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The Taiwan Voter /

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Exotic Nations : Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830–1930 / by Wasserman, Renata R. Mautner (Renata Ruth Mautner), 1941-

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Anatomy of a Civil War : Sociopolitical Impacts of the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey / by Gurses, Mehmet

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Imagining Global Amsterdam : History, Culture, and Geography in a World City /

Table of Contents: “…Visualizing Commerce and Empire: Decorating the Built Environment of Amsterdam / Michael Wintle -- 5. Romance and Commerce: Imagining Global Amsterdam in the Contemporary Historical Novel / Erinc Salor -- 6. …”
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Mass Mobilization in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1945–1960 / by Holcombe, Alec

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The lentil botany, production and uses /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Breeding for short season environments / M. Matiur Rahman ... [et al.] -- Improvement in developed countries / Fred J. …”
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Synesthetic design : handbook for a multisensory approach / by Haverkamp, Michael

Table of Contents: “…-- Product development as the design for all senses -- Human-machine communication ; Functional design ; Product placement and brand identity ; The significance of multisensory environments -- Fundamentals of perception : The senses of distance: seeing and hearing ; Physical senses of proximity ; Chemical senses ; Perceptual objects ; Subjective or objective? …”
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The lentil botany, production and uses /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Breeding for short season environments / M. Matiur Rahman ... [et al.] -- Improvement in developed countries / Fred J. …”
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Synesthetic design : handbook for a multisensory approach / by Haverkamp, Michael

Table of Contents: “…-- Product development as the design for all senses -- Human-machine communication ; Functional design ; Product placement and brand identity ; The significance of multisensory environments -- Fundamentals of perception : The senses of distance: seeing and hearing ; Physical senses of proximity ; Chemical senses ; Perceptual objects ; Subjective or objective? …”
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Knowledge for a Sustainable World : A Southern African�Nordic contribution /

Table of Contents: “…Promoting research in resource-challenged environments : the case of Malawi's Mzuzu University / Victor Mgomezulu -- 5. …”
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Knowledge for a Sustainable World : A Southern African�Nordic contribution /

Table of Contents: “…Promoting research in resource-challenged environments : the case of Malawi's Mzuzu University / Victor Mgomezulu -- 5. …”
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The environmental science of drinking water by Sullivan, Patrick J., Ph. D.

Table of Contents: “…Pharmaceuticals detected in the environment. Living with risk. Population, pollution, risk, and precaution. …”
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Transforming government and empowering communities the Sri lankan experience with e-development / by Hanna, Nagy

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- E-development as a holistic vision -- The eSri Lanka program -- Learning from eSri Lanka -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- An institutional innovation in e-leadership: the ICT Agency of Sri lanka -- The institutional model -- Evolution of the authorizing environment and governance model -- Mandate -- Paths to sustainability -- Core competencies -- Partnerships -- A learning organization -- Role of aid agencies -- Lessons and conclusions -- Annex 2.1 The ICT agency in search of a corporate identity -- Annex 2.2 The ICT policy framework & the organizational structure of the ICT agency -- Annex 2.3 Internal and external risks facing the ICT agency at inception -- Managing results -- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation for eSri Lanka -- Framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Arrangements for monitoring and evaluation -- Emerging lessons -- Annex 3.1 Results framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Outcome indicator -- ICT human resource development and industry promotion -- Transforming government -- Best practices and options for planning and implementing e-government -- Approaches to planning e-government -- Implementation of e-government: four phases -- Leadership, partnership, and change management -- Providing leadership, building partnerships -- Conclusions and implications -- Readiness for e-government: a historical perspective -- History of e-government in Sri Lanka -- Analysis of the situation -- Findings and recommendations -- A vision of e-government -- Motivations and aspirations -- Challenges to realizing the vision -- Lessons learned: a postscript -- A strategy for e-government: initial priorities and lessons -- Planning for e-services -- Building e-governance -- Implementation agenda -- Early experience and lessons -- Annex 7.1 Criteria for determining impact & feasibility of offering services online -- Determining impact -- Determining feasibility -- Empowering communities -- Innovation in ICT use for poverty reduction -- Bottom-up planning and participatory development -- Serving the bottom of the pyramid -- The user innovation revolution -- Demand-driven ICT-enabled development -- Financing ICT innovation: lessons from InfoDev -- Conditions for ensuring impact by small grants -- Strategies for soliciting and funding good proposals -- Evaluating proposals and making funding decisions -- Good practices in managing a small-grant program -- E-society: design and early experience -- Overview of the fund -- Practices in soliciting and funding proposals -- Arrangements for implementation and monitoring -- Early operation and lessons learned -- Key lessons of eSri Lanka -- Designing and implementing a holistic framework for e-development -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- Transforming government -- Empowering communities -- Appendix 1 Main program components of eSri Lanka -- ICT policy, leadership, and institutional development program -- Information infrastructure program -- Reengineering government program -- ICT human resource capacity-building program -- ICT investment and private sector development program -- E-society program -- Appendix 2 Selected indicators for Sri Lanka and comparators -- Bibliography -- About the author.…”
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Fearless facilitation the ultimate field guide to engaging (and involving!) your audience / by Maxey, Cyndi

Table of Contents: “…-- Conversation: begin at the beginning -- The break is never really a break -- Dialogue during your meeting -- Dialogue post-meeting -- Coach's comments -- The set-up: making it happen -- The learning environment -- You can always facilitate, no matter the circumstances -- Lessons from one executive's transformation -- Coach's comments -- Listen live, then disappear! …”
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Archaeology of African plant use /

Table of Contents: “…Fuller -- Islands of agriculture on Victoria Nyanza / Andrew Reid and Ceri Ashley -- Archaeobotanical investigations of the Iron Age Lundu State, Malawi / Ingrid Heijen -- Prehistoric plant use on La Palma Island (Canary Islands, Spain): an example of the disappearance of agriculture in an isolated environment / Jacob Morales, Amelia Rodrøguez and Águedo Marrero -- Patterns in the archaeobotany of Africa: developing a database for North Africa, the Sahara and the Sahel / Ruth Pelling -- The archaeobotany of farming communities in South Africa: a review / Alexander Antonites, Annie Raath Antonites -- Linguistic evidence and the origins of food production in Africa: where are we now? …”
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Fearless facilitation the ultimate field guide to engaging (and involving!) your audience / by Maxey, Cyndi

Table of Contents: “…-- Conversation: begin at the beginning -- The break is never really a break -- Dialogue during your meeting -- Dialogue post-meeting -- Coach's comments -- The set-up: making it happen -- The learning environment -- You can always facilitate, no matter the circumstances -- Lessons from one executive's transformation -- Coach's comments -- Listen live, then disappear! …”
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Archaeology of African plant use /

Table of Contents: “…Fuller -- Islands of agriculture on Victoria Nyanza / Andrew Reid and Ceri Ashley -- Archaeobotanical investigations of the Iron Age Lundu State, Malawi / Ingrid Heijen -- Prehistoric plant use on La Palma Island (Canary Islands, Spain): an example of the disappearance of agriculture in an isolated environment / Jacob Morales, Amelia Rodrøguez and Águedo Marrero -- Patterns in the archaeobotany of Africa: developing a database for North Africa, the Sahara and the Sahel / Ruth Pelling -- The archaeobotany of farming communities in South Africa: a review / Alexander Antonites, Annie Raath Antonites -- Linguistic evidence and the origins of food production in Africa: where are we now? …”
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Dynamics of Long-Life Assets From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model /

Table of Contents: “…PART I: Introduction and Setting the scene -- Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: The Editors’ Intro -- The Challenge -- The Use-it-Wisely (UIW) Approach -- PART II: Tools and Methods -- Innovation Management with an Emphasis on Co-Creation -- Complexity Management and System Dynamics Thinking -- Managing the Life Cycle to Reduce Environmental Impacts -- Virtual Reality and 3D Imaging to Support Collaborative Decision Making for Adaptation of Long-llife Assets -- Operator-oriented Product and Production Process Design for Manufacturing, Maintenance and Upgrading -- Fostering a Community of Practice for Industrial Processes -- Extending the System Model -- PART III: From Theory to Practice -- Collaborative Management of inspection Results in Power Plant Turbines -- Rock crusher Upgrade Business from a PLM Perspective -- Space Systems Development -- Adaptation of High-Variant Automotive Production System Using a Collaborative Approach -- Supporting the Small-to-Medium Vessel Industry -- Sustainable Furniture that Grows with End-users -- Comparing Industrial Cluster Cases to Define Upgrade Business Models for a Circular Economy.   .…”
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Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities A Global Assessment /

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Managing Elevated Risk Global Liquidity, Capital Flows, and Macroprudential Policy—An Asian Perspective / by Azis, Iwan J., Shin, Hyun Song

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