
The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved
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No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As...

Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking
Masudul Alam Choudhury and M. Ishaq Bhatti
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Islamic Financial Economy and Islamic Banking, is a thorough, deeply conceptual, analytical and...

Jurgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis: Cosmopolitanism Reconsidered
Gaspare M. Genna, Thomas O. Haakenson and Ian W. Wilson
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The European Union entered into an economic crisis in late 2009 that was sparked by bank bailouts...

Herring Tales: How the Silver Darlings Shaped Human Taste and History
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Scots like to smoke or salt them. The Dutch love them raw. Swedes look on with relish as they open...

Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning and Thierry Verdier
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence....
Abraham's Dice: Chance and Providence in the Monotheistic Traditions
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Most of us believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is "God's will," "karma", or "fate,"...

Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen
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"Essential Chan Buddhism "is the rare unearthing of an ancient and remarkable Chinese spiritual...

Hope for Common Ground: Mediating the Personal and the Political in a Divided Church
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Much like the rest of the country, American Catholics are politically divided, perhaps more so now...
The Antagonist Principle: John Henry Newman and the Paradox of Personality
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The Antagonist Principle is a critical examination of the works and sometimes controversial public...

The Integrated Self: Augustine, the Bible, and Ancient Thought
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Well before his entry into the religious life in the spring of 386 C.E., Augustine had embarked on a...