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The Futures of Medieval French

Essays in Honour of Sarah Kay

par Jane Gilbert, Zrinka Stahuljak, Susan Boynton, Joseph R. Johnson, Virginie Greene, Stephen G. Nichols, Christine Bourgeois, Deborah McGrady, Sophie Marnette, Emily Kate Price0, Simone Ventura1, Miranda Griffin3, James R. Simpson4, Elizabeth Eva Leach5, Profesor Sharon Kinoshita6, Simon Gaunt7, Peggy McCracken8, William Burgwinkle9, Miriam Cabre0, Helen J. Swift1, Charlie Samuelson2, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne3 ...

Sarah Kay is one of the most influential medievalists of the past fifty years, making vital, theoretically informed interventions on material from early medieval chansons de geste, through troubadour lyric, to late medieval philosophy and poetry, in French, Occitan, Latin, and Italian. This volume in her honour is organised around her six major monographs, published between 1990 and 2017. Its ... En savoir plus

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Sarah Kay is one of the most influential medievalists of the past fifty years, making vital, theoretically informed interventions on material from early medieval chansons de geste, through troubadour lyric, to late medieval philosophy and poetry, in French, Occitan, Latin, and Italian. This volume in her honour is organised around her six major monographs, published between 1990 and 2017. Its
... En savoir plus
Technological Change In Japan's Beef Industry

par James R Simpson, Tadashi Yoshida, Akira Miyazaki, Ryohei Kada ...

The Japanese Cattle industry has been undergoing major changes for the past three decades. During the 1950's and 1960's mechanized power rapidly. The process of beef industry structure change accelerated in the 1970's as medium scale feedlots came into being, regional packing plants were established, and the beef marketing system matured. Economic forces, both within and external to the industry. ... En savoir plus

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The Japanese Cattle industry has been undergoing major changes for the past three decades. During the 1950's and 1960's mechanized power rapidly. The process of beef industry structure change accelerated in the 1970's as medium scale feedlots came into being, regional packing plants were established, and the beef marketing system matured. Economic forces, both within and external to the industry.
... En savoir plus
The Economics Of Livestock Systems In Developing Countries

Farm And Project Level Analysis

par James R Simpson ...

Improvement of the world's livestock industry necessitates input from many directions. Planning by a host of national and international agencies is required in order to provide optimal stimulus in very diverse areas ranging from formulation of laws and incentives that stimulate competition yet prevent undue competition, to the optimal provision of credit. Planning is needed to carry out a complex ... En savoir plus

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Improvement of the world's livestock industry necessitates input from many directions. Planning by a host of national and international agencies is required in order to provide optimal stimulus in very diverse areas ranging from formulation of laws and incentives that stimulate competition yet prevent undue competition, to the optimal provision of credit. Planning is needed to carry out a complex
... En savoir plus
Livestock Development In Subsaharan Africa

Constraints, Prospects, Policy

par James R Simpson ...

The nations of Subsaharan Africa experienced declining levels of food production per capita throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in the area of livestock production. Addressing that problem, the authors of this book assess in a systems context the environmental, biological, and social constraints on future African livestock development and consider prospects for improving ... En savoir plus

$83.81 CAD

The nations of Subsaharan Africa experienced declining levels of food production per capita throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in the area of livestock production. Addressing that problem, the authors of this book assess in a systems context the environmental, biological, and social constraints on future African livestock development and consider prospects for improving
... En savoir plus
New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory

par Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Douglas D. Heckathorn, David R. Heise, Ronald L. Jepperson, Michael Lovaglia, Barry Markovsky, Morris Zelditch, Gerald Marwell, Bruce Buena de Mesquita, James D. Morrow, Pamela E. Oliver, Brent Simpson, Randolph Siverson, John Skvoretz, Alastair Smith, David G. Wagner, Henry Walker, David Willer, Robb Willer, Shane Thye, Jack A. Goldstone, Guillermina Jasso, John D. McCarthy, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mayer N. Zald ...

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status ... En savoir plus

$182.99 CAD

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical programs; many chapters contain a description of the inception, growth, and present status
... En savoir plus
Heresy and the Making of European Culture

Medieval and Modern Perspectives

par Andrew P. Roach, James R. Simpson ...

Scholars and analysts seeking to illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation evident in European medieval cultures and their afterlives have thus far neglected the important role of religious heresy. The papers collected here - reflecting the disciplines of history, literature, theology, philosophy, economics and law - examine the intellectual and social investments characteristic of ... En savoir plus

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Scholars and analysts seeking to illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation evident in European medieval cultures and their afterlives have thus far neglected the important role of religious heresy. The papers collected here - reflecting the disciplines of history, literature, theology, philosophy, economics and law - examine the intellectual and social investments characteristic of
... En savoir plus
Lens of War

Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

par James Robertson Jr., Thavolia Glymph, Stephen Cushman, Judith A. Giesberg, James Marten, William Blair, Joseph Glatthaar, Stephen Berry, Stephen Berry0, Caroline E. Janney1, Joan Waugh2, Earl Hess3, Aaron Sheehan-Dean4, Megan Kate Nelson5, Susan Eva O'Donovan6, Emory Thomas7, Harold Holzer8, Brooks D. Simpson9, Ethan S. Rafuse0, Carol Reardon1, Daniel E. Sutherland2, Elizabeth R. Varon3, T. Michael Parrish4, Steven E. Woodworth5, Jane E. Schultz6, Kathryn J. Shively7 ...

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Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental ... En savoir plus

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Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental
... En savoir plus
Stories of Dark Powers

par Aleister Crowley, Helen Simpson, M R James ...

Some very few amongst are a little different. They look the same, possibly act the same but, somehow, we might suspect that they are a little out of tune, a little off.Their difference is that they have dark powers. Powers for the greedy benefit of themselves and not you or I. In these stories our authors have them doing some quite unconscionable actions that disturb and menace those around them ... En savoir plus

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Some very few amongst are a little different. They look the same, possibly act the same but, somehow, we might suspect that they are a little out of tune, a little off.Their difference is that they have dark powers. Powers for the greedy benefit of themselves and not you or I. In these stories our authors have them doing some quite unconscionable actions that disturb and menace those around them
... En savoir plus
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Essence of Evil – Tales of Curses, Necromancy, Dark Magic & More

Over 27 hours delving into literatures darkest depths

par A J Alan, A M Burrage, Aleister Crowley, Anatole France, Anthony Hope, Arthur Machen, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D K Broster, Edith Nesbit, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Ernst Raupach, F Marion Crawford, H D Everett, H P Lovecraft, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Helen Simpson, Helena Blavatsky, John Davys Beresford, Joseph Conrad, Louisa May Alcott writing as A M Bernard, M R James, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Nikolai Gogol, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Vernon Lee, Victor Hugo, Violet Hunt, Violet Mary Firth writng as Dion Fortune, W F Harvey, W W Jacobs, Wilkie Collins, William Hope Hodgson, William Hunt ...

Lu par Garrick Hogan, Lisa Bowerman, Richard Mitchley ...

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26 heure 56 min

Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. But in this volume our authors are rather more spiteful that we could at first imagine. Here they blight the lives of characters with Curses, Necromancy, Dark Magic and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 - ... En savoir plus

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Pure Evil is one of our greatest fears. No appeals to reason, no pleas of mercy or forgiveness will have the slightest impact on the mind of the oppressor. But in this volume our authors are rather more spiteful that we could at first imagine. Here they blight the lives of characters with Curses, Necromancy, Dark Magic and other assorted ghouls that care little about the fate of you or I.1 -
... En savoir plus
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The 1920's - The English

The top ten short stories written in the 1920s by authors from England

par Virginia Woolf, D H Lawrence, A M Burrage, Algernon Blackwood, E F Benson, G K Chesterton, Helen Simpson, M R James, Marjorie Bowen, Radclyffe Hall ...

Lu par Elliot Fitzpatrick, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley ...

Version Longue

6 heure 9 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... En savoir plus

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... En savoir plus
Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature

Modifié par William M.R. Simpson, Robert C. Koons, James Orr ...

Collections series Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
This book explores the relationship between a scientifically updated Aristotelian philosophy of nature and a scientifically engaged theology of nature. It features original contributions by some of the best scholars engaging with Aristotelianism in contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology.Despite the growing interest in Aristotelian approaches to contemporary ... En savoir plus

$75.99 CAD

This book explores the relationship between a scientifically updated Aristotelian philosophy of nature and a scientifically engaged theology of nature. It features original contributions by some of the best scholars engaging with Aristotelianism in contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology.Despite the growing interest in Aristotelian approaches to contemporary
... En savoir plus
Dream

Tales from the Pikes Peak Writers

par Pikes Peak Writers, Steven J. Anderson, T. R. Kerby, Cepa Onion, Matthew Heneghan, Barbara Preslier, Jean Alfieri, D.J. Davis, John Lewis, Tracy Mitchell, Rick Duffy, John M. Campbell, Princewill Uchechi, Benjamin X. Wretlind, Lawrence Good, Lou J. Berger, P. James Norris, Ronnie Graham, C.E. Barnes, Scott Kerby, Lauren Lang, John Christenson, Sandy Reay, Gregory Mattix, Karen Fox, Peter McQuade, Marlene Fabian Stiles, C.S. Simpson, Kathie Scrimgeour, Edward T. Raetz, Jenny Kate, Deborah L. Brewer ...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later ... En savoir plus

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Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later
... En savoir plus

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