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An introduction to Islam for Jews by Firestone, Reuven, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…-- Arabs and Israelites -- Pre-Islamic origins -- The emergence of Islam -- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina -- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community -- The conquests -- The caliphal dynasties -- The decline of the Muslim world -- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law -- God -- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith" -- The evolution of a formal theology -- The Qur'an -- The interpretive tradition -- The prophetic record -- Islamic law -- The workings of shari'a -- The umma: Islam in practice -- The umma and the caliphate -- The five pillars of Islam -- A sixth pillar? …”
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Other people's money debt denomination and financial instability in emerging market economies /

Table of Contents: “…-- A fiscal perspective on currency crises and "original sin" -- Original sin, balance-sheet crises, and the roles of international lending -- How original sin was overcome : the evolution of external debt denominated in domestic currencies in the United States and the British dominions, 1800-2000 -- Old sins : exchange clauses and European foreign lending in the nineteenth century -- Why do emerging economies borrow in foreign currency? …”
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La grande illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) / by O'Shaughnessy, Martin (Martin P.)

Table of Contents: “…A director and his two careers -- Cast and creative personnel -- Historical and political contexts -- Genesis, evolution, preparation. A long gestation -- The evolving script-- The plagiarism case -- The set -- Analysis. …”
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Developments in customary international law theory and the practice of the International Court of Justice and the international ad hoc criminal tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia... by Schlütter, Birgit, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Customary international law, theoretical conceptions and evidence of its formation -- Customary international law and its relationship with other sources and methods of law-identification -- Visions of development -- Practical developments (part one) : customary international law in the case law of the PCIJ and the ICJ -- Practical developments (part two) : the case law of the international ad hoc criminal tribunals on customary international criminal law -- Evolution of new customary international criminal law : further implications -- Developments in customary international (criminal) law : implications from the case law of the ICJ, the ICTY and the ICTR.…”
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American narcissism the myth of national superiority / by Caldwell, Wilber W.

Table of Contents: “…Notes on nationalism -- Nationalism -- Types of nationalism -- pt. 2. The evolution of the American superiority myth -- The New World -- Chosen-ness, mission, and destiny -- Ideological superiority -- The arrogance of abundance -- The arrogance of isolationism -- Manifest destiny and continental expansion -- Manifest destiny and American imperialism -- The leader of the free world -- The arrogance of power -- pt. 3. …”
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Spiritual information 100 perspectives on science and religion : essays in honor of Sir John Templeton's 90th birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives from quantum mechanics, mathematics, and symbolic logic -- pt. 5. Perspectives on evolution and prpose -- pt. 6. Perspectives on sociology and ethics -- pt. 7. …”
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Race, oppression and the zombie essays on cross-cultural appropriations of the Caribbean tradition /

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Does the elephant dance? contemporary Indian foreign policy / by Malone, David, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…India's relationships with Europe and Russia: fading glory? -- 11. The evolution of Indian multilateralism: from high ground to high table -- 12. …”
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Lean cost management accounting for lean by establishing flow / by Huntzinger, James R., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Accounting : where we are and where we must go -- Why traditional accounting methods fail -- Toyota's success : profit beyond measure -- Execution -- Alexander Hamilton Church : his cost management system -- The focus factory -- Church and excess capacity -- The physical operation -- Lean measurements : measuring the business -- Designing for the lean enterprise : right-designing -- Lean creates lean cost management -- Teamwork -- System evolution -- Transactions and lean -- Lean : like a gear train -- Where is ABC? …”
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Rainfall-runoff modelling the primer / by Beven, K. J.

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the 2nd edition -- Down to basics : runoff processes and the modelling process -- Evolution of rainfall-runoff models : survival of the fittest? …”
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Russia a long view / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth -- Economic determinism and the twentieth-century experience -- The general and the particular in modern economic growth -- Agrarian societies and capitalism -- Traditional agrarian society -- A different path -- The phenomenon of antiquity -- Capitalism and the rise of Europe -- The trajectory of Russia's development -- Particular features of Russia's economic development -- The collapse of an empire -- Major issues of the postindustrial world -- The post-socialist crisis and recovery growth -- The dynamics of population and international migration -- The state burden on the economy -- The formation and crisis of systems of social safeguards -- The evolution of education and healthcare systems -- The transformation of the system for manning the armed forces -- On the stability and flexibility of political systems -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical references -- Index.…”
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Highlife Saturday night popular music and social change in urban Ghana / by Plageman, Nate, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970.…”
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The global carbon crisis emerging carbon constraints and strategic management options / by Busch, Timo

Table of Contents: “…The two sides of the carbon coin -- Emerging carbon constraints -- Strategic benefits of carbon and climate strategies -- Evolution of carbon utilization -- Climate change challenges ahead -- Carbonomics and beyond -- The intra- vs. inter-generational equity dimension -- Lessons from the financial crisis -- Macro level : industrial policies for climate change -- Meso level : inter-firm breakthrough steps in a low-carbon future -- Micro level : proactive carbon management strategies -- Synthesis : the mitigation-adaptation nexus.…”
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Identity development of college students advancing frameworks for multiple dimensions of identity / by Jones, Susan R., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Situating ourselves in the study of identity -- Situating the study of identity in the evolution of student development theories -- Multiple social identities and intersecting identities -- Model of multiple dimensions of identity -- Reconceptualized model of multiple dimensions of identity -- Critical theoretical frameworks and multiple identities -- Intersectionality -- Critical race theory, with Stephen John Quaye -- Queer theory, with David Kasch -- Educational applications and future directions -- Application of the models in educational contexts -- Future directions: considering theoretical perspectives in conjunction with one another -- Final interludes.…”
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International law for humankind towards a new jus gentium / by Trindade, Antônio Augusto Cançado, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The evolution towards a new jus gentium : the international law for humankind -- Time and law revisited : international law and the temporal dimension -- Foundations of international law : the role and importance of its basic principles -- The primacy of international law over force -- Contemporary international law-making : a reassessment of the theory of formal "sources" of international law -- The material source of international law : manifestations of the universal juridical conscience -- States as subjects of international law and the expansion of international legal personality -- International organizations as subjects of international law -- The legal personality of the individual as subject of international law.…”
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Theater of the avant-garde, 1950-2000 : a critical anthology /

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Genus Journal of Population Sciences /

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Cell & Bioscience

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Pacific Journal of Mathematics for Industry

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World biodiesel policies and production / by Kumar, Ashok, 1949-, Joo, Hyunsoo (Chemical engineer)

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