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A transcription of the Catholic manuscript accounts of the debates between Jesuit Campion and six Anglican divines held in 1851, after which Campion was executed for refusing to deny his Catholicism. Differing significantly from the transcripts published by the English government, these manuscripts present a different picture of the debates than that presented in standard accounts.

Many countries across the world, except in Africa, have established national eco-labels since the 1990s. Coincidentally, most of these countries enjoy significant economic development. The establishment of a national eco-label requires the involvement of different stakeholders such as government, consumers, producers, academia and civic society. Credibility of the eco-label is brought about by establishment of strict but achievable standards w...

Oliver Otis Howard devoted his life to the service of his country, both as a distinguished army officer in two wars and as the founder of two universities. Oliver Otis Howard was a graduate of Bowdoin College and of West Point. Being reared in a pious New England (Maine) atmosphere gave him a deep sense of obligation to lead a Christian life, for the good of others and for the development of his own best self. He was often disturbed by the con...

Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 31. Kapitel: Lenindenkmal, Inessa Armand, Pionierorganisation Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin, Leninpreis, Lenin-Mausoleum, Internationaler Lenin-Friedenspreis, Nadeschda Konstantinowna Krupskaja, Leninorden, Leninbund, Alexander Iljitsch Uljanow, Marija Alexandrowna Blank, Pik Lenin, Der Zug, Lenin in Paris, Iskra, Ilja Nikolajewitsch Uljanow, Militärpolitische Lenin-Akademie, Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser!. Auszu...

Yves R. Simon (1903-1961) was one of this century's greatest students of the virtue of practical wisdom. Simon's interest in this virtue ranged from ultimate theoretical and foundational concerns, such as the relationship between practical knowledge and science, to the most concrete and immediate questions regarding the role of practical wisdom in personal and social decision-making. These concerns occupied Simon from his earliest published wr...

Thomas Hibbs approaches the ethical thought of Thomas Aquinas in terms of the great debate of antiquity and the Middle Ages concerning the rivalry between the active and the contemplative lives, between prudence and wisdom as virtues perfective of human nature.

This book considers the effect of China’s unprecedented economic growth and more prominent geopolitical role in the twenty-first century. Rising powers considerably alter international relations, leading to the emergence of a multipolar world order that impacts more traditional international players like the European Union (EU). China’s growing economic and diplomatic influence is particularly relevant in Africa, where it presents an alternati...

In the age of online-shopping, how can the physical stores attract shoppers, stimulate buying behavior and defeat virtual stores? The impressive and beautiful store visual merchandising design may help to fix this problem, for it can not only lure the customers cross the store's door and buy products, but also create and reinforce the unique image of the stores and brands so as to anchor them in customers' minds. No matter you are a designer s...

The making of the United Kingdom in 1707 is still a matter of significant political and historical controversy. Allan Macinnes here offers a major new interpretation that sets the Act of Union within a broad European and colonial context and provides a comprehensive picture of its transatlantic and transoceanic ramifications that ranged from the balance of power to the balance of trade. He reexamines English motivations from a colonial as well...

This unique collection of materials and commentary on cultural law covers a broad range of themes to demonstrate the reality and efficacy of comparative, international, and indigenous law and legal practices in the dynamic context of culture-related issues. These issues are presented at multiple levels of legal authority: international, national, and subnational.

Training Realschule - Biologie 5./6. KlasseDas perfekte Buch zum selbstständigen Lernen, Wiederholen und Einüben der im Biologieunterricht der 5. und 6. Klasse an der Realschule wichtigen Inhalte.Umfangreicher, leicht verständlicher Theorieteil zu den Themen Lehre von den Lebewesen, Biologie des Menschen, Wirbeltiere, Blütenpflanzen und ÖkosystemeMit anschaulichen Abbildungen und prägnanten ZusammenfassungenAbwechslungsreiche Übungsaufgaben mi...

Today, body and language are prominent themes throughout philosophy. Each is strange enough on its own, this book asks what sense we might make of them together. Words reach out. Hands pick up books, eyes or fingertips scan text. But just where, if at all, do words and bodies touch? In a trio of paired chapters, each juxtaposing an illustrative story or case study to a theoretical exploration, MacKendrick examines three somatic figures of spee...

This book draws on the author’s professional experience and expertise in humid and arid regions to familiarize readers with the basic scientific philosophy and methods regarding floods and their impacts on human life and property. The basis of each model, algorithm and calculation methodology is presented, together with logical and analytical strategies. Global warming and climate change trends are addressed, while flood risk assessments, vuln...

As the discourse of contemporary cultural studies brings questions of race, nationality, and gender to the center of critical attention, there is a strong sense that religion, and religious experience, should command the attention of the academic and wider reading community. Seeing into the Life of Things is a response to that need. By combining the theoretical and the practical, this book serves as both a pioneering scholarly contribution to ...

The tenth of twelve treatises Wycliff wrote between 1374 and 1382, On Simony forms an integral part of his summa.

William Johnston writes that the Christian mystic is one who lives in the Christ-mystery and is transformed by it.Making the distinction between Christian mysticism and other mystic experiences, Johnston locates Christian mysticism in the Scriptures-in meditation on the Word of God. For God who spoke of old interruptedly converses with the Bride of His beloved Son, and the Holy Spirit. . . leads unto all truth those who believe and makes the w...

Bryant was America's earliest poet. But was even more influential in his long career as a political journalist.This is the only collection ever made of Bryant's letters, two-thirds of which have never before been printed. Their publication was foreseen by the late Allen Nevins as 'one of the most important and stimulating enterprises contributory to the enrichment of the nation's cultural and political life.

This collection of essays aims to mark a place for American philosophy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Taking their cue from the work of Peirce, James, Santayana, Dewey, Mead, Buchler, and others, the contributors assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. Within the broad background of the American tradition, the essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American p...

The form and content of the study of theology in the present, modern epoch are marked by a vast quantity and variety of the most diverse and, in part, the most divergent points of departure. The classical unity and perspicuity of the world of theological thought, so typical in earlier centuries, has dissolved with the plurality of the horizons and problems of modern thinking. The reality of the world, science, and theology appears no longer as...

Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications, Second Edition, is a comprehensive professional reference book that guides business analysts, scientists, engineers and researchers, both academic and industrial, through all stages of data analysis, model building and implementation. The handbook helps users discern technical and business problems, understand the strengths and weaknesses of modern data mining algorithms and employ...