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Yes, Friendship and Love Can Be Bought and Sold

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can friendship and love be bought and sold? I argue yes, contrary to philosophical consensus. The prevailing view rests on the common error of over‐reliance on idealized conceptions of friendship and love that bear little resemblance to actual relationships.
Simone Sommer Degn
wiley   +1 more source

Dickens in Arabia: Going Astray in Tripoli

open access: yesE-REA, 2016
This article explores the post-colonial ironies and complexities of teaching the novels of Charles Dickens in the north Lebanese city of Tripoli during a teaching assignment between the years 2007–2011.
Gillian PIGGOTT
doaj   +1 more source

Dickens, Grip and the Corvid Family

open access: yesCaliban: French Journal of English Studies, 2020
Dickens loved animals, birds and flowers, and kept many pets: dogs, cats, and at one period of his life, ravens. This article is concerned with these latter, in the context of the crow family (Corvidae) to which they belong.
Michael Hollington
doaj   +1 more source

Altered Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper analyzes Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by discussing how and why Pip’s perspective on social classes and individual morality changes as a result of the various characters and events he encounters throughout the ...
Wagner, Jaymee L
core   +1 more source

Building Successful Team Interaction in Online Team Coaching Process: A Case Study

open access: yesKnowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the post‐COVID‐19 era, work has expanded to multiple locations with teams operating increasingly online, where successful team interaction between colleagues is a more challenging task. Thus, this study explores factors in online team coaching that build successful team interaction.
Eija‐Liisa Heikka   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Great expectations: Creative mythology in Dickens

open access: yesRevista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 2015
Dickens criticó el tumulto social de la época victoriana en Great Expectations. Al acercarse a esta obra desde una perspectiva mítica, sin embargo, la universalidad de esta novela "típicamente victoriana" se ve claramente, mientras que el arte de la ...
Kari Meyers Skredsvig
doaj   +1 more source

Mikrometeorite und ihr Ursprung im Sonnensystem: Außerirdischer Staub zum Anfassen

open access: yesPhysik in unserer Zeit, EarlyView.
Mit einer Größe, die der Dicke eines Haares entspricht, sind Mikrometeorite kaum sichtbar für das bloße Auge. Dennoch werden sie seit etwa 150 Jahren gesammelt, und seit wenigen Jahren sogar auf unseren Hausdächern. Als Kostproben von Asteroiden oder Kometen stellen sie wertvolle Boten unseres Sonnensystems dar.
Jenny Feige
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing physiological, behavioral and movement responses to Suprelorin implant delivery methods in free‐ranging eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Overabundant populations of eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus in peri‐urban areas pose ecological and social challenges. Current management strategies are often hindered by animal welfare and logistical concerns. This study aimed to assess stress responses of kangaroos to two contraceptive delivery methods.
Fabiola R. O. Silva   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking Feeling at the Dickens Bicentenary

open access: yes19, 2012
Dickens 2012 has been characterised by heart-felt responses to Dickens. In these ‘think pieces’ a number of scholars of Dickens and the Victorian period from the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester ruminate on the inflections of bi ...
Catherine Malcolmson   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Case Notes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
A look at the decisions in Langevin v. Chenango Court, Inc., 447 F.2d 296 (2d Cir. 1971); Vasquez v. Superior Court of San Joaquin County. 4 Cal. 3d 800, 484 P.2d 964, 94 Cal. Rptr. 796 (1971); and Dickens v.

core   +1 more source

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