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Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism
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Orientalism, Postmodernism and GlobalismOrientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism

This book represents a remarkable synthesis of recent discussion and debate regarding crucial aspects of postmodernization, religious change and the globalization of world society.

'... this stimulating and provoking collection of essays which, using various conceptual templates, explores the relationship between critiques of orientalism, postmodernism, and the changing role of intellectuals in an increasingly globalized world. Turner is a fine organizer and sifter of the history of sociological thought' - Ecumene

 
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On Politics and Literature, Two Lectures by Kenzaburo Oe
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On Politics and Literature, Two LecturesOn Politics and Literature, Two Lectures

The language of Masao Maruyama -- From the beginning to the present, and facing the end: The case of one Japanese writer.
Japanese writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe delivered the first in a series of lectures established at the Center for Japanese Studies to honor political theorist Masao Maruyama.
In a second (unrelated) lecture, “From the Beginning to the Present, and Facing the End: The Case of One Japanese Writer, Oe offers an account of his own development as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

 

 
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to European History
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to European HistoryThe Complete Idiot's Guide to European History

A 700-year odyssey from Italy’s boot to Switzerland’s Alps.
Without an understanding of events and personalities in Europe, it’s impossible to truly appreciate the development of contemporary institutions, the role of continuity and change in present-day society and politics, and the evolution of current forms of artistic and intellectual expressions. This guide provides a fascinating, easy-to-understand, fact-filled glimpse of hundreds of years of European cultural, economic, political, and social history.
 
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Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
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Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and FeelingsYour Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings

Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? 

In this book, Gary Wenk demonstrates how, as a result of their effects on certain neurotransmitters concerned with behavior, everything we put into our bodies has very direct consequences for how we think, feel, and act.

 
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Say It With Rhythm 3
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Say It With Rhythm 3Say It With Rhythm 3

Say It With Rhythm 3

An Advanced Phonetic Reader

by G. F. Arnold and Olive M. Tooley

A classic published in 1972 still used for practising transcriptions all over the world.

It contains several dialogues and their transcriptions on the left.

Audio Side A added Thanks to mvaleriacastro

 
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