“…Así es la historia de la ambición humana, de la intriga por el poder, del delirio que lleva al crimen, de la bastardía de la traición, porque el poder implica hilos manejados tras bambalinas, dominio sobre el otro…”

“…¿Cómo se organiza una escena que implica a más de cien extras y tres vehículos que colisionan, en pleno centro de la ciudad? …”
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“…Por último, se revisa el pluralismo moral y político insistiendo en el momento estético de la razón práctica y sosteniendo que la aceptación de la tesis de la inconmensurabilidad no implica forma alguna de relativismo…”

“…Se ha encontrado que el dimorfismo sexual en estos circuitos no es aparente hasta la pubertad. Esto implica que los factores prenatales (genética) y postnatales (hormonas) desempeñen un rol destacado en el establecimiento de la naturaleza dimórfica sexual en circuitos cerebrales que median las conductas sexuales. …”

“…I Don't Hate The South's central claim is that the South is a laboratory, metaphor, and proving ground for American polity as a whole. W. E. B. Du Bois noted: "As the South goes, so goes the nation!" …”
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“…This lucid account of military developments around the modern world begins with the American War of Independence and the French revolutionary wars and continues chronologically to the latest 21st century conflicts. …”

“…Da ciò anche il motivo del suo vivere una vita secondo il bene: “La fede senza la carità non porta frutto e la carità senza la fede sarebbe un sentimento in balia costante del dubbio” (Benedetto XVI, Porta Fidei, 14). Credere implica necessariamente saper offrire motivi significativi perché l’uomo di oggi sia per il mondo segno di una speranza e di una luce che non si spegne al primo lieve soffio di vento contrario…”

“…While many recent observers have accused American judges—especially Supreme Court justices—of being too driven by politics and ideology, others have argued that judges are justified in using their positions to advance personal views. …”
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“…"Civilization and Barbarism" resurrects a sixteenth-century debate between two thinkers in Spain about the humanness, or lack thereof, of Native Americans, and highlights the influence of classical thinkers, from Herodotus to Aristotle, and the iterations and interpretations through which their writings have traversed down to the Cinquecento. …”

“…The initial exposition is of a theory of change--labeled structural accretion--that has characterized the history of American higher education, mainly (but not exclusively) of universities. …”

“…The answers to this question emerge from the different interpretations of the American and French Revolutions that were to be so influential for generations after Burke. …”

“…Aunque hay que reconocer que la teología ha llegado un poco tarde a la reflexión sistemática sobre el respeto al medio ambiente, también es cierto que el pensamiento cristiano ha entendido siempre la naturaleza (fysis) como creación (ktisis); es más, para la fe cristiana, el valor de la naturaleza está intrínsecamente ligado a la fe trinitaria, siendo toda la creación un verdadero sacramento de Dios, así como reflejo de la gloria del misterio del Dios uno y trino, lo que implica por parte del creyente -llamado a ser vicario de Dios en la tierra- respeto y responsabilidad, que se traduce en compromiso por su cuidado…”

“…Research indicates that on average, Americans change their religious affiliation at least once during their lives. …”

“…Jacoby, a fascinating and important study of the labor movement and shareholder capitalism. Since the 1970s, American unions have shrunk dramatically, as has their economic clout. …”

“…This book argues that US expansion was crucial to the development of the post-bellum US woman suffrage movement and shows how federal discussions of citizenship and voting rights in the context of creating territorial governments in the continental West and, after the Spanish-American War, in the Caribbean and the Pacific, created space on the Congressional calendar for suffragists to instigate debate on the woman question. …”
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“…Instead, he examines early modern Spanish cultural production as an antecedent to contemporary postcolonial literature, especially Latin American fiction of the past half century.In order to construct his new context for reading Cervantes, Childers proceeds in three distinct phases. …”
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“…Davis explores the motivations of the millions of Americans who take mood-altering drugs not for a serious mental illness, but to help deal with the problems and suffering of everyday life. …”

“…In all, this original Clearfield title refers to roughly 3,000 English subjects who resided in East or West Florida before it was returned to Spain in the aftermath of the American Revolution."…”
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“…Vanessa Bell remained the central figure; settled into life at Charleston in Sussex, she and Duncan Grant continued to design objects and schemes, and her children later made their own contributions, Quentin as potter and Angelica as painter. Isabelle Anscombe's text, drawing on unpublished sources, catches the flavour of the time and its characters, from bohemians to haut monde. …”

“…Many of the original European perspectives are represented here as well as some new and distinctively American approaches. The collection is characterized by a rich and diverse set of perspectives and experiences that, despite their differences, share a distinctive spirit and direction -- a more humane, creative, and effective relationship between those involved in technology's design and use, and between technology and the human activities that motivate the technology -- Editor…”