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Simone Weil
Over fifty years after her death, Simone Weil (1909-1943) remains one of the most searching religious inquirers and political thinkers of the twentieth century. Albert Camus said she had a "madness for truth." She rejected her Jewishness and developed a strong interest in Catholicism, although she never joined the Catholic church. Both an activist and a scholar, she constantly spoke out against injustice and aligned herself with workers, with the colonial poor in France, and with the opressed everywhere. She came to believe that suffering itself could be a way to unity with God, and her death at thirty-four has been recorded as suicide by starvation. This extraordinary study is primarily a t...
Drug Discovery
This treatise had its origins in the authors' strong opinion that the discovery of new drugs, especially of innovative therapeutic agents, really does not happen as a spontaneous sequel to investiga tive research, no matter how penetrating such research may be. Rather, it seemed to us that the discovery of innovative therapeutic agents was a very active process, existing in and of itself, and demanding full attention-it was not simply a passive, dependent by-process of investigative research. And yet, many researchers some close confreres of the authors, others more distant-believed otherwise. We felt that their view reflected unrealistic thinking and that reality probably lay closer to what...
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Brazil, a Country Study
General study of Brazil - covers history, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, ethnic groups, social structure, social change, religious practice, education, health, the economy (economic policies, industrial sector, agricultural sector, banking system, monetary policies, trade), government, politics, political partys, international relations, military service, defence, administration of justice. Bibliography, glossary, maps, organigram, photographs, statistical tables.
Summertime
"I want to be a missionary," fifteen-year-old Fauntie proclaimed to the congregation in her small Minnesota town. In 1961, after years of preparation and training, she traveled to Argentina with her husband and three small children to fulfill that dream. Things didn't go precisely as planned. Summertime: Memoir of a Missionary Wife tells a captivating tale of the challenges that arise when attempting to realize one's dreams—and the seeds that are sown when meeting those challenges with creativity and faith. "What compels someone to follow her faith—halfway around the world—with the desire to share it with others? How does a person know if her work is making an impact? What is learned and what is lost in moving far from home in service of an ideal? Summertimeinvestigates these and other thought-provoking questions as it tells the true story of Fauntie, a young woman in the 1960s who embarks on the journey of a lifetime." —A. D. Nauman, author of Down the Steep
