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Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film / by Bronfen, Elisabeth

Table of Contents: “…Nyx and her children -- "Let there be darkness!" -- Hegel's night of the world -- Freud's night side of the soul -- Shakespeare's night world -- Freud's book of dreams -- A poetics of insomnia -- Moral temptations of the night -- Seeing the world darkly -- Night's doubles -- The nocturnal Flaneur -- Return of a Hollywood star -- Nocturnal desire of the femme fatale -- Into the night -- Fate and chance -- What lies at the end of the night -- George Eliot's dawn -- Edith Wharton's twilight -- Virginia Woolf's nights and days.…”


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The values of nighttime in classical antiquity : between dusk and dawn

Table of Contents: “…Better safe than sorry: nocturnal divinatory signs from a first-century BCE Roman perspective / Kim Beerden -- Through the eyes of the night: Ecphrasis of nocturnal ambush scenes in Roman epic and historiography / Selina Weissmantel -- Nocturnal negotiations: experiencing the night scenes from the Iliad at the house of Octavius Quartio, PompeiiII 2.2 / Barbara Kellum -- Persius' nocturnal inspiration in the light of day / Jennifer Ferriss-Hill.…”
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The Dick Davis dividend : straight talk on making money from 40 years on Wall Street / by Davis, Dick, 1928-

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Grow Wherever You Work Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges / by Barsh, Joanna

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Think Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World / by Bloom, Lisa

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The lost subways of North America : a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been / by Berman, Jake

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A Question of Leadership : Are Western Leadership Development Approaches Appropriate in China, or Might a Chinese Approach Be More Effective / by Weldon, Elizabeth, Weldon, Elizabeth, Chow, Maria

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...: the world's foremost military historians imagine what might have been : essays /...

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In the Watches of the Night : Life in the Nocturnal City, 1820-1930. by Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…1. Making Night Hideous; 2. Lighting the Heart of Darkness; 3. …”
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In the watches of the night life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 / by Baldwin, Peter C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Making night hideous -- Lighting the heart of darkness -- Quitting time -- Recreations and dissipations -- After midnight -- Nightmen -- Incessance -- Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks -- Night life in the electric city -- Regulated night.…”
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Cluny A Light in the Night /

Table of Contents: “…Illuminating the Dark Ages (1:15) -- Search for Salvation (1:36) -- Cluny Origins (1:11) -- Cluny Political Influence (1:39) -- Cluny Prayer (1:24) -- Cluny Social Influence (0:46) -- Building the Cluny Economy (1:34) -- Cluny Farming Innovations (2:02) -- Cluny Finances (1:33) -- Spreading Cluny Power (1:10) -- Cluny Relics (1:22) -- Santiago de Compostela (2:41) -- Cluny Pilgrims (1:47) -- Encouraging Salvation (2:26) -- Cluny Spiritual Reforms (2:18) -- La Charite sue Loire (1:30) -- Notre Dame de Randol (6:42) -- Cluny Manuscripts (2:43) -- Moissac Cloisters (2:23) -- Paray-Le-Monial Basilica (2:54) -- Cluny III Architecture (4:27) -- Cluny's Decline (1:59) -- Recreating Cluny (2:31) -- Credits: Cluny: A Light in the Night (2:06)…”
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Fly by night / by Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965

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Sleep right in five nights : a clear and effective guide for conquering insomnia / by Perl, James

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Flights / by Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-

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From sight through to in-sight : time, narrative and subjectivity in Conrad and Ford / by Sabbagh, Omar

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How to Be Great at the Stuff You Hate The Straight-Talking Guide to Networking, Persuading and Selling / by Davies, Nick

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Sales management : simplified : the straight truth about getting exceptional results from your sales team / by Weinberg, Mike, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Jeb Blout -- Introduction -- Blunt truth from the front lines : why so many sales -- As goes the leader, so goes the organization -- A sales culture without goals is a sales culture without results -- You can't effectively run a sales team when you're buried in crap -- Playing crm desk jockey does not equate to sales leadership -- You can manage, you can sell, but you can't do both at once -- A sales manager either wants to make heroes or be the hero -- Sales suffer when the manager wears the fire chief's helmet -- The trouble with one size fits all sales talent deployment is that one size -- Turning a blind eye to the perennial underperformer does more damage -- Than you realize -- Compensation and complacency start with the same four letters -- An anti-sales culture disengages the heart of the sales team -- The big ego senior executive "sales expert" often does more harm than good -- Entrepreneurial, visionary leaders forget that their people can't do what they can do -- The lack of coaching and mentoring produces ineffective salespeople -- Amateurish salespeople are perceived simply as vendors, pitchmen and commodity sellers -- Sales leaders chase shiny new toys searching for the magic bullet -- Practical help and a simple framework to get exceptional results from your sales team -- A simple framework provides clarity to the sales manager -- A healthy sales culture changes everything -- Sales managers must radically reallocate their time to create a winning -- Sales culture -- Regular 1:1 results-focused meetings between sales manager and each salesperson will transform your sales culture -- Productive sales meetings align, equip, and energize the team -- Sales managers must get out in the field with salespeople -- Talent management can make or break the sales leader -- Strategic targeting : point your team in the right direction -- The sales manager must ensure the team is armed for battle -- Sales managers must monitor the battle and be ruthless with their time -- Index.…”
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Gay marriage : why it is good for gays, good for straights, and good for America / by Rauch, Jonathan, 1960-

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The darkness is light enough : the field journal of a night naturalist / by Ferris, Chris

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