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Canadiana


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Tabwa


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The Bear


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From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear.




The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature


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An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.







Current Research in Egyptology


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The sixteenth Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) conference was held from the 15–18 April 2015 at the University of Oxford and once again provided a platform for postgraduates and early career Egyptologists, as well as independent researchers, to present their research. These proceedings for CREXVI represent the wide-range of themes that were offered by delegates during the conference. Papers focus on the theme of travel in ancient Egypt from a wide range of perspectives such as concrete or abstract travels, travel in space and time, travel inside, to, or from Egypt, travel in literature, travel of beliefs and ideas or travel of objects.




Comptes Rendus Du XVIème Congrès International de Mécanique Des Sols Et de la Géotechnique


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"The 16th ICSMGE responds to the needs of the engineering and construction community, promoting dialog and exchange between academia and practice in various aspects of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. This is reflected in the central theme of the conference 'Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment'. The proceedings of the conference are of great interest for geo-engineers and researchers and reflect the present state-of-the-art of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Volume 1 contains 5 Plenary Session lectures, Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Lecture, and 3 papers presented in the Major Project Session, and a CD. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 contain the papers with the following topics: Soil Mechanics in General ; Infrastructure and Mobility ; Environmental Issues of Geotechnical Engineering ; Enhancing Natural Disaster Reduction Systems ; and Professional Practice and Education. Volume 5 contains the report of Practitioner/Academic Forum, 20 General Reports, Summary of the Sessions and Workshops held during the conference and a CD."--Publisher's website.