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Migration, culture conflict, crime, and terrorism

Table of Contents: “…Newman -- Religiosity and crime : attitudes towards violence and delinquent behavior among young Christians and Muslims in Germany / Katrin Brettfeld, Peter Wetzels -- Juvenile criminality in Germany in context of migratory processes / Kerstin Reich -- The prison situation of foreigners in Japan / Koichi Miyazawa, Philipp Osten -- Media, evil, and society : media use and its impacts on crime perception, sentencing attitudes, and crime policy in Germany / Christian Pfeiffer, Michael Windzio, Matthias Kleimann -- The United Nations global programme against trafficking in human beings : results from the pilot study / Alexis Aronowitz -- Transnational organized crime and trafficking of human beings / Fusun Sokullu-Akinci -- Refugees and human rights : an international law perspective / Turgut Tarhanli -- Preventing migrant deaths : a possible role for situational crime prevention / Rob T. …”
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Global warming gridlock creating more effective strategies for protecting the planet / by Victor, David G.

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French Women and the Age of Enlightenment /

Table of Contents: “…Women and the law / Adrienne Rogers -- Women and politics / Susan P. …”
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Authorizing Policy / by Hall, Thad E. (Thad Edward), 1968-

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Aquinas on Virtue : A Causal Reading / by Austin, Nicholas, 1970-

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The Practice of Philology in the Nineteenth-Century Netherlands /

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Knowledge and competitive advantage the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions / by Murmann, Johann Peter, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions -- Overview of collective strategies -- Forging a national science capability -- Lobbying for a supportive patent system -- Influencing tariff laws -- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage -- Theoretical gaps -- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings -- A theory of coevolution -- Implications for industrial organization studies -- Opportunities for future research on industrial development -- A technological history of dyes -- Short description of databases on firms and plants.…”
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Transition and justice : negotiating the terms of new beginnings in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…The Role of Refugee Aid in Shaping New Beginnings in Mauritania Marion Fresia 4 Conflicting Logics of Exceptionality: New Beginnings and the Problem of Police Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa Steffen Jensen 5 The 2011 Toilet Wars in South Africa: Justice and Transition between the Exceptional and the Everyday after Apartheid Steven Robins 6 New Law against an Old State: Land Restitution as a Transition to Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa? …”
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Transition and justice : negotiating the terms of new beginnings in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…The Role of Refugee Aid in Shaping New Beginnings in Mauritania Marion Fresia 4 Conflicting Logics of Exceptionality: New Beginnings and the Problem of Police Violence in Post-Apartheid South Africa Steffen Jensen 5 The 2011 Toilet Wars in South Africa: Justice and Transition between the Exceptional and the Everyday after Apartheid Steven Robins 6 New Law against an Old State: Land Restitution as a Transition to Justice in Post-Apartheid South Africa? …”
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Economic Women : Essays on Desire and Dispossession in Nineteenth-Century British Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Dalley and Jill Rappoport -- Gentry, gender, and the moral economy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in provincial England / Kathryn Gleadle -- Women, free trade, and Harriet Martineau's Dawn Island at the 1845 Anti-Corn Law League bazaar / Leslee Thorne-Murphy -- Sacrificial value : beyond the cash nexus in George Eliot's Romola / Ilana M. …”
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Knowledge and competitive advantage the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions / by Murmann, Johann Peter, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- 4: The coevolution of national industries and institutions -- Overview of collective strategies -- Forging a national science capability -- Lobbying for a supportive patent system -- Influencing tariff laws -- 5: Toward an institutional theory of competitive advantage -- Theoretical gaps -- Evolutionary interpretation of the key findings -- A theory of coevolution -- Implications for industrial organization studies -- Opportunities for future research on industrial development -- A technological history of dyes -- Short description of databases on firms and plants.…”
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Economic Women : Essays on Desire and Dispossession in Nineteenth-Century British Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Dalley and Jill Rappoport -- Gentry, gender, and the moral economy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in provincial England / Kathryn Gleadle -- Women, free trade, and Harriet Martineau's Dawn Island at the 1845 Anti-Corn Law League bazaar / Leslee Thorne-Murphy -- Sacrificial value : beyond the cash nexus in George Eliot's Romola / Ilana M. …”
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Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey : Transforming Ethnic Conflict / by Gurbuz, Mustafa Cagri

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Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey : Transforming Ethnic Conflict / by Gurbuz, Mustafa Cagri

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The librarian's book of lists

Table of Contents: “…Dewey" used to say -- The Seattle book examiner's top 20 things librarians in public libraries wish patrons knew or did -- The Swiss Army librarian's top 10 pet peeves about patrons -- 10 commandments for borrowers of books -- 6 birds that make library-related sounds -- Larry Nix's top 10 libraries on postage stamps -- 15 favorite library postcards -- Top 10 library blogs -- Top 16 book blogs -- Top 60 subject blogs and news sources -- Norman Stevens's 10 best children's picture books that feature libraries and librarians -- 10 librarians in adult fiction -- 25 offbeat book titles -- Martha Spear's top 10 reasons to be a librarian -- Scott Douglas's 10 reasons to be (and not to be) a librarian -- Top 10 ways to make sure potential applicants for your library job are turned off by your ad -- 10 recruitment vows for librarians -- Roy Tennant's top 10 things library administrators should know about technology -- Leigh Anne Vrabel's 10 things to do when you are a library director -- Jenny Levine's mindset list for library school students -- Sean Fitzpatrick's 7 cool tools that librarians should know about -- Key dates in American library history -- 5 movies with the worst librarian stereotypes -- 5 movies with librarian role models -- 3 TV shows with librarians -- 12 librarians who came back to haunt -- Top 15 books about real librarians -- 12 librarians who were poets -- 14 ways public libraries are good for the country -- Ranganathan's 5 laws of library science (updated) -- Michael Gorman's revised laws of library science -- John Cotton Dana's 12 rules for reading -- Top 25 largest libraries in North America -- Ten unusual rare-book genres -- 10 book curses -- 10 intriguing paper defects -- Stephen Leary's top 10 ways to exit a library -- Booklist editors' best American fiction, 1980-2005 -- Top 10 challenged books, 1990-2000 -- Other challenged books, 2001-2009 -- Top 12 silly reasons to ban a book -- 10 most popular ALA celebrity READ posters -- What to do when the media calls -- How to say "where is the library?" …”
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Emerging trends in asset recovery /

Table of Contents: “…Shah and Ch. Welsh -- The rule of law and "Tommy" Suharto, son of (former) President Suharto / Frederic Raffray -- Lessons learned from the past : today's response from requested countries / Maria Schnebli -- Shell companies and asset recovery : piercing the corporate veil / Jason Sharman -- Beneficial ownership : the private sector perspective / Markus E. …”
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The librarian's book of lists

Table of Contents: “…Dewey" used to say -- The Seattle book examiner's top 20 things librarians in public libraries wish patrons knew or did -- The Swiss Army librarian's top 10 pet peeves about patrons -- 10 commandments for borrowers of books -- 6 birds that make library-related sounds -- Larry Nix's top 10 libraries on postage stamps -- 15 favorite library postcards -- Top 10 library blogs -- Top 16 book blogs -- Top 60 subject blogs and news sources -- Norman Stevens's 10 best children's picture books that feature libraries and librarians -- 10 librarians in adult fiction -- 25 offbeat book titles -- Martha Spear's top 10 reasons to be a librarian -- Scott Douglas's 10 reasons to be (and not to be) a librarian -- Top 10 ways to make sure potential applicants for your library job are turned off by your ad -- 10 recruitment vows for librarians -- Roy Tennant's top 10 things library administrators should know about technology -- Leigh Anne Vrabel's 10 things to do when you are a library director -- Jenny Levine's mindset list for library school students -- Sean Fitzpatrick's 7 cool tools that librarians should know about -- Key dates in American library history -- 5 movies with the worst librarian stereotypes -- 5 movies with librarian role models -- 3 TV shows with librarians -- 12 librarians who came back to haunt -- Top 15 books about real librarians -- 12 librarians who were poets -- 14 ways public libraries are good for the country -- Ranganathan's 5 laws of library science (updated) -- Michael Gorman's revised laws of library science -- John Cotton Dana's 12 rules for reading -- Top 25 largest libraries in North America -- Ten unusual rare-book genres -- 10 book curses -- 10 intriguing paper defects -- Stephen Leary's top 10 ways to exit a library -- Booklist editors' best American fiction, 1980-2005 -- Top 10 challenged books, 1990-2000 -- Other challenged books, 2001-2009 -- Top 12 silly reasons to ban a book -- 10 most popular ALA celebrity READ posters -- What to do when the media calls -- How to say "where is the library?" …”
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Emerging trends in asset recovery /

Table of Contents: “…Shah and Ch. Welsh -- The rule of law and "Tommy" Suharto, son of (former) President Suharto / Frederic Raffray -- Lessons learned from the past : today's response from requested countries / Maria Schnebli -- Shell companies and asset recovery : piercing the corporate veil / Jason Sharman -- Beneficial ownership : the private sector perspective / Markus E. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view