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Cocaine : From Coca Fields to the Streets /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The moral economy of the cocaine trade / Enrique Desmond Arias and Thomas Grisaffi -- The white factory : coca, cocaine, and informal governance in the Chapare, Bolivia / Thomas Grisaffi -- Tracing cocaine supply chains from within : illicit flows, armed conflict, and the moral economy of Andean borderlands / Annette Idler -- Drug crops, twisted motorcycles, and cultural loss in indigenous Colombia / Autumn Zellers-León -- From Corumbá to Rio : an ethnography of trafficking / Robert Gay -- Border, ghetto, prison : cocaine and social orders in Guatemala / Anthony W. …”
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The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, and communism by Payne, Stanley G.

Table of Contents: “…Soviet policy and the Comintern in the early years, 1917-1925 -- Communism and revolution in Spain, 1917-1931 -- Communism and the Second Republic, 1931-1934 -- From revolutionary insurrection to popular front, 1934-1936 -- Communism and the implosion of the republic, February-July 1936 -- Communism and the Spanish Revolution, July-August 1936 -- The Soviet decision to intervene militarily, July-October 1936 -- Soviet military participation, 1936-1939 -- The policy struggle under the Largo Caballero government, September 1936-May 1937 -- The Negr?in government, 1937-1938 -- Defeat, 1938-1939 -- Conclusion.…”
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Military medical care

Table of Contents: “…Burrelli -- Military health care: cost data indicate that Tricare Reserve Select premiums exceeded the costs of providing program benefits / United States Government Accountablilty Office -- DOD and VA health care: Challenges encountered by injured service members during their recovery process / United States Government Accountability Office -- Increases in Tricare costs: Background and options for Congress / Richard Best and Don J. …”
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Business ethics : concepts and cases / by Velasquez, Manuel G.

Table of Contents: “…Ethics and business -- Ethical principles in business -- The business system : government, markets, and international trade -- Ethics in the marketplace -- Ethics and the environment -- The ethics of consumer production and marketing -- The ethics of job discrimination.…”

Seeding solutions /

Table of Contents: “…Options for national laws governing control over genetic resources and biological innovations.…”

Future perspectives on the economic development of Asia by Dowling, J. Malcolm (John Malcolm)

Table of Contents: “…Growth, structural change, and technology -- Regional cooperation and the global community -- United States, Europe, and developing Asia -- Poverty and income distribution -- Corruption, ethics and governance -- Environment -- China and India.…”
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Talent making people your competitive advantage / by Lawler, Edward E.

Table of Contents: “…Talent matters -- Making the right management choice -- Designing organizations -- Managing talent -- Managing performance -- Information and decision making -- Reinventing HR -- Governing corporations -- Leading -- Managing change.…”
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America's secular challenge the rise of a new national religion / by London, Herbert I., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Secularism : America's new religion -- Truth as a relative concept -- The limitations of science -- Government's rationalist largesse -- Patriotism as a moral problem -- Tolerance, discrimination, and discernment -- Conclusion.…”
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False hope bone marrow transplantation for breast cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Breast cancer patients and the emergence of a treatment -- Jumping the gun -- Court trials -- Litigation strategies -- Entrepreneurial oncology -- Government mandates -- Technology assessments -- Clinical trials -- Dénouement -- Values in conflict.…”
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The future of food business the facts, the impacts, the acts / by Neves, Marcos Fava

Table of Contents: “…International investments and role of governments.…”
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Creating evidence for better health financing decisions a strategic guide for the institutionalization of national health accounts /

Table of Contents: “…The case for institutionalizing national health accounts -- Governance structures for NHA -- Building capacity to sustain NHA activities -- Financing strategy for NHA -- Translation and dissemination of NHA -- The value of global and regional partners.…”
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The EU and the political economy of transatlantic relations

Table of Contents: “…Transatlantic relations, economic governance, and systemic risks -- pt. 3. Transatlantic relations and trade -- pt. 4. …”
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Rule of law and democracy inquiries into internal and external issues /

Table of Contents: “…: analyzing the quality of democracy model in post-communism / Monica Ciobanu -- Constitutionalizing governing and governance in Europe / Poul F. Kjaer -- The Rechtsstaat and social Europe : how a classical tension resurfaces in the European integration process / Christian Joerges -- How (il)liberal is the liberal theory of law? …”
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The micro cap investor strategies for making big returns in small companies / by Imperiale, Richard, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Characteristics of micro cap -- The information advantage -- Micro cap stocks as an asset class -- The micro cap asset class and portfolio construction -- Using the information advantage -- Corporate governance -- Micro cap stocks and the US domestic economy -- Micro cap case study -- Consolidating industries -- Case study of the Gehl Company -- Pozen case study -- Private investments in public equities (PIPES).…”
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What ever happened to the faculty? drift and decision in higher education / by Burgan, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Bricks and mortar : the American campus -- The myth of the bloviating professor : sages and guides -- Getting the "liberal" out of education : the curriculum -- Absence makes the heart grow colder : online education -- A more perfect union : college and university governance -- Rookies of the year and superstars : academic competition -- The case of the firecracker boys : academic science and academic freedom -- The disposable faculty : tenure now -- Staging a comeback : exemplary cases.…”
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Africa's transport infrastructure mainstreaming maintenance and management / by Gwilliam, K. M.

Table of Contents: “…The legacy of history -- Roads : the burden of maintenance -- Railways : not pulling their weight -- Airports and air transport : policies for growth -- Ports and shipping : moving toward modern management structures -- Urban transport : struggling with growth -- Spending to improve connectivity -- Financing : filling the gaps -- Governance : the key to progress.…”
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Social network analysis in construction by Pryke, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Rationale for a network approach to the analysis of project management systems -- 21st century reform and emergent systems in construction -- The construction project as a system of interdependent governance networks -- Social network analysis as a research method -- Network case studies -- Interpreting network diagrams -- Mathematical analysis of network data -- Managing networks -- Summary, conclusions and final thoughts.…”
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