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Socialism with a Human Face

Using Behavioural Economics to Understand East German Economic History

By: Gary B. Magee,Wayne Geerling

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Socialism with a Human Face

Using Behavioural Economics to Understand East German Economic History

By: Gary B. Magee,Wayne Geerling

East Germany’s economic history is typically told as a story of the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the system’s inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was much richer than its comparatively poor economic performance suggests. For many who lived there, it was a system that, over its forty years, was capable of achievements and generally functioned at bearable levels. This book combines the insights of behavioural economics with archival research to peel away layers of rhetoric and assumptions about the East German economy and explore aspects of that underlying functionality. Through a series of cases studies that examine the establishment of socialist workplaces, the searches for productivity growth and efficiency, and the emergence of financial crisis, the book considers the system from the perspective of the humans who operated it and made the decisions that made it work. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of systems. The new perspectives and approaches presented demonstrate that, extracted from its Cold War context, East Germany’s economic history can be analysed for what it was, rather than for what it symbolised.

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Springer Nature

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9811906645

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The White Cascade

The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

By: Gary Krist

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The White Cascade

The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche

By: Gary Krist

The never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalanche In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped—but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved minute by minute: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned without escape, their railcars gradually being buried in the rising drifts. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroad's most dedicated men—led by the line's legendarily courageous superintendent, James O'Neill—worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains. But the storm was unrelenting, and to the passenger's great anxiety, the railcars—their only shelter—were parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. As the days passed, food and coal supplies dwindled. Panic and rage set in as snow accumulated deeper and deeper on the cliffs overhanging the trains. Finally, just when escape seemed possible, the unthinkable occurred: the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche tumbled from the high pinnacles, sweeping the trains and their sleeping passengers over the steep slope and down the mountainside. Centered on the astonishing spectacle of our nation's deadliest avalanche, Gary Krist's The White Cascade is the masterfully told story of a supremely dramatic and never-before-documented American tragedy. An adventure saga filled with colorful and engaging history, this is epic narrative storytelling at its finest.

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356

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Henry Holt and Company

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1429905700

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9781429905701

Start Without Me

(I'll Be There in a Minute)

By: Gary Janetti

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Start Without Me

(I'll Be There in a Minute)

By: Gary Janetti

The New York Times Bestseller! Named one of Vulture's “10 Best Comedy Books of 2022” From New York Times bestselling author, and Family Guy writer Gary Janetti comes Start Without Me, a collection of hilarious, laugh out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life. Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he’s here to tell us. In Start Without Me, Gary returns with his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the summers he spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan and the perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic high school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who shares Gary's love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to them both. And don't get him started on how a bad hotel room can ruin even the best vacation. This laugh-out-loud collection of true-life stories from the man “behind his generation’s greatest comedy” (The New York Times) is for anyone who has felt the joy in holding a decade-long grudge. Whether you are a new convert to Janetti or one of the million who follow him on social media for a daily laugh, Start Without Me will have you howling at Gary's frustrations and nodding along in agreement at the outrages of life's small slights. It's the literary equivalent of a night out with your funniest friend that you wish would never end.

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112

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Henry Holt and Company

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1250757096

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9781250757098

The Vulnerable Hearts Verses 1

Two Souls Sharing One Trusting Spiritual Heart Transcending Time Eternally

By: Gary James Drewes

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The Vulnerable Hearts Verses 1

Two Souls Sharing One Trusting Spiritual Heart Transcending Time Eternally

By: Gary James Drewes

Enjoy the verses all in rhyme, and remember to have a good time. When getting serious with what is intense, relax and sit back for the next line suspense. When the issues get serious and deep, these verses were not intended to make you weep. The very realm goes into trust of kind, it is interesting what violations of trust we might find. Your voyage into this rhyme and verse may have you divert encounters of much worse. It is your choice to venture beyond, but some ideas may become fond. Enjoy this little taste of ones plight, although it may not all seem right. The biggest event that seems wrong, is abusive authority’s law to provoke for too long. Those who accuse a person of hostility, need to face their own sense of humility. As their accused target is no threat, they want whatever attention they can get. The sorrow is in observing such hate, when they provoke and manipulate. Determined to watch and observe, it is obvious they have a poor self-respecting nerve. When watching a large framed agile being, their inner fear surfaces we are seeing. To tarnish that seeming honored reputation state, is their goal driven by hate. When they stake their reputation on this fact, they manipulate others to react. Their opinion and directives upheld, so desperate character attacks compelled. The war waged of ones reputations respect, faced contradiction insults they detect. These wonderful people hate to be wrong, as they want their direct opinions to remain strong. Everyone having the goal, must honor the interpretations of those in control. To dignify their respectful appointed governance place, we work hard so they appear competent to save face. The following issues are embellished in rhyme, the verse, lyric, and rap intends to chime.

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428

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AuthorHouse

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1438903987

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9781438903989

Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology

By: Gary S. Firestein,William N. Kelley

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Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology

By: Gary S. Firestein,William N. Kelley

Helps you to better understand scientific underpinnings of rheumatic diseases, so that you can better manage your patients.

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2345

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437717381

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9781437717389

High Stakes Game

By: Jeff Mariotte,Gary Scott Thompson

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High Stakes Game

By: Jeff Mariotte,Gary Scott Thompson

This first novel kicks off a new series based on the hit show on NBC's fast-paced, sexy drama that follows an elite Las Vegas surveillance team charged with maintaining one of Sin City's largest resorts and casinos. Original.

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402

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Simon and Schuster

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1416516786

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9781416516781

Southern Loyalists in the Civil War

The Southern Claims Commission

By: Gary B. Mills

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Southern Loyalists in the Civil War

The Southern Claims Commission

By: Gary B. Mills

The Southern Claims Commission was the agency established to process more than 20,000 claims by pro-Union Southerners for reimbursement of their losses during the Civil War. The present work is a "master index" to the case files of the Commission. The index gives, in tabular form, the name of the claimant, his county and state, the Commission number, office number and report number, and the year and the status of the claim.

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684

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806314419

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9780806314419

State of the World, 2003

A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

By: Gary T. Gardner,Chris Bright,Worldwatch Institute

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State of the World, 2003

A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

By: Gary T. Gardner,Chris Bright,Worldwatch Institute

In this 2003 edition, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team provides concerned citizens and national leaders with comprehensive analysis of global environmental problems, together with detailed descriptions of practical, innovative solutions.

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276

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393323862

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9780393323863

Do You Mind If I Cancel?

(Things That Still Annoy Me)

By: Gary Janetti

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Do You Mind If I Cancel?

(Things That Still Annoy Me)

By: Gary Janetti

The Instant New York Times Bestseller "From “Family Guy” to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generation’s greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception." — The New York Times Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey... meet your new friend Gary Janetti. Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious, and poignant book chronicling the pains and indignities of everyday life. Gary spends his twenties in New York, dreaming of starring on soap operas while in reality working at a hotel where he lusts after an unattainable colleague and battles a bellman who despises it when people actually use a bell to call him. He chronicles the torture of finding a job before the internet when you had to talk on the phone all the time, and fantasizes, as we all do, about who to tell off when he finally wins an Oscar. As Gary himself says, “These are essays from my childhood and young adulthood about things that still annoy me.” Original, brazen, and laugh out loud funny, Do You Mind If I Cancel? is something not to be missed.

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Flatiron Books

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1250225841

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9781250225849

Disease in Wild Animals

Investigation and Management

By: Gary A. Wobeser

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Disease in Wild Animals

Investigation and Management

By: Gary A. Wobeser

Gary Wobeser's successful book from 1994 has been completely updated and enlarged in a new second edition. An in-depth overview of the available techniques for the investigation and management of disease in free-ranging animals is provided. The subjects are illustrated with examples drawn from around the world, with emphasis on the special requirements involved in working with wild animals. The book draws on the author’s training as a wildlife biologist.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540489789

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9783540489788

America's Forgotten Founders, second edition

By: Gary L Gregg,Mark David Hall

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America's Forgotten Founders, second edition

By: Gary L Gregg,Mark David Hall

Even as Americans devour books about our Founding Fathers, the focus seldom extends past a half dozen or so icons—Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton. Many of the men (and women) who made prodigious contributions to the American founding have been all but forgotten. America’s Forgotten Founders corrects this injustice. Editors Gary L. Gregg II and Mark David Hall surveyed forty-five top scholars in history, political science, and law to produce the first-ever ranking of the most neglected contributors to the American Revolution and our constitutional order. This unique book features engaging short biographies of the top ten most important Founders whose contributions are overlooked today: James Wilson, George Mason, Gouverneur Morris, John Jay, Roger Sherman, John Marshall, John Dickinson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and John Witherspoon. The latest entry in ISI Books’ Lives of the Founders series, America’s Forgotten Founders reshapes our understanding of America’s founding generation.

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Open Road Media

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1480492957

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9781480492950

Get Healthy Now!

A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment, and Healthy Living

By: Gary Null

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Get Healthy Now!

A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment, and Healthy Living

By: Gary Null

A New York Times Bestseller The fully revised and updated edition to the national bestseller Get Healthy Now! includes new research and nutritional advice for treating allergies, Diabetes, PMS, Andropause, and everything in-between. From healthy skin and hair to foot and leg care, and featuring an up-to-date Alternative Practitioners Guide, Get Healthy Now! is your one-stop guide to becoming healthier from top to bottom, inside and out. Let "the new Mr. Natural" (Time Magazine) show you the best alternatives to drugs, surgical intervention, and other standard Western techniques. Drawing from methods that have been supported by thousands of years of use in other societies, as well as more recent discoveries in modern medicine, this comprehensive guide to healthy living offers a wide range of alternative approaches to help you stay healthy.

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Seven Stories Press

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1888363975

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Socialism with a Human Face

Socialism with a Human Face

The White Cascade

The White Cascade

Start Without Me

Start Without Me

The Vulnerable Hearts Verses 1

The Vulnerable Hearts Verses 1

Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology

Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology

High Stakes Game

High Stakes Game

Southern Loyalists in the Civil War

Southern Loyalists in the Civil War

State of the World, 2003

State of the World, 2003

Do You Mind If I Cancel?

Do You Mind If I Cancel?

Disease in Wild Animals

Disease in Wild Animals

America's Forgotten Founders, second edition

America's Forgotten Founders, second edition

Get Healthy Now!

Get Healthy Now!

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