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Tocqueville In Arabia - Dilemmas In A Democratic Age

by Joshua Mitchell

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 The Arab Spring, with its calls for sweeping political change, marked the most profound popular uprising in the Middle East for generations. We live in a time rife with mutual misunderstandings between America and the Middle East. This title offers a guide to the troubled times, leavened by the author's hopes about the future.
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The Political Economy Of The Service Transition

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 Over the past four decades the world's most developed economies have experienced rapid de-industrialization. More than three-quarters of employment is now in the service industry. This book is the first systematic examination of the political economy of this transition and explores its profound implications for the economy, politics, and society.
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Prevention And The Limits Of The Criminal Law

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 Are preventive justice measures justified? Do they needlessly blur the boundaries between criminal and civil law, signalling a change in the architecture of security? The contributors in this volume re-assess the foundations for the range of coercive measures that states now take in the name of prevention and public protection.
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Dismantling Public Policy - Preferences, Strategies, And Effects

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 Dismantling Public Policy seeks to develop a comparative approach to understanding policy dismantling. It looks at the cutting, reduction, diminution or complete removal of existing policies.
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A Jesuit In The Forbidden City - Matteo Ricci 1552-1610

by R. Po-Chia Hsia

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 The remarkable life of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci, one of the most famous missionaries of all time and the founder of the Catholic Mission in China. This is the first critical biography to use all relevant sources, not only in western languages but in Chinese as well.
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The Primacy Of Caring - Stress And Coping In Health And Illness

by Judith Wrubel e Patricia E. Benner

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 First-person accounts from practising nurses provide students with role models in this text that focuses on patients responses to stress.
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Only The Strong Survive - Memoirs Of A Soul Survivor

by Earl Smith e Jerry Butler

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 Presents the world of rhythm and blues from the perspective of an insider. This book features anecdotes about such R&B legends as Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, and Dionne Warwick. It chronicles the 'Iceman's' journey from rural Mississippi to Chicago and the founding and eventual breakup of the legendary Impressions vocal group.
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Technology And Organizations

by Lee S. Sproull e Paul S. Goodman

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 Provides new ways for both researchers and managers to think about technology's role in people's organizational lives, showing its impact on individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole. Includes original papers from leading scholars to show how new technology requires organizations to make fundamental changes.
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The Divine Weeks And Works Of Guillaume De Saluste, Sieur Du Bartas: Volume I

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 A scholarly edition of works by Guillaume de Saluste, Sieur du Bartas. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
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Bisexual Imaginary - Representation, Identity And Desire

by Bi Academic Intervention

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 A collection of essays which focuses on historical and contemporary representations of bisexuality - both "real" and "imagined" - in literature, film and the visual arts.
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The Fall Of The Berlin Wall - The Revolutionary Legacy Of 1989

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The Organization Of American Historians And The Writing And Teaching Of American History

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 Through the lens of the premier organization for the promotion of the history of the United States, this book relates the growth of the discipline of American history in scholarship, teaching, and public history.
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The Essay Film - From Montaigne, After Marker

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 The definitive study of a seminal genre of nonfiction cinema, The Essay Film examines the form's origins, literary precursors, and works by its greatest practitioners, like Chris Marker, AgnÃ¨s Varda, Errol Morris, Chantal Akerman, Werner Herzog, and others.
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Communion And Otherness - Further Studies In Personhood And The Church

by John D. Zizioulas e Paul Mcpartlan

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 Communion and otherness: how can these be reconciled? This work seeks to answer the question. It probes the Christian tradition and highlights the existential concerns that already underlay the writings of the Greek fathers and the definitions of the early ecumenical councils.
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Ever Directed Towards The Lord - The Love Of God In The Liturgy Of The Eucharist Past, Present, And Hoped For

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 The celebration of the liturgy of the Holy Eucharist is one of the central issues in the Roman Catholic Church. To mark the "Year of the Eucharist", the Society of St Catherine of Siena held a conference on the Eucharistic liturgy at Oxford in 2005. This book contains the reflection of the scholars present at the conference.
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The Unity Of Linguistic Meaning

by John (University Of East Anglia) Collins

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 John Collins presents a new analysis of the problem of the unity of the proposition-how propositions can be both single things and complexes at the same time. He surveys previous investigations of the problem and offers his own novel and uniquely satisfying solution, which is defended from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives.
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Reflections On 'The Concept Of Law'

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 HLA Hart developed 'The Concept of Law' while renowned historian AWB Simpson was studying and teaching at Oxford. Simpson wittily recreates the culture of Oxford philosophy in the '50s, providing a new perspective of one of the most famous works of philosophy of the 20th century and casting a satirical eye over the shortcomings of post-war Oxford.
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The Idea Of Labour Law

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 There is growing interest in trying to understand and rethink the goals of labour law in light of changing realities in the labour market and regulation. Responding to such fundamental questions as: What is labour law for? How can it be justified? And on what should reforms be based? this book challenges the way we think about labour law.
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Secret Language - Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, And Symbols

by Barry J. Blake

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 This book is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. Codes protect secrets. Symbol and magic hide meanings to imperil or delight. Languages made to confuse let insiders talk openly without being understood by others. Barry Blake looks in depth at these and many more and illuminates the most arcane and curious uses of language
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Administrative Law And Policy Of The European Union

by Alexander H. (, Senior Lecturer, School Of Law, King'S College London) Turk, Gerard C. (, Professor, Faculty Of Law, Europa-Universitat Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) Rowe e Herwig C.H. (, Professor, Faculty Of Law, Economics And Finance, Universite Du Luxembourg) Hofmann

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 Providing a comprehensive analysis of the administration of the European Union, this book examines the law and the legal framework within which it operates. Looking at the diverse approaches, techniques, and structures of public administration, it assesses the solutions they offer to political, social, and economic problems.
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The Learning Strategies Handbook

by Jill Robbins, Pamela Beard El-Dinary e Sarah Barnhardt

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 This exciting new handbook provides teachers with practical guidelines and classroom-tested lessons and activities to teach ESL students how to use learning strategies. Written by experts in the field, this book is a highly accessible must-have guide for implementing learning strategies in the classroom.
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Developmental Issues In Small Island Economies

by Clement A. Tisdell

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 An analysis of the basic issues in development economics as they affect a particular type of Third World nation - small island economies. The authors examine in depth structural and employment issues, demographic and socio-economic issues and environmental and natural resource issues.
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State Bureaucracy And Revolution In Modern Iran - Agrarian Reforms And Regime Politics

by Ali Farazmand

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 Covering the period from 1950 to 1988, this book examines the role of a large bureaucracy under the Shah and post-revolutionary changes in that bureaucracy under the Islamic Republic.
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Love London

by Barbara Chandler

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 200 beautiful, striking and sometimes quirky London photographs Each photograph has a fascinating quote about London 'Love London' is a strong brand, especially for the 2012 Olympics
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