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    The Limits Of Reform In China

    Ronald A. Morse, Shaun Murphy

    This book assesses obstacles that have emerged to China's progess in the areas of agriculture, industry, education, bureaucracy, and the political system, focusing developments since Mao's death.

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    Everyday Atheist

    Ronald Murphy

    This is an honest look at his growing scepticism within his previously unquestioned religious community. The book represents Mr Murphy’s first work in a series that will attempt to discuss…

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    The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel

    Murphy

    A translation of a 9th-century Saxon epic poem that offers a poetic reworking of the Gospel into Northern European warrior imagery and culture. The text of the poem is accompanied…

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    The Saxon Savior: The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-Century Heliand

    Murphy

    This book is an interpretation of the art of the Heliand, a 9th-century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is reexpressed in Germanic terms.

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    On Vampires

    Ronald Murphy

    Join cryptozoologist and folklorist Ronald Murphy as he journeys throughout history in his quest to uncover the impetus for the archetype of the vampire

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    Brecht and the Bible: A Study of Religious Nihilism and Human Weakness in Brecht’s Drama of Morality and the City

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ

    Identifies the underlying patterns of persistent biblical allusion in the work of renowned playwright Bertolt Brecht. Rather than reducing Brecht’s use of the Bible to the purely satirical, the author…

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    Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont: Gravestone Inscriptions / Compiled by Ronald Chase Murphy and Janice Church Murphy

    Ronald Chase Murphy,Janice Church Murphy,Barbara Ed Murphy

    Mrs. Lane is a descendant of the author of the Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key. Her book traces Key’s ancestry back to the American immigrant, Philip Key of London…

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    Fitzgerald’s Mentors: Edmund Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Gerald Murphy

    Ronald Berman

    A fresh and compelling study of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s intellectual friendship with Edmund Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Gerald Murphy

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    The Limits of Reform in China

    Shaun Murphy

    This book assesses obstacles that have emerged to China’s progess in the areas of agriculture, industry, education, bureaucracy, and the political system, focusing developments since Mao’s death.

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    Hawthorne in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates

    At his death, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was universally acknowledged in America and England as the Great Romancer. Providing an introduction, this work assess the postmortem building of Hawthorne’s reputation as…

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    The Future of Leadership Development

    Leadership in today’s organizations is a tough business. Organizational leaders face a number of challenges as their jobs, and the world around them, become increasingly complex. This volume brings together…

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    The Future of Leadership Development

    First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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    Early Germanic Literature and Culture

    A collection of fresh essays examining the wide scope and significance of early Germanic culture and literature.

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    Multiple Intelligences and Leadership

    Is a high IQ a prerequisite for a leader? This volume brings together well-known researchers in the field of intelligence who are investigating the multiple domains or facets of intelligence.

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    Inside the Bureaucracy: The View from the Assistant Secretary’s Desk: The View From The Assistant Secretary’s Desk

    Thomas P. Murphy,Donald E. Nuechterlein,Ronald J. Stupak

    This book represents an analytic approach to the whole question of assistant secretaries in the federal bureaucracy. It attempts to blend the theoretical tools of the political scientist with the…

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    Inside the Bureaucracy: The View from the Assistant Secretary’s Desk: The View From The Assistant Secretary’s Desk

    Thomas P. Murphy,Donald E. Nuechterlein,Ronald J. Stupak

    This book represents an analytic approach to the whole question of assistant secretaries in the federal bureaucracy. It attempts to blend the theoretical tools of the political scientist with the…

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    Multiple Intelligences and Leadership

    Is a high IQ a prerequisite for a leader? This volume brings together well-known researchers in the field of intelligence who are investigating the multiple domains or facets of intelligence.

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    The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ (George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, Georgetown University)

    In this book, Ronald Murphy takes five of the best-known tales ( Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty ) and shows that the…

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    The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms’ Magic Fairy Tales

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ (George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, Georgetown University)

    The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are among the best known in western literature. In this book, Ronald Murphy takes five of the best-known tales and shows that…

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    Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram’s Parzival

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ (George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, Georgetown University)

    Presents the story of Parzival that was intended as an argument against continued efforts by Latin Christians to regain the Holy Land by force. The author believes that he has…

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    Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram’s Parzival

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ (George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, Georgetown University)

    Presents the story of Parzival that was intended as an argument against continued efforts by Latin Christians to regain the Holy Land by force. The author believes that he has…

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    Tree of Salvation: Yggdrasil and the Cross in the North

    G. Ronald Murphy, SJ (George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German, Georgetown University)

    G. Ronald Murphy offers an insightful examination of the lasting significance of Yggdrasil in northern Europe, showing that the tree’s image persisted not simply through its absorption into descriptions of…

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    Electron Spin Resonance: Analysis and Interpretation

    Philip Rieger (Brown University)

    This book describes in mathematical terms the extraction of useful information from ESR spectra

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    In Search of Liberty: African American Internationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

    Explores how African Americans, since the founding of the United States, have understood their struggles for freedom as part of the larger Atlantic world. These essays capture the pursuits of…

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    In Search of Liberty: African American Internationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

    Explores how African Americans, since the founding of the United States, have understood their struggles for freedom as part of the larger Atlantic world. These essays capture the pursuits of…

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