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- catalog abstract "L'équipe qui a travaillé à ce dictionnaire est celle qui a rédigé les six volumes des "Grands écrivains du monde". Le volume répond à un double projet: diffuser un savoir renouvelé dans une perspective planétaire et aider à comprendre l'homme sans se laisser arrêter par la différence de ses langages. La préface précise que la quasi-absence des philosophes est voulue, tout comme la prudence dans le choix des écrivains vivants, immédiatement contemporains. Quelques notices sont consacrées à des genres, écoles, oeuvres: classicisme-surréalismes - "Tristan et Iseut", etc. La longueur des notices varie de cinq lignes à deux pages (quatre colonnes). Quelques écrivains québécois figurent (R. Ducharme, A. Hébert, M.-C. Blais, Nelligan) mais ni G. Miron, ni H. Aquin. Très utile. Pondéré.".
- catalog abstract "Vols. 1, 6, 8-9, 11, 13- consist of Proceedings of the International School of Nuclear Physics.".
- catalog abstract "Explores experience of Indian tribal government in U.S. and its relevance to Canadian context. Exposes "major myth" of American Indian law - the doctrine of continued tribal sovereignty-through historical analysis of Indian-U.S. government relations, and through review of various government policies of removal, allotment and termination. Also describes how Indian self-government in U.S. currently operates.".
- catalog abstract "A modern edition of Gray's nineteenth-century text on the anatomy of the human body, focusing on the structure and relationship of the human organs and systems.".
- catalog abstract "120 years of German-Thai friendship.".
- catalog abstract "Study of constitutional reform with respect to aboriginal peoples in Canada from patriation in 1982 to 1983 and 1984 First Ministers' Conferences on Constitutional Aboriginal Matters. For each conference, there is account of preparatory process and proceedings as well as examination of issues discussed. Analyzes legal and policy aspects of issues and suggests possibilities for future constitutional discussion.".
- catalog abstract "Covers educational law.".
- catalog abstract "Contains summaries of lectures about archaeological work in Israel given to the Society and various meetings throughout the previous year.".
- catalog abstract "Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Lyotard emphasized language; the world of postmodern knowledge can be represented as a game of language where speaking is participation in the game whose goal is the creation of new and ever-changing social linkages.".
- catalog abstract "With an emphasis on readers and reading, the author considers deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, and reader-response criticism. As a result, this book is both an authoritative synthesis of Derrida's thought and an analysis of the often-problematic relation between his philosophical writings and the work of literary critics.".
- catalog abstract "Robert Berglund says a worship service is not a concert time. It is not an hour of entertainment. It is a time to worship God in spirit and in truth. In the Christian realm, however, the worship service seems to be a musical battleground. On one hand, church music is seen as utilitarian. Its only purpose is to allow worship to begin or continue throughout a church service. On the other hand, music can exist purely for entertainment. But is a worship service the place for entertainment? Shouldn't a worship service be designed only to worship God? A Philosophy of Church Music presents an integrated look at church music. Theological, philosophical, and psychological responses to the question of appropriate and consistent church music are considered to assist you in developing your personal church music philsophy. - Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "The politics of leadership from FDR to Carter.".
- catalog abstract "Map on lining papers. Bibliography: p. 267-272. Includes index. Explores private life in China.".
- catalog abstract "This book is addressed to all those interested in Canada : its history, its culture and music. The narrative rages across the many genres of music that have flourished in Canada : art music, folk and popular music, church music, and jazz. Since the book is non-technical in its approach so that it may be easily understood by those not specifically trained in music, the author has thoughtfully provided separate analytical sections for the more advanced reader. Abounding in music examples and replete with illustrations which vividly reflect each era of Canadian history, the volume also includes an anthology of thirteen complete works (or movements) by prominent Canadian composers, past and present. Each chapter begins with a brief summary of the social and political background fo the period under discussion, so that its music may be understood within the context of Canadian history. The double heritage - French and English - which has both enriched and troubled Canadian cultural life, is traced from its origins to the present day. A final chapter departs from this chronological format to focus on the music of the Indian and Inuit people and comment on its socio-cultural significance. Finally, an appendix including the sources of all the music discussed, a bibliography, discography, and filmography rounds out this ground-breaking volume. --from back cover.".
- catalog abstract "A tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. Despite their separate missions, both men converge in their respect for the native culture and their zeal to protect the Indians from imminent invasion.".
- catalog abstract "This book offers both a retrospective evaluation by the author of his thought and writing over the past two decades and an extension of his work in Redistribution with Growth. Chapters that discuss the structural characteristics of indibidual countries or groups of countries set the stage for a systematic analysis of the internal and external aspects of structural change that affect the design of policy. In successive chapters a set of techniques for analyzing structural change is developed and applied to some of the principal problems of developing countries today.".
- catalog abstract "Statistical review; Historical aspects: the wider perspective; The development of demand for livestock products; An economic model of decision making by cattle keepers. Western Europe and North America, pre-second world war: cattle grazed. Post-second world war: cattle grazed individually: milk and calves have value; Te South American case: cattle grazed individually; calves have value; The African case: cattle grazed communally; milk and calves have value; The south east Asin case: cattle communally grazed; calves have value; The Indian case: cattle grazed communally; milk has value. Towards a rational exploitation of pastoral resources.".
- catalog abstract ""Published for the Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, Frankfurt am Main." "Based on 'Venture contracts for mining projects in developing countries.'"--T.p.".
- catalog abstract "Catalog of the exhibition held at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985, and at the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, S.C., Jan. 22-Mar. 3, 1985.".
- catalog abstract "The Cossebu (Kossebu, Kotzebue) family was in northern Prussia as early as 1375, later moving to Hanover, Germany. Some descendants immi- grarted to Russia and Romania. The author and his father immigrated from Russia and Romania to Paris, France. Descendants lived through- out Europe, but details are given chiefly for those living in France, Germany, Russia and Romania.".
- catalog abstract "A guide to wild flower propagation and cultivation based on ten years of pioneering research at the North Carolina Botanical Garden.".
- catalog abstract "Early history of the Kansas City area and its beginnings in French colonial explorations and settlements, from the 1600s on.".
- catalog abstract "Study based on data collected in 1980.".
- catalog abstract "Over 32,000 psychologists representing 51 countries throughout the world except the United States. Is not restricted to only better known professionals; includes information on all psychologists who were reported by psychology societies in the various countries, UNESCO sources, institutions, or contact persons. Geographical arrangement by countries. Entries give personal, educational, and career information as well as special areas of interest. Includes a list of abbreviations. Introduction for each country (before biographical entries) contains information on development and current status of psychology in that country.".
- catalog abstract ""Proceedings of a seminar series conducted by the Washington, D.C. American Association for the Advancement of Science for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."--T.p. Seminars held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1982-Oct. 1983.".
- catalog abstract "Historicity of Sri Lanka (Laṅkā) based on Sanskrit literary sources.".
- catalog abstract "CD-ROM contains the programs described v. 3 and listed in the appendices of the sessions.".
- catalog abstract "Sur la psychologie des jumeaux et sur divers aspects qui s'y rattachent. Conception et embryologie; les recherches sur la question; légende, fiction, rêveries; les jumeaux et l'amour.".
- catalog abstract ""For the purpose of this book, the Ottawa Valley means portions of the valley including (a) in Ontario: the Ottawa-Carleton Region, Renfrew County, and small portions of adjacent counties, (b) in Quebec: Thorne Township in Pontiac County and Bowman Township in Labelle County [now in Papineau County]."--p. 8. "The arrival of immigrants from the eastern provinces of Prussia and other regions in northern Germany in 1857 was the start of a migration that brought approximately 12,000 Germans to the upper Ottawa Valley within the next 30 years. Today an estimated 20% of the population in Renfrew County are descendants of those settlers, and there are smaller concentrations in other counties on both sides of the Ottawa River....The primary objective of this book is to document and describe the reasons for German immigration to the Ottawa Valley in the 19th century and to offer some background on the geographical and political origin of the immigrants, on Canadian policies and recruitment activities, on Prussian reaction to these activities, on the immigration process itself and on early settlement in the reception area."--Introd. .".
- catalog abstract "Spenser loves just one woman, even though she's the one he's just lost. So when her desperate letter arrives, he doesn't think twice. He has to free his best friend from a life sentence, and get Susan out of trouble.".
- catalog abstract "Introduces the history and culture of the picturesque county located in the extreme southwestern corner of England.".
- catalog abstract "A story of the golden age of artic exploration, from Martin Frobisher in the 16thC to the controversial Vilhjalmur Stefansson in the early 20thC.".
- catalog abstract "The story of the bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil.".
- catalog abstract "Assembling the latest evidence from the fields of sociology, criminology, economics, medicine, biology, and psychology and exploring the effects of such factors as gender, age, race, and family, two eminent social scientists frame a groundbreaking theory of criminal behavior.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the nature of moral disagreement, Nietzsche, Aristotle, heroic societies, and the virtue of justice. In a new chapter, MacIntyre elaborates his position on the relationship of philosophy to history, the virtues and the issue of relativism, and the relationship of moral philosophy to theology.".
- catalog abstract "This text is a comprehensive introduction to research methods in social and cultural anthropology. The Peltos focus their discussion on the essential elements of preparing and analyzing the supporting evidence from which generalizations about human nature are derived. The specific elements of anthropological research - such as interviewing informants, observing ceremonial behaviour, and designing surveys - are all covered, but the primary aim is to show how basic observations can be systematically translated into socio-cultural generalizations. The authors place strong emphasis not only on quantification and statistics, but also on the more qualitative aspects of anthropological working styles that are essential to effective research. The two main themes of the book can be stated as follows: (1) anthropological generalizations and more complex theoretical structures can be built up only through careful implementation of basic concepts, the building blocks of all theory, and (2) successful description and hypothesis testing depend on the judicious mixing of quantitative and quantitative research materials. The second edition, in which Professor Gretel Pelto has collaborated with her husband, expands the discussion of tools of research and offers a more comprehensive analysis of current ideas concerning the 'theory-building' process. An entirely new chapter has been added on the research methods and relevance of applied anthropology. Throughout the text, many new and updated examples are cited to illustrate statistical and methodological approaches to anthropological research.".
- catalog abstract "Catalog of an exhibition held at Universiteitsmuseum te Utrecht, Jan. 18-May 31, 1985.".
- catalog abstract "Documents Gilkey's participation in the 1981 trial, over the constitutionality of the Arkansas law requiring that creation science be taught alongside evolution in the public schools.".
- catalog abstract "Natty Bumpo and Chingachgook, bring alive the early 1700's when Americans, French, and Huron were fighting for the vast, uncharted wilderness.".
- catalog abstract ""The story of four young men and their quest for an Olympic gold medal"--Jacket subtitle.".
- catalog abstract ""The title piece of this collection was an immediate sensation when it was published in China in September 1979. an outstanding example of 'reportage', or fictionalized social analysis, 'People or Monsters?' is a story of the corruption of an entire commune in a small county of the remote Heilongjiang Province of northeastern China. There female candre by the name of Wang Shouxin gained control of the commune and ran it for her personal benefit. While many in China were scandalized by Liu's expose, many more saw in it a microcosm of Chinese society."--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog abstract "The Anchor Bible Commentary is the collaborative effort of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.".
- catalog abstract "Originally presented as the authorʾs thesis (Ph. D.--Utkal University, 1981)".
- catalog abstract "The basic question to which this book is addressed is not how to eliminate or prevent conflict but rather how to make it productive, or minimally, how to prevent it from being destructive. I shall not deal with situations of "pure" conflict in which inevitably one side loses what the other gains. My interest is in conflict where there is a mixture of cooperative and competitive interests, where a variety of outcomes is possible; mutual loss, gain for one and loss of the other, and mutual gain. Thus my query can be restated, as an investigation of the conditions under which the participants will evolve a cooperative relationship or a competitive relationship in a situation which permits either. -- from the introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Noting that the doctrine of Purgatory does not appear in the Latin theology of the West before the late twelfth century, the author identifies the profound social and intellectual changes which caused its widespread acceptance.".
- catalog abstract ""Until the Middle Ages, a king could marry his first cousin, a priest could have a wife and several concubines, and a nobleman could banish a wife if she didn't produce a son. Marriage was an instrument of control in the hands of kings and noblemen, who used it to keep their power intact; to gain land, wealth, and authority; and to bind women to the partiarchal system".".
- catalog abstract "Vol. for 1976 covers literature through 1975.".
- catalog abstract "Chronicles the life, work, deeds and accomplishments of Sarah Schnirer, as she goes from being a seamstress to a schoolteacher to the pioneer founder of Jewish religious education.".
- catalog abstract "It was early one morning in October 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Terrorists drove a truck loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives into the atrium of a building housing the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The explosives were detonated, razing the four-story steel and concrete building, killing 241 Americans, and injuring many more. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. pulled its forces out of Beruit. Within months of the attack, the author was granted an historic opportunity to interview survivors of the bombing and those who came to their rescue. This book is their story and captures the Marines' mission in Lebanon, including largely unreported battles fought in and around Beirut. Using recollections from the nearly 200 people interviewed, the book recounts in vivid detail the terrorist attack on unit headquarters, and how the survivors came out alive.".
- catalog abstract "Contains essays by leading women writers attempting to capture the essence of the position of women at the end of the United Nations Decade for Women with a chapter including statistics.".
- catalog abstract "Focusing on South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Liberia, and including virtually every African country.".
- catalog abstract "Entre l'humour et l'angoisse, un fantastique spécifiquement belge, onze nouvelles par un "esprit fin redoutable et inquiétant".".
- catalog abstract "Includes names from the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, and in Canada, from the Provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec; also includes the eastern half of Ontario and no longer includes West Virginia, <1994->.".
- catalog abstract "This book seeks to explain why regional integration, originally perceived as vital to the development of Latin America, now finds these countries among the most adversely affected by the present economic crisis. At this crucial juncture in their development, when most of Latin America is faced with a gigantic debt burden and unprecedented social and political instability, the contributors to this book call for a review of the framework under which regional integration presently operates. The book outlines and discusses new formulae to make integration workable within the constraints of the present economic conditions and pressures facing Latin American countries.".
- catalog abstract "Includes all corporations listed in the editions of Moody's manuals.".
- catalog abstract "This publication is a "guide to printed information about Black people."--Introd.".
- catalog abstract "For senior high school and university students.".
- catalog abstract ""Already in its third edition, this panorama of the arts in Colombia is an excellent 'pocket book' for those wishing to familiarize themselves with the subject. In a clear and straightforward style, the Spanish-born Gil Tovar provides a general overview of the development of Colombian plastic arts, from precolumbian times to the present. The book has a few b/w illustrations and a good bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas".
- catalog abstract "Includes comparative data for previous years.".
- catalog abstract "Contains the complete text of the ancient canon of scripture, along with up-to-date and extensive introductions and notes. Eight pages of color maps and indexes, including biblical themes, personal names, and major footnotes.".
- catalog abstract "This biographical dictionary is an unrivalled source of information about the astonishing succession of churchmen who have loomed large on the world scene for almost 2,000 years. The Dictionary contains concise accounts not only of all the officially recognized popes from St. Peter to John Paul II, but also of all their irregularly elected rivals, the so-called antipopes; it also has an appendix recording the once generally credited but long discarded, tradition that at some date in the ninth, tenth, or eleventh century there was a female pope called Joan. Each pope and antipope is assigned an entry which covers, except where (as in the early centuries) no information is available, his family and social background and pre-papal career as well as his activities in office, and each entry has its separate select bibliography, usually including references to the primary source for the pope's life and his official acts. The popes have been deliberately arranged in chronological rather than alphabetical order so that each can be studied in his own historical context. The arrangement also means that the book is in effect a continuous history of the papacy. Based on careful research, but eminently readable, it provides revealing vignettes of the extraordinary variety of men who have claimed to be successors of St. Peter, and their varying involvement on great power politics, personal or family aggrandizement, theological controversy, or spiritual leadership. It also presents a graphic and moving picture of the fluctuating fortunes of the Christian church centered in Rome, sometimes submerged by secular forces, but at other times, under popes of determination and vision, staging a spectacular revival and confronting the world (as today) with a daunting challenge.--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "Vol. 1: The Irony of it all, 1893-1919; Vol. 2: The Noise of conflict, 1919-1941.".
- catalog abstract "This volume presents the latest thoughts of as brilliant group of young economists on one of the most persistent economic problems facing the United States ad the world, inflation. Rather than attempting an encyclopedic effort or offering specific policy recommendations, the contributors have emphasized the diagnosis of problems and the description of events that economists most thoroughly understand. Reflecting a dozen diverse views-many of which challenge established orthodoxy-they illuminate the economic and political processes involved in this important issue.".
- catalog abstract "For a one or two semester introduction to topology at the senior or first year graduate level.".
- catalog abstract "The history of Britain and Ireland is traditionally presented as a succession of dramatic changes, but in this reference work the reader will find instead an emphasis on the patterns of continuity. The sixty contributors have concerned themselves with political structures and social and economic forces, rather than with the highlights of ancient chronicles and more recent upheavals. The familiar outlines and landmarks of the past nevertheless remain: the Encyclopedia consists of seven chronological sections from prehistory to the present decade, completed by a biographical Who's Who. Each section is introduced with a survey or Overview describing the major features and trends of the period. Specialist articles follow, which interpret developments in the context of each of the following topics: Government and Politics; Warfare and International Relations; Economy, Society (including living conditions); Culture (including education). The interpretative articles are illustrated not only with specific visual records, buildings and portraiture, but also with representations of dress, housing, transport, and everyday objects, intended to give the reader as vivid a feeling as possible for each period consulted. Maps and genealogies are included wherever they are helpful.".
- catalog abstract "Who played what in the movies.".
- catalog abstract "When his wife learns that she is pregnant, Adam Schonberg quits medical school to go to work for Arolen Pharmaceuticals and discovers the nightmarish business that they are involved in-a business that threatens his own wife!".
- catalog abstract "This account of the last days of the Civil War focuses on the capture and imprisonment of President Jefferson Davis.".
- catalog abstract "Gathers together the latest information for the athletes who don't have a coach, but who want to improve their overall performance.".
- catalog abstract "Trois textes poétiques, respectivement publiés en 1975, 1980 et 1981. Un recueil dans lequel le poète, traducteur de Rilke, Musil, Ungaretti, démontre à "quel point les activités de lecture et d'écriture sont pour lui indissociables" (S. Lépine, "Le Devoir" du 12 janvier 1985).".
- catalog abstract "This book is for women seeking to integrate spiritual, vocational, and sexual dimensions of life. This book weaves women's stories together: the Old Testament story of Esther; the collective stories of all women; the autobiographical story of Marjory Bankson; each reader's personal story through reflective questions. Ths book challenges women to: gather and tell their stories; discover their common themes and honor their diverse experience; claim their bodies as an expression of God's wholeness; integrate the separate streams of work, sexuality, and spirituality; celebrate women's way of growing and creating. - Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "On cover: The moving story of Roosevelt's massive disability--and the intense efforts to conceal it from the public.".
- catalog abstract ""Une femme seule dans une chambre en désordre téléphone à son amant qui vient de la quitter pour une autre."--Cover.".
- catalog abstract "Rules for manuscript preparation for articles in the field of psychology and other areas, but especially in the 18 American Psychological Association journals. The manual "reflects the maturing of the language of psychology and incorporates current national and international standards of scientific communication." The rules are arranged under 7 sections covering such topics as expression of ideas, typing instructions, and submitting the manuscript. Appendix gives instructions for handling other than journal articles. Index.".
- catalog abstract "Provides convincing answers to the question of what went wrong in Vietnam.".
- catalog abstract "An essentially non-mathematical treatment designed for first year graduate and advanced undergraduate students.".
- catalog abstract "Examinations of the world economic, political, and social problems include analyses of the expansion of capitalism, decline of the power of the United States, and the development of socialism.".
- catalog abstract ""This book falls into three parts: a biological sketch of Vygotsky, an outline of his principal tenets, and Wertsch's own attempt to bring them up to date. His scholarship is exemplary: the book is the most detailed account in English of its subject's life and work. It will be welcomed by cognitive psychologists and students of development."--Page N. Johnson-Laird, Times Literary Supplement.".
- catalog abstract "In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six societies over time. Slavery is shown to be a parasitic relationship between master and slave, invariably entailing the violent domination of a natally alienated, or socially dead, person. The phenomenon of slavery as an institution, the author argues, is a single process of recruitment, incorporation on the margin of society, and eventual manumission or death. --from publisher description.".
- catalog abstract ""Contains current data describing the physicians' services sector of the United States health care system, and articles analyzing social, economic, and policy issues relevant to health care in the U.S." Contains original articles and statistical tables on patterns of medical practice, health services research and policy analysis, physician manpower, and physicians' work patterns, fees, and net incomes. Subject index.".
- catalog abstract "This book provides "a concrete view of the needs, practices, and problems of screen writing, including extensive coverage of adaptation, a subject often overlooked in scriptwriting books".--Book cover".
- catalog abstract "Recalls a certain New York City boyhood in the 1930s, through the eyes of the child himself and then him as an adult trying to reconstruct the past.".
- catalog abstract "Explores the American concept of religious liberty: how it originated, its enactment into law, and its continuing consequences.".
- catalog abstract "The essays collected in this volume are selected from papers originally presented to a "Consultation on Jungian Psychology and the Study of Religion" at the 1979-1981 annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion. We convened this consultation to initiate dialogue between those scholars concerned with the academic study of religion and those concerned with this major psychological thinker who had concerned himself so centrally with the question of religious meaning.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses engineer operations during the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and northwest Europe.".
- catalog abstract "For too many years American workers have been cut off from their own roots. When children go to school, they learn little about the people who work in factories and offices, their movements and their efforts for a better life. What is hidden from them is their own legacy, the heritage of culture and struggle handed on from other generations of working people. This book represents a new approach to history. It attempts to pass on that history from one group of workers to other workers, especially as workers and unions are at a crossroads, facing deteriorating conditions and even the permanent loss of jobs. But workers have faced these problems before, and surmounted them. This book can help all understand that our collective history helps us to face the challenges of the present and ones yet unknown of tomorrow. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "Glossary of administrative, technical, and other words of common usage.".
- catalog abstract "An examination of how thought and emotion are integrated in human development.".
- catalog abstract "Presents a case for the immediate development of Quebec's hydroelectric potential and the export of power to the American Northeast, where it could replace other types of expensive, polluting energy. Traces the history of the James Bay hydroelectric project as the successful first phase of development.".
- catalog abstract "Pelikan discusses how each age created Jesus in its own image, discovering in his life and teachings the answers to fundamental questions of human existence and destiny. Studying the images of Jesus cherished by successive ages - from rabbi in the first century to universal man in the Renaissance to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - Pelikan suggests that the way a particular age depicted Jesus is an essential key to understanding that era.--desc. from illus. ed.".
- catalog abstract "Medieval treatise, with autocommentary, on God, presenting the viewpoint of Chaitanya school in Vaishnavism.".
- catalog abstract "With reference to Rajasthan.".
- catalog abstract "Study on Hinduism from the Christian viewpoint.".
- catalog abstract "Since the publication of Wahrheit und Methode in 1960 (Tfibingen), Gadamer's hermeneutics has called forth a varied and fruitful response from the Continent, without receiving anything near the same attention from the English-speaking world. Though E.D. Hirsch thought Gadamer sufficiently important in 1965 to merit an early rebuttal and rehabilitation (Validity in Interpretation [New Haven, Conn., 1967], pp. 245-64), Wahrheit und Methode remained unread in England and America, partly because a translation was not available until 1975 (Truth and Method, ed. Garrett Barden and John Cumming [New York]). Even after that date, Gadamer's influence on Anglo-American debate has been largely secondhand, filtering in through such figures as Paul Ricoeur and Jiurgen Habermas. But a renewed interest in the question of what we are to make of tradition, no doubt spurred in large measure by deconstruction's effort to unmake it, has lent Gadamer a new pertinence. One sign that his stock is on the rise is the publication of Joel Weinsheimer's Gadamer's Hermeneutics, a much needed and admirably written introduction to Truth and Method that should push its value even higher. -- JSTOR (June 12, 2012.).".
- catalog abstract "Includes issues called "Número extraordinario" which carry their own numbering.".
- catalog abstract "When she died in 1980, Dorothy Day was called "the most significant, interesting and influential person in the history of American Catholicism" (Commonweal), and "a non-violent social radical of luminous personality" (The New York Times). As co-founder in 1933 (with the French peasant philosopher Peter Maurin) of the Catholic Worker movement, and for almost fifty years editor and publisher of its newspaper, she applied the Gospels to a sweeping radical critique of our economic, social, and political system, and addressed the most urgent issues of our time: poverty, labor, justice, civil liberties, and disarmament. She saw the movement as an affirmation of life and sanity, and a way to "bring about the kind of society where it is easier to be good." The present volume is a selection of Dorothy Day's published work, spanning a period of over fifty years. Although the great majority of the pieces have been reprinted from The Catholic Worker, a number of other magazine articles are included, as well as selections from all her books. - Publisher.".
- catalog abstract "In this, her first collection of nonfiction, the author speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging from the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays about other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the antinuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring childhood injury and her daughter's healing words.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the reasons nearly two hundred thousand single American women have decided to become mothers, and discusses father's rights, adoption, family responses, and the effects of single parenting on mother and child.".
- catalog abstract "Includes information on the discovery and exploration of the bay, excavations, artifacts and the impact of the fur trade on the area.".
- catalog abstract "Compendium of the Mimamsa school in Indic philosophy.".