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This book explores the influence of Stoicism on the evolution of Thomas More's mind, asserting that More's engagement with the work of Erasmus radicalized his understanding of Christianity and shaped the writing of Utopia.

Why has continental philosophy so often made its North American home in Catholic institutions?

Reinventing Bankruptcy Law offers the first historical account of the CCAA, drawing on a broad array of historical sources including legislation, news sources, scholarly writing, archival materials, and more.

For Stuart Shanker, the possibility of a truly just and free society begins with how that society sees and nurtures its children.

This book explores Kafka's sometimes surprising connections with key Italian writers, from Italo Calvino to Elena Ferrante, who shaped Italy's modern literary landscape.

Spain, the Second World War, and the Holocaust is the first comprehensive historical and cultural study of Spain's unique relationship to this turbulent historical period.

Walking through Elysium traces Vergil's influence on literary representations of underworlds, souls, afterlives, prophecies, journeys, and spaces, from sacred and profane to wild and civilized.

Men Out of Focus examines how and why the Soviet public came to worry openly about the state of masculinity during the 1950s and 1960s - and how a perceived crisis really stood in for broader fears.

This book traces the roots of modern notions of celebrity, fame, and infamy back to the Hellenistic period of classical antiquity, when sensational personages like Cleopatra of Egypt and Alexander the Great became famous world-wide.

Creating Healthy Organizations provides an evidence-based, practical guide to strengthening the links between employee well-being and performance in any organization.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the Ukrainian emigre scholarly life in Czechoslovakia between the world wars.

With the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice, this book provides intriguing and innovative thoughts on leadership and gender in organizations from renowned scholars as well as high-level corporate thought leaders in the area of diversity and inclusion.

Featuring rare letters of recommendation and military manuals, this is the first book to explore the intersection of the European Enlightenment and the military in Russia.

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Andrew Fernando Holmes, famous for his work on congenital heart disease.

Superfluous Women tells the unique story of a generation of artists, feminists, and queer activists who emerged in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union. With a focus on new media, Zychowicz demonstrates how contemporary artist collectives in Ukraine have contested Soviet and Western connotations of feminism to draw attention to a range of human rights issues with global impact.In the book, Zychowicz summarizes and engages with more recent critical scholarship on the role of digital media and virtual environments in concepts of the public sphere. Mapping out several key changes in newly independent Ukraine, she traces the discursive links between distinct eras, marked by mass gatherings on Kyiv's main square, in order to investigate the deeper shifts driving feminist protest and politics today.

Mosaic Fictions reveals the tensions between national and global affiliations in Spanish Civil War literature, highlighting writers such as Leonard Cohen, Dorothy Livesay, and Mordecai Richler.

Who were the Vikings, and do they deserve their unsavoury reputation? Through over 100 primary source documents, this fascinating collection weighs the cultural importance and lasting influence of the Vikings.

The Chaucer Bibliography series aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's work. This book summarizes 20th-century commentaries on Chaucer's "Wife of Bath's Prologue" and "Tale."

The essays in Verbal Encounters are not merely a fitting tribute to Roberta Frank, but also strong contributions to current scholarship on medieval literature and culture.

Beyond the River and the Bay brings to life the exciting landscape of the Canadian Northwest in the early years of the nineteenth century when the fur traders from the St. Lawrence clashed with their rivals from Hudson Bay.

This bibliography aims to cover the most important source-editions of and literature concerning early Christian worship, which cast light directly on the medieval Latin liturgy.

The experiments in this book are designed for students beginning the study of organic chemistry. The purposes of the book are to teach the student some of the techniques of organic chemistry and to familiarize him with the methods of preparation and chemical properties of representative members of the important classes of organic compounds.

This volume contains a variety of basic chemistry experiments including a general introduction which details safety procedures, rules on the use of the balance, rules on the use of pipettes and burettes, and nomenclature.

The experiments in this book comprise a series of practical exercises which the authors have found from experience illustrate well the principles of organic chemistry. It is designed to accompany the first course in organic chemistry.

This volume is a biography of the dramas of John Galt, a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and social and political commentator.

The Conflict over the Conflict offers a unique view of the threat to free speech, academic freedom, and the future of the academy posed by those on both sides of the Israel/Palestine campus debate.

The First Voyage around the World is also a remarkably accurate ethnographic and geographical account of the circumnavigation, and one that has earned its reputation among modern historiographers and students of the early contacts between Europe and the East Indies.

Bridging area and postcolonial studies with the critical political economy of South Korea.

Poetry and Crisis argues that the 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid marked a critical turning point in Spanish society, with poetry taking a unique role in reflecting new political and cultural realities.

Spanning the period from the Massey Commission to the present and reflecting on the media of print, film, and song, this study attends to the burgeoning energy of women writers across genres. It explores how their work interprets our national story. The questioning, disruptive feminist practice of their fiction, filmmaking, poetry, song-writing, drama, and non-fiction reveals the tensions of colonial society at the same time as it transforms cultural life in Canada.Women's Writing in Canada resurrects foremothers who were active before and after the mid-century - Ethel Wilson, Gabrielle Roy, Gwen Pharis Ringwood, Dorothy Livesay, and P.K. Page - as well as such forgotten writers as Grace Irwin, Patricia Blondal, and Edna Jaques. Its breadth extends to the contemporary voices and influences of novelists Tracey Lindberg and Heather O'Neill, poets Marilyn Dumont and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, playwrights Hannah Moscovitch and Anna Chatterton, and filmmakers Sarah Polley and Mina Shum. Writing for children as well as memoirs, autobiographies, comic books, and cookbooks illustrate the wide and impressive range of women's talents.