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Advising in Austerity : Reflections on Challenging Times for Advice Agencies /

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Delegating Responsibility : International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union / by Micinski, Nicholas R.

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Human resource management in Russia

Table of Contents: “…Domsch and Tatjana Lidokhover -- One step forward, two steps back : negative consequences of national policy on human resource management practices in Russia / Ruth C. …”
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IUTAM A Short History /

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Integrating Europe's financial markets

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In search of the lost feminine decoding the myths that radically reshaped civilization / by Barnes, Craig S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : rewriting the story of western civilization -- Minoan artifacts challenge the inevitability of patriarchy -- The mystery of Minoan civilization -- An expectation of rebirth or immortality -- Time as a circle rather than a line -- The troubling question of war -- Crete and the issue of female sexuality -- The ecstatic and the divine as inseperable -- Five values dramatically at odds with patriarchy -- The collapse of the Minoan world -- The invasions of 1600 BCE : a war culture emerges -- The Theran explosion : the loss of faith in Mother Earth -- The growth of trade : the diminishment of daughters -- The great civil war over marriage : the end of women-centered culture in the eastern Mediterranean -- A warrior civilization emerges -- Four hundred years of chaos sets the stage -- Values shaped by storytellers -- An exaggerated feminine is made monstrous -- Mother Earth is overthrown -- Jason resists the many shapes of seductive women -- Odysseus rejects Calypso -- Homer poses the choice between love and property -- Clytemnestra is sacrificed on the altar of marriage -- Marriage destroys the mother-daughter bond -- Daughters die for civic good -- A multitude of myths to tame, punish, and disparage women -- Oedipus, the lost son -- A glorious monument enshrining the subordination of women -- Biblical patriarchs match the Greek story -- Objections to the warrior civilization -- Jesus carries forward the Eleusian symbolism of grain and wine -- Jesus takes on the threat of military destruction -- Ancient beliefs spring up among the Celts -- A short-lived Islamic challenge -- The metaphor of the holy grail -- Devil talk and witch burnings -- Closing the book on the patriarchy -- History as a choice of stories -- Women coming home to dignity -- The declining utility of war -- Another story all along.…”
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Demography and the Graeco-Roman world new insights and approaches /

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The Emergence of Irish Gothic Fiction : Histories, Origins, Theories / by Killeen, Jarlath, 1976-

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Young American Muslims : Dynamics of Identity / by Kabir, Nahid Afrose

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Everyday Cinema: The Films of Marc Lafia / by Lafia, Marc, 1955-

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Advising in Austerity : Reflections on Challenging Times for Advice Agencies /

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Delegating Responsibility : International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union / by Micinski, Nicholas R.

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Locating the field space, place and context in anthropology /

Table of Contents: “…Studying down, up, sideways, through, backwards, forwards, away and at home : reflections on the field worries of an expansive discipline / Ulf Hannerz -- Beyond the verandah : fieldwork, locality and the production of knowledge in a South African city / Leslie Bank -- Fieldwork on foot : perceiving, routing, socializing / Jo Lee and Tim Ingold -- Rendering and gendering mobile subjects in a globalized world of mountaineering : between localizing ethnography and global spaces / Susan Frohlick -- Post-diasporic Indian communities : a new generation / Anjoom Mukadam and Sharmina Mawani -- The Internet, cybercafés and the new social spaces of Bangalorean youth / Nicholas Nisbett -- Out of proportion? …”
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Co-creation for sustainability : the UN SDGs and the power of local partnerships / by Ansell, Christopher K., 1957-, Sørensen, Eva, 1957-, Torfing, Jacob

Table of Contents: “…Challenges to the co-creation of the sdgs and the way forward.…”
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New Publication Cultures in the Humanities : Exploring the Paradigm Shift /

Table of Contents: “…Preface : Exploring paradigms and ourselves / Peter Dávidházi -- Digital humanities : foundations / Jacques Dubucs -- Looking forwards, not back : some ideas on the future of electronic publications / Gudrun Gersmann -- The dynamics of digital publications : an exploration of digital lexicography / Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan -- Too much of a good thing? …”
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Locating the field space, place and context in anthropology /

Table of Contents: “…Studying down, up, sideways, through, backwards, forwards, away and at home : reflections on the field worries of an expansive discipline / Ulf Hannerz -- Beyond the verandah : fieldwork, locality and the production of knowledge in a South African city / Leslie Bank -- Fieldwork on foot : perceiving, routing, socializing / Jo Lee and Tim Ingold -- Rendering and gendering mobile subjects in a globalized world of mountaineering : between localizing ethnography and global spaces / Susan Frohlick -- Post-diasporic Indian communities : a new generation / Anjoom Mukadam and Sharmina Mawani -- The Internet, cybercafés and the new social spaces of Bangalorean youth / Nicholas Nisbett -- Out of proportion? …”
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Co-creation for sustainability : the UN SDGs and the power of local partnerships / by Ansell, Christopher K., 1957-, Sørensen, Eva, 1957-, Torfing, Jacob

Table of Contents: “…Challenges to the co-creation of the sdgs and the way forward.…”
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New Publication Cultures in the Humanities : Exploring the Paradigm Shift /

Table of Contents: “…Preface : Exploring paradigms and ourselves / Peter Dávidházi -- Digital humanities : foundations / Jacques Dubucs -- Looking forwards, not back : some ideas on the future of electronic publications / Gudrun Gersmann -- The dynamics of digital publications : an exploration of digital lexicography / Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan -- Too much of a good thing? …”
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Uncertainty underground Yucca Mountain and the nation's high-level nuclear waste /

Table of Contents: “…Carter -- Uncertainty, models, and the way forward in nuclear waste disposal / Allison M. Macfarlane.…”
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Delivering knock your socks off service

Table of Contents: “…use it -- Ask intelligent questions -- Winning words and soothing phrases -- Facts for face-to-face -- Tips for telephone talk -- Putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard -- Putting your best e-mail forward -- Serving customers around the globe -- The generational divide -- Delivering seamless socks off service -- Co-workers as partners: communicating across functions -- Exceptional service is in the details -- Good selling is good service? …”
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