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The legacy of the Mastodon the golden age of fossils in America / by Thomson, Keith Stewart

Table of Contents: “…Leidy's dinosaur -- Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden -- Pt. three: Giant Saurians and horned mammals -- Kansas and a new regime -- Entry of the gladiators -- Riding the rails -- The first Yale college expedition -- The competition begins -- Buffalo land: who was Professor Paleozoic? …”
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Pamphlet architecture 33 : islands & atolls / by Callejas, Luis, 1981-

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Agriculture in world history / by Tauger, Mark B.

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The Seven Practices of Mentally Superior Athletes : Harnessing Skills from Sport Psychology / by Wald, Raphael

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Aesopic conversations popular tradition, cultural dialogue, and the invention of Greek prose / by Kurke, Leslie

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: an elusive quarry: In search of ancient Greek popular culture; Explaining the joke: a roadmap for classicists; Synopsis of method and structure of argument -- The Aesopic challenge to Delphic authority: Ideological tensions at Delphi; the Aesopic critique; Neoptolemus and Aesop: sacrifice, hero cult, and competitive scapegoating -- Sophia before/beyond philosophy: the tradition of Sophia; Sophists and (as) sages; Aristotle and the transformation of Sophia -- Aesop as sage: political counsel and discursive practice; Aesop among the sages; Political animals: fable and the scene of advising -- Reading the life: the progress of a sage and the anthropology of Sophia: an Aesopic anthropology of wisdom; Aesop and Ahiqar; Delphic theoria and the death of a sage; the bricoleur as culture hero, or the art of extorting self-incrimination -- The Aesopic parody of high wisdom: demystifying Sophia: Hesiod, Theognis, and the seven sages; Aesopic parody in the visual tradition -- Aesop at the invention of philosophy: the problematic sociopolitics of mimetic prose; the generic affiliations of Sokratikoi logoi -- The battle over prose: fable in sophistic education and Xenophon's Memorabilia: Sophistic fables; traditional fable narration in Xenophon's Memorabilia -- Sophistic fable in Plato: parody, appropriation, and transcendence: Plato's Protagoras: debunking Sophistic fable; Plato's symposium: ringing the changes on fable -- Aesop in Plato's Sokratikoi logoi: analogy, elenchos, and disavowal: Sophia into philosophy: Socrates between the sages and Aesop; the Aesopic bricoleur and the "old Socratic tool-box"; sympotic wisdom, comedy, and Aesopic competition in Hippias major -- Historie and logopoiia: two sides of Herodotean prose: history before prose, prose before history; Aesop ho logopoios; Plutarch reading Herodotus: Aesop, ruptures of decorum, and the non-Greek -- Herodotus and Aesop: Cyrus tells a fable; Greece and (as) fable, or resignifying the hierarchy of genre; fable as history; the Aesopic contract of the histories: Herodotus teaches his readers.…”
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Social Economics and the Solidarity City by Murtagh, Brendan

Table of Contents: “…Diversification of SupplyCommunity Development Finance Initiatives (CDFIs); Co-ordination and Finance Schemes; Conclusion; 8 Conclusions; Introduction; The Social Base of Value; The Competitive Environment; Scale, Competition and the State; Network Power and Co-ordinating Institutions; Junctures, Overflows and Affecting Mechanisms; Knowledge and Learning; Skills; Profit Destination; Conclusion; Index…”
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Aviation infrastructure performance a study in comparative political economy /

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Global development 2.0 can philanthropists, the public, and the poor make poverty history? /

Table of Contents: “…Gregory Dees -- Leveraging knowledge to end poverty / Ashok Khosla -- Effecting change through accountable channels / Jane Nelson -- Collaborative governance : the new multilateralism for the twenty-first century / Simon Zadek -- Aid : from consensus to competition? / Joseph O'Keefe -- Philanthropy, aid, and investment : alignment for impact / Mark R. …”
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Cooperation & collective action archaeological perspectives /

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Strategic IQ creating smarter corporations / by Wells, John R.

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Global trends and transitions in security expertise : nuclear deterrence to climate change and back again / by McGann, James G.

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Island songs a global repertoire /

Table of Contents: “…Gaelic language, song and competition / Heather Sparling -- Newfoundland : from Ron Hynes to Hey Rosetta! …”
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Waste : Capitalism and the Dissolution of the Human in Twentieth-Century Theater / by Rizzo, Jessica

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Supply management and procurement from the basics to best-in-class / by Turner, Robert W., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- Managing supply management -- Supply chain design and planning -- Case study 1 -- Case study 2 -- Value chain design and analysis -- The importance of benchmarking in supply management -- Activity and process design -- Organizing and prioritizing projects -- Creating competitive advantage with supply management -- Strategic sourcing methodology model -- The importance of critical thinking and strategy development -- Risk identification and risk management -- Forecasting for future success -- Sensitivity analysis -- Writing appropriate and successful RFPS -- The importance of negotiating the right agreement -- Successful contract management -- Supply management and international trade -- Make versus buy decisions -- Best in class strategy tools and techniques -- How to implement change -- Appendix a: case study 1 and 2 answers -- Appendix b: transportation definitions -- Appendix c: list of formulas -- Index.…”
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Behavioural economics and policy design examples from Singapore /

Table of Contents: “…/ Philip Ong -- Promoting competition in electricity retail : insights from behavioural economics / Eugene Toh and Vivienne Low -- Discretionary transfers : providing fiscal support in a behaviourally compatible way / Pamela Qiu and Tan Li San -- Using behavioural insights to improve individual health decisions / Lavinia Low and Yee Yiling -- A behavioural view on designing Singapore's national annuity scheme / Donald Low -- Behavioural economics, policy analysis and the design of regulatory reform / Jack Knetsch.…”
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