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Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance /

Table of Contents: “…Grenier -- The Afghan government at war / S. Rebecca Zimmerman -- Warlords and the coalition in Afghanistan / Romain Malejacq -- United States : examining America's longest war / Stephen M. …”
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Mapping region in early American writing /

Table of Contents: “…Countermappings : new spaces in old places -- Tribal Christianity : the second Great Awakening and William Apess's backwoods Methodism / Harry Brown -- "We, too, the people" : rewriting resistance in the Cherokee Nation / Keri Holt -- African American literature of the Gold Rush / Janet Neary and Hollis Robbins -- Postscript: Creole adjudication : governing New Orleans and regional provisionality in the long nineteenth century / John Funchion.…”
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Communicative cities and urban space /

Table of Contents: “…Artistic engagements with urban ecologies in Delhi / Christiane Brosius -- Urban screens and spaces of civic communication / Stephanie Hannon -- Capturing ambient participation : Indian Independence Day at Federation Square / Nikos Papastergiadis, Danielle Wyatt and Millicent Weber -- Ambient participation, place-making and urban screens / Audrey Yue -- Trams as urban media : public transportation and the construction of Shanghai's "circulation civilization" in the early 20th century / Zhang Yuchen -- Spectacular cities and weak cosmopolitanism : international students and Melbourne / Alex Lambert and Jasmin Pfefferkorn -- Digitalized seeing : the reconstruction of urban communication network by UAV aerial photography in the big data era / Zhou Haiyan -- Spatial practices and asymmetric alignment of temporalities : how "Shanghai Fabu" Wechat account transforms government communication in Shanghai / Pan Ji.…”
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Managing knowledge in project environments / by Payne, Judy, Roden, Eileen, Simister, Stephen J.

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures, List of Tables, About the Authors, Foreword, Authors' Preface, CHAPTER 1, Managing Knowledge in Project Environments - an Introduction, Knowledge and Knowledge Management, KM in Project Environments, Project Environments, Aim of Managing Knowledge in Project Environments, Intended Readership, The Thinking Behind Managing Knowledge in Project Environments, How Managing Knowledge in Project Environments is Organised, Summary, References, CHAPTER 2, Understanding KM Principles, Knowledge Management Principles, Principle #1: Be Clear about What You Want to Achieve with KM, Principle #2: Develop Working Definitions of Knowledge and KM, Principle #3: Be Clear about the Difference between KM and IM, Principle #4: Create Different Working Environments for Different Kinds of Knowledge Work, Principle #5: Focus on the Big KM Picture rather than the Detailed Tools and Techniques, Principle #6: Experiment, Use Feedback and Adapt, Principle #7: Beware of Elephant Traps, References, CHAPTER 3, Understanding the Context for KM in Project Environments, Introduction, KM Scope, How the Clusters and Context Factors Work Together, Strategic KM Purpose, Project Delivery Method, The Better Business Cases Approach, Knowledge Perspective, KM Objectives and Outcomes, Strategic Knowledge Needs, Culture, The Physical and Virtual Working Environments, Governance and Assurance, Knowledge Boundaries, KM Practices, KM Roles and Responsibilities, KM Structures, Alignment, Alignment, Alignment, Everything Depends on Everything Else, References, CHAPTER 4, Understanding KM in aProjects, Programmes and Portfolios, Introduction, How do I Demonstrate the Benefits of KM? …”
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Collective bargaining in professional sports player salaries, free agency, team ownership, league organizational structures and the power of commissioners / by Bukstein, Scott

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Global health and global health ethics

Table of Contents: “…Values in global health governance Kearsley Stewart, Gerald T. Keusch and Arthur Kleinman; 27. …”
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Legal ethics in a nutshell / by Rotunda, Ronald D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the preamble, scope, and Rule 1.0 -- Rule 1.1: Competence -- Rule 1.2: Scope of representation and allocation of authority -- Rule 1.3: Diligence -- Rule 1.4: Communication -- Rule 1.5: Fees -- Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of information -- Rule 1.7: Conflicts of interest, current clients -- Rule 1.8: Conflict of interest, current clients: specific rules -- Rule 1.9: Duties to former clients -- Rule 1.10: Imputation of conflicts of interest -- Rule 1.11: Special conflicts of interest for former and current government officers and employees -- Rule 1.12: Former judge, arbitrator, mediator or other third party neutral -- Rule 1.13: The organization as a client -- Rule 1.14: Client with diminished capacity -- Rule 1.15: Safekeeping property -- Rule 1.16: Declining or terminating representation -- Rule 1.17: Sale of law practice -- Rule 1.18: Duties to prospective clients -- Rule 2.1: The lawyer as advisor -- Rule 2.2 Intermediary -- Rule 2.3: Evaluation for use by third persons -- Rule 2.4: Lawyer serving as third party neutral -- Rule 3.1: Meritorious claims and contentions -- Rule 3.2: Expediting litigation -- Rule 3.3: Candor toward the tribunal -- Rule 3.4: Fairness to the opposing party and counsel -- Rule 3.5: Impartiality and decorum of the tribunal -- Rule 3.6: Trial publicity -- Rule 3.7: Lawyer as witness -- Rule 3.8: Special responsibilities of a prosecutor -- Rule 3.9: Advocate in nonadjudicative proceedings -- Rule 4.1: Truthfulness in statements to others -- Rule 4.2: Communication with a person represented by counsel -- Rule 4.3: Dealing with unrepresented person -- Rule 4.4: Respect for rights of third persons -- Rule 5.1: Responsibilities of partners, managers, and supervisory lawyers -- Rule 5.2: Responsibilities of a subordinate lawyer -- Rule 5.3: Responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants -- Rule 5.4: Professional independence of a lawyer -- Rule 5.5: Unauthorized practice of law; multijurisdictional practice of law -- Rule 5.6: Restrictions on right to practice -- Rule 5.7: Responsibilities regarding law-related services -- Rule 6.1: Voluntary pro bono publico service -- Rule 6.2: Accepting appointments -- Rule 6.3: Membership in legal services organizations -- Rule 6.4: Law reform activities affecting client interests -- Rule 6.5: Non-profit and court-annexed limited legal-services programs -- Rule 7.1: Communications concerning a lawyer's services -- Rule 7.2: Advertising -- Rule 7.3: Direct contact with prospective clients -- Rule 7.4: Communication of fields of practice and specialization -- rule 7.5: Firm names and letterheads -- Rule 7.6: Political contributions to obtain government legal engagements or appointments by judges -- Rule 8.1: Bar admission and disciplinary matters -- Rule 8.2: Judicial and legal officials -- Rule 8.3: Reporting professional misconduct -- Rule 8.4: Misconduct -- Rule 8.5: Disciplinary authority: choice of law -- Index.…”

The Impact of Losing Your Job : Unemployment and Influences from Market, Family, and State on Economic Well-Being in the US and Germany by Ehlert, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Figure 5.2 -- Incidence of job loss and subsequent unemployment over time in the United States and Germany by gender and region in GermanyFigure 5.3 -- Incidence of job loss and subsequent unemployment over time in the United States and West Germany by post-government household income quartile in previous year; Figure 5.4 -- Incidence of re-employment after job loss over time in the United States and Germany; Figure 5.5 -- Incidence of re-employment after job loss by previous post-government household income quartiles in the United States and West Germany.…”
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Versions of Blackness key texts on slavery from the seventeenth century /

Table of Contents: “…Hobbe's book, entitled Leviathan / from Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon ; Two treatises of government / from John Locke ; The Germantown protest.…”
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Cerebral palsy a complete guide for caregiving / by Miller, Freeman

Table of Contents: “…Cerebral palsy encyclopedia -- From Achilles tendon lengthening to vocational rehabilitation -- Resources : support groups, foundations, and government agencies -- Recommended reading and toys, and where to go to chat with others.…”
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What's so great about Christianity by D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Render unto Caesar : the spiritual basis of limited government -- The evil that I would not : Christianity and human fallibility -- Created equal : the origin of human dignity -- Pt. 3: Christianity and science. …”
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Reframing 9/11 film, popular culture and the "war on terror" /

Table of Contents: “…Avatars of destruction : cheerleading and deconstructing the "war on terror" in video games / David Annandale -- The land of the dead and the home of the brave : Romero's vision of a post 9/11 America / Terence McSweeney -- Superman is the faultline : fissures in the monomythic Man of steel / Alex Evans -- The tools and toys of (the) war (on terror) : consumer desire, military fetish and regime change in Batman begins / Justine Toh -- "It was like a movie" : the impossibility of representation in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center / Karen Randell -- The contemporary politics of the western form : Bush, Saving Jessica Lynch, and Deadwood / Stacy Takacs -- Prophetic Narratives. Governing fear in the Iron cage of rationalism : Terry Gilliam's Brazil through the 9/11 looking glass / David H. …”
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Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China : Kaleidoscopic Histories /

Table of Contents: “…Enlightenment, propaganda, and image creation : a descriptive analysis of the usage of film by the Taiwan Education Society and the colonial government before 1937 / Daw-Ming Lee -- 5. "Guangzhou film" and Guangzhou urban culture : an overview / Hui Liu, Shi-Yan Chao, and Richard Xiaying Xu -- 6. …”
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Archives, documentation, and institutions of social memory essays from the Sawyer Seminar /

Table of Contents: “…Endelman -- Memories of colonization : commemoration, preservation, and erasure in an African archive / Frederick Cooper -- Colonial archives and the arts of governance : on the content in the form / Ann Laura Stoler -- The provincial archive as a place of memory : confronting oral and written sources on the role of former slaves in the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98) / Rebecca J. …”
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Lean Six Sigma for the office : integrating customer experience for enhanced productivity / by Martin, James W. (James William), 1952-

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The stochastic perturbation method for computational mechanics by Kamiński, M. M. (Marcin M.), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…The Stochastic Finite Element Method (SFEM) 73 2.1. Governing equations and variational formulation 73 2.1.1. …”
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Current issues in human rights and international relations papers from the Clemens Nathan Research Centre /

Table of Contents: “…/ Jeremy Greenstock -- Comments on geopolitics and power / Rosemary Hollis -- Comments on geopolitics and power / Franklin Berman -- Response to comments / Jeremy Greenstock -- The politics of the UN Commission on Human Rights/Human Rights Council / Nigel Rodley -- Running to stand still : the reform of the UN human rights machinery / Françoise Hampson -- Human rights and foreign policy in developing countries : reflections on the IBA's work in Swaziland and Afghanistan / Phillip Tahmindjis -- Protecting citizens from torture abroad: are governments doing enough? / Carla Ferstman -- Democracy, development and violence / Paul Collier -- What development does Africa want? …”
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Binge eating psychological factors, symptoms and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- How do emotions govern the binge eating decision? / Blanca Roldán-Ortega ... …”
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Crc handbook of marine mammal medicine /

Table of Contents: “…Federal Legislation Governing Marine Mammals -- chapter 34 Public Health -- chapter 35 Water Quality -- chapter 36 Nutrition and Energetics -- chapter 37 Hand-Rearing and Artificial Milk Formulas -- chapter 38 Tagging and Tracking -- chapter 39 Marine Mammal Transport -- chapter 40 Cetacean Medicine -- chapter 41 Seals and Sea Lions -- chapter 42 Walruses -- chapter 43 Manatees -- chapter 44 Sea Otters -- chapter 45 Polar Bears.…”
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