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Written in response to a Vatican critique of his Asian-centric theology, Phan offers a spirited affirmation of the methods of Asian theology, which differ in many respects from the assumptions and cat
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Sue Swanson is happy to work on her latest project: writing a book on laboratory methods for forensic investigations, when two recent local murder cases draw her attention. It seems something is wrong
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The Secret Team, L. Fletcher Prouty’s expose’ of the CIA’s brutal methods of maintaining national security during the Cold War, was first published in the 1970s. However, virtually all copies of the b
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This book collects articles from two different workshops organized in 2009 and 2010, one which aimed to analyse the epistemology of cyber-archaeology in relation to state of the art methods, theory, a
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This accessible, hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues;
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Britain and France were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This book examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled
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Keeping Score is a diverse collection of essays that argues for and demonstrates the current effort to redefine the methods, goals, and scope of musical scholarship. This volume gives voice to new dir
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