Why we cooperate by Tomasello, Michael

Subjects: “…Altruism.…”
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Greybeards at Play: Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen by Chesterton, G. K., 1874-1936 (Gilbert Keith)

“…The oneness of the philosopher with nature -- Of the dangers attending altruism on the high seas -- On the disastrous spread of æstheticism in all classes -- Envoy.…”
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As We Were Saying by Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

“…-- Frocks and the stage -- Altruism -- Social clearing-house -- Dinner-table talk -- Naturalization -- Art of governing -- Love of display -- Value of the commonplace -- The burden of Christmas -- The responsibility of writers -- The cap and gown -- A tendency of the age -- A locoed novelist.…”
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Professions and discipline functional and conflict perspectives by Rossides, Daniel W.

Handbook of public sociology

Table of Contents: “…Oliner -- A public sociology for a global age : recovering the political / Saskia Sassen -- Global altruism : some considerations / Edward A. Tiryakian -- Futures in the making : sociological practice and challenge / Barbara Adam -- The public sociology wars / Michael Burawoy.…”
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Churchill and America by Gilbert, Martin 1936-

Table of Contents: “…-- "A union of spirit" -- Road to war -- "Hope burden will not be made too heavy for us to bear" -- "I shall drag the United States in" -- "Until the old world-and the new-can join hands" -- "We are no longer alone" -- Five months of anguish -- "A means of waging more effective war" -- "American blood flowed in my veins" -- The Washington War Conference: "All in it together" -- "Okay full blast" -- "The tact and consideration which the harmony of the common cause requires" -- "If we are together nothing is impossible" -- Toward overlord: "Our band of brothers" -- From Normandy to Quebec -- "It grieves me very. much to see signs of our drifting apart" -- Malta, Yalta and beyond -- "We must make sure that the United States are with us" -- "Britain, though a smaller power than the United States, had much to give" -- Fulton and its aftermath -- "I have always worked for friendship with the United States" -- The indefatigable traveler -- "I marvel at America's altruism, her sublime disinterestedness" -- "We must not cast away a single hope, however slender" -- "Never be separated from the Americans" -- Final decade: "I delight in my American ancestry."…”

Humankind a hopeful history by Bregman, Rutger 1988-