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Conrad Gessner's Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Raffael Keller,Sandra Weidmann

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Conrad Gessner's Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Raffael Keller,Sandra Weidmann

The Swiss physician and polymath Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) was one of the most prominent scientists of the early modern period and wrote numerous important works. During the last two decades were discovered nearly 400 titles from his private library. They give an interesting insight into his interests and his sources. The present book contains not only an introduction and a catalogue of these books, but also inventories of the lost works as well as the still extant and lost manuscripts possessed by Gessner. They open the door to Gessner's study and to the intellectual world of a fascinating Renaissance scholar.

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9047433505

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Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Sandra Weidmann

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Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Sandra Weidmann

The Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was one of the most prominent reformers and the founder of the Reformed Protestant Church in the Swiss Confederation. During the last hundred years more than 200 titles from his private library have been discovered. They give an interesting insight into his interests and sources. The present book contains not only an extensive introduction and a catalogue of these books and manuscripts, but also an inventory of the lost works possessed by Zwingli. They open the door to Zwingli’s study and to the intellectual world of an important reformer.

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9004385649

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A History of Poetics

German Scholarly Aesthetics and Poetics in International Context, 1770-1960

By: Sandra Richter

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A History of Poetics

German Scholarly Aesthetics and Poetics in International Context, 1770-1960

By: Sandra Richter

Since the 1990s, following the end of postmodernism, literary theory has lost much of its dynamics. This book aims at revitalising literary theory exploring two of its historical bases: German poetics and aesthetics. Beginning in the 1770s and ending in the 1950s, the book examines nearly 200 years of this history, thereby providing the reader with a first history of poetics as well as with bibliographies of the subject. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetics and poetics of popular philosophy, of the Hegel-school, empirical and psychological tendencies in the field since the 1860s, the first steps towards a plurality of methods (1890–1930), theoretical confrontations during the Nazi-period as well as the rise of formalist and anthropological approaches from the 1930s onwards. All approaches are evaluated regarding their relevance for academia as well as for the general history of education. If possible, international references and contexts of the relevant theories are taken into account. In sum, the analysis not only shows how differentiated historical accounts in the field were but also reflects how current literary theory could move forward through the rediscovery of sunken ideas.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110222450

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9783110222456

Key Figures in Medieval Europe

An Encyclopedia

By: Richard Kenneth Emmerson,Sandra Clayton-Emmerson

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Key Figures in Medieval Europe

An Encyclopedia

By: Richard Kenneth Emmerson,Sandra Clayton-Emmerson

From emperors and queens to artists and world travelers, from popes and scholars to saints and heretics, Key Figures in Medieval Europe brings together in one volume the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 1500. Gathered from the biographical entries from the on-going series, the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, these a-z biographical entries discuss the lives of over 600 individuals who have had a historical impact in such areas as politics, religion, or the arts. Individuals from places such as medieval England, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, and Scandinavia are included as well as those from the Jewish and Islamic worlds. A thematic outline is included that lists people not only by categories, but also by regions. Entries fall under the following categories: * Artists/Architects * Authors * Commercial Figures * Musicians * Political Figures * Religious Figures * Scientific Figures * Travelers * Women In one convenient volume, students, scholars, and interested readers will find the biographies of the people whose actions, beliefs, creations, and writings shaped the Middle Ages, one of the most fascinating periods of world history.

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780

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Taylor & Francis

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0415973856

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9780415973854

Domicide

The Global Destruction of Home

By: John Douglas Porteous,Sandra Eileen Smith

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Domicide

The Global Destruction of Home

By: John Douglas Porteous,Sandra Eileen Smith

Media reports describing the destruction of people's homes, for reasons ranging from ethnic persecution to the perceived need for a new airport or highway, are all too familiar. The planned destruction of homes affects millions of people globally; places destroyed range in scale from single dwellings to entire homelands. Domicide tells how and why the powerful destroy homes that happen to be in the way of corporate, political, and bureaucratic projects. Too frequently, this destruction is justified as being in the public interest. Douglas Porteous and Sandra Smith begin their analysis by examining just how important home is to human life and community. Using a multitude of case studies of displacement, they derive a theoretical framework that addresses the motives for, methods, and effects of domicide. Two case studies of resettlement resulting from hydro-electric power development in British Columbia are used to test this framework. Porteous and Smith assess the implications of loss of home, evaluate current efforts at mitigation, suggest better policies to alleviate the suffering of the dispossessed, and – as a last resort – urge resistance against unacceptable projects.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773522581

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9780773522589

Flora Tristan

By: Sandra Dijkstra

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Flora Tristan

By: Sandra Dijkstra

A new edition of an influential biography of the early Victorian socialist feminist writer Flora Tristan. Active in the 1830s and 1840s, Flora Tristan is best known for her book "Workers' Union," an account of the conditions of women and workers in Peru, London, Paris and the provinces of France. Regarded as something of a pariah, she was one of the first women radicals to draw clear connections between the plight of disaffected workers and powerless women. Her version of socialism has been regarded as leading towards Marx. Sandra Dijkstra aims to paint a clear picture of Tristan as a class- and gender-conscious women writer in a transitional historical period, and to demonstrate her influence on Marxism.

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Verso Books

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1788734874

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9781788734875

Peace, Preference, and Property

Return Migration After Violent Conflict

By: Sandra F Joireman

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Peace, Preference, and Property

Return Migration After Violent Conflict

By: Sandra F Joireman

A bottom-up analysis of what displaced people need rather than what states want

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University of Michigan Press

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0472039105

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9780472039104

Reading Mark's Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory

By: Sandra Huebenthal

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Reading Mark's Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory

By: Sandra Huebenthal

How did the Gospel of Mark come to exist? And how was the memory of Jesus shaped by the experiences of the earliest Christians? For centuries, biblical scholars examined texts as history, literature, theology, or even as story. Curiously absent, however, has been attention to processes of collective memory in the creation of biblical texts. Drawing on modern explorations of social memory, Sandra Huebenthal presents a model for reading biblical texts as collective memories. She demonstrates that the Gospel of Mark is a text evolving from collective narrative memory based on recollections of Jesus’s life and teachings. Huebenthal investigates the principles and structures of how groups remember and how their memory is structured and presented. In the case of Mark’s Gospel, this includes examining which image of Jesus, as well as which authorial self-image, this text as memory constructs. Reading Mark’s Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory serves less as a key to unlock questions about the historical Jesus and more as an examination of memory about him within a particular community, providing a new and important framework for interpreting the earliest canonical gospel in context.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467458465

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9781467458467

Decoding the Social World

Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication

By: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon

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Decoding the Social World

Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication

By: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon

How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences. Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate them? In Decoding the Social World, Sandra González-Bailón explains how data science and digital traces help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences—offering the solution to a social paradox that has intrigued thinkers for centuries. Communication has always been the force that makes a collection of people more than the sum of individuals, but only now can we explain why: digital technologies have made it possible to parse the information we generate by being social in new, imaginative ways. And yet we must look at that data, González-Bailón argues, through the lens of theories that capture the nature of social life. The technologies we use, in the end, are also a manifestation of the social world we inhabit. González-Bailón discusses how the unpredictability of social life relates to communication networks, social influence, and the unintended effects that derive from individual decisions. She describes how communication generates social dynamics in aggregate (leading to episodes of “collective effervescence”) and discusses the mechanisms that underlie large-scale diffusion, when information and behavior spread “like wildfire.” She applies the theory of networks to illuminate why collective outcomes can differ drastically even when they arise from the same individual actions. By opening the black box of unintended effects, González-Bailón identifies strategies for social intervention and discusses the policy implications—and how data science and evidence-based research embolden critical thinking in a world that is constantly changing.

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MIT Press

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0262343460

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9780262343466

Day Trips® from Dallas & Fort Worth

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Sandra Ramani

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Day Trips® from Dallas & Fort Worth

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

By: Sandra Ramani

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Dallas & Fort Worth. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Dallas metro area. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Dallas & Fort Worth helps makes the most of a brief getaway.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762795727

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9780762795727

Property and Trust Law in Portugal

By: Sandra Passinhas

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Property and Trust Law in Portugal

By: Sandra Passinhas

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of property in Portugal deals with the issues related to rights and interests in all kinds of property and assets – immovable, movable, and personal property; how property rights are acquired; fiduciary mechanisms; and security considerations. Lawyers who handle transnational disputes and other matters concerning property will appreciate the explanation of specific terminology, application, and procedure. An introduction outlining the essential legal, cultural, and historical considerations affecting property is followed by a discussion of the various types of property. Further analysis describes how and to what extent legal subjects can have or obtain rights and interests in each type. The coverage includes tangible and intangible property, varying degrees of interest, and the various ways in which property is transferred, including the ramifications of appropriation, expropriation, and insolvency. Facts are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance. The book includes ample references to doctrine and cases, as well as to relevant international treaties and conventions. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for any practitioner faced with a property-related matter. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Portugal will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative property law.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403517913

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9789403517919

The Christian Mom's Answer Book

By: Mike Yorkey,Sandra Picklesimer Aldrich

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The Christian Mom's Answer Book

By: Mike Yorkey,Sandra Picklesimer Aldrich

Here's practical advice for moms on raising kids, adoption, bargain shopping, cooking on the run, spiritual growth and more. It is topically arranged in question-and-answer format for easy and practical use.

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Faith Parenting

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0781433630

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9780781433631

Conrad Gessner's Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Raffael Keller,Sandra Weidmann

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Conrad Gessner's Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Raffael Keller,Sandra Weidmann

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Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

By: Urs Leu,Sandra Weidmann

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Conrad Gessner's Private Library

Conrad Gessner's Private Library

Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

A History of Poetics

A History of Poetics

Key Figures in Medieval Europe

Key Figures in Medieval Europe

Domicide

Domicide

Flora Tristan

Flora Tristan

Peace, Preference, and Property

Peace, Preference, and Property

Reading Mark's Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory

Reading Mark's Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory

Decoding the Social World

Decoding the Social World

Day Trips® from Dallas & Fort Worth

Day Trips® from Dallas & Fort Worth

Property and Trust Law in Portugal

Property and Trust Law in Portugal

The Christian Mom's Answer Book

The Christian Mom's Answer Book

Conrad Gessner's Private Library

Conrad Gessner's Private Library

Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

Huldrych Zwingli‘s Private Library

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