Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork
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In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a...

Securing U.S. Innovation: The Challenge of Preserving a Competitive Advantage in the Creation of Knowledge
Darren E. Tromblay and Robert G. Spelbrink
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As experienced by the United States, competition has played out in three distinct types of threat...

Smart Urban Regeneration: Visions, Institutions and Mechanisms for Real Estate
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The role of real estate in our cities is crucial to building sustainable and resilient urban...

Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization: 2015
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The Sultanate of Oman is one of the few "good news" stories to have emerged from the Middle East in...

The Curious Bartender: The Artistry and Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail
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Preparing a first-class cocktail relies upon a deep understanding of its ingredients, the...

The Power of Herbs
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The oldest document reporting the use of herbs is the Ebers Papyrus which is dated as being from...

Truffle: A Global History
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What is a truffle? Is it the highest order of fungal foods, above the many mushrooms we eat? Despite...

Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Susan Marti, Dietlinde Hamburger and Caroline Walker Bynum
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Crown and Veil offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism...

De-Militarizing Masculinities in the Age of Empire
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Feminist scholars have theorized extensively about how the military, war, and especially the combat...

The Seven Archetypal Stones: Their Spiritual Powers and Teachings
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Integrating gemstone lore from around the world with modern mineral science, Nicholas Pearson guides...