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By: David C Lawton

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Once there was nothing and out of this evolved the universe. In the miasma of creation were five comets each with a golden core. As the Earth evolved and cooled down human beings began to walk the Earth. Then some four thousand years ago there was a poor tribe in Peru named the Macapas. This was when the Creator decreed the first of these five comets should be despatched to bring golden riches to the tribe. There were two provisos. Six golden haired maidens must be laid out on slabs as sacrifices to the gold star atop the Cumaria Plateau to drop its wealth upon them bringing prosperity to the tribe. They were also required to build a temple in which must be placed six golden columns as a tribute to the maidens who had sacrificed themselves for the benefit of all their fellow tribesmen and women. A geography professor at the University of Birmingham in England hears about this unique celestial event while giving a seminar in Lima Peru. It intrigues him greatly so he decides to form a small expedition to find evidence of the sacrifices made and of course locate the mystery temple. A remarkable story unfolds of this search which has far reaching consequences.

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Xlibris Corporation

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146919483X

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9781469194837

Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed and Transition Economies

A Reader

By: David A. Kirby,Anna Watson

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Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed and Transition Economies

A Reader

By: David A. Kirby,Anna Watson

This title was first published in 2003. Since the late 1970s there has been considerable interest in the role of small firms in economic development in general and employment generation in particular. Throughout the developed world, governments have introduced a range of measures to encourage small firm growth and development in an attempt to stimulate economic growth, generate employment and foster innovation. Though not all measures have been successful many policies have transferred to the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe where, since 1989, small firm growth and development has achieved considerable importance in economic restructuring. Accordingly, this volume presents the leading research on the role of small firms in economic development and employment generation in both transition and developed countries. Setting itself in a wider theoretical context, the book also considers the implications for both policy and theory and suggests directions for future research.

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218

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Routledge

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1351755137

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Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio

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Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

By: David F. Marks,Michael Murray,Emee Vida Estacio

Health Psychology provides students with the tools they need to evaluate and critically appraise theory and research before it can be applied practically. Using the most up-to-date research available, the sixth edition places an emphasis on the real-world application of health psychology, demonstrating how theory learnt in the classroom influences public policy. In this book, David Marks, Michael Murray and Emee Vida Estacio take a holistic approach to health psychology, giving equal weight to the biological, psychological and social factors that impact health behaviour, culture and change. The text presents students with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the field of health psychology and the new edition contains a brand new chapter on stress, a key topic in health psychology. It is also supported by online resources for students and lecturers, including a range of case studies taken from across the world.

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SAGE

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152973794X

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9781529737943

Theorising Personalised Education

Electronically Mediated Higher Education

By: Barbara Garrick,Donna Pendergast,David Geelan

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Theorising Personalised Education

Electronically Mediated Higher Education

By: Barbara Garrick,Donna Pendergast,David Geelan

This book examines the theoretical underpinning of the concept of personalised education and explores the question: What is personalised education in the contemporary higher education sector and how is it implemented? A broad, sophisticated definition of personalised learning has the potential to serve as a basis for more effective educational practices. The term ‘personalised education’ is, and continues to be, one with a variety of definitions. The authors’ definition both incorporates earlier concepts of personalised education and critically reassesses them. The book then adds a further dimension: personalised instruction in electronically mediated environments, where the goal is to achieve learning towards mastery individually with the help of differentiated and individualised electronic learning platforms. This book assesses the various arguments concerning personalised education, examining each through the lens of educational theory and pedagogy and subsequently positing a number of qualitative characteristics of personalised education that have the potential to influence policy and practices in the higher education sector.

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Springer

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9811027005

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9789811027000

The End of Overeating

Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

By: David A. Kessler

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The End of Overeating

Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

By: David A. Kessler

Uncovers the influences that have conditioned people to overeat, explaining how combinations of fat, sugar, and sa

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Rodale

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1605294578

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Nutrition in Clinical Practice

By: David Katz,Yeh Ming-Chin,Joshua Levitt,Kofi D. Essel,Shivam Joshi,Rachel Summer Clair Friedman

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Nutrition in Clinical Practice

By: David Katz,Yeh Ming-Chin,Joshua Levitt,Kofi D. Essel,Shivam Joshi,Rachel Summer Clair Friedman

Designed for busy clinicians struggling to fit the critical issue of nutrition into their routine patient encounters, Nutrition in Clinical Practice translates the robust evidence base underlying nutrition in health and disease into actionable, evidence-based clinical guidance on a comprehensive array of nutrition topics. Authoritative, thoroughly referenced, and fully updated, the revised 4th edition covers the full scope of nutrition applications in clinical practice, spanning health promotion, risk factor modification, prevention, chronic disease management, and weight control – with a special emphasis on providing concisely summarized action steps within the clinical workflow. Edited by Dr. David L. Katz (a world-renowned expert in nutrition, preventive medicine, and lifestyle medicine) along with Drs. Kofi D. Essel, Rachel S.C. Friedman, Shivam Joshi, Joshua Levitt, and Ming-Chin Yeh, Nutrition in Clinical Practice is a must-have resource for practicing clinicians who want to provide well-informed, compassionate, and effective nutritional counseling to patients.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975161513

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9781975161514

International Relations and the Problem of Difference

By: Naeem Inayatullah,David L. Blaney

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International Relations and the Problem of Difference

By: Naeem Inayatullah,David L. Blaney

International Relations and the Problem of Difference has developed out of the sense that IR as a discipline does not assess the quality of cultural interactions that shape, and are shaped by, the changing structures and processes of the international system. In this work, the authors re-imagine IR as a uniquely placed site for the study of differences as organized explicitly around the exploration of the relation of wholes and parts and sameness and difference-and always the one in relation to the other.

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Routledge

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1135940746

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9781135940744

Primary Care Nutrition

Writing the Nutrition Prescription

By: David Heber,Zhaoping Li

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Primary Care Nutrition

Writing the Nutrition Prescription

By: David Heber,Zhaoping Li

This book contains the necessary knowledge and tools to incorporate nutrition into primary care practice. As a practical matter, this effort is led by a dedicated primary care physician with the help of motivated registered dietitians, nurses, psychologists, physical therapists, and office staff whether within a known practice or by referral to the community. It is essential that the nutrition prescription provided by the physician be as efficient as possible. While many team members have superior knowledge in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and psychology, the health practitioner remains the focus of patient confidence in a therapy plan. Therefore, the endorsement of the plan rather than the implementation of the plan is the most important task of the physician. This book proposes a significant change in attitude of primary health care providers in terms of the power of nutrition in prevention and treatment of common disease. It features detailed and referenced information on the role of nutrition in the most common conditions encountered in primary care practice. In the past, treatment focused primarily on drugs and surgery for the treatment of disease with nutrition as an afterthought. Advanced technologies and drugs are effective for the treatment of acute disease, but many of the most common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are not preventable with drugs and surgery. While there is mention of prevention of heart disease, this largely relates to the use of statins with some modest discussion of a healthy diet. Similarly, prevention of type 2 diabetes is the early introduction of metformin or intensive insulin therapy.

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CRC Press

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1351648209

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9781351648202

The Economic Regulation of Airports

Recent Developments in Australasia, North America and Europe

By: Peter Forsyth,David W. Gillen,Andreas Knorr,Otto G. Mayer,David Starkie

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The Economic Regulation of Airports

Recent Developments in Australasia, North America and Europe

By: Peter Forsyth,David W. Gillen,Andreas Knorr,Otto G. Mayer,David Starkie

This tour d'horizon book reviews airport regulation and competition in different regions of the world and contrasts different policy perspectives. Organized in four parts, the first three examine, in turn, Australasia, North America, and Europe, while the last section looks at the institutional reforms that have taken place in these regions. The book covers the regulation of airports, and competition in different regions, as well as privatization policy, the interaction between airports and airlines, and regional economic impacts. It also examines the linkages between governance structures and forms of regulation. The book's global sweep embraces all the large aviation markets, bringing together the ideas and challenges of academic economists, airlines, airport managers, consultants and government regulators. As well as looking at different methods, degrees and paradigms of regulation it also spells out the stress-points, in a way that makes essential reading for airport operators, airline operations staff, as well as academic economists concerned with transport studies. It also offers interesting reading and important lessons for those concerned with regulation of the utility industries such as, telecommunications, water and power generation and distribution - where infrastructure can be subject to natural monopoly characteristics and where firms competing in downstream markets are dependent on the investment and operational strategies of the upstream infrastructure operator.

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1351891170

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Shopping with a Conscience

The Informed Shopper's Guide to Retailers, Suppliers and Service Providers in Canada

By: Rajani Achar,David Nitkin

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Shopping with a Conscience

The Informed Shopper's Guide to Retailers, Suppliers and Service Providers in Canada

By: Rajani Achar,David Nitkin

Shopping with a conscience is a ground-breaking book (John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming May 1996) that focuses on the corporate social responsibility of major retailers and suppliers of goods and services in the Canadian marketplace. This includes 115 of Canada's largest grocery retailers, banks and trust companies, gas stations, drugstore chains, fast food chains, car rental companies, hotels and entertainment venues, and specialty retailers of hardware, sporting goods, travel and business services, office supplies and the like. Retailers are chosen for inclusion in the book with a national scope in mind: the goal is a guide of interest to shoppers, small businesspeople, and procurement professionals from coast to coast. The text will focus on reporting and analyzing comparative performance on a range of ethicalissues of most interest to Canadians. Such issues include environmental management and performance, hiring and promotion of women and minorities, job creation, and progressive community relations, as well as the percentage of Canadian ownership and decision-making of each company profiled. The tone of Shopping With a Conscience is not political correctness. Readers will not be told how to think. Rather, they'll be given the kind of data to allow them to reward the good: to make their own decisions about where to bank, shop, and rent. The approach is to provide detailed, original and useful information to make book purchasers feel good about themselves, their shopping behaviour, and the consequences of their choiceof retailer.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471641723

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9780471641728

Politics for Profit

Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia

By: David Szakonyi

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Politics for Profit

Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia

By: David Szakonyi

Businesspeople run for and win elected office around the world, with roughly one-third of members of parliament and numerous heads of states coming directly from the private sector. Yet we know little about why these politicians choose to leave the private sector and what they actually do while in government. In Politics for Profit, David Szakonyi brings to bear sweeping quantitative and qualitative evidence from Putin-era Russia to shed light on why businesspeople contest elections and what the consequences are for their firms and for society when they win. The book develops an original theory of businessperson candidacy as a type of corporate political activity undertaken in response to both economic competition and weak political parties. Szakonyi's evidence then shows that businesspeople help their firms reap huge gains in revenue and profitability while prioritizing investments in public infrastructure over human capital. The book finally evaluates policies for combatting political corruption.

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1108870740

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Goldstar

Goldstar

Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed and Transition Economies

Small Firms and Economic Development in Developed and Transition Economies

Health Psychology

Health Psychology

Theorising Personalised Education

Theorising Personalised Education

The End of Overeating

The End of Overeating

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

International Relations and the Problem of Difference

International Relations and the Problem of Difference

Primary Care Nutrition

Primary Care Nutrition

The Economic Regulation of Airports

The Economic Regulation of Airports

Shopping with a Conscience

Shopping with a Conscience

Politics for Profit

Politics for Profit

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