love

Despite earlier naval expeditions undertaken for reasons of diplomacy or trade, it wasn't until the early 1400s that European maritime explorers established sea routes through most of the globe's inhabited regions, uniting a divided earth into a single system of navigation. From the early Portuguese and Spanish quests for gold and glory, to later scientific explorations of land and culture, this new understanding of the world's geography created global trade, built empires, defined taste and alliances of power, and began the journey toward the cultural, political, and economic globalization in which we live today. Ronald Love's engaging narrative chapters guide the reader from Marco Polo's exploration of the Mongol empire to Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, the search for a Northern Passage, Henry Hudson's voyage to Greenland, the discovery of Tahiti, the perils of scurvy, mutiny, and warring empires, and the eventual extension of Western influence into almost every corner of the globe. Biographies and primary documents round out the work.

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0313086818

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9780313086816

The Blue Frontier

Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire

By: Ronald C. Po

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The Blue Frontier

Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire

By: Ronald C. Po

Argues that Qing China was not just a continental empire, but a maritime power protecting its interests at sea.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108424619

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Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

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Fighting for Rights

Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship

By: Ronald R. Krebs

Leaders around the globe have long turned to the armed forces as a "school for the nation." Debates over who serves continue to arouse passion today because the military's participation policies are seen as shaping politics beyond the military, specifically the politics of identity and citizenship. Yet how and when do these policies transform patterns of citizenship? Military service, Ronald R. Krebs argues, can play a critical role in bolstering minorities' efforts to grasp full and unfettered rights. Minority groups have at times effectively contrasted their people's battlefield sacrifices to the reality of inequity, compelling state leaders to concede to their claims. At the same time, military service can shape when, for what, and how minorities have engaged in political activism in the quest for meaningful citizenship. Employing a range of rich primary materials, Krebs shows how the military's participation policies shaped Arab citizens' struggles for first-class citizenship in Israel from independence to the mid-1980s and African Americans' quest for civil rights, from World War I to the Korean War. Fighting for Rights helps us make sense of contemporary debates over gays in the military and over the virtues and dangers of liberal and communitarian visions for society. It suggests that rhetoric is more than just a weapon of the weak, that it is essential to political exchange, and that politics rests on a dual foundation of rationality and culture.

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Cornell University Press

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0801459540

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9780801459542

Imperfect: A Cancer Surgeon's Journey

By: Ronald B. Irwin

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Imperfect: A Cancer Surgeon's Journey

By: Ronald B. Irwin

In this engrossing and heart-tugging memoir, Dr. Irwin tells the story of his life: from gardening with his grandmother as a young child, through a tormented and dysfunctional upbringing to the trials and tribulations of self-funded educational pursuit resulting in national prominence as a cancer surgeon. Irwin's penchant for introspective self-analysis is readily apparent as he details his rise through academia and the corporate ladder of big hospital administration.

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Lulu.com

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1329823281

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9781329823280

The NLT Bible Promise Book for Tough Times

By: Ronald A. Beers

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The NLT Bible Promise Book for Tough Times

By: Ronald A. Beers

It may surprise you to hear that the Bible promises trouble. As long as we live in a sinful world, tough times will be part of our human experience. Along with the promise that troubles will come, the Bible also promises that there is present help and future hope as we live with pain and adversity. With every trouble there is potential triumph. In every pain we find the very power of God to combat it. In all our suffering we find salvation, both in this life and the next. The NLT Bible Promise Book for Tough Times contains hundreds of promises from Scripture. The book focuses on life-related topics such as suffering, doubt, spiritual warfare, trusting God, worry, and much more.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414352433

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The Memories That We Leave Behind

We Are Left to Reconcile the Thoughts Within Our Minds

By: Ronald Black

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The Memories That We Leave Behind

We Are Left to Reconcile the Thoughts Within Our Minds

By: Ronald Black

Within our lives we feel happiness, sorrow and pain, sometimes even all at once. There are many times when we do not understand the way that we feel. There are times when we want to strengthen the relationships in the lives that we live but pride is what we still feel. Sometimes we are breaking apart even when it is very painful in our hearts. Sometimes we would whether live with misery than reconcile with the ones that we love. There will always be mistakes made in the lives that we live. We need to work pass the problems in our lives to find a solution. I know that we can still feel hurt but we can overcome the feeling when we look deeply into our hearts. There will always be a love that we will feel for the ones that we love. Accepting this is the one true constant that can strengthen our relationships. I hope that with the reading of this poetry you will be given an insight. We do not live in a perfect world, but we are a diamond or a pearl. We are all special in our own ways. We all deserve to be loved every day.

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1524642088

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Saddlepoint Approximations with Applications

By: Ronald W. Butler

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Saddlepoint Approximations with Applications

By: Ronald W. Butler

Modern statistical methods use complex, sophisticated models that can lead to intractable computations. Saddlepoint approximations can be the answer. Written from the user's point of view, this book explains in clear language how such approximate probability computations are made, taking readers from the very beginnings to current applications. The core material is presented in chapters 1-6 at an elementary mathematical level. Chapters 7-9 then give a highly readable account of higher-order asymptotic inference. Later chapters address areas where saddlepoint methods have had substantial impact: multivariate testing, stochastic systems and applied probability, bootstrap implementation in the transform domain, and Bayesian computation and inference. No previous background in the area is required. Data examples from real applications demonstrate the practical value of the methods. Ideal for graduate students and researchers in statistics, biostatistics, electrical engineering, econometrics, and applied mathematics, this is both an entry-level text and a valuable reference.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139466518

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Wot 4 & Y?

Asking Those Naughty Questions About Stuff You’Re Just Supposed to Accept Without Question.

By: Ronald Birksmith

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Asking Those Naughty Questions About Stuff You’Re Just Supposed to Accept Without Question.

By: Ronald Birksmith

As Christians, for all sorts of reasons, we believe and do things for traditional, liturgical, and sacramental reasons. But dare we ask those introspective questions about subjects we’re supposed to accept without question? In WOT4 and Y?, author Ronald Birksmith offers a series of articles designed to answer some of the questions he has had as a Christian. He explores the scriptural basis of these questions and how it all began. Birksmith discusses how, through the years, the church has embellished much of the original ordinances and teachings, making it difficult to ascertain why we should blindly believe and act as we were taught. WOT4 and Y? looks simply at the Bible and presents an uncomplicated explanation of what precipitated the original events and principles. It encourages Christians to continue being pilgrims, but more informed pilgrims.

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Balboa Press

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1982293330

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9781982293338

Love: A Very Short Introduction

By: Ronald de Sousa

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Love: A Very Short Introduction

By: Ronald de Sousa

Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth living and dying for and bringing out the best in ourselves. And yet it has excused, and even been thought to justify, the most reprehensible crimes. Why should this be? This Very Short Introduction explores this and other puzzling questions. Do we love someone for their virtue, their beauty, or their moral or other qualities? Are love's characteristic desires altruistic or selfish? Are there duties of love? What do the sciences - neuroscience, evolutionary and social psychology, and anthropology - tell us about love? Many of the answers we give to such questions are determined not so much by the facts of human nature as by the ideology of love. Ronald de Sousa considers some of the many paradoxes raised by love, looking at the different kinds of love - affections, affiliation, philia, storage, agape, but focusses on eros, or romantic love. He considers whether our conventional beliefs about love and sex are deeply irrational and argues that alternative conceptions of love and sex, although hard to formulate and live by, may be worth striving for. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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OUP Oxford

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0191640522

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Book's by Ronald S. Love

The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment

Blood and Religion

Blood and Religion

Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800

Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800

The Blue Frontier

The Blue Frontier

Fighting for Rights

Fighting for Rights

Imperfect: A Cancer Surgeon's Journey

Imperfect: A Cancer Surgeon's Journey

The NLT Bible Promise Book for Tough Times

The NLT Bible Promise Book for Tough Times

The Memories That We Leave Behind

The Memories That We Leave Behind

Saddlepoint Approximations with Applications

Saddlepoint Approximations with Applications

Wot 4 & Y?

Wot 4 & Y?

Love: A Very Short Introduction

Love: A Very Short Introduction

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