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Plato's 'Symposium': A Reader's Guide
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Plato's 'Symposium': A Reader's GuidePlato's 'Symposium': A Reader's Guide

This is a student-friendly introduction to a key text in Ancient Greek Philosophy. In many regards the dialectical counterpart of the "Republic, the Symposium" is one of the richest and most influential of the Platonic dialogues, resonating not only with Western philosophy, but also with literature art and theology. While Plato ostensibly dramatizes a humorous account of a drinking party, he presents a profoundly serious explication of Eros that challenges the limits of reason, the nature of gender, identity and narrative form.
 
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An Introduction to Differential Equations: With Difference Equations, Fourier Series, and Partial Differential Equations
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An Introduction to Differential Equations: With Difference Equations, Fourier Series, and Partial Differential EquationsAn Introduction to Differential Equations: With Difference Equations, Fourier Series, and Partial Differential Equations

The same, refined Ordinary Differential Equations with Modern Applications by Finizio and Lades is the backbone of this text. In addition to this are included applications, techniques and theory of partial difference equations, difference equations and Fourier analysis.
 
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Tumor Necrosis Factor
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Tumor Necrosis FactorTumor Necrosis Factor

Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) is a member of a super family of proteins, each with 157 amino acids, which induce necrosis (death) of tumor cells and possess a wide range of proinflamTumor actions. Tumour necromulti functional multifunctional cytokine with effects on lipid metabolism, coagulation, insulin resistance, and the function of endothelial cells lining blood vessels. Blocking the action of TNF has been shown to be beneficial in reducing the inflammation in inflammatory diseases such as Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
 
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Tense (Textbooks in Linguistics)
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Tense (Textbooks in Linguistics)An introduction to the kinds of tense distinctions made by different languages. Defines tense as the grammatical expression of location in time and attempts to capture the potential range of tense distinctions possible in natural language with examples drawn from a wide range of languages.
 
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Playing Monopoly with the Devil
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Playing Monopoly with the DevilPlaying Monopoly with the DevilWhy should a developing country surrender its power to create money by adopting an international currency as its own? This comprehensive book explores the currency problems that developing countries face and offers sound, practical advice for policy makers on how to deal with them. Manuel Hinds, who has extensive experience in real-world economic policy making, challenges the myths that surround domestic currencies and shows the clear rationality for dollarization or the use of a standard international currency.

 
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