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The power of productivity wealth, poverty, and the threat to global stability / by Lewis, William W., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Findings : the global economic landscape -- Japan : a dual economy -- Europe : falling behind -- The United States : consumer is king -- Korea : following Japans path -- Brazil : big government is big problem -- Russia : distorted market economy -- India : bad economic management from democratic government -- Patterns : clear and strong -- Why bad economic policy around the world? …”
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The economics of taxation by Salanié, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Some history -- Current tax systems -- Overview of the book -- References -- I the effects of taxation -- Distortions andwelfare losses -- Tax incidence -- Optimal taxation -- Indirect taxation -- Direct taxation -- Mixed taxation -- Risk and time -- Pigovian taxation in partial equilibrium -- Criticisms of optimal taxation -- Some current debates -- Low-income support -- Taxation and globalwarming -- A some basic microeconomics -- B optimal control.…”
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The last Jews in Baghdad remembering a lost homeland / by Rejwan, Nissim

Table of Contents: “…In old Baghdad -- The Rejwan tribe -- Mother and the placebo effect -- Naʻīma -- Early initiations -- Schooling -- The great crash and US -- Hesqail Abul ʻAlwa hires a helper -- Living in sexual deprivation -- Idle days -- Distorted visions -- Rashid ʻAli's coup and its aftermath -- Bookshop days -- A deepening friendship -- The start : movies, book reviews -- Out in the cold -- Disposing of a library -- End of a community -- Farewells and reunions.…”
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Coping with the seasons a cognitive-behavioral approach to seasonal affective disorder : therapist guide / by Rohan, Kelly J.

Table of Contents: “…Introductory information for therapists -- Group logistics -- Introduction to the group -- Symptoms, prevalence, and causes of SAD -- How activities relate to mood and thoughts -- Doing more to feel better -- What you think influences how you feel -- Cognitive distortions -- Evaluating your automatic thoughts -- Rational responses -- Core beliefs -- Evaluating your core beliefs -- Maintaining your gains and relapse prevention -- Review and farewell -- Fidelity checklists.…”
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Crafting flesh, crafting the self violence and identity in early nineteenth-century German literature / by Lyon, John B., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The divided self: "We think of nothing excellent without thinking of its distorted opposite": Friedrich Holderlin's Hyperion -- Trauma and the self: "To find a home only in the deep scar of my wounds": Clemens Brentano's Godwi -- The self and systems of power: "To recognize the culprit by his wound": Heinrich von Kleist's The broken pitcher -- Violence and the tenacity of the self: "I am something, that's the misery of it!"…”
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Individaul Accounts for Social Security Reform : International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate / by Turner, John A. (John Andrew), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Individual accounts and social security reform -- Introduction to individual accounts -- Individual accounts in social security reform : the debate -- Agency risk and the management of individual account investments by corporations and mutual funds -- Individual management risk -- Labor market issues -- Benefits and taxes -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A : Dealing with financial market risks : guarantees in individual accounts -- Appendix B : Labor market distortions due to contribution evasion and avoidance.…”
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Translocation movement of tRNA and mRNA through the ribosome /

Table of Contents: “…-- The mRNA channel in the 30S subunit -- Positions of tRNA in the A-, P- and E-sites -- Structural dynamics of the ribosome during translocation -- The hybrid states elongation cycle -- tRNA binding during its movement through the ribosome -- The 70S ribosome -- Distortion of tRNA structure by the ribosome -- The ratchet model -- Cryo-EM experiment -- Inferred relationship between ratcheting and hybrid states -- FRET changes -- Intersubunit movement -- Testing the ratchet model for translocation -- Translocation assay -- What defines the mechanism of translocation -- Sparsomycin -- The energetics of translocation -- E-site tRNA -- The ribosome is a molecular machine.…”
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Against prediction profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age / by Harcourt, Bernard E., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization.…”
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Where the domino fell : America and Vietnam, 1945-2010 / by Olson, James Stuart, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Eternal war : the Vietnamese heritage -- The first Indochina War, 1945-1954 -- The making of a quagmire, 1954-1960 -- The new frontier in Vietnam, 1961-1963 -- Planning a tragedy, 1963-1965 -- Into the abyss, 1965-1966 -- The mirage of progress, 1966-1967 -- Tet and the year of the monkey, 1968 -- The beginning of the end, 1969-1970 -- The fall of South Vietnam, 1970-1975 -- Distorted images, missed opportunities, 1975-1995 -- Oliver Stone's Vietnam.…”
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The Givenness of Desire : Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God / by Rosenberg, Randall S

Table of Contents: “…De Lubac's lament : loss of the supernatural -- Ressourcement and neo-Thomism : a narrative under scrutiny, a dialogue renewed -- The erotic roots of intellectual desire -- Concretely operating nature : Lonergan on the natural desire to see God -- Being-in-love and the desire for the supernatural : erotic-agapic subjectivity -- Incarnate meaning and mimetic desire : saints and the desire for God -- The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history : Therese of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum -- Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence.…”
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Timaeus of Tauromenium and Hellenistic historiography by Baron, Christopher A., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…How to Study a Fragmentary Historian -- Timaeus' Life and Works -- Timaeus' Legacy : Rome and Beyond -- The Distorting Lens : Polybius and Timaeus -- A Stranger in a Strange Land? …”
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Self-reference in the media

Table of Contents: “…Self-reference in the media / Winfried Nöth -- Distortion, fabrication, and disclosure in a self-referential culture / Vincent Colapietro -- Modes of self-reference in advertising / Siegfried J. …”
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Memory fitness a guide for successful aging / by Einstein, Gilles O., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Thanks for the memories: aging and remembering -- Overview of memory systems and processes: the effects of aging -- Forgetting and distorting are normal--at all ages! -- Working memory and avoiding distractions: the right time for the right task -- Most memories are there: the trick is finding them -- How to learn and remember complex material: articles, lectures, and textbooks -- Remembering tough things -- Remembering to remember: medications, appointments, things to pack -- Mental exercise and memory: use it or lose it -- Physical exercise and memory: not exercising is risky behavior -- Effects of stress, depression, illness, and medications on memory -- Enhancing memory with nutritional supplements and vitamins -- Alzheimer's disease: the signals and what you can do about it.…”
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Applying scientific reasoning to the field of marketing make better decisions / by Grapentine, Terry

Table of Contents: “…Worldviews: the lens that can distort reality -- Section 2. Thinking scientifically -- 6. …”
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Mapping European security after Kosovo

Table of Contents: “…": virtuousness, virtuality and virtuosity in NATO's representation of the Kosovo campaign / Andreas Behnke -- Of models and monsters: language games in the Kosovo war / Mika Aaltola -- "War is never civilised": civilisation, civil society and the Kosovo war / Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen -- Chechnya and Kosovo: reflections in a distorting mirror / Christoph Zürcher.…”
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Cognitive-behavioral stress management for prostate cancer recovery facilitator guide / by Penedo, Frank J.

Table of Contents: “…Introductory information for facilitators -- Logistics of the cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention program -- Session 1: Introduction to the program/Stress awareness and physical responses/8-muscle-group progressive muscle relaxation -- Session 2: Diaphragmatic breathing and 4-muscle-groups progressive muscle relaxation/Stress awareness and the appraisal process -- Session 3: Deep breathing and counting with passive progressive muscle relaxation/Sex and sexuality after prostate cancer treatment and automatic thoughts -- Session 4: Special place imagery/Cognitive distortions -- Session 5: Relaxation for healing and well-being/Cognitive restructuring -- Session 6: Autogenic training/Coping I -- Session 7: Autogenics with visual imagery and positive self-suggestions/Coping II -- Session 8: Mantra meditation/Anger management -- Session 9: Mindfulness meditation/Assertive communication -- Session 10: Group favorite relaxation exercise/Social support and program wrap-up.…”
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The lost Politburo transcripts from collective rule to Stalin's dictatorship /

Table of Contents: “…the British general strike and the formation of the "united opposition" / Alexander Vatlin -- Stalin, Syrtsov, Lominadze : preparations for the "second great breakthrough" / Oleg Khlevniuk -- The "right opposition" and the "Smirnov-Eismont-Tolmachev affair" / Charters Wynn -- The way they talked then : the discourse of politics in the Soviet Party Politburo in the late 1920s / Robert Service -- Making the unthinkable thinkable : language microhistory of Politburo meetings / Leona Toker -- The short course of the history of the all-union Communist Party : the distorted mirror of party propaganda / Rustem Nureev -- Grain, class, and politics during NEP : the Politburo meeting of december 10, 1925 / R.W. …”
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Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy by Thompson, A. Richard, Moran, James M., Swenson Jr., George W.

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Visualizing with text / by Brath, Richard

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Reforming severance pay an international perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Severance pay under review : key issues, policy conclusions, and research agenda / Robert Holzmann and Milan Vodopivec -- Severance pay programs around the world : history, rationale, status, and reforms / Robert Holzmann, Yann Pouget, Milan Vodopivec, and Michael Weber -- Mandated severance pay and firing cost distortions : a critical review of the evidence / Donald O. …”
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