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Telling the Truth : The Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction / by Foley, Barbara, 1948-

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Social Media Activism : Water as a Common Good / by Cernison, Matteo

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Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century /

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Town Hall Meetings and the Death of Deliberation / by Field, Jonathan Beecher

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Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction / by Shippey, T. A.

Table of Contents: “…: '"People are plastic": Jack Vance and the dilemma of cultural relativism' -- SF authors really mean what they say : 'Alternate historians: Newt, Kingers, Harry and me' -- A revealing failure by the critics : 'Kingsley Amis's science fiction and the problems of genre' -- A glimpse of structuralist possibility : 'The golden bough and the incorporations of magic in science fiction' -- Serious issues, serious traumas, emotional depth : 'The magic art and the evolution of words: Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" trilogy' -- SF and politics. …”
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Divine Name Verification: An Essay on Anti-Darwinism, Intelligent Design, and the Computational Nature of Reality / by Horwitz, Noah

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Delegating Responsibility : International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union / by Micinski, Nicholas R.

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Business transformation : a roadmap for maximizing organizational insights / by Zeid, Aiman

Table of Contents: “…Accelerating Maturity--Not Creating Dependency Finding the Right Spot in the Org Chart Mapping the Mini-Units That a CoE Might Host How the CoE Helps Secure the Organizational Pillars People Information Processes Technical Infrastructure Culture Phased versus Big Bang Approach for Starting a CoE Finding the Right Funding Mechanism Selecting the Right Personalities Ramping up Your Change Agent Note Chapter 7 Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation Knowing Where to Start Riyad Bank's Enterprise Business Intelligence Competency Center E.SUN Bank's Customer Risk Value Organization Success Story Takeaways Applying the Lessons from E.Sun and Riyad The Most Important Characteristics of Successful Business Transformation Strategies A Step-by-Step Look at the Key Components Identifying a Starting Point Summing It All Up In the End, It's about Being a Leader Appendix Snapshot of the Information Evolution Model The Individual Level: Getting along one day at a time Departmental Level: The consolidated organization The Enterprise Organization: A Common Sense of Purpose The Optimize Level Organization: Aligned and Ready The Innovate Level: Spawning and supporting new ideas Glossary About the Author Index.…”
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Systems Engineering A Systemic and Systematic Methodology for Solving Complex Problems. by Kasser, Joseph Eli

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Big Picture2.2.1 The Goals of Systems Engineering; 2.2.2 Problem Solving and Systems Engineering; 2.2.3 The Interdependency and Overlap Between the Systems Engineering, Project Management and Other Engineering Activities; 2.3 Functional; 2.4 Operational; 2.5 Structural; 2.5.1 The Standards for Systems Engineering; 2.6 Generic; 2.7 Quantitative; 2.7.1 The Return on Investment in Systems Engineering; 2.8 Temporal; 2.8.1 The Successes and Failures of Systems Engineering; 2.8.2 The Evolution of Systems Engineering; 2.8.3 The Evolution of the Role of the Systems Engineer; 2.9 Scientific…”
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Integrating business management processes. by De Silva, Titus

Table of Contents: “…3.4.2 Improvement of Teamwork to Achieve Goals -- 3.5 Progressive Evolution of Strategic Planning -- 3.6 Strategic Planning Process -- 3.6.1 Initiate and Agree on a Strategic Planning Process -- 3.6.2 Identify Organisational Mandates -- 3.6.3 Clarify Organisation's Mission and Values -- 3.6.3.1 Create a Mission -- 3.6.4 Assess External and Internal Environment -- 3.6.4.1 External Analysis -- 3.6.4.2 Internal Analysis -- 3.6.5 Identify the Strategic Issues -- 3.6.6 Formulate Strategies -- 3.6.6.1 Development of Strategies -- 3.6.6.2 Three Aspects of the Strategy -- 3.6.7 Review and Audit the Plan…”
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Migration in the Southern Balkans From Ottoman Territory to Globalized Nation States /

Table of Contents: “…Labour migration and other forms of mobility between Bulgaria and Greece: The evolution of a cross-border migration system: Panos Hatziprokopiou and Eugenia Markova.                                 .…”
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Sport Policy in Canada /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Credits; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I -- An overview of sport policy in Canada; Chapter I -- The evolution of federal sport policy from 1960 to today; Chapter II -- Multi-level governance and sport policy in Canada; Chapter III -- Canada and sport for development and peace; Section II -- The canadian sport policy and its impact on the sport system; Chapter IV -- Contemporary policy issues in high performance sport; Chapter V -- Athlete development and support; Chapter VI -- Sport participation; Section III -- Policy issues.…”
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China's economy : a collection of surveys /

Table of Contents: “…Pension Reform in China: Challenges and Opportunities Yong Cai and Yuan Cheng 5. The Evolution of the Housing Market and its Socioeconomic Impacts in the Post-Reform People's Republic of China: A Survey of the Literature Jie Chen and Xuehui Han 6. …”
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U.S. freight rail economics and policy : are we on the right track? /

Table of Contents: “…Preface Section I. Foundations "The Evolution of the Post-Staggers Rail Industry and Rail Policy" by Mark Burton and Paul Hitchcock "Economic Foundations for 21st Century Freight Rail Rate Regulation" by John W. …”
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Charles Kingsley : faith, flesh, and fantasy /

Table of Contents: “…Tucker -- Kingsley's Old Testament heroes / Gareth Atkins -- Charles Kingsley and the evolution of man and morals in The water-babies / Piers J. …”
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Higher education and policy for creative economies in Africa : developing creative economies /

Table of Contents: “…Hracs -- Uganda film and television: Creative skills development and skills gap for the sector / Roberta Comunian and Gershom Kimera -- Importance of arts and culture in community development in Nigeria: The place of the Councils for Arts and Culture / Duro Oni, Cornelius Onyekaba and Husseini Shaibu -- The historical evolution of the cultural and creative economy in Mahikeng, South Africa: Implications for contemporary policy / James Drummond and Fiona Drummond -- Finance for creative and cultural industries in Africa / Yemisi Mokuolu, Victoria Isabelle Kay, Claudia Mari̹a Velilla-Zuloaga -- Developing the handicraft sector in South Africa: the role of policy / Oluwayemisi Adebola Abisuga-Oyekunle , Lauren England and Roberta Comunian -- Conclusions / Roberta Comunian, Brian J. …”
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From resource allocation to strategy

Table of Contents: “…Bower -- The role of strategy making in organizational evolution / Robert A. Burgelman -- Anomaly-seeking research : thirty years of theory development in resource allocation theory / Clark G. …”
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The new comparative economic history essays in honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson /

Table of Contents: “…Rhode -- Other people's money : the evolution of bank capital in the industrialized world / Richard S. …”
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The textbook of pharmaceutical medicine

Table of Contents: “…Jones, William Wardell and William Vodra -- Past evolution and future prospects of the Pharma Industry and its regulation in the USA / William Wardell, William Vodra, Judith K. …”
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Handbook of adult development and learning

Table of Contents: “…Dawson-Tunik -- Advanced avenues in adult development and learning : the role of doctoral study / Judith Stevens-Long and Robert Barner -- The evolution of professional competence / Garrett McAuliffe -- Adult holistic development and multidimensional performance / Glen Rogers, Marcia Mentkowski, and Judith Reisetter Hart.…”
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