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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Die Entdeckung des Christentums in der Wissenschaft des Judentums

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Our dying planet an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / by Sale, Peter F.

Table of Contents: “…Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum.…”
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Debating Humanity : Towards a Philosophical Sociology / by Chernilo, Daniel

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Debating Humanity : Towards a Philosophical Sociology / by Chernilo, Daniel

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Fundamentals of futures and options markets / by Hull, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mechanics of futures markets -- Hedging strategies using futures -- Interest rates -- Determination of forward and futures prices -- Interest rate futures -- Swaps -- Mechanics of options markets -- Properties of stock options -- Trading strategies involving options -- Introduction to binomial trees -- Valuing stock options : the Black-Scholes model -- Options on stock indices and currencies -- Futures options -- The Greek letters -- Binomial trees in practice -- Volatility smiles -- Value at risk -- Interest rate options -- Exotic options and other nonstandard products -- Credit derivatives -- Weather, energy, and insurance derivatives -- Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them.…”
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Manual of endoscopic sinus surgery and its extended applications by Simmen, D. (Daniel)

Table of Contents: “…Operative procedures: a step-by-step safe and logical approach procedures -- An endoscopic tour: endoscopic examination, anatomical variations, and specific conditions -- The place of radiology -- Preoperative checklist -- Patient consent and information -- Perioperative aids -- Hints -- Preventing and dealing with complications -- Postoperative management -- Selected procedures -- Skull base surgery -- The way forward.…”
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Debating Humanity : Towards a Philosophical Sociology / by Chernilo, Daniel

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Business process management applied creating the value managed enterprise / by Poirier, Charles C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…The road to the value-managed enterprise -- Business process management as the enabling ingredient -- The process-based profit and loss statement and balance sheet -- Getting beyond the supply chain roadblocks -- Moving effectively to advanced levels of progress -- Achieving dominance at the higher levels of progress -- Aspirations and realities of level 5 -- Creating the intelligent value network : a blueprint for level 5 -- Using process simulation to minimize the risk -- Steps forward.…”
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Business process management applied creating the value managed enterprise / by Poirier, Charles C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…The road to the value-managed enterprise -- Business process management as the enabling ingredient -- The process-based profit and loss statement and balance sheet -- Getting beyond the supply chain roadblocks -- Moving effectively to advanced levels of progress -- Achieving dominance at the higher levels of progress -- Aspirations and realities of level 5 -- Creating the intelligent value network : a blueprint for level 5 -- Using process simulation to minimize the risk -- Steps forward.…”
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Human rights as indivisible rights the protection of socio-economic demands under the European Convention on Human Rights / by Koch, Ida Elisabeth

Table of Contents: “…Background to and purpose of the study -- Typological and terminological considerations -- Considerations on intertextuality and permeability -- Theoretical and methodological considerations -- The right to health under the ECHR -- The right to housing under the ECHR -- The right to education under the ECHR -- The right to social cash benefits under the ECHR -- Work-related rights under the ECHR -- Socio-economic demands as justiciable rights : the issue of power balance -- The relation between the ECHR and the ESC/RESC -- Concluding forward-looking observations.…”
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Human rights as indivisible rights the protection of socio-economic demands under the European Convention on Human Rights / by Koch, Ida Elisabeth

Table of Contents: “…Background to and purpose of the study -- Typological and terminological considerations -- Considerations on intertextuality and permeability -- Theoretical and methodological considerations -- The right to health under the ECHR -- The right to housing under the ECHR -- The right to education under the ECHR -- The right to social cash benefits under the ECHR -- Work-related rights under the ECHR -- Socio-economic demands as justiciable rights : the issue of power balance -- The relation between the ECHR and the ESC/RESC -- Concluding forward-looking observations.…”
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Debating Women : Gender, Education, and Spaces for Argument, 1835-1945 / by Woods, Carly S.

Table of Contents: “…Making space for debating women -- "The first girls' debating club": creating a legacy at Oberlin College, 1835-1935 -- "Women of infinite variety": the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society as an intergenerational argument culture, 1865-1935 -- "Britain's brainy beauties": intercultural encounter on the 1928 British women's debate tour of the United States -- "Your gown is lovely, but -- " : negotiating citizenship at Pennsylvania state colleges, 1928-1945 -- Moving forward with debating women.…”
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Debating Women : Gender, Education, and Spaces for Argument, 1835-1945 / by Woods, Carly S.

Table of Contents: “…Making space for debating women -- "The first girls' debating club": creating a legacy at Oberlin College, 1835-1935 -- "Women of infinite variety": the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society as an intergenerational argument culture, 1865-1935 -- "Britain's brainy beauties": intercultural encounter on the 1928 British women's debate tour of the United States -- "Your gown is lovely, but -- " : negotiating citizenship at Pennsylvania state colleges, 1928-1945 -- Moving forward with debating women.…”
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Options, futures and other derivatives / by Hull, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mechanics of futures markets -- Hedging strategies using futures -- Interest rates -- Determination of forward and futures prices -- Interest rate futures -- Swaps -- Mechanics of options markets -- Properties of stock options -- Trading strategies involving options -- Binomial trees -- Wiener processes and Ito's Lemma -- The Black-Scholes-Merton model -- Employee stock options -- Options on stock indices and currencies -- Options on futures -- Greek letters -- Volatility smiles -- Basic numerical procedures -- Value at risk -- Estimating volatilities and correlations for risk management -- Credit risk -- Credit derivatives -- Exotic options -- Insurance, weather, and energy derivatives -- More on models and numerical procedures -- Martingales and measures -- Interest rate derivatives : the standard market models -- Convexity, timing and quanto adjustments -- Interest rate derivatives : models of the short rate -- Interest rate derivatives : HJM and LMM -- Swaps revisited -- Real options -- Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them.…”

Attachment in psychotherapy / by Wallin, David J.

Table of Contents: “…Attachment and change -- The foundations of attachment theory -- Mary Main : mental representations, metacognition, and the adult attachment interview -- Fonagy and forward -- The multiple dimensions of the self -- The varieties of attachment experience -- How attachment relationships shape the self -- Nonverbal experience and the "unthought known" : accessing the emotional core of the self -- The stance of the self toward experience : embeddedness, mentalizing, and mindfulness -- Deepening the clinical dimension of attachment theory : intersubjectivity and the relational perspective -- Constructing the developmental crucible -- The dismissing patient : from isolation to intimacy -- The preoccupied patient : making room for a mind of one's own -- The unresolved patient : healing the wounds of trauma and loss -- The nonverbal realm I : working with the evoked and the enacted -- The nonverbal realm II : working with the body -- Mentalizing and mindfulness : the double helix of psychological liberation.…”
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Corporate communication : strategic adaptation for global practice / by Goodman, Michael B, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Adapting to radical changes in business and media : a corporate communication vision for the future -- Leadership capabilities : the core competencies for corporations and executives -- Corporate communication and Web 2.0 -- Strategic ethical relationships : trust and integrity -- Corporate culture's increased significance -- Economic factors -- Precedent : the history of communication in corporations -- Philosophy : the engineering of consent and process : strategic and tactical models -- Performance : the measures that determine the success of communication -- Corporate communication : the way forward -- Guideline A: corporate communication strategy and policy -- Guideline B: crisis communication -- Guideline C: media relations -- Guideline D: employee relations -- Guideline E: global relations -- Guideline F: corporate citizenship and table of organizations -- Guideline G: core competencies for corporate communication -- Guideline H: investor relations and sustainability -- Guideline I: transparency and disclosure -- Guideline J: reputation management -- Guideline K: transaction communication -- Guideline L: affiliate relations -- Guideline M: thought leadership and executive relationship management -- Guideline N: social media and corporate blogging.…”

Integrating differentiated instruction & understanding by design connecting content and kids / by Tomlinson, Carol A.

Table of Contents: “…(content) -- What really matters in planning for student success -- Considering evidence of learning in diverse classrooms -- Responsive teaching with UbD in academically diverse classrooms -- Teaching for understanding in academically diverse classrooms -- Grading and reporting achievement -- Bringing it all together : curriculum and instruction through the lens of UbD and DI -- Moving forward to integrate UbD and DI.…”
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On foot a history of walking / by Amato, Joseph Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, walking is talking -- In the beginning was the foot : walking from the origins of bipedal man to marching Roman legions -- Along the road : Medieval pilgrims, beggars, mounted warriors, and the early city walkers -- Put your best foot forward : the rise of upper-class promenading and strolling -- Mind over foot : Romantic walking and rambling -- North American walking : exploring the continent on foot -- City walking : the genesis of the urban pedestrian in nineteenth-century London -- A new footing for the nation : taming and cleaning up revolutionary Paris -- Getting in step : disciplining the mob and marching the masses off to war -- Wheels and cars : the eclipse of the American walker by the motorist -- Conclusion, choose your steps : reflections on the transformation of walking from necessity to choice.…”
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The truth is longer than a lie children's experiences of abuse and professional interventions / by Mudaly, Neerosh, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The power of children's voices -- The silencing of children -- Child-centred practice : the foundation of effective research with children who have been abused -- The ethics of listening to children in research -- A chance to be heard : involving children who have been abused in research -- Children's voices : their views on abuse and the impact of abuse -- Children's voices : their views about making disclosures, about abusers and non-offending parents -- Children's voices : their experience of professional interventions -- Children as hostages to abuse -- Children's vulnerability to abuse : a double-edged issue -- The complexity of listening professionally to children -- The way forward.…”
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