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Ostranenie: On Shame and Knowing / by Bowker, Matthew H.

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Queer Insists (for José Esteban Muñoz) / by O'Rourke, Michael, 1976-

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Aid paradoxes in Afghanistan : building and undermining the state / by Bizhan, Nematullah

Table of Contents: “…-- Tax states -- Aid-dependent states -- The effects of oil revenue -- Distinction between aid and oil-revenue rentier effects -- Conclusion -- Reliance on external revenue : Afghanistan from 1747 to 2000 -- The society : an inheritance of history -- Relying on tribute for state building : the importance of external revenue to the Durrani empire (1747-1824) -- The Durrani empire ineffective tax system -- Subsidies and state building : the loss of tribute and search for alternative revenue (1824-1879) -- Institution building -- Consolidation of a modern buffer state (1880-1919) : the significance of subsidies and external military support -- And military administration -- State-society relations -- Amanullah Khan's reforms : the loss of subsidies, budget surplus and fiscal decline (1919-1929) -- Foreign aid and state building : reshaping the state building process (1929-1978) -- The rise of a weak aid-based rentier state -- Decline in foreign aid -- The state and the Mujahidin Tanzims (organizations) and sources of revenue : conflict in state-society relations (1978-2000) -- The Mujahidin government financial crises and Pakistani aid to the Taliban -- Conclusion -- Rebuilding an aid-based rentier state -- Establishing a new political order -- Building the state institutions -- Responding to the flow of aid -- Chaotic aid coordination : a challenge for state building -- Access to foreign aid : a prime focus -- Improving fiscal management -- Aid modality : undermining institution building -- Government preoccupation with foreign donors -- Relations at the administration level -- Relations in regard to senior appointments -- Conclusion -- Reforms and setbacks : rebuilding the revenue system -- State revenue sources -- Aiding the revenue reforms -- Reforming revenue policy and laws -- Reforming revenue administration -- Improving revenue infrastructure -- Confrontation and consultation -- Failing to enforce tax compliance -- Failing to prevent illegal taxation and extortion -- Ambiguity to end aid-dependency -- Fragmenting the tax system -- Conclusion -- Budget spending : fiscal fragmentation and patronage -- Some improvements in government budget transparency -- The citizen's role -- Underreported on-budget items -- Poor off-budget transparency -- Secret cash payments -- Conclusion -- Interactions between the state and society -- Reinforcing the state-society inherited gap -- Commanders -- Traditional actors -- Urban intelligentsia -- Reshaping the state-society relations -- Building and undermining the state -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : findings and implications -- Path dependency : Afghan state reliance on external revenue -- Building and undermining the state : Afghanistan after 9/11 -- Upward accountability to donors -- Creating a parallel public sector -- Paradoxical tax outcomes -- Divergence in state-society fiscal relations -- The future -- Implications fo externally aided state building.…”
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Weight management a practitioner's guide / by Pearson, Dympna

Table of Contents: “….- Its importance during the weight loss phase.- Its importance during the weight maintenance phase.- Key messages.- How to support changes in levels of activity.Diet.- What dietary messages.- Where to start.- A stepwise approach.- A balanced diet.- Estimating energy intake & requirements.A Behavioural Approach.- The theory & principles.- Motivation.- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.- Tools, strategies & techniques.PART 2.A Practical Guide.- Raising the issue.- Exploring the options.- The Assessment.- Forming a joint agenda tailored to the individual.- Problem-solving.- Goal setting & Change Plans.- Monitoring.- Review.Follow Up.- Frequency and duration of appointments.- continuity of care.- What to include.Group Programmes.Weight maintenance.…”
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Rising waters the causes and consequences of flooding in the United States / by Brody, Samuel David

Table of Contents: “…The role of wetlands: federal policies, losses and floods; 7. Mitigation strategies and reduction of flood damages; 8. …”
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Basic types of pastoral care & counseling : resources for the ministry of healing and growth / by Clinebell, Howard John, 1922-

Table of Contents: “…Pastoral care and counseling : challenges and opportunities -- A model for spiritually centered holistic pastoral caregiving -- The history, mission, and theological-biblical foundations of pastoral caregiving -- Foundational skills for most types of caring and counseling -- Methods of holistic supportive caregiving -- Short-term pastoral counseling in crises -- Holistic caregiving in challenging crises -- Caregiving in chronic and long-term illness -- Bereavement caregiving : before, during, and after losses -- Healing spiritual brokenness and cultivating spiritual wholeness in pastoral care and counseling -- Ethical, meaning, and value issues in pastoral care and counseling -- Crisis counseling and enrichment with couples -- Pastoral care, counseling, and enriching families -- Educative counseling -- Group pastoral care and counseling -- The art of referral in pastoral caregiving -- Inclusive caregiving : bridging cultural, racial, ethnic, class, and gender diversity -- Equipping laypersons for caregiving ministries -- Self-care for caregivers.…”

Eva and Otto : Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler / by Pfister, Thomas L., 1948-, Pfister, Peter J., 1948-, Pfister, Katherine D., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Rescue Efforts and Work for the OSS in the Face of Personal Challenges -- Priorities: Eva's Rescue and Relief Work -- "Rene-Eva Correspondence" -- Eva's Secret Work with the OSS -- Three Big Decisions in 1943- -- A Devastating Loss -- Part VII. Separated Again -- Otto's OSS Mission; Wartime Correspondence -- War Drags on; Reports on Nazi Atrocities; Another Personal Loss -- Questions about the Future as Allies Battle in Europe -- Part VIII. …”
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Eva and Otto : Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler / by Pfister, Thomas L., 1948-, Pfister, Peter J., 1948-, Pfister, Katherine D., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Rescue Efforts and Work for the OSS in the Face of Personal Challenges -- Priorities: Eva's Rescue and Relief Work -- "Rene-Eva Correspondence" -- Eva's Secret Work with the OSS -- Three Big Decisions in 1943- -- A Devastating Loss -- Part VII. Separated Again -- Otto's OSS Mission; Wartime Correspondence -- War Drags on; Reports on Nazi Atrocities; Another Personal Loss -- Questions about the Future as Allies Battle in Europe -- Part VIII. …”
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Latin America : new challenges to growth and stability /

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Information Infrastructures within European Health Care Working with the Installed Base /

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Financial reporting standards a decision-making perspective for non-accountants / by Doran, David T.

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Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai / by Anand, Nikhil, 1975-

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Migrating Borders and Moving Times : Temporality and the Crossing of Borders in Europe /

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The Death of Conrad Unger: Some Conjectures Regarding Parasitosis and Associated Suicide Behavior / by Shipley, Gary J.

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Traffic Jams: Analysing Everyday Life through the Immanent Materialism of Deleuze & Guattari / by Cole, David R. (David Robert), 1967-

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Everywhere Taksim : Sowing the Seeds for a New Turkey at Gezi /

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The Rise and Decline of U.S. Military Culture Programs, 2004-20 /

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Security. Cooperation. Governance. : The Canada-United States Open Border Paradox /

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The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan / by Wimpelmann, Torunn

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