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Ecosystem-based management for the oceans

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. Conceptual basis for ecosystem-based management -- pt. 3. …”
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From villain to hero Odysseus in ancient thought / by Montiglio, Silvia, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Setting the stage -- "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' defense of an abused hero -- Plato's Odysseus: a soldier in the soul -- Yearning for excellence: Odysseus in cynic and stoic thought -- King, friend, and flatterer: Odysseus in epicureanism and beyond -- Between contemplation and action -- Epilogue: Odysseus' virtus and thirst for knowledge in the Renaissance.…”
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Suburban crossroads the fight for local control of immigration policy / by Vicino, Thomas J.

Table of Contents: “…-- The multiethnic metropolis and its discontents -- Setting the stage: local histories and contemporary portraits -- Inklings of public problems -- The politics of relief -- Public policy and planning for the multiethnic metropolis -- Conclusion: the fight endures.…”
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Governance and sustainability new challenges for states, companies and civil society /

Table of Contents: “…Governance and global sustainability : setting the stage -- pt. 2. Cross-cutting issues -- pt. 3. Actors in global governance and their changing roles.…”
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Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Advanced solid rocket motors -- Advanced cryogenic engines -- Advanced LOX-HC engines for boosters and upper stages -- LOX-hydrocarbon engines in Russia -- Green propellants -- Green propellants in Russia -- Miniaturized propulsion -- Solar thermal propulsion for upper stages -- Electric-propulsion systems -- Superconductivity -- The case for nuclear propulsion : the Rubbia's engine -- VASIMR prefeasibility analysis -- Laser propulsion systems -- Mass accelerators : Maglev and Railguns -- Solar sails : propellantless propulsion for near- and medium-term deep-space missions -- In situ resource utilization.…”
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The New Grove guide to Wagner and his operas by Millington, Barry

Table of Contents: “…Chronology of Wagner's life and operas -- Life -- Works -- The operas -- Bayreuth / by Geoffrey Skelton -- Gesamtkunstwerk -- Leitmotif / by Arnold Whittall -- Staging Wagner from 1876 to the present day.…”
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Dismantling the dualisms for American Pentecostal women in ministry a feminist-pneumatological approach / by Stephenson, Lisa P.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage : historical context -- pt. 2. Dismantling the dualism of theological anthropology : male and female -- pt. 3. …”
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Linguistic variables towards a unified theory of linguistic variation / by Lieb, Hans-Heinrich

Table of Contents: “…Orientation -- pt. 2. Setting the stage -- pt. 3. A theory of language varieties -- pt. 4. …”
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Customer service in the information environment / by St. Clair, Guy, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Customer service: an introduction -- part II. Initial stages -- part III. The players -- part Ivolume Key tools -- part volume Benefits to the customer/user.…”
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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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Heart failure a clinical nursing handbook / by Nicholson, Christopher, RGN

Table of Contents: “…Definitions -- Epidemiology -- Causes -- Outcomes -- Physiology -- Clinical assessment -- Investigations -- Treatment exxentials -- Exercise training -- Medicines -- Invasive treatments -- End-stage heart failure -- Policy framework -- Service issues.…”
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Troubling violence a performance project / by Carver, M. Heather

Table of Contents: “…Act I. The academic stage -- Character development -- First run -- Breaking the fourth wall -- Performing violence -- Act II. …”
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The archaeological imagination by Shanks, Michael

Table of Contents: “…We are all Archaeologists Now -- Debateable Lands -- A Northern Stage -- Relics and Witnesses -- Durat Opus Vatum -- The Antiquary -- Roman Boots -- Itinerary and Natural History -- The Living and the Dead -- Media, Representation, and Mise-en-Scène -- Topology and Time -- Collectors and Conservators -- An Archaeological Narratology -- The Archaeological Imagination.…”
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Jefferson's shadow the story of his science / by Thomson, Keith Stewart

Table of Contents: “…Useful knowledge -- pt. 5. The national stage -- pt. 6. Philosophical issues.…”
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The primordial dance diametric and concentric spaces in the unconscious world / by Downes, Paul, 1970 July 12-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage for the primordial dance -- pt. 2. Spatial-phenomenology : interpersonal and intrapsychic dimensions -- pt. 3. …”
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Citizenship across borders the political transnationalism of El migrante / by Smith, Michael P.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. The politics of transnational community development -- pt. 3. …”
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Enhancing minority student retention and academic performance what we can learn from program evaluations / by Fleming, Jacqueline, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage : as they enter higher education -- pt. 2. …”
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At the limits of political philosophy from "brilliant errors" to things of uncommon importance / by Schall, James V.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. The stages of political philosophy -- pt. 2. The grounds of political realism -- pt. 3. …”
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The Social Organization of the Western Apache / by Goodwin, Grenville, 1907-1940

Table of Contents: “…Western Apache groups and bands -- Historical aspects and outside contacts -- Clans -- Family and local group -- Kinship -- Marriage -- Social adjustments -- Stages of life -- Various social concepts and practices.…”
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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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