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Crossing Central Europe : Continuities and Transformations, 1900 and 2000 /

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Shipwrecked Identities : Navigating Race on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast / by Pineda, Baron L., 1967-

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Imperial Media : Colonial Networks and Information Technologies in the British Literary Imagination, 1857–1918 / by Worth, Aaron

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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison : New Beginnings, January 1885–December 1887 / by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

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Unpopular Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Deafheaven's Sunbather and the Evolution of an (Un)popular GenrePaola Ferrero; Unpopular Culture and the American Reception of Tinariwen; Barry Shank; Cultural Studies and the Un/Popular; How the Ass-Kicking Work of Steven Seagal May Wrist-Break Our Paradigms of Culture; Dietmar Meinel; Unpopular Sport Teams and the Social Psychology of 'Anti-Fans'; Karsten Senkbeil; Popular, Unpopular; When First World War Museums Meet Facebook; Catherine Bouko; Unpopular American Natural Calamities and the Selectivity of Disaster Memory; Susanne Leikam; The Unpopular Profession?…”
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Technocrats of the Imagination : Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde / by Beck, John, 1963-, Bishop, Ryan, 1959-

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The galaxy is rated G essays on children's science fiction film and television /

Table of Contents: “…. / Daniel O'Brien -- The Search for "a More Civilized Age," or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise / R.C. Neighbors -- Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers / Jacqueline Wiegard -- "Population: Us": Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant / Sandy Rankin -- Doctor Who: A Very British Alien / J.P.C. …”
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The galaxy is rated G essays on children's science fiction film and television /

Table of Contents: “…. / Daniel O'Brien -- The Search for "a More Civilized Age," or the Failure of Utopian Desire in the Star Wars Franchise / R.C. Neighbors -- Inexplicable Utterances: Social Power and Pluralistic Discourse in Transformers / Jacqueline Wiegard -- "Population: Us": Nostalgia for a Future that Never Was (Not Yet) in The Iron Giant / Sandy Rankin -- Doctor Who: A Very British Alien / J.P.C. …”
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Hostile intent and counter-terrorism : human factors theory and application /

Table of Contents: “…Carley, Mia Bloom and Kurt Braddock -- Evaluating emergency preparedness: using responsibility models to identify vulnerabilities / Gordon Baxter and Ian Sommerville -- Socio-cultural factors -- Unintended consequences of the "War on terror": home-grown terrorism and conflict engaged citizens returning to civil society / John Parkinson OBE and Andrew Staniforth -- Parasites, energy and complex systems: generating novel intervention options to counter recruitment to suicide terrorism / Mils Hills and Ashwin Mehta -- Terrorist targeting of schools and educational establishments / Emma Bradford and Margaret A Wilson -- Female suicide terrorism as a function of patriarchal societies / Tanya Dronzina -- Strategies and approaches for counter-terrorism -- Designing visible counter-terrorism interventions in public spaces / Ben Dalton, Karen Martin, Claire McAndrew, Marialena Nikolopoulou and Teal Triggs -- A macro-ergonomics perspective on security: a rail case study / Rose Saikayasit, Alex Stedmon and Glyn Lawson -- Deception and speech: a theoretical overview to inform future research / Christin Kirchhübel, David M Howard and Alex Stedmon -- Evaluating counter-terrorism training using behavioural measures and theory / Joan H. …”
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Hostile intent and counter-terrorism : human factors theory and application /

Table of Contents: “…Carley, Mia Bloom and Kurt Braddock -- Evaluating emergency preparedness: using responsibility models to identify vulnerabilities / Gordon Baxter and Ian Sommerville -- Socio-cultural factors -- Unintended consequences of the "War on terror": home-grown terrorism and conflict engaged citizens returning to civil society / John Parkinson OBE and Andrew Staniforth -- Parasites, energy and complex systems: generating novel intervention options to counter recruitment to suicide terrorism / Mils Hills and Ashwin Mehta -- Terrorist targeting of schools and educational establishments / Emma Bradford and Margaret A Wilson -- Female suicide terrorism as a function of patriarchal societies / Tanya Dronzina -- Strategies and approaches for counter-terrorism -- Designing visible counter-terrorism interventions in public spaces / Ben Dalton, Karen Martin, Claire McAndrew, Marialena Nikolopoulou and Teal Triggs -- A macro-ergonomics perspective on security: a rail case study / Rose Saikayasit, Alex Stedmon and Glyn Lawson -- Deception and speech: a theoretical overview to inform future research / Christin Kirchhübel, David M Howard and Alex Stedmon -- Evaluating counter-terrorism training using behavioural measures and theory / Joan H. …”
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Nursing with a Message : Public Health Demonstration Projects in New York City / by D'Antonio, Patricia, 1955-

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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…Militarized Environments -- "Nuclear Family" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Environmental violence and the Vietnam War in lê thi diem thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For / Emily Cheng -- Toxic waters: Vietnamese ecologies in the afterlives of empire / Heidi Amin-Hong -- Haunted by empires: Micronesian ecopoetry against colonial ruination / Zhou Xiaojing -- Part III. …”
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Empire and Environment : Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific /

Table of Contents: “…Militarized Environments -- "Nuclear Family" (poem) / Craig Santos Perez -- Environmental violence and the Vietnam War in lê thi diem thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For / Emily Cheng -- Toxic waters: Vietnamese ecologies in the afterlives of empire / Heidi Amin-Hong -- Haunted by empires: Micronesian ecopoetry against colonial ruination / Zhou Xiaojing -- Part III. …”
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Nursing with a Message : Public Health Demonstration Projects in New York City / by D'Antonio, Patricia, 1955-

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Africa's power infrastructure investment, integration, efficiency /

Table of Contents: “…-- Meeting the challenges of regional integration of infrastructure -- Building a political consensus -- Strengthening regional institutions -- Setting priorities for regional infrastructure -- Facilitating project preparation and cross-border finance -- Developing regional regulatory frameworks -- Investment requirements -- Modeling investment needs -- Estimating supply needs -- Overall cost requirements -- The sapp -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- The EAPP/Nile Basin -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- WAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target rate : electricity access of 54 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- CAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 44 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- Strengthening sector reform and planning -- Power sector reform in sub-Saharan Africa -- Private management contracts : winning the battle, losing the war -- Sector reform, sector performance -- The search for effective hybrid markets -- Regulatory institutions may need to be redesigned -- The challenges of independent regulation -- Regulation by contract -- Outsourcing regulatory functions -- Toward better regulatory systems -- A model to fit the context -- Widening connectivity and reducing inequality -- Low electricity connection rates -- Mixed progress, despite many agencies and funds -- Inequitable access to electricity -- Affordability of electricity : subsidizing the well off -- Policy challenges for accelerating service expansion -- Don't forget the demand side of the equation -- Take a hard-headed look at affordability -- Target subsidies to promote service expansion -- Systematic planning needed for periurban and rural electrification -- Recommitting to the reform of state-owned enterprises -- Hidden costs in underperforming state-owned enterprises -- Driving down operational inefficiencies and hidden costs -- Effect of better governance on performance of state-owned utilities -- Making state-owned enterprises more effective -- Defined roles and responsibilities -- Altering the political economy around the utility -- Practical tools for improving the performance of state-owned utilities -- Closing Africa's power funding gap -- Existing spending in the power sector -- How much more can be done within the existing resource envelope? …”
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Africa's power infrastructure investment, integration, efficiency /

Table of Contents: “…-- Meeting the challenges of regional integration of infrastructure -- Building a political consensus -- Strengthening regional institutions -- Setting priorities for regional infrastructure -- Facilitating project preparation and cross-border finance -- Developing regional regulatory frameworks -- Investment requirements -- Modeling investment needs -- Estimating supply needs -- Overall cost requirements -- The sapp -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- The EAPP/Nile Basin -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- WAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target rate : electricity access of 54 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- CAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 44 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- Strengthening sector reform and planning -- Power sector reform in sub-Saharan Africa -- Private management contracts : winning the battle, losing the war -- Sector reform, sector performance -- The search for effective hybrid markets -- Regulatory institutions may need to be redesigned -- The challenges of independent regulation -- Regulation by contract -- Outsourcing regulatory functions -- Toward better regulatory systems -- A model to fit the context -- Widening connectivity and reducing inequality -- Low electricity connection rates -- Mixed progress, despite many agencies and funds -- Inequitable access to electricity -- Affordability of electricity : subsidizing the well off -- Policy challenges for accelerating service expansion -- Don't forget the demand side of the equation -- Take a hard-headed look at affordability -- Target subsidies to promote service expansion -- Systematic planning needed for periurban and rural electrification -- Recommitting to the reform of state-owned enterprises -- Hidden costs in underperforming state-owned enterprises -- Driving down operational inefficiencies and hidden costs -- Effect of better governance on performance of state-owned utilities -- Making state-owned enterprises more effective -- Defined roles and responsibilities -- Altering the political economy around the utility -- Practical tools for improving the performance of state-owned utilities -- Closing Africa's power funding gap -- Existing spending in the power sector -- How much more can be done within the existing resource envelope? …”
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Think Big, Start Small StreetScooter die e-mobile erfolgsstory: Innovationsprozesse radikal effizienter /

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Social Control in Europe : Volume 2, 1800-2000 /

Table of Contents: “…Violence, Surveillance, and Denunciation : Social Cleavage in the Spanish Civil War and Francoism, 1936-1950 / Angela Cenarro -- 14. …”
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Think Big, Start Small StreetScooter die e-mobile erfolgsstory: Innovationsprozesse radikal effizienter /

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Social Control in Europe : Volume 2, 1800-2000 /

Table of Contents: “…Violence, Surveillance, and Denunciation : Social Cleavage in the Spanish Civil War and Francoism, 1936-1950 / Angela Cenarro -- 14. …”
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