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Money, sex, war, karma notes for a Buddhist revolution / by Loy, David, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- The three poisons, institutionalized -- Consciousness commodified: the attention-deficit society -- Healing ecology -- The karma of food -- Why we love war.…”
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The global warming combat manual solutions for a sustainable world / by Johansen, Bruce E. (Bruce Elliott), 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Our cars are killing us : options in personal transport -- Avoiding our "suicide pact" with aviation -- Greening shelter and food -- Biofuels : where the money is -- The power forecast is windy -- Harvesting the sun -- Old wine in new bottles : nuclear power and changes in land use -- The political economy of global warming -- Technofixes.…”
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American Government, Second Edition / by Lenz, Timothy O., 1952-, Holman, Mirya

Table of Contents: “…-- The U.S. system of constitutional government -- Congress -- The presidency -- The courts -- Federalism -- The media, politics, and government -- Public opinion -- Political ideology -- Political participation -- Political parties -- Interest groups -- Public policy -- Economic policy -- Food policy -- Civil liberties and civil rights -- Global affairs.…”
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Fat politics the real story behind America's obesity epidemic / by Oliver, J. Eric, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- How obesity became an epidemic disease -- Why we hate fat people -- Women, fat, and the sexual market -- Fat genes and the obesity blame game -- Food and weight gain: super sized misperceptions -- Sloth, capitalism, and the paradox of freedom -- Obesity policy: the fix is in -- Unmaking the obesity epidemic.…”
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The global warming combat manual solutions for a sustainable world / by Johansen, Bruce E. (Bruce Elliott), 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Our cars are killing us : options in personal transport -- Avoiding our "suicide pact" with aviation -- Greening shelter and food -- Biofuels : where the money is -- The power forecast is windy -- Harvesting the sun -- Old wine in new bottles : nuclear power and changes in land use -- The political economy of global warming -- Technofixes.…”
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American Government, Second Edition / by Lenz, Timothy O., 1952-, Holman, Mirya

Table of Contents: “…-- The U.S. system of constitutional government -- Congress -- The presidency -- The courts -- Federalism -- The media, politics, and government -- Public opinion -- Political ideology -- Political participation -- Political parties -- Interest groups -- Public policy -- Economic policy -- Food policy -- Civil liberties and civil rights -- Global affairs.…”
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Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

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Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

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COVID-19 and World Order : The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation /

Table of Contents: “…Mastroianni, and Sridhar Venkatapuram -- Part III: Transnational issues: Technology, climate, and food. Global climate and energy policy after the COVID-19 pandemic: The tug-of-war between markets and politics / Johannes Urpelainen ; No food security, no world order / Jessica Fanzo ; Flat no longer: Technology in the post-COVID world / Christine Fox and Thayer Scott -- Part IV: The future of the global economy. …”
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COVID-19 and World Order : The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation /

Table of Contents: “…Mastroianni, and Sridhar Venkatapuram -- Part III: Transnational issues: Technology, climate, and food. Global climate and energy policy after the COVID-19 pandemic: The tug-of-war between markets and politics / Johannes Urpelainen ; No food security, no world order / Jessica Fanzo ; Flat no longer: Technology in the post-COVID world / Christine Fox and Thayer Scott -- Part IV: The future of the global economy. …”
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach -- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options -- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change -- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils -- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants -- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes -- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems -- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes -- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems.…”
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach -- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options -- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change -- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils -- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants -- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes -- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes -- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems -- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes -- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems.…”
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The imaginary lives of mechanical men stories / by Nelson, Randy F., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Mechanical men -- They have replaceable valves and filters: The cave ; Here's a shot of us at the Grand Canyon ; Food is fuel ; Abuduction ; The guardian -- The ticking and tocking of their hearts: Cutters ; Breaker ; River story ; In the picking room -- Two who drowned: Refiner's fire ; Pulp life -- One who got away: Escape.…”
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Eighteenth-century thing theory in a global context : from consumerism to celebrity culture /

Table of Contents: “…Latin American encounters : coins, food, accessories, maps -- part IV. Imagining other spaces : trinkets, collectibles, ethnographic artifacts, scientific objects.…”
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The imaginary lives of mechanical men stories / by Nelson, Randy F., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Mechanical men -- They have replaceable valves and filters: The cave ; Here's a shot of us at the Grand Canyon ; Food is fuel ; Abuduction ; The guardian -- The ticking and tocking of their hearts: Cutters ; Breaker ; River story ; In the picking room -- Two who drowned: Refiner's fire ; Pulp life -- One who got away: Escape.…”
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Eighteenth-century thing theory in a global context : from consumerism to celebrity culture /

Table of Contents: “…Latin American encounters : coins, food, accessories, maps -- part IV. Imagining other spaces : trinkets, collectibles, ethnographic artifacts, scientific objects.…”
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From crib to kindergarten the essential child safety guide / by Drago, Dorothy A., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Keeping your child safe from injury: an introduction -- Good night, sleep tight: sleep safety -- Splish splash: bathing and dressing -- Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater: food safety -- It's playtime! toys, games, and playgrounds -- Are we there yet? …”
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Clinical nutrition in practice

Table of Contents: “…Energy balance -- Nutritional assessment -- Malnutrition -- Weight management and eating disorders -- Diabetes -- Cardiovascular diseases and hypertension -- Gastrointestinal diseases -- Renal disease -- Pulmonary diseases -- Life expectancy -- HIV/AIDS -- Metabolic stress -- Neoplastic diseases -- Rheumatic diseases -- Nutrition and anaemias -- Nutrition and neurological and mental disorders -- Enteral nutrition -- Parenteral nutrition -- Food allergy.…”
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Doctors without Borders in Ethiopia among the Afar / by Hubbard, Nyla Jo Jones

Table of Contents: “…Ethiopia and Doctors without Borders -- Laying foundations for a functioning laboratory -- Team life : flies, heat, and bacteria without borders -- It's the simple tools that work -- Birds and beasts -- Addis, the big town -- The lab grows up -- Further into the inferno : a geological laboratory -- The Afar -- A question of food -- Christmas -- Home; to a changing world.…”
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The Morgenthau Plan Soviet influence on American postwar policy / by Dietrich, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The origins of the Morgenthau Plan -- Planning for the Second Quebec Conference (Octagon) -- The Second Quebec Conference, September 11-16, 1944 -- Immediate consequences of the Quebec Conference -- German reaction to the Morgenthau Plan -- Joint chiefs of staff directive 1067 -- The economic consequences of the Morgenthau Plan -- Food rationing -- Enforced/slave labor -- The ethnic "cleansing" of Eastern Europe.…”
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