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Police aesthetics literature, film, and the secret police in Soviet times / by Vatulescu, Cristina, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Arresting biographies : the personal file in the Soviet Union and Romania -- The master and Margarita : the devil's secret police file -- Early Soviet cinema's shots at policing -- Secret police shots at filmmaking : the gulag and cinema -- Literary theory and the secret police : writing and estranging the self.…”
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The Blair identity leadership and foreign policy / by Dyson, Stephen Benedict

Table of Contents: “…Blair's wars -- Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy -- Tony Blair's personality and leadership style -- The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions -- September 11 and the 'war on terror' -- Iraq: Blair's war -- Postwar Iraq -- The Blair balance sheet.…”
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China Hand an autobiography / by Davies, John Paton, 1908-1999

Table of Contents: “…"This assignment is not made at your request nor for your convenience" -- pt. 3. Public and personal diplomacy -- pt. 4. The question of China -- pt. 5. …”
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What makes a good therapist?

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Personal characteristics of the clinician -- The medical vs. the common factors model -- The importance of the therapeutic alliance -- The development of clinical expertise -- The unique characteristics of experts -- Decision making with rules and principles -- Brief perspectives about the therapeutic process -- Four principles of therapeutic change.…”
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MTV and teen pregnancy critical essays on 16 and pregnant and Teen mom /

Table of Contents: “…Feminist interventions or tired narratives? -- pt. II. "The personal is political" : teen pregnancy and hegemony -- pt. …”
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Reference and information services in the 21st century : an introduction / by Cassell, Kay Ann

Table of Contents: “…Introducing reference and information service -- Determining the question : in-person, telephone, and virtual reference interviews -- Finding the answer : basic search techniques -- Answering questions about books, magazines, newspapers, libraries and publishing, and bibliographic networks : bibliographic resources -- Answering questions about anything and everything : encyclopedias -- Answering questions that require handy facts : ready reference sources -- Answering questions about words : dictionaries -- Answering questions about events and issues, past and present : indexes and full-text databases -- Answering questions about health, law, and business : special guidelines and sources -- Answering questions about geography, countries, and travel : atlases, gazetteers, maps, geographic information systems, and travel guides -- Answering questions about the lives of people : biographical information sources -- Answering questions about governments : government information sources -- When and how to use the Internet as a reference tool -- Reader's advisory work / Mary K. …”

Key command Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo / by Kionka, T. K., 1948-

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Moral agents and their deserts the character of Mu'tazilite ethics / by Vasalou, Sophia

Table of Contents: “…The framework : the Mu'tazilites -- Reading Mu'tazilite ethics -- Ethics as theology -- Approaches to the study of Mu'tazilite ethics -- Theology as law -- Moral values between rational knowledge and revealed law -- Rights, claims, and desert : the moral economy of ḥuqūq -- The Baṣran Mu'tazilite approach to desert -- "To deserve" : groundwork -- Justifying reward and punishment : the values of deserved treatments -- Justifying punishment : the paradoxical relations of desert and goodness -- The causal efficacy of moral values : between sabab and 'illa -- The right to blame, the fact of blame : views of the person ab extra -- Moral continuity and the justification of punishment -- Time and deserving -- An eternity of punishment : the Baṣran justification of dawām al-'iqāb -- Moral identity and the resources of Baṣran Mu'tazilite ontology -- The primacy of revealed names : al-Asmā' wa'al-aḥkām -- Why not Dhimma? …”
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The Blackwell guide to Kant's ethics

Table of Contents: “…Kerstein -- Why Kant needs the second-person standpoint / Stephen Darwall -- Justice : private, public, and international right -- Kant on law and justice / Arthur Ripstein -- Kant on punishment / Nelson Potter -- Kant's vision of a just world order / Thomas Pogge -- Virtue : love, respect, and duties to oneself -- Beneficence and other duties of love in The metaphysics of morals / Marcia Baron and Melissa Seymour Fahmy -- Duties to oneself, duties of respect to others / Allen Wood -- Retrospective -- Reflections on the enduring value of Kant's ethics / Arnulf Zweig.…”
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Organizational fit : key issues and new directions /

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Outdoor therapies : introduction to practices, possibilities, and critical perspectives /

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Scentwork for horses / by Draaisma, Rachaël

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Poverty, racism, and sexism : the reality of oppression in America / by Doob, Christopher Bates

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Understanding bereaved parents and siblings : a handbook for professionals, family and friends / by McQuaid, Cathy

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A Heart Beating Hard by Goodman, Lauren Foss

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Odd Couples : Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation / by Muraco, Anna, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…-- Vignette: Leyla and Ethan -- The person is political -- The future of intersectional friendships.…”
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Nebraska Isolation and Quarantine Manual /

Table of Contents: “…Tiered national system for response to outbreaks -- Legal considerations for quarantine and isolation -- Pathogens of concern -- Quarantine operations -- Management of the person under investigation (PUI) -- Conventional isolation -- High level containment care (HLCC) operations -- Patient care in high level containment care (HLCC) units -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers -- Airborne diseases -- Orthopoxviruses -- Miscellaneous diseases -- Diseases warranting airborne precautions -- Other quarantinable diseases -- Special populations -- Laboratory operations -- Transportation -- Waste handling -- Mortuary affairs -- Public health partnership -- Clinical research in a biocontainment environment.…”
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Obesity & mortality questions and controversy /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The relationship between obesity and mortality rate is complex -- Differences in associations and causal effects may exist both within and across species -- Obesity is clearly associated with elevated mortality rate and this association is generally presumed to reflect causation -- The epidemiological evidence regarding the effect of being overweight (but not obese) is less clear and more controversial -- Epidemiological evidence on the effects of weight loss on mortality rate among obese persons is even less clear -- Evidence seems to suggest that weight loss induced by methods generally recommended by the biomedical community will prolong life among obese persons -- Data strongly suggest that losing body fat, as opposed to just body weight, is what conveys the presumed benefit of weight loss on longevity.…”
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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.…”

A secure base : clinical applications of attachment theory / by Bowlby, John

Table of Contents: “…Caring for children -- The origins of attachment theory -- Psychoanalysis as art and science -- Psychoanalysis as a natural science -- Violence in the family -- On knowing what you are not supposed to know and feeling what you are not supposed to feel -- The role of attachment in personality development -- Attachment, communication, and the therapeutic process.…”