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Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

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The Light of Knowledge : Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India / by Cody, Francis, 1976-

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Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil by Buckley, Eve E.

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Tastes of Faith : Jewish Eating in the United States /

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Negro Soy Yo : Hip Hop and Raced Citizenship in Neoliberal Cuba / by Perry, Marc D., 1967-

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Opioids: Addiction, Narrative, Freedom by Dolphin-Krute, Maia

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State of Empowerment : Low-Income Families and the New Welfare State / by Barnes, Carolyn, 1987-

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Digital Community Engagement : Partnering Communities with the Academy /

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thN Lng Folk 2go: Investigating Future Premoderns™ / by Mulholland, Neil, Hogg, Norman

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The Old Nubian Texts from Attiri /

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Screen Genealogies : From Optical Device to Environmental Medium /

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Social Media in Industrial China / by Wang, Xinyuan

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Pedagogies of Disaster by Matthew Charles, Jonida Gashi, Judith Balso, Nick Skiadopoulos, Sina Badiei, Denisa Kera, Tijana Stevanović, Justin Joque, Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei (ed. and author), Adam Staley Groves (ed. and author), Nico Jenkins (ed. and author), Christopher Fynsk, Oliver Feltham, Julia Hölzl, John Van Houdt, Edith Doron, Urok Shirhan, Jonas Staal, Katharina Stadler, Andreas Vrahimis

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The Sanctuary City : Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia / by Vitiello, Domenic

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Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis Can Technology Really Save the World?. by Skene, Keith, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Nothing new under the Sun -- I.2. Oh, for a nice cold soda: The birth of the internet of things -- I.3. …”
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An introduction to virtual sound barriers / by Qiu, Xiaojun

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The flying tiger women shamans and storytellers of the Amur / by Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi 3 -- EOFU SISILIEVICH KIMONKO -- Two girls and Kanda Mafa 9 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Kanda Mafa and the Bones 1 -- The Seagull 18 -- Crow and Otter 21 -- Biatu and Belye 24 -- The Ice Mountain 29 -- Yegdyga and the Seal 32 -- 2 More Stories from Gvasyugi 34 -- EVDOKIA BATOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Sister and Brother 39 -- The Girl Who Married a Crow 49 -- Two Sisters 52 -- 3 Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure 58 -- MARIA SEMYONOVNA PIMGUN -- Nivkh Writing 62 -- KLAVDIA IVANOVNA TIDIP -- Knee Bump (Swan Girl) 63 -- 4 Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari 71 -- MARIA GRIGORIEVNA BELDI -- Frog and Mouse 74 -- The Terrible Frog 76 -- The Girl in the Ice 78 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Endohochen 82 -- The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place 89 -- Duchieke 91 -- 5 Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin 94 -- VIOLETTA KHODZHER -- Violetta's Legends 96 -- TOMTO VASILIEVNA BELDI -- The Mosquito Net 97 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Frog, Mouse, and Moose loo -- Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes 103 -- The Lazy Boy 104 -- The Puppy 105 -- NIKOLAI PETROVICH BELDI -- Tiger Story 1o ^ -- The Passar Shaman 111 -- MINGO CHUSANBOVNA GEIKER -- Applesauce 112 -- 6 Gvasyugi Storytelling 117 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Gounya 123 -- The Monkeys 126 -- Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag 128 -- Six Brothers and the Squirrels 132 -- Toad Wife 136 -- Seven Girls 138 -- Belye and Naundyaka 140 -- Gamuli 144 -- 7 Ul'chi Storytelling in Bulava 148 -- NADEZHDA DUVAN -- Ul'chi Bear Ceremony 154 -- YMYNDA YCHA -- Two Sisters 155 -- CHANA MARFAN -- Memories of a Shaman 161 -- SOPHIA ANGA -- The Sheat-fish 166 -- How Anga Became a Shaman 170 -- The Tiger Husband 171 -- Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger 173 -- MADO SOPCHOVNA DECHULI -- Two Girls Who Married Tigers 174 -- NINA VASILIEVNA MUNINA -- The Boy and the Tiger 176 -- ANNA ALEXEEVNA (NYURA) KAVDA -- The Swan Girls 180 -- The Taimen Girl 182 -- 8 Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby -- and Kondon 185 -- VALENTIN ILYCH GEIKER -- The Geiker Clans 187 -- LYUBOV FEODOROVNA SAMAR -- The Flea Drum 192 -- Lakicho 197 -- The Girl and the Skull 201 -- Bear and Fox 204 -- KSENIA IVANOVNA DIGOR (PURMA BOGDANOVNA) -- Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride 208 -- Two Old Women and Their Pants 212 -- MARIA BORISOVNA KILE -- The Crocodile 217 -- Appendices -- History of the Amur Peoples 227 -- Readings on Siberian Shamanism 237.…”
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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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Psychology of terrorism

Table of Contents: “…Beutler ... [et al.] -- War versus justice in response to terrorist attacks: competing frames and their implications / Clark McCauley -- The staircase to terrorism: a psychological exploration / Fathali M. …”
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Thoracic vein arrhythmias mechanisms and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Asirvatham -- Anatomy of the coronary sinus / Michel Chauvin -- Imaging of the cardiac and thoracic veins / Douglas L. Packer ... [et al.] -- Immunohistology of the thoracic veins / Hung-I Yeh -- Ionic currents and mechanisms of ectopy from the thoracic veins / Yi-Jen Chen ... …”
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