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Manual of perioperative care in adult cardiac surgery by Bojar, Robert M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Synopsis of adult cardiac surgical disease -- Diagnostic techniques in cardiac surgery -- Preoperative considerations and risk assessment -- Cardiac anesthesia -- Cardiopulmonary bypass -- Myocardial protection -- Admission to the ICU and monitoring techniques -- Early postoperative care : basic pathophysiology, fast-track protocols, and common scenarios -- Mediastinal bleeding and its management -- Respiratory management -- Cardiovascular management -- Fluid management, renal, metabolic, and endocrine problems -- Post-ICU care and other complications.…”
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Living Standards in Southeast Asia : Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015 / by Booth, Anne, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Assessing changes in living standards in Southeast Asia in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- The colonial period: population and output growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors -- The colonial period: measures of welfare and changing living standards -- Confronting the challenges of independence -- Estimating poverty and inequality: country estimates from the 1950s to the 1970s -- The 1980s and the 1990s: the fast and the slow in Southeast Asia -- Growth, poverty and distribution in the early twenty-first century -- Government policy interventions -- What have we learned? …”
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Living Standards in Southeast Asia : Changes over the Long Twentieth Century, 1900-2015 / by Booth, Anne, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Assessing changes in living standards in Southeast Asia in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- The colonial period: population and output growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors -- The colonial period: measures of welfare and changing living standards -- Confronting the challenges of independence -- Estimating poverty and inequality: country estimates from the 1950s to the 1970s -- The 1980s and the 1990s: the fast and the slow in Southeast Asia -- Growth, poverty and distribution in the early twenty-first century -- Government policy interventions -- What have we learned? …”
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Tiananmen moon inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / by Cunningham, Philip J.

Table of Contents: “…I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.…”
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Observations on the real rights of women and other writings by Crocker, Hannah Mather, 1752-1829

Table of Contents: “…Finding a voice, 1812-1814 -- Fast sermon -- Thanksgiving sermon -- An humble address to the reason and wisdom of the American nation -- Antiquarian researches, pleasant and easy -- Becoming an advocate, 1815-1819 -- A series of letters on free masonry -- The school of reform, or Seaman's safe pilot to the Cape of Good Hope -- Observations on the real rights of women, with their appropriate duties, agreeable to scripture, reason and common sense -- The midnight beau -- Taking stock, 1820-1829 -- Selections from "reminiscences and traditions of Boston, being an account of the original proprietors of that town, the manners and customs of its people".…”
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Internal time chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired / by Roenneberg, Till

Table of Contents: “…Worlds apart -- Of early birds and long sleepers -- Counting sheep -- A curious astronomer -- The lost days -- The periodic shift worker -- The fast hamster -- Dawn at the gym -- The elusive transcript -- Temporal ecology -- Wait until dark -- The end of adolescence -- What a waste of time! …”
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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Reporting requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 / Curtis W. Copeland -- "Fast track" parliamentary procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act / Christopher M. …”
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Tiananmen moon inside the Chinese student uprising of 1989 / by Cunningham, Philip J.

Table of Contents: “…I: New moon -- In search of the real China -- The new May fourth spirit -- Ten thousand bicycles -- II: Waxing moon -- Hunger strike -- Laying claim to the square -- Looking for Gorbachev -- Working-class heroes -- Rising tide of rebellion -- Everyone an emperor -- Breaking the fast -- III: Waning moon -- Martial law -- Provincial vagabonds -- Egg on the face of Mao -- Tiananmen headquarters -- Radical camp -- Last will and testament -- Clandestine interview -- Going underground -- Midnight rendezvous -- IV: No moon -- Troops are coming -- Of tanks and men -- Eve of destruction -- The sky is crying.…”
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Observations on the real rights of women and other writings by Crocker, Hannah Mather, 1752-1829

Table of Contents: “…Finding a voice, 1812-1814 -- Fast sermon -- Thanksgiving sermon -- An humble address to the reason and wisdom of the American nation -- Antiquarian researches, pleasant and easy -- Becoming an advocate, 1815-1819 -- A series of letters on free masonry -- The school of reform, or Seaman's safe pilot to the Cape of Good Hope -- Observations on the real rights of women, with their appropriate duties, agreeable to scripture, reason and common sense -- The midnight beau -- Taking stock, 1820-1829 -- Selections from "reminiscences and traditions of Boston, being an account of the original proprietors of that town, the manners and customs of its people".…”
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Internal time chronotypes, social jet lag, and why you're so tired / by Roenneberg, Till

Table of Contents: “…Worlds apart -- Of early birds and long sleepers -- Counting sheep -- A curious astronomer -- The lost days -- The periodic shift worker -- The fast hamster -- Dawn at the gym -- The elusive transcript -- Temporal ecology -- Wait until dark -- The end of adolescence -- What a waste of time! …”
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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Reporting requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 / Curtis W. Copeland -- "Fast track" parliamentary procedures of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act / Christopher M. …”
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Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear tales from native North America / by Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Northeast -- The dream fast, Anishinabe -- White weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois -- Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- The Southeast -- How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- The wild boy, Caddo -- The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek) -- The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- The Southwest -- The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, diné (Navajo) -- The bear boy, Pueblo -- The ghost society, Yuki -- The Northwest -- The light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.…”
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Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear tales from native North America / by Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Northeast -- The dream fast, Anishinabe -- White weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois -- Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- The Southeast -- How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- The wild boy, Caddo -- The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek) -- The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- The Southwest -- The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, diné (Navajo) -- The bear boy, Pueblo -- The ghost society, Yuki -- The Northwest -- The light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.…”
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How invention begins echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / by Lienhard, John H., 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. …”
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Ethical marketing and the new consumer by Arnold, Chris

Table of Contents: “…-- Churn and the disposable society -- Bad tasting medicine -- It's not what you say but what you do -- Brand terrorism -- Survival and security -- Engaging the consumer, sharing responsibility -- Finding reasons to buy -- Research and surveys -- The business and religion of ethics -- Fairtrade -- Food waste and recycling -- Recycling for resale -- Turning recycling into good marketing -- The ethical sphere -- Language and persuasion -- How to be a creative marketer -- Fat and fit : obesity and health -- Selling ethical behaviour -- From brand values to brand value -- Fast fashion -- Washing green -- Green insurance and finance.…”
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On-demand culture digital delivery and the future of movies / by Tryon, Chuck, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Fast, cheap, and hypermobile: digital distribution and the future of cinema. …”
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Ethical marketing and the new consumer by Arnold, Chris

Table of Contents: “…-- Churn and the disposable society -- Bad tasting medicine -- It's not what you say but what you do -- Brand terrorism -- Survival and security -- Engaging the consumer, sharing responsibility -- Finding reasons to buy -- Research and surveys -- The business and religion of ethics -- Fairtrade -- Food waste and recycling -- Recycling for resale -- Turning recycling into good marketing -- The ethical sphere -- Language and persuasion -- How to be a creative marketer -- Fat and fit : obesity and health -- Selling ethical behaviour -- From brand values to brand value -- Fast fashion -- Washing green -- Green insurance and finance.…”
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On-demand culture digital delivery and the future of movies / by Tryon, Chuck, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Fast, cheap, and hypermobile: digital distribution and the future of cinema. …”
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How invention begins echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / by Lienhard, John H., 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. …”
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Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 by McBride, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation -- Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm -- Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship -- Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations -- Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo -- Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation -- Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years -- War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare -- Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.…”
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