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Volume 26, Issue 2
Working with the metaphor of life and death
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Working with the metaphor of life and death
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Online download statistics by month: March 2001 to March 2024
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73
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7
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71
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27
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41
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13
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52
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37
7
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43
4
8
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33
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47
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4
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59
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90
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18
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51
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25
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27
18
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56
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53
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54
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75
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92
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22
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76
72
42
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29
25
13
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27
19
16
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20
24
15
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31
46
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28
40
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51
54
18
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39
49
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27
20
12
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20
30
19
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34
47
24
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22
42
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54
52
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33
32
23
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33
27
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21
45
32
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23
45
24
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20
26
5
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29
35
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9
14
10
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39
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37
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58
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7
30
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28
44
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10
30
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2
15
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15
19
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23
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36
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24
25
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29
31
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21
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27
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37
34
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44
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35
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18
17
30
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27
27
21
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54
52
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92
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113
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85
79
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194
188
19
Feb 2018
204
190
7
Mar 2018
279
264
10
Apr 2018
182
172
12
May 2018
223
222
12
Jun 2018
129
126
6
Jul 2018
74
74
6
Aug 2018
170
170
3
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277
277
4
Oct 2018
357
357
13
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397
397
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342
343
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367
366
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365
345
17
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281
276
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236
223
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196
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145
146
16
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129
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171
167
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218
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211
203
13
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221
195
11
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237
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257
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296
14
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231
227
13
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249
15
Jun 2020
197
193
16
Jul 2020
141
133
16
Aug 2020
158
156
14
Sep 2020
275
267
18
Oct 2020
277
271
14
Nov 2020
251
237
13
Dec 2020
204
196
12
Jan 2021
282
279
18
Feb 2021
350
344
14
Mar 2021
381
379
33
Apr 2021
240
234
26
May 2021
193
188
24
Jun 2021
131
133
12
Jul 2021
184
185
15
Aug 2021
157
161
9
Sep 2021
225
225
11
Oct 2021
222
213
27
Nov 2021
92
80
35
Dec 2021
251
232
26
Jan 2022
131
122
14
Feb 2022
161
156
13
Mar 2022
152
144
10
Apr 2022
146
120
16
May 2022
186
174
27
Jun 2022
98
91
17
Jul 2022
121
108
13
Aug 2022
141
135
5
Sep 2022
172
168
35
Oct 2022
194
180
22
Nov 2022
173
169
18
Dec 2022
150
136
20
Jan 2023
200
180
21
Feb 2023
166
168
12
Mar 2023
209
207
16
Apr 2023
124
116
18
May 2023
140
132
13
Jun 2023
164
145
6
Jul 2023
226
222
15
Aug 2023
212
204
21
Sep 2023
171
165
11
Oct 2023
165
144
17
Nov 2023
180
146
14
Dec 2023
249
20
1
Jan 2024
136
0
2
Feb 2024
163
1
1
Mar 2024
334
3
2
Total
22310
20767
3135
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