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Jean-François Millet

Drawn Into the Light

By: Alexandra R. Murphy,Jean-François Millet,Richard Rand,Brian T. Allen,James A. Ganz,Frick Art & Historical Center,Alexis Goodin

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Jean-François Millet

Drawn Into the Light

By: Alexandra R. Murphy,Jean-François Millet,Richard Rand,Brian T. Allen,James A. Ganz,Frick Art & Historical Center,Alexis Goodin

Examines and discusses the pastels, watercolors, and drawings of the nineteenth-century French painter

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Yale University Press

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0300079257

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9780300079258

Ring

By: André Alexis

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THE GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOKS OF 2021 CBC BOOKS THE BEST CANADIAN FICTION OF 2021 A fresh take on the romance novel from the Giller Prize–winning author of Fifteen Dogs From their first meeting, it was clear that Gwen and Tancred were meant to be together. But, as we know, the course of true love never did run smooth. Gwen’s mother, intuiting that her daughter is in love, gives her a magic ring that has been passed down through endless generations of mothers and daughters. This ring grants its wearer the opportunity to change three things about her beloved. Like all blessings, this may also be a curse. Ring turns the literary romance upside down and shakes out its pockets. It’s a playful meditation on the past, on magic, on race, on honour, on faith, and, yes, on love. Following on the heels of Pastoral, Fifteen Dogs, The Hidden Keys, and Days by Moonlight, Ring completes Alexis’s Quincunx, a group of five genre-bending, philosophically sophisticated, and utterly delightful novels. “A great novel doesn’t try to answer questions, but, like Days by Moonlight, complicates them. ” —The Globe and Mail on Days by Moonlight “This imaginative travelogue will amuse readers even as it raises weightier issues. ” —Publishers Weekly on Days by Moonlight “I’m far from being a dog person, but as a book person I loved this smart, exuberant fantasy from start to finish. ” —The Guardian on Fifteen Dogs “A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized. ” —Kirkus Reviews on Fifteen Dogs "Ring raises questions about love, marriage, fidelity, and the divine." —Canadian Writers Abroad

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Coach House Books

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1770566848

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9781770566842

Kevin Macdonald’s Metaphysical Failure: a Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Critique of Evolutionary Psychology, Sociobiology, and Identity Politics

By: Jonas E. Alexis

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Kevin Macdonald’s Metaphysical Failure: a Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Critique of Evolutionary Psychology, Sociobiology, and Identity Politics

By: Jonas E. Alexis

In Kevin MacDonald’s Metaphysical Failure, Jonas E. Alexis offers a thoroughly researched, nuanced and lucid analysis of Kevin MacDonald’s thought, in particular MacDonald’s belief in biological and philosophical Darwinism. It is an important book that fills a critical gap in the literature on the history of revolutionary movements and Darwinism both in the West and in Asia. It is also a study that adds many significant strands to the densely interwoven history of ideas such as Malthusianism and Eugenics. Alexis’s book engages debates in the history of ideas—going back to Madison Grant and beyond—and the history of Darwinism. It challenges many of the life-long prevailing assumptions about identity politics and produces a powerful critique of how “scientific” theories have been misused to uphold misguided and faulty categorizations. Powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented studies, Kevin MacDonald’s Metaphysical Failure presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and consequently destructive actions taken by numerous writers and thinkers, particularly Darwin’s ardent enthusiasts and devoted disciples. The book presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of Darwin’s ideological project and how that project ended up crippling Darwin’s intellectual children—from Richard Dawkins, Francis Crick, James Watson, Daniel Dennett, Ernst Mayr, and E. O. Wilson to Kevin MacDonald, Richard Spencer, David Duke, and Jared Taylor.

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1665553820

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On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France

The Complete Text

By: Gustave de Beaumont,Alexis de Tocqueville

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On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France

The Complete Text

By: Gustave de Beaumont,Alexis de Tocqueville

This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville’s and Gustave de Beaumont’s first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of two competing American penitentiary disciplines known as the Auburn and Philadelphia systems, an evaluation of whether American penitentiaries can successfully work in France, a detailed description of Houses of Refuge as the first juvenile detention centers, and an argument against penal colonization. The work provides valuable insights into understanding Tocqueville as a statesman, as well as a comparative look at civic engagement in early American and French penal reform movements. The Translator’s Introduction provides historical context for understanding Tocqueville’s work in French penal reform and the major themes of the report. The book thus fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and extrapolates the roots of American and French criminal justice systems in the nineteenth century.

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Springer

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331970799X

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9783319707990

Talk Dirty French

Beyond Merde: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak francais

By: Alexis Munier,Emmanuel Tichelli

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Talk Dirty French

Beyond Merde: The curses, slang, and street lingo you need to Know when you speak francais

By: Alexis Munier,Emmanuel Tichelli

Let's be sérieux! Can't quite come up with the right French quip or four-letter word? With Talk Dirty: French, you'll be able to put your (middle) finger on it. Each entry provides an individual foreign gem, a useful French sentence employing the word, the expression's English counterpart, and its literal translation. Whether you're a native-speaker, world traveler, or just looking to tell off those brash Parisians, these naughty words and risqué slang will surely give your tongue a French twist. Les couilles: the balls French Expression: Je l'ai avertie-elle ne m'a pas écoute alors maintenant je m'en bats les couilles. Translation: I warned her--she didn't listen to me so now I'm washing my hands of it. Literal Translation: I warned her--she didn't listen to me so now I'm flapping my balls of it.

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Simon and Schuster

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1440515441

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9781440515446

Memoir, Letters, and Remains

Vol. I

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Memoir, Letters, and Remains

Vol. I

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375040237

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9783375040239

31 Days of Praise

Draw Me Closer Vol.3

By: Alexis Hamlor

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31 Days of Praise

Draw Me Closer Vol.3

By: Alexis Hamlor

This book serves as a guiding resource, and daily devotional that can be utilized as you study the Word of God. Each day is filled with a two-minute devotional, prayer, and scripture reflection to reflect and meditate on. For every day of this devotional, there is a renewed biblical perception that will serve as a blessing to you. Please feel free to utilize these devotionals in your personal time, within your prayer groups, or to share with your family and friends. God Bless Family!

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796069744

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9781796069747

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

By: Alexis Hall

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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

By: Alexis Hall

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez will love this scrumptious and sweet romantic comedy from the "dizzyingly talented writer" of Boyfriend Material (Entertainment Weekly) Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Top 10 Staff Picks Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2021 Buzzfeed Must-Read Spring Romance Novels Goodreads Sexy Spring Romances LGBTQ Reads: Most Anticipated Adult LGBTQAP Fiction 2021 We Are Bookish: Spring Releases to Have on Your Radar Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she’s teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there’s a whisk there’s a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking show. Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves—and Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory. Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefs—about herself, her family, and her desires. Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competition—and the ovens—heat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart.

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Forever

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1538703300

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9781538703304

Delphi Collected Works of Alexis de Tocqueville (Illustrated)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Delphi Collected Works of Alexis de Tocqueville (Illustrated)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French nineteenth century political philosopher and historian. His landmark work ‘Democracy in America’ (1840) analyses the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. The treatise won Tocqueville an immediate reputation as an esteemed political scientist. In later years, he turned to the subject of the French Revolution and, after years of research, he published ‘The Old Regime and the Revolution’, exploring French society before the French Revolution, the so-called “Ancien Régime”, while investigating the forces that led to the 1789 Revolution. The book is now generally considered one of the major early historical works on the subject, which expands on Tocqueville’s main theory about the Revolution — the theory of continuity. This eBook presents Tocqueville’s collected (almost complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tocqueville’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the major essays, with individual contents tables * Features rare translations appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare memoirs and letters * Features a brief biography * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books On the Penitentiary System in the United States (1833) Democracy in America (1835) Report Made to the Chamber of Deputies on the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies (1839) The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856) A Fortnight in the Wilderness (1861) Miscellaneous Essays The Letters Letters of Alexis de Tocqueville (1861) The Memoirs Memoir of Alexis de Tocqueville (1861) Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville (1893) The Biography Brief Biography: Alexis de Tocqueville (1911) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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Delphi Classics

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1801700540

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9781801700542

Happiness

Personhood, Community, Purpose

By: Pedro Alexis Tabensky

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Happiness

Personhood, Community, Purpose

By: Pedro Alexis Tabensky

This book is about happiness and about how the supremely happy life - the life blessed with what Aristotle refers to as eudaimonia - is the life of an ethical individual living in a healthy community. Much ethical literature has drawn inspiration from Aristotle's outlook, but relatively little attention has been paid to the central concept of Aristotle's ethical system - the concept of eudaimonia. This book fills this important gap, focusing on Aristotle's central ethical concept and, among other things, using Davidson's account of mind and rationality to explain central Aristotelian claims relating to the structure of the psychological domain and to our radical interconnectedness. Starting with Aristotle, Tabensky shows how the ethical domain can best be understood in relation to our fundamental desire to live happy lives. Recapturing the Greek spirit, this book is an invitation to rethink the manner in which we understand our lives and the manner in which we conduct ourselves, and it is an invitation to do so in relation to an understanding of the sorts of creatures we are - creatures living for the sake of happiness.

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389

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Routledge

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1351931660

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9781351931663

Front Lines

Political Plays by American Women (Large Print 16pt)

By: Alexis Greene,Shirley Lauro

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Front Lines

Political Plays by American Women (Large Print 16pt)

By: Alexis Greene,Shirley Lauro

Ever since this country came into being, women have waged battles for rights in the pages of their plays, and on the stages where those plays were performed. - FROM THE PREFACE BY SHIRLEY LAURO Front Lines is a pathbreaking collection of the most important, critically acclaimed plays written by the country's leading contemporary female playwrights. Including seven full scripts and accompanying materials, Front Lines provides both major examples of the playwright's craft and an essential introduction to the politically inspired work of female dramatists of the twenty-first century. Here is Jessica Blank's widely heralded The Exonerated (written with Erik Jensen), based on interviews with American prisoners incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Also included is Nilaja Sun's outstanding No Child . . ., winner of the Outer Critics Circle's 2007 John Gassner Award for Best New Play - a funny, stirring one-woman show centering on an inner-city teacher's success at involving her rebellious students in their own education by putting on a play. Rounding out the collection are Emily Mann's Mrs. Packard, Paula Vogel's Hot 'n' Throbbing, Shirley Lauro's Clarence Darrow's Last Trial, Quiara Alegra Hudes's Eliot: A Soldier's Fugue, and Cindy Cooper's Words of Choice. With a preface by distinguished playwright Shirley Lauro and an introduction by theater critic Alexis Greene, Front Lines also includes short biographies of the playwrights and a production photo of each play.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458778916

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9781458778918

The Modern Housewife

By: Alexis Soyer

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The Modern Housewife

By: Alexis Soyer

An English Victorian-era ""celebrity chef"" Alexis Soyer's ""The Modern Housewife"" was a best-seller in its time. Aimed a women of the aspiring middle class, it was not simple a book of recipes, but rather a cookbook designed as an epistolary novel. Soyer created fictional characters, Hortence B. and Eloise L., who stood for the values of the era: Hortence was the efficient mistress of a smoothly-run, middle class household, while Eloise was ineffectual and sought Hortence's assistance. Through this conceit, Soyer does manage to include hundreds of recipes that were designed to meet the varying incomes and needs of the multi-faceted, English middle class. This 1850 volume is ""Edited by an American Housekeeper,"" and adapts Soyer's recipes to an American audience, without losing any of the design or tone of the original.

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Applewood Books

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1429011696

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9781429011693

Democracy in America

A New Abridgment for Students

By: de Tocqueville, Alexis

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Democracy in America

A New Abridgment for Students

By: de Tocqueville, Alexis

French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has for years been a classic for American political studies. The expansive 2-volume original is here provided in a new abridgement for students, giving an accessible yet complete picture of Tocqueville’s thought. With a new introduction by editor John D. Wilsey, this volume opens a clear window into American political, cultural, and religious history.

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Lexham Press

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1577997662

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9781577997665

The French Revolution and Napoleon

Including Key Works of the Enlightenment that Inspired the Revolution: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, The Social Contract, The State of Society in France & The Spirit of the Laws

By: Charles Downer Hazen,Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Alexis de Tocqueville,Montesquieu

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The French Revolution and Napoleon

By: Charles Downer Hazen,Jean-Jacques Rousseau,Alexis de Tocqueville,Montesquieu

The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, catalyzed violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon who brought many of its principles to areas he conquered in Western Europe and beyond. Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and liberal democracies. Contents: The Old Regime in Europe The Old Regime in France Beginnings of the Revolution The Making of the Constitution The Legislative Assembly The Convention The Directory The Consulate The Early Years of the Empire The Empire at Its Height The Decline and Fall of Napoleon Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Social Contract The Spirit of the Laws The State of Society in France Before the Revolution

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e-artnow

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8026899369

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9788026899365

National Theatre Connections 2024

10 Plays for Young Performers

By: Abi Zakarian,Alexis Zegerman,Charlie Josephine,Elgan Rhys,Josh Azouz,Sian Owen,Titas Halder,Luke Barnes,Mojisola Adebayo,Yasmeen Khan

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National Theatre Connections 2024

10 Plays for Young Performers

By: Abi Zakarian,Alexis Zegerman,Charlie Josephine,Elgan Rhys,Josh Azouz,Sian Owen,Titas Halder,Luke Barnes,Mojisola Adebayo,Yasmeen Khan

National Theatre Connections 2024 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights. These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test the boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities. The plays offer young performers an engaging and diverse range of material to perform, read or study. Touching on themes like trans-rights, the mental health crisis, colonial history, disability activism, and climate change, the collection provides topical, pressing subject matter for students to explore in their performance. This 2024 anthology represents the full set of ten plays offered by the National Theatre 2024 Festival (eight brand-new plays, and two returning favourites), as well as comprehensive workshop notes that give insights and inspiration for building characters, running rehearsals and staging a production.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350450073

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9781350450073

The Diet-Free Revolution

10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance

By: Alexis Conason, Psy.D.

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The Diet-Free Revolution

10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance

By: Alexis Conason, Psy.D.

A clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist busts common myths around food, nutrition, and weight loss to set you on a path towards healing and self-love. A 10-step approach to ditching diet culture, healing your relationship with food, and cultivating compassion for your body. Diets don’t work—and it’s not your fault. As a culture, we’re told (and tell ourselves) that if we just lose the weight—try a little harder, have a little more willpower, or deprive ourselves for a little bit longer—we’ll be happier, healthier, and more confident. But it’s not true. Clinical psychologist Alexis Conason debunks the myths we’ve been sold about food, nutrition, health, and weight loss, and offers an antidote to the pain and harmful health consequences that result from yo-yo diets, untenable food regimens, and quick fixes. Conason, who is also an eating disorder specialist, shows readers how radically shifting our relationship to food and our own bodies can be incredibly healing, nourishing, and can help us to better love and care for ourselves. Enriched with case studies, practical meditations, stories, lessons, and activities, her 10-step program will help you: • Challenge your assumptions about weight and health • Understand the ways that our emotions can impact how and why we eat • Embrace your “yum” and tune into taste with mindful eating • Trust your body to be your guide and find real fullness Reframing dieting and diet “failure” as pervasive aspects of our culture—not individual failures—The Diet-Free Revolution offers a roadmap to healing, self-acceptance, and radical new ways of relating to and loving our bodies.

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North Atlantic Books

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1623176204

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9781623176204

Evaluation and Decision Models

A Critical Perspective

By: Denis Bouyssou,Thierry Marchant,Marc Pirlot,Patrice Perny,Alexis Tsoukias,P. Vincke

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Evaluation and Decision Models

A Critical Perspective

By: Denis Bouyssou,Thierry Marchant,Marc Pirlot,Patrice Perny,Alexis Tsoukias,P. Vincke

1. 1 Motivations Deciding is a very complex and difficult task. Some people even argue that our ability to make decisions in complex situations is the main feature that distinguishes us from animals (it is also common to say that laughing is the main difference). Nevertheless, when the task is too complex or the interests at stake are too important, it quite often happens that we do not know or we are not sure what to decide and, in many instances, we resort to a decision support technique: an informal one-we toss a coin, we ask an oracle, we visit an astrologer, we consult an expert, we think-or a formal one. Although informal decision support techniques can be of interest, in this book, we will focus on formal ones. Among the latter, we find some well-known decision support techniques: cost-benefit analysis, multiple criteria decision analysis, decision trees, . . . But there are many other ones, sometimes not presented as decision support techniques, that help making decisions. Let us cite but a few examples. • When the director of a school must decide whether a given student will pass or fail, he usually asks each teacher to assess the merits of the student by means of a grade. The director then sums the grades and compares the result to a threshold. • When a bank must decide whether a given client will obtain a credit or not, a technique, called credit scoring, is often used.

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278

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461515939

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9781461515937

Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Nineteenth-century classic by French political scientist offers insightful views of the newly formed United States. This landmark work ranks among the most perceptive and influential surveys of American politics and society.

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0486820645

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9780486820644

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