Shaping of North America - Pangea Split North America formed - “America’s Mountains” = Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ Coast Ranges Peopling the Americas - 35‚000 years ago = Ice Age Glaciers that connected Eurasia with N. America (present day Bering Sea) Nomadic Asian hunters (immigrant ancestors of the Natives) Trekked across the Bering isthmus for 250 centuries Reached far tip of S. America (15‚000 miles from Siberia) By the time Europeans arrived in 1492‚ 54 million people inhabited
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the cambridge companion to EPICUREANISM This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas of its philosophical interest. Chapters span the school’s history from the early Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Empire and its later reception in the early modern period‚ introducing the reader to the Epicureans’ contributions in physics‚ metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ psychology‚ ethics and politics
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THE CAUSES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND OTHER ESSAYS BEFORE AND AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION LUDWIG VON MISES The Ludwig von Mises Institute dedicates this volume to all of its generous donors and wishes to thank these Patrons‚ in particular: Reed W. Mower ~ Hugh E. Ledbetter; MAN Financial Australia; Roger Milliken; E.H. Morse ~ Andreas Acavalos; Toby O. Baxendale; Michael Belkin; Richard B. Bleiberg; John Hamilton Bolstad; Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Bost; Mary E. Braum; Kerry E. Cutter;
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Alexis de Tocqueville DE MOC R AC Y I N A M E R ICA Historical-Critical Edition of De la democratie en Amerique ´ ´ s4s4s4s4s4 Edited by Eduardo Nolla Translated from the French by James T. Schleifer a bilingual french-english edition volume 1 Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund‚ Inc.‚ a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif
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THE FATAL CONCEIT The Errors of Socialism A paperback of Volume I of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek BIBLIOTEKA AUSTRIACKA OSTERREICH - BIBLIOTHEK UNIWERSYTETU WROCLAWSKIEGO 4234 F. A. Hayek studied at the University of Vienna‚ where he became both a Doctor of Law and a Doctor of Political Science. After several years in the Austrian civil service‚ he was made the first director of the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research. In 1931 he was appointed Tooke Professor of Economics and
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~ T HE O TTOMAN E MPIRE ~ AND THE W ORLD A ROUND I T ~ For Virginia Aksan in friendship ~ ~ The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It ~ S URAIYA F AROQHI ~ Published in 2004 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road‚ London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 Copyright © Suraiya Faroqhi 2004 The right of Suraiya Faroqhi
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t of e ofj "cc L AW‚ LEGISLATION AND LIBERTY This is Hayek’s major statement of political philosophy. Rejecting Marx‚ Freud‚ logical positivism and political egalitarianism‚ Hayek shows that the naive application of scientific methods to culture and education has been harmful and misleading‚ creating superstition and error rather than an age of reason and culture. Law‚ Legislation and Liberty combines all three volumes of Hayek’s comprehensive study on the basic principles of the political
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Legal Theory Today A Sociology of Jurisprudence Legal Theory Today Founding Editor John Gardner‚ Professor of Jurisprudence‚ University College‚ Oxford TITLES IN THIS SERIES Law in its Own Right by Henrik Palmer Olsen and Stuart Toddington Law and Aesthetics by Adam Gearey Law as a Social Institution by Hamish Ross Evaluation and Legal Theory by Julie Dickson Risks and Legal Theory by Jenny Steele Forthcoming titles: Law after Modernity by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott Law and Ethics by John Tasioulas
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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON By Daniel Keyes Progris riport 1 martch 3. Dr Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on. I dont no why but he says its importint so they will see if they can use me. I hope they use me becaus Miss Kinnian says mabye they can make me smart. I want to be smart. My name is Charlie Gordon I werk in Dormers bakery where Mr Donner gives me 11 dollers a week and bred or cake if I want. I am 32 yeres old and next munth is
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1 1 OLE DAMMEGÅRD COUP D’ETAT IN SLOWMOTION THE MURDER OF OLOF PALME 2 Translated to English by Bente Dammegaard from the Swedish original‚ ”Statskupp i slowmotion” © 2013 Ole Dammegård Cover:Ole Dammegård Illustrations: Ole Dammegård Font: Times New Roman 10 pt 3 DEDICATED TO ALL SEEKERS OF THE TRUTH On the night of February 28‚ 1986‚ I headed the police patrol first at the site of the murder of our Prime Minister‚ and thereby found myself in the middle of one of
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