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Sixteenth-century Scotland essays in honour of Michael Lynch /

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Visions of the land science, literature, and the American environment from the era of exploration to the age of ecology / by Bryson, Michael A., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…"I saw visions": John Charles Fremont and the explorer"-scientist as nineteenth-century hero -- "The evidence of my ruin": Richard Byrd's Antarctic sojourn -- "A strange and terrible woman land": Charlotte Perkins Gilman's scientific utopia -- "A unit of country well defined in nature": John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West -- "The earth is the common home of all": Susan Fenimore Cooper's investigations of a settled landscape -- "The relentless drive of life": Rachel Carson's and Loren Eiseley's reformulation of science and nature.…”
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Reading success for all students using formative assessment to guide instruction and intervention / by Gunning, Thomas G.

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Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance what we can learn from program evaluations / by Fleming, Jacqueline, 1947-

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On global justice by Risse, Mathias, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The grounds of justice -- "Un pouvoir ordinaire": shared membership in a state as a ground of -- Justice -- Internationalism versus statism and globalism: contemporary debates -- What follows from our common humanity? : the institutional stance, human rights, and nonrelationism -- Hugo Grotius revisited : collective ownership of the Earth and global public reason -- "Our sole habitation" : a contemporary approach to collective ownership of the earth -- Toward a contingent derivation of human rights -- Proportionate use : immigration and original ownership of the Earth -- "But the earth abideth for ever" : obligations to future generations -- Climate change and ownership of the atmosphere -- Human rights as membership rights in the global order -- Arguing for human rights : essential pharmaceuticals -- Arguing for human rights : labor rights as human rights -- Justice and trade -- The way we live now -- "Imagine there's no countries" : a reply to John Lennon -- Justice and accountability : the state -- Justice and accountability : the World Trade Organization.…”
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Leading culture change in global organizations aligning culture and strategy /

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Pragmatism as post-postmodernism lessons from John Dewey / by Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism and ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.…”
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Societal approaches in social psychology

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical issues -- The homecoming of society in social psychology / Willem Doise -- Back to common sense / Jorge Correia Jesuíno -- Towards a psychology for a humankind and a planet under multiple threats : a social psychology of ideology / Hilde Eileen Nafstad, Erik Carlquist & Rolv Mikkel Blakar -- Back to new roots : societal psychology and social representations / Christian Staerklé -- Marxism, social psychology, and marxist social psychology / Sertan Batur -- Some specific domains -- Social psychology of morality and moral development : a functional system approach / Klaus Helkama -- Implicit theories of social influence as input and outcome of a social psychological process / Stamos Papastamou & Gerasimos Prodromitis -- Social psychology and colonialism : luso-tropicalism as a social representation in the context of contemporary portuguese society / Joaquim Pires Valentim -- From the past to the present : building workgroups / Paulo Renato Lourenço & Isabel Dórdio Dimas.…”
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Creating livable communities for people with disabilities

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Strategy one : agreement on changes in the collection and management of and access to, multiple agency information about programs and benefits in order to be consumer responsive -- Strategy two : utilization of favorable tax treatment (e.g. tax credits) to stimulate change in individual and corporate behavior that encourages investment in livable community objectives -- Strategy three : agreement on common performance measures across multiple federally funded programs -- Strategy four : utilization of private sector match to competitively secure public funding and stimulate public-private sector partnerships -- Strategy five : agreement on changes in infrastructure to consolidate administration of multiple programs and improve ease of access -- Strategy six : utilization of waiver authority to promote state options to advance consumer choice and community participation -- Recommendations for action.…”
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Pollination mechanisms, ecology and agricultural advances /

Table of Contents: “…Pollination strategies: the point of view of plants-personal experiences and review of the literature / Guido Flamini -- Pollination mechanisms in Passiflora species: the common and the rare flowers - ecological aspects and implications for horticulture / M.T. …”
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Introduction to numerical electrostatics using MATLAB / by Dworsky, Lawrence N., 1943-

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Node cookbook : over 50 recipes to master the art of asynchronous server-side JavaScript using Node.js, with coverage of Express 4 and Socket.IO frameworks and the new Streams API... by Clements, David Mark

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Where There Is No Psychiatrist : A Mental Health Care Manual / by Patel, Vikram, Hanlon, Charlotte

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Where There Is No Psychiatrist : A Mental Health Care Manual / by Patel, Vikram, Hanlon, Charlotte

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Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Love Cures : Healing and Love Magic in Old French Romance / by Doggett, Laine E.

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Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism : Lessons from John Dewey / by Hickman, Larry A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-Heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism, ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.…”
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Anti-Imperialist Modernism : Race and Transnational Radical Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War / by Balthaser, Benjamin

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Taking sides.

Table of Contents: “…Do Americans need a common identity? -- Does immigration contribute to a better America? …”