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Learning to be old gender, culture, and aging / by Cruikshank, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Cultural myths and aging -- Fear of an aging population -- Sickness and other social roles of old people -- Overmedicating old Americans -- Healthy physical aging -- The politics of healthy aging -- Class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender -- Ageism -- Countercultural gerontology -- A feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging.…”
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Law without justice why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve / by Robinson, Paul H., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Doing justice and the distractions from it -- Fear of manipulation and abuse -- Advancing reliability -- Making the most of limited resources -- Living by rules -- Controlling crime and criminals -- Controlling police and prosecutors -- Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice -- Criminal justice reforms -- Employing civil rather than criminal process.…”
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Peace came in the form of a woman Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / by Barr, Juliana

Table of Contents: “…Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas" -- Political kinship through settlement and marriage -- Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes -- Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury -- Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.…”
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Wisdom's root revealed Ben Sira and the election of Israel / by Goering, Greg Schmidt

Table of Contents: “…Wisdom, Torah, and election : an introduction to the study -- Election and creation : the sun, the moon, and Israel's chosenness -- Election and revelation : general and special wisdom -- Election and tradition : the preservation and transmission of wisdom -- Election and piety : the "fear of YHWH" -- Election and eschatology : Israel among the nations -- Conclusion : Ben Sira and the election of Israel.…”
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Peace came in the form of a woman Indians and Spaniards in the Texas borderlands / by Barr, Juliana

Table of Contents: “…Diplomatic ritual in the "land of the Tejas" -- Political kinship through settlement and marriage -- Civil alliance and "civility" in mission-presidio complexes -- Negotiating fear with violence : Apaches and Spaniards at midcentury -- Contests and alliances of norteño manhood : the road to truce and treaty -- Womanly "captivation" : political economies of hostage taking and hospitality.…”
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Wisdom's root revealed Ben Sira and the election of Israel / by Goering, Greg Schmidt

Table of Contents: “…Wisdom, Torah, and election : an introduction to the study -- Election and creation : the sun, the moon, and Israel's chosenness -- Election and revelation : general and special wisdom -- Election and tradition : the preservation and transmission of wisdom -- Election and piety : the "fear of YHWH" -- Election and eschatology : Israel among the nations -- Conclusion : Ben Sira and the election of Israel.…”
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Law without justice why criminal law doesn't give people what they deserve / by Robinson, Paul H., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Doing justice and the distractions from it -- Fear of manipulation and abuse -- Advancing reliability -- Making the most of limited resources -- Living by rules -- Controlling crime and criminals -- Controlling police and prosecutors -- Promoting interests unrelated to criminal justice -- Criminal justice reforms -- Employing civil rather than criminal process.…”
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An African republic Black & White Virginians in the making of Liberia / by Tyler-McGraw, Marie

Table of Contents: “…A small frisson of fear, soon soothed -- The alchemy of colonization -- Auxiliary arms - Ho, all ye that are by the pale-faces' law oppressed: out of Virginia -- My old mistress promise me -- Revising the future in Virginia -- Virginians in Liberia -- Liberians in Africa and America -- Civil War to white city.…”
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Cutting the fuse the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it / by Pape, Robert Anthony, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Why focus on suicide terrorism -- Analytic overview -- Why occupation ignites suicide terrorism -- What really motivates transnational suicide terrorists -- The largest suicide terrorist campaigns -- Iraq -- Afghanistan -- Pakistan -- Al Qaeda -- Lebanon -- Israel and Palestine -- Chechnya -- Sri Lanka -- The end of fear, the beginning of understanding.…”
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An African republic Black & White Virginians in the making of Liberia / by Tyler-McGraw, Marie

Table of Contents: “…A small frisson of fear, soon soothed -- The alchemy of colonization -- Auxiliary arms - Ho, all ye that are by the pale-faces' law oppressed: out of Virginia -- My old mistress promise me -- Revising the future in Virginia -- Virginians in Liberia -- Liberians in Africa and America -- Civil War to white city.…”
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Cutting the fuse the explosion of global suicide terrorism and how to stop it / by Pape, Robert Anthony, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Why focus on suicide terrorism -- Analytic overview -- Why occupation ignites suicide terrorism -- What really motivates transnational suicide terrorists -- The largest suicide terrorist campaigns -- Iraq -- Afghanistan -- Pakistan -- Al Qaeda -- Lebanon -- Israel and Palestine -- Chechnya -- Sri Lanka -- The end of fear, the beginning of understanding.…”
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Financial risk taking an introduction to the psychology of trading and behavioural finance / by Elvin, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Between Scylla and Charybdis -- Understanding trading competence -- A comprehensive model of trading competence -- Taming stress to become a better trader -- The psychology of perceptual bias -- Emotions, emotional intelligence, and trading -- Martial arts and Budo Zen : controlling fear and self-sabotage -- Trading standards and criteria : have you passed your MOT?…”
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Aharon Appelfeld's fiction acknowledging the Holocaust / by Budick, E. Miller

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgment and the human condition : historical, psychoanalytic, and philosophical approaches to writing on the Holocaust -- Literature, ideology, and the measure of moral freedom : Badenheim 1939 -- Fear, trembling, and the pathway to God : the iron tracks -- The conditions that condition this utterly specific people : the age of wonders -- Religious faith and the "question of the human" : Tzili : the story of a life -- Imagination, memory, and the storied life : the story of a life.…”
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Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates answering tough questions and building strong families / by Ehrensaft, Diane

Table of Contents: “…Beware gifts bearing children -- The power to create, the fear of creation -- Procreation with the proper stranger -- You're mine ... or are you? …”
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The terrorism ahead confronting transnational violence in the twenty-first century / by Smith, Paul J., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The nature and definition of terrorism -- The historical evolution of modern terrorism -- Terrorism in the context of global politics -- Globalization and the information revolution : the impact on terrorism -- Religious foundations for terrorism -- Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction : the ultimate fear -- Suicide bombers : the new face of terrorism -- Money and violence : the financial foundations of modern terrorism -- The terrorism ahead : root causes and future prospects.…”
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Resilient cities responding to peak oil and climate change / by Newman, Peter, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Urban resilience : cities of fear and hope -- Climate change and peak oil : the double whammy for resource-intensive cities -- Four scenarios for the future of cities : collapse, ruralized, divided, or resilient city -- A vision for resilient cities : the built environment -- Hope for resilient cities : transport -- Conclusion : ten strategic steps toward a resilient city.…”
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Security and suspicion an ethnography of everyday life in Israel / by Ochs, Juliana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the practice of everyday security -- A genealogy of Israeli security -- Senses of security : rebuilding Cafe Hillel -- Paad : fear as corporeal politics -- Embodying suspicion -- Projecting security on the city -- On IKEA and army boots : the domestication of security -- Seeing, walking, securing : tours of Israel's separation wall -- Epilogue: real fantasies of security.…”
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Resilient cities responding to peak oil and climate change / by Newman, Peter, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Urban resilience : cities of fear and hope -- Climate change and peak oil : the double whammy for resource-intensive cities -- Four scenarios for the future of cities : collapse, ruralized, divided, or resilient city -- A vision for resilient cities : the built environment -- Hope for resilient cities : transport -- Conclusion : ten strategic steps toward a resilient city.…”
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Security and suspicion an ethnography of everyday life in Israel / by Ochs, Juliana

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the practice of everyday security -- A genealogy of Israeli security -- Senses of security : rebuilding Cafe Hillel -- Paad : fear as corporeal politics -- Embodying suspicion -- Projecting security on the city -- On IKEA and army boots : the domestication of security -- Seeing, walking, securing : tours of Israel's separation wall -- Epilogue: real fantasies of security.…”
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Financial risk taking an introduction to the psychology of trading and behavioural finance / by Elvin, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Between Scylla and Charybdis -- Understanding trading competence -- A comprehensive model of trading competence -- Taming stress to become a better trader -- The psychology of perceptual bias -- Emotions, emotional intelligence, and trading -- Martial arts and Budo Zen : controlling fear and self-sabotage -- Trading standards and criteria : have you passed your MOT?…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view