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The Odyssey
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ISBN: 0520966872 9780520966871 0520293630 9780520293632 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press,

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"This is a translation of the epic Greek poem by Homer."--Provided by publisher.


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How not to be eaten : the insects fight back
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ISBN: 1283373548 9786613373540 0520952464 9780520952461 9781283373548 0520269128 9780520269125 6613373540 9780520383005 0520383001 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food. Equally ingenious are the means of hiding, mimicry, escape, and defense waged by prospective prey in order to stay alive. This absorbing book demonstrates that the relationship between the eaten and the eater is a central-perhaps the central-aspect of what goes on in the community of organisms. By explaining the many ways in which insects avoid becoming a meal for a predator, and the ways in which predators evade their defensive strategies, Gilbert Waldbauer conveys an essential understanding of the unrelenting coevolutionary forces at work in the world around us.


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The embodied eye
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ISBN: 9780520272231 9780520272224 9780520952140 0520952146 0520272226 0520272234 Year: 2017 Publisher: Berkeley

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David Morgan builds on his previous groundbreaking work to offer this new, systematically integrated theory of the study of religion as visual culture. Providing key tools for scholars across disciplines studying the materiality of religions, Morgan gives an accessibly written theoretical overview including case studies of the ways seeing is related to touching, hearing, feeling, and such ephemeral experiences as dreams, imagination, and visions. The case studies explore both the high and low of religious visual culture: Catholic traditions of the erotic Sacred Heart of Jesus, the unrecognizability of the Virgin in the Fatima apparitions, the prehistory of Warner Sallman's face of Jesus, and more. Basing the study of religious images and visual practices in the relationship between seeing and the senses, Morgan argues against reductionist models of "the gaze," demonstrating that vision is not something that occurs in abstraction, but is a fundamental way of embodying the human self.


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Religion and Conflict Attribution : An Empirical Study of the Religious Meaning System of Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India
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ISBN: 9789004270817 9789004270862 9004270868 9004270817 Year: 2015 Publisher: Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV,

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Religion can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution seeks to clarify the causes of religious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college students in Tamil Nadu, India. These students in varying degrees attribute conflict to force-driven causes, namely to coercive power as a means of achieving the economic, political or socio-cultural goals of religious groups. The study reveals how force-driven religious conflict is influenced by prescriptive beliefs like religious practice and mystical experience, and descriptive beliefs such as the interpretation of religious plurality and religiocentrism. It also elaborates on the practical consequences of the salient findings for the educational process.


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After repression : how polarization derails democratic transition
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ISBN: 0691203067 Year: 2021 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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In the wake of the Arab Spring, newly empowered factions in Tunisia and Egypt vowed to work together to establish democracy. In Tunisia, political elites passed a new constitution, held parliamentary elections, and demonstrated the strength of their democracy with a peaceful transfer of power. Yet in Egypt, unity crumbled due to polarization among elites. Presenting a new theory of polarization under authoritarianism, the book reveals how polarization and the legacies of repression led to these substantially divergent political outcomes. The book documents polarization among the opposition in Tunisia and Egypt prior to the Arab Spring, tracing how different kinds of repression influenced the bonds between opposition groups.


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The thrill makers : celebrity, masculinity, and stunt performance
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ISBN: 1280492023 9786613587251 0520952367 9780520952362 0520270886 9780520270886 0520270894 9780520270893 9781280492020 9780520270886 9780520270893 6613587257 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and popular fame with public feats of daring. Many of these feats-jumping off bridges, climbing steeples and buildings, swimming incredible distances, or doing tricks with wild animals-had their basis in the manual trades or in older entertainments like the circus. In The Thrill Makers, Jacob Smith shows how turn-of-the-century bridge jumpers, human flies, lion tamers, and stunt pilots first drew crowds to their spectacular displays of death-defying action before becoming a crucial, yet often invisible, component of Hollywood film stardom. Smith explains how these working-class stunt performers helped shape definitions of American manhood, and pioneered a form of modern media celebrity that now occupies an increasingly prominent place in our contemporary popular culture.


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The Future Is BIG : How Emerging Technologies Are Transforming Industry and Societies.
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ISBN: 1637424922 Year: 2023 Publisher: New York : Business Expert Press,

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How to benefit from emerging technologies From the daggers and axes of the cavemen societies to today's spacecraft, self-driving cars, metaverses, and AI-filled societies, technology has significantly emerged and brought about a massive transformation to our lives. The pace of this innovation has been particularly colossal in this industrial era, continuously disrupting our lives. Where will this imminent tech take us in the future? This book will dissect how various aspects of our lives will be transformed in the years to come, with a particular focus on how to benefit from these emerging technologies. You will gain a 360-degree view by getting a historical perspective of technology since discussions about the future are seldom complete without history. The ongoing debate on whether technology will replace our jobs in the future is causing great panic. Technology will not take away our jobs; lack of technology certainly will. This book provides a freight of the latest tech-driven trends to equip everyone to face the future, like a one-time software upgrade. Whether you're a freshly graduated student, a bewildered parent, or a tech enthusiast, this book offers everything you need to stay ahead of the game. It will also help budding entrepreneurs and corporate professionals identify opportunities to incorporate tech into their businesses through a glimpse into the future.

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