“…The head of the world is China; beyond China is a people called Wāq-wāq, and, beyond Wāq-wāq, peoples of which Allah alone knows the number; the right wing is India and, beyond India, the sea after which there is no one; the left wing is al-Ḫazar and, behind al-Ḫazar, two so-called peoples, one Manšak, the other Māšak, behind which Gog and Magog (Yāǧūǧ and Māǧūǧ) who are among the peoples known to God only ; the breast of the world is Mecca, Hejaz, Syria, Iraq and Egypt; the tail goes from Ḏāt al-Ḥumām to Maġrib, and the worst part of the bird is the tail. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aerospace Firms; U.S. Companies; Non-U.S. Companies; Other Sources of Western Aerospace Technology; CHAPTER FIVE; China's Space Capabilities; Launch Vehicles; Satellites; Communications Satellites; Weather Satellites; Civilian Earth-Observation Satellites…”

“…Hector examines practices that reorient us to God (imitation, corporate singing, eating together, friendship, and likemindedness), that transform our way of being in the world (prayer, wonder, laughter, lament, and vocation), and that reshape our way of being with others (benevolence, looking for the image of God in others, forgiveness, and activism). …”

“…And although Yeats was describing the grim atmosphere of post-World War I Europe, O'Neill regards the poem's pronouncements as eerily predictive of the state of the world as we are currently observing it. …”

“…In some cases, diabetes may co-exist with other conditions, such as stroke, and these may present unique challenges with regard to nutritional interventions. …”

“…We rely on others to tell us about our self, and even to let us know we are a self…”

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“…By "realism" I mean here the conviction that between thought or language, on the one hand, and reality, on the other, there is no more fundamental and worrying distance than that which consists in the possibility of thoughts and propositions being false. …”

“…This book offers bite-size anecdotes about how a mother's wisdom shapes the lives of leaders, coaches, trainers, and each one of us. Explore these stories as a way to reconnect with your own mother's legacy―or as a source of insight to share with your mentees and learners. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One -- 1 | Introduction -- 2 | Alterity and Identity: Reflections on Approaching the Other -- Part Two -- 3 | Foundational Narratives: Some Versions of Columbus -- 4 | Invasive Methods: The Opening of Latin America in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century US Literature -- 5 | Representations of the Mexican Revolution in US Literature -- Part Three -- 6 | Nature and Civilization: Nineteenth-Century Travelers and Twentieth-Century Escapists -- 7 | Gendered Perceptions of Latin America in Twentieth-Century US Literature -- Part Four -- 8 | The Post-Vietnam Era: Versions of Realism -- 9 | The Postmodern Response: Magical Realism and Metafiction -- 10 | Splintered Foundations: Postmodern and Native American Versions of Columbus -- Part Five -- 11 | Canada and Latin America: Malcolm Lowry and the Other as Symbolic Field -- 12 | Post-Vietnam and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Visitors -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…We rely on others to tell us about our self, and even to let us know we are a self. …”

“…It has a very large domestic market and is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products. Indeed, the share of US agricultural production exported is more than double that of any other US industry and the trade surplus in agricultural products acts as an important stimulus to the US economy. …”

“…Is there a way to account for the differences and determine if one is right and the other wrong? For the Christian especially, can we defend the Christian worldview in a way that upholds our entire system of belief and then opens the door to share the gospel with those who believe differently from us? …”

“…Instead, it repeatedly poses one question in a variety of forms: What if the world were other than it is? …”

“…No matter which superlative is used, no one can deny that the U.S. men's hockey team's defeat of the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Lake Placid Olympic Games was a defining moment for Cold War America. …”

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“…The beginning of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina saw two sides at war with each other: on one side were Bosnian Croats and Bosniaks and on the other Bosnian Serbs. …”