“…To what futures do these creatures and objects invite us, especially when they appear within the texts and cultures of the "distant" past?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- 17 150 ways (and counting) that the nanny state is good for us -- 18 Tardis travelling into David Leyonhjelm’s post-nanny state dystopia -- 19 Torture by omission -- 20 It’s the government’s call over phone tower debate -- 21 No, we’re not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wi-fi -- 22 Wind turbine sickness prevented by the money drug -- 23 Wind turbine syndrome: a classic “communicated” disease -- 24 Questions a prominent wind farm critic needs to answer -- 25 Chilean earthquakes in Australia and other wacky myths from wind farm opponents -- 26 Let’s appoint a judge to investigate bizarre wind farm health claims -- 27 Tragedy puts values at threat -- 28 Charities to be seen but no longer heard? …”

“…It is not a study of animal imagery, although the works that Margot Norris explores present us with apes, horses, bulls, and mice who appear in the foreground of fiction, not as the tropes of allegory or fable, but as narrators and protagonists appropriating their animality amid an anthropocentric universe. …”

“…Imaginatio creatrix inspires us to fabulate these facts into events and plots with personal significance attempting to delineate a life-course in life-stories within the ever-flowing stream – existence. …”

“…Beginning from what our common intuitions tell us about situations involving "temporary incapacitation"—where a human organism has, then loses, then regains a certain capacity—this book argues for substantive conclusions regarding human fetuses and embryos, humans in a permanent vegetative state, humans suffering from brain diseases, and humans born with genetic disorders. …”

“…"an excellent introductory textbook ...introducing complex ideas on statistics to students in a practical, non-threatening way.... [It] will help us to train our students to be better consumers of the statistical analyses they must deal with throughout their careers." …”

“…The contributions to this timely volume detail the process as carried out in eight diverse countries, all of whom have recently enacted policy initiatives towards the third sector: UK US Canada Hungary Germany Ireland Israel Japan The studies are comprehensive: from reviewing the current policy, enacting new laws, supervisory mechanisms, and modes of funding. …”

“…Has it always held the same meanings for us? Will it always be a given in society? Taking the sociocultural long view, Violence in Europe analyzes the prevalence and role of violence—from street crime to terrorist attacks, homicide to genocide—in the evolution of human and national behavior. …”

“…Although the various chapters address the history of different types of scripts (i.e. biblical majuscule, sloping poitend majuscule, liturgical majuscule, epigraphic and monumental scripts), their juxtaposition allows us to identify common issues of the comparative method of palaeography. …”

“…A decade later, Bajio insurgents took down the silver economy that fueled global trade and sustained Spain s empire while Britain triumphed at war and pioneered industrial ways that led the U.S. South, still-Spanish Cuba, and a Brazilian empire to expand slavery to supply rising industrial centers. …”

“…The 2010 U.S. Census data showed that over the last decade the Latino population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, accounting for more than half of the nation's population growth. …”

“…On September 12th 2008, Lehman Brothers was valued at 639 billion US dollars. On Monday 15th September, it was worth nothing. …”

“…The toolkitâss design and content are the result of a rigorous, systematic review of the program evaluation literature to identify evaluation approaches, measures, and tools used elsewhere and will be particularly useful to coordinators and directors of suicide prevention programs in the U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Health Administration, community-based settings, and state and local health departments. …”

“…Dickinson's book takes us right into the South African workplace to show how effective and yet enormously complex peer education really is. …”