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Rome and Persia at war : Imperial competition and contact, 193-363 CE / by Edwell, Peter M.

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Sport Policy in Canada /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Credits; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I -- An overview of sport policy in Canada; Chapter I -- The evolution of federal sport policy from 1960 to today; Chapter II -- Multi-level governance and sport policy in Canada; Chapter III -- Canada and sport for development and peace; Section II -- The canadian sport policy and its impact on the sport system; Chapter IV -- Contemporary policy issues in high performance sport; Chapter V -- Athlete development and support; Chapter VI -- Sport participation; Section III -- Policy issues.…”
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The Ethics of Armed Conflict : A Cosmopolitan Just War Theory / by Lango, John W.

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Global humanitarianism and media culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : global humanitarianism and media culture / Michael Lawrence and Rachel Tavernor -- 'United Nations children' in Hollywood cinema : juvenile actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence -- Classical antiquity as humanitarian narrative : the Marshall Plan films about Greece / Katerina Loukopoulou -- 'The most potent public relations tool ever devised'? The United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska -- The naive republic of aid : grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman -- 'Telegenically dead Palestinians' : cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts / Shohini Chaudhuri -- The Unknown Famine : television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones -- European borderscapes : the management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò -- The role of aid agencies in the media portrayal of children in Za'atari refugee camp / Toby Fricker -- Selling the lottery to earn salvation : journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade -- Consumption, global humanitarianism and childhood / Laura Suski -- Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook : from starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor -- The corporate karma carnival : offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig.…”
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Children and war a historical anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Rupp -- Representations of war and martial heroes in English elementary school reading and rituals, 1885-1914 / Stephen Heathorn -- The child in the flying machine : childhood and aviation in the First World War / Guillaume de Syon -- World friendship : children, parents, and peace education in America between the wars / Diana Selig -- Ghosts and the machine : teaching Emiliano Zapata and the Mexican Revolution since 1921 / Stephen E. …”
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The United Nations Security Council and war the evolution of thought and practice since 1945 /

Table of Contents: “…Welsh -- The Security Council and the administration of war-torn and contested territories / Richard Caplan -- The Security Council and international law on military occupations / David Scheffer -- The Security Council and terrorism / Jane Boulden -- The Security Council and the use of private force / Sarah V. Percy.…”
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Sport, gender and development : intersections, innovations and future trajectories / by Hayhurst, Lyndsay M. C., Thorpe, Holly, Chawansky, Megan

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Ginseng and Borderland : Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636-1912 / by Kim, Seonmin, 1971-

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The Ethics of Armed Conflict : A Cosmopolitan Just War Theory / by Lango, John W.

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Global humanitarianism and media culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : global humanitarianism and media culture / Michael Lawrence and Rachel Tavernor -- 'United Nations children' in Hollywood cinema : juvenile actors and humanitarian sentiment in the 1940s / Michael Lawrence -- Classical antiquity as humanitarian narrative : the Marshall Plan films about Greece / Katerina Loukopoulou -- 'The most potent public relations tool ever devised'? The United States Peace Corps in the early 1960s / Agnieszka Sobocinska -- The naive republic of aid : grassroots exceptionalism in humanitarian memoir / Emily Bauman -- 'Telegenically dead Palestinians' : cinema, news media and perception management of the Gaza conflicts / Shohini Chaudhuri -- The Unknown Famine : television and the politics of British humanitarianism / Andrew Jones -- European borderscapes : the management of migration between care and control / Pierluigi Musarò -- The role of aid agencies in the media portrayal of children in Za'atari refugee camp / Toby Fricker -- Selling the lottery to earn salvation : journalism practice, risk and humanitarian communication / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Gabriel Andrade -- Consumption, global humanitarianism and childhood / Laura Suski -- Liking visuals and visually liking on Facebook : from starving children to satirical saviours / Rachel Tavernor -- The corporate karma carnival : offline and online games, branding and humanitarianism at the Roskilde Festival / Lene Bull Christiansen and Mette Fog Olwig.…”
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Blood Ties : Religion, Violence, and the Politics of Nationhood in Ottoman Macedonia, 1878-1908 /

Blood ties : religion, violence, and the politics of nationhood in Ottoman Macedonia, 1878-1908 /

by Yosmaoğlu, İpek

Table of Contents: “…The Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, and the great powers on the road to Mürzsteg -- Education and the creation of nation space -- Territoriality and its discontents -- Fear of small margins -- A leap of faith : disputes over sacred space -- Logic and legitimacy in violence.…”
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Hard-to-measure goods and services essays in honor of Zvi Griliches /

Table of Contents: “…Gordon and Todd vanGoethem -- Pricing at the on-ramp to the internet : price indices for ISPs during the 1990s / Greg Stranger and Shane Greenstein -- Different approaches to estimating Hedonic indexes / Saeed Heravi and Mick Silver -- Price indexes for microsoft's personal computer software products / Jaison R. …”
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The illusion of inclusion : global inclusion, unconscious bias and the bottom line / by Turnbull, Helen

Table of Contents: “…Golf, inclusion, and the Rubik's cube -- 14. Peaceful coexistence: a line in the sand and a call to action -- Index.…”
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Bariatric / obesity surgery

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The evolution of bariatric surgery procedures -- Jejunoileal bypass -- Modern malabsorptive procedures -- Biliopancreatic diversion of Scopinaro -- Modification of the biliopancreatic diversion to a duodenal switch -- Gastric bypass -- Fobi procedure -- Laparoscopic Roux gastric bypass -- Vertical banded gastroplasty -- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding -- Robotic, laparoscopic gastric banding -- Gastric balloons -- Gastric pacing -- Prolongation of life expectancy by bariatric surgery -- Who is and who is not a candidate for bariatric surgery -- Bariatric surgery is the current treatment of choice for morbid obesity -- Bariatric surgery is relatively safe, reverses the co-morbidities of morbid obesity, improves quality of life, increases life expectancy and is cost effective.…”
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Bariatric / obesity surgery

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The evolution of bariatric surgery procedures -- Jejunoileal bypass -- Modern malabsorptive procedures -- Biliopancreatic diversion of Scopinaro -- Modification of the biliopancreatic diversion to a duodenal switch -- Gastric bypass -- Fobi procedure -- Laparoscopic Roux gastric bypass -- Vertical banded gastroplasty -- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding -- Robotic, laparoscopic gastric banding -- Gastric balloons -- Gastric pacing -- Prolongation of life expectancy by bariatric surgery -- Who is and who is not a candidate for bariatric surgery -- Bariatric surgery is the current treatment of choice for morbid obesity -- Bariatric surgery is relatively safe, reverses the co-morbidities of morbid obesity, improves quality of life, increases life expectancy and is cost effective.…”
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Pride, Not Prejudice : National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia / by Chung, Eunbin

Table of Contents: “…Are Strong National Identities Harmful For Peace? -- Chapter 2. Why Can't We Move Beyond the Past? …”
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Bariatric / obesity surgery

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The evolution of bariatric surgery procedures -- Jejunoileal bypass -- Modern malabsorptive procedures -- Biliopancreatic diversion of Scopinaro -- Modification of the biliopancreatic diversion to a duodenal switch -- Gastric bypass -- Fobi procedure -- Laparoscopic Roux gastric bypass -- Vertical banded gastroplasty -- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding -- Robotic, laparoscopic gastric banding -- Gastric balloons -- Gastric pacing -- Prolongation of life expectancy by bariatric surgery -- Who is and who is not a candidate for bariatric surgery -- Bariatric surgery is the current treatment of choice for morbid obesity -- Bariatric surgery is relatively safe, reverses the co-morbidities of morbid obesity, improves quality of life, increases life expectancy and is cost effective.…”
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Pride, Not Prejudice : National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia / by Chung, Eunbin

Table of Contents: “…Are Strong National Identities Harmful For Peace? -- Chapter 2. Why Can't We Move Beyond the Past? …”
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Fire in the ashes God, evil, and the Holocaust /

Table of Contents: “…Judaism in Protestant encounters with the Shoah -- 4. Locating God: placing ourselves in a post-Shoah world -- 5. "Like pebbles on the seashore": J.B. …”
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Sustainability & historic preservation toward a holistic view /

Table of Contents: “…King -- The Massachusetts heritage landscape inventory : a community-based approach to identifying and protecting special places / Shary Page Berg -- Tree preservation and the cultural effects of climate change / Rebecca Crew -- Awbury Arboreteum : a Quaker legacy sustaining an urban community / Valencia Libby -- Is brown the new green? …”
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