“…The scope and nature of the rebellions go far beyond the stereotypical frameworks that have dominated traditional representations. …”

“…From formal concerns such as Kopienkritic (copy criticism) to social readings of plebeian and patrician art and beyond, scholars have returned to Roman sculpture to answer a variety of questions about Roman art, society, and history. …”

“…"Education is in bad shape in America and beyond today. It's obvious. Everyone perceives it. …”

“…Even in the tentativeness of the early writing, the letters show his care for his work as well as what he must share or relinquish to allow it to have a life beyond, even despite, himself. Detailed introductions, translations, explanatory notes, profiles of major correspondents, chronologies, and other contextual information accompany the letters. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…DeGruchy -- Globalization, religion and embodiment: Latin American feminist perspectives / Wanda Deifelt -- A Chicano theological mind / Andrés Quetzalcóatl Guerrero -- The gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes / Hwa Yung -- Mujerista theology: a praxis of liberation: my story / Ada Maria Isasi-Díaz -- A tale of many stories / Emmanuel Katongole -- Indigenous peoples in Asia: theological trends and challenges / Wati Longchar -- Global warming: a theological problem and paradigm / Sallie McFague -- Beyond suffering and lament: theology of hope and life / Nyambura J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Ehrlich-Kelsen debate revisited in a globalizing setting / Bart van Klink -- Ehrlich's non-state law and the Roman jurists / Olga Tellegen-Couperus -- Environmental regulation and non-state law : the future public policy agenda / Neil Gunningham -- The hardness of soft law in the United Kingdom : state and non-state regulatory activities related to nanotechnological development / Bärbel Dorbeck-Jung and Marloes van Amerom -- Barristers beyond the law : state and non-state actors work in partnership to enforce legal and moral norms / Jenny Job -- In a world without a sovereign : native title law in Australia / Francesca Dominello -- Regulating the living will : the role of non-state law at the end of life / Oliver W. …”

“…Interoception is the body-to-brain axis of signals originating from the internal body and visceral organs (such as gastrointestinal, respiratory, hormonal, and circulatory systems), and plays a unique role in ensuring homeostasis. This volume goes beyond the traditional role of interoception for homeostasis and offers a state-of-the-art overview of and new insights into the role of interoception for mental life, awareness, subjectivity, affect, and cognition. …”

“…This little book seeks to clarify for an audience of educated non-specialists some of the issues that often arise in philosophical disputes over the existence and the nature of human free will. Beyond that, it proposes a particular solution to the puzzles. …”

“…Important subjects include: a turn to more humanistic, social, dialogic and cocreational perspectives on public relations; changes in the capacity and use of new information technologies; greater emphasis on non-Western international and intercultural public relations that takes into account an increasingly politically polarized culture; and issues of ethics that look beyond how clients and the traditional mass media are treated and into much broader questions of voice, agency, race, identity and the economic and political status of publics. …”

“…Many of us assume that our creative process is beyond our ability to influence, and pay attention to it only when it isn't working properly. …”

“…Yet a near-exclusive focus on conquered Iberian Muslims has led scholars to overlook a substantial body of legal opinions issued in response to Portuguese and Spanish occupation in Morocco itself, beginning in the early fifteenth century. By moving beyond Iberia and following Christian conquerors and Muslim emigrants into North Africa, Leaving Iberia links the juristic discourses on conquered Muslims on both sides of the Mediterranean, critiques the perceived exceptionalism of the Iberian Muslim predicament, and adds a significant chapter to the story of Christian-Muslim relations in the medieval Mediterranean. …”

“…Challenging our fiercely held notions about what motivates us politically, this book explores how self-interest divides the public on a host of hot-button issues, from abortion and the legalization of marijuana to same-sex marriage, immigration, affirmative action, and income redistribution.Expanding the notion of interests beyond simple economics, Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban look at how people's interests clash when it comes to their sex lives, social status, family, and friends. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….] -- Mobile media on low-cost handsets : the resiliency of text messaging among small enterprises in India (and beyond) / Jonathan Donner -- Innovations at the edge : the impact of mobile technologies on the character of the internet / Harmeet Sawnhey -- Media contents in mobiles : comparing video, audio and text / Virpi Oksman -- New economics for the new media / Stuart Cunningham and Jason Potts -- Domesticating new media : a discussion on locating mobile media / Larissa Hjorth -- Back to the future : the past and present of mobile TV / Gabriele Balbi and Benedetta Prario -- Net-drive : conceiving and producing a locative media artwork / Atau Tanaka and Petra Gemeinboeck -- Mobile news in Chinese newspaper groups : a case study of Yunnan daily press group / Liu Cheng and Axel Bruns -- Re-inventing newspapers in a digital era : the mobile e-paper / Wendy Van den Broeck, Bram Lievens and Jo Pierson -- Face to face : avatars and mobile identities / Kathy Cleland -- Re-imagining urban space : mobility, connectivity, and a sense of place / Dong-Hoo Lee -- These foolish things : on intimacy and insignificance in mobile media / Kate Crawford -- Mobility, memory and identity / Nicola Green…”

“…Drawing on a range of sources beyond Locke's own writings, Pritchard portrays the secular not as religion's separation from power, but rather as its affiliation with subtler, and sometimes insidious, forms of power. …”

“…In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses" and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. …”
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“…Kraidy provide a comprehensive how-to guide to the study of media, going far beyond the established English-language literature and drawing on the best methods and research from around the world. …”

“…But after he raised the Stuart standard at Glenfinnan in the Western Highlands, destroyed a contingent of the British army at Prestonpans near Edinburgh, and then marched south into England, swiftly reaching Derby, the rising threatened to destabilise the British state, dethrone King George and the Hanoverian dynasty, while disrupting Britain's military capability in Europe and colonial activities in America and beyond. Less than four decades after the controversial Act of Union between Scotland and England, arrogance and incompetence on the part of government ministers had allowed the small danger Charles and his Jacobite army had initially posed to escalate into a full-scale civil war: part of the on-going dynastic, political and ideological struggle for the heart and soul of this new nation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tieleman -- Making use of history beyond the Euphrates: political views, cultural traditions, and historical contexts in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion / Michael A. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword: 21st century skills: why they matter, what they are, and how we get there -- Five minds for the future -- New policies for twenty-first century demands: an interview with Linda Darling-Hammond -- Comparing frameworks for 21st century skills -- The role of professional learning communities in advancing 21st century skills -- The Singapore model: teach less, learn more -- Designing new physical environments to support 21st century skills -- An implementation framework to support 21st century skills -- Problem-based learning: the foundation for 21st century skills -- Cooperative learning and conflict resolution: essential 21st century skills -- Creating rich learning environments for mastery of 21st century skills -- Innovation through technology: visual learning in the twenty-first century -- Technology rich, information poor -- Navigating social networks as learning tools -- A framework for assessing 21st century skills -- Afterword: leadership, change, and beyond the 21st century skills framework…”

“…Aided by quick-reference tables and other illustrations, readers gain a systematic framework to help them demystify the jargon of the field organize their knowledge about curriculum and instruction and implement well-thought-through practices in the K-6 classroom and beyond…”
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