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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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Children's services partnerships for success /

Table of Contents: “…/ Starr LaTronica -- Borrow a book-- at the museum / Carol Sandler -- Countdown to kindergarten / Jeri Robinson and Krystal Beaulieu -- Saving money through family literacy collaborations / Wendy Blackwell ... …”
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Mindfulness and the therapeutic relationship / by Hick, Steven F.

Table of Contents: “…Safran and Romy Reading -- Relational mindfulness and dialogic space in family therapy / Mishka Lysack -- Meditation: a universal tool for cultivating empathy / Shauna L. …”
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Quality of care for children and adolescents a review of selected clinical conditions and quality indicators /

Table of Contents: “…Diarrheal disease, acute -- 11. Family planning/contraception -- 12. Fever without source of infection in children under 3 years of age -- 13. …”
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Demography of aging

Table of Contents: “…Wolf -- Care of the elderly : division of labor among the family, market, and state / Beth J. Soldo and Vicki A. …”
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Treatment of childhood disorders

Table of Contents: “…Treatment of child and family disturbance: a cognitive-behavioral systems perspective / Eric J. …”
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Supporting the caregiver in dementia a guide for health care professionals /

Table of Contents: “…Kunik -- Care of the caregiver: individual and family interventions / Silvia Sørensen, Deborah King, and Martin Pinquart -- Social supports for the caregiver / David A. …”
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Hitchcock's music by Sullivan, Jack, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Overture -- The music starts -- Waltzes from Vienna : Hitchcock's forgotten operetta -- The man who knew too much : storm clouds over Royal Albert Hall -- Musical minimalism : British Hitchcock -- Rebecca : music to raise the dead -- Waltzing into danger -- Sounds of war -- Spellbound : theremins and phallic frescoes -- Notorious : bright sambas, dark secrets -- The paradine case : the unhappy finale of Hitchcock and Selznick -- Hitchcock in a different key : the post-Selznick experiments -- The band played on : a Tiomkin trio -- Rear window : the redemptive power of popular music -- Lethal laughter : Hitchcock's fifties comedies -- The man who knew too much : Doris Day versus the London Symphony -- The wrong man : music from the dark side of the moon -- Sing along with Hitch : music for television -- Vertigo : the music of longing and loss -- North by northwest : fandango on the rocks -- Psycho : the music of terror -- The birds : aviary apocalypse -- The music ends : Hitchcock fires Herrmann -- Topaz : the music is back -- Frenzy : out with Mancini, hold the Bach -- Family plot : Hitchcock's exuberant finale -- Finale : Hitchcock as maestro.…”
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Etymological dictionary of the Hittite inherited lexicon by Kloekhorst, Alwin

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Abbreviations and symbols -- General introduction -- Aim of this work -- The study of Hittite -- Dating of texts -- Methods of transcription --Anatolian language family -- The place of the Anatolian branch within PIE -- Towards a Hittite historical grammar -- Historical phonology -- Proto-Indo-European phoneme inventory -- Proto-Anatolian phoneme inventory -- Hittite phoneme inventory -- Cuneiform script -- Stops -- Glottal stop -- Affricate -- Fricatives -- Resonants -- Syllabic resonants -- Semi-vowels -- Vowels -- Plene spelling -- Ambiguity --Plene spelling of E and I -- The signs U and U -- Word-initially before vowels -- Word-initially before --Consonants -- Word-internally between consonant and vowel -- Word-internally between vowels -- Word-internally between vowel and consonant -- Word-internally between consonants -- overview of interconsonantal reflexes -- Word-finally after --Consonants -- Word-finally after vowels -- Conclusions -- Regarding U and U -- Epenthetic vowels -- Overview of the Hittite phoneme -- Inventory -- Changes from PIE to Hittite -- Lenition -- Fortition -- Stops.…”
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Imagining the fetus the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.…”
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Authorship in film adaptation

Table of Contents: “…Barton Palmer -- The three faces of Lolita, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the adaptation / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Traffic/Traffik : race, globalization, and family in Soderbergh's remake / Mark Gallagher -- Adapting Nick Hornby's High fidelity : process and sexual politics / Cynthia Lucia -- Adaptable Bridget : generic intertextuality and postfeminism in Bridget Jones's diary / Shelley Cobb -- "Who's your favorite Indian?" …”
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Employment issues and multiple sclerosis by Rumrill, Phillip D.

Table of Contents: “…Rumrill, Jr -- Federal laws concerning continuation of benefits, health insurance portability, and family and medical leave / Kimberly Calder -- Social security disability benefits / Steven W. …”
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House unauthorized vasculitis, clinic duty, and bad bedside manner /

Table of Contents: “…. / Glenn McDonald -- "That was a ten" / Steven Rubio -- Dysfunctional family in residence / Jill Winters -- Everybody lies except for the CGI / Craig Derksen -- The way of the bastard / Karen Traviss -- Hugh Laurie's House / Geoff Klock -- Is Gregory House the Hawkeye Pierce of the twenty-first century? …”
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Sustainable economy corporate, social and environmental responsibility /

Table of Contents: “…Hanns Pichler -- Fostering sustainability in family firms / Alan L. Carsrud and Malin Brünnback -- Poverty : a social disgrace and dilemma / Franco Gandolfi and Philip A. …”
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Researching violence in Africa ethical and methodological challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Hutchinson -- "From nation to family" : researching gender and sexuality / Danai Mupotsa -- Cooperative ethics as a new model for cultural research on peace and security / Derek B. …”
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The unfinished war Korea / by Lee, Bong

Table of Contents: “…Thus it began: Korea, the hermit kingdom ; Korean nationalists -- The Lee family under Japanese occupation: out of the frying pan, into the fire, World War II --The Russians are coming: Kim Il Sung makes an entrance -- Americans in South Korea -- North Koreans discover communism -- Chaos in South Korea: MacArthur in Japan -- Prelude to a hot war -- On a rainy Sunday across the 38th parallel: reactions of Washington -- The ROK army on the brink of disintegration: MacArthur in Suwon ; Tactical errors all around -- An ugly war -- The first hundred days -- Mao's thought in Beijing -- The Inchon landing and its aftermath -- Chinese traps -- A brand new ball game --Refugee stories: the plight of refugees and massacres of innocent civilians -- An old soldier just fades away, a new one steps in -- The way we survived the war -- A talking war -- The tortuous path to armistice agreement -- South Korea after the ceasefire: two schoolgirls -- North Korea now -- Old war, new crisis: the nuclear weapons developement program ; the sunshine policy ; military provocations ; what next.…”
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Composition studies as a creative art teaching, writing, scholarship, administration / by Bloom, Lynn Z., 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Finding family, finding a voice : a writing teacher teaches writing teachers -- Teaching my class -- Freshman composition as a middle class enterprise -- Textual terror, textual power : teaching literature through writing literature -- American autobiography and the politics of genre -- Teaching college English as a woman -- Creative nonfiction, is there any other kind? …”
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Together we can pathways to collective leadership in agriculture at Texas A&M / by Hiler, Edward A. (Edward Allan)

Table of Contents: “…Bosserman -- Starting out: family background -- The early years, 1939-1966 -- Steven L. …”
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A good life in a world made good Albert Eustace Haydon, 1880-1975 / by Peden, Creighton, 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Family background -- McMaster University -- Examination & ordination -- Early ministry -- Fort William to Chicago -- Saskatoon, heresy & Y.M.C.A -- Overseas to Chicago -- Doctoral dissertation -- Early years of teaching -- The rise of religious humanism -- Professional pressures -- Book reviews : 1920s -- Early articles -- Hebrew Union College lectures -- Later articles -- Unity articles -- Haydon's The quest of the ages : 1929 -- Critical dialogue -- Mental hygiene -- Articles : 1930s -- Haydon's three sons -- Man's search for the good life : an inquiry into the nature of religions (1937) -- Book reviews, 1930s -- Biography of the gods (1941) -- Early 1940s -- Chicago Ethical Societies' lecture series -- Radio addresses -- Edith Haydon's death -- Final years.…”
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Growing pains transitioning from a entrepreneurship to a professionally managed firm / by Flamholtz, Eric

Table of Contents: “…The authors -- A framework for developing successful organizations -- How to build successful companies: the pyramid of organizational development -- Identifying and surviving the first four stages of organizational growth -- Recognizing growing pains and assessing the need for change -- Management strategies for each stage of organizational growth -- The new venture and expansion stages -- The professionalizing stage: transitioning from entrepreneurship to professional management -- The consolidation stage: managing the corporate culture -- Mastering the tools of professional management -- Strategic planning -- Organizational structure -- Management development -- Organizational control systems -- Effective leadership -- Corporate culture management -- Advanced aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- Advanced strategic planning -- Managing to advanced stages of growth: a preview of future challenges -- Making the transition to a public company -- The personal aspects of organizational transitions in a growing and changing company -- The special case of managing family business transitions -- The transition CEOs must make to survive beyond the entrepreneurial stage -- List of tables, figures, and exhibits.…”
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