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The foundations of Ostpolitik the making of the Moscow Treaty between West Germany and the USSR / by Von Dannenberg, Julia, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage : from confrontation to detente -- New Ostpolitik - whose legacy? …”
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Imagining lives autobiographical fiction of Yiddish writers / by Schwarz, Jan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The classical trio. Setting the stage -- A whistle of defiance -- 2. In America. …”
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Tentative transgressions homosexuality, AIDS, and the theatre in Brazil / by Albuquerque, Severino João Medeiros

Table of Contents: “…Transgression, homosexuality and the theatre in Brazil -- Modernist and neo-realist backtracking -- Beyond evasiveness -- AIDS, subalternity, and the stage.…”
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Biosphere origin and evolution

Table of Contents: “…Problems of biosphere evolution and origin of life -- pt. II. Prebiological stages of evolution and RNA world on the earth and in the space -- pt. …”
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Ragged but right black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / by Abbott, Lynn, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.…”
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Choosing to die elective death and multiculturalism / by Prado, C. G.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- Criteria for rational suicide -- Clarifying and revising the criteria -- Application issues -- What standards? …”
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Retooling for growth building a 21st century economy in America's older industrial areas /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Placing labor center-stage in industrial city revitalization / Ann Markusen and Greg Schrock -- Occupational clusters, employment, and opportunity for low-skilled workers / Mark Turner, Laurel Davis, and Andres Cruz -- Manufacturing, regional prosperity, and public policy / Daniel Luria and Joel Rogers -- What makes a good economic development deal? …”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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The everyday lives of young children culture, class, and child rearing in diverse societies / by Tudge, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and stage setting -- The daily lives of toddlers -- Cultural-ecological theory and its implications for research -- Methods -- Life in the cities -- Everyday activities -- Settings and partners -- Everyday lives -- The cultural ecology of young children.…”
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The measurement of crime victim reporting and police recording / by Catalano, Shannan M.

Table of Contents: “…Hypotheses. Analytic strategy. Stage one analysis. Stage two analysis -- The NCVS and UCR convergence. …”
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Making music and enriching lives a guide for all music teachers / by Blanchard, Bonnie

Table of Contents: “…In the beginning ; Make learning fun (and less painful) for adults ; Troubleshoot problems and turn around complaints ; Prepare students for performance ; Conquer stage fright ; Ace the audition ; When it's time to say goodbye ; Ask the teacher -- Part 4. …”
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Compositional strategy of the book of Judges an inductive, rhetorical study / by Wong, Gregory T. K.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage: previous scholarship and current issues -- Through the lens of Joshua: links between the prologue and epilogue of Judges -- Echoes of the major Judges: links between the epilogue and central section of Judges -- Prologue as paradigm: links between the prologue and central section of Judges -- No king is Israel: understanding the epilogue's refrain -- Compositional strategy and rhetorical purpose of Judges.…”
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Denial and repression of antisemitism post-communist remembrance of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović / by Byford, Jovan

Table of Contents: “…: "anti-Judaism" and Orthodox Christian identity -- Questionable boundaries between anti-Judaism and antisemitism -- Deicidal justification of Jewish suffering : the Holocaust as divine retribution -- Antisemitism as prophecy : social construction of Velimirović's sanctity -- The first stage of the campaign for canonization : the making of a religious "cult" -- Canonization in the Orthodox Church and the need for divine confirmation of sanctity -- Finding the "right" miracle : incorruptibility of remains and miraculous icons -- The bishop who came "face to face with the living God" : Velimirović and the miracle of epiphany -- Velimirović as a "prophet" : the construction of the "Serbian Jeremiah".…”
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Measuring the performance of the hollow state by Frederickson, David G.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: federal performance measurement -- Setting the stage: third parties, fiscal federalism, and accountability -- Performance measurement as political and administrative reform -- Performance as grants to third party service providers: the Health Resources and Services Administration -- Performance as the provision of health financial security: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- Performance as grants to third-party research providers: the National Institutes of Health -- Measuring the health performance of sovereign tribes as third parties: the Indian Health Services -- Performance as regulation: the Food and Drug Administration -- Measuring performance and results in theory and practice -- After Government Performance and Results Act : performance measurement, performance budgeting and performance management.…”
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José Limón and La Malinche the dancer and the dance /

Table of Contents: “…The Director: Thoughts on Staging José Limón 'sLa Malinche / Sarah Stackhouse.…”
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Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / by Welling, David, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Staged origins -- The nickelodeons -- Bigger and better -- The majestics -- The main three : the metropolitan, the Kirby, and Loew's state -- The later 1920s : you ain't heard nothing yet! …”
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Barbara Jordan speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Table of Contents: “…Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments -- My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan -- Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974 -- The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. …”
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Swing along the musical life of Will Marion Cook / by Carter, Marva Griffin

Table of Contents: “…-- In Dahomey -- The students and the stage -- Removing the minstrel mask -- The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I -- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra -- A hell of a life -- A composer's legacy -- Postlude: Swing Along.…”
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Collaborative intervention in early childhood consulting with parents and teachers of 3- to 7-year-olds / by Hirschland, Deborah

Table of Contents: “…-- Seven building blocks of development: understanding core emotional, behavioral, and social competencies -- The contribution of constitution: understanding a child's temperament and neurodevelopmental profile -- The contribution of family life: understanding a family's history and patterns of interaction -- Setting the stage for mastery: developing a working hypothesis, goals for growth, and a plan of action -- Home-based strategies: helping parents set effective behavioral expectations -- Classroom-based strategies: mentoring teachers in the skills of developmental scaffolding -- Helping the shy, cautious, or withdrawn child -- Helping the child with language and information processing issues -- Helping the high energy and/or inattentive child -- Helping the easily frustrated, impulsive child -- Helping the anxious child -- Helping the disengaged, offbeat, or gifted but rigid child -- Additional issues: addressing trauma and loss, monitoring media choices, providing guidance during crises, and more -- Elementary school and beyond: perspectives for the long haul.…”
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The self-evolving cosmos a phenomenological approach to nature's unity-in-diversity / by Rosen, Steven M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Individuation and the quest for unity -- The obstacle to unification in modern physics -- Does contemporary mathematical physics actually -- Depart from the classical formulation -- Apparent concretization of mathematical physics via symmetry breaking --The implicit attempt to maintain the classical formula and its ultimate failure -- The phenomenological challenge to the classical formula -- Topological phenomenology -- Phenomenological intuition, topology, and the klein bottle -- The physical significance of the Klein bottle -- Spin -- Vorticity -- The dimensional family of topological spinors -- Generalization of intuitive topology -- Topodimensional spin matrix -- Basic principles of dimensional transformation -- Synsymmetry and the self-transformation of space -- From symmetry breaking to dimensional generation -- The three basic stages of dimensional generation -- Kleinian topogeny -- Waves carrying waves: the co-evolution of lifeworlds -- The forces of nature -- The phenomenon of light -- Phenomenological Kaluza-Klein theory -- Summary comparison of conventional and topo-phenomenological approaches to kaluza-klein theory -- Cosmogony, symmetry, and phenomenological intuition -- Conventional view of the evolving cosmos -- The problem of symmetry -- A new kind of clarity -- The self-evolving cosmos -- Introduction to the cosmogonic matrix -- Overview of cosmic evolution -- The role of the fermions in dimensional generation -- Projective stages of cosmogony : dimensional divergence -- Stage 1 -- Stage 2 -- Stages 3 and 4 -- Proprioceptive stages of cosmogony : dimensional convergence -- Conclusion: Wider horizons of cosmic evolution -- The psychophysics of cosmogony -- Psychical aspects of the fundamental particles -- Toward a reflexive physics -- Concretization of the self-evolving cosmos.…”
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