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War
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How American soldiers opposed and resisted the war in VietnamWhile mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war…
activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines were marching in protest in US cities. Hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight; tens of thousands were deserting to Canada, France and Sweden. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations and ceased to be effective. Yet this history is largely unknown and has been glossed over in much of the written and visual remembrances produced in recent years. Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author, Christian Appy, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord.The book originates from the exhibition Waging Peace, which has been shown in Vietnam and the University of Notre Dame, and will be touring the eastern United States in conjunction with book launches in Boston, Amherst, and New York.
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Philosophy
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Gorgias’s Thought: An Epistemological Reading is the first monograph published in English entirely devoted to Gorgias’s epistemological thought and provides a…
new perspective on Gorgias’s thought more broadly. The book aims to undermine the common idea that Gorgias is either an orator uncommitted to any conception of truth, or a thinker whose interest is confined to the philosophy of language. It considers his major texts—On What is Not, or On Nature, The Apology of Palamedes and The Encomium of Helen—emphasising the originality and specificity of Gorgias’ thought. In combining a philological analysis with substantive use of contemporary epistemological approaches, Di Iulio shows that Gorgias is to be considered first and foremost an epistemologist. Gorgias’s Thought: An Epistemological Reading is of interest to students, scholars and specialists in ancient thought, epistemology, history of philosophy and rhetoric.
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Spirituality, General non-fiction
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Inspired by the neoliberal paradigm that transposes religious behaviors into a religious marketplace framed by consumerist and capitalist models, this…
volume draws on ethnographic fieldwork to discuss the assemblage between the well-being trope and the rise of new spiritualities, as well as their deep permeation within mainstream culture. Building on previous literature that addresses the relationship between spirituality, healing and well-being, this text discusses the religious roots of mind-body practices. The contributions offer a critical perspective on the scope, limits and impacts of the current celebration of spiritualities. Part I provides theoretical insights for thinking about ways in which the prevalent ethics of well-being reframes subjectivities within the margins of neoliberal order. Part II demonstrates how spiritual economies are promoted, shaped and regulated by institutional forces such as States, law and the labor market. In part III, contributors describe in detail how spiritual economies unfold in specific cultural and social settings. The text appeals to students and researchers working on the spirituality and sociology of religion.
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Science and technology
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The book, “Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of the 2022 Computing Conference”, is a comprehensive collection of chapters focusing on the…
core areas of computing and their further applications in the real world.Each chapter is a paper presented at the Computing Conference 2022 held on July 14–15, 2022. Computing 2022 attracted a total of 498 submissions which underwent a double-blind peer-review process. Of those 498 submissions, 179 submissions have been selected to be included in this book. The goal of this conference is to give a platform to researchers with fundamental contributions and to be a premier venue for academic and industry practitioners to share new ideas and development experiences. We hope that readers find this book interesting and valuable as it provides the state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems. We also expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.
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General non-fiction
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Das Buch untersucht die historische Dynamik der Lehre des katholischen Sozialreformers Karl von Vogelsang. Es folgt dem Denken und Wirken…
dreier Generationen seiner Schüler zwischen 1880 und 1960 in der österreichischen Monarchie, der Ersten und der Zweiten Republik und in der Weltkirche .Es behandelt dabei die konservative Kritik an Liberalismus und Kapitalismus, den föderalistischen Korporatismus, den Laizismus in der Kirche mit dem politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Katholizismus und die Reaktion darauf im Integralismus, die Entstehung „christlich-sozialer“ Parteien, eine konservierende Haltung zur Natur und gewachsenen Sozialbeziehungen, schließlich auch den Antijudaismus.
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General non-fiction, Politics and government
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This book is about the unique, sophisticated, and rigorous study of mathematics in Latin America developed over centuries of cultural…
exchange between Europe, North, and South America. More specifically, the book explores the tradition of mathematical modelling, introduced a century ago. This modelling was adapted to assist members of distinct communities to draw information about their own realities through the elaboration of representations, which generate mathematical knowledge that deals with creativity and invention. The book provides empirical evidence that a category of mathematical modelling developed in Latin America assesses the horizontal and reciprocal relations between mathematics (school/non-school contexts) and the real world. These relations provide an epistemological and ontological change, where mathematical knowledge of the others is recognized on a horizontal plane. Further, they oblige mathematics teachers and students to understand as a community of knowledge that builds their own mathematical categories of their environment governed by the reciprocal relationships between academic knowledge and functional knowledge. The dimensions of the relationships make up a frame of reference that guides educational change in mathematics. The book presents an inquiry-based approach of three Latin American modelling programs: ethnomodelling, transversality of knowledge, and reasoned decision-making. Each one, with its respective theoretical and methodological foundations related to ethnomathematics and mathematical modelling, socioepistemology, and the attribution of meaning to learning. Undoubtedly, the three mathematical modelling programs, independently, provide educational gains, each with its levels of specificity and loyal to its philosophical, theoretical, and methodological principles. However, the book places them together, organized by axes, to define a corpus of mathematical knowledge that envisions profound educational change through the development of different approaches of mathematical modelling. The authors of the 18 chapters in this book, who represent the diversity of Latin America, are from eight countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, and Mexico. They were invited to share their ideas, perspectives, and discuss investigations that represent a rich sample of three Latin American perspectives on mathematical modelling.
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Business and economics, Science and technology
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This open access book presents (selected) new and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the…
challenges, practices and policies of hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing examples from on-site studies and European-wide analyses. The case studies throughout the book are practical “real-world” examples, which are intended to serve as inspiration for anyone who would like to know more about how solutions for more sustainable hydropower production can be designed and implemented. Hydropower is an important renewable energy source, which, however, can also impact aquatic ecosystems, fish populations and hydro-morphology. EU and national water, environmental and energy legislation strive for sustainable energy and water resource management as well as the protection of important habitats and species. These have an effect on the requirements and decision making processes for hydropower planning, commissioning and operation. With a high variety of measures existing and site-specific conditions as well as national and EU level legal requirements to consider, it can be difficult to determine, what issues to address and which measures to implement.
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General non-fiction, History
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This book examines international education in Turkey after World War I. In this period, a movement for peace and international education…
among American educators emerged. This effort, however, had to be reconciled with the nationalist projects of new nation-states emerging from the war. In the case of the Near East that meant coming to terms with the radically nationalist modernization project of Kemal Atatürk’s Turkish Republic. Using the case of Robert College, an American educational institution in Istanbul, which aimed to foster a future local elite of a multi-ethnic and multi-religious student body, the book sheds light on the negotiation between two conceptions of modernity, as represented by American internationalist ideals and the tenets of Kemalism the Westernizing, yet deeply ethnocentric national ideology of post-1923 Turkey. Based on recently declassified archival sources, this study addresses the educational intentions and strategies for adjustment of college faculty. It also offers a rare insight into the mindset of young students attempting to make sense of what internationalism and religious, ethnic and national identity meant in the Ottoman past and in the new republican Turkey. Focusing on Robert College and the forgotten case of its dean and social studies instructor, Dr. Edgar Jacob Fisher, it addresses the little-researched field of internationalism and peace education in interwar Turkey.
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History, Politics and government
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Fox television network political analyst identifies six strategies used by politicians throughout history. Morris presents twenty case studies--from Lincoln's Civil…
War tactics to Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign--assessing successes and failures in each. Includes commentary on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the U.S. government's response. 2002
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Health and medicine, Family and relationships, Self help, General non-fiction, Psychology
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Updated edition of classic text about human sexuality. Physician answers questions regarding anatomy, sexual intercourse, homosexuality, birth control, sexually transmitted…
diseases, menopause, and sex in later life. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1999
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United States history, War, Politics and government biography, War and military biography
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Studies the life of supreme Allied commander and U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) from his childhood in Kansas until…
the close of World War II in 1945. Uses private family papers to examine Ike's pacifist upbringing, his marriage, and his career as a staff officer while ascending the ranks. 2002
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Music biography, Music
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Biography of guitarist George Harrison (1943-2001), from his childhood in Liverpool to his death from cancer. Highlights his career with…
the Beatles, including creative differences with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, his two marriages, and his interest in Eastern religion. Some strong language. 2002
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Biography, Law and crime, Law and crime biography
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Revealing autobiography from a man best known for his role in the O.J. Simpson "trial of the century." Cochran reflects…
on his life as a successful African American attorney, discussing his most memorable cases and high-profile clients as he probes the issue of racism in the legal system. 2002
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Biography, True crime, Politics and government, Women biography
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Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002
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Literature, Criticism, Anthologies
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Twenty-four essays selected and introduced by Gould shortly before his death. He includes several early essays on the September 11,…
2001, attacks because they mark a defining historical moment. Others cover confessional writings on medical topics, politics, and viewpoints on the arts. 2002
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Psychology, Careers and job hunting, Business and economics
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A how-to guide for managing individual strengths and building an effective organization, based on a study of individuals who have…
succeeded in their careers. "To excel in your chosen field and to find lasting satisfaction...suspend whatever interest you may have in weakness and instead explore...your strengths." 2001
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Sports and games
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Sportswriter Thomas chronicles the history of team integration in basketball. Thomas heralds the first African American players in the NBA,…
beginning with Chuck Cooper, and focuses on the years between 1950 and 1965. Provides social and political commentary as well as biographical information based on interviews with players, their teammates, families, and coaches. 2002
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Short storiesAnthologies
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This year's collection includes twenty distinctive stories written in the realist tradition. In "Along the Frontage Road" by Michael Chabon,…
a father's outing to choose a Halloween pumpkin with his four-year-old son becomes a poignant experience. Other authors include E.L. Doctorow, Jill McCorkle, Leonard Michaels, Arthur Miller, and Alice Munro. 2002
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Social issues, Psychology, Politics and government, Economics, United States history, Business and economics, General non-fiction, Philosophy
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Investigates the worldwide epidemic of overconsumption, or "affluenza," defining the phenomenon as "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload,…
debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more." Explores the condition's causes and symptoms and offers suggestions for returning to more enduring values. Based on two PBS documentaries. 2001
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Historical fiction
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Fictionalized life of Konstanze Marie Weber, Wolfgang Mozart's wife. Recounts Konstanze's progress from child to wife to widow, bearing Mozart…
six children, managing his unsteady and often debt-laden household, mythologizing him posthumously, and later creating a new life on her own. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001