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UNINA9910711799303321 |
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Grover Nathan Clifford <1868-1956, > |
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Titolo |
Surface water supply of the United States, 1927 . Part VIII Western Gulf of Mexico basins / / by Nathan C. Grover, C. E. Ellsworth |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1930 |
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Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (v, 117 pages) : illustrations |
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Water-supply paper ; ; 648 |
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Water quality - Mexico, Gulf of |
Water quality - Texas - Gulf Coast |
Water-supply - Texas - Gulf Coast |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"Prepared in cooperation with the state of Texas." |
Includes tables. |
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UNINA9910786364103321 |
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Vaillant George E. <1934-> |
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Triumphs of experience [[electronic resource] ] : the men of the Harvard Grant Study / / George E. Vaillant |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012 |
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0-674-07181-6 |
0-674-06742-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 457 p.) |
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Aging - Social aspects - United States |
Aging - United States - Psychological aspects |
Men - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Cast of protagonists (decathlon score) -- 1 Maturation makes liars of us all -- 2 The proof of the pudding -- 3 A short history of the grant study -- 4 How childhood and adolescence affect old age -- 5 Maturation -- 6 Marriage -- 7 Living to ninety -- 8 Resilience and unconscious coping -- 9 Alcoholism -- 10 Surprising findings -- 11 Summing up -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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At a time when many people around the world are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: our lives continue to evolve in our later years, and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men's lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation. Now George Vaillant follows the men into their nineties, documenting for the first time what it is like to flourish far beyond conventional retirement. Reporting on all aspects of male life, including relationships, politics and religion, coping strategies, and alcohol use (its abuse being by far the greatest disruptor of health and |
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happiness for the study's subjects), Triumphs of Experience shares a number of surprising findings. For example, the people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa. While the study confirms that recovery from a lousy childhood is possible, memories of a happy childhood are a lifelong source of strength. Marriages bring much more contentment after age 70, and physical aging after 80 is determined less by heredity than by habits formed prior to age 50. The credit for growing old with grace and vitality, it seems, goes more to ourselves than to our stellar genetic makeup. |
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UNISA996213968703316 |
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Autore |
Cunningham Lawrence |
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A brief history of saints [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence S. Cunningham |
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Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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1-281-31105-7 |
9786611311056 |
0-470-77635-8 |
0-470-77714-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Blackwell brief histories of religion |
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Christian saints - Cult - History |
Canonization - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168) and index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The saint : beginnings -- The bureaucratization of sanctity -- Reformations Catholic and Protestant -- Towards the modern world -- The twentieth century -- The saints, world religions, and the future. |
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A Brief History of Saints follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day.Refers to both well-known saints, such as Joan of Arc, and lesser-known figures like the 'holy fools' in the Orthodox |
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traditionRanges over subjects as diverse as the history of canonization processes, the Reformation critique of the cult of saints, and the role of saints in other religious traditionsDiscusses the relevance of sainthood in the postmodern eraTwo appendices describe patron s |
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