“…While the United States and Western Europe may have been the vanguard of abortion law reform in the latter half of the twentieth century, Central and South America are proving to be laboratories of thought and innovation in the twenty-first century, as are particular countries in Africa and Asia. …”

“…Spellman considers death and dying from every angle in the Western tradition, exploring how humans understand and come to terms with the end of life. …”

“…Through the five films he selected for this book Laszlo is able to show the broad range of complexity in motion picture photography, from the relatively simple "point and shoot" in the typcal western to complex in-camera effects. In recounting his "war stories" Laszlo is able to show the day to day activities of a cinematographer before, during and after filming the project, discussing equipment, film stocks, testing, labs, unions, agents, budget requirements, and working with the director and producer. …”

“…Children’s Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop’s fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. …”
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“…Engaging with a host of current debates, the chapters in this book break away from conventional historical conceptions of empire as an essentially western phenomenon with clear demarcation lines between the colonizer and the colonized. …”

“…The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. …”
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“…Full of drama and colourful characters, her memoir highlights the dangers and drudgery faced by Westerners living under communism. Moscow in the 1960s was the other side of the Iron Curtain: mysterious, exotic, even dangerous. …”
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“…Emerging from the rivalries of European empires and their allies, the revolution pivoted on western expansion as well as resistance to new British taxes. …”

“…In the first part are chapters on how an emphasis on faith distorts attempts to engage non-western religious ideas; on how philosophers from different traditions might collaborate on common interests; on why the common presupposition of ultimacy leads to error; on how new religious movements feed a naturalistic philosophy of religion; on why a focus on belief and a focus on practice are both mistaken; on why philosophy's deep axiological concern should set much of the field's agenda; and on how the field might contribute to religious evolution. …”

“…Dirk Vandewalle, one of only a handful of Western scholars to visit the country during this time, is intimately acquainted with Libya. …”

“…Un hombre llamado caballo vuelve al galope en un western excepcional que relata las penurias de una tribu de sioux que ha sido horriblemente traicionada y su búsqueda de un hombre capaz de conducirles a la victoria. …”

“…Un hombre llamado caballo vuelve al galope en un western excepcional que relata las penurias de una tribu de sioux que ha sido horriblemente traicionada y su búsqueda de un hombre capaz de conducirles a la victoria. …”

“…In this book, leading Russian and Western political scientists contribute to debates in comparative politics by examining Russia's subnational politics. …”
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“…Paden argues that although comparativism has been challenged as too culture-bound, too western, or too gendered, cross-over categories and concepts between religious traditions cannot be avoided. …”

“…In this book, leading Russian and Western political scientists contribute to debates in comparative politics by examining Russia's subnational politics. …”
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“…It also takes great care to avoid the common historioraphical error of projecting onto the Incas, arguably the last great civilization to have existed without contac with the "Old World" western ways of seeing and imagining the universe. …”
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