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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

By: Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Ahmadul Hassan,Abu Saleh Khan,Alex Ruane,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David Major,James Thurlow

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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

By: Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Ahmadul Hassan,Abu Saleh Khan,Alex Ruane,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David Major,James Thurlow

Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to cause extensive economic damage and impair livelihoods. Climate change will pose additional risks to ongoing efforts to reduce poverty. This book examines the implications of climate change on food security in Bangladesh and identifies adaptation measures in the agriculture sector using a comprehensive integrated framework. First, the most recent science available is used to characterize current climate and hydrology and its potential changes. Second, country-specific survey and biophysical data is used to derive more realistic and accurate agricultural impact functions and simulations. A range of climate risks (i.e. warmer temperatures, higher carbon dioxide concentrations, changing characteristics of floods, droughts and potential sea level rise) is considered to gain a more complete picture of potential agriculture impacts. Third, while estimating changes in production is important, economic responses may to some degree buffer against the physical losses predicted, and an assessment is made of these. Food security is dependent not only on production, but also future food requirements, income levels and commodity prices. Finally, adaptation possibilities are identified for the sector. This book is the first to combine these multiple disciplines and analytical procedures to comprehensively address these impacts. The framework will serve as a useful guide to design policy intervention strategies and investments in adaptation measures.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136532501

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Understanding Social Welfare Movements

By: Annetts, Jason,Law, Alex

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Understanding Social Welfare Movements

By: Annetts, Jason,Law, Alex

Contemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. Understanding social welfare movements is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and written in an accessible and engaging style, it will attract a wide readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, higher education teachers and researchers, stakeholders and activists. Introductory chapters examine the historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the historical contribution of various social movements to the creation of the welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness, ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the contemporary challenge posed by 'new social movements' in relation to the family, discrimination, environment, and global social justice. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.

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308

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Policy Press

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1847420966

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Violence

The Enduring Problem

By: Alex Alvarez,Ronet Bachman

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Violence

The Enduring Problem

By: Alex Alvarez,Ronet Bachman

Violence comprises a historical and contemporary discussion of the origins, patterns, and causes of violence in society. Through the use of contemporary and historical sources this book explore a variety of individual and collective types of violent crimes. It incorporates a broad interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the patterns and correlates of violence using the most up-to-date research and theories and presents them in a style intended to be accessible to a wide audience of readers.

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SAGE

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1412916852

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Britain and European Integration Since 1945

On the Sidelines

By: David Gowland,Arthur Turner,Alex Wright

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Britain and European Integration Since 1945

On the Sidelines

By: David Gowland,Arthur Turner,Alex Wright

This book provides both a comprehensive introduction and a perceptive examination of Britain’s relations with the European Community and the European Union since 1945, combining an historical account with political analysis to illustrate the changing and multifaceted nature of British and European politics. Few issues in British politics since 1945 have generated such heated controversy as Britain’s approach to the process of European integration associated with the European Union. The long-running debate on the subject has not only played a major part in the downfall of prime ministers and other leading political figures but has also exposed major fault-lines within governments and caused deep and rancorous divisions within and between the major political parties. This highly contested issue has given rise to bitter campaigning in the press and between pressure groups, and it has bemused, confused and divided the public at large. Key questions addressed include: Why has Europe had such an explosive impact on British politics? What impelled British policymakers to join the European Community and to undertake one of the radical, if not the most radical, changes in modern British history? What have been the perceived advantages and disadvantages of British membership of the European Union? Why has British membership of the European Union rarely attracted a national consensus? Engaging with both academic and public debates about Britain and the European Union, this volume is essential reading for all students of British history, British politics, and European politics.

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Routledge

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1134354525

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Exposed

By: Alex Kava

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Exposed

By: Alex Kava

Get caught up in this terrifying psychological thriller, book 6 in Alex Kava’s acclaimed Maggie O’Dell series. Veteran FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell and Assistant Director Cunningham believed the threat targeted Quantico. It targeted them. A deadly virus—virtually undetectable until it causes death from a million internal cuts. The victims appear random, but Maggie wonders if vengeance isn’t the guiding hand. An aficionado of contemporary killers, using bits and pieces from their crimes—the Beltway Sniper’s phrases, the Unabomber’s clues, the Anthrax Killer’s delivery. Maggie knows dangerous minds, but she must tackle this new opponent from within a biosafety isolation ward—while waiting to see if death is already multiplying inside her body. She just fears her last case might end with the most intelligent killer she’s ever faced escalating from murder…to epidemic. Originally published in 2008

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MIRA

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1488052050

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9781488052057

Maggie O'Dell Collection Volume 2

By: Alex Kava

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Maggie O'Dell Collection Volume 2

By: Alex Kava

Together for the first time in one box set, four thrilling stories featuring profiler Maggie O’Dell, only from New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava. AT THE STROKE OF MADNESS With only an old man afflicted with Alzheimer’s as a material witness, FBI Special Agent Maggie O’Dell is fast on the trail of a diabolical serial killer who targets people with physical disabilities, removing each victim’s imperfections to keep as a twisted trophy. A NECESSARY EVIL When a monsignor is found knifed to death in an airport restroom, FBI special agent Maggie O’Dell is called in to profile the ritualistic murder, the latest in a series of killings. Maggie soon discovers a disturbing Internet game that’s popular among victims of abuse by Catholic priests, and wonders if the group has turned cyberspace justice into reality. EXPOSED Maggie knows dangerous minds, but she must tackle a new opponent from within a biosafety isolation ward—someone targeted Quantico with a deadly virus, and Maggie might have been contaminated. She just fears her last case might end with the most intelligent killer she’s ever faced escalating from murder…to epidemic. BLACK FRIDAY On the busiest shopping day of the year, a group of idealistic college students believe they’re about to carry out an elaborate media stunt at the largest mall in America. What they don’t realize is that instead of electronic jamming devices, their backpacks contain explosives, and they’re about to become unwitting suicide bombers. Agent O’Dell has to work quickly to figure out who is behind the terrorist plot.

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MIRA

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1488057419

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9781488057410

The Boys Who Cycled Europe

By: Alex Pavitt

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The Boys Who Cycled Europe

By: Alex Pavitt

Alex and Tom are just schoolboys who do not have much knowledge about cycling. What they do have is a huge summer holiday to fill. Armed with some overly packed bicycles and no training they waved bye to their parents and set off to cycle 3000 kilometres around Europe, to raise money for the MS society. They aimed to cycle their bikes through 8 countries, meeting new people and seeing the world from a different perspective. However with crashes, infestations, and being eaten alive they are faced with a much harder task in order to make it home. Alex and Tom managed to raise over 3000 for the MS Society during their cycle. This book will enable them to carry on this effort, as 1 from every book will be donated to the MS Society.

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Lulu.com

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1291577270

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9781291577273

Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education

Early Career Teachers in Diverse Settings

By: Diane Mayer,Mary Dixon,Jodie Kline,Alex Kostogriz,Julianne Moss,Leonie Rowan,Bernadette Walker-Gibbs,Simone White

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Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education

Early Career Teachers in Diverse Settings

By: Diane Mayer,Mary Dixon,Jodie Kline,Alex Kostogriz,Julianne Moss,Leonie Rowan,Bernadette Walker-Gibbs,Simone White

This book provides an evidentiary basis for policy decisions regarding initial teacher education and beginning teaching and informs the design and delivery of teacher preparation programs. Based on a rigorous analysis of international literature and the policy context for teacher education globally, and assessing data generated through a longitudinal study conducted in Australia, it investigates the effectiveness of teacher education in preparing teachers for the variety of school settings in which they begin their teaching careers. Over four years, the Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education (SETE) project tracked roughly 5,000 recently graduated teachers and 1,000 school principals in Australia to capture workforce data and gauge graduate teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of their initial teacher education programs. This book offers a synthesis of the research findings and uses the SETE as a catalyst for innovative theorization of the effectiveness of teacher education.

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Springer

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9811039291

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9789811039294

Angels on Earth

Inspiring Real-Life Stories of Fate, Friendship, and the Power of Kindness

By: Laura Schroff,Alex Tresniowski

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Angels on Earth

Inspiring Real-Life Stories of Fate, Friendship, and the Power of Kindness

By: Laura Schroff,Alex Tresniowski

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming book about the huge impact that small acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed a small boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald's for lunch. Twenty years later, at Laura's fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mayzik gave a toast, thanking Laura for that small act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura knows better than anyone that angels--divine and otherwise--are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published and became an international bestseller, people began telling Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives. From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy's future, Angels on Earth is a touching and heartfelt collection of stories about how one seemingly small act of kindness can make a profound difference."--Google Books viewed Sept. 23, 2021.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501145231

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9781501145230

An Invisible Thread

The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

By: Laura Schroff,Alex Tresniowski

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An Invisible Thread

The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

By: Laura Schroff,Alex Tresniowski

A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.

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1451648979

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Patton's Prayer

A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

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Patton's Prayer

A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of courage, resilience, and faith during the Second World War General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather. A devout Christian, he telephoned his head chaplain. “Do you have a good prayer for the weather?” he asked. The resulting prayer was soon printed and distributed to the 250,000 men under Patton’s command. “Pray when driving,” the men were told. “Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle. . . . Pray for victory. . . . Pray for Peace.” Then came the Battle of the Bulge. Amid frigid temperatures and heavy snow, 200,000 German troops overwhelmed the meager American lines in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest, massacring thousands of soldiers as the attack converged on a vital crossroads town called Bastogne. There, the 101st Airborne was dug in, but the enemy were lurking, hidden in the thick blanket of fog that seemed to never dissipate. A hundred miles of frozen roads to the south, Patton needed an answer to his prayer, fast, before it was too late.

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Random House Large Print

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0593862252

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9780593862254

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

By: Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Ahmadul Hassan,Abu Saleh Khan,Alex Ruane,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David Major,James Thurlow

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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

By: Winston Yu,Mozaharul Alam,Ahmadul Hassan,Abu Saleh Khan,Alex Ruane,Cynthia Rosenzweig,David Major,James Thurlow

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Save Me If You Can

By: Alex Camarone

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Save Me If You Can

By: Alex Camarone

Il bouleverse son univers ; elle lui permet d’échapper au sien. Elle, c’est Louise. Elle ne jure que par les mathématiques et ne croit que ce qu’elle voit. Quand elle a commencé son job à la piscine de Bushwick – l’un des quartiers les plus dangereux de New York –, elle a pensé comme tout le monde que le type responsable de l’entretien, avec ses lunettes noires et son sweat à capuche, n’était qu’un voyou bon à attirer les ennuis. Pourtant, son intuition, elle, lui souffle de voir au-delà des apparences. Lui, c’est Blake. Les gangs représentent son cauchemar, et la pauvreté, son quotidien. Chaque jour, le regard des autres lui rappelle d’où il vient. Mais celui de cette fille, à l’accueil, est différent... Comme si elle savait que son agressivité n’est qu’une façade. Comme si elle voyait qui il est vraiment. A propos de l'auteur Alex Camarone a quitté le monde du théâtre pour se consacrer à l’écriture, explorant l’univers de la jeunesse avant de découvrir celui de la romance. Installé dans le sud de la France, il écrit aujourd’hui sous plusieurs pseudos.

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Harlequin

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2280429578

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Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Understanding Social Welfare Movements

Understanding Social Welfare Movements

Violence

Violence

Britain and European Integration Since 1945

Britain and European Integration Since 1945

Exposed

Exposed

Maggie O'Dell Collection Volume 2

Maggie O'Dell Collection Volume 2

The Boys Who Cycled Europe

The Boys Who Cycled Europe

Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education

Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education

Angels on Earth

Angels on Earth

An Invisible Thread

An Invisible Thread

Patton's Prayer

Patton's Prayer

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Climate Change Risks and Food Security in Bangladesh

Save Me If You Can

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