Unsuspicious reception of Biblical discourse in Africa and its implications for polygamy by B.B. Senokoane

“… The Bible has been conceived and received as a neutral book, as the Word of God, or as containing the Word of God. …”
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Legislative Protection of Birds of Prey and Strengthening the Fight Against Their Illegal Traffic in Kazakhstan by Sergey L. Sklyarenko

“…The fauna of birds of prey in Kazakhstan includes 40 species, 15 species are included in the “List of rare and endangered species of animals” (Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan). According to the Law “On the Protection, Reproduction and Use of Wildlife” (Article 15), the taking of individuals of rare and endangered species from nature is allowed in exceptional cases by decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for: 1) breeding in specially created conditions for scientific, reproduction, commercial purposes, as well as for subsequent release into the environment; 2) development of national hunting; 3) scientific research; 4) selection. …”
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„Ultimii” critici, între geometrie și finite by Raluca Dună

“…This article is focused on major ideas of a book discussing the destiny of European XXth century criticism. …”
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L’horreur acoustique musiques « anempathiques » dans le théâtre de Martin Crimp by Aloysia Rousseau

“…Music is not illustrative but arouses on the contrary an “anempathetic” effect, an expression coined by Michel Chion in his book La Musique au cinéma. Martin Crimp exploits this anempathetic strategy in plays such as Play with Repeats (1990), The Treatment (1993) or more recently the triptych Fewer Emergencies (2005) in which violent events are narrated with a boogie-woogie playing in the background. …”
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Introduction by Léa Linconstant, Fleur Beauvieux, Efigies Aix-Marseille

“…The issue also includes a varia section as well as chronicles, news in the gender and language field and book reviews.…”
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Nietzsche o Kantovi: Královecké číňanství? by Sikora, Ondřej

“…It starts from the title phrase “the Chinese of Königsberg” (“Das Königsberger Chinesenthum”) found in Nietzsche’s late book The Antichrist, and goes back to earlier forms of Kant-critique. …”

Vliv Dostojevského na pojetí krásy Pavla Evdokimova by Lenka Fílová

“…The ideas reflected by Evdokimov are then compared with his theology of beauty, as presented in his seminal book, which, in addition to the theology of beauty, deals with the art of the icon. …”
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Principle and Pragmatism in the Liberation Struggle by Mabutho Shangaze

“… This book zeroes into the life of Selby Msimang a politician and activist of the early 20th century South Africa. …”
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Tatyana Yakovlevna Serebryakova: a forgotten hemp expert by J. M. McPartland

“…She published important papers and a book on the subject. Next to every great man stands a great woman, and Serebryakova was Vavilov’s hemp expert. …”
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Le renouveau de l’approche documentaire, exemple d’une archive collaborative : Susan Meiselas, Kurdistan (1991-2009) by Clara Bouveresse

“…Between 1991 and 2009, American photographer Susan Meiselas (born 1948), a member of Magnum Photos, collected a photographic archive of the Kurdish people, presenting images, evidence and stories in a book, a travelling exhibition and a participatory website. …”
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Current Situation about Dispute of Bone Convergence by Zhuile WU, Zhen HE

“…"Eight convergent points"is originated from a group of definite points in a book called"Nanjing", and is emphasised by physicians of successive ages since ancient times."…”
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Une connaissance d’amour. Note de théologie sur l’édition critico-historique de « Chemin » (II) / A Knowledge of Love. Theological Reflection on the Critical-Historical Edition of... by Guillaume Derville

“…Based on the critical-historical edition of “The Way”, the first part of this article endeavoured to get closer to the inspired and empathetic book of Saint Josemaria. The charismatic and existential origin of The Way was highlighted and a case was made for a Christological reading. …”
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A ironia como projeto: movimentos da narrativa de Cora Coralina no campo literário brasileiro by Clovis Carvalho Britto, Maria Eugênia Curado

“…Woman, old and living in a small Brazilian city called Goiás, she published her first book at age76and brought reflections and questions that marked the Brazilian literary scene. …”
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Escrevendo-se na cidade: ExueoGuia afetivoda periferia, de Marcus Vinicius Faustini by Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho

“…n the preface to the inaugural book of Marcos Vinicius Faustini, Luiz EduardoSoares says: ―The movement of Faustini’stext is sinuous as his urbantrajectories, and devious as his existential journey‖. …”
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W.E.B Du Bois and the Place of African American Youth in Histories of Environmental Thought. by Katie Taylor

“…I finish by offering a case study of my research on the children’s magazine of W.E.B Du Bois, The Brownies’ Book and its representations of Black children’s relationships to the outdoors and nature.…”
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« A thrust at truth and a lie » : The Crying of Lot 49 ou le langage en quête de vérité by Jean-Yves Pellegrin

“…A thrust at truth, the language in Pynchon’s book is indeed pregnant with meaning and always on the verge to blaze out into an epiphanic flash.…”
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How and Where Did Students Learn Music in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance? by Grantley McDonald

“…Such places often render valuable information about musical education. The chapters in the book reviewed here present case-studies in musical education from the late Middle Ages until the early modern period. …”
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Nan Goldin: I’ll Be Your (Complex) Mirror by Richard PHELAN

“…When writing a “visual diary” through her photographs, American photographer Nan Goldin was less interested in the technical quality of the images she produced than in the narrative power achieved through their combination. Published in book form like The Ballad of Sexual Dependency and presented—as a slide show set to music, Goldin’s orchestrated sequences differ from the traditional photographic self-portrait presented as a unit for isolated contemplation. …”
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A. J. Greimas in Jakarta: Essay on Story Structure by Richard Skinner

“…Greimas’ Semiotic Square first made its appearance in his book Sémantique Structurale, published in 1966. In it, he uses the square to identify and explore sets of oppositions within literary texts. …”
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The commons and anticommons in the reform of property law: An illustration through the new Belgian Civil Code by Sagaert Vincent

“…Apart from other comparative observations, this article takes the new Belgian Civil Code, and especially the property law book, as an example in order to illustrate these developments.…”
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