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The influence of later medieval fraciscans on subsequent scholarly developments has been widely acknowledged. However, the legacy of early fraciscan thought, as it developed in fraciscan thinkers who worked in the first half of the 13th century, remains unknown. Leading scholars of both periods illustrate the role that the early fraciscan tradition played in forming the later fraciscan tradition and the traditions that it influenced in turn.

What does it mean to put down roots, to inhabit a space, make it our own, transform it to our liking, and, in return, change under its influence? In short, what does it mean to become a habitant? A term considered pejorative, wrongly, for so long. There is no greater destiny than to fully inhabit a place. This short book bears witness to this.

Meng Haoran (689-740) was one of the most important poets of the "High Tang" period, the greatest age of Chinese poetry. In his own time he was famous for his poetry as well as for his distinctive personality. This is the first complete translation into any language of all his extant poetry. Includes original Chinese texts and English translation on facing pages.

"Panjang is the tallest kid around. He hates standing out, but little does he know, he's on his way to greater heights... This book tells the childhood story of Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, and how he conquered his self-consciousness to become a leader. This "tall" tale inspires children to embrace the things that make them different."--

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Where Our Path Has Led -- 2 The Lost Lessons of the Second World War -- 3 The Anti-Monopoly Tradition -- 4 Peak Anti-Monopoly -- 5 The Tech Explosion of the 1980s and 1990s -- 6 Neoliberalism's Triumph -- 7 The Problem of Global Monopoly -- 8 The Rise of the Tech Giants -- Conclusion: Breaking Up Global Economic Power -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.

Each mother learns different things - some practical, some mysterious. However, some common patterns come through. What Mothers Learn will show, first, how learning to be a mother takes time, and then what a wonderful experience it can be. It also makes the case that, if enough of us agree that mothering is essential, society must find a way to reward the women who do it

Introduction: Judging Norman -- Part I. Getting in (1979-1990): The beginning ; Norman's wars ; The making of a street gang ; The ghost of William Walker -- Part II. Getting serious (1990-2010): Los señores ; The deported ; "We go to war" ; "We ruled" ; Escape to Zacatraz -- Part III. Getting out (2010-2019): The gang truce ; God and the beast ; The new war ; Nothing to hide ; The monster.

Part I. The silence of the good people: The myth of monsters -- Who is responsible? -- The perils of ambiguity -- The considerable costs of helping-- The power of social groups -- Part II. Bullies and bystanders: At school - standing up to bullies -- In college - reducing sexual violence -- At work - fostering ethical behavior -- Part III. Learning to act: Understanding moral rebels -- Becoming a moral rebel.

A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab "instant city," but a place influenced by deep local history.--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Civil War -- 2. Irregulars -- 3. Settlers -- 4. Reports -- 5. Peace Army -- 6. Emblem -- 7. Nuremberg -- 8. Codification -- 9. People's War -- 10. Environment -- 11. Resistance -- 12. Humanitarian Crimes -- 13. Manuals -- 14. Scale -- 15. Hospitals -- 16. Proximity -- 17. Info-War -- 18. Posthuman Shielding -- 19. Women and Children -- 20. Spectacle -- 21. Computer Games -- 22. Protest -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index

It's not the end of the world -- Earth's lungs aren't burning -- Enough with the plastic straws -- The sixth extinction is cancelled -- Sweatshops save the planet -- Greed saved the whales, not Greenpeace -- Have your steak and eat it, too -- Saving nature is bomb -- Destroying the environment to save it -- All about the green -- The denial of power -- False gods for lost souls.

To protect the future of life on earth, we need to do more than just reimagine the economy--we have to change everything. One of the seminal thinkers of the program that helped ignite the US Green New Deal campaign, Ann Pettifor explains how we can afford what we can do, and what we need to do, before it is too late

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Human Rights: Historical Perspective and Contemporary Development -- 3. The 56th Session of the Commission on Human Rights -- 4. Fifth Special Session of the CHR -- 5. Emerging Issues in the Global Human Rights Agenda -- Epilogue: From the Commission to the Council: Human Rights in the United Nations -- Annex -- Glossary of Terms -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Intimations of Growth -- 2. Toronto in Mid-Century -- 3. Planning for the Future -- 4. Building a Superhighway System -- 5. Transit and Commuting Alternatives -- 6. Pipe Dreams -- 7. Reshaping Governance in the Fringes -- 8. The Challenge of Unbridled Suburban Growth -- 9. A Triumph for Suburban Values -- 10. The Death of Metro -- 11. Re-establishing a Regional Agenda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Producing the computational city -- Operationalization urban OS : Diagramming the city -- Datafication the making of data-as-infrastructure -- Sensing commodification through hyperfragmentation -- Mapping with Flávia Neves Maia : The computational production of territory -- Prediction : The city as a calculative machine -- Circulation : Maintaining urban flows under turbulence -- Resistance? Civic hacking and an operating system for urban occupation -- Urban OS as a political technology of control.