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“…Vansina musters an impressive variety of sources—linguistic, archaeological, ethnographic, biological, written, and oral—to uncover how these societies were born from largely independent autochthonous forager communities through the development of institutions of governance. …”

“…In a conversational, jargon-free style built on a practitioner's observations and anecdotes, The Science of Serendipity traces the dilemmas that executives in a wide variety of firms face. It details the steps taken to overcome the issues and get great ideas across the finish line.If you're looking for a guide inyour fight against the corporate machine, this is the business book for you. …”

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“…An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling and methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse traditions of inquiry and in connection with a variety of media, from film and television, to storytelling in the 'real-life' contexts of face-to-face interaction, to literary fiction. …”
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“…Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:*presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel*explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as "Rational Criminal Investigation," "The Hard-Boiled Mode," "The Police Procedural" and "Historical Crime Fiction"*locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context*outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory*considers contemporary television series like "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" alongside the "classic" whodunnits of Agatha Christie…”
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“…Egyptian Mythology: A Very Short Introduction explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme. To show the variety of source material for Egyptian myth, each chapter features a particular object--such as the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, a golden statue of Tutankhamun, and a papyrus containing a story in which the Egyptian gods behave outrageously--which is illustrated by a photograph or line-drawing. …”
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“…"This book focuses on arguments from suffering against the existence of God and on a variety of issues concerning agency and value that they bring out. …”

“…The Leydig Cell in Health and Disease presents all of the developments in our understanding of Leydig cell biology and explores a wide variety of current and potential clinical applications. …”

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“…Presentación del editor: "Jana Hazekamp introduces a wide variety of computation strategies, adapt ed from the acclaimed Singapore approach, that will bring students a real understanding of number relationships and the meaning behind the math. …”

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“…Feldman has transcribed a variety of population lists for East and West Florida, dating from 1763 to 1784, based on British sources. …”
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“…The book is based on a collection of hundreds of examples of fictive interaction at all grammatical levels from a wide variety of spoken, written, and signed languages, and from many different discourse genres. …”

“…Integrating research from a variety of disciplines, Eelco Runia identifies two modes of being "moved by the past": regressive and revolutionary. …”

“…Based on the authors' own experiences of intervention in school settings, this practical guide includes a number of vignettes and case studies illustrating how the behavioural approach has been used by teachers in a wide variety of classrooms to make their teaching more effective. …”

“…Evaluation Research introduces the reader to the fundamental principles of evaluation by demonstrating how a wide variety of social research methods can be applied in different evaluation contexts in imaginative and creative ways. …”
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“…Distinctive features of the original writings are preserved as examples of variety of style, spelling, punctuation and general presentation. …”

“…Readers utilize theory and applications in every chapter with a wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises, discussion questions, simulations and experiments that reinforce the book's applied approach…”